Mother Arrives to Aid Posse Hunt for Young Bad Men
Two boy bandits Lester and Forrest Gonce aged 18 and 14 terrorize Colorado after escapes from Kansas. They have robbed a deputy sheriff, held up a YMCA camp at Rye and eluded posses with armed daring. Their mother arrived to assist in the manhunt as authorities fear a pitched battle if cornered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Pueblo
Colo
A. P
Lester
Forrest Gonce
Jesse James
Garden City
Kans
Rye
Rye Gard
West
Wage rises for 4500 L and N railroad workers
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Express and Station Employes and L and N officials signed an agreement increasing annual payroll by 400000 dollars. The contract raises minimum daily wages to about 4.29 dollars for clerks with student grade, from 4.07 previously, and introduces a sliding scale by tenure and job type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
A. P
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship
Louisiana and Nashville Railroad Company
Coon Named New Mascot for Central Fire Station
The Central fire station adopts a new mascot a live raccoon after trying cats and a rattlesnake. The animal sits in a post of honor and receives careful care and meals, with officials noting the pet is here to stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coon
Central Fire Station
Fate of Gaines to go to jury on coast today
Wallace Cloyes Gaines faces a superior court jury in Seattle charged with murdering his 22 year old daughter Sylvia by beating and choking. Prosecutors stressed alleged unnatural relations as motive while defense cited jealousy and fears for her safety. Judge Jones instructed the jury to convict or acquit of murder in the first degree with life imprisonment or death as penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
A. P
Wallace Cloyes Gaines
Sylvia
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Peyser
Lynnfield
Gaines
Jones
Mexican church calls for peace talks amid Calles clash
Mexican business leaders and the Catholic Episcopate urge a conference with the government to resolve the religious controversy. The Episcopate has asked President Calles to suspend regulations and radically modify the constitution's religious clauses. Calles remains firm that the church must obey the laws, keeping the deadlock unresolved as Catholic pickets and boycotts affect merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
A. P
Republic
Calles
Vera Cruz
Restituto Herradora
Louisiana Cotton Crop At 67 Percent Of Normal On Aug 1
Louisiana cotton output stood at 67 percent of normal as of August 1, 1926 per USDA statistician Lionel L. Jones. The figure marks a four point dip since July 16 when 71 percent was recorded and is two points below the prior year’s comparable date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
A. P
Louisiana
Lionel L. Jones
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Nineteen Killed In German Train Derailment Near Lehrte
Nineteen people died and five were seriously injured when the Berlin Cologne express derailed near Lehrte at about fifty miles an hour. Police attributed the crash to the deliberate loosening of fish plates by an unknown person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehert
Germany
A. P
Berlin
Tong wars claim Chinatown figures amid New York heat
Detectives report a decline in Chinatown violence as Tong leaders Sam Wing and Tom Lee are mentioned in a buried memorial for Sam Wing. The piece blends cultural rites with the era's harsh racial tensions and police pressure in New York's Chinatown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chinatown
David P. Sentner
I. N
Sam Wing
Sam
Leong
Flashes of Life and Sports Across Regions
A collage mentions a sausage business grown to eight million annual gross, Adolf Gobel heirs selling to Wall Street bankers, Mike Dempsey jailed amid boxing action, Jack facing Gene, Hobbs pivotal cricket century aiding England, and a death row dinner plan for William Hoyer in Ossing New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. P
Adolf Gobel
Wall Street
Rochester
W. Y
Mike Dempsey
Jack
Gene
Mike
John Clelland
Cop
Plane Crash in England Kills Two Passengers
A French cross channel air plane crashed in fog at Aldington Kent killing an American and an Italian. Thirteen passengers plus crew were aboard. seven Americans injured, four women among them, and the French pilot and mechanician severely hurt. The victims include Robert Blaney of Boston and Vigo Rizzi manager of a London club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. P
Aldington
County Kent
Robert Blaney
Boston
Mass
Vigo Rizzi
Mildred Varden
Victoria Varden
Baltimore
Edna Hearn
New Rochelle
N. Y
Margaret Hazzard
Harriet Ames
Stanley Hazzard
Lawrence Stroh
New York City
Gaieb
Lhbosrget
France
Croydon
England
Delisle
British Air Ministry investigates Aldington crash
The British air ministry opened an inquiry into yesterday’s French cross-channel airplane crash at Aldington England. The disaster, described as the most serious air tragedy in England, occurred when the plane struck a barn during a forced landing in dense fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkeston
Eng
A. P
British
Air Ministry
Aldington
England
Kellogg Signals Hope for Geneva Arms Talks Progress
Europe watches Secretary Kellogg's Plattsburgh speech for signals after it was prepared with the American delegation. He urged results from Geneva and suggested expanding Washington naval limitations if necessary, while noting openness to broader disarmament in coming talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. P
Europe
Kellogg
Plattsburgh
Geneva
Coolidge
United States
Geneva Commission
Former Circus Performer Wagner Surrenders in Texarkana Killing Case
Karl Kinney Wagner 23, once a circus artist and condemned to die, turns himself in to Sheriff Lillie Barber in Texarkana Ark. He is charged with murder in two Mississippi cases and linked to the slayings of Sam Carper Will Carper and the wounding of Bob Carper on a farm near Texarkana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Ark
A. P
Karl Kinney Wagner
Desperado
Lillie Barber
Miller Country
Wagner
Sam Carper
Will Carper
Bob Carper
Mississippi
Pearl River
Leakesville
Miss
Barber
Tennessee
Meeting to Rally Tigers Support Tonight at City Hall
A special meeting is called by C. E. Eby, Sr. at city hall council chamber tonight at 8 to organize support for the Tigers football team. Fall training begins September 3 at Ki-Ro Li camp across the river, with the Chamber of Commerce aiding a fundraising drive for equipment and uniforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Tigers
C. E. Eby, Sr
C. E. Eby, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Father Who Killed Son and Self Near Death in Hospital
Pineville Kentucky August 19 Jeff Fuson 54 lay in a local hospital between life and death after an operation to remove a self inflicted gunshot wound. He had killed his son Joseph 24 in a Tuesday night struggle over who would ride a mule. Fuson had previously been wounded in a gun fight with a relative but no charges were filed.
