Fatty Arbuckle Charged With Manslaughter Indictment
San Francisco dispatch reports the grand jury voted 12 to 1 charging Fatty Arbuckle with manslaughter in the death of actress Frances Rappe after a party at the St Francis Hotel. Arbuckle remains jailed without bail as legal proceedings begin in Superior Court.
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San Francisco
Fatty’ Arbuckle
Lin Tl
Superior Court
Arbuckle
Frances Rappe
St. Francis Hotel
Miss Rappe
McCormack probes liquor report at St Francis Hotel
Assistant Attorney General McCormack opened an investigation into today’s report that liquor was brought to and served in Arbuckle’s room at the St Francis Hotel in San Francisco on September 15.
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San Francisco
United States
McCormack
St. Francis Hotel
Ireland Declares Independence From British Empire
London dispatch reports B C Devalera informs Lloyd George that Ireland has formally declared independence and is a sovereign state. Lloyd George cancels the Inverness Sinn Fein conference plans and warns such negotiations are impossible.
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Ireland
London
B. C. Devalera
Lloyd George Today
Lloyd George
Sinn Fein
Inverness
Devalera
Two Federal Judges Proposed for First Division
Clerk of Court J W Bell urged adding two judges to the district in the First Division. He cited broad jurisdiction over civil and criminal matters including admiralty bankruptcy probate and mining. He noted 75 criminal and 159 civil cases pending and over 2 500 disposed in eight years with frequent night sessions and occasional aid from other judges.
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Hugh
Daugherty
J.W. Bell
Commission
Bell
Masons Plan Temple in Juneau with 100000 Stock
Articles of incorporation filed for the Alaska Masonic Temple Association set stock at 100000, held by Scottish Rite bodies with others as bondholders. The group, formed Tuesday night, aims to begin building in Juneau for Masonic benevolent social and educational purposes, with a projected cost not less than 50000. The lot on Fifth Street near Seward may host the temple. Officers include H C DeVighne and C E Naghel with R H Stevens as treasurer.
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Alaska Masonic Temple Association
Territorial
Juneau
Fifth Strees
Seward
Association
W. C. Clauson
George Oswell
H. I. Lucas
L.L. Harding
H. C. DeVighne
R. H. Stevens
N. L. Burton
H. T. Tripp
C. E. Naghel
Presdent
Press
Seattle Girl Seized and Hidden in Box Car
Seventeen year old Eliza Zehl of Seattle was found in a weakened state inside a box car in Chicago. She said two young men abducted her in Seattle over four weeks ago and mistreated her before she was shipped away.
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Chicago
Eliza Zehl
Seattle
Harding Urges Vets to Aid Peace Problems
President Harding addressed World War Veterans in Atlantic City on September 12 praising their wartime service and urging support for peace era challenges. He pledged to use influence to secure full aid for the men who returned wounded or impaired, while noting less focus on those who returned unimpaired.
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Atlantic City
Harding
America
San Antonio Flood Drowns Six Near Fort Houston Patrols
Flooding from the San Antonio River last night inundated the central business district to depths of fifteen feet. Six deaths are confirmed with police estimating possible casualties up to five hundred. Fort Houston troops patrol the city as millions in damage accumulate.
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San Antonio
Fort Houston
Mail bandit Gardner escapes from Pen during ball game
Gardner and two accomplices cut a barbed wire fence at McNeill Island prison during a public ball game. The two others were shot, one killed and one fatally wounded. Orders issued to shoot Gardner on sight as search continues.
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Mcneill Island
Gardner
Search Continues for Gard Ner the Mail Bandit on McNeill Island
On McNeill Island forty seven armed men scour the terrain in search of Gard ner the mail bandit. The island spans less than four miles in length and a quarter mile in width, but the fugitive remains unfound as of September 15.
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Mcneill Island
Gardner
Mexico to pay debts after recognition
T. W. Lamont of Morgan and Company says plans to liquidate Mexico external debts rely on State Department action recognizing the Obregon government. He reports favorable assurances from Washington on the recognition issue.
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Washington
T. W. Lamont
Morgan and Company
Mexico
State Department
Obregon
Lamont
Petersburg Chautauqua Season Closes After Five Notable Acts
Petersburg’s Chautauqua season closed this week after fivehigh quality performances. The program featured De Jen magic, lectures by Captain Norman Allan Imrie and Dr Arthur Walwyn Evans, The Old Ash Eyed Girls, and the Artists Trio. Local business men signed for a return engagement next year.
