Motive For Shooting Miss Hanan Remains a Mystery
A Brooklyn hospital scene unfolded after Miss Mildred Hanan, daughter of shoe magnate Alfred P. Hanan, was shot by Grace Lawes. Lawes then killed herself with a pistol after a tense pursuit through Schermerhorn Street buildings. Neighbors described Lawes as erratic and obsessed, with police noting a long, stalking leadup and a possible love-related motive.
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Alfred P. Hanan
Long Island College Hospital
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Schermerhorn Street
Brook
Manhattan
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Deters
Misa Gottschalk
Mies Hanan
Shoreham le I
Pearrelord
Awes
Shoreham
Vanderbilt
Nightfall Ends Daylight Saving as Clocks Set Back
At 2 a.m. residents will set clocks back one hour under the local ordinance. Daylight saving ends for the winter, and clocks statewide will approximate unison despite individual variations.
Stock Record Of Enrights Friend Bared
Allan A. Ryan a financier and deputy police official appeared with documents at the Meyer legislative investigating committee. He was questioned about a $12,000 “profit” from a fictitious Morton Petroleum stock deal linked to Police Commissioner Enright. Testimony showed April 17 1919 shares credited to Enright and April 22 1919 prices, with no clear illumination from Ryan. The committee signaled further inquiries may follow involving Edward Hughes and other deputy commissioners.
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Meyer Legislative Investigating Committee
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Schuyer M. Meyer
Elon R. Brown
Morton Petroleum
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Hughes
Coleman du Pont
John A. Harriss
Suffern
Rockland County
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Ryan Syndicate
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Brown
Mr. Enright
England Plans Revival Of Trade To Aid Idle Jobs
London dispatch reports the government will fund a trade revival scheme yet to be detailed. The Daily Mail says the plan aims to cut costs and may operate trade at a loss temporarily to curb unemployment, with cooperation between government local authorities manufacturers bankers and organized labor. Ministers argue reviving trade is preferable to balancing the budget and could save about 1 million unemployed over three years at a national or local cost of about 100 million annually.
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London
Great Britain
Daily Mail
Hines Claims Frauds Tilt in Manhattan Primary
Vincent S. Lippe, counsel for James J. Hines, told the Board of Elections that frauds found in under half the Manhattan districts suggest Hines won the Democratic nomination for Borough President. A recount was sought in Supreme Court, with Lippe predicting a borough-wide fraud impact and potential prosecutions.
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James J. Hines
Board of Elections
Manhattan
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Supreme Court
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Lippe
Julius Miller
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany
Miller
Lippa
Murphy-Miler
Boy Declared Guilty of Murdering Aged Mother
Indiana jury convicts 17 year old William Deffendall of murdering his seventy year old mother after defense claiming an accidental shooting during a squirrel hunt. verdict sets life imprisonment as punishment. Defendant maintained the shooting was not intentional and confessed to two shots to end her suffering.
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Hines
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Tammany Hall County Committee
Fourteenth Street
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Murphy
12Th Assembly
Big Chief
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Shallock
Linpe
Josepht Saalleck
Indiana
Booneville
Ind
William Deffendell
Defendall
New Yorker Unearths Skeleton of Boccaccio
Archaoelogists report bones found in a Florence villa owned by James W Ellsworth of New York. A skull is among remains believed to belong to Boccaccio who, by tradition, wrote the Decameron there at Villa Palmieri. Ellsworth owns the restored historic site.
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Boccaccio
James W. Ellsworth
New York
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Palmieri
Auto plows into parade killing three injuring score
Secaucus New Jersey September 24 A speeding automobile crashed into a Democratic parade on Paterson Plank Road killing Calvert Kruger and two marchers Charles Smith and Joseph Heitmann. Dozens were injured including Adrian Post Janes Hackett Adslph Hilbert and Charles Mosey. Driver Joseph Oster Hoboken was charged with homicide as police faced a hostile crowd.
