Caillaux Offer Deemed Unacceptable by U S Officials
In Washington the American debt commission rejected the French four billion dollar settlement as unacceptable while signaling it might use Caillaux's proposal as a starting point. Caillaux said he wrote the offer on a voyage and described it as a definite proposal though not officially accepted.
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Treasury
Winston
American Debt Commission
French Debt Commission
Joseph Caillaux
Commission
American Commission
M. Caillaux
Damaging Evidence Given in Trial of Banker at Denison
Denison Iowa September 25 A P cross examination in the forgery case against ex banker C L Voss nears end as defense seeks dismissal arguing lack of Iowa jurisdiction. Burlington Savings Bank officers Ward and Smith testified noting earlier mortgage details on the Argotsinger farm and questioned releases found to be altered.
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Denison
L. Voss
Iowa
Voss
Vermont
A. P
C. L. Voss
J. A. Alenderson
Burlington Savings Bank
Burlington
F- W. Ward
Levi P. Smith
Ward
Mr. Voss
George Argotsinger
Gold Bricks With Lead Bilk Spokane Jewelers
Police report a profitable gold brick scam in Spokane where more than ten jewelers bought bricks priced from 10 to 30 dollars containing lead inside after a Chinese figure was seen on the exterior. The scheme targets sophisticated merchants rather than rural imitators.
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Spokane
Wash
Revolt Plot Leaders Arrested in Budapest
Police uncovered a plan to overthrow the government in Budapest. Leaders Matthias Rakosi and Zoltan Weinberger, Bela Kun's former secretary, were arrested with 42 accomplices as authorities acted to curb the revolutionary movement.
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Budapest
Bela Kun
Matthias Rakosi
Zoltan Weinberger
Weather Outlook for Town and Illinois
Town remains mostly overcast tonight and Saturday with likely showers in extreme east and south portions. Warmer tonight in the northeast. In Illinois showers tonight and Saturday with little change in temperature.
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Illinois
Crooks Force Three Doors and Loot Clinton Jewelry Store
Thieves broke into the F. F. Buren Jewelry Store in Clinton by forcing three locked rear doors before 10 pm. They removed a tray of diamond rings valued at 2 500 from a display window. The crime was discovered when the owner arrived at 10 o'clock to place gems in the safe.
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Clinton
F. F. Buren
Buren
Chicago Bishop backs removing obey from marriage vows
Bishop Charles P. Anderson of the Episcopal diocese of Chicago says the word obey should be removed from the marriage ceremony. He calls claims it means honor and not obedience humbug and will vote for removal at the New Orleans convention next month where the Book of Common Prayer revisions are decided.
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Chicago
Charles P. Anderson
Episcopal Diocese of
Episcopal Church
New Orleans
Anderson
Chicago Beer King Confesses to Bribery Scheme
Frank Lake a Chicago beer maker and federal prisoner testified that he and partner Terry Druggan paid $2000 a month to former jail warden Wesley Westbrook and other officials. Judge Wilkerson ordered Westbrook, while Hans Thompson and Henry Foerst were detained. A deputy marshal sought Westbrook to bring him to court.
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Chicago
Frank Lake
Terry Druggan
Wesley Westbrook
Wilkerson
Westbrook
Hans Thompson
Henry Foerst
Building Blasts Destroys Northeast Los Angeles Structure
A powerful explosion of uncertain cause leveled a two story residence and storefront in northeast Los Angeles. It knocked occupants from nearby houses and shattered windows. Initial reports of fatalities were not confirmed. detectives called it a dynamiting job with two Italian families said to have previously resided there.
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Los Angeles
Calif
A. P
Gunmen Try Break-In At Fairbanks Pickford Home
Four gunmen allegedly attempted to enter the Beverly Hills residence of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, prompting police to investigate the incident reported early today by the home’s watchman.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Pickford-Fairbanks
Beverly Hills
Here
Officials Will Act at Vinton in Cook Murder Case
In Vinton Iowa Mrs Hester Sieling sits with Sheriff Whitefield Ruhl as a grand jury witness in the murder of Myrtle Underwood Cook W C T U president and Ku Klux Klan organizer. County and state officers predict swift grand jury action with witnesses ordered to testify and state agents cross examining. Sixteen indictments have been returned mainly on liquor violations.
