Unusual Precautions At Polls Mark New York Mayoral Campaign
In New York a heated mayoral primary to determine Democratic and Republican nominees ends as voters prepare to cast ballots for Walker Hylan Waterman and Thomas. Police and detectives deploy to prevent a possible Tammany election steal amid anti fares and party power struggles.
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Tammany Hall
James Walker
Alfred E. Smith
State Democracy
John F. Hylan
William Randolph Hearst
Frank D. Waterman
William M. Bennett
John G. Lyons
Ee Mroeer
Waterman
Walker
Hylan
Tammany
Mr. Hearst
Municipal Assembly
Buincombe
New York
Nickel Plate Merger Hearings Recessed In Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission hearings on the Nickel Plate merger were recessed today in Washington. The session paused as details of the plan were reviewed, with officials continuing to examine implications for routes and service.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rattlesnake Bite Leaves Gerhardt in Critical Condition
Otto Gerhardt a longtime producer of wildlife pictures for sports groups in Pennsylvania and New York remains in critical condition in a Johnstown hospital after a rattlesnake escaped from a box at the Cambria County fair and bit him on the hand. A blood transfusion was used in the effort to save his life.
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Johnstown
Otto Gerhardt
Wild Life Pictures
Pennsylvania
New York
Cambria County
Butler Abandons West Tour Plans
Washington reports that Chairman Butler of the Republican National Committee said he has abandoned a planned fall tour through the West. He cited strong party interest and support for the president, and noted no plans to seek tariff changes. He expects to run for re election to the Senate next year.
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Washington
Butler
Republican National Committee
Chicago
West
National Committee
Wisconsin
Robert M. LaPollette, Jr
Congress
Senate
Rodgers and His Men Sail on Thursday
Honolulu Sept 14 The San Francisco Honolulu aviators of seaplane PN-9 No 1 will sail for San Francisco Thursday on the U S S Idaho New orders move Commander John Rodgers to the mainland on the U S S California The five fliers reach San Francisco Sept 24 depart Sept 30 for San Pedro by air or destroyer Their seaplane fate remains undecided after a 300 mile float due to gasoline shortage Rodgers and his crew had only a luncheon with Governor Farrington at Washington Place.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
San Pedro
Pearl Harbor
Rodgers
Wallace R. Farrington
Washington Place
Donald Osborne
John Rodgers
Osborne
Frank C. Martin
W. 8. Price
Nawiliwill
Abukini
Nawil
Final Plans for $10 Million West Virginia Coal Merger
Northern West Virginia coal operators were summoned to New York on September 23 and 24 to finalize plans for a proposed 10 million dollar coal property merger. Flint & Company of New York is engineering the deal which would combine sixty northern WV operators. Appraisers have surveyed and valued the properties, and locals say the merger would lower operating costs and aid small operators in the region.
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Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
New York City
Flint & Company
Senator Stanfield Arrest Sparks Framed-Up Claims
City officials call the Baker Oregon arrest of Senator Robert N. Stanfield for drunkenness a routine matter. Allies allege a frame-up. a statement from political adviser T B Newhausen claims attempts to entangle him. A trial date awaits the senator’s return from Boise for Senate committee hearings.
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Baker
Ore
Robert N. Stanfield
Stanfield
Frank McCulloch
Boise
Senate Public Lands Committee
McCulloch
Portland
T. B. Newhausen
Oregon
Senator Stanfield
William Pullman
Pendleton
Senate Committee of Pubic Lands
Idaho
Burns
Winnemucca
Nev
Charred bodies identified as John Gray and wife in Illinois
East St Louis police tentatively identify the charred bodies found in a burned automobile as John Gray, part owner of Dagle Park, and his wife Catherine. Officials link the double killing to a prior 1924 case at Eagle Park and note a woman named Catherine Gray figured in that earlier crime.
