Grand Jury Opens Wall Street Explosion Probe
Edwin P. Fischer arrived from Hamilton Ontario with detectives as the grand jury prepared to investigate the Wall Street blast. Officials planned to question DuPont Powder Company about a red explosive wagon seen near Broad and Wall streets and whether an accident caused the disaster.
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New York
Wall Street
DuPo
Powder Company
Broad
Wall Streets
Dupont
Edwin Fischer
Fischer
New York State
Flynn
Justice Department
Farm project groups organize in Waterloo Township
County Farm Agent Raymond reports the organization of farm project improvement work in Waterloo township at a New Marshfield meeting. H R Straight leads dairying, H O Young sheep, Lloyd Efaw hogs, H B Hawk poultry, W H Elliott wheat, and C C Herron corn projects. Progress in agricultural cac eoms is expected.
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Raymond
Waterloo
New Marshfield
H. R. Straight
H. O. Young
Lloyd Efaw
H. B. Hawk
W. H. Elliott
C. C. Herron
Secon
Japs Call for Fair Play From President
A telegram from Los Angeles sent by a 1406-member Japanese committee urges President Wilson to grant justice equity and fair dealing to Japanese in California over an initiative to halt Japanese land ownership. The note labels the measure unjust and inhuman and a threat to Japanese existence.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wilson
California
Reunion of Two Families Sept 25 1920
The annual reunion of the Johns and Robinsons will be held Saturday September 25 1920 at the Athens county fair grounds.
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Johnsons and Robinsons
Athens County Fair
New Girls Rush Through Campus Frolics
New students join sorority rush as old members help direct them. Fudge parties card gatherings trips midnight spreads theatre events hikes teas and slumber parties fill the social slate while many seniors shape the influx of pledges.
Aftermath at Morgan Bank Explosion in Wall Street
Bodies lay in a row beside the Morgan bank as pockmarked marble walls reveal the blast wreck. Many were burned or unrecognizable amid flames and shrapnel while dispatches report bystanders feet away were scorched by the blast fire.
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Morgan Bank
Wall- St
Wagon Driver May Have Died in Wall Street Blast
New York detectives and justice agents probe Thursday's Wall Street explosion with no definite suspect. Medical Examiner Norris suggests the blond haired boy, about 19 and unidentified, may be the death wagon driver linked to the time bomb.
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New York
Department of Justice
Wall Street
Norris
Tennessee anti suffrage group aims to secure official notice
A Tennessee anti suffrage delegation led by Speaker Walker arrived in Washington and will request Secretary Colby to recognize and announce by the state department the Tennessee house final action not to concur in ratification of the federal suffrage amendment.
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Washington
House Walker
National Association
Colby
Tennessee House
State Department
Man who shod death horse identified by farrier
New York blacksmith John Haggerty in Lower Manhattan identified the front shoes of the dead horse linked to the Wall Street wagon known as the death wagon. He noted a secret identification mark he uses on foreshoes but could not confirm the man who brought the animal, as he shod many horses daily.
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New York
John Haggerty
Lower Manhattan
Wall Street
Haggerty
Woman Fatally Burned in Cincinnati Home Incident
Mrs. Emma Henshaw, 57, wife of George E. Henshaw president of Henshaw Furniture Co, suffered fatal burns at her Cincinnati residence when her clothing ignited while lighting a gas stove. She died several hours later at a hospital.
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Cincinnati
Emma Henshaw
George E. Henshaw
Henshaw Furniture Company
Senate Returns to Probe of Campaign Funds
The Senate investigation of campaign funds will reopen in Washington on Wednesday. Senator Kenyon, chairman of the investigating committee, announced the decision on his return.
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Washington
Senate
Kenyon
Mother Slays Baby Then Turns Gun On Self
In Lydonville Vermont Mrs Gertrude Pierce killed her one year old child with a revolver then shot herself. Husband Merle Pierce a railroad fireman slept through the tragedy with two other children and found the bodies an hour later. Despondency over ill health is blamed.
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Lydonville, Ver
Gertrude Pierce
Merle Pierce
Armless mother sews baby clothes with chin and feet
In Denver, Sept 20, Mrs. J. C. Teagarden, born without arms, gave birth to a daughter. She made all the expected garments in recent weeks using her chin to guide the sewing machine and her feet to threaten the needle. The hospital said “Where there's a will there's a way.”
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Denver
J. C. Teagarden
Hunger Strikers In Cork Jail Reported Very Weak
Hunger strikers in Cork jail are described as exceptionally weakened after a bad night. Burke Power and Hennessy are singled out for grave to critical conditions with insomnia and near unconsciousness. Kennedy and Donovan also in grave condition.
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Cork
Burke
Power
Hennessy
Kennedy
Donovan
Big Five Nations Prepare for International Conference
Washington reports that American commissioners meet at the state department to shape U S policy for the upcoming communications conference. Representatives from United States Great Britain Japan France and Italy will meet October 8 to set dates for a preliminary conference and draft an addenda. The main point concerns the disposition of former German cables seized by the Allies.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Jermen
Tragic Train Crash Kills Three Women Near Oakland
In Cumberland Maryland three women Ruth Nicholson Hazel Ritter and Emma Fulk died when a train struck their automobile at Weber's Crossing near Oakland. Emma Fulk's brother Clarence and Ruth Nicholson's brother Harry Nicholson were injured but not seriously in the collision.
