Death of Senator Watson Result of Acute Asthma Attack
Senator Thomas E. Watson of Georgia died at 2 40 am from an asthma attack after weeks of illness. He was sixty six, active in politics forty years, Populist nominee for president in 1904 and once vice presidential nominee in 1896. Funeral planned in Thomson Georgia with Senate half mast honors and memorial services.
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Washington
Thomas £. Watson
Georgia
Thomson
Watson
House of Representatives
Hoke Smith
Dorsey
Thorron Ga
Senate
Congress
Coolidge
Cummins
Alabama
Harrison
Missis Dial
South Carolina
Shields
Nessee
Fletcher
Florida
Brandegee
Connecticut
New
Indiana
Shortridge
California
Eddie
Nevada
Cameron
Arizona
Harding
Atlanta
United States
Thomas E. Watson
Chevy Chase
Macon
Hardwick
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Paternity case tied to Mrs Tiernan in South Bend court
In South Bend Indiana on September 26 Judge Chester L Ducomb hears the paternity case over Billy the ten month old son of Mrs Augusta Tiernan and Notre Dame law professor P Tiernan. The final judgment on whether the infant is the son of Harry Poulin or the legit offspring is scheduled for next Saturday morning after closing arguments and additional witness testimony.
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South Bend
Ind
Billy
Augusta Tiernan
P. Tiernan
Notre Dame
Chester L. Ducomb
Solomon
Tiernan
Floyd C. Jellison
Younger Brother Acquires Northcliffe Interest
Viscount Rothermere, younger brother of the late Viscount Northcliffe, has acquired the late proprietor’s interest in the Daily Mail and its associated papers including the Evening News and the Weekly Dispatch. He becomes principal proprietor of these papers.
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London
Viscount Rothermere
Viscount Northcliffe
Daily Mail
The
Evening News
Weekly Dispatch
Mediators named in plea to end Berwind coal strike
A group of Pennsylvania soft coal miners and their wives urged New York leaders to press Berwind-White Coal to negotiate. Mayor Hylan and William H. Woodin offered to mediate, calling on Berwind's E. J. Berwind to meet the miners as 65,000 remain on strike amid winter's approach.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Hylan
Board of Estimates
William H. Woodin
Interborough
Mr. Woodin
E. J. Berwind
Berwind-White Coal Company
Berwind
James Mark
United Mine Workers of America
W. F. Kehoe
Central Trades and Labor Council
New York City
City Hall
Cleveland
Berwind-White
Berwinds
Argonaut Mine Fire Verdict Blames Incendiaries
Jackson California coroner jury concludes the Argonaut mine disaster on August 27 killed forty seven men by suffocation from poisonous gas as a result of a fire of undetermined origin. Ernest A. Stent Argonaut Mining Company vice president argues incendiary origin. Skip tender Michael Jago testifies the shaft might have been used briefly. warped rails halted rescue.
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Jackson
Calif
Ernest A. Stent
Argonaut Mining Company
Michael Jago
Argonaut
Greek King Clings to Throne as Martial Law Is Declared
Athens reports King Constantine vows to stay on the throne while the Greek ministry resigns and martial law is proclaimed. Troops revolt in Salonika and Aegean islands demand abdication and a neutral cabinet as parts of the army press for broader changes.
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Athens
Constantine
Associated Press
Contantine
London
Central News
Salonika
Aegean Islands
Thrace
M. Gounaris
M. Straitos
Asia Minor
Mitylene
Chios
Crete
Turks Ordered Out of Neutral Zone at Dardanelles
General Hartington ordered Turkish withdrawal within 48 hours from the neutral zone around the Dardanelles after Turkish forces entrenched at Kum Kaleh and Eren Keul. British troops strengthen defenses at Chanak while reinforcements arrive, and Major Maurice predicts Chanak could be held.
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Constantinople
Charles Harington
Dardanelles
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Smyrna
Kum Kaleh
Eren Keul
Chanak
Bigha
Hartington
Malta
Tese
Gerstral Maurice
Thrace
Constantipole
Proposed steel merger reports are confirmed
Youngstown Ohio September 26 reports that a proposed merger between Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company and Brier Hill Steel Company was confirmed by James A Campbell president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube after a stockholders meeting. The merger would involve about 200 million dollars and would see the Sheet and Tube company purchase Brier Mill properties.
