Mexican Funeral Seen as Source of Black Death
Thirteen die and four likely perish as a plague spread from a Mexican quarter in Los Angeles. Health officials report new cases among mourners but back away from certainty. Authorities enforce a quarantine with officers on duty as doctors compare symptoms to Spanish influenza.
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Los Angeles
H. C. Thompson
Luciana Samarano
E. L. Peterson
Elmer R. Pascoe
Mexican District
Mevienus
South Africa
Sydney
Australia
Hong Kong
Opportunity’s Knock Today
A reflective editorial urges readers to seize the present and act now. It contrasts yesterday and tomorrow as illusions, stressing that today is the only time for action and to recognize opportunities as they arise.
Newspapers Bid To Be Defendant In Tax Test Case
Washington November 1 News reports say Attorney General Stone plans a suit to test whether newspapers may publish federal income tax records. He has received requests from several papers to be the defendant, though no decision on filing location or timing has been made. The move aims to craft a real test case with a willing defendant and awaits factual statements from U S attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stone
Department of Justic of Tievall
Department
United States
Red Virgin Germaine Berthom Tries Suicide After Paris Affair
Paris reports Germaine Berthom known as the Red Virgin thrice attempted suicide after a poisoning and gunfire spree tied to her entanglements with royalist and anarchist figures. She attacked Plateau and Daudet, later wounds from acid and a self-inflicted gunshot left her in hospital.
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John O'Brien
Paris
Germaine Berthon
Germaine
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Daudet
Camelots du Roi
Phillippe
June
Action Francaise
Plateau
Dnoudet
D Phillippe
Pete la Chaise
Phil Tippe
Geramine
Pliteau
J Lady of Lourdes
City Council Faces Turbulent Session Over Police Probe
City council set for a volatile meeting with calls for a police department investigation and a probe into a large transfer of officers. Dr C C Aven seeks mayor pro tem to appoint a committee to examine the police, while an ordinance to expand committee sizes to 12 promises clashes.
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Police Committee of Council
C.C. Aven
Grand Jury
Aven
Police Committee
Awards totaling 722500 by American-German Mixed Claims Commission
Washington reports awards totaling 722500 from the American-German Mixed Claims commission. Gulfport Fertilizer of Atlanta and Jefferson Fertilizer of Birmingham receive major sums. Royster Guano of Norfolk and Tampa fertilizer firm get others. Burns states Gulfport’s sum covers prewar claims and potash rebate disputes with a German syndicate.
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Washington
Mixed Claims Commission
Jefferson Fertilizer Company
Birmingham
Ala
Gulfport Fertilizer Company
Atlanta
FL S. Royster Guano Company
Norfolk
Jaar Fertilizer Company
Tampa
Fla
Chandler P. Anderson
Wilhelm Kiesselbach
Lytle D. Burns
Hamprrz
America
Burns
Negroes hold up crowded grocery in cash heist at Feaman store
Three masked black men entered Jake Feaman's grocery at 101 East Haris street during peak hour and rifled the cash drawer, taking 701 dollars in cash and 56.50 in checks. White customers sheltered as the trio fled into Butter street alley. Officers Goode and Johnson investigated.
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Jake Feaman
East Haris Street
Butter Street
Butler Street
W. A. Goode
M B Tohhson
Four Ashley gang members slain on Dixie highway bridge
On November 1 Sheriff Merritt of St Lucie county killed four members of the Ashley gang during a gun battle on the Dixie highway bridge over the Sebastian river. The dead included John Ashley Mobley and two unidentified members. Six deputies surrounded the scene. none of the sheriff's men were wounded. Continued on Page 3 Column 4.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Merritt
St. Lucie County
Ashley
Ashley Gang
St. Lucie
Bob Baker
Palm Beach County
Woman Killed by Flying Train Brake Shoe in New Jersey
Freiton New Jersey November 1 Mrs Fred Cooper of Jenkintown Pennsylvania was killed when a fragment of the locomotive brake shoe broke loose and struck her in the head as she sat in a Pennsylvania railroad passenger car. No other passengers were hurt and officials shifted from an early bomb theory after a railroad investigation.
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Freiton
N. J
Fred Cooper
Jenkintown
Pennsylvania Railroad
Corduroy Pants Return as Princeton Style Trend
Princeton New Jersey November 1 corduroy trousers become the latest campus fashion as alumni of the Golaga Nineties would recognize. The university cooperative store and town shops report brisk sales and promise quick restocks after a record selling period. bell bottoms fade from view as corduroys rise in popularity.
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Princeton
N. J
University
Political map sketches Coolidge Win Likely by Sullivan
New York November 1 a political tally shows Coolidge likely to secure 209 electoral votes from states west of the Mississippi and north of the Mason Dixon line with 38 more needed from remaining territories. The forecast notes Wisconsin and Indiana as potential losses and identifies Kansas Oregon Utah as easier picks.
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Mark Sullivan
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Mississippi River
Coolidge
Wisconsin
la Foffette
Indiana
Davis
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Illnois
Mississippi
Kansas
Oregon
Utah
jOne Mnust
Bontinn
G O P War Chest Hit by Democrats
A Democratic committee statement accuses the Republican campaign fund of being aided by contributors who would benefit under a Mellon plan tax revision. It cites a long list of major donors and shows their last year income tax and the amounts they would pay under reduced surtax rates.
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Washington
Democratic Committee
Tonighe
Republican War Chest
Mellon
Walsh asserts J P Morgan funds backed Republican campaign
In Washington on November 1 Frank P Walsh, attorney for Senator La Follette in the senate committee's campaign fund investigation, says testimony shows J P Morgan & Company financed the Republican campaign. He cites Guy Emerson of Bankers' Trust and W A Hodges of the RNC as key figures, and says his careful analysis will be filed with the committee.
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Washington
Frank P. Walsh
la Follette
Senate Committee
Ftre
J. P. Morgan and Company
Walsh
Banking House
J. P. Morgan & Company
Guy Emerson
Bankers’ Trust Company
Morgan Bank
Maddox Calls for Record Georgia Vote for Davis
G Ed Maddox chairman of the state democratic executive committee joined national and state leaders in urging Georgia Democrats to roll up a record breaking popular vote for John W Davis at Tuesday’s election. Fulton county nominees also urged party unity and a straight ticket vote. Maddox warned the election could go to Congress if neither Davis nor Coolidge wins a majority in the electoral college, stressing the value of the largest popular vote.
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G. Ed Maddox
Rowe
Georgia
John W Davie
Fulton
Maddox
la Foltette
Congress
Davis
Coolidge
Madd Dox
Democrats of
Democratic Organization
Democratic
Shaver
John W. Davis
Niles Enforces Martial Law After Clashes Between Klan and Flaming Circle
In Niles Ohio on November 1 martial law was declared after clashes between Ku Klux Klan and Knights of the Flaming Circle. Sheriff Thomas and state troops patrolled streets as gunfire and vehicular skirmishes caused casualties. Mayor remained quiet as troops moved in to restore order. Klansmen and supporters began leaving the city.
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Associated Press
Niles
Ola
Ku Klux Klan
Knights
Flaming Circle
Ku Klux
Warren
Trumbull
Thomas
Tam
L. 8. Connolly
145Th Infantry
Donahey
Local Weather Report Shows Temperature and Rainfall
The report records high and low temperatures, a mean and normal temperature, and rainfall totals. In the past 24 hours rainfall measured 2.16 inches, with ongoing deficiency since month start noted in inches.
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Leon Daudet
Sessin
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Pennington
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