Poisoning probe widens as officials hint at arrests
Newport officials and Coroner's jury prepare for a poisoning case involving Shirley Carl and Stanley Williams. County Prosecutor Blaine McLaughlin says new disclosures may trigger criminal action once the jury begins its inquiry and notes arsenic exposure tied to local drugstores. The investigation targets several suspects under surveillance as doctors and chemists testify. Marion Senator Harding heads to a three day Ohio Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia Kentucky swing with stops and schedule changes.
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Connecticut
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Crox
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Marion Star
Harding Newsboys’ Club
Belfast Riots Reprisals Follow Policeman Slaying
Falls area of Belfast erupts after the weekend murder of a police constable. Three civilians are shot dead in retaliation as crowds gather, with armored cars patrolling and a curfew restored with notice.
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Falls
Leonard
Carroll
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Igonard
Farrell
Kearin
Edward Trodzen
John MacFadden
John Gaynor
Trodzen
Zen
Springfield Road Barracks
MacFadden
Gaynor
Springfield Road
Sinn Fein Councillor Lynch Shot in Royal Exchange Hotel
Dublin report says Councillor John Lynch a Sinn Feiner was shot in his hotel room Wednesday morning. A military inquiry judge rules the fatal shot during the event was fired by a crown officer in self defense while on duty at Broadford County Clare.
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Brofan
Broadford
County Clare
John Lynch
Royal Exchange Hotel
Lynch
Quiet Saturday in Cork Eases Fear of Retaliation
In Cork the previous night's fears of reprisal ease after Saturday passed quietly. Insurance activity surges as Lloyds revives policies with high rates and exclusion for political links. Shops in the main street are boarded up to deter riot damage while hunger strikers in Cork Jail show little change besides Hennessy and Burke worsening. Hennessy suffered a serious collapse.
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Cork
Hennessy
Burke
MacSwiney in Worse Condition, League Says
London September 26 A bulletin from the Irish Self-Determination League reports Terence MacSwiney the Cork mayor on hunger strike is weaker and more exhausted than in the afternoon. The bulletin notes he has been exhausted all morning and cannot withstand the effort of being read to.
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London
Irish Self-Determination League
Terence’ MacSwiney
Cork
MacSwiney
Soon
League
Robbers Cornered After Freight Car Meat Heist
Three men armed with sawed off shotguns robbed a moving freight car between Madisonville and Madeira. Police and rail detectives formed a cordon in a swamp near Indian Hill Camargo pike, pursued by night, with a stolen meat truck abandoned and loot scattered along the road bed.
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Madisonville
Madeira
District 6
Indian Hill
Camargo Pike
Sixth District
Woman's Skull Found Near Cleves Linked to Torso Mystery
A woman's skull found by Edward Riley on the Big Miami River near Cleves is thought to match the torso unearthed a week earlier. Authorities note similar bone size and river-spot decomposition, suggesting the two remains may be from the same victim.
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Ohio River
Cleves
Edward Riley
Lybell Street
Big Miami
Riley
Byrens of
A. C. Bauer
Oakley Republican Rally Set for Park Hall Tonight
Oakley Republican Club opens its campaign with a Park Hall rally in Oakley tonight. Speakers include Judge Frank R. Gusweiler Louis H Cappelle Henry K Gibson and Henry Ott.
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Oakley Republican Club
Park Hall
Frank R. Gusweiler
Louis H. Cappelle
Henry K. Gibson
Henry Ott
Reds Repulsed In Hard Fight On Grodno Line
Warsaw dispatch reports three days of heavy fighting around Grodno on the Niemen as Polish north eastern forces press Bolsheviks. Poles claim taken Rokitino Szapatowka Kartuska Bereza Rozany Brzestowicy Porzecke and 700 prisoners with 15 machine guns plus an armored train and railway materiel.
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Associated Press
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Niemen
Pripet
Rokitino
Szapatowka
Dneiper-Bug
Kartuska
Bereza
Rozany
Volkovysk
Brzestowicy
Russo Polish conference to resume talks in Riga
The Russo Polish conference resumes tomorrow with Soviet and Polish negotiators ready to discuss preliminary peace terms. M Joffe agreed to meet at M Dombski request despite Poland not answering the Moscow declaration. Boundary commission to meet Monday as demarcation line is addressed first. Russians rest while Poles including Dombski go hunting.
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Associated Press
M. Joffe
M. Dombski
Moscow
Joint Boundary Commission
M. Joffee
France Threat Sparks Soviet Reply on Prisoner Repatriation
London dispatch reports M. Tchitcherin protests French demand that all French prisoners in Russia be repatriated by October 1. Paris warns of action by the French Black Sea Fleet if not. He says Russia cannot guarantee repatriation of Russians held in France.
