Wall Street blast inquiry shifts toward accident theory
U S investigation of Wall Street explosion leans to accident rather than plot while reports spread of bomb threats nationwide. Four workers from a wrecking firm in New York report interactions with a death wagon driver and say explosives were loaded in a wagon rather than a proper cart. Subpoenas are issued for drivers and superintendents of explosive firms as the grand jury probes criminal negligence and conspiracy.
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Wall Street
New York
New
Brooklyn
Cleveland
Oer New Bedford
Trenton
Wstom
New Jersey
Talley
Sven
Sema
Rebecca Epstein
B. M. Gardner
Internal Revenue
World series inquiry implicates Chicago players in gambling claims
Cook County Grand Jury opened a week long probe into alleged baseball gambling with focus on last year’s Chicago American and Cincinnati National League series. Seven Chicago players are named. no Cincinnati players are implicated. Witnesses, including officials and writers, provided leads though few concrete proofs emerged.
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Chicago
Chicago American
Cook County Grand Jury
Hartley Replogle
Replogle
Cincinnati
Johnson
American League
Charles A. Comiskey
William Veeck
National League
Comiskey
Rube” Beniton
John Heydler
Veeck
Philadelphia
Threat closes building under guard in Trenton
In Trenton New Jersey the Penamnores Building was placed under guard after a letter threatening the structure was received officials treat the threat as a joke but remain vigilant during a day of heightened security.
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Trenton
N. J
City Hall Guarded After Threats From New York Group
Boston authorities placed City Hall entrances under added police guard after a second threat to Mayor Peters. The note warned of an attack from New York and was mailed in Charleston district. Peters regards today’s message and yesterday’s as a jokers’ prank.
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Boston
City Hall
Peters
New York
Charleston
Explosives Threat Prompts City Bank Security Lockdown
In Cleveland an anonymous letter warned two wagon loads of high explosives entering the city and targeting the Federal Reserve Bank Union National Bank and Citizens Savings and Trust. Police and federal authorities secured the sites with armed guards and a police cordon.
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Cleveland
Murphy
Federal Reserve Bank
Union National Bank
Citizens’ Sayings and Trust Company
Federaluilding
Death Valley Walker Dies of Thirst Near Oasis
Patrick H. Porsney died of thirst in Death Valley last week though water lay half a mile away. He wandered while on a walk and apparently lost his way. his body was found Sunday.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Patrick H. Porsney
Death Valley
Porsney
Inquiry Into Death Of Edward Holston Dropped
Coroner says further investigation into Paul Edward Holston, 20, Huntington WV, found in the Ohio River, will stop unless murder is proven. John Dunfee, 21, released from connection with the case, authorities cite lack of violence evidence. Autopsy by Dr. Coppock found no skull fracture and no maiming.
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Paul Edward Holston
West Second Street
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Carrel Street
Arthur C. Bauer
John Dunfee
Holston
Cincinnati
Frank M. Coppock
West Virginia
Lulu Ray
Harry Johnson
Bud Belshar
Boy Fatally Struck by Auto Near Tliff Street Home
Eight year old Bary Hoffman, son of Mr and Mrs M Hoffman, was crossing in front of his Tliff and Liberty streets home when struck by an automobile driven by Thomas McNamara of 740 Hawthorne Avenue. He died from a probable skull fracture and internal injuries after hospitalization.
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Bary Hoffman
M. Hoffman
Tliff
Liberty Streets
Thomas McNamara
Hawthorne Avenue
General Hospital
Woman Struck by Auto on Eighth and Elm Streets
Blanche Cruger 52 of 1260 Elm street was hit crossing Eighth and Elm by a car driven by William S. Martin of 1931 Western avenue. Left hip injured she was taken home by Martin's vehicle.
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Eighth and
Elm Streets
Blanche Cruger
Elm Street
William S. Martin
Western Avenue
Sinn Fein Leader Shot In Hotel Room
Terence MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork began his fifty first day of hunger strike at Brixton Prison with no change in condition from yesterday. The Home Office reports no nourishment decision. Messages say he slept well but remained very weak and prostrate.
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London
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton Prison
Home Office
Irish Self-Determination League
League
Mary
Murder of County Councillor Lynch in Dublin Hotel
Dublin reports say County Councillor Lynch a Sinn Feiner from Limerick was shot dead in his hotel apartment at 3 am by men described as Black and Tan police. Uniformed assailants entered the Royal Exchange Hotel, searched the register, and killed him before leaving while the porter remained unaware of the raid.
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Dublin
Lynch
The
Press Association
Royal Exchange Hotel
Ask Colby To Protest Against Ban on U S Vessels
New York September 22 The national council of the Friends of Irish Freedom met in secret to urge Secretary of State Colby to protest and seek withdrawal of the British Admiralty order barring vessels flying the American flag from entering Cork harbor. The group also demanded an apology for what it called a violation of freedom of the seas in peacetime.
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New York
National Council of the Friends of Irish Freedom Today
Colby
Cork
Avondale Man Found Hart and Unconscious on Sidewalk
Nathan Flax a 48 year old of 875 Lexington avenue was found unconscious with a skull fracture and a broken shoulder on Hutchins avenue and Reading road. He had been unconscious over three hours and investigators considered foul play though his wife said he suffered fainting spells. Detectives White and Cleary pursued the assault theory. money remained on his person.
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Nathan Flax
Lexington Avenue
Hutchins Avenue
Reading Road
Harold Haas
General Hospital
Flax
Singing Blackbirds Disturb Suburbanites In Wee Hours
Residents of Duck Creek road Hyde Park and Walnut Hills complain of loud singing birds disturbing sleep. Citizens stage shotgun sorties with limited success claiming four chickens two pigeons and one harmless pomeranian captured. Local families form a tree or “gree” club to shame the birds with chanting.