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Youngstown, O
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Brier Hill Steel Company
James A. Campbell
Campbell
Brier Hill
Brier Hill Company
Brier Mill
Presentation testimony ends in railroad signalmen wage dispute
In Chicago on September 26 the railroad labor board heard testimony from the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen and forty two carriers and subsidiaries. The union seeks wartime wages with supervisory differentials and an eight hour basic day. A board decision is expected within a week.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Catholic dignitaries gather in Washington for university trustees meeting
In Washington on September 26 bishops and archbishops from across the United States converge for the yearly trustees meeting of Catholic University and the church's conclave beginning tomorrow and continuing Thursday. It is estimated that about two thirds of American bishops and archbishops will attend.
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Washington
Catholic University
United States
American policy on Turkish problem stated by Hughes
Secretary Hughes announced that Allied proposals to secure freedom of the Dardanelles and protect minorities align with American sentiment. He pressed for arrangements to keep the straits open and peace pending a conference and final treaty among Turkey, Greece, and the Allies.
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Dardanelles
United States
Associated Press
Washington
Hughes
Ameria
Straits
Turkey
Greece
Sea of Marmora
Bosphorus
Turbulent Chanak Crisis Deepens With New Turkish Detachment
British and allied forces monitor a renewed Turkish cavalry incursion into the Chanak zone as General Harrington sets a flexible 48 hour withdrawal deadline. Kemalist resistance and strategic moves raise fears of a broader clash amid ongoing peace negotiations.
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Associated Press
London
Chanak Zone
Dardanelles
Bigha
Evidence challenges theory Edith Lavoy killed herself
Mineola N Y September 26 Evidence tending to disprove William Creasy's claim that Edith Lavoy a Freeport school teacher killed herself last June to avoid marriage was introduced at his murder trial through letters Lavoy wrote shortly before her death One letter Apr after a visit from Creasy showed fear at his desperation Another May 22 note to her sister Eve said she had tried to end the engagement and could not yet She warned Creasy remained in the area and to send him away if he came by June 23 the day of her death The defense cites letters to other suitors saying Creasy came to Freeport to force her to live with him or die with him Miss Lavoy reportedly feared Creasy and hid from him during his June arrival according to witnesses including fellow teacher Louise Carter Smith and principal Edna M Shoemaker
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Mineola
N. Y
William Creasy
Edith Lavoy
Freeport
Creasy
Miss Lavoy
Eve
Tupperlake
Bill
Minnie
Billy
Tupper Lake
Geborge Davidson
Kentucky
Byrnes Attacks Administration Over Budget Deficit
Representative Byrnes declares the Harding veto message shows a 1923 treasury deficit of 650 million dollars and warns future appropriations will raise the shortfall to 850.6 million in peacetime. He attacks shipping board funding and cites policy shifts about the three mile limit and liquor on vessels.
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Washington
Harding
Treasury
Representative Byrnes
South Carolina
Appropriations Committee
Congressional Record
Congress
Byrnes
Shipping Board
Fr. Byrnes
Three Mile Hmitt
Three Mile
Day Enforcement on High Seas Curtailed by Cabinet
President Harding and his cabinet curtailed enforce ment actions by American prohibition officers on the high seas. Vessels outside the three mile limit may be searched only if they establish contact with American shores by their own crews or small boats. The change aims to align with international law and reduce diplomatic tensions with Britain.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Morton
Boston
Grace Ruby
Supreme Court
Three Mile
High Administration
United States
Cabinet
Customs Service
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Prohibition
Haynes
Customs
Congress
Mills Questioned Repeatedly in Hall Murder Case
In New Brunswick New Jersey authorities grilled James Mills after a witness claimed to hear frequent quarrels between Eleanor Reinhardt Mills and her husband over the Rev Edward Wheeler Hall. Prosecutor Beckman said jealousy may fuel motive but many theories remain open. Charlotte Mills, the sixteen year old daughter, was reinterviewed while neighbors noted tensions surrounding church ties and Hall.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Eleanor Reinhardt Mills
James Millis
Edward Wheeler Hall
Mills
Japan
Charlotte
Beckman
Somerset County
Opie
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Northcliffe
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Harrington
Mustapha Kental
Harington
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Essad Bey
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Russia
Persia
Bulgaria
Paris
Venizelos
Mustapha Kemal
Pandik
Varinje
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Mr. Hall
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