Conference to discuss security pact with German participation
Allied leaders plan an early October meeting with Dr Stressemann to discuss a Rhineland security pact. France Britain and Italy will decide attendance while Poland seeks its influence over France's Rhine crossing rights amid limited conference scope. The US is kept informed as Berlin weighs its formal participation.
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Geneva
Prospec
Germany
Stressmann
Painleve
Briand
France
Chamberlain
England
Aix Lee Bains
Win
Great Britain
Dr. Streasmann
Assembly of
League of Nations
Associated Press
Stressemann
Mussolini
Italy
Washington
Osecho-Slovakia
Boland Larly
Rhine
Poland
United States
America
Europe
Berlin
Migister Stressemann
Megard
Luther
von Hindenburg
Bavaria
All
Indictments Total Twenty Eight Against Bank Officials
Moundyville West Virginia September 8 A Marshall county grand jury returned twenty eight indictments against William B Leach cashier and Joseph F Ward assistant cashier of the Bank of Benwood following a six hundred thousand dollar shortage found July 9 by examiners. Each man faces fourteen counts including false statements embezzlement forgery larceny and related charges. They will be arraigned tomorrow morning to answer the indictments.
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Moundyville
W. Va
William
Leach
Joseph F. Ward
Bank of Benwood
Ward
California
Marshall County Grand Jury
State Banking Department
French murderess in Paris judged insane
Maria Bonnefoy domestic servant shot and killed Ernest Berger treasurer of the French Royalist League of Action on May 26. She mistook Berger for Charles Maurras editor of L Action Francaise. Investigating magistrate ruled her insane and unfit for trial. Persecution mania evidenced by rambling police statements and letters.
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Paris
Maria Bonnefoy
Ernest Berger
League of Action
Berger
Charles Maurras
L‘action Francaise
Les
Girl Healed by Direct Prayer at Spiritual Congress
At an international spiritualist congress Jeanne Devers a 23 year old girl afflicted with a disease shows progressive healing through direct prayer to God and magnetic passes by mediums. Her foot and hip are resuming normal shape.
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International Spiritualist Congress
Jeanne Devers
Shenandoah hero Ernest Nichols who stopped dirigible
Ernest Nichols, a farmer from Caldwell near Sharon in Noble County, Ohio, is hailed as a Shenandoah disaster hero after grabbing the navy dirigible by the nose ring and guiding it away from his house and children. He recounts tying the craft to fence posts and a maple stump while bystanders punctured the gas and helped secure the drifting airship.
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Caldwell
Ohio
Noble County
Sharon
Navy
Ernest Nichols
Ernest
Nichols
Associated Press
Timber Fires Ravage Acres in Tennessee Mountains
Forests in the Popular Ridge area of the Unaka mountains near Erwin Tennessee burned over 2000 acres as government officials reported the flames seemed contained. In Carter county the Laurel Fork area on Pittsburg Lumber Company land remained unchecked as of today.
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Bristol
Tenn
Unaka Mountain
Erwin
Laurel Fork
Carter County
Pittsburg Lumber Company
Lure of America Draws Many Emigrants to U S Visas
Stockholm reports strong American emigration appeal with rising visa applications. Consulates note Sweden's emigration quota to April 1926 will be filled as demand remains high.
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America
Stockholm
Americas
Sweden
United States
Two Counties Move to Prosecute Noel in Mary Daly Case
Authorities in Essex and Passaic counties prepare murder and kidnapping charges against Harrison W. Noel, a former insane asylum inmate, for the abduction and killing of six year old Mary Daly. Autopsy shows two bullet wounds and skull fractures.
