Toledo murder chase ends with gunmen killed or captured
In Toledo on September 6 detectives say two Chicago chauffeurs James Roberts 24 and Frank Mandale 25 captured by lawyer J M Ham in Wassoon Ohio are tied to the killing of police mate William Martin and wounding of George Bach. A third man’s body was found in a abandoned car.
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Toledo
William
Dick) Martin
George Bach
James Roberts
Frank Mandale
Chicago
Wassoon, O
J. M. Ham
Martin
Roberts
Mandale
Wassoon
Bach
Central West
Missouri
Kansas City
Indiana
Martin and
Quadrangle case opens over Notre Dame professor's paternity claim
Mrs. Augusta Tiernan filed an affidavit naming Harry Poulin, a campus clothing merchant, as the father of her nine month old son. The hearing in Justice of the Peace Court is set for September 14 with Prof. John P. Tiernan planning to prosecute and Mrs. Tiernan prepared to testify.
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South Benp
Ind
Augusta Tiernan
John P. Tiernan
University of Notre Dame
Harry Poulin
Tiernan
Poulin
Justice of the Peace Court
Prof. Tiernan
French Deputy's Wife Ends Life After Husband's Death
Mme Marcel Sembat shot herself in Chamonix twelve hours after the death of her husband the millionaire Socialist Deputy and former Minister of Public Works. The couple, childless after thirty years of marriage, were widely known in political and artistic circles.
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Chamonix
France
Associated Press
Mme
Marcel Sembat
Mme. Sembat
M. Sembat
Montmartre
Viviani
Briand
Trouble Over Wife Motive Cited in Guardsman Slaying
Coroner J D Russum investigates the killing of William Kilgore 20 a machine gun company National Guard member in Birmingham Alabama by R E Johnson 21 an automobile driver in the presence of Johnsons wife Kilgore the best man at a church wedding an hour earlier Johnson was quoted maybe my wife will be able to live in some peace now after the shooting
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Birmingham
Ala
J. D. Russum
William Kilgore
National Guard
R. E. Johnson
Johnson
Kilgore
Bronx Park Rats Attack Children
In Bronx Park New York four year old Helen Miller was bitten by a rat that clung to her leg as it tried to take her cracker. Workmen killed about a dozen rats that had swarmed near the children on the grass at the zoo park.
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New York
Bronx Park
Helen Miller
McMillan Sails Bowdoin Reach West Coast of Baffinland
Sydney N S Sept 6 auxiliary exploration Bowdoin with Donald B McMillan and party arrived from Baffin Bay after a year from Boston. McMillan says they penetrated along the western coast of Baffinland to a point never before reached by a white man and that maps of the region are astronomically incorrect. He claims Northwest Fox did not go ashore and that his party spent 300 days in ice making observations.
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Sydney
N. S
Bowdoin
Donald B. McMillan
Baffin Bay
Boston
Arctic
McMillan
Baffin’s Land
Northwest Fox
Baffin's Land
Fox
Baffin’s
German envoy returns to Washington after trip
The German Ambassador Dr. Otto Wiedfeldt resumed his post in Washington today after a brief business trip to Germany. He was accompanied by Mme Wiedfeldt and their son.
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Washington
Otto Weidfeldt
Germany
Mme. Wiedfeldt
Four Killed and Two Wounded in Texas Family Feud Clash
Austin County officials arrested John Miller on assault to murder charges after a Sealy drug store affray linked to a long running feud between the Luther Bell and Fred Schaffner families. Four men died and two were wounded. three others sought.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Austin County
John Miller
Sealy
Luther Bell
Fred Schaffner
Thomas Bell
Robert Schaffner
Cat Springs
Schaffner
Bell
Ernest Schaffner
Foster Bell
Robert
Miller
Curtiss Demonstrates Sailplane Towed by Motor Boat
Glenn H. Curtiss piloted a sail plane off Manhasset Bay towed by a speed boat, staying aloft 49 seconds on two attempts. Observers noted the first marine glider lift from water, with Curtiss envisioning air trains of sail planes towed by flying boats.
