Fatty Arbuckle boards The Lark home to Hollywood
Fatty Arbuckle and party board The Lark homeward from San Francisco after a last moment dash to board. Minta Durfee, her mother, attorneys Dominguez and Cohen, and Brennan join him. District Attorney Brady mulls next steps as bootleg ring details emerge from federal inquiry.
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San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty” Arbuckle
Lark
Southern Pacific
Hollywood
Minta Durfee
Florence Durfee
Frank Dominguez
Milton Cohen
Los Angeles
Charles H. Brennan
Fatty
Arthur C. Arbuckle
Brady
Sore
Matthew Brady
Lazarus
Arbuckle
Coun
Cil
Coe
Harold Louderback
Big Ring
Wiquor
Robert H. McCormack
Canada
Mexico
Vancouver
California
McCormack
Oldest Man Zaro, 146, Marries 25-Year-Old Turkish Bride
Special Cable Dispatch from Paris reports Zaro of Constantinople aged 146, the earths oldest man, wed for the fourth time to a 25-year-old Turkish girl. Known as king of life, he worked 90 years as a porter, later a munition factory porter at 111, and recovered a new set of teeth and hair at 108. He also developed a third kidney at 105 and scolds his 96-year-old son yet remains tied to the home. He may tour America after his honeymoon.
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Special Cable Dispatch
Paris
Zara
America
Wanderer to be hanged Friday morning in Chicago
Carl Wanderer convicted of murdering his wife and a man hired for a staged holdup will be hanged Friday morning. Governor Small refused to intervene after pleas from Wanderer's attorneys and friends. He entered the death cell at noon, whistling tunes, and noted his unshaven appearance ahead of the scheduled hanging.
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Chicago
Carl Wanderer
Small
Wanderer
Carl
Meisterheim
Republicans Would Seat Newberry In Senate Battle
Senate debate centers on Truman H. Newberry seat after a partisan probe. The majority report urged dismissing Henry Ford’s contest and seating Newberry, while a minority dissent argued credentials were tainted by fraudulent expenditures and called for his seat to be vacant.
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Washington
Truman H. Newberry
Senate
Privileges and Elections Committee
Michigan
Spencer
Missouri
Henry Ford
Newberry
Ashurat
Arizona
Ariting
Greeks Seek Peace With Turks Reported by London Daily
Balkan correspondent for the London Daily News reports high authority says Greece is approaching the Kemalist government for peace. Greece's financial situation is worsening as tensions rise.
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Apelies Cable Dispatch
Teh
London
London Daily News
Des Moines To Host Next Grand Army Of The Republic Meet
Indianapolis dispatch reports Lewis Pilcher of Brooklyn was elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the 66th encampment. He succeeds William Kovcham of Indianapolis. Pilcher served as past commander of New York department.
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Indianapolis
Lewis
Treaties With Germany Austria and Hungary Vote Planned
Washington reports a White House directed drive to speed ratification with a tentative Senate plan to vote on the three treaties around October 20. Democratic leaders decided not to take a party stand, while Senator Watson attacked the pacts and U.S. policy on Russian and political prisoners. The plan sets a mid October vote with 20 minute speaking limits per senator.
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Washington
White House
Senate
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Watson
Georgia
Underwood
Lodge
Police recover fur loot after Sioux Falls shootout
Policeman Charlea Butters was wounded when Renne Pulver alias Renne De Rap was shot by an officer and taken into custody. Pulver’s car was seized and $8,000 worth of furs stolen from an Arlington store were recovered. The incident began when the officer spotted two cars suspected of bootleg activity. Pulver was found near Mindls Central tracks with the officer's hip wound and a missing finger. Police seek the other two men linked to Pulver on three grand larceny charges.
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Sioux Falls, &. D
Charlea Butters
Renne Pulver
Renne de Rap
Pulver
Arlington, & C
Sioux Falls
Mindls Central Tracks
Auto
Earthquake Felt in Riverside without Damage
A light quake was felt in Riverside California on Thursday morning. No damage was reported and there were no injuries.
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Riverside
Cal
State Sheriff Shanks Near Death in Eviction Condition
Pierre Sept 80 State Sheriff John Shanks, detained two weeks with kidney trouble, was declared by attending physicians Thursday to be in a evition condition and doubt of Ila recovery.
