Senate Resumes Work Tax Revision and Treaties Move Forward
Congress reopens with tax revision bill and peace treaties from President Harding referred to committees. Night sessions in the Senate to speed ratification are debated while the anti beer bill fights resume. Democratic criticisms of President Harding appear as House reconvenes with limited business ahead of October debates.
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Ghost of John Barleycorn Haunts Senate as Beer Bill Bobs Up
John Barleycorn's ghost haunts Congress as the anti beer bill returns in the Senate after summer recess. The search and seizure provision meets similar opposition and is again set aside. Senator Sterling of South Dakota pressed the Willis Campbel bill conference report but quorum calls adjournments and obstructions blocked real action. Senator Reed of Missouri balked at fixing a vote date and the Senate adjourned after an executive session.
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Senate
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South Dakota
Harding
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Reed
Missouri
Moonshine Price Drops Prompt Operators to Quit
In Danville Virginia on September 21 reports from Carroll and Patrick counties say the price of moonshine has fallen to two dollars a gallon from fifteen, leading many operators to abandon stills and shift focus to bright leaf tobacco and sorghum crops.
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Danville
Volstead
Carroll
Patrick Counties
Terrifying twister Strikes Zanesville Main Street
A sudden tornado tore through Zanesville Ohio at noon injuring two men Roy Burt and W C Gramlic and causing more than 200000 in damage. Four to five story business blocks on Main Street lost roofs and glass fronts while a touring car was hit by falling timbers. The storm lasted under five minutes and the area was quickly cleared for traffic.
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Zanesville
Main Street
Roy Burt
W. C. Gramlic
Hamline Avenue
Storm Causes Traffic Suspension Around Steubenville
Heavy damage to new county roads under construction was caused by a storm that suspended traffic around Steubenville Ohio as crews assessed washouts and disruption to routes serving the area.
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Steubenville, CO
Negroes Hold Up Insurance Collector on Covington Street
Howard Connelly, a Chicago National Insurance Company collector, was approached by two well dressed Black men on Covington Street in Newport. As he handed over a light, they produced revolvers, robbed him of $30, and fled toward Scott Street. Police searched for the suspects after he reported the incident.
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West Fourth Street
Newport
Madison Avenus
Third
Fourth Streets
Covington
Connelly
Chicago National Insurance Company
Scott Street
Klan Officials Offer Resignations in Atlanta
E. Y. Clarke and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, Ku Klux Klan officials, announced they had offered their resignations to Imperial Wizard W. J. Simmons in Atlanta. Simmons had not spoken and was not shown to act on the resignations. The pair claimed no basis for a police charge of disorderly conduct tied to a 1919 newspaper report.
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Atlanta
W. J. Simmons
Ku Klux Klan
E. Y. Clarke
Elizabeth Tyler
Simmons
Clarke
Ku Klux Klan Parade Displays Threats in Shawnee
Three hundred Klan members in regalia paraded through Shawnee at night, taking the night editor for a parade ride and delivering a warning note. Banners on sixty cars urged lawfulness and warned foes, while officials considered federal action following DOJ briefing to President Harding.
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Okla
Ku-Klux Klan
Mine Fire Rages Third Day At Florence Colorado
The Nu shaft mine of Colorado Fuel and Iron in Florence, Colorado, began Monday and fire continued on the third day. Three men were overcome by gas and smoke as the blaze spreads through tunnels six thousand feet underground.
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Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Florence
D. A. Sout
Judge halts Elaine six death executions in habeas case
United States District Judge Jacob Trieber issued a writ of habeas corpus and a temporary restraining order delaying the six Elaine negroes’ Friday execution, pending a Monday hearing on the writ. The action preserves the defendants from immediate death while the case is reviewed.
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Little Rock
Ark
United States
Jacob Trieber
Elaine Negroes
Actor Lowell Sherman Escapes after New York Transit
In a San Francisco Arbuckle case twist, actor Lowell Sherman, wanted by District Attorney Brady, left a New York train at Harmon and fled in a motor car with a red-haired woman. Westchester detectives hunted him as Brady and Swann’s office questioned witnesses about Arbuckle's alleged statements regarding Virginia Rappe.
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Lowell Sherman
Brady
San Francisco
Roscoe Arbuckle
Harmon
N. Y
Swann
Grand Central Station
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
Sherman
Arbuckle Case Witnesses Urged to Return to San Francisco
San Francisco District Attorney Brady demands Fatty Arbuckle witness Lowell Sherman return from New York state to face charges. Al Semnacher says he cannot afford San Francisco testimony costs. In Los Angeles, Semnacher testifies Arbuckle admitted acts related to Miss Virginia Rappe while others present include Fred Fishback and Harry McCullough.
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Lowell Sherman
New York State
Arbuckle
Brady
Sherman
Harmon
N. Y
Edward Swann
New York
Miss Rappe
Delmont
San Franciscto
Los Angeles
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
St. Francis
al Semnacher
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
W. C. Doran
Doran
Semnacher
Miss
Harry
McCullough
Grand Jury
Newport Police Puzzled By Boy's Kidnapping Tale
A ten year old Newport boy, Charles K. Price, claims a black man abducted him from the Hippodrome steps, tied him to a log at the riverbank with rope, and a boat passed without helping. Police found the log and rope but could not verify footprints amid darkness. The boy’s father reported the story and Cincinnati police were alerted.
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Newport
Hippodrome Theater
Monmouth Street
Charles K. Price
Dayton Street
Charles A. Price
Kalfrat
Cincinnati
Broadway
Front Street
Harding to Visit Atlanta on October 28
President Harding will spend October 28 in Atlanta as a guest of the city on his return to Washington from Birmingham Alabama where he is to speak the preceding day. He is expected to give at least one address in Atlanta.