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East St. Louis
Ills
John Gray
Dagle Park
Madison County
Catherine
Gray
Hollis Bryam
Melvin Norvell
Eagle Park
Catherine Gray
Norvell
Bryam
MITCHELL READY TESTIFY ANY TIME
Washington reports the war and navy departments will assist the president's aircraft board meeting at the White House. Colonel Mitchell is named as an expert witness, while a navy court of inquiry investigates the Shenandoah disaster. The navy prepares to cooperate and share confidential information if authorized.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Special Aircraft Board
White House
War Department
Mitchell
Air Service Administration
Wilbur
Navy Court of Inquiry
Shenandoah
Navy
Department
Board
La Follette Challenged by National Republicans
Washington reports that the Republican national committee will withhold support from Robert M. La Follette Jr. in Wisconsin's special senate election if he wins the Republican primary Roy P Wilcox an Eau Claire rival denounces La Follette as a Colidge Republican and says he would run in the general election if he wins the primary Chairman Butler notes La Follette cannot be considered a Republican due to his role as chief lieutenant to his father in the campaign against the Cleveland platform
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National Committee
Washington
Republican National Committee
Robert M. LaFollette, Jr
Wisconsin
Butler
Roy P. Wilcox
Eau Claire
la Follette
LaFollette
Republian
Cleveland
Rescue of PN-9 crew by submarine R-4 under Lt Osborne
Lieutenant Donald Osborne recounts the R-4 rescue of the PN-9 No. 1 crew after 218 hours adrift. The submarine towed the plane to Nawiliwili Kauai, provided food and supplies, faced heavy seas, and lost an anchor before returning to Pearl Harbor.
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Nawiliwili
Kauali
Kauai
Nawiliwill
Merbor
Martin
Bricks and Fists Fly at Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports free for all clashes between political factions in the Seventeenth ward as crowds fought and police dispersed them. County detectives chief Robert H. Braun orders his staff to report at 9 AM to keep order at polls. Five parties nominate for city county and borough offices. mayoral notes 250 officers on duty in the Second ward amid aldermanic rivalries. Kenna and nine others arraigned in police court for alleged raling in the second ward. hearing continued to Wednesday.
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Pittsburg
Seventeenth Ward
Robert H. Braun
Magee
George Anderson
P. J. O'Malley
F E. M. Kenna
No Decision on Ford's Proposal
Washington reports Secretary Wilbur has not chosen on Henry Ford's plan to build and test a rigid dirigible. The craft would use a metal gas bag to reduce diffusion and reach 10 000 feet, with 70 mph speed and 2000 mile range. The Navy will study lighter than air options before deciding.
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Washington
Henry Ford
Navy Department
Wilbur
Bureau of Aeronautics
Ford
Aircraft Development Corporation of Detroit
Mrs Lehman to Lead State Children’s Home at Elkins
Mrs Jessica Lehman will take charge of the state children’s home at Elkins tomorrow according to J Walter Barnes. The Fairmont resident succeeds Mrs E Harrison Johnson who resigned and oversees about forty children at the institution in Charleston news note.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jessica Lehman
Elkins
J. Walter Barnes
Board of Control
Barefoot 400 Mile Hike Ties Presidential Bet
Morgantown attorney Robert A. Loar completed a barefooted hike of over 400 miles ending in New York after visiting Tamanny Hall and meeting Governor Smith. The bet was with Gene Arnett of Fairmont, WV, placed before the last presidential election.
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New York
Robert A. Loar
Morgantown
W. Va
Philadelphia
Tammany Hall
Smith
Lear
Gene Arnett
Fairmont
Anderson Seen At Sioux City Hotel With Bandit Circle
Sioux City Iowa September 14 employees of a local hotel identified a photograph as George Dutch Anderson a companion of Gerald Chapman seen at the hotel during his part of last week their assertion comes after viewing the bandit photographs
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Anderson
Sioux City
Iowa
George
Dutch) Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Kirby dies by suicide after murder arrest in Maine
Marty A. Kirby, jailed since May for the Miss Alda Howard murder, slashed his wrist in his cell. A note to Sheriff Cummings asked that, if unclaimed by his wife, his body be given to Bowdoin College medical school for study.
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Augusta
Maine
Marty A. Kirby
Alda Howard
Emma Towns
Lake Maranacook
Winthrop
Hayward
Kirby
Newburyport
Mass
Highriff
Henry F. Cummings
Kennebec County
Bowdoin College Medical School
Hill Seeks Constitutional Amendment to Repeal Eighteenth
Representative John Philip Hill of Maryland announces plan to introduce a constitutional amendment in December that would repeal the eighteenth amendment. He cites the Federal Council of Churches report noting unfavorable social consequences of prohibition since 1920 and notes his long opposition to prohibition and efforts to modify the Volstead Act.