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Pineville
A. P
Jeff Fuson
Fuson
Joseph F
Here
Standard Oil Raises Tank Wagon Kerosene Price
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey raised kerosene prices by one cent per gallon across its territory, bringing the tank wagon price to 10 cents a gallon.
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New York
A. P
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Actress Miss Hurst Sued Over Filmed Play Rights
Oliva W. Seymour files $600000 damages suit in Los Angeles against Fennie Hurst Famous Players Lasky Corporation and Liberty Weekly Inc over authorship of the filmed play Mannequin a prize story credited to Miss Hurst and the plaintiff claims authorship rights were violated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
A. P
Oliva W. Seymour
Fennie Hurst
Famous Players Lasky Corporation
Liberty Weekly, Inc
Mannequin
Miss Hurst
De Ridder Man Returns After Three-Year Captivity Tale
Gus E. Downs, 28, former Tung Pell Lumber clerk, reappears in DeRidder after vanishing October 17, 1923. He says he was shanghaied in Kansas City and held aboard a tramp steamer between China and the United States for three years, escaping near San Francisco last July 22. Downs describes being confined at sea and ashore, and his long trek home.
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Shreveport
A.P
Kansas City
China
United States
Gus E. Downs
Tung Pell Lumber Company
Ie- Ridder
San Francisco
DeRidder
Pig Point Ammunition Depot Blast Likely Lightning
Lightning likely sparked a night explosion at Pig Point Army ammunition depot near Portsmouth. No lives were lost, but one magazine with a large stock of small arms ammunition burned, while other magazines remained intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
A. P
Pig Point
Portsmouth
Lake Denmark
N. P
Wide Clean-Up of Canton Plan of Authorities
Canton Ohio. Federal authorities prioritize liquor and narcotics probes over the Don Mellett killing. District Attorney A E Bernsteen orders assistant Howell Leuck to clean up Canton as Norman Clark is questioned on alleged federal prohibition violations. A murder warrant exists for Louis Mazer tied to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
A. P
Canton
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
A. E. Bernsteen
Howell Leuck
Norman £. Clark
Bernsteen
Clark
Louis Mazer
Young man has leg amputated to halt infection
W. L. Hinton of Columbia, 21, underwent left leg amputation at St. Francis sanitarium after a June hunting accident led to gangrene. The foot had already been removed, but infection progressed and the leg was finally removed with a stable recovery anticipated. Hinton, married, ran a Monroe Jonesville bus line at the time of injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Hinton
Columbia
St. Francis Sanitarium
Hinton
Monroe
Jonesville
Caddo Court House Awarded To Glasswell-Wilson Firm
In Shreveport on August 19 the Caddo police jury awarded the contract to Glasswell-Wilson Co. to build the new Caddo courthouse for 918,458 dollars. The seven-bid field chose the lowest bid and requires completion by March 1, 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreveport
A. P
Caddo Police
Glasswell-Wilson Company of
Caddo Court House
Lake Charles Pilots Board Appoints New Members
A Lake Charles board of commissioners to examine pilots has been created. Captain J. T. Cline Harry G Chalkley Jr and Frank C Winter have received commissions from Governor Fuqua to serve on the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Charles
A. P
J. T. Cline
Harry G. Chalkley, Jr
Frank C. Winter
Fuqua
Hearing Ends With Ruling Against Pair in Hall Mills Case
Henry Carpender and Willie Stevens were held for the grand jury on charges in the Hall Mills murder. Judge Cleary found a prima facie case and ordered continued detention. Special Prosecutor Simpson planned a grand jury presentation and sought to lift the widow Frances Hall’s $15,060 bail. Nearly fifty witnesses testified over five days in a sensational case.
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Somerville
N. J
A. P
Henry de Lacy Carpender
Willie Stevens
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
Cleary
Carpender
Stevens
Simpson
Grand Jury
Senator Simpson
Hay
Frances Stevens Hall
Hal
Hall-Mills
Jane Gibson
Henry
Italian Prince Slain by Thieves at Villa
Prince Umberto Ruspoli was shot and killed by one of two thieves surprised in the garden at his villa in Genzano Italy. He belonged to one of Italy’s oldest noble families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genzano
Italy
A. P
Umberto Ruspoli
Ferrell Sold to Memphis Chicks Will Join Next Spring
George Ferrell Monroe’s sensational centerfielder and hitter is sold to the Memphis Chicks of the Southern League. He will finish the current season with the Drillers and report to Memphis next spring. Monroe Baseball President P M Atkins announced the sale after returning from Memphis where he conferred on cash considerations and additional players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ferrell
Monroe
Memphis
Drillers
Chicks
Ferrell
P. M. Atkins
Monroe Baseball Association
Clude Hensick
Depe
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Associated Press
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Hobbs
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Ossing
William Hoyer
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Downs
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