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London
Russia
Black Sea
Soviet
M. Tchitcherin
Moscow
M.tchitcherin
France
Thief Enters Latonia Home Steals Razor Leaves Ring
The Latonia residence of B B Larriott at 3803 Lincoln avenue was entered on Saturday evening. A cut wire screen indicates forced entry. Detectives Higgins and Parker traced the thief who washed his hands in the bathroom and left an 18 carat gold ring on the washstand.
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B. B. Larriott
Lincoln Avenue
Latonia
James Higgins
Mason Parker
To Fight to Death Pledge of 2 Bandits Holds Posse at Bay
Regina reports two bandits from a four man gang that robbed Red Deer Lumber Company workers at Barrow Junction last Saturday are four miles from Tisdale in the Hudson Bay Junction country. Two captives were taken yesterday afternoon. The outlaws pledged to fight to the death and offered no resistance.
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Regina, Sask
Red Deer Lumber Company
Barrow Junction
Tisdale
Hudson Bay Junction
Cox Attacks Harding Aides as Wheeler Claims Prohibition Stand
Governor Cox assails Wayne Wheeler and the Anti-Saloon League as partisan tools protecting Senator Harding. He denounces Wheeler as a mere chattel of Republican headquarters and questions Harding’s liquor stance while outlining forthcoming campaign stops in Nebraska. Nine speeches are scheduled across North Platte Lexington Kearney Grand Island Aurora York Seward Lincoln and Omaha.
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United Stats
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Grand Island
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York
Seward
Lincoln
William J. Bryan
Omaha
Senator Hitchcock
Auditorum
States differ on prohibition ties for Cox and Harding
Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League explained why identical telegrams were not sent to Governor Cox and Senator Harding. He noted Harding voted for the Volstead Act and for submission of the Eighteenth Amendment, while Cox had no record on prohibition and was frequently cited by liquor interests as pledged to a beer and wine amendment.
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Wyo
Harding
Cox
Nebraska
Jayne B. Wheeler
National Anti-Saloon League
Senator Harding
Wheeler
Wave Wheeler
Anti-Saloongue
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Will H. Hays
Mr. Wheeler
Prohibition Party
Chicago
George Christian, Jr
Congress
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Reds Crush Pirates 8–0 in Redland Field rout
Buddy Napier pitched superbly for Cincinnati as the Reds toppled Pittsburgh 8 to 0 at Redland Field. Roush, Daubert, Groh and Wingo produced key hits while Napier limited the Pirates to seven hits and no walks.
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Pirates
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Tierney
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Wingo
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Rath
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Barnhart
Duncan
Icholson
Ase
Patsy
Koot
Trayner
Glazner
Daubert
Mr. Glazner
Jake
Napier
Bucs
Two Women Die as Street Car Turns Turtle in Nashville
In Nashville Tennessee two women were killed and many injured when a street car jumped the tracks and rolled over. Firemen cut a hole in the car to free numerous injured passengers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dodgers Need One Game to Clinch Pennant
Brooklyn strengthens lead in the National League by beating New York as it nears the pennant. A win over the Giants next Thursday would seal the 1920 flag for Brooklyn. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh chase third place with slim margins. Cleveland leads the American League with Chicago close behind and New York fading.
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New York
Giants
Reds
Pittsburg
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Cleveland
Chicago
Indians
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White Sox
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Windy City
Yankees
Senators
American flyer injured in practice crash at Etampes
Roland Rohifs, one of the American entrants for the James Gordon Bennett International Aviation Cup, crashed his Texas Wild Cat during practice near Etampes France. He was pulled from the wreckage with probable shoulder and rib injuries and rushed to Etampes Hospital. Authorities race to bring in the Cactus Kitten to meet the 7 am field deadline.
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France
Associated Press
Roland Rohlfs
James Gordon Bennett
Rohlfs
Curtis
Damion
Illa Coublay
S. E. J. Cox
Texas
Clarence Coombs
Dayton-Wright
Howard M. Rinehart
Verville-Packard
R. W Schroeder
Sadi Lecointe
Nieuport
Lecointe
P. Raynham
Harry G. Hawlger
R. W. Schroeder
Schroeder
Parault
Paratht
la Mormagne
Gambling Inquiry Says White Sox Affected World Series
National League President John Heydler released evidence from a private investigation into alleged baseball gambling and fixing in the 1924 World Series. He named Comiskey Gleason and several players and described bets, confessions, and a possible ring involving Hal Chase Lee Magee and others. Heydler planned to testify before a Cook County grand jury with additional documentary evidence.
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John Heydler
National League Tonight
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Gleason
B. B. Johnson
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Rube
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Magee
William Veeck
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Mr. Heydler
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Cook County
Herzog
New York
Fred McMullin
Buck’’ Weaver
McMullin
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