Sem nacher recants in Arbuckle hearing as hostil witness
San Francisco report says Semnacher, once a key witness against Fatty Arbuckle, recanted much of his testimony in the preliminary murder hearing. He refused direct answers on prior statements and dropped his earlier assertion about Lew in Arbuckle's room. Arbuckle later gave a brief public interview.
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San Francisco
Semnacher
Fatty” Arbuckte
Brunt
Arbuckle Semnacher
Los Angeles
Matthew Brady
Lew
Arbuckle
Leidore Golden
Roscoe Arbuckle
Fatty
Sylvain J. Laxarisa
Patty
Semnncher
Semaicher
Bambina Maude Delmont
St. Francis
Hie
Alice Hhike
Taeit
Ile
Goersons
Clay Taube
Fle
Fia
Lealinony
Virgina
Arburkie
Wreck Report Reaches New York From Atlantic Steamer Cabo Crous
Wireless dispatch from the steamer Cabo Crous reports a shipwreck in the Atlantic. Cabo Crous captain Juan Valvilen on route from Sevilla says the ship arrived Sunday September 36 with 40 passengers aboard. owner Yourratine released a statement soon after.
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Atlantic
Cabo Crous
Juan Valvilen
Cabo Croux
Sevilla
Yourratine
Mory Theta
Caddy Seeks 85900 After Eye Loss
A Newark boy seeks 85900 in damages claiming a gulf ball strike blinded him. The suit names 10 year old Cornelius Toghey and Franklin Webster as involved parties amid unclear local recalls and court action in North Dakota.
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Newark
N. J
Cornelius Toghey
Wranklin Webster
East Arrange
Ned
CANDIDATES DELAY RUN FOR COURT DECISION ON EXPENSE ALLOWANCE
Several state officeholders weigh entering a second term but delay announcements until the Supreme Court rules on the expense allowance case. If the court voids the extra salary, most say they will not run due to current living costs and financial sacrifice.
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Merve
Special Supreme Court
Victims of War Hysteria and Naval Leadership
A World wartime reflection recounts how Battenberg, later known as Louis Mountbatten, faced distrust due to Austrian birth and German ancestry despite aiding Britain’s war readiness. Churchill praised his decisive role in mobilizing the fleet, while Haldane faced similar scrutiny for German ties.
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New York
Marquis
Milford Haven
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
Battenberg
Queen Victoria
Churchill
Board of Admiralty
Great Britain
Lord Haldane
Territorial Army
Prain
Napoleons Tomb Described as Rundown on St Helena
A New York Port report recounts a visitor’s view of Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb on St Helena. The body was moved to Paris years ago, leaving the tomb neglected and unmarked in a remote valley with overgrown grass and no clear inscription. Nearby notes mention a London or cabinet minister source and a lingering sense of decay.
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Napoleon
St. Helena
New York
Napoleons
Invalides
Paria
Lees Knowles
Longwood
Mahoney murder case seeks immediate verdict
Seattle jurors heard a plea for an instructed not guilty verdict for John K. Mahoney accused of killing his wife Kate Mahoney and dumping her body in a trunk in Lake Union. A witness testified Mrs. Mulroney was seen alive an hour after the time her body was thought to be placed in the trunk.
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Seattle
Wash
Lee Johnston
John K. Mahoney
Kate Mahoney
Lake Union
Here
Woman Wins Commons Seat in Louth Division
Mrs Margaret Wintringham, liberal, elected to the house of commons for the Louth division of Lincolnshire succeeding her late husband Tom Wintringham. She is the second woman to sit in the commons after Lady Astor, with 6,456 votes. Sir Alan Hutchings, coalition unionist, 7,695 and James George, labor, 4,873.
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London
Margaret Wintringham
House of Commons
Louth
Lincolnshire
Tom Wintringham
Commons
Lady Astor
Wintringham
Alan Hutching
James George
Great gold strike claimed in Santa Montes mountains
The Smith Emery firm of Los Angeles reports a vast gold vein in the Santa Montes range near Santa Monica. Initial assays show an average of 40.95 dollars per ton with millions of tons in sight, widths from 25 yards to 3,000 yards. Dr W T Nevingtom Nick Everett and partners discovered the vein while seeking oil, with Denver and Colorado assay checks confirming results.
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Los Angeles
Smith, Emery & Co
United Press
Smith- Emery Company
Covington
Colorado
California
Woman Knocks Coffin Lid. Survives Burial
A Tokyo report, via the Japan Times and Mail, recounts a woman who reportedly awoke in a coffin moments after burial preparations. After water was given, she survived two more days before dying.
