Notable Victims and Plans Across Nations and Regions
Henry J. Case, $5, pioneer in harvest machinery, dies in Poughkeepsie. The reparation Dawes plan takes effect at noon Sept 1. Tokyo official attacked by socialist but escapes unharmed. Mindanao earthquakes cause damage with no fatalities. St John Island near Virgin Group devastated by second hurricane in four days. five deaths. Chicago Joint Land Bank sues Noah Williams for 70,972. receiver asked for land in Woodbury IA. Williamson County Sheriff Galligan arrested for murder. released on 10,000 bond. Red Cross to ship clothing and hospital garments for Virgin Islands hurricane victims. Press-Coolidge sympathy. Dr. William F. Kuhn dies of apoplexy at 75. U.S. uses 1.56 trillion matches annually. $137 million film production program announced by Schenck in LA. Auto crash near Caldwell, Idaho leaves three dead, three injured. Western Union promises high-speed transoceanic messages via new submarine cable. Lick Observatory lunar observations cast doubt on Mars life. Canals deemed natural, not engineered.
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Virgin Islands
Red Cross
Press
United States
Europe
Notion Picture Concerns
Los Angeles
Joseph M. Schenck
Motion Picture Producers’ Association of California
Railway extension looms in central Oregon development plans
In Portland executives from the Hill system centered in St Paul discuss extending the Oregon Trunk line from Bend to Klamath Falls. Ralph Budd president of the Great Northern says plans may follow a board review of a tonnage report by W P Kenney. The delegation travels east via Spokane after central Oregon inspection.
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Portland
Hill System of Railways
St. Paul
Oregon
Bend
Klamath Falls
Ralph Budd
Great Northern Railway
W. P. Kenney
Great Northern
Budd
Spokane
Central
Bond-Klamath Falls
Badd
Mr. Kenney
Walker D. Hines
New York
United States Railroad Administration
Eastern
The
M. J. Costallo
Seattle
Company
Forbes to Face Trial on Veterans Bureau Bribery Charges
Four previously suppressed indictments against Colonel Charles KR Forbes, former head of the United States veterans' bureau, were released. Forbes will be tried Monday before Federal Judge Carpenter on bribery charges involving his administration of bureau affairs. The indictments name John W. Thompson, a Chicago and St. Louis contractor, accused of bribery, and allege a $66,066.66 payment to the late Charles Cramer was to be part of the bribe.
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Chicago
Charles KR. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Forbes
Carpenter
Veterans’ Bureau Affaire
John W. Thompson
St. Louis
Charles Cramer
Council For the
Bureau
Thompson
World Record Set at Kansas City Livestock Market
A world record total of 63,798 cattle and calves was received in one day at the Kansas City Stock Yards, with 40,491 cattle and 14,318 calves. The new figure surpasses the prior record of 60,200 head set on August 27, 192. Cattle came from Iowa Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas Nebraska Colorado Texas and New Mexico.
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Kansas City
Kanana City
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Texas
New Mexico
Sunset Limited Wreck Claims Tucson Fireman
George Ward of Tucson was killed when the Sunset Limited of the Southern Pacific wrecked at Bonn near Maricopa. The engineer and crew were unharmed and no passenger injuries were reported. Reports came in after the accident scene Monday night.
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Tucson
Ariz
George Ward
Sunset Limited
Southern Pacific
Bonn
Maricopa
Dinpatchow Anid
Formosans Slammed as Civil Unrest Causes Deaths
Dispatches report several Formosan Japanese nationals killed by Chinese soldiers in Amoy amid civil war disorders. Japan's navy sends four destroyers from the Pencadores Islands near Formosa to Amoy to protect Japanese subjects.
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Tokio
Amoy
China
Itta
Japanese Navy Department
Pencadores Islands
Formosa
Glorified bob favored at Atlantic City style convention
In Atlantic City the National Malt Dressers ABC convention held a competition to select a new mode for hair. Many delegates praised the look of the glorified bob, a style seen as suitable for formal occasions with braids and curls.
