Sheriff denies Johnson given too much freedom in jail
Elgin dispatch reports Kane county jail warden denies Chicago paper claim that former heavyweight champ Jack Johnson enjoys outside outings. Sheriff Poole says Johnson has no outside access and little boxing in cell, no prize fights for gallery crowds.
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Johnson
Chicago
Associated Press
Elgin
Jack Johnson
Kane County
Geneva
Poole
Pugilist
German impostor indicted for fraud in Kincaid papers case
Theodore Schudde, a German national, was indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding the U S government of back pay by using the name of Lieut Arthur Kincaid. He obtained Kincaid's papers in Germany after the armistice, returned to the United States as Kincaid, and collected the officer's pay at Fort Sheridan before being arrested in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Theodore Schudde
Federal Grand Jury
Arthur Incaid
Lefudée
Kinecaid
Germany
Kincaid
Fort Sheridan
San Francisco
Engineer Jumps to Death From Moving Katy Train
Denison Texas Sept 4 E G Evans a Katy passenger engineer was instantly killed when he leaped from his engine near Durant while going at a high speed A defective block signal falsely indicated a blocked track The fireman stayed with the engine and brought the train to Penison
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Associated Press
Denison
Texas
E. G. Evans
Katy
Durant
A& Engineer
Pénison
Cubs Charged With Throwing Game to Bettors
Chicago reports President Meek of the Chicago National club probing rumors that the Cubs lost last Tuesday to Philadelphia, a move that profited professional gamblers. In Boston Babe Ruth hit his fifth homer of the season in the Yankees win over the Red Sox.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Willam Meek
Chicago National Baseball Club
Cubs
Philadelphia
Boston
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Fragmentary financial ledger snippet with cashier names
Readable names and figures appear in a partial banking entry listing M. W. Brennan acting cashier A L Vidaurri assistant cashier J R Faanaeht acting cashier and several amounts including 1,460,457 80 teeta and 200,000. The fragment suggests an internal cash handling section but lacks complete context or dates.
M Sweeney's Wife Appeals to Wilson Over Irish Mayor
Mrs. Terence Mac Sweeney sent a cablegram to President Wilson on behalf of Cork lord mayor, hunger striking in Brixton since August 12, urging help to prevent an outrage on civilization. London officials say release would fuel murders of policemen in Ireland and trigger further indiscriminate protests.
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Associated Press
Fanidau
Terence Mac Sweeney
Wilson
Cork
Brixton
London
MacSweeney
Ireland
Galveston Port Records $621 Million In Commerce In Year
Galveston Commerce Texas reports nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in port commerce for the year ending June 30. Exports totaled $620,848,415 up from $201,166,702 in 1919 while imports reached $2,278,724 versus $1,977,228 last year. New trade routes to Brazil Argentina Cuba Europe and the Orient boosted gains as steamship lines opened. Sugar was the leading commodity with 142 000 pounds imported. The report also notes sessions on contraband liquor seizures.
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Associated Press
Gilveston
Texas
Galveston
Fred C.pabst
South
Central America
Europe
The
Orient
Brazil
Argentine Republic
Cuba
Far East
United States
Southwest
Middle West
Still Pursue Bandits After Graham Bank Robbery
An armed posse remains in pursuit of gunmen who robbed the Guaranty State Bank of Graham for 10000 dollars on Thursday. Authorities report the bandits near the Wichita county line as of Sept. 4 in Fort Worth Texas.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Guaranty State Bank of
Graham
Wichita
Attorney General blocks cotton seed price pact meeting
In Austin on Sept 4 the attorney general declined an invitation to join a Cotton seed crushers and growers meeting at Dulas to set a fair price. He ruled any agreement to fix the price would violate Texas antitrust laws.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Attorney General
Dulas
Rum Running Increases Across Texas Mexican Border
Corpus Christi reports growing liquor smuggling from Mexico into Texas with bands 4 to 60 strong crossing the border to move whiskey to Houston. Revenue men lack numbers to intercept. smugglers reportedly pay as little as 150 dollars per cargo delivered and maintain large caches in Texas border counties.
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Fress
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Houston
Anti suffragists claim new victory in Tennessee
In Nashville Tennessee on September 4 a certified copy of the Tennessee house of representatives journal from last Tuesday was mailed to Secretary of State Cathy. Governor Roberts said he sent the papers at the request of house suffrage opponents who hoped the journal certification to the state department might aid their bid to have courts overturn Tennessee’s ratification of the federal suffrage amendment.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives Journal
Cathy
Roberts
House
House Journal
State Department
United States Supreme Court
Tennessee
James Ferguson Opens Texas Presidential Campaign
James Ferguson former Texas governor and head of the Texas American party will open his campaign for the presidency in Denton on September 11.
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Associated Press
Denton
Texas
James Merguson
Texas American Party
Texas evangelist indicted for murder faces transfer case
W. Ft. Lovinun, an evangelist, is indicted for the murder of Herschel Erwin and held on $15,000 bond by a Wichita federal judge. He is accused of transporting a stolen automobile from Texas to Oklahoma, taking Kirwin's car from Fort Worth to Oklahoma and fighting his return to Texas.
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Associated Press
For
Worth
Texas
Harding's Attitude Fueled by Duty to Guard Citizens
Senator Harding spoke to the Associated Press in Marion Ohio on September 4 asserting a resolve to guard against elamor insincerity and abuse in the presidential campaign. He said he would tolerate those who differ with him and avoid dragging the people into the mire.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ohio
Campagn
Harding
A Student Anatomy Question At Luncheon
Sadie eleven and Alice seven discuss the mystery of what part of an animal a chop resembles. Alice asks about a leg and Sadie answers it is the jewbone, echoing a quirky doctor’s quip about animala.
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Sadie
Alice
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Stein-Bloch
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Edwin Clapp
Walker
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Madras
Laredo Optical Company
Flores Avenue
Caids Papers
Ing
Chicago Cubs
Laredo National Bank
Laredo, Texas
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B. M. Alexander
Sam W. Brown
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Asat
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J. R. Faanaeht
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Jim
A. Deutz & Brother
Joseph Netzer
L. Daiches Jeweler
J. S. Roberts
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Rialto Theatre
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