Fatty Arbuckle Charged in First Degree Murder Case
San Francisco district attorney says two charges loom as Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle faces a murder in the first degree complaint in justice court over Miss Virginia Rappe s death. Grand jury indicts for manslaughter. arrest warrant expected Friday. Witnesses Zey Provost Alice Blake Grace Halston testify regarding party events.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Rbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Grand Jury
Brady
Justice Court
Bambino Delmont
Miss Rappe
Zey Provost
Alice Blake
Grace Halston
Arbuckle
Arbuckle Wife Sets Course From New York to San Francisco
Mrs Roscoe Arbuckle known as Minta Durfree leaves New York for San Francisco to aid her estranged husband. She says reconciliation depends on his return to their former life while noting five years apart and ongoing support, including a recent car gift. She travels with her mother.
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New York
Roscoe Arbuckle
Minta Durfree
San Francisco
Mrs. Arbuckle
Indicted Man Quiet in San Francisco Prison
In San Francisco on September 14 a man learned of his indictment while in the city jail. He offered no remark and appeared unmoved as reporters noted pallor and a fixed air of dejection during attempted interviews.
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San Francisco
Arbuckle
Griffith to Head Irish Conference Delegation
Dublin September 14 The Dail Eireann approved the appointment of five plenipotentiaries to Inverness to discuss the Irish question with British representatives Arthur Griffith named chairman and founder of Sinn Fein and foreign minister in the Dail cabinet The plenipotentiaries were chosen for potential talks with the British government not in response to an invitation.
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Dublin
Inverness
Dail Eirreann
Arthur Griffith
Sinn Fein
Dail
Dail Plenipotentiaries
Spanish War Veterans Hit British Influence in U S School Histories
IMNERPOLIS Minn Sept 14 The annual encampment of the United Spanish American War Veterans heard a resolutions committee report charging British propaganda in revised public school histories. The report says the book omits the Boston Tea Party Lexington and Concord and eulogizes Benedict Arnold while sacrificing facts for U S Great Britain relations. Other resolutions condemn the Ku Klux Klan and back legislation to make wartime profiteering a felony for ex servicemen.
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Imnerpolis
Minn
United Spanish American War Veterans
Resolutions Committee
United States
Boston
Lexington
Bunker’ Hill
Benedict Arnold
Great Britain
Ku Klux Klan
Bank Building Contract Awarded in Greensboro
Charles C. Hartmann of Greensboro wins the contract to erect a ten story bank building at South Main and Commerce streets. The $500,000 structure will house the Commercial National Bank on the ground floor with 150 offices above. Construction aims for completion and occupancy by late 1922.
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Charles C. Hartmann
Greensboro
South Main
Commerce Street
Post Office
Commercial National Bank
High Point Kiwanis Host Loyal Baseball Luncheon
High Point Kiwanians praised the Piedmont league club and its manager Bill Pierre at a luncheon in the First Reformed church basement. Centerfielder W I Irby won a $1000 life policy as attendance prize, number thirteen held by luck.
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High Point Kiwaniang
Bill Pierre
Fist Reformed Church
High Point
Welch Field
James A. Clarke
First Baptist Church
Kiwanis Club
New York
Atlantic City
Coney Island
Mr. Clarke
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Welchfield
Pierremen
J. Ed Kirkman
B. R. Thurman
A. E. Tate
Pierre
L. Davis
Charles P. Coble
Steve Clark
W. C. Irby
Irby
Jack Taylor
Ralph Parker
Senate Committee to Visit West Virginia Coal Fields
Washington Sept 14 Members of the senate committee investigating conditions in the West Virginia coal fields will leave Washington Saturday for West Virginia to resume the inquiry informally. The subcommittee decided not to resume immediate proceedings pending murder and arson trials in Wango County and grand jury actions in Logan County.
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Washington
Senate
West Virginia
Wango County
Logan County
Millions Gathered by Revenue Bureau Drive
Government collection of about $12 million in delinquent and additional taxes from a special drive ending September 3 was announced by Commissioner Blair. The effort involved 725 field collectors and targeted luxury taxes soft drinks theater admissions and transportation across most large cities.
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Washington
Blair
Conference Topics Sent to Powers
The American government sent to all invited powers a list of topics for discussion at the conference on armament limitation and the Far Eastern question.
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Powers
Washington
Two Cities Plan A Country Club
Henderson and Oxford plan a mid point country club twelve miles apart. A meeting of representatives from both communities will be arranged to discuss details. The club would be six miles from each town and accessible to citizens of both areas.
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Henderson
Oxford
Funeral Held for Rev C A Cecil
A large gathering of friends and relatives attended the funeral of Rev. C A Cecil who died Monday night. The service was at the First Methodist Protestant church at 11 o clock with Rev George R Brown officiating and numerous tributes and floral gifts honoring the deceased.
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C. A. Cecil
First Methodist Protestant
George R. Brown
Henderson Seeks Formation of Rotary Club
Henderson, Sept. 14. A movement is under way to establish a Rotary club here. A district representative will set a date to discuss the situation, and the effort is regarded as likely to proceed.
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Henderson
Sensational Arbuckle arrest and Hollywood high life gossip
Los Angeles reports on Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle under arrest in San Francisco for the Virginia Rappe death. The trial may uncover a wider film colony scene of revels, gambling, and wealth, with stars and parties drawing national attention and possible witness departures from the coast.
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Roscoe Arbuckle
Hollywood City
Los Angeles
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
San Francisco
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Hollywood
New York
Paris
Moore elected to international court of justice on second ballot
John Bassett Moore of the United States was elected judge of the international court of justice by the League of Nations assembly on the second ballot. His election was confirmed by the League council. Moore, age 60, will accept the post and has long served as a professor at Columbia University and held varied public service roles. Elihu Root declined election due to age.
