Canada and Cuba win three year seats on League Council
Canada and Cuba were elected to three year terms on the League of Nations Council, Finland also joining for three years. The council now includes four American nations, with Belgium, Salvador, Czecho Slovakia replaced as terms expire. Belgium failed to secure reelection. Belgium’s candidacy was ruled ineligible.
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Geneva
Canada
Cuba
United States
League of Nations Council
Finland
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Germany
China
Columbia
Chile
Romania
Poland
Holland
Slovakia
Salvador
Belgium
Colombia
Canada elected to League of Nations council seat
Ottawa reports that Canada Cuba and Finland won non permanent seats on the League of Nations council for three years. Government circles say a permanent ministerial representative at Geneva is not required since the council may meet only three times a year, abandoning quarterly meetings.
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Ottawa
Ont
Council
League of Nations
Canada
Cuba
Finland
Dominion
Geneva
Isadora Duncan Died In Auto Accident In Nice France
The famous dancer Isadora Duncan died in Nice after a silk scarf became entangled in a car wheel causing a wreck. Her body lay in her studio amid hundreds of flowers as plans were made to send the body to Paris and cremation may follow beside her two children who also died in the accident.
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Nice
France
Isadora Duncan
Paris
Paris Welcomes Peace Armada With Pershing Aboard
Paris and Atlantic ports brim with flags as a great peace time armada nears the coast. General John J. Pershing will land tomorrow with thousands of former American soldiers aboard, greeted by bands, flags, and cheering crowds.
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Paris
Atlantic
France
American Legion
French
John J. Pershing
Leviathan
State starts search after girl's slaying
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 15. The state aids Linn county in a search for Lyle Messner, 14, sought by a warrant tied to the slaying of 6-year-old Kathleen Forrest. The battered child’s body was found in a vacant house near her home after an all night search. Relatives of Messner live in Clinton, Iowa, and officials went there to locate him.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Linn County
Lyle Messner
Kathleen Forrest
James Forrest
Little
Hbors
Messner
Clinton
Doughboys Arrive Cherbourg on Leviathan
The liner Leviathan arrived at Cherbourg France bearing General Pershing and a contingent of American Legionnaires to the Legion convention opening in Paris next week.
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Cherbourg
France
Leviathan
General Pershing
Paris
Foot-Run Wing Flapping Plane Tests In Cocoa
George R. White, ex army aviator, secretly experiments with a 100 pound foot propelled ornithopter in Cocoa Florida. He plans a public test in a few days aiming to reach about forty miles per hour. Details of motive power remain undisclosed beyond a feet driven mechanism.
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Cocoa
Fla
George R. White
White
Glen White team first 10 arrive for safety meet
Morgantown West Virginia September 15 4 the first aid team from the Glen White mine of the C C B Smoke ena Coal company of Raleigh county arrived for the state safety meet on Saturday as the first of more than 150 competing teams. Officials report hotel space is full yet housing committees have placed over 1000 people in private homes.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Glen White
C. C. B. Smoke
Ena Coal Company
Raleigh County
Robert M. Lamble
State Department of Mines
J. L. Helzer
Rtment of Mines
Jesse V. Sullivan
State Safety Association
Howard M. Gore
West Virginia
Treasury Records One and a Half Billion in Operations
Fiscal operations totaling 1.5 billion dollars were recorded by the Treasury. The day included flotation of two government security issues, redemption of maturing certificates of indebtedness, interest payments, and third quarter income tax installments totaling about 465 million dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Glass plant painter dies after fall 60 feet
Fairmont West Virginia September 15 Charles B Stalnaker an operator at Monongah Glass company fell through the skylight section of the plant while painting and landed in a tank of broken glass. He died instantly. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Stalnaker of Fairmont and unmarried.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Charles B. Stalnaker
Monongah Glass Company
Harry Stalnaker
Heat wave ends as cool front shifts eastward
Baltimore reports prostrations while Wheeling moves away from the cool mountain air. Chicago records 95 degrees after a four day heat spell with a 100 degree high in Peru Illinois. A cool air mass moving in expects showers and temperatures near 80 by tomorrow. Schools dismiss and beaches attract crowds as the heat relief arrives. Illinois cites a gain in corn yield from cooler conditions, Iowa notes 30 percent advance in corn.
