Closing program of two days race meet successful
Linton Racing association closed a two day racing meet amid a blaze of glory. Attendance rivaled Labor Day as races on day two surpassed day one. All purses were paid in full with a possible small balance. Several heats featured fast times and close finishes, with Tom Thumb and Marjorie Knight among notable winners. Further improvements to the track were announced ahead of future events.
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Linton Racing Association
Mule and horse race results follow fast finish
In a tight stretch Jed the first halfBird Ribbon Rex push along with Wild Indian leading pack. Bird Sinders mare won with Ribbon Wilsons mare second Rex Jacksons horse third Wild Indian fourth Cap narrowly. Time 1 28. Mule race drew seven starters only three finished Knowles mule won.
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Jed
Bird
Ribbon
Rex
Wild Indian
Sinders
Wilson
Jackson
Cap
Knowles
Former Cowpuncher Earl of Portsmouth Inherits Peerage
Hon. Oliver Wallop aged 64 becomes Earl of Portsmouth after his brother’s death. Longtime Wyoming resident and Big Horn ranch owner, he is married to Marguerite Walker of Kentucky and has two sons. Eldest son Gerard Wallop becomes Viscount Symington and served as World War I lieutenant.
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United Press Dispatch
London
Oliver Wallop
Wyoming
Big Horn
Earl of
Terrific Typhoon in Korea Levels Towns
The Times Tokyo desk reports a fierce typhoon striking Fusan Korea destroying 250 houses and badly damaging 2000 more. Ten bodies recovered with many missing as trains were lifted from tracks and three railway men killed. A tidal wave wrecked forty houses and boats. Japan was affected with Kiushin damaged and Toyooka hit hard from May fire ruins.
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United Press Dispatch
London
the Times
Tokio
Fusan
Korea
Japan
Kiushin
Toyooka
Lone Bandit Encounters Girl Teller in Milledgeville Bank
A masked bandit entered the Milledgeville bank near Washington D. H. and forced teller Miss Fern Fichthorn to the vault area after displaying a revolver. He escaped in a stolen car with license No. 16 254, abandoning the vehicle two miles east of Milledgeville. police pursue possible accomplice.
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Washington D. H
Ohio
Milledgeville Bank
Here
Fern Fichthorn
Railroads protest order cutting coal freight rates
The Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore and Ohio, and New England carriers protested to the Interstate Commerce Commission against the July 22 order reducing rates on low volatile bituminous coal to Tidewater and New England. They requested a fifteen day extension to review before the October 15 effective date.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tidewater
Spanish Fleet Bombards Riffian Capital in Morocco
Paris dispatch reports the Spanish march on Abd el Krim’s Ajdir capital beginning after a heavy bombardment at Alhucemas bay. Spanish ships land troops while French air forces hit Ajdir Chechaouen and Tabarrant. Krim massing forces on a new western front as Franco Spanish assault continues.
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United Press Dispatch
Paris
Abd-el-Krim
Ajdir
Alhucamans Bay
Krim
Cabadilla
Escadrilles
Chechaouen
Tabarrant
Vérefta
Morocco
Alarming Increase of Mexican Bean Beetles in Indiana
The dispatch from Indianapolis reports a survey by Frank Wallace state entomologist showing a sharp rise of Mexican bean beetles in southern Indiana counties. A year ago only traces were found, but this season beetles ravage southern counties and have appeared as far north as Bloomington, ruining bean crops statewide.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Frank Wallace
Bloomington
Crowe Blames Franks Verdict For Daly Crime
Chicago lawyer state attorney Robert E. Crowe argues that allowing Leopold and Loeb to live under pleas of guilty paved the way for other murders. He contends Judge Caverly’s decision to spare them by death reduced penalties and inspired further crime.
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Chicago
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr
Richard Loeb
Mary Daly
Montclair
N. J
Robert E. Crowe
Caverly
Bobby Franks
Mr. Crowe
Loebe
Leopold
Western railroads seek 5 percent rate rise with cost proofs
Fred W. Sargent president of the Chicago and Northwestern argues at an interstate commerce commission hearing that western railroads need a five per cent freight rate increase. He cites 1913 to 1924 data showing maintenance of way costs up 98 percent, equipment up 165 percent, and transportation expenses up 90 percent.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Fred W. Sargent
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Sargent
Interstate Commerce Commission
Men Held Without Bail in Kentucky Train Wreck Murder Plot
Bert Hale Oscar Dishon and Elseie Dishon were held without bail for a grand jury on murder charges tied to a Louisville & Nashville train wreck near Knob Lick Kentucky. Ollie Kidd named as material witness. Hale confessed to tampering with the switch to derail the train and kill the engineer John F Dudderar.