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Geneva
John Bassett Moore
United States
International Court of Justice
Assembly of the League of Nations
Moore
League of Nations
New York
Elihu Root
Mr. Moore
Columbia University
Senate Finance Committee halves 1922 transportation taxes
Washington reports the senate finance committee agreed to reduce the 1922 transportation taxes for freight, passenger and Pullman services to half current rates. The panel kept the full tag on express packages and pipeline oil traffic while adopting house rates for cereal beverages and other soft drinks. The inheritance tax was skipped for now as sales tax items including candy and sporting goods awaited later review.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Rains Relieve Water Shortage in Wilson County
A Sunday evening rain in Wilson County greatly eases the water shortage but officials urge continued conservation as the danger of a water famine remains.
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Wilson
Wilson County
Son seeks trial for father in stabbing of mother
Tampa Florida September 14 local businessman C J Stephens said he has hired counsel and will spend any amount to force his father J J Stephens to trial for stabbing his wife last Wednesday night in their home. The elder Stephens remains in county jail while his wife recovers in a local hospital.
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Tampa
Fla
C. J. Stephens
J. J. Stephens
Stephens
Unemployment Compared With 1914 Figures
Secretary of Labor Davis said today that 5,735,000 are unemployed now, versus about 7,000,000 in 1914, noting that many of the current unemployed are not breadwinners and that efforts were made then to pull in women and others not previously paid.
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Washington
Davis
Drunks Fined in Police Court
Winston Salem men Fred Brooks and Corney Brooks failed to appear for trial on an assault charge in recorders court. Capias issued. Other matters included Ward Harvey charged with being drunk and disorderly. Elliott cases for reckless driving and lack of license suspended on costs.
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Fred Brooks
Corney Brooks
Winston-Salem
Jesse Ball
Recorders’ Court
Capias
Winston- Salem
Ward Harvey
Rossvelt Elliott
Asheville tire firm fights license tax in state action
North Carolina treasurer authorized Marcus to sue the Stetson Tire Company of Asheville for the $500 license tax claimed on its traffic trucks. The company contends no trucks have been sold since June 1, 1921, and the tax is not due. Seizure of a truck followed. Authorities expect injunction battles from auto makers but the treasurer says state support is solid. The story also notes statewide employment placements and a pending Supreme Court appointment in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Ben Lacy
Marcus _ in
Stetson Tire Company
Asheville
I Erwin
N. A. Collins
Buncombe County
Tire Company
Asheville Company
Lacy
Pasquotank County
Packard
Dart
Supreme Court
Attorney General
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
Wilmington
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Morrison
William R. Allen
Tasker Polk
Warren County
Register of Deeds
John A. Doughton
W. G. Daniels
Manning
W. J. Adams
Carthage
Thos. D. Warren
New Bern
O. H. Guion
George Rountree
N. J. Rouse
Kinston
Warren
Francis D Winston
Windsor
North Carolina Orphan Association
T. B. Eldridge
M. L. Kestler
J. W. Bailey
Internal Revenue
Clarence Johnson
Public Welfare
Jas R. Young
Shipman
State Printing Commission
Edwars and Broughton Company
Commission
World Conference Gets Harding Note
The message from President Harding was read at the Methodist world conference session in London. He said he was greatly encouraged by the conference’s approval of his peace program and the church’s support to remove war causes. The session discussed public attitudes toward religion and its causes and solutions.
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London
Harding
Methodist Conference
Methodist Church
Two Held on First Degree Murder Charge
Jacksonville Fla September 14 John Pope a local attorney and Frank Rawlings of Chicago were indicted for first degree murder in the fatal shooting of George H Hickman during an attempted robbery at a local theatre. Both pleaded not guilty at arraignment and a joint trial was set for next Monday.
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Jacksonville
Fla
John Pope
Frank Rawlings
Chicago
Rawlings
George H. Hickman
Pershing Sails to Honor French Poilu
Gen. Pershing sails from New York to France to honor an unknown French poilu with the congressional Medal of Honor and is expected to escort the body of an unknown American soldier to Arlington on Armistice Day.
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New York
General Pershing
Fort France
Pershing
France
Arlington Cemetery
Convict Killed During Joliet Prison Break Attempt
Thomas Schiller, inmate at Joliet penitentiary, was killed by a guard during an attempted escape. Two other convicts fled after forcing a hole in the roof and jumping the wall to flee the prison.
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Joliet
Ill
Thomas Schiller
Schiller
Apple Trees Blooming in Jersey
Apple and other fruit trees bloom in orchards near Shirley New Jersey as peach trees fear frost damage. Tree men say abundant stored energy will push blossoms out in a warm spell or lie dormant until next spring, and despite frost losses the orchards may be in good condition next year due to low current yields and built up reserve strength.
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Jersey
Shirley
N. J
Fire Devastates Russellville Business District
Russellville's main business area burned in a morning blaze that started in the Hammock barber shop basement shortly after 2 o clock. The fire destroyed or badly damaged eleven stores with property damage estimated over 200000 dollars, much of which may be uninsured.
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Alabama
Russellville
Ala
Cotton futures rise on bullish weather bureau hints
New York markets opened active and uneven with initial gains of eight to thirty two points before firming. Traders bought on bullish spot and crop signals as December climbed from 20.90 to 21.42 and January from 19.80 to 20.18 amid ongoing weather outlook optimism. October 19.95 December 20.00 January 19.55 March 19.62 Ys 19.43
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New York
Weather Bureau
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Associated Press
U. S
C. €. Hartman
Commercial National
Kiwanis
Irby Wiens Rich Prize
Revenue Bureau
Rev
Stoff
Pasadena
Post OF Justice
R. R
Ment
Fred and
Persshing
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