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Montclair
N. J
Harrison W. Noel
Mary Daly
Essex County
Raymond Pierce
Mary
Noel
Passaic
Newark
John Sandin
Sandin
Recorder'’S Court
Joe
Passaic County
Deyoe
Pierce
Ote
Dix W. Noel
New York
Stary
Holy Name Cemetery
Jersey City
J. A. McGeary
St. Cassion's
Thomas Curry
Church of the Immaculate Conception
J. A. Earl
Overbrook
Ovesrook
Craig Sanitarium
Beacon
N. Y
Cook
Overbrook Asylum
State Board of Control
Hart
Montclair High School
Harvard
Fank F. Gray
H. W. Dutch
Mont Tura
Page Thres
Little Girl in Pink Kidnapped and Killed in New Jersey
Mary Daly six was abducted during play at Montclair and taken to Pompton twelve miles away where she was shot to death. Harrison Noel, son of wealthy parents, confessed to the crime.
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Mary Daly
Montclair
N. J
Pompton
Harrison Noel
Do Not Convert Shenandoah Wreckage To Souvenirs
DoJ officials at Cadwell Ohio oversee the junking of the Shenandoah wreck near the site with orders that parts not be cut into keepsakes or used for show. Bidders pour in as the first lot is sent to Lakehurst while further consignments await. Surviving victims Raymond Cole and John McCarthy recover in hospitals with surgeons hopeful for nonoperative braces and steady care. Crowds at the site have largely dispersed.
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Cadwell
Ohio, &P
Shenandoah
Navy
Jacob H. Klein
Lakehurst
N. J
Lakehuret
Department of Justice
Raymond Cole
Marietta
Caldwell
Klein
John McCarthy
Marietta Hospital
William Moore
Cleveland
McCarthy
Moore
Letter Carriers stay in labor federation
Detroit Sept 8 The National Association of Letter Carriers voted down a resolution to withdraw from the American Federation of Labor after a heated argument. Arthur H Stricklin urged independence to reach higher ideals. The convention was split on a proposal for weekly salary payments instead of bi monthly pay with Western delegates leading the opposition.
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Detroit
National Association of Letter Carriers
American Federation of Labor
Arthur H. Sricklin
Supreme Court hears Logan election case appeals
Charleston W V Sept 8 Arguments were heard today by the state supreme court on writs of error in seven Logan county election cases and more cases were submitted for decision. Republican candidates challenge Democrat wins for sheriff county prosecuting attorney and other offices. Parties and attorneys from Charleston and Logan appeared. Decisions expected next Tuesday or the following Tuesday.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Supreme Court
Logan County
T. ©. Townsend
M. F. Matheny
Eaglish & Ritchie
W. R. Lilly
C. C. Chambers
Logan
W. E. Byrne
Ira P. Hager
Robert Bland
Tabor Shot Dead in Family Conflict
J Tabor twenty three employed at O V Hefner plumbing was killed by G J Pennington at Pennington’s home across Stoney Ridge. The killing followed a lengthy family feud involving Tabor’s sister and her husband and several companions. Pennington surrendered to authorities and a coroner’s inquest was held with a preliminary murder charge expected. A minor hearing is scheduled for later this month.
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J. T. Tabor
O. V. Hefner
G. J. Pennington
Stoney Ridge
Tabor
Pennington
Gilbert Pennington
Squire H. B. Kitts
Virgil Ross
Squire Kitt
Tabors
Belchers
Belcher Boys
Prohibition Leader Mrs Cook Shot in Benton County Iowa
Mrs C B Cook president of the Benton County W C T U was shot dead in her Vinton home while preparing a paper on Looking Forward She had sought to submit a list of suspected bootleggers to the Benton County grand jury and had recently conferred with prohibition officer Roy Slade on conditions in Vinton The motive appears tied to liquor law enforcement with neighbors calling the crime a martyr to prohibition.
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Associated Press
Vinton
Iowa
Benton County
C. B Cook
BE. Underwood
Cook
Cedar Rapids
Roy R. Slade
Slade
Grand Jury
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Prohibition Chief Fires Staff Over Double Crossing
In Pittsburg on September 8 Prohibition Administrator Frederick C. Baird dismissed Divisional Chief G. J. Simons and thirty local enforcement agents saying they double crossed him. Six were later reinstated as W. J. Martsoll became acting divisional chief to reorganize the unit after a carload of beer was unloaded near prohibitions headquarters and orders to watch for Labor Day shipments were not followed.