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Pierre
John Shanks
Ila
Irish doubt peace to be result of new conference
Dublin dispatch notes Premier Lloyd George may invite De Valera to London as speaker for southern Ireland. De Valera drafts a reply to be ratified by his cabinet before wiring London. Irish leaders call the British note a victory and Sinn Feiner hints at conference entry on basis of better Ireland. The Sinn Fein view favors independence with no compromise.
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Dennis O'Connell
Dublin
Lloyd George
de Valera
London
Southern Ireland
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Derry City
South Armagh
East Down
Belfast
Ireland
Erin
London Daily Express
Great Britain
Daily Herald
Freeman's Journal
The
Irish Independent
British Irish leaders weigh Lloyd George letter for peace talks
London editors react to Premier Lloyd George letter to De Valera as Freeman's Journal praises the spirit of peace and the Herald urges cautious hope while calling for action. The Irish Independent advocates a conference and a direct, businesslike approach from both sides.
Booze Wrecks More Homes Than Ever
Chicago, Sept 30 Judge Joseph Sabath asserts liquor abuse has risen since prohibition. He notes more divorces and domestic violence, with saloons selling intoxicants that incite hot temper and insanity, reflecting wider social harm from alcohol.
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Judge Sabath
Chicago
Joseph Sabath
Superior Court
Willie Dooley dies after vaudeville fall at Palace theater
New York report says Willie Dooley aged 39, a leading vaudeville star, died from injuries after a fall at the Palace theater entrance where he appeared with his brother Gordon. He was part of the Dooley family, siblings Johnny and Ray Dooley are of Follies fame.
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New York
Willie Dooley
Palace Theater
Gordon
Johnny
Ray Dooley
Cobb Produce House Destroyed by Fire at St. Paul
The butter egg and poultry commission house of R Bd Cobb & Co, a large cold storage facility in the northwest, burned Thursday night in St Paul. Loss exceeds $600000. A separate note reports Wisconsin hunters taking nearly $1,000,000 worth of furs last season. A stray sentence mentions a juvenile work foreman under 17.
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Bt. Paul, Minn
Butter, Egg and Poultry Commission House
R. Bd
Cobb & Co
Northwest
Chicago police at center of large bootlegging scheme
Chicago officials allege a police run system allowed repeated thefts of whisky from shipments, with officers raiding, confiscating, and selling liquor through bands. About ten men were arrested as federal cutters pursued a river bootlegging operation along the Chicago river, while Chief Fitzmorris urged federal aid to clean up the force.
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Chicago
Police Department
Chas. Fitzmorris
Federal
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Fitzmorrin
Wheeler
Jland
Federal Revenue Cutters
Southard Trial Jury to be Secured Today
In Twin Falls Idaho on Sept 29 the jury for Lyda Southard, dubbed the female bluebeard, is expected to be completed tonight as the state retains six peremptory challenges and the defense seven. Prosecutors plan to introduce testimony on alleged prior murders, while the defense argues state law bars such evidence unless the defense offers a contrary proof.
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Robert A. Donaldson
United Press
Twin Falls
Lyda Southard
Rickard seeks Willard rematch with Dempsey contract
New York Sept 20 Tex Rickard expects Jeas Willard to sign a contract to fight Jack Dempsey within days. Rickard has mailed the contract to the former champion. Terms not disclosed but a date between June 15 and July 5 in North America or Mexico is planned.
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New York
Tex Hickard
Jeas Willard
Jack Dempsey
Rickard
America
Canada
Mexico
Charitable Joe Welcomes Wife Back in Court
In Chicago on September 20 Joe Slance for gave his wife who left him and their two children for his younger brother Tom. He told Tom it was alright as he welcomed his wife back in the courtroom.
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Chicago
Joe Slancc
Joe
Tom
Medili journalism clock marks reporters' comings and goings
In Chicago on September 20 a department store fine clock has been matched at the Medili school of journalism to record when reporters arrive and depart, with the term Claarets also noted as taboos.
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Chicago
Medili School of Journalism
Emergency measures drafted to curb unemployment distress
President Harding's unemployment conference completed its first phase by forming emergency relief measures from committee reports. Key proposals include split week operations for part time work, railroad refunding legislation, and reduced freight rates to stimulate trade. Officials note unemployment figures may be exaggerated and urge prompt public works spending with available funds.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Sproul
Pennsylvania
Transportation Committee
Committee of Public Works
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Legion
Department of Labor
Marvin Gates Sperry
The
Legion
Record Heatwave Grips Chicago Amid Texas Panhandle Cold
Chicago reports a rare hot September day with 90s temperatures and high humidity. The heat contrasts with forecasts of a cooling trend ahead as Topeka and western states brace for possible cold snaps. Anew noted in the Texas Panhandle and elsewhere signals shifting weather patterns.
