Dixon and Seasongood Lead as City Council Vote Count Advances
First choice totals from 482 precincts at Music Hall show Edward T. Dixon with 21 661 votes and Murray Seasongood with 20 428 as the leading Charter candidates. The official count rules out 2 200 of 2 505 questioned ballots and begins a slow tabulation, with a projected quota near 11 949 to win a seat.
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Music Hall
Edward T. Dixon
Murray Seasongood
Board of Elections
Ray Hillenbrand
Charles Asmann
Supply Butterfield
William Leonard
R. L. Mott
University of Chicago
Anna Marcus
Miss Marcus
Dixon
Seasongood
Henry Bentley
Charter Committee
Charter
Charles S. Bell
Republican
Organization
Bell
Martin Daly
Schneller
Field
Rose
Tyler Field
Charles O. Rose
Bureau fails to advise on shirt. Kansas man seeks tips
Robert O. Deming of Oswego appeals to the Agriculture Department for guidance on simple tasks including how to put on a shirt and adjust a dog collar. The department says it cannot help with shirts or collars but notes a bulletin on how to pick a chicken.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Robert O. Deming
Oswego
Kan
Department
Deming
Mussolini Escapes Assassination as Plot Unfolds in Rome
In Rome Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Tito Zamboni as fascist celebrations continued. Police arrested Zamboni and his secretary Quaglia in Rome and Luigi Capello in Turin. The plot led to dissolution orders against Unitarian Socialist groups and Free Masonry lodges, while Farinacci urged restraint.
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Rome
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Tito Zamboni
Chigi Palace
Masonic I
Free Masonry
Unitarian Socialist Party
Grand Orient of Free Masonry
Giustizia
Roberto Farinacci
£10,000 Payroll Loot From Cornell Steamboat Office
Seven men robbed the Cornell Steamboat Company payroll at Pier 98 North River after an armored car delivered 15,000. They escaped with 10,000 after a four mile uptown pursuit. Assistant harbor master Michael O Connor tried to halt the theft and a man was dragged from a telephone booth to stop alarm?ment.
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Associated Press
New York
Navy
Cornell Steamboat Company
Pier 98
North River
Michael
O'Connor
Theft Ring Steals Ford Auto Parts in Buffalo
Police disclosed a scheme at the Buffalo Ford branch factory where auto accessories worth over 30000 were taken by eleven men and about fifty more were to be detained. Items arrived in parcel post, were given to dealers on forged requisitions, then sold at cut prices with proceeds shared.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
Ford Motor Company
Robbers Use Fictitious Address In Express Looting Case
Springfield Colorado authorities reported a novel scheme in which robbers ordered goods via American Railway Express collect to a fictitious Plattsburg address and looted the station last night. Fourteen auto tires valued at 200 dollars were stolen after the consignee’s name and address proved fictitious.
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Associated Press
Springfield, CO
American Railway Express
Plattsburg
Express
Consignee
Moslems Rally in Syria Against French Rule
Reports from Syria say Moslems ready for a general uprising against France extending to Lebanon. French officials deny true subduing of rebels. Rebels march toward Palestine and have torn up Hedjaz Railway tracks south of Damascus, threatening Syria Palestine train service.
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New York World News Service
Jerusalem
Syria
France
Palestine
Beirut
Damascus
Haifa
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
N. Y. World Press Pub. Co
De Jouvenel Named Syria High Commissioner Succeeding Sarrail
Paris reports Sarrial recalled as Henry de Jouvenel, editor of Le Matin and former Education Minister, accepts the post of Civil High Commissioner in Syria. Debates in the Chamber delay Syria vote to November 20. In Syria insurgent Bakri with 4,000 men nears Damascus while French forces bolster defenses.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Henry de Jouvenel
Syria
Sarrail
de Jouvenel
le Matin
Paincare
League of Nations
Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
Cairo
Bakri
Damascus
Homs
Haiffa
Gamelin
Bayonne
Tarbes
Ybarnegaray
Alcide Delmont
N. Y
Ex-Premier of Egypt Demands Syrian Self-Government
Said Zagloul Pasha, Egyptian nationalist and former premier, urged that Syrians receive self-government arguing French mandate abuses. He appealed for funds to relieve Syrian distress and called for punishment of those responsible for French errors. He headed the fundraising list with a £100 subscription.