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Vinton
Hester Steling
Sioux City
Whitefield Ruhl
Myrtle Underwood Cook
Ku Klux Klan
Ruhl
C. B. Cook
Grand Jury
Des Moines
S. W. Cook
Dave Nichols
Nichols
Sieling
Cook
F E. C. McPherson
H. M. Stoner
Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation
James Risden
State Bureau of Investigation
Enlistments Open in the U S Navy Again
Local men of eligible age may enlist in the United States Navy with limited slots available. Applicants should contact the Navy recruiting station in Davenport Room 218 Post Office Building. Enlistees may receive education at trade schools and train as electricians machinists blacks smiths radio engineers or musicians.
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United States Navy
Navy
Post Office
Davenport
Quake Shakes Avezzano, Italy In Alarm Hallucinations
A strong earthquake strike near Avezzano, about 55 miles east of Rome, rattled the area this morning. The two shocks caused considerable alarm and damage reports are being gathered from local officials and residents.
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Rome
Avezzano
Rum Ring Smashes After Two Raids In Times Square
Federal raids shattered a large bootleg operation that moved 4,800 cases of Scotch a day and deposited as much as 200000 dollars monthly. Thirteen men were arrested, fourteen sought, with codes, maps, and large liquor records found. A suspect, Arthur Kraus, had a 50000-dollar letter of credit. Max Greenberg faces multiple federal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Buckner
Cable and Signal
Arthur Kraus
National City Bank
Lincoln C. Andrews
Prohibition
Mr. Buckner
General Andrews
Florida
Congress
Coast Guard
Navy
Max Greenberg
Times Square
St. Louis
Leavenworth
Greenberg
Philadelphia
United States
David Bram
Upper East Side
Knickerbocker and Longacre
Police Seek Lynus Pinkerton in Traer Murder Case
Sheriff Whitefield Ruhl announced a manhunt for Lynus Pinkerton on a murder charge tied to the slaying of Traer marshal Frank Mommer. Waterloo police reported Pinkerton boarded a Waterloo line train at Kent's Hill and left at Shaffer's Crossing. authorities suspect he may be near Belle Plaine where a sweetheart resides.
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Vinton
Whitefield Ruhl
Lynus Pinkerton
Frank Mommer
Traer
Pinkerton
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Kent's Hill
Shaffer's
Pettit Named New Head of Des Moines Labor College
Rev. T. J. Pettit of Highland Park Methodist church was elected president of the Des Moines Labor College, succeeding R. C. McCarthy. The labor college opens Oct. 13 for 20 weeks with about 350 students, offering trade instruction plus practical English economics psychology health education and real estate and labor law.
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Des Moines
T. J. Pettit
Highland Park
Shenandoah Court Reexamines Engine Failures In Flight
The naval court of inquiry revisits eye witness accounts of the Shenandoah wreck. Col. C G Hall says two engine failures likely steered the airship into the storm vortex. Investigators seek full survivor testimony for a complete account of the disaster on Sept 3.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Court of Inquiry
C. G. Hall
U. S. Army
Rosendahl
Hall
Shenandoah
Ohio
Col
Sydney Kraus
Colonel Hall
Police raid on veteran train uncovers liquor in grips
Federal agents and Cincinnati police stopped a special Span ish American War Veterans train en route to the St Petersburg convention. Officers seized liquor found in grips and arrested Lt Samuel Smith Patrick O Hanion and Deputy Sheriff William Albrecht after they admitted ownership. Four trains bound for the convention passed through Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
St. Petersburg
Fla
Samuel Smith
Patrick O’hanion
Detroit
William Albrecht
Wayne County
Michigan
Mill Workers Shot by Chinese Soldiers Near Shanghai
Shanghai reports Feng tien troops guarding the Japan China cotton mill at Pootung fired on protesting workers last evening wounding nine, including three women. The incident followed managers' request to disperse workers who refused to work.
