Arbuckle Indicted for Manslaughter in Virginia Rappe Death
San Francisco grand jury indicts Roscoe Arbuckle on manslaughter charge in the Virginia Rappe death after a Labor Day party at Hotel St Francis. Witnesses Miss Alice Blake and Miss Zey Prevon shift stories. coroner's inquest to continue. bail likely set at 15000.
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M. D. Tracey
United Press
San Francisco
Roscoe Arbuckle
Grand Jury
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
St. Francis
Miss Jappe
Miss Rappe
Shortall
O’brien
Brady
Alice Blake
Zey Prevon
Miss Prevon
Arbuskle
Bambina Maud Delmont
Lowell Sherman
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Intel
Missappe
Opinion on road building from Athens county firms
W A Alsdorf reports results of a survey from the Ohio Good Roads Federation. Ninety percent favored continued federal and state highway funding, eighty three percent opposed halting work amid price rises, and ninety two percent saw highway activity as beneficial to farms. Ninety five percent want roads built to handle maximum loads year round. Most respondents noted general, not local, impact and urged public works to ease unemployment.
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Athens County
W. A. Alsdorf
Ohio Good Roads Federation
One Suit and Overalls for Most Men Today
Columbus Sept 14 The National Cutters Association fashion chief L C Tyler says modern men need two changes of clothing a year, claiming 2000 yearly spending is minor. He previews fall styles with a bustle effect, plaited front trousers, and shorter waistcoats. A modern wardrobe list follows including multiple sacque suits coats and overcoats, flannel trousers, and fur lined pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
L. C. Tyler
Tyler
National Cutters’ Association
Newmarket
Avenger Mrs Delmont Faces Manslaughter Indictment
The district attorney may prosecute on the manslaughter indictment returned by the grand jury after two days of sworn murder charges against Mrs Bambina Maud Delmont known as the avenger. An open verdict or natural death finding could shift the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bambina Maud Delmont
District Attorney’s
Griffith arrives for murder trial in West Virginia
W H Holly Griffith reached Moundsville prison to stand trial for the February murder of Captain Ira Roush. He is under guard and accompanied by a Davidson passer and testifying witness Con stable Nelson. Crowds gather as jury selection begins while another case against Husie McDonie for the scalding death of James Gibson proceeds. Joe McDonie faces five years but is out on bond pending appeal.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
W. H. (Holly) Griffith
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Ira Roush
Griffith
W. Z. Terrell
C. T. Nelson
Greenwood
S. C
South
Nelson
Husie McDonie
Huntington
James M. Gibson
Joe McDonie
State Supreme Court
Ohio railroads protest coal shipment rate increase
Columbus report notes railroads warn finances would suffer if they cannot enforce the 40 percent rise on coal shipments allowed by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Woman Proves Able to Shoot in Murders Case
A series of recent murders challenges the belief that women cannot shoot straight. The statements claim women show comparable or greater accuracy in handling firearms in threatening situations.
Unemployed Ohio Men Face Pro-Rated State Jobs Plan
Governor Davis announced a plan to pro-rate state unskilled jobs among the unemployed in Ohio. Married men with families receive priority, with turnover every two weeks and unmarried holders displaced if needed. Perry Tetlow will oversee the statewide free employment bureaus directing temporary local work. There are 15,000 unskilled state workers mainly on highways. The approach aims to ease winter hardship and urges similar action by other authorities.
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Columbus
Davis
Ohio
Perry Tetlow
State Free Employment Bureaus
Ohio farmers ship 2,457 livestock through county associations
In August, 2,457 shippers across 32 Ohio counties sent 30.63 lots totaling 5,980,071 pounds, earning $502,258.63. Average shipping cost was 73 cents per hundred pounds. Athens County had 55 shippers moving 69 hogs and 5 cattle, 38 calves, 82 sheep for 75,590 pounds and $4,827.92 in net proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
F. G. Ketner
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Pittsburg
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Huntington
Athlens
Auglaize Champaign
Clinton Coshocton
Darke
Delaware
Fayette
Green
Hardin
Henry
Huron
Jackson
Licking
Logan
Madison
Mercer
Morgan
Morrow
Muskingum
Perry
Pickaway
Pike
Putnam Ross
Scioto
Seneca
Shelby
van Wert
Wood
Wyander
Knox
Athens County
Barnes Republican machine sweeps Albany primaries to secure city ticket
In Albany, Sept 14, the Barnes Republican machine won the city ticket in yesterday's primaries, defeating the independent ticket. Independents carried three nominations for alderman and supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Barnes Republican
Aldersan
Supervisor
Trotsky Resignation Denial Issued From Moscow
The official denial of Trotsky's resignation was issued in Moscow. Reports place Trotsky at Kiev amid troop concentrations on the Romanian border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Leon Trotsky
Moscow
Trotsky
Kieff
Special Convocation for Athens Chapter No 39 R A M
Athens chapter No 39 R A M holds a special convocation on September 16 at 6 PM for Past and Ex Masters degree. J R Morton is high priest and J A Palmer is secretary.