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Duck Creek Road
Hyde Park
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
B. M
Harding Plans Two October Speaking Tours
Senator Harding plans two October speaking trips circling the Middle West and reaching Tennessee. He will deliver at least eight formal addresses and may add impromptu talks in several cities. The itinerary spans Des Moines Omaha Kansas City Oklahoma City Chattanooga Louisville Indianapolis St. Louis with potential later visits to South Dakota North Dakota Wisconsin New York Ohio and New England. He left Marion on October 6 and returns after a Maryland West Virginia Kentucky trip, spending Sundays in Baltimore.
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Middle West
Tennessee
Harding
Pacific Coast
Maryland
West Virginia
Kentucky
Des Moines
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Chattanooga
Tenn
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Indianapolis
Ind
St. Louis
South Dakota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
New York
New England
Chicago
Ohio
Mansfield
Baltimore
Watkins Calls for Dry Pact If Rival Candidates Back Prohibition
Prohibition presidential nominee Aaron S. Watkins said he would quit the race if any rival pledged to enforce the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act and keep them as law. He spoke at the fifteenth International Congress against alcoholism amid pledges to sustain prohibition enforcement. Dr. Harvey Wiley praised prohibition as the greatest political achievement and warned against any repeal or weakening.
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Washington
Aaron S. Watkins
Prohibition
Fifteenth International Congress
Walker
National Committee
Watkins
Congress
Harvey W. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
Wiley
Bandit El Vizcaya Shot Dead Near Cordoba
El Vizcaya the bandit who escaped from jail near Cordoba was killed today by a would be captor. The outlaw fired at the pursuer and was returned fire, dying on the scene. He had terrorized the rural population around the city for some time.
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Cordoba
Spain
el Vizcaya
Governor Cox Train Wreck Near Peoria Arizona
Governor Cox presidential campaign train derailed near Peoria on the Santa Fe line en route to Prescott. Four forward cars ditched, engine toppled, engineer Nichols seriously injured with a broken leg. Cox unhurt, helped passengers, later resumed journey to Phoenix. Railroad says spreading rails caused the wreck amid heavy equipment and speeds around 35 to 40 mph.
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Ariz
Cox
Here
Prescott
Charles A. Nichols
Peoria
Santa Fe
Eegation
Governor Cox
Robert C. Goldsmith
League of Nations
Prescott and
E. E. Bollinger
Mojave County Court
Charles Nichols
Phillip Allen
J. J. Sinnott
Democratic National Committee
Norris
Prescott Committee
Henry L. Ashhurst
United States
W. L. Barnum
Taft
Johnson backs Harding in California as league clash looms
Sacramento dispatch reports Senator Johnson campaigns for Harding citing a firm stand against the League of Nations. He criticizes Lodge reservations, praises Cox for pro League support, and predicts California voting turnout could hinge on Johnson’s appeal and prohibition issues.
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Senator Johnson
Senator Harding
California
Hiram Johnson
League of Nations
Johnson
Senator Harling
Hiram
Senate
League
Cox
Harding
Repubblican
Chicago
Senator Hard
Lowell
Harvard
New York
Elihu Root
Europe
William’ Jennings Bryan
San Francisco
Prohibition
Seven Women Appointed to Local Republican Committee
Seven women were appointed to the Advisory and Executive Committee of Hamilton County's Republican Party joining male members. Names include Mrs. W. H. Crawford Mrs. Joseph O. McCloskey Mrs. Benjamin Lowenstein Mrs. Charles A. Dittmar Mrs. Pauline Hassell Joest Miss Cora May Box and Miss Marie C. Costello along with Walter Friedlander.
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Republican Party
Hamilton County
R. K. Hyrnicka
W. H. Crawford
Joseph O. McCloskey
Benjamin Lowenstein
Charles A. Dittmar
Pauline Hassell Joest
Cora May Box
Marie C. Costello
Walter Friedlander
Colby
Stow
Ben Lowenstein
Avondale
Gholson Avenue
Dittmar
Freeman Avenue
Sands’ School Club
Pauline Hussell Joest
Daughters of America
Joest
Eastern Star
Pythian Sisters
Kappa Sigma Pi
Milton Court
University of Cincinnati
Miss Cora
May Box
McGregor Avenue
Miss Box
Young Women’s Christian Association
Woman’s Club
Colerain Avenue
Woman's Club
Woman's Business Club
Woman’s Rotary Club
Ohio predicts record turnout with large women’s vote
Secretary of State Smith estimates Ohio will cast 2.2 to 2.3 million votes this year, up from 1.2 million in 1916. He expects about 800,000 women to vote, and that turnout will expand precincts from 6,000 to 9,000.
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Columbus
Smith
Ohio
Financing the parties campaigns under Senate inquiry
Senate investigative committee heard James W. Gerard and William Boyce Thompson detail Democratic and Republican fundraising totals. Gerard cited $128,821 raised and projected national funds of $2,000,000 with $5,000 from B. M. Baruch and $50 from Secretary Baker. Thompson noted state quotas and that funds went to Fred Upham. quarrels over national totals and Wall Street ties surfaced during testimony.
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Sept
Senate
James W. Gerard
New York
Democratic National Finance Committee
William Boyce Thompson
Ways and Means
Republican National Committee
Gerard
B. M. Baruch
I. L. Doheny
August Bélmont
Charles B. Alexander
Baker
Mr. Thompson
District of Columbia
Fred W. Upham
National Committee
Reed
Missouri
New York State
Upham
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Lawrence
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Samuel Shortridge
Shortridge
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John W. Fowler
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Belmont
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Red Cross
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the Times
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Pomerene
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Charles F. McDonald
Edward C. Stokes
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William Barnes, Jr
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