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Glenn Curtiss
Port Washington
N. Y
Glenn H. Curtiss
Manhasset Bay
Curtiss
Gilmore
Curtiss Corporation
Ager
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Curtiss
Guards at Xenia stations await Nichols kin after deadly shooting
Police guard railways at Xenia as Kentucky uncles of nine prankster youths arrive on word of possible vengeance. Logan Nichols son Volney 18 was killed and Dorsey Nichols 16 wounded when deputies fired on nine country boys who had toyed with motorists. Warren Middleton 16 and Clarence Keller 12 also wounded. Officers faced protests over no warning before the volley.
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Xenia
Kentucky
Logan Nichols
Volney
Dorsey
Lincoln Funderburgh
Nichols Brothers
Warren Middleton
Clarence Keller
Volney Nichols
Mt Lookout Opposes Church Merger Sparks Showdown
Mt Lookout members protest merger with Hyde Park M E Church after a majority supported by the Hyde Park and Mt Lookout congregations approved the union. Bishop Anderson defends it as required by church law and plans services at Hyde Park and Mt Lookout.
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Mt. Lookout
Hyde Park
Dayton
W. W. Holland
College Hill M. E
Short
Anderson
Mt.’ Lookout
Mt. Lookout Church
Son Slays Father in Kansas City Insurance Office
Roy B. Garvey shot and killed his father J. W. Garvey in their downtown Kansas City insurance office. He surrendered at police headquarters saying a quarrel over the stenographer’s discharge sparked the violence.
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Kansas City
Roy B. Garvey
J. W. Garvey
Garvey
Frank Anderson
Helen Groh
Mr. Garvey
Roy Garvey
Trapper Confesses Burning Housekeeper to Death
Omar Roberts a 68 year old trapper and guide confessed in his cell to murdering Flora Gray 19 by saturating her clothes with gasoline and setting them ablaze after she refused his marriage proposal. The arresting jailer described the same sequence of events from inquest testimony.
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Yarmouth
Omar Roberts
Flora Gray
Roberts
20000 Scouts to aid in safety campaign
New York on September 6 2000 Scouts and 2000 Scout Masters will aid the Safety Institute of America in a campaign to prevent public accidents to begin with a safety week in October Elbert H Gary announced Roosevelt named chairman of the Boy Scout Committee of the Public Safety Committee
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New York
The
Safety Institute of America
Elbert H. Gary
Institute
Public Safety Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boy Scout Committee
Mandamus Sought To Force Vote On Beer Amendment
Sponsors of a proposed Ohio constitutional amendment legalizing 2.72 percent beer and wine for home use file a mandamus suit in the Supreme Court to compel Secretary of State to place the measure on the November ballot. The suit follows an earlier ruling that the measure conflicts with the Volstead Act and the federal 18th amendment.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Smith
F. W. Marcolin
H. S. Sherman
W. L. Day
Cleveland
Mr. Day
United States District
W. D. Wilkin
Belgian Wins World Balloon Race for Bennett Cup
Lieut. Ernest de Muyter of Belgium was officially declared the winner of the James Gordon Bennett cup balloon race in Geneva. Captain H. E. Honeywell, an American entrant, finished second with Maurice Bienaime of France third.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Ernest de Muyter
Belgium
H. E. Honeywell
Maurice Bienaime
France
Government moves against labor leaders amid railway strike
Attorney General Daugherty signaled possible action against a few labor leaders amid the railway shop crafts strike as talks of settlements circulated. The restraining order faced questions of enforcement as authorities prepared to examine union officials and records. Meanwhile in California, rescuers made progress toward the Argonaut mine entombed workers with an estimated 7 to 13 days before reaching them.
