Court hears murder case of Obregon killer in Mexico
In Mexico City 1920 party in the Obregon assassination case returns to court as Josse De Leon Toral and fifteen others face trial. Toral claims God aided him and admits he acted with one accomplice, saying he believed he spoke the last words of his life. Mother Concepcion denies falsehoods and criticizes officials.
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Mexico City
Superior ‘Court
Josse de Leon Toral
Bnesin
Obregon
Concepcion
Correa Nietos
Peng Sin
Nigtos
Toral
Mother Cencion
Communion wine stolen during West Virginia conference
Morgantown reporters said wine for the sacramental service of the annual Methodist Episcopal Church West Virginia was taken from a rear room of the church last night. Dr W E B Lowther found the room in disorder with the wine missing and several glasses broken before the service. A grocery run supplied grape juice and the service proceeded.
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Morgantown
Methodist Episcopal Gnuireh
West Virginia
W. EB. Lowther
Pro Tourney Winner Debuts in American Lawn Tennis Round
Forest Hills North Carolina September 24 Harvey Snodgrass of Gulver Cal former amateur satay disposed of Arthur Rudolph at Itford Conn in the second round of the American Professional Lawn Tennis championship. The scores were 6 4 7 5 6 1.
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Forest Hills
N. C
Harvey Snodgrass
Gulver Ci Cal
Satay
Arthur Rudolph
Itford
Conn
Weather forecast reports frosts and warming Thursday
Mail weather note warns of light to heavy frosts tonight with firmer frost and rising temperatures expected by Thursday.
Wanted Aid Society or Club To Sell Christmas Carts
Wanted by The Grafton Sentinel for sale of personal Christmas carts with distinctive steel engraved designs. Good commission offered. Inquiries to Pho 185 R. fyett at the newspaper office.
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Grafton Sentinel
Pho
R. Fyett
Hoover Asked To Appear In Many States
Herbert Hoover expands campaign into the west and east with routes across the country before election day while his running mate Senator Curtis and other party leaders push the Republican message through travels and radio. Alfred E. Smith winds down his campaign as Hoover prepares a fourth major speech in October at Elizabethton Tennessee.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Palo Atta
Hoover
Senator Curtis
Kungng
Eost
West
Alfred EB. Smith
Elizabethton
Tenn
Powder blast kills forty at Fort Cabreriza
Madrid reports a powerful explosion in the iron powder magazine at Fort Cabreriza on the outskirts of Melilla Spanish Morocco. General Jordana said at least forty killed and about two hundred injured. Seven garrison soldiers were wounded and surrounding homes damaged. Casualties were higher in poorer districts as officials rush to aid victims.
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Madrid
Fort Cabreriza
Melilla
Spanish Morocco
Jordana
Spanish War Office
Portes Gil Unanimously Elected Mexico President in 1920s
Mexico City Sep 96 Young.Lawyer Portes Gil was named president by unanimous vote of deputies and senators in a joint session. A lawyer and administrator, he has pledged to continue Calles policies and maintain friendly relations with the United States. His term begins December 1 with Obregon’s death shaping the country’s political path.
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Mexico City
Carles
Iclactine
Sales
Emile Sartes Gil
Mexico
Portes Gil
Galles
Congress
Portes
Calles
Alvaro Obregon
Interior
War Department
Obregon
Ciudadetoria
Tamaulipas
Senora
Obregon J
Chihuahua
Mincipal
Smith Campaign Train Heads Toward Minneapolis and St Paul
Governor Smith’s train trip through Montana and North Dakota moves toward Minnesota where he will address a St Paul audience tomorrow. He plans a fifth campaign speech touching farm relief as he adapts themes on the road, saying no set method guides his talks.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press Star
Smith
Mayor seeks rate increase opposition in gas case
Mayor Thomas H. Cather and City Attorney Gene W. Ford challenged a 61 percent gas rate increase proposed by the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company. At the Charleston hearing, company representatives argued rising costs justify more revenue, but officials said cost data did not show a large rise in production or supply costs. The matter continues on page five.
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Grafton
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Gas Company
Thomas H. Cather
Gene W. Ford
Public Aervice Commission
Charleston
Wittshursh
Cather
League of Nations Ends Its Meeting and Approves General Act
The ninth assembly adjourned after noon today approving a general act to renounce war and settle disputes by pacific means. Signatories would use commissions of conciliation, international courts, or arbitrators while preserving domestic jurisdiction on certain issues. The secretary general disseminated model treaties to speed adoption, hoping all nations would sign or follow the act. President Herluf Zahle praised the frank discussion, with continuation promised on further questions.