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Cumberland
Ruth Nicholson
Hazel Ritter
Emma Fulk
Weber’s Crossing
Oakland
Clarence Fulk
Harry Nicholson
Doctors FAS to Forge Feed in Muskegon Case
In Muskegon Michigan physicians failed to force feed Dr Otis W Sedgewick who has refused to eat since his arrest for the deaths of his wife and their three year old daughter Ruby, bodies found on the Whitehall lawn death ruled as strangulation Mrs Sedgewick formerly a professional singer in Tica New York and the two remains to be sent to Forest Port New York.
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Muskegon
Mich
Otis W. £Czewick
Whitehall
Here
Ruby
Sedgewick
Resolutions Decry Arbitration Amid Alabama Mine Strife
A mass meeting of about 15 000 at Woodrow Park urged Governor Kil to back compulsory arbitration and press coal operators to meet striking miners demands. They criticized the coal commission investigation. Nine men were jailed in Jasper on charges tied to the killing of mine operator L M Adler and the wounding of two deputies.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Kilby
Woodrow Park
Governor's Coal Commission
Jasper
L. M. Adler
Knights of Columbus pilgrims to arrive in New York
A radio message says the Knights of Columbus pilgrims led by Supreme Knight Flaherty will land in New York tomorrow aboard the French liner Fayette bearing gifts from the pope and the French government.
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Knights
New York
Knights of Columbus Pilgrims
Knight Flaherty
Philadelphia
Fayette
Dalton's Academy Beginners Class Tuesday Pert 21st
Dalton's Academy offers a beginners class scheduled for Tuesday evening at 6 PM. The notice is brief and lists a single session with no additional details provided.
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Dalton’s Academy
Tropical Hurricane 6 Aims Northwest Toward Yucatan
A tropical hurricane reported in private cables is headed northwest from the 85th meridian toward the Yucatan peninsula and the Quintana Roo region in Mexico. The storm is tracking over the Caribbean Sea and is of concern to cotton markets in Dallas.
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Dallas
Texas
Carrbbean Sea
85Th Meridian
M. H. Thomas and Company
Yucatan Peninsula
Quintana
Mexico
Cox Near End Of West Coast Tour In Campaign Push
Gov. James M. Cox continues his U S campaign swing touching San Diego and Los Angeles heading toward the central plains campaign ground. In fourteen working days he has spoken in eleven states averaging nine speeches daily. He signals a tariff plank to shield southern California citrus growers from foreign competition and favors high tariffs to offset lower production costs abroad.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
San Diego
James M. Cox
Los Angeles
Cox
California
Stariff
Murder Follows Fight Over Woman in Chicago
In Chicago an unidentified woman is sought by police as they investigate the death of David Slavens a wealthy traveling salesman found dead in the apartment of Miss Jean Lawrence Max Cohen son of a wealthy jeweler is held in connection with the murder and allegedly confessed choking Slavens during a love dispute A second woman was present during the incident
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Chicago
David Slavens
Jean Lawrence
Max Cohen
Slavens
Slovans
Miss Lawrence
Skeleton Found Near Harrison Tomb in Ohio
A headless skeleton was found near President William H. Harrison's tomb at North Bend Ohio about 15 miles from Cincinnati. Authorities said the bones may belong to a man or a woman or be a murder relic. The Ohio River may have washed them in or they could be from medical students. Dry flesh suggests bones came from a serving vat used in medical colleges.
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Cincinnati
William H. Harrison
Northbend
Ohio
Dutch Littler Joins Ohio University as Student Athlete
Athens high star Dutch Littler, a sensational football player and versatile athlete, enrolls at Ohio University amid strong interest from Ohio Wesleyan and other colleges. Local fans cheer his decision to stay close to home as he begins his college career and aims to uphold his strong athletic reputation.
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Dutch Littler
Athens High
Ohio University
Dutch
Athens
Ohio Wesleyan
Littler
Bolshevik Push Drives Forces North Toward Pinsk Area
Soviet and Polish reports describe Bolshevik troops pressed northward to the Pinsk marshes along the Dneister river front. In Ukraine the South was reported as Ukrainian forces taking Czertkow and Bucacz as fighting raged in the Moscow backed theater.
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Warsaw
Pinsk
Dneister
Ukraiians
Czertkow
Bucacz
Masons Attention Paramuthia Lodge Meeting Tuesday
Paramuthia Lodge calls members to a Tuesday evening meeting at 7 30 with two candidates for Entered Apprentice.
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Paramuthia Lodge
Former President Gomes Nominated by Cuban Liberal Party
Jose Miguel Gomes is nominated by the Cuban Liberal party for the election set for November 1. He faces Alfredo Zayas, former Vice President and candidate of the National League, a coalition of the Conservative and Popular parties.
