Duel in Dark By Burglar and Detective
Pinkerton detective Fred Farris and burglar Herman Butler exchanged shots at Troy Laundry on Houston Street after Butler broke in Saturday night. Butler fled through a rear door, escaping unharmed. he was arrested at his home Sunday by Detectives Coker and Gillespie. The incident followed prior thefts from the laundry and the Pinkerton alert.
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Pinkerton
Troy
Houston Street
Herman Butler
Rondeau Street
Fred Farris
Butler
Farris
Pinkertons
Defends Wife's Name In Newspaper Notice
St Louis man Robert C Walsh a druggist ran an ad to refute gossip about his wife Susie T Walsh declaring her to be a respectable well meaning woman The notice appears in St Louis newspapers dated June 16 in a brief unusual public defense of marital honor.
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ST. Louis
Robert C. Walsh
Susie T. Walsh
R. C. Walsh
200 Mile Walk Marks Silver Wedding Day
Dr. N. R. Hubbard and his wife marked their twenty fifth anniversary by walking 200 miles from Williamsport to Philadelphia. They called the journey their best vacation outing and celebrated in this city on June 16.
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Philadelphia
N. R. Hubbard
Williamsport
Friday the thirteenth brings many births at Dalton farm
On Friday the thirteenth in 1918, at the Dalton farm south of here, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Alber son welcomed their thirteenth child. a Jersey cow yielded a calf, a prize sow had five piglets, and the family cat delivered five woolly kittens.
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Dalton
J. A. Alberson
D. B. Barrett
Here
War veteran Coffield, 84, father of baby girl
Wil liam S. Coffield, 84, veteran of the Mexican War and two Indian wars and the Civil War, is the father of a girl baby born last night in St Joseph Missouri. Coffield receives a $55 monthly pension from the Government.
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ST. Joseph, MO
William S. Coffield
Coffield
Artist Bud Fisher Seeks France Chateau Dream
Bud Fisher and Pauline Welch travel through Atlanta en route to the south of France to set up a chateau life and vaudeville acts. Fisher promises future cartoons and Mutt and Jeff acts while Welch stars her own routine. They reveal plans in Atlanta and anticipate long careers and easy living in France.
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Bud Fisher
Bride
Mutt
Jeff
Pauline Welch
Atlanta
France
Bud
Mrs. Fisher
Piedmont
Forsyth Theater
Fisher and Welch
Matt
Fisher
America
California
Slaton Client Fined for Ignoring Court Injunction
Superior Judge John T. Pendleton fined Edward Floding $50 for contempt of court and warned of 24 hours in jail after Floding disobeyed a restraining injunction on using the Floding Relagia Company name. Slaton’s attorney was Governor-elect John M. Slaton.
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John T. Pendleton
Edward Fleding
Floding
John M. Slaton
Floding Relagia Company
Lands in Jail While On a Vacation Spree
J Williamson from Panama City Florida visited Macon on a vacation. After drinking heavily he woke in the parlor of R H Plant Jr home two miles from the city with his clothes missing. Plant fired twice at the intruder narrowly missing him. Williamson was jailed by Sheriff Hicks.
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Macon
J. Williamson
Panama City
Fla
R. H. Plant, Jr
Star in Eight Bells Becomes Catholic Priest
Michael J. Byrne, famed Byrne brother from the old comedy Eight Bells, was ordained a priest at St John's Cathedral by Bishop A E Garvey in Altoona Pennsylvania. He is 54, his wife died five years ago, and he studied at St Francis College Loretto for holy orders.
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Altoona
Michael J. Byrne
Byrne
St. John’s Cathedral
A. E. Garvey
Father Byrne
St Francis College, Loretto
Girl's Auto Death Dream Comes True
Los Angeles reports Miss Kitty Howe, a chorus girl, dreamed she would die in an auto crash. She leaped from a speeding car striking a rock, fractured her skull, and died ten hours later in hospital.
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Los Angeles
Kitty Howe
Black Handers hurt by their own bomb in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 16 two young Italians who threw a bomb at the home of J. D. Trapani, a wealthy fruit dealer, were seriously injured. Trapani, who moved from New Orleans two years ago, said the Black Hand had harassed him for nine years there and had last demanded $300,000.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. D. Trapani
Trapani
New Orleans
Strike Big Gas Flow In Abandoned Field
COFFEYVILLE KANS June 16 A 27000000 foot gas well the greatest in years has been brought in south of Wann Okla by the Kasigan Gas Company The well has a rock pressure of 550 pounds The field is an old one long on drilled up but all wells had stopped.
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Coffeyville
Kans
Wann
Okla
Kasigan Gas
Counting Nation's Wealth for 50 Years in Treasury
Washington reports Miss Emma R. Graves, 84, marks fifty years in the Treasury Department counting the nation's wealth. She has tallied billions of dollars with a flawless record and remains an expert in counting notes for destruction.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Emma R. Graves
State and County Tax Returns Now Office Scorner Pryor
T. M. Armis tead, tax receiver, issues notice requesting immediate preparation and filing of state and county tax returns. Pryor and Hunters Streets are referenced as the address points in the filing instructions.
Dynamite in Rescue Work Causes Strife
A dispute over explosives in recovering two bodies from a Lexington Avenue subway cave‑in led to a clash between Coroner W H Holtzhauser and Public Service Commission Chairman E E McCall. The coroner banned dynamite, McCall opposed, and McCall’s authority prevailed. Three inquiries are ongoing.
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New York
Lexington Avenue
W. H. Holtzhauser
E. E. McCall
Public Service Commission
McCall
Artist to Live Like Stone Age Forbears
Boston, June 16. John Knowles, a local artist, will trek into northern Maine without clothing, food, matches, firearms or ammunition to prove twentieth century convention is unnecessary. He vows to live like Stone Age men for three months.
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Boston
John Knowles
Maine
Moros Routed In Midnight Battle At Jolo Island
Special Cable reports from Manila on June 16 that American troops under Brigadier General John J. Pershing and native allies routed the Moros on Jolo. Six Americans killed and seven wounded, all scouts, with 30 total American casualties. Rebels fled to the mountains after deserting trenches as pursuing forces pressed them. Desultory fighting had continued for days. native losses were heavier. Pershing praised American gallantry.
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Manila
P. L
Jolo
John J. Pershing
Pershing
Railroad Strike Over Discharged Workers Sparks Walkout
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on June 16 two hundred repairmen at Reading Railway shops in Schuylkill Haven and workers at Palo Alto and St Clair joined a strike called by the International Car Workers' Association. Union officials say the walkout followed the firing of several reform-minded workers.
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Pottsville
Reading Railway
Schuylkil Haven
Palo Alto
St. Clair
International Car Workers’ Association
Darrow May Never Pace a Third Trial
In Los Angeles on June 16 the remaining charge against Clarence Darrow, the labor attorney linked to the McNamara case, is unlikely to be heard as the case has not been scheduled and the District Attorney’s office declined to say if a third trial for jury bribery will occur.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Darrow
McNamara
Darrow
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Edwin P. Ansley
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