Flood Devastates San Antonio Toll At Least 100 Dead
San Antonio flood caused by cloudburst drains the city, with up to 100 deaths and about 5 million dollars in property loss. Troops from Fort Sam Houston assist rescues as water reaches fifteen feet in parts of downtown, blocking traffic and causing widespread destruction.
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Fort Sam Houston
Houston
Tex
Fort Sam Houstor
Olmos
Alazan
San Pedro
Army
Red Cross
Central Fire and Police
Phil Wright
Fire and Police
Olmes
Mexican District
Gunter Hotel
Alamo Plaza
Famous Yacht on Her Final Cruise
Boston reports the schooner Yacht America sailed on its last voyage marking the end of a storied era connected to the Cup tradition. The vessel’s historic journey to England decades ago revived memories of its prize era and its later shelter at Annapolis.
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Boston
Bent
America
England
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Three killed in storm at Sioux Falls and damage
Sioux Falls South Dakota reports three known dead one seriously injured missing and heavy damage to farms within five miles west of the city after a cyclone. Wires down roads impassable trees fallen. In Omaha area a tornado near Avoca caused property damage and lines failed. Escaped convict Roy Gardner was seen on McNeil Island last night.
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Hartford
Ellis
Ben Woods
George Fencon
Omaha
Neb
Avoca
Union Pacific Company
Weeping Water
Sity
McNeil Island
Wash
Roy Gardner
Thomas Maloney
Federal Prison
Pre-War Price Now Prevails Upon Murder
New York Reuters reports Joseph Napote confessed to three murders for thirty dollars each, police and detectives say, with one victim linked to another. The confession details the grisly chain as authorities pursue full motive and connections.
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New York
Joseph Napote
Irish Dail to decide on Lloyd George note invitation
London reports that Dail Eireann will meet in secret session next Wednesday to decide whether to accept or reject Premier Lloyd George's invitation for talks. The Irish parliament holds plenary powers and swore allegiance to the Irish Republic, resisting any pretened authority other than their own.
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Toyd
Hamonn Dend
Dublin
de Valera
Lloyd George
Irish Republic
Ireland
Dail Eireann
Riot and Looting in British India at Meerut
Serious rioting and wholesale looting of grain shops broke out in Meerut, 35 miles northeast of Delhi, in broad daylight yesterday after two grain merchants were arrested on a charge of swindling a purchaser. The telegram notes the unrest spread from the incident and underscores the gravity of the disturbance in British India.
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Alahabad
British India
Meerut
Delhi
Two Murders Shocks Chicago Police Hold Suspect
Chicago reporters recount a double homicide case centered on Carl Asmus an automobile salesman missing since Thursday. A body found under a garage at W Church 2922 Fulton street identified as Asmus with wounds, a broken neck and caved chest. Church is being moved from Adams Wisconsin where he was arrested in connection with Bernard Daugherty's death. The Daugherty inquest is continued as investigators trace a car purchase and Asmus' disappearance.
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W. Church
Carl Asmus
Church
Adams
Wis
Bernard J. Daugherty
Asmus
Sahsman
Daugherty
Hoffman
Des Plaines River
H. W. Church
Fulton Street
M. J. Sommers
Sommers
Storms General Over the Western Part of Country
A nationwide weather disturbance spans the western states with tornadoes in the Dakotas and Nebraska, heavy rain in Texas and Wisconsin, and a broad sweep across the Mississippi and Missouri valleys. Prof. Henry J. Cox of the Weather Bureau warns the system will persist into Sunday with a temperature drop expected in Montana and across the region.
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Mexico
South Dakota
Nebraska
Sat Antonio
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Watertown
Wis
San Antonio
Henry J. Cox
Weather Bureau
Mimouri
Missisippi
Cox
Root Favored as World Court Judge and Chief
Geneva dispatch reports Elihu Root is favored by South American delegates for the permanent international court of justice with a likely unanimous vote in the upcoming assembly election. Delegates hope for Root to accept, while discussions on the council’s work and criticism of Albania and Austria’s debates unfold ahead of the judges’ election.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Elihu Root
League of Nations Assembly
Permanent International Court of Justice
Root
Washington
Albert Mensdorff- Guilly-Dietrichstein
Council For the League
Austria
M. Spalaikovitch
Albania
League
Time Unit
Council of the
League of Nations
Assembly of the League
International Court
A. J. Balfour
Great Britain
Viscount Ishii
Japan
V. K. Wellington Koo
China
Three Killed on Submarine Deutschland Explosion
Liverpool September 10. An explosion aboard the former German submarine Deutschland at Birkenhead across the Mersey killed three men and injured three others. The vessel was being dismantled when the blast occurred in the engine room from an unknown cause. The Deutschland was surrendered by Germany under the peace terms.
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Liverpool
Associated Press
Birkenhead
Mersey
Deutchland
North Dakota
Weet
Popiperateen
Arbuckle Held In Custody In Death Of Virginia Rappe
San Francisco police will detain Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle pending investigation into the death of silent film actress Virginia Rappe after a party at the St Francis hotel. Four detectives on the case. no charge yet. Rappe died of peritonitis after being found ill at Arbuckle suite.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Arbuckle
St. Francis Hotel
Griffith
Griffith Kennedy
Alice Blake
Miss Rappe
Rappe
Mike Rappe
Los Angeles
Death by own action probe begun in tax agent case
New York on September 10 investigation into the death by self inflicted wounds of Frank J. Fitzpatrick chief narcotic agent for New York after a dramatic raid on the Greek steamship King Alexander drugs and whiskey valued between 200000 and 1000000 were seized. Fitzpatrick shot himself after the raid and his colleagues suggested mental strain from the encounter. Fourth officer Bebad Menting of the ship surrendered today.
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New York
Frank J. Matepatrick
Internal Revenue Department
G. Forrer
Fitzpatrick
Scour Woods in Search of Slayer in Hibbing
Hibbing Minn Sept 10 Police and about 300 men scoured the woods for a fugitive named Webb following a Thursday shooting that left a man dead. Officers seek to arrest Webb on a statutory charge after a young daughter allegedly identified him as the shooter.
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Jimie
John Webb
Nelson
Oicors
Webb
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Fatty” Arbuckle
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