Beaumont Priest and Vendor Slain in Rectory Mystery
In Beaumont Texas on October 8 1900 Rev Anthony de Simone pastor of St Josephs Catholic Church and John Rose a 70 year old statuary and candle dealer were shot to death in the priest s study Initial evidence points to murder and possible suicide with a note from Rose suggesting he planned to end his life A birth certificate held by de Simone and a letter from Rose add further intrigue while investigators weigh a possible third party involvement
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Father de Simone
Rose
Frend
Beaumont
Ben
U. S
John Rossi
Rossi
United States
Paul
Birmingham, Ala
Christ Eckers
Louis Insinillo
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
St. Joseph's Church
Italy backs global naval tonnage limit in reply to Franco British plan
Rome reports Italy favors global tonnage limits over category based caps and supports disarmament talks encompassing all arms. The note argues interdependence of military fields and stresses Italy will cooperate to strengthen Europe, citing Suez Gibraltar and the Dardanelles as vital for defense and trade.
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Rome
United States
Senate
Italy
Europe
Suez
Gibraltar
Dardanelles
Registration deadline for November election approaches
Registration closes in three days with final opportunities on October 11 and October 19 and 20. The Cincinnati area polling place will accept registrations from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. for residents within the city limits, while those living outside Cincinnati Norwood and St Bernard in Hamilton County are not required to register.
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Cincinnati
Norwood
St. Bernard
Hamilton County
Deadly wood alcohol kills 28 in New York stretch
Twenty eight deaths from alcoholic poisoning were reported on New York's lower East Side since Sunday as hospitals in the Bowery continued to take in victims. Many were found in streets or cheap lodgings and several remained unidentified. autopsies by Dr. Charles Norris showed wood alcohol caused each death. Investigators work to trace the source.
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New York
Lower East Side
Bowery
Charles Norris
Junction City
John E. Harper
Columbus
New Lexington Cemetery
John Duncan
Toledo
Moses Bronco
Franklin County
Ray Cooper
Fairfield County
Sherrill Names Vocation Chief for Junior Placement
Col. Sherrill announces Frederick Breyer of 1265 Strong Street as special employment supervisor in charge of Junior Placement under the Welfare Department and the State City Free Employment Bureau. The division aims to secure proper vocational adjustment and jobs matching ability for juniors with employer cooperation.
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Col. Sherrill
Frederick Breyer
Strong Street
Welfare Department
State City Free Employment Bureau
State City Employment Bureau
Col
Sherrill
Fred K. Hoehler
Department of Public Welfare
Board of Education
Breyer
Curtis Stakes North Dakota Fight Over Underwood Tariff
Senator Curtis campaigned in Devils Lake and Grand Forks accusing Gov. Alfred Smith of endorsing the Underwood tariff and pledging to resign if quoted correctly. He cited farm relief, attacked Smith, and urged a united Republican ticket while praising Hoover. Princess Tsianina and Sioux members joined welcome events.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Alfred Smith
Senator Curtis
North Dakota
Devils Lake
Curtis
Gov. Smith
Democratic Party
Raskow
Smith
Underwood
Devil’s Lake
Frazier
Herbert Hoover
A. W. Fowler
Fargo
O. B. Burtness
George F. Shafer
Princess Tsianina
Chief Afraid-of- Eagle
Thousands of Legionnaires Hear Pershing Address in San Antonio
Delegates at the American Legion Convention paused their festivities to hear Gen. John J. Pershing speak and honor fallen members. An unofficial parade led by fifty bands swept the streets while theater crowds, burro rides, and a night battle scene kept the city lively. Officials estimate 60,000 to 70,000 attendees with 10,000 more expected for the parade tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
American Legion Convention
John J. Pershing
Legion
Second Army
Ft. Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Gen. Pershing
Edward E. Spafford
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Lord Allenby
Megiddo
Felixstowe
Holy City
Georges Scapini
French
Chamber of Deputies
Los Angeles
Ft. Worth
Tragic Berwyn Family Slayings End in Gas Suicide
The bodies of Mrs. Clyde Ryker age 35 and her three children were found in their gas filled Berwyn home. Authorities believe the mother killed the children and then herself by turning on the gas in the residence near Chicago.