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Stanford
Herbert Hale
Oscar Dishon
Elseie Dishon
Knob Lick
Ollie Kidd
Hale
John F. Dudderar
Thunderstorms Predicted Across Indiana Tonight
Storms are predicted for Indiana tonight after a state wide rainfall. A child was killed by wind damage near Terre Haute. The storm centered near Fowler disrupted Indianapolis wire service communications.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Terre Haute
Fowler
Northwest Hit by Heavy Rainfall
Heavy rains across the Midwest caused damage valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars per weather bureau reports. Rain persisted in some areas into the morning, with corn crops receiving the greatest benefit from the downpour.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Grand Jury Reports on Our Institutions
Greene county grand jury reports on the county poor farm and jail after convening for the September term. They praise overall condition but call for repairs including painting, plastering, stair enclosure, and, for the jail, plumbing in most cells with targeted repairs as needed. Chas M Wilson, foreman.
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Bloomfield
Greene Circuit
Chas. M. Wilson
Safe blowers sentenced in Claypool railroad case
United Press dispatch from Warsaw Indiana reports Jesse Melican of Wabash and R. E. Walker of Oklahoma City confessed to their roles in blowing a railroad station safe at Claypool last week and were sentenced to one to four years in prison.
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Warsaw
Ind
Claypool
Jesse Melican
Wabash
RE. E. Walker
Oklahoma City
Legislature Day at Hoosier Fair Today
Members of the last Indiana Legislature toured the state fair invited by the state board of agriculture to view results from winter funding. Governor Jackson praised the fair as the best the state had. Rain cut attendance while work repaired wind damage from last night.
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Hoosier Fair
United . Press
Indianapolis
Spe
State Board of Agriculture
Mayer Shank
Jackson
Board of Agriculture
Brooklyn Soldier Shot Over Insult to Uniform
Francisco Annello of Brooklyn was shot and killed by Joseph Rizzuto, an ex-soldier also of Brooklyn, after an alleged insult to the U S army uniform. Rizzuto fired multiple shots in front of his home and then surrendered to police and firefighters.
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New York
United States Army
Francisco Annello
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph Rizzuto
Annello
Rizzute
Tremendous Interest in Gen Mitchell Case
Washington reports a court martial likely to begin within a month in San Antonio or Washington. Colonel William Mitchell is expected to reassert charges of incompetence criminal negligence and almost treason against the war and navy departments in a public trial that may surpass the Scopes case in public interest. Colonel George Nugent is dispatched to San Antonio to gather state evidence.
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Washington
War Department
William Mitchell
War and Navy Departments
Mitchell
General Staff
George A. Nugent
San Antonio
Kidnapper's Father to Back Son in Defense
Dix W Noel, father of Harri son Noel, the 20 year old killer and kidnapper, will retain counsel to defend his son and will stand by him. Noel criticized Essex county Overbrook Hospital authorities for the tragedy claiming the mentally afflicted youth could be cured with time.
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United Press Dispatch
New York
Dix W Noel
Harrison Noel
Chicago
Noel
Mary Daly
Raymond Pierce
John Sandin
Essex County
Overbrook
N. J
Harrison
McNamara Indicted in Blackmail Plots Across States
John J. McNamara, business agent of the Structural Iron Workers union, faces an Indianapolis indictment for blackmail tied to threats against Fletcher Savings and Trust in August. He already faces four earlier blackmail indictments and a Los Angeles dynamiting case in which 21 people died. He sought extradition to California after arrest and was reportedly smuggled out by William J. Burns.
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Indianapolis
John J. McNamara
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
William H. Remy
McNamara
Los Angeles
Cal
California
William J. Burns
Temperance leader Mrs Cook fatally shot in Iowa town
Vinton Iowa police pursue possible bootlegger motive after the death of Mrs C B Cook 41 president of the Benton County W C T U shot in her home. Inquest points to multiple enemies in the illicit liquor trade as townsfolk whisper of lynching.
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Vinton
I.a
C. B. Cook
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Towa
Mitchell ready to confront investigator over charges
Gen William Mitchell declares he will welcome an army and navy investigator if the complete evidence supporting his charges of incompetency is published. He spoke in San Antonio on September 9 as the air service controversy continues to erupt.
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San Antonio
Tex
William Mitchell
Air Service
Army
Navy
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