Irish delegates reaffirm independence in Inverness note
Dublin September 15 Eamonn de Valera replies to Prime Minister Lloyd George accepting Inverness conference terms but restates Ireland as a sovereign state. He says Sinn Fein negotiators act only as representatives of that nation and must have authority to bind the Irish people. The note emphasizes government by consent as the basis for any reconciliation.
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Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
Inverness
Mr. Lloyd George
Ireland
de Valera
Sinn Fein
Confederate Vets Elect New Officers At Local Camp
The local United Confederate Veterans camp held its regular meeting Saturday with Commander Tom Wood presiding. After reports on the Durham reunion, the annual election re elected nearly all incumbents including Wood as commander and Dowd as adjutant, with Beeson Watson Hutchens Samuels York and Bell also chosen for officer roles.
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of the United Confederate Veterans
Tom Wood
Durham
Charles PD. Dowd
E. A. Guyer
N. W. Beeson
H. L. P. Watson
R. P. Hutchens
A. W. Samuels
S. S. York and
Z. T. Bell
High Point Book Promises Broad Civic History
J J Far ris plans to publish a comprehensive High Point book around January 1 to boost local industries and the city. For 15 years he has produced these volumes detailing every business with founder sketches and histories of civic groups, enhanced by many illustrations.
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J. J. Farrigs
Farris
High Point
National Unity Council formed to oppose Ku Klux Klan
Chicago on September 15 reports the creation of the National Unity Council led by Edward F. Bunne former Illinois governor. The group aims to promote harmony among all classes races and religions and to counter the Ku Klux Klan with plans to expand nationwide.
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Chicago
América
Edward F. Bunne
Illinois
National Unity Council
Brunne
Ku Klux Klan
Ecouneil
Akron Man Shot Returning From Cleveland
Marty Sinclair a 40 year old Akron sports man was shot to death today while returning from Cleveland in a car with two women and another man. The shots came from a following car. Mrs Lotta Friddle Miss Louise Friddle and Russell Smithers are being held as material witnesses. Marshal Friddle husband of Lotta Friddle was questioned by police and found at home with his wife’s sister.
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Akron
Marty Sinclair
Cleveland
Sinclair
Lotta Friddle
Louise Friddle
Russel Smithers
Marshal Friddle
Babe Ruth Breaks Season Home Run Record
Babe Ruth hit his 556th home run of the season in the fifth inning of the first game of a doubleheader between New York and St. Louis. One man on base, Bayne pitched. The blast breaks Ruth’s previous season mark of 54.
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Apow York
Babe Ruth
New York
St. Louis
Bayne
Camp Bragg to Remain as Permanent Field Artillery Post
Washington Sept. 15 Camp Bragg North Carolina will be kept as a permanent station and become the field artillery post headquarters of the 13th artillery brigade. The brigade will be filled to peace time strength by adding artillery regiments from across the country as resignations and discharges reduce the army toward the 150000 enlistment cap.
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Washington
Camp Bragg
North Carolina
War Department
13Th Artillery Brigade
13Th Field Artillery
Congress
Good Tobacco Quality Reported in Midway Township
In Lexington on September 15, farmer J. T. Tuttle from near Bethany Midway township cures sixteen barns of tobacco. Office samples show large leaves cured to a yellow hue resembling gold notes, with a substantial portion of the crop expected to match this quality though not all.
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Lexington
J. T. Tuttle
Bethany
Midway Township
Cowboys Aunt for Mexican Outlaws
Bisbee Arizona Sept 15 Posse teams search the Gold Gulch hills near the border for a band of Mexican raiders who attacked a Warren woman during a cattle theft. She could give only a partial account stating the three men dragged her from her horse and attempted to beat her and cut out her tongue while her mouth was severely cut.
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Bisbee
Arizona
Gold Gulch
Warren
Government studies foreign budgets for disarmament delegates
Government fiscal reports are compiling the complete military and naval budgets of leading foreign powers for use by American delegates at the disarmament conference. The information was said here unofficially today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Auto crash injures father and son near Pottstown
Pottstown on September 15. Lyman J. Wells tried to shield his son from a bee sting while riding in an automobile. The car ran off the road and overturned injuring both men who were riding together.
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Pottstown
Lyman J. Wells
Funeral arrangements for Virginia Rappe amid Arbuckle case
San Francisco reports funeral plans for actress Virginia Rappe as Roscoe Arbuckle faces four charges. Los Angeles director Herman Jaureg to lead burial arrangements. case moves toward grand jury true bill and court assignment. Messages from officials urge vigorous prosecution despite wealth influence.
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San Francisco
Cal
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Herman Jaureg
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Jaureg
Henry Lehrman
Miss Rappe
Arbuckle
Brady
Ll. Hodges
St. Paul
New York
Roscoe Arbuckle
Os Angeles
Robert H. McCormick
United States Attorney General
McCormick
United States District Attorney
Body of Ferdinando Gray Brought Home for Funeral
The body of Ferdinando Gray son of Mr and Mrs M E Gray of 118 Randolph Street arrived in High Point from New York Naval Hospital. The funeral will be at 5 PM Saturday at the East End Methodist Church with Rev A L Lucas officiating. Interment will be at noon Sunday at Union Cross in Yadkin County after an overnight lay in state. Gray enlisted in the US Navy two years ago and is said to have died from tuberculosis contracted during service.
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Ferdinando Gray
M. E. Gray
Randolph Street
Naval Hospital
New York
High Point
A. L. Lucas
East End Methodist Church
Union Cross
Yadkin County
Young Gray
United States Navy
Guarded Against a Rainy Wedding Day
Hartford news reports an insurance policy for five thousand dollars against bad weather on a wedding day issued to a Boston man. The bridegroom sought to avoid extra costs if rain disrupted plans, but bright sunshine prevailed as the couple left for their honeymoon.
