Oklahoma murder plot shells out in Illinois confession
Robert Tate, a coal miner, confessed in Marion Illinois that he helped poison Jody Herrington to enable his marriage to Herringtons widow. He said they planned the crime in a cow pasture, obtained poison from a Johnston City drug store, and carried out the scheme as Herringtons wife administered the doses.
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Marion
Ill
Robert Tate
Sheriff Galligan
Jody Herrington
Tate
Herrington
Farmer Finds Family Slain Near Mangum Okla
In Mangum Oklahoma on a Saturday night a farmer J A Melton found his wife Mrs J A Melton and her two children murdered in their home five miles southeast of town. The father said the victims were killed with a knife and the weapon lay nearby. A finger print expert linked the prints on the razor and furniture to Mrs Melton. The wife had warned her husband that someone intended to murder them and Melton had briefly left town to secure a shotgun for protection.
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Mangum
Okla
J. A. Melton
Here
Pistol Fight at Pie Social Leaves One Dead
In Pikeville Kentucky Bud Varney was killed and Sonny Trent and Willard May wounded during a pistol fight at a Pond Creek pie social. Huston Varney tried to intervene and was jailed. Trent was shot nine times and May hospitalized in Williamson West Virginia.
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Pikeville
Bud” Varney
Sonny” Trent
Willard May
Pond Creek
Huston Varney
Many Witnesses Gather for Cronkhite Case
Witnesses from across the United States travel to Tacoma to testify in the trial of Roland Pothier a former Army sergeant charged with the 1918 murder of Major Alexander Cronkhite at Camp Lewis. Robert Rosenbluth faces a separate indictment with trial set for October 22. Jurisdiction questions hinge on Camp Lewis ownership at the time.
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Tacoma
United States
Roland Pothier
Bugler
Alexander Cronkhite
Camp Lewis
Robert Rosenbluth
Cronkhite
Pothier
Pierce County
Wash
Major Cronkhite
Bees in Hollow Trees Supplying Ontario Blacksmith Honey
Newton Falls Ohio September 28 Isaac Champlin village blacksmith expects to store about 300 pounds of honey this winter. He has no apiary and buys no honey yet relies on swarms from hollow trees in nearby woods found with a field glass guiding by clover and blossom flights.
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Newton Falls
Isaac Champlin
Champlin
Walsh vows to block promotion for Robison to Rear Admiral
Washington dispatch reports Senator Walsh of Montana will resist any move to promote Rear Admiral Robison to the permanent list despite his current temporary rank. The DNC cites Robison’s oil reserves dealings and lack of competitive bidding, promising further inquiry into Doheny linked transactions and the naval oil leasing controversy.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Walsh
Montana
Robison
Bureau of Engineering
Navy Department
S. S. Robison
Bureau
Doheny
Tatiana
Congress
Uncle Believed Poison Suspected in Death of Frank Pitra
Cleveland report states coroner opened an inquiry into the 80 year old Frank Pitra’s death at the request of his nephew E J Sklenicka who suspects poisoning. The stomach was to be analyzed while widow and a nine year old daughter survive. The attending physician cited intestinal trouble as the cause.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Frank Pitra
A. P. Hammond
E. J. Sklenicka
Hammond
Pitra
Sklenicka
Sklen
Yeggs Bind Guard and Steal 2000 From Columbus Drug Store
Three burglars bound a night watchman at the Holland Drug Company in Columbus before blowing a safe and taking $2000 in currency. They apparently interrupted a second safe job, which was not opened. The guard was gagged with tape and could only partially describe the burglars.
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Columbus
Holland Drug Company
France and Japan Clash Over Arbitration Protocol Crisis
Geneva September 28 France proposed a sub committee to calmly study Japan’s amendment on state rights in arbitration, linked to immigration. The move followed fruitless private talks with Japan as Adachi pushed to drop a clause determining aggressor status when a dispute is deemed domestic.
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Geneva
Japan
France
Arbitration Commission
M. Adachi
M. Briand
M. Loucheur
Cecil Hurst
World Court of Justice
World Court
Chicago speeders target ends with 2216 arrests in nine days
Chicago authorities report 2,216 arrests for speeding in nine days as part of a crackdown. Several motorists were remanded to jail for alcohol related offenses, with many receiving heavy fines. The 1924 death toll stood at 489.