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Chicago
Texas
Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Kaw
Texas Vanhandle
France loses fight over white slave treaty signing
Geneva report says France failed to delay enforcement of the international white slave treaty Thursday as the League of Nations assembly voted to allow argument by the greatest number of states before adjournment. The Hungarian crown dropped to 700 per dollar and Belgium issued citizenship figures amid wartime adjustments.
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Assembly of the
League of Nationa
Belgium
Sales Tax Bill Proposed to Replace Tax Revision Plan
Washington where Senator Smooth of Utah announced a proposal for a 3 percent manufacturers sales tax as a substitute for the tax revision bill now under discussion. Democrats and agricultural bloc members push to overthrow the finance committee program amid amendments setting new tax brackets and exemptions.
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Washington
Senate
Smooth
Utah
Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Hitchcock
Nebraska
LaFollette
la Follette
Wisconsin
Financelal
Great Britain
France
Germany
la Pollette
United States
Seenator Simmons
Penrows
Penrose
Tax Officials Held for Graft Scheme
Washington reports the arrest of Kk. G. Rickmeier an assistant chief in the income tax division as part of a graft plot. He and Garnett Underwood allegedly planned to destroy records of four personal tax assessments for bribes totaling 160000 dollars. They obtained confidential assessment information from Duluth California Oklahoma and Texas and sought to arrange payments to fix the cases.
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Washington
Income Tax Division
The
Treasury
Kk. G. Rickmeier
Anssistant
Income Tax Unit
United States
Hickmeier
Garnett Underwood
Duluth
Minn
California
Okahoma
Texas
Gud
Underwood
Mrs Southwick Dies Asphyxiated By Gas
Iowa City Iowa September Mrs J W Southwick 62 a prominent Eastern Star worker was found dead by her daughter in her home asphyxiated by gas Thursday authorities said.
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Iowa City
Bept
J W. Southwick
Eastern Star
Thureday
Tulsa Manicurist Recounts Wild Assault by Inlaw Wife
A Tulsa manicurist testified she was lured on a car ride by Mrs. George Thomas and her sister in law, forced to a rural spot, tied to a tree, whipped, and beaten after learning the driver was married. The tale, reported to county prosecutors, depicts a shocking domestic assault case.
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Tulwa
Billy Dailey
Mra
George Thomas
Orville Thomas
Tulsa
Mra Dalley
Mra. Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Mrs. Dalley
Railway Strike Averted Awaiting Other Unions Vote
Chicago Sept 1 1919 Nearly 90 percent of Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members voted to strike in protest of a 12 percent wage cut but the walkout hinges on other large unions. W G Lee president said the strike will not proceed unless another big brotherhood declares for a strike. Grievance committees of 57 railroad systems will decide and report the ballot result.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
W. G. Lee
Mr. Lee
Lee
German pirate Klaus Stoertebecker treasure found
Berlin reports the buried treasure of Captain Klaus Stoertebecker, famed German pirate, was unearthed near Seamstadt on the North Sea coast. An iron chest six by three feet contained gold and silver artifacts worth about 20,000,000 marks, with legal claims and 10 percent reward rules noted for the finder.
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Prapateh
Berlin
Klaus Stoertebecker
Dave
Homburg
Seamstadt
North Sea
Bank
Oate
Germany
Salesman Killed Pinne Under Car in Nebraska Incident
Tyrifires Nebraska September 10 A state agent for Aphucite Coffee Company Alvert Bchnstaler was killed in an automobile wreck Thursday. John H Young Arbuckle millanoan drove the car which overturned near a culvert while phoning the mayor. When help arrived the victim had been crushed beneath the vehicle.
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Zaro
Republicans
Des Moines
Sheriff Shanks
N. Y. Theater
Cobb Produce House
Deauville
Aga Khan
Monte Carlo
Southard
Willard
Dempsey
Geneva
Oales Tak Bill Wheee —Smoot
Hitchcock and la Follette
E. G. Rickmeier
U. S
Kidd
Klaus Stortebecker
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