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London
Tokio
Japan Times and Mail
France suspects secret German war stores after Oppau blast
French government chemists begin an inquiry at Oppau Germany after a devastating explosion that killed several hundred. They seek to determine if clandestine war stores and munitions were produced there, amid reports the blast arose from spontaneous decomposition of nitro sulphate of ammonia.
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Oppau
Germany
Journal
The Country Fair Season Nostalgia from the New York Herald
The piece recalls country fairs in September and October with old memories of trains, log cabin quilts, preserved fruit, and large halls. It contrasts old and modern fairs with waxed nostalgia for simple pleasures like red lemonade at a nickel and prizes for farm animals, noting the changing vaudeville and circus elements.
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Mother
Crystal Palace
Wes
Proud Boy
Harding nominates Bronson for land office in district
President Harding on Friday named Ray L. Bronson a former Belle Fourche druggist and ex service man as receiver of the government land office in the district, succeeding Kirk E. Baxter whose term expired. The Madero family plans to return to Mexico after exile, a significant factor in Mexican affairs.
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Belle Fourche
President Harding
Ray L. Bronson
Belle Fourche Drug«Iat
Government Land Office
Kirk E. Baxter
Invention Tests Molasses Dabs For Gasoline Savings
A quirky Minnesota report claims cheap molasses on pine sticks shows water detection in tanks. The experiment supposedly saved gasoline costs and cut mail robberies by 3,500 percent after a post office department order and a $5,000 reward for robbers dead or alive.
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Minnesota
Post Office Department
Mystery man Morris Condory held in Sanity inquiry
Los Angeles police arrest Morris J. Condory known as a mystery figure haunting the Cudahy family for years. Mrs Edna Cudahy accused him of harassing by piking the Cudahy home on Hollywood Boulevard. Condory, 39, has appeared at Pasadena and Kansas City homes and was seen at the Hotel Maryland in 1915. He is said to be of San Francisco lineage and served in the French foreign legion.
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Los Angeles
Morris J. Condory
Jack Cudahy
Condory
Edna Cudahy
Packer
Cudahy
Hollywood Boulevard
Condery
Millonaire
Pasadena
Kansas City
Maryland
San Francisco
France
French Foreign Region and To Have Been Discharged In 1918. Mrs Cudahy
Dig Grave Courtship Ends In Annulment Bid
Chicago report details a doomed marriage attempt by 16 year old Sylvia Broves and Thomas Christ. The couple sat on a Kimwood cemetery grave as he wooed her with threats about her fate if she refused marriage. The bride’s parents later filed for annulment after the couple never lived together.
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Chicago
Thomas
Christ
Sylvia Broves
Kimwood
Guilford and Gardner Lead at Middle Point
Louis report notes Chick Evans four down to Jesse Guilford after 18 holes at Middle Point. Gardner led Hunter by 3 at midday, winning the 18th hole in par four as the morning round concluded.
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SL Louis
Chick Evans
Jesse Guilford
Gardner
Hunter
Leeman 18 Acquitted In Nebraska Jury Ruling
Walter Leeman owner of a carnival company was acquitted by a district court jury in Stanton Nebraska on charges of killing Tom Henderson. Leeman testified he acted in self defense.
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Leeman
Tom Henderson
Henderson
Peace treaties go into Senate for approval
The Senate foreign relations committee ordered favorable reports on the peace treaties with Germany Austria and Hungary. Senator Borah the Iowa Republican who fought Versailles voted against reporting. The panel also adopted a resolution requiring an act for an American representative to allied commissions and a reservation extending U S government property protections to American nationals.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Idaho
Congress
Senate
Pomerene
Ohio
Geary Found Insane and Sentenced to Life
Chicago report says Gene Geary, condemned for murder, was found insane by a jury and thus will be committed to an insane asylum for life under an 1840 law. Geary had twice escaped the gallows and was previously tried for killing a taxi driver in self defense. The discovery by his lawyers triggered the use of the law, while state government spending shows a large August decline.
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Chicago
Gene Geary
Harry J. Reckes
Geary
Yeggmen Attack. Man Rescues by Dropping Eyes
New York Bapt. Simon Semnettchaky fought off burglars on a roof and tossed his basket of eyes to safety as bystanders rushed to aid. In Yonkers a man who found himself and his wife both running as delegates to the Republican convention resigned from his bid.
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New York
Yeggmen
Simon Semnettchaky
Semnetchaky
Yonkers
N. Y
Man killed in car wreck near Weatport
Aberdeen September 24. Loester Benn of Frederick died instantly and John Flypan of Frederick was seriously injured Friday when their car collided with a truck near Weatport.