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Washington
Associated Press
Daugherty
W. H. Johnston
Machinists
B. N. Jewell
Chicago
Boygerous
United States
New York
Jackson
Cal
Argonaut
Kennedy
Rail Worker's Death Follows Gun Battle With Strikers
Frank Easterday of Marshall Indiana died in a local hospital from bullet wounds suffered in a gun battle with alleged striking shopmen Renee Hoffman and Herman Clu. Police list them as strikers. The incident followed Easterday and another shop employee driving home in an automobile as two cars loaded with men pursued them two miles west of the city. In Jacksonville Florida, the derailment of the Southern Railway Royal Palm Limited near yards was blamed on wreckers. No injuries were reported and officials noted the switch appeared severed to cause the derailing of several cars after the engine and mail car passed safely.
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Cincinnati
Jacksonville
Fla
Southern Railway
Royal Palm Limited
The
Southern
Whiting Ad Promotes Writing
An old advertisement urges readers to think of writing with the phrase When you think of writing think of WHITING. The snippet advertises writing needs or services under the WHITING brand.
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Adv
Sniper Fires At Train Carrying Shop Workers
A sniper fired at a work train near the Riverside Big Roundhouse around 8 PM yesterday, shattering a wing and narrowly missing two men. The train continued, Big Four police ordered detectives to investigate, who found an unused shack on the hill.
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Riverside
Death of detective Ward linked to irritant poison
Coroner's jury in Philipsburg New Jersey ruled the death of William E Ward a Lackawanna Railroad detective resulted from an irritant poison in the intestines. The poisoner and manner of administration remain unknown to the jury. The inquest followed a physician's report of suspected poisoning.
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Philipsburg
N. J
William E. Ward
Lackawanna Railroad
Hiss
Ward
Bombings Probed at Ashtabula Homes of NYC Employees
Justice Department agents investigate bombings targeting two New York Central workers' homes in Ashtabula Ohio. The first blast occurred Sunday night and the second around midnight. Bombs were sent here for examination by United States Marshals.
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Cleveland
of Justice
New York Central
Ashtabula
Ohio
United States
Georgia & Florida Railroad official kills himself near Augusta
D F Kirkland director of industrial development and former general manager of the Georgia and Florida Railroad shot himself near Augusta Georgia today. He left a note to his family reading Good bye.
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Augusta
D. F. Kirkland
Georgia & Florida Railroad
De Valera and Childers Reported Prisoners in Nationalist Action
Cork dispatch reports Eamon De Valera and Erskine Childers as prisoners of the Nationalists. No official confirmation or denial. Childers said to be wounded in operations near Kenmare in the Killarney district.
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Cork
Associated Press
Eanton de Valera
Erskine Childers
Childers
Kenmare
Killarney
Swiss Officer Wins Flight Around the Alps Meet
Berne Sept 6 Lieutenant ler of the Swiss army won the test in the flight around the Alps at Zurich today. He covered the distance in eight hours through heavy clouds making the Alpine run difficult. The majority of other contestants withdrew.
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Berne
Ler
Alps
Zurich
Jummons Sent After Reports If Gonnerenges Jummons
Chicago and Northwestern invites striking workers to return individually amid talks of a broader settlement. John Scott of the Federated Shopcrafts Union calls an immediate policy meeting in Chicago to plan road by road settlements and potential nationwide agreements with several classone lines.
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Chicago
Associated Press
John Scott
Chi-Es
B. M. Jewell
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Federated Shopcrafts
Scott
Cleveland
John L. Lewis
Mary
New York
Rail Executives Deny Secret Confer ences
New York reports deny talks to end the long railroad shopmen strike. Executives insist only carrier staff would attend any meeting and remain united on seniority terms. Labor leaders urge impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty and Judge Wilkerson. The Central Trades and Labor Council seeks extra strike funds to extend walkout months.
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New York
Sept
Daugherty
Wilkersor
Chicago
West
Baltimore
Railway Association
R. S. Bickerd
Brotherhoods
T. DeWitt Cuyler
Association
Upstate
John J.dowd
Senator Borah
Judge Wilkerson
Central Trades and Labor Council
David Williams
Central Strike Committee
Central Labor Council Committee
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