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Shanghai
Pootung
All Set to Go Proved a Name for Theatre Raid
Twenty three actors and N. S. Barger manager of the Garrick theatre in Des Moines were arrested after a matinee when police charged the troupe with obscenity and indecent exposure. The curtain fell as Chief Cavender announced all set to go and the parade moved to Municipal Judge Sellers. All pleaded not guilty and posted $300 bonds each.
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Des Moines
N. S Barger
Garrick Theatre
James Cavender
T. L. Sellers
Barger
Radical fund grows wealth through Wall Street gains
The American fund for public service, started with $800,000 by Charles Garland, has grown to $1.5 million, with radicals earning over $1,000,000 in two years. Morris Ernst notes half a million given to groups, while Norman Thomas calls the situation a joke. Garland, a Harvard socialist, began the fund from his refused inheritance.
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New York
A. P
Charles Garland
North Carver
Mass
Wall Street
American Fund For Public Service
Morris Ernst
Foundation
Ernst
First National Bank
Norman Thomas
George F. Baker
Garland
Harvard
James A. Garland
Boston
Easton
Jury Orders Pair Held for Trial in Illinois Shooting
A coroner's jury in Waukegan Illinois recommended holding Arthur Holt and his step daughter Mrs Clara Harcy to the grand jury without bonds on murder charges in the death of Holt's wife. Albert Harcq was recommended as an accessory before the fact. Holt and Mrs Harcq say the wife died by her own action. Funeral services for Mrs Holt were held yesterday.
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Waukegan
Ill
Arthur Holt
Clara Harcy
Holt
Clara
Fox Lake
Albert Harcq
Harcq
Three Drown As Car Plunges Into River
Three men drowned when the automobile they rode in plunged into the Willamette River near Harrisburg Oregon during a trip to Eugene. Edward Boyer Percy Illinois Archie Stevens Jer cy Illinois Easter Roseburg Oregon Trevor Spiller swam free. The car went through a ferry chain near a bridge under construction. The party had come from Mount Paris Colorado.
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Eugene
Ore
Willamette River
Harrisburg
Edward Boyer
Percy
Ill
Archie Stevens
Jercy
Easter
Roseburg
Trevor Spiller
Stevens
Spiller
Mount Paris
Colo
Hough Loses Must Serve A Life Sentence
Supreme court affirms Carl Hough conviction for first degree murder of Lillian McKinney of Herrick South Dakota near Bedford Iowa. Body found August 13 1924 under a bridge ten miles west of Des Moines. McKinney identified by her father. Hough claimed he was doped and left near Bedford. Jury recommended life imprisonment after four hours deliberation.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Carl Hough
William McKinney
Herrick
S. D
Bedford
Here
Lillian McKinney
Herrick ,S. D
Is Seucht
Hough
Taylor County
New Market
McKinney
Taylor County District Court
Lillian
Rodgers Favors Advisory Air Board
Commander Rodgers endorses an advisory air board to work with the army and navy for developing the U S air service. He argues it should be limited in power compared to Mitchell plan and defends naval aviation handling of the San Francisco to Hawaii seaplane flight. He says sailors need restraint and urges rapid scientific advancement in land and seaplanes to avert criticism from idle officials.
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San Francisco
Calif
A. P
President Coolidge
Army
Navy Departments
Rodgers
Navy
Air Board
William Mitchell
Navy Department
Naval Air Affairs
Hawaiian Islands
Naval Air Service
High JAP official dies from garden bonfire burns
Tokio reports Viscount A. Hamao president of the privy council died at 4 p m from severe burns suffered when his clothing caught fire from a bonfire in his garden.
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Tokio
Viscquat A. Hamao
Privy Council
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