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Egypt
Syria
Associated Press
Cairo
Said Zagloul Pasha
Zagloul
Hotel Manager Found Dead at William Penn Hotel
W A Helmold, manager of the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, was found dead in his apartment with a bullet wound to the head. A pistol and one empty shell were located beside the body. death reported as self-inflicted.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
W. A. Helmold
William Penn
Illustrious St Louis leader faces fraud tied to Ferguson-McKinney
Murray Carleton a 73 year old banker and church figure lies critically ill in St Luke's Hospital as bankers expose forged entries and funds transfers tied to the Ferguson-McKinney Manufacturing failure. The firm and Carleton's Dry Goods Co. owed about 2.6 million across banks in New York Boston and Philadelphia.
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St. Louis
New York World News Service
Murray Carleton
St. Luke's Hospital
George R. Baker
Chatham and Phoenix National Bank of New York
Ferguson-McKinney Manufacturing Company
Carleton
J. Murray Carleton
Forrest Ferguson
Ferguson-McKinney Company
Carleton Company
Ferguson Concern
Centenary Methodist Sunday School
Chamber of Commerce
Centenary Church
Ferguson- McKinney Manufacturing Company
Bankers’ Trust Company
New York
Chatham-Phoenix Bank
Chemical National Bank
National Bank of Commerce
National Park Bank
Philadelphia National Bank
First National Bank
Boston
Gerald Chapman Loses Appeal and Faces December Execution
Gerald Chapman, the noted bandit, lost his appeal as theState Supreme Court upheld his murder conviction for the killing of Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain on October 12, 1924. Execution is set for December 3 after a prior June sentence.
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Gerald Chapman
State Supreme Court
New Britain
Chapman
Hartford
Higher Court
Tumbull
Supreme Court of Errors
Wheeler
James Skelly
Muncie
Ind
Anderson
Muskegon
Mich
Charles Hammond
Condemned Man Scott Told of Court Ruling
In Hartford on November 6 Gerald Chapman learned that the Supreme Court of Errors denied a stay, meaning he would hang in exactly four weeks. He heard the decision calmly and offered no further comment beyond stating it was as he expected.
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Hartford
Conn
Warden Scott
Gerald Chapman
Supreme Court of Errors
$1000 Bid For Hunted Gunman’s Corpse Stirs Controversy
In Muskegon on November 5, George W. Rollins of Atlanta offered $1000 for the body of George Dutch Anderson who killed four and is linked to other slayings. Chief Hansen would sell the corpse and give the money to Detective Charles Hammond’s widow, but a state law blocks the sale amid crowds viewing the body.
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Muskegon
Mich
George
Dutch) Anderson
George W. Rollins
Atlanta
Georgia
Rollins
Hansen
Charles Hammond
Anderson
Shoots Kentucky Girl in Chicago Tragedy
James Traynor of Louisville shot Leona Boakis after a quarrel in his Chicago room. He fired three bullets into her body then killed himself. Traynor had urged marriage after a Kentucky romance. she refused and later he feared death while hoping she would recover. Mrs Yoshii was formerly Leona Antle.
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Chicago
James Traynor
Louisville
Leona Boakis
Shively
Traynor
Kentucky
Yoshii
Leona Antle
Thieves Strike Mastodon Dig At Monroe Site
Thieves tunneled through a fence at Monroe Avenue in Middletown New York and stole mastodon bones unearthed for museum display from the resting place. Police probe the dig and theft of fossils found at the scene.
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New York World News Service
N. Y
Monroe
Upshaw Denied Towson High School Talk on Prohibition
Georgia congressman William D Upshaw, a dry crusader, was barred from speaking at Towson High School amid a policy banning controversial subjects in schools. He said he would not address students except for a brief note on sobriety and constitutional loyalty, citing muffling of speech by school authorities.
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Baltimore
William D. Upshaw
Georgia
Towson High School
Upshaw
Frederick
Anti-Saloon League
Cromer
Mark Depp
Towson Methodist Episcopal Church
John C. Herschner
Baltimore County
Herschner
Baltimore County School Board
Mr. Upshaw
Clarence C. Cooper
Towson
Prohibition leaders slam Coolidge Mellon and New York officials
Twenty city forces leaders at the Prince George Hotel condemned the prohibition stance of President Coolidge, Secretary Mellon, Gov. Smith and Mayor-elect Walker. The gathering heard critics claim liquor interests influence enforcement as reporters were barred from the afternoon session during Lincoln Andrews’ speech.