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Aberdeen
Loester Benn
Frederick
John Flypan
Weatport
Medical supplies worth seven hundred thousand to famine districts
The American Red Rosa ships medical and hospital supplies valued at $700,000 to the famine districts of Rusia. The Philadelphia Polo Club insured St. Arl the Weather on plane delivery day last week for $4,000, and the relief remains en route with limited detail available.
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Rusia
Philadelphia Polo Club
St.arl
Ku Klux Klan Capitulates to U S Government
In a telegram from Atlanta Imperial Wizard William Simmons invited a federal probe and offered cooperation. Attorney General Daugherty did not discuss the message, but officials said the capitulation would not halt the ongoing investigation and could even aid it.
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Washington
Invisible Empire
Ku Klux Klan
Finday
Daugherty
Atlanta
William Simmons
Imperial Wizard
Secret Empire
Klan
Department
Chaplin Receives Odd Berlin Welcome
Charlie Chaplin arrived in Berlin unheralded and unrecognized by locals. Reporters noted the cool reception compared with London and Paris, while an American journalist offered Chaplin lodging and the hotel plans outlined amid light ceremony.
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Chaplin
Berlin
Lewis Victory Spreads in United Mine Workers Vote
The United Mine Workers convention in Indianapolis sustained President Lewis by a large majority. It adopted his report amended to direct Frank Farrington and other district officers to itemize the $27,000 spent to suppress a wildcat strike at Belleville. A subdued chorus of noes followed as the negative vote was called. The affirmative result echoed across the convention floor.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers’ Convention
Lewis
Frank Farrington
Imall District
Belleville
Phil Murray
Calla Convicted of Murder in Kahber Case
Halvatore Calla found guilty of murdering Dan F. Kahber a wealthy Lakewood publisher in Cleveland Ohio. Jury recommended mercy and Calla confessed to holding Kahber while an assassin stabbed him 24 times. Mrs Kahber serves life for planning the murder.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Halvatore Calla
Dan F. Kahber
Lakewood
Calla
Kaber
Muryaville Reformatory
Holtz Heads Alumni in University of Nebraska Vote
Harold Holtz of Omaha was elected secretary of the University of Nebraska Alumni Association on Friday afternoon in Lincoln Nebraska. The election took place amid fall activities at the campus.
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Holtz
Lincoln
Neb
Harold &. Holtz
Omaha
University of Nebraska Alumni Association
Newman Grove ends telephone service strike in Nebraska
Newman Grove Nebraska townspeople voted to discontinue telephone service October 1 in protest of rate increases granted by the state railway commission. The mass meeting followed farmers and subscribers voicing objection to the rates.
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Newman Grove
Neb
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Hungary Repeals Mobilization At Border Sparks Balkans War Fears
Paris dispatch notes Hungary revokes the mobilization order and withdraws troops from the Austrian border. Romania Yugoslavia and Czecho-Slovakia may invade Hungary, risking a renewed Balkan war and broad European peace anxiety.
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Romania
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Hungary
Balkans
Europe
500 Feet Up in Air Bombs Ship 4 Times
Rear Admiral Fullam and General Mitchell witnessed an army air service test as a Martin bomber flew 500 feet above the USS Alabama and dropped four 100 pound phosphorus bombs. All hits ignited fires along the vessel from bow to stern, delivering a spectacular destruction display.
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Chespeake Bay
Tangier Island
Fullam
Mitchell
Army Air Service
Alabama
Arnold
Martin
Luyties Leaves Half to Mystery Son in Chicago
The will of Herman C. G. Luyties, Sanitol Chemical Laboratories president, filed in St. Louis probate reveals a seven year old Chicago boy as a mystery son destined to receive half the estate valued in the millions. Herman C. G. Laytes Jr. denies knowledge of any such half brother, saying his father was married once and he is an only child.
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Chicago
Herman C. G. Luyties
Sanito] Chemical Laboratories
St. Louis
George Hope Luyties
Fire aboard George W. Goetham at Port au Prince
The steamer George W. Goetham reported a fire at Port au Prince Haiti. The master says 66 passengers disembarked and requests another steamer via the Panama railway to transport passengers bound for New York to Kathol. Hold No 1 flooded but bulkheads failed and the fire remains uncontrolled.
Midland men and sons acquitted in Wood murder case
A district court jury acquitted C. P. Shearman and his sons Nell and John of the March 21 murder of prohibition officer C. Arch Wood on the Shearman ranch in El Paso county.
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Shearman
Nell
John
C. Arch Wood
el Paso County
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