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Hartford
Conn
Boston
Fire destroys Rockaway Beach hotels and amusements on boardwalk
A large fire at Rockaway Beach in New York swept a block of hotels bathhouses and amusements along the boardwalk. Estimated losses reach 500000. Two men are missing from one hotel after the blaze was brought under control.
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New York Beach
New York
Rockaway Beach
Brothers Reunite After Half Century Separation
Tara S. Bierly of Peoria Illinois and J C Bierly of Johnstown Pennsylvania met in Johnstown after being apart for fifty years. They are brothers.
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Johnstown
Tara S. Bierly
Peoria, Ill
J. C. Bierly
Lead Quiet Life and Miss Rappe Interview on Girls Dances
Chicago Sept 15 The interview with Virginia Rappe urges mothers to curb late dancing and lounge lizards. She discusses liberty, arbitration, and the need for mothers to guide daughters toward modest, prudent recreation.
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Chicago
Virginia Rappe
Cecil With Blair-Hoskins joins shoe firm in High Point
Cecil Stanton of High Point has accepted a salesman position with the Blair-Hoskins Shoe company. He is a well known local figure.
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Cecil
Blair-Hoskins
Stanton Cecil
High Point
Blair-Hoskins Shoe Company
Dawes Economy Saved Eleven Million for Budget
Washington reports American taxpayers have saved over 115 million dollars in three months under General Charles G. Dawes as budget director. He cut his own appropriation by 25 percent and projects total savings of 168 750 dollars in cost to government while promising further uncalculated millions from reforms.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Dawes
Congress
Budget Bureau
Treasury Department
Interior Department
Republic
More Women Preachers More Men In Church
In Chicago on September 15 Miss Madeline Southard, president of the International Association of Women Preachers, urged more women in the pulpit to draw men into church work. She accused men of feminizing the church and argued shared preaching would shift conversions toward men.
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Chicago
Madeline Southard
International Association of Women Preachers
Railroad Men Shot During Train Hold Up West of Fort Worth
Two would be bandits were killed by federal agents and railroad detectives when they tried to rob Texas and Pacific passenger train No 11 ten miles west of Fort Worth. A tip led to heavy guard on the train. One felon had previously served as a Texas and Pacific engineer and the other as a former brakeman.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas and Pacific
The
Woman kills 4-foot snake in home room
In Williamsport Maryland September Mrs Orphie Mutter killed a four foot black snake found in the second floor sleeping room. She used an ax to cut the reptile in half after it was found coiled in curtain folds.
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Williamsport
Orphie Mutter
Nation Faces Potential Rail Strike Over Wage Ruling
Chicago reports a nationwide rail strike possibility as 500000 railway shopmen plan a crucial meeting to decide action on working rules and July 1 wage cuts. Unions backing a strike, with ballots showing broad support, target overtime pay changes and call for a decisive showdown.
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Chicago
E. M. Jawell
American Federation of Labor
Brotherhood Oft Locomotive Engineers
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Brotherhoods of
Southern Bell seeks higher rates as NC overrules
The Southern Bell Telephone Co filed with the state corporation commission for higher rates, noting a first quarter return of only 2.75 percent in North Carolina. The commission’s order was overruled on some points, and the company may pursue court action while continuing to press for higher rentals.
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Raleigh
Southern Bell Telephone Company
State Corporation Commission
North Carolina
Corporation Commission
Morgan Speir
Charlotte
Nead
United States
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina Orphans Association
House of Representatives
T. W. O'Kelly
First Baptist Church
T. B. Eldridge
M. L. Kestler
Thomasville
Clarence Johnson
Public Welfare
James R. Young
Morrison
W. R. Allen
Supreme Court
Thomas D. Warren
New Bern
William J. Adams
Carthage
Tasker Polk
Warren County
Frank Hampton
F. M. Simmons
Senator Simmons
Mr. Warren
Hampton
Carolina
Albert Anderson
Anderson
William R. Allen
Jones
Hy County
Henry Jones
James Smith
Cotton Declines on Market Open in New York
The cotton market opened barely steady as easier Liverpool rulings and a favorable weather map spurred early realizing. Southern selling pressured prices with December at about 19.55 and January around 19.35, later rallying 15 to 20 points from the session low as futures posted October 19.50 December 19.70 January 19.47 March 19.28 May 19.15.
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New York
Liverpool
Negro hanged for murder of child in Centerville
Clyde Thomas a Black man was hanged in Centerville Alabama for the murder of a farmer’s fifteen year old daughter on August 9. He was brought in by special train from Birmingham with two militia companies. The assault happened on a lonely highway and the body was found in the woods by the roadside.
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Centerville
Ala
Clyde Thomas
Fammer
Bibb County
Thomas
Birmingham
Burglary Charge Placed on Jesse Pethel
Jesse Pethel a negro youth about 20 is jailed awaiting trial for attempting to break into T. J. Steed’s warehouse on Rankin Street. Night officer Webb Elliott surrounding the scene arrested him after spotting a concealed movement and a broken key found during a search. Pethel gave aliases before identification and is alleged to have a prior criminal record.
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Jesse Pethel
T. J. Steed
Rankin Street
Webb Elliott
Elliott
Pethel
Explosion at Atlantic Refining Plant Kills Eleven
Philadelphia report states an explosion and fire at the Point Breeze Atlantic Refining plant killed eleven workers and wounded many others. Director Cortelyou ordered an investigation as several injured remain in serious condition and more deaths may follow. The event is the plant’s second major fire within a month.
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Philadelphia
Point Breeze
Atlantic Refining Company
Cortelyou
Department of Public Safety
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Midway
Bee
Fatty
Lehrman
Harding
Bailey
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Steed
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