Peace Treaties With Germany and Austria Considered
President Harding urges prompt action on peace pacts with Germany Austria and Hungary noting they would end wartime relations and restore peace. Senator Lodge opens debate and administration circles say German acceptance not required to honor Senate reservations.
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Washington
Harding
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Senate
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
United States
Virginia to Meet Davidson in 1921 Opener at Charlottesville
Virginia opens the 1921 football schedule at home against Davidson in Charlottesville. Davidson brings eight returning starters and is expected to outweigh Virginia, whose line averages near 180 pounds while the backfield is lighter but speedy. Either Captain Rhinehardt or Clarke will handle Virginia punting duties.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Davidson College
Davidson
Virginia
Rhinehardt
Clarke
Dixie football season opens with top teams vs lighter opposition
Atlanta scene on September 24 1921 features Wake Forest challenging Georgia Tech in the opening game of the season. Tech aims for a high powered start while Wake Forest seeks to limit the Yellow Jackets’ scoring. Both squads practiced hard in warm conditions ahead of the game in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Georgia Tech
Tech
Wake Forest Eleven
Golden Tornado
Cotton futures open and close firm amid nervous trade
New York reports a nervous opening with March up two points while most active months fall 5 to 15 points early. December dips to 19.55 and January to 19.53, with October closing around 19.60 and later months near 19.80 as trade firms through the session.
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New York
Janeee
Raleigh Woman Killed Walking Tracks to Avoid Train
Mrs Flora Webb was killed and William McDade seriously injured when they stepped onto an in front of a Seaboard Airline northbound passenger train after leaving the Melrose mills in Raleigh. The pair were walking along a railroad track and moved to another as a train approached.
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Raleigh
Melrose Mills
Flora Webb
William McDade
Seaboard Airline
Large crowd hears Rev. Jim Green at union tent
A large audience gathered at the union tent on West Green and Willowbrook as Rev. Jim Green delivered a powerful sermon with several conversions. Tomorrow afternoon features men only preaching at the tent while women meet at the First Methodist church and South Main Street church with different leaders. A 3 o'clock service for High Point negroes is planned, with Rev. Green preaching at the tent.
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Jim Green
West Green
Willowbrook Streets
Clara Cox
South Main Street
R. E. Andrews
High Point
Mr. Green
PLANES MAKE DIRECT HITS ON SHIP NEAR TANGIER ISLAND
Planes from Langley Field attack the old man of war anchored off Tangier Island in Chesapeake Bay. Martin bombers scored two direct 300 pound bombs on the Alabama as de Haviland escort planes dropped parachute flares from 1000 feet. The explosions were heard at Langley Field.
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Norfolk
Alabama
Tangier Island
Chesapeake Bay
Martin
Langley Field
Langley Field Air Station
Two Found Guilty On Manslaughter Charge
In Anderson South Carolina on September 24 the jury found George Wilson and Allen Emerson guilty only of carrying concealed weapons and fined each 100 dollars with 30 days on the county chain gang. Walter L Hayes and Ed Wilson were convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment.
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Anderson
S. C
George Wilson
Ed Wilson
Allen Emerson
T. F. Ramey
Walter L. Hayes
Carpenter’s breakfast sets egg eating record in redwoods
M K Spalding a California State Game and Fish carpenter, reportedly ate thirty eggs for breakfast in Brandscom California as part of a claimed record setting display. The tale places him as a champion eater among hunters in the redwoods.
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Seattle
Wash
K. Spalding
California State Game and Fish Commission
Brandscom
Redwoods
President Harding elected to receive thirty third degree
Boston Sept 23 President Harding was elected yesterday to receive the thirty third degree in Free Masonry at the Supreme Council annual session for the Northern jurisdiction The president is expected to receive the degree at the next annual meeting the highest honor in Masonry
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Harding
Boston
Supreme Council of
Scottish Rite Masons
Catfish Yields 1823 United States Minted Coin
In Meriden Connecticut on September 24 11 HE Bogart caught a giant catfish. After shaking the fish a silver coin minted by the United States in 1823 dropped from its mouth. Scientists weigh the age of the remarkable fish noting it as a grandfather of all catfishes.