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Athens
J. R. Morton
H. P
J. A. Palmer
Ten Percent Wage Cut Announced by Steel Mills
Officials of the American Rolling Mills Company in Middletown announce a ten percent wage cut for all employees effective Friday, stating it will be the last reduction this year regardless of steel prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
American Rolling Mills Company
Curran to Oppose Hylan for Mayor in NYC
Henry H. Curran won the Republican mayoral nomination in primaries and will oppose incumbent Democrat Mayor John F. Hylan. Curran carried every borough with F. Lagardia and County Judge Reuben Haskell in third place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry H. Curran
Coalition
Curran
John F. Hylan
F. H. Lagardia
Board of Aldermen
Reuben Haskell
Last Thursday Closing Day in Athens Stores End
Tomorrow, Thursday, September 15, marks the final Thursday afternoon closing for Athens retail merchants who have kept Thursday hours since early summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Expert Ad Man Joins Messenger Ad Staff
Mr. P. O. Nichols brings five years at the Columbus Dispatch and three years in Indianapolis promotional ads to the Messenger. A Ohio Wesleyan graduate, he will assist advertisers with copy and will be available on demand.
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P. O. Nichols
Columbus
Messenger
Columbus Dispatch
Indianapolis News
Nichols
Ohio Wesleyan
The
Mr. Nichols
Hunger Nears for Many Men in This Field
Charles Seidenfeld, Murray City businessman, led a delegation to Governor Davis to demand immediate state road building in the Hocking valley. He said more than 1500 men are unemployed in Murray City area and near the starvation line, urging early work to maximize relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles Seidenfeld
Murray City
Davis
Hocking Valley
Seidenfeld
Solon Couple Adopt Tiny Babe Renaming Her Suzanne
Frederick N. Zihlman, representing Maryland, and his wife have legally adopted a newborn girl previously named Helen Curtis. They have renamed her Suzanne as their daughter.
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Solon
Wife
Tiny Babe
Frederick N. Zihlman
Maryland
Helen Curtis
Suzanne
Ohio miners in Athens county mulls possible 17 mine strike
A three mine committee in Athens county met UMWA District No 6 president Lee Hall to avert a possible shutdown. Sugar Creek mine workers idle since last Wednesday drew sympathy actions from two other county mines, risking a broader strike involving seventeen mines.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens County
Lee Hall
United Mine Workers of America
Sugar Creek
Hall
Dayton Visit Tied to $50 Million Swindle Probe
Charles W. French, dubbed the brains of a vast swindle, arrived in Dayton with Elmer Gerber as federal agents arrested them. French denies unlawful conduct, says contracts with Dayton firms are solid, and predicts resumed operations. He doubts W. C. Littleton’s supposed suicide, suggesting he fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Charles W. French
Elmer Gerber
Cleveland
French
W. C. Littleton
Consolidated Automobile Company of Dayton
Lake Michigan
Prohibition Chief Submits Dover Probe Report
Don V. Parker state prohibition commissioner submitted to Governor Davis a report of investigations into charges against Dover Mayor Scheu. Parker refused to disclose recommendations or contents. Governor Davis said he could not comment for several days and wanted time to review the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Don V.parker
Davis
Scheu
Dover
Parker
Escape at Joliet Prison Ends in Fatality and Flight
A fatal escape at Joliet prison near Chicago left one convict dead after two inmates Theodore Schiller Edward Thorpe Carl Steetna broken free from cells and scaled the wall. Schiller was shot atop the wall while Thorpe and Steetna fled the grounds and rode an interurban trolley away. Rifle squads pursue the escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joliet
Theodore Schiller
Edward Thorpe
Carl Stetena
Schiller
Prisoner Makes Audacious Roof Escape From Sing Sing
Ossing New York September 14 Joseph Corace aged 23 staged a dramatic escape from Sing Sing prison before dawn. He cut through his cell bars and locked trap door, slid down a 70 foot wire to the grounds, swam the Hudson, while guards scour the riverfront and volunteers pursue. Corace was serving ten years for manslaughter and would have been released in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossing
N. Y
Sing Sing
Hudson River
Solace
Sorace
Belted slate grows crowded in Belmont county races
Belmont county election board reports 603 petitions filed for village and township offices as campaigns intensify in St Clairsville area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Slairsville
Belmont County
County Election Board
Fig leaf to make comeback as wardrobe choice
Chicago September 14 The official approval of the fig leaf worn by Eve was given today by Karl N Werntz director of the Academy of Fine Arts He told the Fashion Art League that fashion is driven by individual tastes and lines of figures Eve chose the fig leaf for its symmetry beauty and proportion and artists call it a good two and three proportion, noting some fashions since then have not matched its elegance.
