Arbuckle Defense Help Seen as Liquor Smuggling Probe Grows
Mrs Rosene Arbuckle arrives in San Francisco to aid her husband’s murder defense amid reports of Prohibition era liquor smuggling tied to the hotel St Francis party. Attorneys deny interviews as Roscoe C Arbuckle faces ongoing federal indictments. she calls for a fair, square deal and exoneration.
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San Francisco
Charles Brennan
Milton Cohen
Arbuckle
Sacramento
Flora Durfee
Lo Angeles
New York
Los Angeles
Rtg
St. Fran's
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
McCormack Papatetamt
United States
Ormack
Fourteen Hundred Dynamite Sticks Seized in Chicago Bomb Plot
In Chicago police captured five dynamiters after bombing a shoe repair shop. Richard Burke was shot in the side. he and four others hid in a house on Kimbark Avenue. Detectives found a bomb factory and a second car, with Burke claiming ties to unions. Police anticipate linking multiple recent bombings to the group.
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Chicago
Richard Burke
Burke
David Krenan
Michael Hughes
Pames
Michael Bench
James Smith
Barry
Charles Young
Smith
Young
Kimbark Avenue
Thenalleages
Hughes
Whisky bandits raid Bloomfield business district
Masked and armed men robbed a Bellevue service or liquor operation in Bloomfield Kentucky early, overpowering two guards. They escaped in touring cars with 88 cases of whiskey and three barrels, plus $55 in cash and a pistol. Police search ongoing in the town center business area.
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Bloofield
Rwo Garde
Bow Am
Bloomfield
S .Siness District
Michael Brothers Opens Large Athens Department Store
Michael Brothers new department store in Athens opened at eight o clock Monday with a crowded welcome. The spacious building and complete departments impressed shoppers who compared it to Atlanta stores, noting dignity and thorough service from heart to foot. Floral congratulatory displays and letters from many friends accompanied the opening, signaling strong local support and anticipated growth.
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Michael Brothers
South Wheen
Athens
Atlanta
Mich Brothers
Athena
Athen
Michaela New
Michaels Atols
Th South
Michael
Railroad workers approve and strike threat spreads
Chicago shops vote to strike against July 1 wage reduction but will defer action while working rules are set by the United States railroad labor board. A second vote will decide acceptance of the rules. Also, openings loom at United Mine Workers convention with wage questions likely central. Warrants issued for Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul officials over election day two hour off to vote case.
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Chicago
Federated Shop
General Railroad
United States Railroad Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
Shops Crafts Union
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Hiuago
H. E. Byram
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Bergheimer
Horton Jansen
L. K. Silcocks
Motive Power
George T. Martin
John E. Turner
Prices Rising As August Wholesale Costs Jump
Washington reports August wholesale prices rose 2.75 percent from July, with food prices up 3.5 percent. Farm products climbed 2.6 percent, including butter cheese milk fats rice meats sugar fruits potatoes, while meat animals also rose. Clothing remained unchanged. building materials fell 1 percent and metals 4 percent. Since August last year farm goods fell 47 percent, cloth and clothing 40 percent, and building materials 39 1/2 percent, with all wholesale commodities down 9.29 percent overall.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Doctor killed in Ga. by rival suitor in Norristown incident
In Norristown Georgia, Dr Charter Grimes was shot and killed by William Durden, a local man, after a dispute over an affair with the doctor’s wife. Durden, arrested near Pringle in Washington County, claimed the killing stemmed from marital betrayal and the destruction of his home. Grimes had moved to Norristown from Platteville, Wisconsin, about a year earlier. Mrs Grimes arrived Monday from Platteville to assume responsibility for her husband’s affairs.
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Charter Grimes
Norristown
William Durden
Durden
Pringle
Washington County
Grimes
Norrietown
Plattesville
Wix
Diedes
Eim
Monlay
Plattenville
Win
Two Escape From Danielsville Jail Sunday
Danielsville jail inmates Fred McCarty alias Fred Lemer and Robert Campbell escaped Sunday night. McCarty, pending appeals for auto theft and indicted for child abandonment and bigamy, was described as nervous and possibly aided from outside. Campbell, jailed for rape, refused to name escape accomplices amid suspected outside help. A brick wall breach and pried cell door facilitated the break, with suspicious figures seen nearby as police hunt for both escapees and their unknown helpers.