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Poplar Street
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Newark Street
Hoboken
Joseph Heitmann
Center Avenue
Adrian Post
Paterson Plack Road
Janes Hackett
Madison Street
Adslph Hilbert
Town Hall
Charles Mosey
Joseph Oster
Monroe Street
Kruger
Oster
150 Girls Strike Over School Transfer in Bronx
One hundred ninety girl pupils of Public School 51 in the Bronx staged a brief strike to protest their transfer to Public School 10. They paraded between the two schools before Principal Samuel Viertel and Morristown police officers escorted them back. The move followed a plan to make School 10 a girls junior high and School 61 a boys junior high, prompting transfers of students in both directions.
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Bronx
Samuel Viertel
Mortisania
Andrews Is Chosen for Judgeship by Republican State Convention
Syracuse Sept. 23 Justice William S. Andrews of the Supreme Court was selected as the Republican candidate for Judge of the Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Emory A. Chase's death. The convention endorsed President Harding and Governor Miller, praising economy and opposing tax and naval growth. Senator Calder and Rep Simeon D. Pess spoke of national affairs and ship production, touting expected budget savings and tax relief.
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Ohio
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William D. Guthrie
Manhattan
Arthur F. Sutherland
Monroe
Parton C. Swift
Erie
Calder
War Finance Corporation
Dawes
Wilson
Democratic Congress
Republican Congress
Woman Wins Seat in British House Delighting Lady Astor
London by by election in Louth division Lincolnshire returns Mrs. Thomas Wintringham Liberal winner in a three cornered race to fill a seat vacated by her husband in June 1920. She defeats Coalition Unionist Sir Alan Hutchings and Labour James George by 791 votes out of nearly 20 000. Lady Astor praises the win saying women must push for legislation and cooperation.
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Associated Press
Plot to Overthrow German Republic Tied to Erzberger Murder
Baden authorities reveal a monarchist plot to overthrow the German Republic and restore a monarchy. The plan targeted Versailles treaty terms and disarmament. The mastermind required absolute loyalty from all members, and investigators link the Erzberger murder to this organization.
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Unemployment Fears Drive British Cabinet Relief Plan
London reports the unemployment crisis alarms the cabinet with a likely immediate Parliament summons. Lloyd George faces pressure from labor mayors and ministers over 300000 penniless people. Bruce Churchill and colonial figures defend relief, noting billions spent since the armistice amid calls for nationwide action and tax reform.
Army Air Tests Fire Phosphorus Bombs On Alabama Off Tangier Island
Army service flyers from Langley Field tested new type air bombs on the obsolete battleship Alabama near Tangier Island Chesapeake Bay. Salvos included smoke and phosphorus bombs that blinded antiaircraft crews and set decks alight while observers reported deep smoke shielding the planes.
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Langley Field
Chemical Warfare Service
British Women Demand Armaments End
London Sept. 28 The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom calls for action at the Washington disarmament conference. The manifesto urges British government to seek immediate reduction of armies and navies and warns against postwar spending increases by Allied powers.
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London
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Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
Hungary Must Quit or Be Driven From Burgenland
The Council of Ambassadors informed Ivan Prgnovsky, head of the Hungarian peace delegation, that Hungary must withdraw from Burgenland within a brief period or be expelled by the Allies. Burgenland, part of West Hungary awarded to Austria by the Treaty of Trianon, is at issue.
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Austria
Thrice Wounded Duelist Gives Up Fight in Tears
Paris report from La Liberte describes Count de Poret and Camille la Farge staging a duel at Parc des Princes. Pistols misfired, swords parried and struck as La Farge pierced De Poret’s right arm, forcing retirement after an hour and a half amid tears.
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Paris
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de Poret
Treaty Sent To the Senate Quick Action Forecast
Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved two reservations to the German peace treaty and favorably reported the German Austrian and Hungarian treaties. Senator Lodge scheduled action for tomorrow as Congress faces ratification and troop repatriation from Germany.
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