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Washington
Harding
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Georgia
Louisville Girl in Ar buckle Case Found in Los Angeles
Miss Katherine Fitzgerald of Louisville, who acted with Roscoe Arbuckle in several comedy films, is living in Los Angeles after retiring from motion picture work. Her parents on Main Street confirmed the move from Louisville after her early activity in the industry.
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Louisville
Los Angeles
Katherine. Fitzgerald
Roscoe Arbuckle
Aft’er
Arbuckle
Main Street
Fitzgerald
Driver D T Jackson Narrowly Escapes Train Crossing
Louisville police say D T Jackson, intoxicated, drove through railroad crossing gates last night and narrowly escaped death after a train tore a front wheel from his car. He attempted to drive away despite his handicap, authorities state.
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Louisville
D. T. Jackson
Jackson
Woman robbed in daylight on Twelfth Street near bank
Pianist Miss Johanna Grosse of 3007 Jefferson Avenue was robbed of 345 dollars by an unmasked white bandit on Twelfth Street between Jackson and Vine as she planned to buy steamship tickets for a Vienna visit with her mother. Police sought the suspect after the daylight holdup.
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Johanna Grosse
Jefferson Avenue
Twelfth Street
Jackson
Vine Streets
Miss Grosse
When You Whiting Ahr Think of Writing Think
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Unemployment Response Urged to Meet Crisis in Cincinnati
L H Van Matre outlines steps to curb soup kitchens and aid unemployment in Cincinnati. He cites 24 000 to 40 000 idle workers, urges support for the Mayor's Employment Committee, and calls for state and local funding to expand the City State Employment Bureau. He notes private employers can help with price cuts and repairs, while industry faces stagnation in machine tools and related sectors.
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Associated Charities
L. H. van Matre
Chamber of Commerce
van Matre
Galvin
Board of Education
County Commissioners
Owever
Machine Tool and Allied Industries
Terrific blast at Oppau factory devastates German town
A massive explosion at the Badische Anilin and Soda Works Oppau plant in Mayence destroys Oppau and damages Ludwigshafen and Mannheim. Casualty estimates range from one thousand to fifteen hundred dead with about two thousand injured as trains and homes are buried under wreckage. French colonial troops assist, rescue teams search amid fires, and an official inquiry is opened into the ammonium sulphate storage.
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Germany
Associated Press
Badische Anilinfabrik Company
Oppau
Rhine
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Casemeters
Excess Pressure in Gasometers Believed To Be Cause of Explosion
MAYENGE Germany Sept 21 The Badische Anilin Fabrik plant explosion is attributed by some to excess pressure in two gasometers destroying a broad section of the works. The site now shows a funnel shaped crater 130 yards wide and 45 yards deep with debris everywhere. The directorate says the blast happened in a storehouse holding four thousand tons of nitrous sulphates previously deemed safe.
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Mayenge
Germany
Badische Anilinfabrik
Salt island off Louisiana coast found to be salt itself
Cote Blanche on the Southern Louisiana coast is described as virtually an island of salt. The find supports a long contention that the chain of islands formed by expanding saline deposits. Avery's Island, home to the world’s largest salt mine, was discovered by accident during the Civil War.
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New Orleans
Cote Blanche
Louisiana
Avery's Island
Indictment Alleged Conspiracy To Pardon Blair
Franklin County Grand Jury charges Maurice Galvin of Covington and Frank Blair with unlawful conspiracy to obtain Blair’s pardon by deceiving Governor E P Morrow and preventing Blair’s arrest by Post Office Inspector Lytle. The case centers on a fraudulently presented pardon claim and Blair’s prison record.
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Maurice Galvin
Covington
Frank Blair
Blair
Franklin County Grand Jury
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Lytel
Evansville
Ind
E. P. Morrow
Kentucky
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Galvin
Jefferson Circuit Court
W. C. Lytle
Lytle
Indianapolis
New Mexico Sends Bursum to Senate in Win
Helm O. Bursum Republican was elected United States Senator from New Mexico by a majority party managers estimated above 8000 Democratic State Chairman Arthur Hanna conceded defeat in Santa Fe. President Harding telegraphed congratulations noting appreciation for service and party efforts to address national problems.
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Bursum
Senate
Harding
Albuquerque
N. M
Helm O. Bursum
United States
Arthur
Santa Fe
R. H. Hanna
Washington
Mexico
Bur sum leads in New Mexico partial returns
Telegraph from Albuquerque reports O L Phillips, campaign chairman, says early returns indicate Bur sum will win by about 7,000 votes or more. Republican counties show larger majorities while Democratic counties shrink. Bernalillo County and Albuquerque, previously for Hanna by 1,500, now favor Bur sum by 200. Mechem carried state last year by 3,500.
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Iil
Victor Heintz
Cincinnati
New Mexico
O. L. Phillips
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Bursum
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Explosion at Oppau Plant Causes Partial Destruction
The Badische Anilinundur Fabrik company reports its Oppau plant partially destroyed after today's blast. Udwigshafen plant escaped harm while Frankenthal refinery suffered heavy damage. In Frankfurt streetcars were halted by the concussion as police and firemen using gas masks work to reach the injured amid transport shortages.
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Main
Germany
Badische Anilinfabrik Company
Frankfurter Zeitung
Oppau
Udwigshafen
Frankenthal
Willis to See Harding on Nauts Case Today
Washington news item reports Charles H. Nauts of Toledo Ohio facing delays in his nomination as Internal Revenue Collector for the Tenth District due to Senator Willis Republican Ohio opposition. President Harding invited to White House meeting tomorrow with possible adjustment leading to confirmation.
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Charles H. Nauts
Toledo
Internal Revenue
Tenth
Willis
Ohio
White House
Harding
Chicago
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