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Nicholas Polltis
Greece
Assembly
Ando
International Court
Cue
Herluf Zahle
Germany
Night Riders to Face Court Hearing Soon
In Belmont County Ohio near Barton a band calling itself Night Riders has terrorized the village for months. John Eberhardt, coal mine foreman, was arrested on riotous conspiracy and named as the gang leader after villagers testified before Prosecutor Paul V. Waddell. Victims included Mrs. Goldie Wheeler and Lester R. aged 18, said to have been hanged by the neck with toes touching the ground. Waddell expects more arrests as witnesses describe robberies and abuses by masked assailants targeting women and youths. Eberhardt posted a $1,500 bond and awaits arraignment in common pleas court.
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St. Clairsville
Clisens
Barton
Paul V. Waddell
John Eberhardt
Eberhart
Zang
Goldie Wheeler
Lester Rem
Belmont County
Waddell
Ioberhart
Additiona
Waddel
Eberhardt
Common Pleas Court
Bribery Scandal Hits City Police Ranks in Philadelphia
Philadelphia on September 26 reports say a police captain Charles Cohen and 22 policemen including seven sergeants and two city hall detectives were arrested on charges of extortion bribery and conspiracy. They were held after four hours of interrogation in District Attorney Monaghan's office and placed in city jail awaiting a hearing before Judge Edwin O Lewis amid a grand jury probe into bootlegging gang warfare and corruption. Earlier arrests include two other captains a half dozen detectives and Republican ward leader Matthew Patterson who remain at large.
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Philadelphia
Chas. Cohen
Monaghan
Edwin 0. Lewis
Matthew Patterson
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Liberty
Pleads He Slew Wife While Sleep Walking
Detroit reports defendant Chaster Kutalub 48 pleads he shot and killed Ama-Na wife while sleepwalking. Willam Cohen argues somnambulism and sleep disorder caused the act. Three children testify he walked in sleep about thrice weekly. police found him holding his wife after the shooting.
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Detroit
Ama- Na
Chaster Kutalub
Willam Cohen
Xutelub
Kutzlub
Kyizlub
Kutelub
Memorial Service at West Virginia Methodist Conference
Morgantown WV September meeting notes a memorial service for deceased members of West Virginia Methodists. Rev C R Havinghurst preached at Charleston First Church with Rev D B Orn leading Clarksburg choir. Bishop Herbert Welch presided in Morgantown assisted by district superintendents J P Scott S J Hare J E B Wells H C Howard Denver C Pickens George Dalliver Smith and W M Schultz Routing business dominated the morning with speeches on evangelism and foreign missions to follow by Bishop Wardle Stafford and Bishop John L Buelsen.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Methodist Episcopal Churches of
Westinginia
C. R. Havinghurst
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Charleston
D. B. Orn
Clarksburg
Herbert Welch
Pittsburgh
J.P. Scott
Parkersburg
S. J. Hare
Huntington
J. E. B. Wells
Elkins
H.C. Howard
Whoing
Denver C. Pickens
Chileston
George Dalliver Smith
Buckhannon
W. M. Schultz
J. T. Wardle Stafford
England
John L. Buelsen
Zuidi
Zerland
Cramer Plans Another Hop To Stockholm Route
Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, American flyers rescued in Greenland, announced a new attempt next year to fly from the United States to Stockholm via Greenland. They arrived in Copenhagen aboard the Multon with Prof. William H. Hobbs, after leaving Rockford, Alabama, Aug 15. Their flight faced weather delays and a two week trek toward Mount Evans, Greenland, before reaching safety.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Bert Hassell
Greenland
Parker Cramer
United States
Stockholm
Hassell
Cramer
Arctic
Multon
William H. Hobbs
University of Michigan
Rockford
Cochran
Sabatier
Mount Evans
Riskernags
S. Michigan Greenland
Sukkertoppen
Associated Press
Greater Rockford
Jury finds Smith guilty in West Virginia murder verdict
In Webster Springs Seymour Smith, 29, was found guilty of second degree murder in the slaying of Thomas McKensie, a 66 year old Belair lumberman. The verdict followed hours of deliberation. Smith remained calm as relatives observed.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Seymour Smith
Thomas McKensie
Belair
Smith
I Smith
Death and Destruction After Florida Storm
In Florida Everglades and Okeechobee areas cremations were used to control sanitation as 166 bodies burned in Glade, while Red Cross appeals seek 12 million for long term rehabilitation. Palm County puts dead at 2300 and refugees at 12200 as intermittent showers worsen conditions. Governor Martin appeals relief funds and state aid measures continue, with further coverage on page eight.
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West Palm Beach
Fin
Florida
Washington
Everglades
Okeechobee
Bel Glade
National Red Cross
Palm
Lake Okeechabe
Jacksonville
John Martin
Fred H. Davis
Old Pastor Resigns After Legislative Pledge Rule
The Arkansas legislature adopted a resolution requiring appointive position candidates to pledge loyalty to the national Democratic ticket. A. S. Mays, Methodist minister and Confederate veteran, resigned as chaplain and walked from the chamber after the vote. Representative Hayes denounced the move as dictating a minister's vote.
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Arkanseas
Roy
A. S. Mays
Fronville
Hayes
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