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Baltimore
Wheeling
Chicago
Central States
Peru
Ilinole
Morrow
Illinois
Iowa
Wheeling Girl Geraldine Earp Dies in Heat Spell
In Wheeling West Virginia on September 15 17 year old Geraldine Earp collapsed in a post office lobby during a heat wave but was revived later at her home marking the first heat related incident of the period in the city
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Wheeling
W. Va
Mies
Geraldine Earp
Record Heat In Baltimore On September 15
Five persons suffered heat exhaustion as Baltimore temperatures rose to 97 degrees by 4 pm, marking the highest September 15 reading on record for the city.
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Baltimore
Four More Jurors to Try Poison Case in Illinois
Mount Vernon Illinois September 15 four farmers were chosen to try Elsie Sweetin for murder of her husband three years ago. She faces a second trial alongside her former pastor Lawrence Hight now in prison for another murder. Jurors said they formed no opinion and would consider signing a death warrant if guilty. A habeas corpus writ seeks to bring Hight from Chester prison where he is held. Prosecution says he will repeat his previous church trial testimony.
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Mount Vernon
Ceses Poe
Ilinois
Elsie Sweetin
Lawrence Hight
Ilford Sweetin
Decia
Pearce
Hights
Sauthron Illinois Penitentiary
Chester
Farmer William McMillan Shot Dead Near Union Corn
In Lancaster Pennsylvania on September 15 William McMillan 35 a longtime farmer from Little Britain township near Union Corn was shot and killed instantly. State police pursue Orin Pless a hired man on the farm reported by the widow as the shooter in the fatal incident.
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Lancaster
William McMillan
Little Britain
Unicorn
Orin Pless
Science Asked to Prove Child Belongs to Woman in Ohio Case
In Cleveland on September 15 Judge Carl V. Weygandt held a hearing on a habeas corpus case over a baby believed to be the child of Mrs. Sam Smith. The judge consulted doctors and scientists about blood tests and other methods to determine parentage as Smith nurses the infant at Fairview Hospital.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Carl V. Weygandt
Common Pleas Court
Sam Smith
Fairview Hospital
Tariff War Possibility Looms With France Over Treaty
Washington officials warned that France’s rejection of American proposals for a most favored nation treaty could trigger a tariff war. The United States plans a legal reply asserting that tariff negotiations must follow the tariff act’s equal treatment rule, while noting penalties under section 317 may be available to the president if retaliation is needed.
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Washington
France
State Department
Eign Office
Nurse is not guilty in Beckley murder case
Enid Oklahoma September 15 1930 Mrs Mary Atkinson 26 a nurse pleaded not guilty at arraignment before a justice of the peace She is jailed during investigation of the poisoning death of Mary Jane Bailey 18 daughter of Rev Charles Bailey pastor The county attorney says he will decide on further action after an oral report from pathologist Dr W H Bailey.
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Enid
Okla
Charles Bailey
Mary Atkinson
Mary Jane Bailey
Mary Jane
Dan Mitchell
Garfield County
Mrs. Bailey
Mitchell
W. H. Bailey
Oklahoma City
Fire Destroys Part Of Norfolk and Western Bridge
Approximately 140 feet of a Norfolk and Western railroad bridge on the Pocahontas division near Thacker was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. A work train found the flames around 2:20 PM after passing the bridge at noon. Firefighters could not save the damaged section, and bridge carpenters were sent to rebuild. The branch line is not expected to reopen before tonight.
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Norfolk and Western
Lick Fork
Pocahontas
Hhe
Thacker
Thacker Coal Company
Fie
Greece Refuses Warship Purchase From Germany
In Geneva on September 15 Greece opposes taking the 20 000 ton battleship Salimis built in a German yard during the war. The Polish delegation asks the League of Nations to return the three million dollars Greece already paid. Poland argues Versailles forbids exporting war material and Greece should not be forced to accept the ship. A committee was appointed to study the issue.
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Geneva
Greece
Council of the
League of Nations
Germany
Headless Body of Chemist Found Near Baltimore
A headless body identified as J Athey Kerner a 22 year old chemist missing since June 9 was found in a state forest reserve near Baltimore. His mother Mrs Andrew Kerner fears he was murdered by bootleggers who had pressured him to work for them weeks before his disappearance.