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Chicago
Wallace replies to Marsh over Burns dismissal in Agriculture
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Wallace defending the dismissal of John M. Burns a department of agriculture law clerk. He denounces Benjamin C. Marsh asserting he does not represent farmers and accuses Marsh of harming agriculture while defending Burns praise for department conduct and refuting charges from a House committee hearing.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
John M. Burns
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Benjamin C. Marsh
Farmers’ National Council
Coolidge
Marsh
Tate
Burns
House
Pickers and Stock Yards
Congressional Committee
Mr. Wallace
Daugherty says Davis did not answer his letter
Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney General, in Columbus, states Davis has not responded to his week old letter accusing Davis of condemning him without full facts. He says Davis’s reply repeats his speeches and supports his own view, with nationwide responses clarifying the issue.
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Columbus
Harry M. Daugherty
John W. Davis
Davis
Daugherty
Washington
Findlay Set to Open State Republican Campaign Rally
Findlay Hancock County prepares for a big Republican rally with former Governor Harry L. Davis as the keynote speaker. The event includes a parade and bands and will host hundreds of Republican leaders. Davis will outline campaign issues and attack Governor Donahey’s administration.
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Findlay
Hancock County
Opera House
Republican Committee
Harry L. Davis
Cleveland
Donahey
Elizabeth L. Clark
Steubenville
J. C. Thompson
Columbus
Davis
Republican Glee Club
Defiance
Honor is guard on prison farm in Texas
Texas's first prison farm without locks guards dogs or guns will open with only the convicts' honor as keeper. Governor Pat M Neff to dedicate the Pat Neff Honor Farm at 10 tomorrow from Prison Camp No 2 near Sugar Land Ft Bend County. About 100 Texans including Mrs J E King will attend. The camp will start with 120 prisoners and rise to 150.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Pat M. Neff
Pat Neff
Imperial Farm
Sugar Land
Ft. Bend County
J. E. King
San Antonio
Board of Supervision
Texas Prison System
Honor System
Fatal Auto Accident Claims Akron Man Near Portage Lakes
Akron Ohio September 28 Harry Edward Zuelsdorf 37 died from injuries after being run over on the Portage Lakes road by an automobile driven by Dr J T Fulton who was later exonerated by county authorities. The driver said bright headlights blinded him.
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Associated Press
Akron
Harry Edward Zuelsdorf
J. T. Fulton
Portage Lakes Road
Here
Four Zanesville Men Hurt in Auto Mishap near Browns ville
Newark Ohio September 28 four men all from Zanesville were injured in a collision on the National Road near Browns ville. One driver in the other car fled the scene. William Quinlan is in critical condition. Fred Young Edgar Basehart and John Fulkerson have less serious injuries.
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Newark
Zanesville
Brownsville
William Quinlan
Fred Young
Edgar Basehart
John Fulkerson
Army aviators globe circling flight ends in Seattle reception
Two US Army planes completed a 27000 mile round the world trip at Sand Point Seattle after facing blizzards gales heat and fog. The voyage set four world records including first China Sea crossing and the around the world flight completion. Travel time about 366.71 hours actual flying across 159 days.
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Seattle
Wash
United States Army
Sand Point Aviation Field
India
Iceland
Greenland
Pacific Ocean
Attu Island
Aleutian
Paramashiro Island
Etriles
Japan
Komandorski Islands
America
China Sea
Kagoshima
Shanghai
China
Mar
Globe
Constantinople
Turkey
John H. Mears
Nellie Bly
Jules Verne
Henry Frederick
Frederick
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt
Five Men Held in Dennison Uhrichsville Bomb Plots
Five men are under arrest in Dennison and Uhrichsville as police link them to a year of bombings. Two arrests followed an explosion last night near Grant and Center streets. other suspects were detained today. Bombs damaged homes including those of Mayor Jeffries and Officer Harmon. no injuries reported.
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Associated Press
Dennison
Uhrichsville
Twin Cities
Grant
Center Streets
Charles Spinell
Harry H. Fetchers
Ase
George c Kane
Ted Steén
B. I. McSteé
B. B. Lewis
Maple Grove
McKane
Lewis
Jeffries
Harmon
J. H. Bucher
Felter Garage
Ale al Tg Eh
Planes Use 21 060 Gallons on Globe Encircling Flight
United States army globe encircling flight ended today after five months and twenty-two days. Four ships started from Seattle on April 6 under Major Frederick L. Martin. Three planes completed the voyage covering twenty-one countries and twenty-five states with fifty-seven hops totaling 27 534 miles.
