Washington Hears Prohibition Message and Lloyd George Visit
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes urges strict observance during Constitutional week. A invitation to David Lloyd George to call on President Coolidge was extended as the British premier tours America next month. White House officials say Coolidge will not seek authority to deploy forces for enforcement.
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Prohibition
Haynes
Washington
David Lloyd George
Coolidge
Americas
Congress
White House
UITED
Hill
Maryland
Elder
Great Britain
Hughes
London
Notable Deaths and World Events From Global News
A wide spread obituary list includes Charles Fisher Hepburn of New York, repute as president of Wilberle Rooting and former Republic Motor Truck associate, dying in Cleveland. Also noting Captain John W. Rumsey aged 85, Lincoln-era friend and Loyal Legion commander, dies in Seattle. Other deaths span John Chisham Fletcher, Paul J. Rainey, and Joe D. Salkeld. Reports from Oklahoma, Chicago, and New York cover civil unrest, naval incidents, and relief efforts after earthquakes, with international notes on Spain, Germany, Greece, and Japan. The era’s turbulence features mutinous events, robberies, and political shifts.
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Charles Fisher Hepburn
A. Barton Hepburn
New York
Wilberle Rooting Company
Republic Motor Truck Company
Cleveland
Legislature Faces Extra Session Amid Oklahoma Martial Law
Oklahoma faces martial law as Gov. Walton suspends public meetings and state leaders debate a special session to probe alleged abuses. Amid unrest, editorials warn against despotism while lawmakers consider charges against the governor and possible action by a political coalition.
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Edward W. Pickard Klahama
Ku Kklux Klan
J. C. Walton
Oklahoma County
Greek County
National Guard
United States
Supreme Save
Oklahoma
Walton
Commonwealth
Farmer-Lahorstes
Lahorites
Oklahoma City
Rurone
Benito Mussolini
Primo Rivera
Italy
Spain
Dempsey Firpo Bout Draws Over One Million in New York
Reported net receipts reached 1 082 008 for the Dempsey Firpo title bout in New York as the crowd paid to witness the clash. Paul Strand, Salt Lake Pacific Coast league outfielder, collected his 200th hit of the 1922 season, breaking his previous world record of 289 safe hits set last year.
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New York
Bits Department
Paul Strand
Salt Lake Mactile Coast
World speed record claimed at Mitchel Weld
Lieut Al Williams announced an unofficial world speed record of 250 miles an hour aboard a Curtiss navy racing machine at Mitchel Weld, New York. A buzzard struck the Cripple Greek district tearing down 300 telephone poles and snow 1 foot deep. Tom Sross, cattleman, sentenced at Abilene Texas to twenty years for murder of H L Roberson, cattle inspector. John Gray shot to death at Hattiesburg Mississippi by a mob after forcing guards to surrender him following Gray having shot a white man.
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Mitchel- Weld
al Wiliams
Curtiss Navy
Tom Sross
Ablcene
Tex
State
H. L. Roberson
John Gray
Hattiesburg
Miss
Gilders
Gray
Great Waiting and Gnashing as Dollar Mark Plunge Hits Germany
Berlin reports a global monetary shock with the mark plunging from 250,000,000 to 80,000,000 per dollar. Thousands lose fortunes while others double holdings as Finance Dictator Fellinger directs currency moves from New York, Amsterdam, and Switzerland. Panic spreads. German speculators face bankruptcy as prices of goods soar for Americans. The U.S. offers reparations talks and Ruhr restoration with conditions including freeing political prisoners to save face amid nationalist pressure.
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Berlin
Germany
Fellinger
New York
Amsterdam
Switzerland
Reichabank
Mast
Tate
France
Belgium
Ruhr
Confessed thief estimated $5,000 gold theft on bridge project
The suspect admits stealing gold while working on a bridge project for veterans. He says he used only half the gold as ordered and sold the rest. Government agents estimate the value scammed at about $5,000.
Man slays family with axe then hangs self in home
In Alexandria Minnesota on September 21 police inquiry found no motive for the killings of Mrs J Wills Knox and her two daughters Dorothy ten and Virginia eight by their father who attacked the family with an ax while they slept and then hanged himself in the house.
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Alexandria
Minn
Mra. J. Wills Knox
Dorothy
Virginia
President backs plan to group railroads into major systems
President Coolidge expressed support for the Interstate Commerce Commission's tentative plan to consolidate American railroads into a few large systems. The stance followed a White House meeting with N. L. Amster of Boston, head of the Citizens' National Railroad League.
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Washington
Coolidge
Interstate Commerce Commission
American ’ Railronda
White House
N. L. Amster
Boston
Citizens’ National Railroad League
Illinois Man Offers His Three Children to Pay Debt
In Coal City Illinois on Sept 21 rank Vo dacek offered his three children to settle a debt of 82 16 after a court judgment against him. He stated each child was worth about 10 72 and proposed surrender to satisfy the claim from the Smith Wallace Shoe Company of Chicago.
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Illinois
Coal City
Vodacek
Thin City
Smith- Wallace Shoe Company
Chicago
Three U S Scientists Die in Washington Gas Blast
A gas explosion at the U S Bureau of Standards fuel testing laboratory in Washington killed three scientists and injured six. L. L. Lauer of Lower Salem C was killed instantly, Urban J. Cook and Stephen M. Lee died later. Cook was formerly of Cincinnati and Lee hailed from New London Connecticut.
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U. S
Washington
Bureau of Standards
L. L. Lauer
Lower Salem
Urban J. Cook
Cincinnati
Stephen M. Lee
New London
Conn
Three Months Fire Near End in Santa Barbara
Three months of forest fire in the Santa Barbara national forests appears near exhaustion. Damage estimates are not yet possible. Germany Envoy Goes to Confer reports Dr Otto Wiedfeldt the German ambassador departed Washington for New York to take ship for Berlin for talks with Chancellor Stresemann on eminent policies and American problem.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Santa Barbara National Forests
Germany
Washington
Otto Wiedfeldt
New York
Stenner
Berlin
Stresemann
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Tohn H. Bartlett
New Hampshire
India
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War Department
Panama Canal
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Loyal Legion
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Seattle
John Chisham Fletcher
New Rochelle, N
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Capetown
Southampton
Joe D. Salkeld
Chicago Daily Journa
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West
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Belleville
American Legion
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Methodist Episcopel Church
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Porpus
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Japan
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Russia
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Bedlam
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