Adams Theatres Company Indicted for War Tax Embezzlement
J L Adams of the Adams Theatres Company indicted by a federal grand jury in Des Moines for embezzling 25000 in war tax receipts. The company also faces the same charge for failure to remit revenue funds from admissions at theatres in Iowa. Adams, once president, previously operated the Willard Theatre in Creston.
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Des Moines
J. L. Adams
Adams Theatres Company
Adams
Revenue Department
Willard
Creston
United States
Iowa
Arbuckle
Arbuckle Manslaughter Jury Fails to Reach Verdict
San Francisco December 3 The jury in Roscoe C Fatty Arbuckle manslaughter trial adjourned for a two hour lunch break after six hours and a quarter of deliberations with no verdict. The panel of seven men and five women reportedly stood eleven to one for acquittal at 11 pm the previous night.
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San Francisco
Calif
Associated Press
Roscoe C
Fatty” Arbuckle
Roscoe
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
Lea Prevost
Alice Blake
Miss Rappes
Miss Rappe
Kansas City Packers Ordered Out Strike Calls Escalate
Union officials in Kansas City announce packing house workers in Kansas City Kansas will ignore the Kansas Industrial court summons and strike Monday. Subpoenas issued for five local officers after they refused to appear in the investigation of the planned strike.
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Chicago, Ill
Kansas City
Kans
Kansas Industrial Court
Louis Lane
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union of North America
Kansas
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
East St. Louis
Dean
Karl Jimmerson
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
Three Die in Stabler Hospital Fire Tragedy
Three bodies recovered from Stabler Hospital ruins in Greenville Alabama after an early morning fire. The dead include Robert Scott of Montgomery and Danial Driggers of Greenville. Nurse Ola Strouter of Cordele Georgia injured. Mrs Driggers perished saving her son. Ed Shirling of the Auburn football team aided in rescuing others.
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Greenville
Ala
Stabler Hospital
Robert Scott
Montgomery
Danial Driggers
Ola Strouter
Cordele
Driggers
Ed Shirling
Auburn
Poses as Salesman Steals $24,000 in Gems
Diamonds and other jewels valued at $24,000 were stolen two weeks ago from the gate in the offices of C. G. Malliet & Co. The thief, posing as a printing salesman, gained entry to the offices and stole two wallets containing the gems from the safe.
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New York
C. G. Malliet & Co
Weather Indications for Chicago and Ashington District
Weather notes forecast cloudy conditions with possible snow in the southeast portion tonight and generally fair with rising temperatures in the west. Ashington predicts a near normal to above normal week with fair skies and a chance of rain in the Upper Mississippi Valley Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Chicago
Ashington
D. C
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Weather Summary for Tue Nov 29 to Sat Dec 3
Local observations by Dr H M Stanley show rainfall totals of 0.38 inches on Tue, 0.44 on Wed, 0.52 on Thu, 0.56 on Fri, and 0.45 on Sat. Temperatures ranged from a high of 39 to a low of 22 with a 1 pm reading of 26. No rainfall reported on Tue or Fri evenings.
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H. M. Stanley
Severe Storm Sweeps Three Western States
A violent storm moving from northern Idaho swept through Utah Idaho and Wyoming with high winds hail lightning and thawing rain and snow. Two Payson Utah stores were destroyed by lightning sparked fire causing several thousand dollars in losses. Air mail service was halted as conditions persisted.
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Salt Lake City
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
Fillmore
Payson
British inquiry into tar and feathering of pastor in Miami
Under instructions from the British embassy in Washington, A H Hubbard the British vice consul in Miami began an inquiry into the flogging tar and feathering of Rev Phillip S Irwin archdeacon of the Protestant Episcopal church and a British subject who worked among Miami’s negro population. The inquiry will also examine similar treatment of George Doty a blacksmith who is also a British subject.
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Miami
Fla
Washington
A. H. Hubbard
Phillip S. Irwin
Protestant Episcopal Church
Eggs Sold for 5c Is Charge Washington
John G. Clark of Bad Axe Michigan testified before a government commission that eggs bought from Michigan farmers last spring at 12 cents a dozen are now sold by a major meat packer at 40 to 50 cents a dozen. The inquiry weighs restricting the Big Five from handling side line food products.
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Washington
Michigan
Big
John G. Clark
Bad Axe
Mich
Big Five
Not a Single Single Girl for This Batch of Baches
Greenville South Carolina December 3 A town of several hundred souls reports no marriageable young women in Donalds South Carolina. Visitors say bachelors roam the Elysian fields and store crowds fill the drugstore as the weather turns cool.
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Greenvile
S. C
Donalds
Elysian Fields
Ima
Drug Store Bandits Captured After Des Moines Chase
Des Moines on December 3 reports a chase by a victim and over twenty children ending with the capture of two bandits, George Talbert of Wyoming and Clarence Wood of Des Moines, who robbed Emma Farrington’s drug store payroll of 616 dollars. C. E. Ginn aided the pursuit, leading to the recovery of the money.
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Des Moines
Emma Farrington
George Talbert
Wyoming
Clarence Wood
Ginn
Farrington
Japan agrees to give up Shantung holdings
Washington D C Dec 3 Japan's representatives agreed to give up leased territorial holdings in Shantung and to discuss retirement of territorial privileges in Manchuria The Far Eastern questions committee adjourned until Wednesday to allow the sub committee to finish its work for the full committee.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Japan
Shantung
Manchuria
Detective Found Shot in Peoria Yards
Peoria Illinois December 3 a Burlington yards of the Chicago Burlington and Quincys railroad where detective Fred H Welle was found shot to death after a reported fight with freight car thieves. Police believe the men fought thieves fled.