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Pittsburg
Frederick C. Baird
G. J. Simons
Simons
Baird
W. J. Martsoll
Prohibition
Volunteer Service Seeks Fifty Drivers for Friday Tour
The Bluefield Chamber of Commerce seeks fifty volunteer drivers with cars for a two hour Friday drive from 4 to 6 p m for Norfolk and Western visitors. Chair KW1 Lacy coordinates the event with pickups at West Virginian Motel Scott Street at 4 10 p m stopping at Pinnacle Rock before returning by 6 p m.
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Norfolk and Western
Bluefield
Kw. 1
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Mr. Lacy
Chamber of Commerce
Scott Street
West Virginian
New Free
Pinnacle Rock
Goolidge Silent on Mitchell Affair and League Policy
President Coolidge withholds a definite decision on farm policy and other issues awaiting counsel in Washington. He plans to return from Swampscott to discuss reconvening the agricultural conference, Damages over aviation policy in Mitchell charges, and whether to support League of Nations measures including a possible armament conference and world court.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
Capital
Agricultural Conference
Congress
Jardine
White Court
Deneloes
Mellon
New
Congressional
Mitchell
War
Navy Departments
United States
League of Nations
Senate
Christy Mathewson Ill With Tuberculosis in Saranac Lake
Dr Edward Packard filed in Norwich supreme court an affidavit saying Christy Mathewson is so ill his recovery depends on rest and avoidance of stress. Mathewson, once Giants star pitcher and Braves part owner, is confined to bed at his Saranac Lake home and cannot attend court, though another report via Dr Packard says condition not serious and not alarming.
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Norwich
N. Y
Christy Mathewson
New York Giants
Boston Braves
Supreme Court
Edward Packard
Mathewson
Saranac Lake
Packard
Justice Hill
Terms of Millions and Billions in Railroad Rate Case
Chicago testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission argued for a five percent freight-rate increase. President Fred W. Sargent of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway cited returns under four percent on investment. L. E. Whettling of the western railroads’ statistical bureau presented a detailed 33 page exhibit. Sargent will resume testimony tomorrow.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company
Western
Chicago and Northwestern
L. E. Whettling
Statistical Bureau of the Western Railroads
Sargent
Mitchell investigated over HID statement amid defense clash
War department moves to call Colonel William Mitchell to account for claims that the services were negligent and treasonable. Inspector General Helmick orders Nugent to San Antonio for a formal inquiry while assessing possible court action. Mitchell cites a constructive policy and urges December action by Congress to reform national defense and aeronautics.
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Washington
War Department
William Mitchell
John Hines
Blt
A. Helmick
George A. Nugent
Nugent
San Antonio
Texas
Mitchell
Helmick
Hines
Army
Wilbur
Navy
National Defense
Eighth Corps
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of National Defense
United States
Port Arkansas
Saar
Congress
Ecclesiastical Faker Tarnowski Arrested in Rome
Rome September 8 Polish con man John Tarnowski, a twenty year ecclesiastical imposter, posed as monsignor and Bishop of Warsaw fooling Florentine clergy and various European prelates. He was arrested after raising suspicion at a Polish church.
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Rome
John Tarnowski
Europe
Tarnowski
Italy
Warsaw
Rev Dr Jacob A Clutz Dies of Heart Failure
Stockholm reports Rev Dr Jacob A Clutz of Gettysburg Pennsylvania died of heart failure. He attended the Universal Christian conference there last month as a delegate.
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Jacob A. Clutz
Stockholm
Jacob A. Cluts
Getysburg
Universal Christian Conference
Rdgpas Maar
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