San Antonio Flood Kills Forty with Two Hundred Fifty Feared
Flooding from the San Antonio river and Alazan creek devastates the city. Officials estimate up to 250 missing or dead, with property losses in the millions as rescue teams work slowly through debris and drifting wreckage. Streets are washed clean, key buildings damaged or destroyed, and thousands lose homes. Rescuers and civilians risk deadly currents to save others amid a night of intense storms and black skies.
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San Antonio
Tex
River Avenue
Brady Building
Wolff and Marx Department Store
Stowers
St. Mary's
Anthony Hotel
Elks Club
Travis Club
Central Telephone Exchange
River Valley
Olmos Creek
Pershing to sail for Paris on Wednesday
General Pershing will sail Wednesday for Paris to attend ceremonies on October 2 during which he will award the Medal of Honor to the unknown French soldier laid in the Arch of Triumph. He will be accompanied by a high naval officer whose identity is not yet announced. Secretary Weeks outlined the mission as part of enduring Franco American military ties.
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Washington
Pershing
Harding
Paris
Congress
France
Weeks
Fatty Arbuckle to be arrested in San Francisco case
Police announce Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle will be detained for inquest into the death of actress Virginia Rappe after from Los Angeles to clear up an affair at his hotel suite. No charges will be filed but Arbuckle and party members will testify. autopsy cites peritonitis with bruises.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Los Angeles
Misa Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Michael Griffin
Freano
Alice Blake
Zey Prevon
Miss Rappe
Miss Blake
Harry Kelly
Chicago
Hall of Justice
Boy Killed By Automobile In Parkersburg
Arthur Drumell aged twelve rode his bicycle when he dodged from behind an automobile driven by John Crofton. The rear wheel ran over him, crushing him. he died en route to a local hospital. A coroner's jury exonerated Crofton of blame.
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Bey
Parkersburg
W. Va
Arthur Drummell
John Crofton
Crofton
Senate Finance Committee advances parts of tax bill
Senate finance committee approved key provisions of the house tax bill including foreign traders, foreign trade corporations, personal service corporations, and gain loss basing per supreme court decisions. Income surtax rate and sales tax plans face next week votes as Smoot weighs alternatives.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Supreme Court
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Finance Committee
Progress Toward Unification Of Views Reported
Washington reports preliminary talks by the American delegation toward unified opinions and a 12 to 15 member advisory committee for the armament and Pacific conference. Secretary Hughes, Senator Lodge, Elihu Root, and Senator Underwood are involved as discussions progress.
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Washington
United States
Hughes
Harding
Senator Lodge
Elihu Root
Senator Underwood
Underwood
Capitol
Congress
Advisory Committee
Army
Navy
General Pershing
Tasker H. Bliss
Sime
Hilary P. Jones
Henry T. Mayo
Chas. J. Badger
Frank F. Fletcher
Atlantic Fleet
Samuel Gorapers
American Federation of Labor
Bluefield Water Case Requires New Pumping Unit and Tank
Public Service Commission orders Bluefield Water Works to add an Ada pumping unit and a storage dam to supply water for thirty days if springs fail. Valuation raised to 460 000 with eight percent return, rates up about sixteen percent. Tank relocation and plan submissions by October are mandated.
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Bluefield
Public Service Commission
Bluefield Water Works
Ada
Prominent Lawyer Sentenced to Indeterminate Term
Porter W. Lowry a 66 year old Butler County lawyer received an indeterminate eight to nine year sentence in the Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary and a 2200 dollar fine after pleading guilty to two counts of embezzlement one forgery and one larceny by bailee. The defalcations totaling 41500 related to estates of Mary F. Hyde Ithaca NY and Mrs Elizabeth Thompson Los Angeles CA. He urged the court to show no mercy and vowed to repay his debts after release.
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Butler
Porter W. Lowry
Butler County
Western Pennsylvania
Mary F. Hyde
Ithaca
N. Y
Elizabeth Thompson
Los Angeles
Cal
Second salesman found murdered in Chicago garage
Harvey W. Church twenty, from Adams Wisconsin, linked to killings of Bernard Daugherty and Carl Asmus. Police recovered Asmus’ body hidden in a garage behind Church’s apartment. Daugherty and Asmus, Packard employees, were lured to a basement and drugged before death by strangulation and lung congestion. Church allegedly bought a car for his father and claimed a frame-up.
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Chicago
Harvey W. Church
Adams
Wis
Bernard J. Daugherty
Carl Asmus
Daugherty
Desplaines River
Asmus
Church
Charen
St. Paul
Tank Corps
Bloomington
Packard Motor Car Company
Wisconsin
Tragedy on Chester Bridge Kills Dozens
A steel Third street bridge footpath collapse in Chester Pennsylvania triggers a river disaster. Twenty four bodies recovered and many more feared dead or missing as rescuers search the river bottom under searchlights. The crush drew crowds and hindered rescue efforts as officials inspect the condemned footpath and identify victims including a small boy Gus Apostelos.
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Chester
Chester River
Third Street
Gus Apostelos
Borhood
Cheater
Talien
Morris Knopf
Sial
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Fatty Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Sid Hatfield
Mingo
Matewan
C. C. Testerman
Onone
Welch Agust
Balfour
League of Nations
Associated Press
Geneva
Arthur J. Balfour
Assembly
The
UN Def
Council
Robert Cecil
Hjalmar Branting
International Court of Justice
League
Lodge
Root
Diskoter
Boy
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