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Peoria
Peoria, II
Fred H. Welle
C. B. & Q Railroad
Burlington
Abandon Attempt to Free Destroyer From Beach
At Half Moon Bay California the destroyer Delong, aground since yesterday, was towed by Sea Ranger and Sea Monarch but efforts to pull her free were called off due to leaking. Navy tug Undaunted remains on station as crew evacuates by motor truck.
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San Francisco
Delong
Half Moon Bay
California
Sea Ranger
Sea Monarch
Undaunted
Newspaper Rivalry Boosts Price of Print
New York December text notes that rivalry between New York and Chicago papers has tightened newsprint supply. Printers report paper formerly offered at 3 1/2 cents per pound selling in spot market near 3.75 dollars per hundred pounds, a price difference of five dollars per ton.
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New York
Chicago
Four Babies Born to Texas Family in One Year
Abilene Texas reports a Taylor county family with four newborns in under a year. Early this year Mr and Mrs M N Young welcomed a baby boy and a few days ago three more boys arrived simultaneously. The mother is thirty and now has ten children.
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Abilene, Tex
Taylor County
M. N. Young
Youth Actress Margallo Gilmore Inspires Stage Talk
New York, Dec. 3. Margallo Gilmore, not yet 20, portrays Eileen Carmody in The Straw in a heavy role and speaks on youth. She notes the paradox of aging parts for young actors and the vast opportunities and learning ahead in her era.
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Alice Rohe
New York
Eileen Carmody
Margallo Gilmore
Lorimer Garage Robbery Ends With Capture and Stolen Car Recovery
Sheriff Fred Collings and Deputy Frank Collings pursued three robbers who stole a new Ford sedan from Orr's Garage in Lorimer. A chase alongside City Marshall John Blair and his son led to the arrest of one suspect near Arispe, with the stolen car found abandoned seven miles south. The prisoner, Bartlett of St. Joseph Missouri, is jailed on suspicion as officers seek the remaining two armed suspects believed to be in the car and may be caught nearby.
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Fred Collings
Frank Collings
Orr
Lorimer
John Blair
Afton
Marshal Blair
Marshall Blair
Collings
Blair
Ayr
Arispe
Bre
Arison
Bartlett
St. Joseph
Missouri
Garlic as TB cure and ancient football in Japan
The notice claims garlic treatments for tuberculosis and that football was played in Japan as early as 697 B.C. These two historical assertions appear in the OCR.
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Japan
B.C
Coroner's Jury Rules Imel Shooting By Mullen Not Necessary
The coroner's jury found Alva Imel died from gunfire by A B Mullen a special agent for Chicago Burlington and Quincy at Chariton Iowa after an alledged scuffle outside a Burlington station. Mullen pleaded not guilty to murder and was released on $7000 bond.
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Imel
Mullen
Alva Imel
A. EB. Mullen
A. K E. Mullen
Ottumwa
Iowa
Chicago Burington & Quincy Railroad
Hmself
Ralph Robinson
Chariton
Burlington
Mallen
Robinson
Bonds
Mel
Elmer Dawson
Creston
Banks Reserve Rises Over Legal Requirement
New York December 3 The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies shows a reserve excess of 17 937 800 dollars, an increase of 2 451 490 dollars from the prior week.
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New York
N. Y
Robbers Break Into Kuhlman Fur Store in Des Moines
Des Moines, Ia., Dec. 3. For the third time in a year, robbers forced entry into the Kuhlman fur store show windows early today and carried off furs valued at about 1900 dollars.
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Des Moines
Kuhlman
Illinois Engineer Electrocuted at Traction Power House
Danville Dec 3 Grover Mc Near an engineer was electrocuted while replacing a blown fuse at the Wilinois Traction System power house Edward Hart who tried to help was severely burned A nickel coin is described as an alloy of three parts copper to one part nickel.
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Danville
Wil
Wilinois Traction
Grover McNear
Edward Hart
Married 16 Yanks Receives Allotments From Government
Chicago reporters reveal Mrs Helen Drexler of Waukegan used the marriage route to collect government allotments. She claims to have married 16 men in three years, then separated and drew roughly $400 a month in checks via the men’s service payments. Secret service agents arrested her as they traced payments and missing husbands.
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Chicago
Helen Drexlers
J. H. Porter
Secret Service
Boston
Wilford Taylor
France
Helen Drexler
Waukegan
Order of Gold
Husbands Denoument
William G. Harper
Gabriel di Fiore
The
Federal
Convicted Attacker Sentenced to Life in Des Moines
Joe Ashman was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Ueberback in Des Moines for assaulting a telephone operator about two weeks ago.
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Des Moines
Joe Ashman
Ueterback
Caddock Defeats Stangl in Heavyweight Bout
Bart Caddock former world heavyweight champion defeated Joe Stangl of Carroll in Iowa Falls after twenty eight minutes of wrestling. Caddock seized Stangl and threw him to the mat forcing Stangl to withdraw due to injury.
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Iowa Falls
Bart Caddock
Joe Stangl
Carroll
Iowa
Caddock
Stang
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