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Chicago
O. K
Eve
Karl. N. Werntz
Academy of Fine Arts
Werntz
Fashion Art League
Nations assemble selects new members for ICJ
United Press reports Gensva September 14 on the first ballot the League of Nations Assembly elected Dr Rafael Altamira Crevea of Spain Dr Alejandro Alvarez of Chile Commendatore Dionisio Anzilotti of Italy Dr Ruy Barbosa of Brazil Dr Antonio 8 Bustamenta of Cuba Viscount Robert Finlay of Great Britain Dr B T C Loder of Holland Yorogu Oda of Japan Dr Andre Weiss of France and on the second ballot United States John Bassett Moore former member of the Permanent Court at The Hague joins the International Court of Justice selection.
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Henry Wood
United Press
Gensva
League of Nations Assembly
International Court of Justice
Rafael Altamiray Crevea
Spain
Alejandro Alvarez
Chile
Dionisio Anzilotti
Italy
Ruy Barbosa
Brazil
Antonio 8. de Bustamenta
Cuba
Viscount Robert Finlay
Great Britain
B. T. C. Loder
Holland
Yorogu Oda
Japan
Andre Weiss
France
John Bassett Moore
United States
Permanent Court
the Hague
Theatre manager gives away 800 handkerchiefs
In Martine Ferry Ohio a theatre manager distributed 800 handkerchiefs today to advertise a film to be shown tomorrow. He claims the movie is so touching that audiences will need the handkerchiefs.
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Martine Ferry
Irish Parliament Chooses Delegates for Inverness Peace Conference
Dublin reports the Irish parliament has unanimously accepted Lloyd George’s invitation to a peace conference at Inverness on September 20. In preparation, it has selected delegates Arthur Griffith Michael Collins Barton Duggan and Duffy to attend the talks.
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ED L. Keen
Dublin
Lloyd George
Inverness
Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
Barton
Duggan
Duffy
De Valera to Publish Ireland Reply on Conference Invitation
London dispatch reports that President De Valera will publish his reply to a British invitation for a conference at Inverness on September 20 at 7 p m. Optimism over Sinn Fein acceptance faded after couriers brought only further information. Dublin correspondents remained hopeful despite the new uncertainty.
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London
de Valera
Inverness
Sinn Feim
Lloyd George
Garloch
Dublin
Dublin Dail Eireann faces tense private session
Members returned from a private session with serious faces amid reports of an unfavorable outlook. The awaited couriers Harry Boland and Joseph McGrath stirred mystery as the public remained ignorant of upcoming proceedings.
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Dublin
Dail Eireann
Harry Boland
Joseph McGrath
Save Money on Your Laundry Bulletin Offer
The article urges saving labor to cut laundry costs and promotes a free Home Laundry Bulletin from the Washington Information Bureau. It explains proper soap lye washing methods, soaking with soda, and using turpentine for yellowed clothes, inviting readers to send two cents for return postage and their address.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington Information Bureau
Home Laundry
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Holly Griffith
Pt. Pleasant
Hylan
Ohio National Guard
Chillicothe
William McKinley
Niles
John Basset Moore
America
Sinn Fein
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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