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Baltimore
J. Athey Kerner
Here
Andrew Kerner
Elephant objects when orchestra plays jazz at zoo
In Philadelphia on Sept 15 Poe tre an 11 year old Asiatic elephant drenched an orchestra at the zoo as they played a jazz tune. The animals keeper O Emerson Brown observed the scene while noting classical music triumphed over jazz in the monkey house.
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Philadelphia
Poetre
Zoo
O. Emerson Brown
Zoological Garden
Nazimova Becomes American Citizen
Actress Alla Nazimova was naturalized as an American citizen in New York joining scores of aspirants. Born in Crimea she took the oath in the standard form as part of the naturalization process.
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New York
Mme Alla Nazimova
Crimea
Steamer Kyle Recovers Wreckage From Old Glory Monoplane
Government steamer Kyle returns toward St Johns with wreckage from the trans Atlantic Old Glory after picking it up last Monday. The Kyle presses on to search for the three missing crew members aboard the plane.
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St. Johns
N. F
Twelve of crew drown in sinking tug Piguino near Tampico
Twelve members of the crew including the captain are believed drowned when the tug Piguino sank off Tampico while towing two lighters. Eight crew members were saved. The disaster occurred today as a large wave engulfed the vessel.
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Tampico
Mex
Trial of Mayor on Corruption Charge Starts
Indianapolis trial opens with testimony that Mayor John L. Duvall promised political favors in exchange for board appointments and support in the 1926 campaign. Prosecution features William H. Armitage as star witness while defense challenges other accounts as the judge weighs admissibility of further promises.
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Indianapolis
John L. Duvall
William H. Armitage
Duvall
Board of Public Works
Armitage
C. C. Shirley
Shirley
Gore hints at more road bonds at West Virginia fair
Governor Gore spoke at the 12th annual Lewis county fair closing day in Weston. He referenced a likely fall vote on road improvements and said $25 million in extra road bonds could be floated without raising taxes as gasoline use rises. Sheriff Chidhester introduced Gore and John W. Smith amid light humor.
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Weston
W. Va
Gore
Lewis County
Charleston
Morgantown
Roy V. Chidhester
John W. Smith
Lewis Countian
Smith
Deaf Dumb Paralyzed Man Charged With Murder
Dr Carl Von Engel, 72, deaf and partially paralyzed, is jailed on a murder charge after his wife Caroline, 62, was found dead at their Los Angeles home from a heart knife wound. Police seek motive as they question family members while he wandered all day, reportedly to his son-in-law’s house with news of the death.
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Los Angeles
Carl von Engel
Caroline
von Engel
Agnes Ichmyer
Government rejects ban on non stop trans ocean flights
Washington reports the air coordination committee refused a federal ban on non stop trans oceanic flights in land planes. The panel of war navy and commerce secretaries met at the navy department at President Coolidge request. They regret the air tragedies but say pioneering ventures should not be prohibited by law if conducted by competent personnel with tested equipment. Public will constrain hazardous flights without proper precautions.
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Washington
Air Coordination Committee
War, Navy and Commerce Departments
Navy Department
Coolidge
Exhumation Ordered in Poison Murder Case
Blakely Georgia September 15. Exhumation of Amos Hayes of Detroit and his brother James was ordered by the sheriff in the probe of the alleged poison murder of Amos Hayes wife aged 16. The couple's parents, Mr and Mrs Harris Hayes, are jailed on murder charges connected to their daughter in law death, following the deaths of their sons. A chemist's report to the coroner's jury found two kinds of poison in Mrs Hayes viscera, prompting the exhumation to determine cause of death once thought natural.
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Blakely
Amos Hayes
Detroit
James
Sheriff's Office
Harris Hayes
German Ace Plans Transoceanic Hop
Captain Jack Von Weigand, the German ace who claimed Quentin Roosevelt’s downed plane in World War I, plans a San Francisco to China flight next month with stops at Honolulu and Tokyo. He aims to continue to South Africa and back and has begun naturalization papers to become an American citizen.