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Cain
Meriden
Conn
Bogart
United States
Woman Operated Stills in Connecticut House
Mary Atteles mother of four told police she made liquor to trade with neighbors for food and clothing. She faced two liquor still charges but a 30 day jail sentence was suspended.
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New Britain
Conn
Mary Atteles
Hen Rescued After Two Months Buried in Hay
Hamilton Gage of Rockland County New York found his prized hen buried under several feet of hay in the barn two months after it disappeared. The bird, deprived of food and water, survived by eating a meal once uncovered.
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Middletown
N. Y
Hamilton Gage
Rockland
Sullivan County
Expenditures Forecast Under Senate Finance Committee Plan
The senate finance committee report estimates expenditures for fiscal year 1923 at 3.324 billion dollars, 84 million above the senate bill. For the next year the plan projects 2.736 billion dollars, 75 million above the house total. It assumes total government spending of 3.5 billion in 1923 versus 4.034 billion this year and 5.116 billion last year.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Formal Opening of Old Hickory Club in High Point
The Old Hickory club announces its formal opening next Wednesday at the new High Point country club. The clubhouse will glow with electric lights and host a dinner at 6 o clock with the Elks band providing music for dining and dancing. Members families prospective members and sweethearts are invited as the clubhouse nears completion.
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Old Hickory Club
High Point
The
Elks Band
Insane Man Held for Triple Murder in Dowagiac
Four men are being questioned by Mass County authorities over the Dowagiac home murder of William Monroe his wife and their 17 year old daughter Ardith. Gus Cogan an escaped inpatient from Jacksonville Ill hospital for the insane claimed a detailed confession but the authorities discount it and Cogan remains held for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowagiac
Mich
Mass
William Monroe
Gus Cogan
Jacksonville
Ill
Cogan
Ardith Monroe
Park School to Have Football at Trinity Park
Durham reports Trinity Park school will train its teams to the freshmen standard with a four coach staff under Trinity college supervision. Watts North and E K Powe, former Virginia players, lead backfield and line work, with S T Carson coaching spring basketball after captaining last year’s Trinity baseball team.
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Durham
Trinity Park School
Trinity College
Trinity
Park School
Watts North
E. K K. Powe
University of Virginia
Norton
Powe
S. T. Carson
Carson
Tarboro
Virginia
Survivors En Route to New York After Atlantic Shipwreck
Thirty survivors of a shipwreck in the Atlantic will reach New York Sunday when the Ybarra liner Cabo Cruex docks. The vessel left Seville on September 7 with olives, work wood, and licorice. Survivors were rescued after a powerful storm on September 14 and 15.
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New York
Atlantic
Cabo Cruex
Steamship Line
Seville
Spain
Lewis Blocks Strike Call at UMW Convention
President John L. Lewis ruled out a plan to adjourn and prepare fighting lines and the delegates voted to urge international officers to resist the injunction in federal court. A proposal to strike while the injunction suit was pending was ruled out of order.
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Indianayvoliss
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Ar buckle Case Still Undecided in Murder Hearing
Roscoe C Ar buckle faces ongoing murder proceedings over the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. In San Francisco the third day of the preliminary hearing before Judge Sylvan Lazarus involved Al Semnacher, Rappe’s business manager and guest at Ar buckles hotel St Francis party, as the chief witness, though his testimony was not finished when court adjourned.
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San Francisco
Roscoe C. Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Sylvan Lazarus
al Semnacher
Dreams Foretell ZR-2 Disaster in Hull Report
Hull England September 24. Dreams are linked to the ZR-2 airship disaster as three officers and Mrs Shields' forebodings align with the fatal trial trip. Lieutenant William R Taylor foresaw a wreck in a dream and witnessed the event. Lieutenant J B Lawrence also dreamed of a wreck. Shields fell ill before the voyage. Norman O Walker survived.
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Hull
Eng
Howden Air Force
Rigger Shields
America
William R. Taylor
Medical Corps
Taylor
J. B. Lawrence
Shields
Norman O. Walker
Guilford Leads Final Round of National Amateur Championship
Jess Guilford of Boston dominates the early 18 holes at St. Louis Country Club with a six up lead over Bob Gardner of Chicago in the final round of the national amateur championship.