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Chicago
Clyde Ryker
Berwyn
West Sire
Clock in Tower of School Sought By Sayler Park Association
Sayler Park Improvement Association urges the Board of Education to add a clock to the new Sayler Park Public School tower echoing London’s Parliament, while the board cites no funds for clocks. The district awarded the Heberle Public School contract to Peaker Construction for 669,799, with T. J. Dyer Plumbing at 29,320 and Beltzhoover Electric at 18,532.
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Sayler Park Association
Sayler Park
Board of Education
Sayler Park Improvement Association
L. B. Patterson
The
Improvement Association
Tower of Parliament
London
Heberle Public
Peaker Construction Company
Bankstreet
Free- Man Avenue
Jung Brewery
T. J. Dyer Plumbing Company
Beltzhoover Electric Company
Death by own action leads to discovery of $30,000 in bonds
John Hoffman Jr. of North Bend Road died by suicide after threatening to plant a bomb in the cellar. A metal box he opened released stocks and bonds valued around $30,000, including Alms & Doepke and public utilities shares. Coroner Swing probed the death and noted Hoffman had inherited money recently and showed signs of mental illness.
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John Hoffman, Jr
North Bend Road
Hoffman
Swing
Alms & Doepke Company
John Hoffman, Sr
Jury pool reluctance slows opening Common Pleas term
At the new Common Pleas Court term 175 jurors were examined with only 50 ready to serve. Judge Darby ordered a fresh venire of 200 from the wheel while Judge Hurley expanded the Criminal Court pool, seeking 15 jurors for the grand jury and then more for the regular panel. The new jury commission replaces old names to raise standards.
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Common Pleas Court
Thomas H. Darby
Darby
Edward M. Hurley
Hurley
John H. Dickerson
Fenton Lawson
Woman Leaps Ten Stories to Death in Cleveland Crowd
Lena Weinberger, 27, leaped from the tenth floor of the Society for Savings Building on Public Square as crowds of workers returned home. Despondency over ill health is blamed. Her body lay in the county morgue for an hour before identification.
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Cleveland
Lena Weinberger
Society For Savings
Public Square
Ontario Street
Two Norfolk & Western Trains Crash Leaves Two Hurt
In Portsmouth Ohio on October 8 two double-header Norfolk & Western freight trains collided head on near Beaver Pond three miles east of Peebles. Engineer C A Kaut and fireman T S Keaton of Portsmouth were seriously scalded. Kaut is reported as likely to die. Three engines were wrecked and tracks severely damaged delaying traffic for hours. Train Nos. 85 and 86 were heavy and believed fast at impact. cause undetermined.
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Portsmouth
Cc. A. Kaut
T. S. Keaton
Norfolk & Western
Cincinati
Beaver Pond
Peebles
Kaut
Cincinnati
Oyler Brothers Bankrupt In Federal Filing
William W. Oyler and Harry H. Oyler, doing business as Oyler Bros., filed for bankruptcy in federal court listing total liabilities of 42715.33 and assets of 3383. They ceased operations December 1, 1927. Alfred G. Allen, executor of Charles C. Oyler, is the largest unsecured creditor with 22412 plus 4672 in another note. Other creditors include S. A. Gerrard Co, John Hartman & Sons, Leonard Crosset & Riley, Leverone estate, and J. J. Menninger & Sons. William W. Oyler lists 38976 in liabilities with 14728 assets, secured by Brighton Bank and Eleanor Oyler. Harry H. Oyler shows 35867 in debts, assets 20287, with Glenway Loan and Deposit Co. as secured creditor and Allen as unsecured creditor.