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Atlantic City
N. J
ABC Elation
Bob
Chang Declares War On Pekin Amid Heavy Shelling Near Shanghai
Reported conflict across Kiangsu and Chekiang fronts centers on Liuho seacoast town near Shanghai. Chang Tao Ling leads forces against Pekin government as Chekiang, Kiangsu troops clash with heavy shellfire and machine gun fire. Descriptions note haphazard aiming and high casualties around Taihu lake region. Marguerite de La Motte, noted film star, born in Duluth and raised in San Diego.
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Shanghai
Tsingpu
Taihu Lake
Kiangsu
Sungklang
Hwingtu Arctor
Chekiang
Linteuchiao
Shanghing
Chekiang Province
Muchachen
Kiangsu Province
Liuho
Cheklang
Ho Fong-Ling
Lu Yung
Hsien
Anting
Talhu Lake
Sunghiang-Ilangchow
Winsome
Marguerite de la Motte
Duluth
Minn
San Diego
Cal
Misa de la Motte
Timber Sale Planned in Olympic National Forest Region
Hoquiam residents learn a timber sale offering 130 000 000 to 140 000 000 feet of amber near Lake Quinault in the Olympic national forest south west corner. Supervisors Fromme Eldridge and Ames return from the area with details for bidders in upcoming months. About 11 sections comprise the sale.
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Hoquiam
Waah
Olympic National Forest
Lake Quinault
KH. L. Fromme
J. FP. Eldridge
Washington, D.C
F. B. Ames
Portland
Cold Wave Breaks Records In New York September Highs
New York and surrounding areas endured a relentless cold wave with record low temperatures on September 7. The Weather Bureau record shows 50 at 7 AM, the coldest so far this day, surpassing the 1848 mark, and a 48 degree low on September 4 also setting a new record for that date.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Georgian Revolt Fails. Georgia Committee Dissolved
The Rosita agency reports the committee for the independence of Georgia admits its counter revolution failed and urges adherents to surrender arms to the government. The declaration, signed by M. Androncoff and other committee members, states the committee is dissolved.
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Moscow
Rosita
Anhomed
Committee For the Independence of
Georgia
H& Declaration
M. Androncoff
Woman Fails to Cross Boulogne English Channel
Anglo Argentine swimmer Lilian Morri son attempted the English channel swim from Cap Oria Nox Priday but quit at the midway point after eight hours in the water. Miss Harri son ended her effort at midchannel.
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Boulogne
France
Lilian Morrison
English Channel
Cap Oria-Nox Priday
Harrison
Burying a Paper with Pisces Sign Spurs Folklore Theory
A regional superstition involves listing two to three hundred names on a paper and drawing a sign resembling Pisces after each name. The paper is buried face down and later dug up hoping for money or wishes to come true. Some claim the Pisces sign ties to ancient fertility rites and substitutes for human sacrifice in mythic cycles.
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Ishtar
McClure Hewepaper Syndicate
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Pacific Northwest
Henry J. Case
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Masataro Kukuda
Mindanao
Manila
St. John
Virgin Island
Navy Department
Chicago Joint Land Bank
Noah Williams
Ida Grove
Idaho
Woodbury County
Galligan
Williamson County
William McGowan
Six Wee
Herrin
Caldwell
Mra
Edward Stemper
William McMasters
W. Paine
Claude McMasters
Rosewell
Western Union, Telegraph Company
Rockaway Beach
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Mare
Gen. Forbes
Slam
Chang
Pekin
Livho
Chang Tao-Lin
Wu-Pei Fu
Chihu
Khirding
Dyndiemta
A. Peyser
Thie
Mr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
McClure
Geo. W. Ritchie
Sam Ganger
Vulcan and Oliver
Superior
Fairbanks Morse
Myers
Star and Aermotor
Winona
Paul G. Balliger
Ione, Oregon
Independent
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