Defense Counsel Charges Senator and Son Guilty in Villisuez Case
Red Oak Iowa Sept 12 After eight days the jury in the Villisuez murder case was secured and a sensational moment followed when Judge Sutton charged State Senator F F Jones and his son Albert with guilt The defense contends one juror doubts their guilt and seeks to protect a defense The jury was completed after extensive questioning with T C Brown as the last juror selected Brown had faced defense attorney Mitchell for over an hour and was seated after a challenge was overruled The 140th talesman examined and the 11th juror secured this morning and the selection ended around 4 PM after 22 portions were questioned
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Red Oak
Iowa
Villiseaux
Aft
A. L. Sutton
Omaha
Lyn Kelly
Moore
Stillinger
FL FP. Jones
Albert Jones
Sutton
F. F. Jones
Joneses
T. C. Brown
Brown
Mitchell
Kelly
Boies
Talesmen
Potatoes Save Wheat In National Army Training Effort
Springfield report details bands to be provided for the National Army with selections from regimental bands and engineer troops to train recruits. Governor Lowden accuses anti American influences in streetcar strike amid widespread industry paralysis as roughly 7,000 idle. Agricultural note urges using potatoes as bread substitutes to ease wheat shortages, highlighting dietary starch and energy roles.
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Illinois
National
Springfield
National Army
Southern Department
War Department
Lange and Anderson marry in Texas ceremony
Miss Talitha Anderson, daughter of Mrs. T. F. Anderson, married Ernest Adolph Lange of Kempner Texas on September 1. Lange is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Lange of Mason.
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Woea
Talitha Anderson
T. F. Anderson
Ernest Adolph Lange
Kempner
Texas
Lange
T. A. Lange
Mason
Liberty motor hailed as greatest wartime American engine
Washington reports Secretary Baker called the liberty motor the greatest single wartime achievement. The new lightweight, powerful aircraft engine was developed by two leading American engineers who worked five days in a Washington hotel to complete its plans. The engine has passed final tests and is ready for use in American aeroplanes.
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Washington
Baker
Europe
War Department
Pregard
United States
S. A. Express
Rioters clash at Armour plant in Kansas City
In Kansas City, Sept. 12, a riot involved more than 2,000 striking packing house workers and supporters at Armour & Co. plant in Kansas City, Kan. One man was likely fatally injured, two others hospitalized with undetermined injuries, and 53 packing district saloons were shut by police to restore order.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Armour & Co
Kan
Houston Rioters to be Tried by Court Martial
San Antonio Texas Sept 12 More than sixty members of the twenty fourth infantry charged in the Houston raid where seventeen were killed and many wounded will face general court martial at Fort Bliss about Sept 25 Col John A Hull and Major Dudley Sutpin arrived from Chicago to organize the panel War Department to name eleven members four brigadier generals and seven colonels and lieutenant colonels and prepare at El Paso Prisoner leaders said to face strong evidence from the Columbus New Mexico investigation supported by inspector general G O Cress
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San Antonio
Texas
Twenty-Fourth Infantry
Houston
Fort Bliss
John A. Hull
Dudley Sutpin
Chicago
War Department
el Paso
Ft Bliss
G. O. Cress
Columbus
N. M
Man Cuts Off Finger to Evade Draft Law
An unidentified man in East St. Louis enters a cigar store and, claiming draft into the National Army, attempts evasion. He inserts his right index finger into a tobacco cutter, pulls the lever, and the finger is severed in the accident. He is reported seriously injured and the incident is under local investigation.
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Samaciniye Press
East St. Louis
National Army
German Prisoners Move From Hawaii To Utah War Camp
About 350 officers and sailors from the former German gunboat Geier were moved from Schofield Barracks Hawaii to Fort Douglas Utah under heavy guard. They were entrained for the third war prison camp.
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Associated Press
Pacific
Geier
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Fort Douglas
Utah
Arrestees Held on Federal Wood Contract Charge
August Mugge and Ernest Schooley were arrested in San Antonio by United States Deputy Marshal John B. Dibrell on a Justice Department complaint. They allegedly delivered 288 cords of wood instead of the 300 cords required by contract. They posted $1,000 bonds each to appear before Commissioner Edwards on Tuesday at 9.
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August Mugge
Ernest Schooley
San Antonio
John Bl. Dibrell
United States
F. T. Needham
Department of Justice
Edwards
Sensational Shooting in Waco Courtroom
In Waco Texas on September 12, a sensational courtroom shooting targeted C C Thompson by his father in law C M Etter as Thompson faced a beating charge. Thompson was hit in the arm and taken to a sanitarium. Judge Alexander had not yet arrived.
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Waco
Tex
C. C. Thompson
C. M. Etter
Thompson
Alexander
Authorization to lease San Antonio area lands for military use
Authorization was issued for leasing between 21000 and 22000 acres near San Antonio with 16000 to 17000 adjoining Leon Springs for target ranges and maneuvers. Five thousand acres east of the Salado by Fort Sam Houston will train a National Army division at Camp Call. Also notes flour oats seed cake and other feedstuff supplies and a janitor needed for Fredericksburg high school for nine months.
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Southern Department
San Antonio
Leon Springs
Salado
Fort Sam Houston
National Army Division
Camp Travis
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Mutial Pictures
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