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Jose Miguel Gomes
Cuban Liberal Party
Alfredo Zayas
National League
Royal Riot At Rock Center Firemen Carnival
In Rock Center New York Roy alty figures King Bartholomew Peck and Queen Mabel McLaren were crowned and then pelted with mellow tomatoes by protesters. The tomatoes exploded quietly leaving a sour odor as the crowd dispersed.
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Rock Center
N. Y
Long Island
Bartholomew Peck
Mabel McLaren
Love madness defense in Cleveland wife slaying trial
Joseph Dell 27 testifies that intense love drove him to kill his 17 year old wife. He says he married in October in Painesville, and that her parents forced separation. This marks his second trial after a prior first degree murder conviction and death sentence. The state has wrapped its case and may render a verdict tonight.
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Cleveland
Joseph Dell
Dell
Painesville
Peli
Goan Takes A Drop Below A Dollar In Corn
Kansas City market notes corn for December delivery fell to 99.78 cents a bushel as offerings increased and warm weather lingered. Analysts cited ample supplies and the prospect of crop maturation before frost as factors in the decline.
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Kansas City
Paderewski and Valdemar mar Accept League Findings
In Paris on September 20 the Polish Premier Ignace Paderewski and Valdemar mar accepted the League of Nations findings in the Polish Lithuanian dispute amid war threats. The open session at Luxembourg Palace marked the League's first success in averting war. The council prepared to tackle the Aaland Islands dispute with a Finnish protest anticipated.
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Paris
League of Nations
Ignace Paderewski
A. Valdemar
League
Paderewski
Valdemarmar
League Council
Luxembourg Palace
Aaland Islands
Sweden
Finland
Athens City to Keep Ward Lines. New Precinct Boundaries Proclaimed
The county election board maps four wards at Court and Washington to balance votes with new precincts. Ward 1 follows North Court to Washington and court lines while Ward 2 covers the University area along West State and North Cemetery. Ward 3 runs from Court to East Mill and College, and Ward 4 traces Court to Carpenter and College, with lines to Columbia and Mill streets.
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City of
Athens
County Election Board
Court
Washington Streets
Security Savings Bank
University
Court House
Presbyterian Church
Bank of Athens
Carpenter
Congress
Corporation
State Street
West State
North Cemetery
Washington
President
South Bridge
East Mill
Mill
College
Columbia Avenue
Columbia
Corporation Line
Mill Street
Court Street
Peace Parley Not Begun Polish Russian Talks Reported
A Riga dispatch to the London Chronicle says the formal Polish Russian peace conference has not begun. John Dombski and Adolph Joffre reportedly had a two hour secret meeting. Joffre is described as a soviet agent. The main conference will meet at the Wall of the Black Headed Knights.
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London
London Chronicle
John Dombski
Adolph Joffre
Joffre
Italy moves to draft factory control bill and evacuate seized plants
In Rome on September 20 Italy readies a commission of workers employers and technical experts to draft a control of industries bill. Factories seized by employees begin to be evacuated as owners regain possession. Workers face limited punishment for crimes inside plants while appeals to convene parliament for the bill are rejected awaiting commission drafting.
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Camillo Cianferra
United Press
Rome
Italy
Naples
Turin
Genga
Woringman
Giolitti
Lord Mayor MacSwiney Nears 39th Hunger Day
London report says Terence MacSwiney, lord mayor, enters his thirty ninth day of hunger strike. He is described as weaker yet conscious. Sinn Fein denies Times claim that visitors feed him.
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London
Terence MacSwiney
Sinn Fein
Ously
London Times
MacSwil
the Times
Pga
Cork
Tanner
Constable Killed in Limerick Patrol Incident
A constabulary patrol near Abbeyfeale was attacked. Mahony was killed and the chief constable and other constables were wounded. The event occurred September 20.
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Limerick
Irc
Abbeyfeale
Mahony
Railroads Ordered to Equalize Cream Shipment Rates
In Columbus on September 20 the utilities commission ordered intrastate rail shipments to be charged the same rate for cream as for milk, ending class-based pricing that kept higher cream tariffs after private control returned. The move aims to cut transportation charges by about 26 percent.
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Columbus
The
Utilities Commission
Tober
Decrease in Family Market Basket Prices Noted
Washington, Sept 20 The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 27 of 43 standard items in the American family market basket fell in price from July 15 to August 15. Potatoes dropped 44 percent cabbage 41 percent sugar 14 percent and most meats declined while eggs rose 11 percent and pork chops 5 percent.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Amesville Grange to Meet for State Grange Election
Amesville Grange holds a session next Saturday afternoon at Amesville. County deputy to conduct annual inspection. election to choose a delegate and an alternate to the State Grange. a large attendance is urged.
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Amesville
Friend of Rockefeller Dies in Cleveland
John J. Reeves 78 a retired city detective and friend of John D Rockefeller died of heart failure in Cleveland. Reeves who knew Rockefeller since youth enjoyed an intimate personal friendship with the oil magnate and was among the few locals with such access. He frequently visited the Rockefeller home on Forest Hill before it burned years ago.
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Rockefeller
Cleveland
John J. Reeves
John D. Rockefeller
Reeves
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