Wall Street bomb plot link man arrested in Warsaw
In Warsaw authorities arrested Wolff Lindenfeld alias William Linde in the Wall Street explosion case of 1920. Lindenfeld accuses the Moscow Third Internationale via New York communists of masterminding the plot aimed at J. P. Morgan. He names ringleaders and claims willingness to testify for the state.
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Associated Prose
Warsaw
Europe
Secret Service
Wolff Linderfeld
William Linde
Wall Street
Lindenfeld
J. P. Morgan
Sylvester Cosgrove
Path Altendorf
Altendorf
Mexico
United States
New York
Moscow Third Internationale
America
Cosgrove
Woman Admits Relation To Noted Hamon Case In Christensen Killing
By Associated Press Globe Arizona Dec 17 Alma Smith admitted she was cousin of Clara Smith Hamon who shot Jake Hamon. The killing of H L Christensen, a local automobile dealer, followed Christensen jilting her in November.
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Associated Press
Globe, Arizona
Alma Smith
H. L. Christensen
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake Hamon
Christensen
Smith
Firing erupts in east Belfast halting tram service
Associated Press reports in Belfast on December 17 that Pierce firing intensified in east Belfast forcing tram service suspension. Crown forces used Lewis guns against rioters as clashes continued.
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Associated Press
Belfast
Pierce
Lewis
Crown
Cadet Injured in Cavalry Drill at A and M College
Mose Westbrook, an A and M cadet, was brought to Baptist Sanitarium after an injury in a cavalry drill at College Station. An X ray showed concussion of the brain without fracture. He remained unconscious this morning.
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Waco
Texsa
Mose Westbrook
College Station
Baptist Sanitarium
Bryan and Oak Cliff Meet for I TL Football Title
Dallas on December 17 hosts a Texas interscholastic league football championship deciding game between Bryan and Oak Cliff high schools. Prediction calls for a stellar exhibition of high school football with clear, cold weather conditions.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Bryan
Oak Cliff
Allied reparations commission rejects German payment extension
Paris December 17. The allied reparations commission refused Germany’s request for more time on January and February payments. It demanded German disclosure of installment capacity and delivery of other requested information before any extension.
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Associated Press
Paris
Allied Reparations Commission
Germany
Naval ratio debate resumes at arms conference
Washington on December 17 the fifteen member naval committee resumed work on the French and Italian ratio problem with hopes for material progress toward a five power agreement.
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Washington
Texas Bar Association Considers United Action Plan
Yallaw Texas Dec 17. Consideration of a program to include united action for simpler law and enforcement is discussed by officers and board of directors. Annual meeting will be held in Fort Worth next year with plans for national reputation speakers on subjects of public interest.
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Associated Press
Yallaw
Texas
United Action
Texas Bar Association
Fort Worth
Austin Shooting Sparks Rumors as Murder Charges Filed
Austin Texas December 17. Citizens are excited by the shooting of Peeter Clayton and murder charges against 19 prominent locals. Police say they have no clue beyond the charges. Justice Mendell sets examining trials for Monday morning with 28 witnesses subpoenaed. A local paper notes five named defendants appeared on a printed circular from a Ku Klux Klan hall meeting.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Peeter Clayton
Karl Shelton
Justice of the Peace
Mendell
Ku Klux Klan
Morgan Charged Driver Escaped Mob Fear After Fatal Crash
In Waco Texas December 17 Jesse Morgan a Black chauffeur charged with running over and killing Miss Thelma Roane was spirited out of the city after the girl died as officers feared mob violence surrounding the case.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
Jesse Morgan
Thelma Roane
Giants Buy Shinners In Major League Move
The New York Giants announce the purchase of Ralph Shinners, an outfielder and top base stealer, from the Indianapolis club of the American Association. The deal was completed today in New York.
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Associated Press
New York
New York Giants Today
Ralph Shinners
Indianapolis Club
American Association
Negroes Born in North and West Rise to 787000 in 1920
Washington census bureau reports 787,094 negroes born in the United States and living in the North and West in 1920, up from 440,534 in 1910, signaling a large demographic shift.
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Washington
United States
North
Saint Saens Dead Widely Mourned Composer Dies
Paris obituaries report the death of Charles Camille Saint Saens, famed composer, in Algiers, Africa, following his death announced yesterday after being in Paris today.
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Associated Press
Paris
Algiers
Africa
Charles Camille Saint Ssaens
Polish operatives shadow Lindenfeld in double cross claim
Polish agents tracked Lindenfeld and allege he feigned cooperation with Cosgrove while secretly double crossing the Americans, portraying a complex spy scenario.
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Lindenfeld
Cosgrove
Lindenfeld Arrest Tied to Wall Street Explosion Mystery
Washington reports Lindenfeld arrested in Warsaw on suspicion of complicity in the Wall Street explosion case. Burns of the Justice Department says Lindenfeld is the key to the mystery, not implicated himself but close to radicals. He is described as educated, radical, aged 36, with a wife and two children, and a half-brother of Rosa Luxemburg.
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Warsaw
Lindenfeld
Wall Street
William Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Burns
Third International
Europe
United States
Department
Sylvester Cosgrove
Altendorf
New York
Rosa Luxemburg
William Linde
Russia
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