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Harrisburg
Jack von Weigand
San Francisco
China
Quentin Roosevelt
H. C. Milinger
Gettysburg
Honolulu
Tokyo
South Africa
von Welgand
Ruth Elder Marriage Question Clarified Amid Atlantic Flight Plans
Ruth Elder, the 23-year-old Florida aviatrix awaiting weather in New York for a transatlantic hop, denied being married to Lyle Womack and said they were never wed. Passport data later surfaced in Wheeling indicating she married Womack in Birmingham on September 28, 1925, and that he is from Bradford, Pa.
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New York
Ruth Elders
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Curtiss Field
Duck
Lyle Womack
Lakeland
Fla
Anniston
Ala
Miss Elder
George Haldeman
Wheeling
W. Va
Ruth Elder
Lyle E. Womack
Bradford
Balboa Heights
Panama Canal Zone
Womack
Birmingham
Local note on J J Lanwin owner at Roosevil e Field
A brief item from Roosevile Field dated September 15 notes J J Lanwin as owner. Readers are directed to turn to Page Four for full details.
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Roosevile Field
J. J. Lanwin
Americans slain and robbed in Mexico Santo Domingo and China
Official reports reach the state department of Americans killed in Mexico and Santo Domingo and attacked in China. David L. Fisher, a Philadelphia rail office chief clerk, is shot in Guadalajara amid mine disturbances. Arthur Brewer, also American, is killed in Mexico. Rene R. Dumarest, a naturalized American, dies in Santo Domingo over a $25 debt. Marion Duncan and a British family are attacked in China. two other bandits are mortally wounded by a marine detachment in Nicaragua near Sanato.
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Washington
Mexico
Santo Domingo
China
State Department
David L. Fisher
Philadelphia
Southern Pacific Railroad
Guadalajara
Fisher
Mazata
Amparo
Javier Diaz
Arthur Brewer
Rene R. Dumarest
New York City
James J. Murphy, Jr
Robin Saso
Marion Duncan
Hie
McLeod
Yunanfu
Duncan
Tsalei Pass
Atuntze
Batang
Nicaragua
Managua
Sanato
Santos Lobo
Former Pennsylvanian fatally shot in Mexico
David L. Fisher, a former Altoona railway clerk and Pennsylvanian, was killed in Guadiajara Mexico by a Mexican Southern Pacific employee. Fisher had previously served as a Pittsburgh division engineer and stenographer to the general superintendent in Altoona and held various posts in Philadelphia New York the Panama canal zone and Mexico City.
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Altoona
David L. Fisher
Guadiajara
Mexico
Southern Pacific Railroad
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
New York
Panama Canal Zone
Mexico City
U S Embassy presses Mexico on mining district security
The U S embassy in Mexico City on Sept 15 urged the Mexican foreign office to deploy federal troops to protect American lives and mining properties in the Etzatlan area of Jalisco where labor strife and rebel activity alarm investors. Troops were sent to Amparo Mines but later withdrawn, and other mines remain under threat.
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Mexico City
U. S
Etzatlan
Jalisco
Amparo
Negroes Kill Doctor and Rob Wife in Hammonton
A retired physician Dr William Lilliendale, 60, was shot dead and his wife, 45, beaten near Hammonton New Jersey as two Black men attacked their car for robbery. They stripped rings from the wife and took rings and money from the body. three suspects were arrested though police doubt any were involved.
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Hammonton
N. J
Willian Lilliendale
South Jersey
World fliers plan ship to Yokohama with Pride of Detroit
Edward P F Schlee and Walter Brock end a round the world flight in Tokyo and will fly the Pride of Detroit to Yokohama this afternoon. The monoplane will be towed aboard a ship that sails Saturday from Yokohama to San Francisco, carrying the plane on the upper deck.
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Tokyo
Edward PF. Schlee
Walter 8
Brock
Detroit
Yokohama
San Francisco
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Beckley
Oklahoma
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State Capital
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New River Transportation Company
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Sumpter
J. D. Abshire
R. C. Coffman
J. W. Evans
Arthur Hill
Midland Trail
New River Transit
M. 8
Aldrich
West Virginia Motor Bus Transportation Association
New River Transit Company
Hill Interests
Kanawha Falls
Huntington
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ACE
Nation
Roosevelt Field
Europe
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