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New York
Prince George
Coolidge
Mellon
Smith
Walker
Oliver W. Stewart
Flying Squadron Foundation
Indianapolis
E. D. Dinwiddie
National Temperance Bureau
Washington
Clarence True Wilson
Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ella A. Boole
Ohio Man Named Prohibition Director for Nation
James E. Jones of Ohio, who has served as Assistant Prohibition Commissioner since 1921, has been named Director of Prohibition for the nation, a move announced in Washington. The appointment elevates Jones to oversee national enforcement and policy during the ongoing Prohibition era.
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J. E. Jones
Ohio
Prohibition
Associated Press
Washington
James E. Jones
Woman named Delaware secretary of state first woman in state history
Miss Fannie Herrington, a 27 year Delaware State Department employee, becomes Secretary of State in Wilmington the first woman to hold a Delaware state office. Governor Robinson named her amid missing former secretary William G. Taylor and the Bunny NI yacht disappearance. If Taylor reappears, the governor would again declare the office vacant.
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Wilmington
Del
Fannie
Herrington
Delaware State Department
Delaware
William G. Taylor
E. R. Husey
North Carolina
Robinson
Taylor
Miss Herrington
Radcliffe Girls Strike Back at Harvard Satire in Crim Son
In Cambridge on November 5 Radcliffe women respond to a Lampoon piece and Crimson chatter about Radcliffe attractiveness. The girls publish their views in Harvard Crim son, defending themselves and challenging Harvard men on vanity and comments.
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Radcliffe
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Crimson
Lampoon
The
Crimson
Liberal Malian Debt Terms Near in Italy War Debt Talks
Substantial progress reported toward a funding agreement covering Italy's war debt with a tentative understanding likely. Secretive briefings noted terms may be LIBERALS of Belgium level and include Mellon and Italian Finance Minister Pasard Volpi.
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Washington
Italy
United States
Mellon
Pasard Volpi
Coolidge
Treasury
Three Army Flyers Die In Hawaiian Plane Crash
Three enlisted men were killed when a military plane crashed in a cane field near Pearl Harbor. The victims include Technical Sergeant Aaron Porter of Henrietta Oklahoma, Staff Sergeant Henry McCracken of Wilmington Delaware, and Private Fred Smi Graham of Virginia. The aircraft spun to about 1 000 feet then dived into trees opposite the Naval Hospital on the Pearl Harbor peninsula.
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Honolulu
Aaron Porter
Henrietta
Okio
Henry McCracken
Wilmington
Del
Fred Smi
Graham
Virginia
Nore
Penisula
Naval Hospital
Pearl Harbor
Boy 6 Dies After Crossing Accident at Carr Street
Gordon Shine aged 6 of 630 West Court died at General Hospital after being struck by a Foltz Grocery truck at Eighth and Carr. He slipped in a puddle while crossing and was found to have internal injuries and a fractured left leg. The death marks the 118th automobile fatality in Hamilton County this year.
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Gordon Shine
West Court Street
General Hospital
Eighth
Carr Streets
Carr Street
Foltz Grocery, and Baking Company
Joseph Zies
Sixth Avenue
Dayton
Hamilton County
Boy 7 Shoots Sister After Fight Over Monkey Name
Detroit dispatch reports 7-year-old Peter Sarfano shot his 5-year-old sister Mary after she called him a monkey. He admitted anger and sorrow after firing a revolver taken from a locked bureau, with the mother away at a nearby store. he replaced and relocked the gun.
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Sister
Associated Press
Detroit
Mary
Peter Sarfano
Tax overhauls cut rate and boost exemptions in House panel
The House Ways and Means Committee moved to remove over a million from the federal income tax rolls by raising exemptions to 1500 for singles and 3500 for heads of families. They cut the maximum surtax to 20 percent and reshaped normal rates on income up to 4000 and beyond. The panel aims for a roughly 300 million dollar net reduction with major changes to earned income and child deductions while keeping inheritance tax under review.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Melton
Treasury
Mellon
Garner
Texas
Green
Respond to ad for wild beast tamer
New York news notes Herbert Fleishhacker, San Francisco banker and Park Commissioner, rejected a joke advertisement inviting animal trainers. About 100 to 200 applicants were turned away as Kenneth Kingsbury and J D Hanna retaliated for Fleishhacker gifting two alligators from Florida to them.
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New York
Herbert Fleishhacker
San Francisco
Fleishhacker
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America
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