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Danielsville
Fred McCarty
Fred Lemer
Court of Appeals
Madison County
Anville Ss. C
Ofer Arty
Robert Campbell
Jallah
Caro
Danielaville
Boy murder confession points to double slaying trial
Chicago authorities said Harvey W. Church likely will stand trial alone for the killings of Bernard J. Daugherty and Carl A. Ausmus. Two murder indictments to be sought. Suspects Clarence Wilder and Milton Walker near release after alibi checks. Leon Parks admitted involvement but authorities doubt his role.
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Chicago
Harvey W. Church
Bernard J. Daugherty
Carl A. Ausmus
Leon Parks
Parks
Farmers Finance delays formation amid War Finance revival
The Farmers Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of United States Grain Growers, delays its permanent contracts with selling agencies and the first annual convention until March 1922, saying revival of War Finance and the farmers coop policy justify postponement and no sales terms are affected.
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Chicago
Farmers Finance Corporation
United States Grain Growers, Inc
United States Gram Growers
C. H. Gustafson
Frank M. Myers
War Finance Corporation
Tume
United States
Agencia
Seek Redress for Hanging in Orangeburg Case
Two African Americans from St Stephens fled to Orangeburg County to file a complaint against eight white men and others alleged to have captured them. They were taken to the woods on September 12 and hanged by the neck to extract information about a prior road camp shooting. Local counsel was engaged but a public official action was later taken by the solicitor.
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Orangeburg
St. Stephens
Berkley J County
Sims Denies Quoted Admiral On Merchant Marine
Rear Admiral William S Sims denies telling Senator Carter Glass that the United States should not pursue a merchant marine. In a published letter, Sims states that shipping law limits make it difficult to develop a fleet commensurate with U S needs, noting logistics and subsidies as key factors. The exchange followed Glass’s London speech and a Virginia senator’s quotation attributed to Sims. Prince Philip Zu Europ, 15, died as reported in a brief line.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
London
United States
Willam
Sims
National Merchant Marine Association
Virginia Senate
Senate
Peech
Senator Glass
Admiral Sims
Great Britain
Hils
the Marine Association
Adpital Sims
Glass
Remebre
Indian situation to require wider control after revolt
Official investigation on India reports the situation more westernized than first thought. Two military forces face difficulties on the Malabar coast as rebels and guerrilla bands scatter through forested hills. A state council says lives and property of non Muslims are unsafe except near garrisons and railways. Insurgents control areas with five bodies known. immediate restoration of authority seems unlikely.
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London
India
Battic
Malabar
Pohela
Simlp
Reuters Limited
Irish Parlia ment Called To Reopen Peace Talks
Dublin reports show Dail Eireann may reconvene to respond to Lloyd George note standoff with Sinn Fein. De Valera pressed to clarify Ireland’s allegiance while Britain insists on a clear denouncement of independence moves. Negotiations hinge on Dublin’s stance and London’s demand for a sovereign pledge.
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de Valera
Dublin
Eamon de Valera
Dail Eireann
Lloyd George
Easliness
Sinn Fein
Southern Ireland
London
Ireland
Allegance
Invernesa
Dali Eireann
Income tax collections seen nearing Mellon target
In Washington incomplete treasury reports on September 15 installments of income and excess profits taxes suggest the $525,000,000 Secretary Mellon estimated may be reached. Officials said by Monday that $425,000,000 had been collected in federal reserve banks with district receipts expected to push the total toward the secretary’s estimate. The latest installment, reported around $565,000,000 totals, underscored the rising collections.
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Washington
Treasury
Mellon
Federal Reserve
Wero Sodyine Districte
Keep Petrograd Open This Winter
Moscow reports the government will keep Petrograd open this winter with an ice breaker purchased from Siberia and additional vessels from England and Finland. The plan aims to ensure harbor access despite ice conditions.
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Petrograd
Associated Press
Moscow
Siberia
England
Finland
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