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Jess Guilford
ST. Louis
Jesse Guilford
Boston
Bob Gardner
Chicago
St. Louis Country Club
Cashier Found Dead at Glenview Bank
Chicago report states Fred Christenson twenty four, cashier at Glenview State Bank, Glenview Illinois, was found dead near the entrance at bank opening with a bullet wound to the side and a revolver in his grasp but no cartridges fired.
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Chicago
Fred Christenson
Glenview State Bank
Glenview
Weather forecast for the South Atlantic states this week
The Weather Bureau forecast for the week starting Monday calls for normal temperatures in the South Atlantic states with generally fair conditions. Widely scattered thundershowers are possible in the region.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
South Atlantic
Peasant Leaders Call for Democracy in Russia
In Vladivostok dated September 24, leading peasant assembly members publish a memorial declaring weariness of dictatorship and Bolsh vism and urging a truly representative constituent assembly to unite Russia. They advocate private property in trade and industry with state regulation, cooperative networks, proportional representation, and opposition to civil war and communism. An anti-Soviet government had been formed in Vladivostok last spring with Kolchak-aligned troops.
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Vladivostok
Russia
Far East
Admiral Kolchak
Omsk
White-clad horseman fires warning through Pawhuska
A lone white horseman in Pawhuska Oklahoma rode through main streets at night carrying a banner warning gamblers and bootleggers. A shot was fired at the figure but he escaped unharmed.
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Pawhuska
Okla
Woods Scoured in Search for Negro
Hundreds of residents led by the city manager swept the woods near Newport News Virginia in an intensive search for Carlow Meekins a Negro suspected after he killed Patrolman Robert D Korte during a housebreaking arrest attempt. The manhunt followed the fatal shooting and involved area authorities and volunteers.
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Newport News
Carlow Meekins
Robert D. Korte
Oil Workers in Southern California Vote to Strike in Sympathy
All locals of the Oil Workers International Union in southern California representing 8 000 men voted to strike in sympathy with Kern County oil field strikers.
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Los Angeles
Oil Workers International Union
California
Kern County
State Law Aimed at Auto Driver Examinations
Burlington chamber seeks North Carolina support from High Point chamber to push a state assembly bill mandating driver examinations before licensing. Citing Massachusetts results 14 percent unfit drivers and a 50 percent drop in accidents, the letter urges action to protect lives and distribute copies of the Massachusetts law.
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Burlington Chamber of Commerce
High Point Chamber
State
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Alamance
Massachuetts
Massachusetts Law
High Point soldiers plan big Nashville reunion
Former High Point service men will attend the third annual Olt Hickory association reunion in Nashville Tennessee on November 4 and 5. President Harding has been invited and a committee will present the invitation. The 80th division ex soldiers expect the largest gathering of the three reunions.
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High Point
Olt
Hickory Association
Nashville
Tenn
Harding
Woodside Re-elected VFW Commander in Chief
Capt. Robert Woodside of Pittsburgh was re-elected commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the convention closing session. He won 328 votes to 218 for Col. Tillinghast Houston of New York.
State Prepares Blaster Fight Against Soury in Tax Case
Raleigh reports the Southern Railway leads a legal bid to overturn property tax assessments in 49 North Carolina counties. Revenue Commissioner Watts backs a firm defense against reductions, while Governor Morrison may appoint extra counsel. Separately, Governor Morrison will decide on commuting J T Harris’s death sentence to life imprisonment after new affidavits challenge key prosecution witness credibility.
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Raleigh
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Watts
Morrison
Manning
the Revenue Commission
United States
Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern
J. T. Harris
Ridgecrest
F. W. Monnish
Livingston T. Mays
Southern Baptist Assembly
Mays
Dr. Mays
Monnish
Ridgecrew
Frank Carter
Alabama
Thorate
al- Thomasville
Georgia
Wilson
Canada
Camp Greene
Charlotte
Carter
God
Baptist Church
Harris
Mark Brown
Asheville
Mayas
Harria
Bruce Craven
Virginia League Winds Up Stormy Season in 1921 Title Fight
Portsmouth Virginia September 24 The Virginia league closed its stormiest season in history and on Monday the pres nee saunee will start to decide the ia) championship for 1921.
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Portsmouth
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George
Prince of Wales
Duke of York
Prince Henry
Klang
Woods
Montreal
Quebec
Spanish River Pulp and Paper Company
Espanola
Burlington Chamber of Comcomerce
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