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William W. Oyler
Harry H. Oyler
Oyler Bros
West Sixth Street
Alfred G. Allen
Charles C. Oyler
Allen
S. A. Gerrard Company
John Hartman & Sons
Court and Linn Streets
Leonard, Crosset & Riley
Brighton Bank and Trust Company
Eleanor Oyler
Mr. Allen
Glenway Loan and Deposit Company
Hoover gains Polish support as war record cited
In Washington on October 8 Herbert Hoover drew optimistic notes from Ohio and California leaders as he plans a Boston speech. Polish language editors from Milwaukee to Buffalo praised Hoover, saying his wartime record explains support and noting the GOP is pledged to farmer and business equality.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Boston
Ohio
California
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Coolidge
J. R. Knowland
Oakland
Oakland Tribune
Pacific Coast
Hoover- Curtis
Cooper
Carmi Thompson
State Republican Committee
Orville Smith
Cleveland
Arthur Fenton
Hoover
Republican Party
Milwaukee
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
Buffalo
A. Ruszkiewicz
Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin
Florace Greeley
Briggs Confesses Killing Wealthy Farmer Uncle
Sheriff Sam Cole announced that Clarence B. Briggs confessed to killing his uncle Victor Briggs a rich farmer living near Williamsport Indiana. Victor Briggs was found shot six times in the doorway of his home. Briggs said the shooting was in self defense. A second man Kenneth Radcliff of Williamsport was arrested in connection with the crime.
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Williamsport
Ind
Sam Cole
Clarence B. Briggs
Victor Briggs
Briggs
Kenneth Radcliff
Indiana woman found slain in her apartment
Marian Durbin, 30, was found dead in her downtown Fort Wayne apartment wearing only underclothes with a bloodstained sheet around her head. Police say the skull was crushed, likely by a heavy revolver butt. A love letter and party items were found among the clues as investigators work the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
FT. Waynee
Ind
Marian Durbin
Sixteen Horses Allegedly Voted in Chicago Primary
Chicago officials report the fifth special grand jury investigated election irregularities in the April primaries. Chief Prosecutor Frank J. Loesch testified that sixteen ballots were traced to individuals who gave the address of a stable sheltering sixteen horses. Every horse voted, Loesch said.
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Chicago
Frank J. Loesch
Inventor Samuel Newman Dies of Heart Attack in Norwood
Samuel Newman 76 of 412 Mitchell Avenue, president of the Newman Manufacturing Company, died at home of a heart attack. He authored labor saving devices, brass beds popularized in the U S and held a silver medal from Paris World's Exposition. He leaves a large family and is to be buried in United Jewish Cemetery after services at Weil funeral home.
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Samuel Newman
Mitchell Avenue
Newman Manufacturing Company
Cleneay Avenue
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Norwood
Mr. Newman
United States
Paris
France
Thomas A. Edison
Budapest
Hungary
Cincinnati
Newman
Rose Newman
William
Sidney
Emil Newman
Walter J. Newman
Chicago
J. D. Zapoleon
Louis Sanker
B. Rappaport
Edward
Joseph
San Jose
Cal
Jacobson
Weil Funeral Home
Reading Road
United Jewish Cemetery
Diamonds Vanish in Bold A K S Jewelry Heist
Four robbers seized $275000 worth of gems at the A K S Jewelry and Manufacturing Co on West Forty sixth street. They bound two merchants, looted the safe and escaped as noon traffic surged past.
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New York
Stein
Goldmuntz
Kidnapper to Hang for Gill Jamieson Slaying
In Honolulu territory on October 8, judge Elva Leadman sentenced 19 year old Myles Yutaka Fukunaga to death by hanging for the kidnapping and slaying of 10 year old Gill Jamieson. Governor Wallace R. Farrington will set the execution date within three weeks per territorial law.
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Honolulu
Territory
Hawaii
Myles Yutaka Fukunaga
Gill Jamieson
Elva E. Leadman
Wallace R. Farrington
Series Is All Over but Cards Live In Missouri
The Cardinals key the series to rain delays yet remain in Missouri headlines. Gehrig and Ruth chase homers in a rain soaked set with Sherdel to start and Hoyt as the Mets’ unlikely foil. McKechnie foresees a finish as Graham McNamere previews the infield ironies and the weather dampens the drama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Neal O’hara
ST. Louis
Cardinals
Old Farmer’s Almanac
Waite Hoyte
Mr. McKechnie
Sherdel
Gehrig
Lou
Ruth
Babe
Anheuser- Busch
Graham McNamere
Mac
Graham
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Texas
HALY
NAVAL
Aageug
Blue
Mr. Baskow
Francis M. Stephenson
Spafford
Oyler Brothers
Commission
W. B. Ragsdale
Camuel Newman
Gharred Okulla
RAND
Peter O'Day
Dayton
Edward Tillotson
Wal Brockmeyer
Chillicothe
White
D. H. Howell
Guard
Field
Mississippi River
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