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Baltimore
John Philip Hill
Maryland
Congress
Hill
Federal Council of Churches
Representative Hill
Governor Gore Back From Jacksons Mill Visit
Governor Gore returned to his office after visiting Jacksons Mill and Clarksburg. At Jacksons Mill he and James B. Lakin helped arrange motion pictures of Mountaineers in training. Gore spent Saturday night in Clarksburg where his mother is reported ill.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gore
Jackson's Mill
Clarksburg
James 8. Lakin
Board of Control
Robert W. Chidester
Sam T. Mallison
Malison
T. E. Gore
Washington
Train Delayed Five Hours After Wreck Near Wellsburg
Pennsylvania train No. 650 bound for Pittsburg from Wheeling was delayed five hours when its locomotive tender derailed one and a half miles south of Wellsburg West Virginia. The wreck required track repairs and detours for three fast trains via Wheeling to Mingo Junction Ohio. The train carried about one hundred passengers.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Pittsrg
Wheeling
Pittsburg
Wheeling Terminal
Mingo Junction
Ohio
Dropped Dead While Waiting For Train
The Rev. F. Orran Bond sixty five retired Baptist minister of Washington PA dropped dead while waiting for a Baltimore and Ohio train in Wheeling WV. He struck his head on the tiled floor in the station and died of heart failure. Bond was a Wood County WV native who had pastored in Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia until his retirement twelve years ago.
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Wheeling
W. Va
F. Orran Bond
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio
Ohio Valley General Hospital
Bond
Wood County
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin Senate Race Sees Tepid Campaign Stretch
Milwaukee voters head to the polls as Republican contenders Lafollette Jr Wilcox and McGovern led by front runner Woodard close campaigns for the unexpired Lafollette term. Democrats face ruptures over foreign policy and may fail to reach ten percent turnout, risking an independent bid by their candidate Rogers. Socialists John M Work faces the same hurdle.
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Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Robert M. Lafollette
Roy P. Wilcox
Francis BE. McGovern
Daniel Woodard
Oshkosh
Wisconsin
William G. Bruce
Bruce
World Court
Charles B. Rogers
Fort Atkinson
John M. Work
Big Oil Well Fire Burns Fifty Days in Romania
A Romana Americana oil well No 1 in Moren Ol field near Bucharest burned for fifty days destroying about one million dollars of crude. The well reached 1143 meters before erupting on July 24 and catching fire from sparks. Engineers drilled tunnels to the casing and pumped firefighting fluids to extinguish the blaze.
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Bucharest
Wildcat
Moren Ol
Romano-Americana Conmpany
Standard Oil
Romania
Rumania
Returned to Scene of Murder to Kill Self
Police found John Govner, a mechanic, dead with a bullet wound in a clump of bushes near Golden Gate Park where he shot and killed his divorced wife and seriously wounded her escort the day before. Authorities believe Govner loitered in the park overnight, then returned to the murder scene to end his life.
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San Francisco
John Govner
Golden Gate Park
Teme
Coroner's jury delayed in Mrs Cook murder case
In Vinton Iowa the coroner's jury investigating the murder of Mrs C C Cook was postponed for two to three days. George Buchanan testified he saw a car linked to Mr Cook near Grundy Center before the killing. Cook's mother reportedly heard the dying woman name a man, hinting at a potential witness.
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Vinton
Iowa
CC. B. Cook
George Buchanan
Waterloo
Mr. Cook
Grundy Center
Cook
Buchanan
Modlin
Cooke
Lata
Miners Leader Praises Pinchot Visit on Freight Rates
John L. Lewis UMWA president praises Governor Pinchot after a confidential talk on the anthracite dispute and coal freight rates. Lewis backs state and union cooperation for possible rehearing and notes Pinchot’s interest in western Pennsylvania freight and industry.
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Lewis
Pennsylvania
Pennnylvania
Udewater
Great Lakes
Pinchot
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Harry Kirby
Aida Howard
Sheriff Cummings
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Lew
Central
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
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