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Associated Press
Land Point Field
Seattle
Wash
United States Army Globe
Frederick L. Martin
Pictou Harbor
Nova Scotia
Leigh Wade
Faroe Islands
Union
Loss of whaleback freighter Calton confirmed in pilot house wreck
Cleveland, Sept. 28. The sinking of the whale back freighter Clifton with a crew of 28 is confirmed by finding hatch covers and the forward end of a pilot house in Lake Huron. No bodies recovered. Captain Dalton Hudson reported the wreckage about seventy miles from Goderich on the detour Goderich course.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Calton
Lake Huron
Dalton Hudson
Glencairn
Great Lakes Transportation Company
A. E. R. Schneider
Progress Steamship Company
Clifton
Goderich
Schneider
Hudson
Ontario
Mackinaw
Sturgeon Bay
Detroit
Harbor Beach
Richard A. Harrison
The
Lake Carriers’ Association
Cananh
S.A. West
W. G. Mather
Thunder Bay
Falcon
Alpéna
Mich
Fontana
Mr. Schneider
Toad Intervenes in Golf Match Extends Penalty Question
In Yorkshire a toad disrupted a match between amateurs and professionals as W. Loveridge’s ball rested on the creature’s back and vanished into a hole. The ball was later deemed unplayable, but a penalty was not imposed because the ball was moved by an outside agency.
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Red Car
Yorkshire
W. Loveridge
Loveridge
Prince of Wales Pitches Hay on Alberta Ranch Visit
In Calgary the Prince of Wales spends a ranch weekend at E P Ranch amid farm work. He rises with the sun and helps stack hay then shoots ducks and pheasants on a neighboring range before riding at sunset with his party. The heir to the throne joins farm hands in work and meals.
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Calgary
Alta
Prince of Wales
E-P Ranch
Rafieh
Bombing Drives Women and Children From Shanhaikwan
The Chinese and Manchurian clash drives all women and children from Shanhaikwan near the Peking Mukden line. A train is prepared to evacuate noncombatants amid ongoing air attacks by General Chang Tso-Lin. Foreign staff, mainly British, are reported in Chin wangtao. Casualties rise as bombings continue.
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Peking
Shanhaikwan
Peking-Mukden
Chihli Province
Manchuria
Chang Tso-Lin
Chinwangtao
Kailang Mining Company
Chang
Highwaymen Rob Norwood Motorist of His Car
Bernard Stagge of Norwood and Harriet Gambs were forced from Stagge's car on Reading road near Elizabeth place Avondale by two gunmen. The suspects forced them to exit and fled with the vehicle after approaching on another car.
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Bernard Stagge
Main and
Bennett Avenues
Norwood
Reading Road
Elizabeth Place
Avondale
Stagge
Harriet Gambs
Vine Street
Ard
Cevolvers
Miss Gambe
World flyers complete globe circuit with Sand Point greet
Major F L Martin the flight's original commander was among the first to greet the world circling Air Service flyers on arrival at Sand Point Field Seattle witnesses cheered as Lt Smith Wade Nelson and others landed. Bells horns and a 180 foot welcome sign framed the ceremony with thousands present at Volunteer Park and Madison Park later.
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Seattle
Wash
Globe
Sand Point Field
Pacific
Smith
Wade
Nelson
F. L. Martin
Leslie’ Arnold
Cora ‘Arno
Frances le
Spokane
Eugene
Ore
Vancouver Barracks
Portland
Vancouver
Chicago
Boston II
New Orleans
Sand Point
Patrician
Dominion
D. C. Emmons
Crissy Field
San Francisco
J. A. Brockhurst
George W. Goddard
Burdette Wright
J. F. Kennedy
Madison Park
Volunteer Park
W. J.coyle
Charles G. Morton
Coolidge
Weeks
Army
Congress
Frederick ,Ly Martin
Alva L. Harvey
Méson’ M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Washington
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Walgh
Navy Engineering Bureau
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League
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Noque
Earth
Quintet
Dennison and
Toad
Wales
Alberta
Lungwha
Kiating
Malu
Hangchow- Shanghai Railway
Yangtze River
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