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Petersburg
de Jen
Norman Allan Imrie
Uncle Sam
John Bull
Ireland
Deven Company
Horace Smithey
Singe
New York
Patricia Eiler
Chicago
Molly Komkosky
Arthur Walwyn Evans
Cincinatti
Wales
Captain Dancey
International
Cra
Evans
United States
S. of N. Hall
Juneau
Spokane
Alaska Tops Territory in Personal Income Tax Filings
Alaska's 1919 personal income tax data show 9 427 returns, 18 percent of U S filings, with net income 18 862 034 and tax 357 783, placing Alaska 1st in filing rate and 24th in per capita tax, 51st in average tax per return. The period 1914-1919 records reveal rising returns and higher totals, signaling growing tax activity in the territory.
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Alaska
Union
United States
Recovery seen for former president Wilson
Detroit dispatch reports Joe Tumulty saying recovery will be complete soon after Henry Ford inquired about former President Wilson's health. Geneva dispatch notes Leon Bourgeois stating the League has no reason to worry about the upcoming disarmament conference.
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Detroit
Joe
Geneva
Leon Bourgeois
France
Assembly of the Hague of Nations
League
Gustav Ader Named Honorary President of League Assembly
Gustav Ader former president of the Swiss Republic was elected today as an honorary president of the assembly of the League of Nations in Washington.
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Washington
Gustav Ader
Assembly of the League of Nations
Griffin Named U S Marshal Seeks Alaskan Appointments
Seattle dispatch reports Griffin recently named U S Marshal for the second division says all his appointments will be bona fide Alaskans as he travels to Nome to assume duties.
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Seattle
Griffiths
U. S
Naime
Spokane Sails to Petersburg With Passengers
The Spokane steamed at 10 o'clock tonight bound for Petersburg carrying Miss Frances Roundtree Mrs. Robert E Robinson Mrs Earl N Ohmer and ten other passengers.
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Seattle
Spokane
Petersburg
Frances Roundtree
Robert E. Robinson
Earl N. Ohmer
Local jeweler returns with expanded spectacle lens stock
J. E. Elfstrom, a local jeweler, recently visited Seattle and came back with a larger inventory of goods. He now offers to duplicate broken lenses of all kinds and has secured a large stock of spectacle lenses.
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J. E. Elfstrom
Seattle
Coast Guard to Station Small Vessel in Southeast Alaska
The Coast Guard plans to station a small vessel in southeastern Alaska waters next season. A letter from the bureau to J. W. Bell, clerk of the U S District Court, cites a federal grand jury report requesting the boat to aid in suppressing law violations. Funds delayed the plan previously, but officials say it will be carried out next season.
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Coast Guard Service
Alaska
Washington
J. W. Bell
U. S. District Court
Fedral Grand Jury
Ketchikan
2000 Railroad Workers to Be Discharged in Alaska
Reports from Juneau indicate that 2000 men employed on the Government Railroad from Seward to Fairbanks will be laid off within 30 days. Most work in the Broad Pass section. How they travel south is uncertain as steamers are booked. a transport from Seward may move the surplus to the mainland.
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Juneau
Northwestern
Government
Seward
Fairbanks
Broad Pass
States
Hewitt to Sell Juneau Business and Move East
E S Hewitt announces sale of his Juneau business and plans to move to the East this fall. He will take an exclusive sales territory for Airdry Corporation makers of a patented electric drying apparatus and establish headquarters in Detroit. Hewitt arrived in Juneau in 1914 and built a thriving office equipment and tyrevster business before accepting the Eastern offer. He leaves Alaska with regret but considers the offer too flattering to refuse.
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E. S. Hewitt
Juneau
Airdry Corporation
Detroit
Mr. Hewitt
Alaska
WONT START CANNERY AT KETCHIKAN QUESTIONED
A. W. Watts, director of the New England Fish Company, says a salmon cannery at Ketchikan next year is unfounded. The firm may build a small plant later to aid the cold storage operation, not to enter large scale canning. Watts praised this season’s fish pack and expects a successful season.
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New England Fish Company
Ketchikan
A. W. Watts
Watts
Lasker Orders Puget Sound Trade Move From Shipping Board
Seattle Sept 14 Chairman Lasker of the United States Shipping Board issued an order removing all Shipping Board vessels from the Puget Sound Oriental trade except those operated by the Pacific Steamship Company leaving the field to a single operator and shaping maritime competition in the region.
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Seattle
Lasker
United States Shipping Board
Shipping Board
Puget Sound Oriental Trade
Pacific Steamship Company
Mrs Owens Sets Out on Steamer Jefferson for the South
Mrs. Paul Owens departed on the steamer Jefferson bound for the south to visit relatives and friends for an extended stay before returning.
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Paul Owens
Jefferson
South
Pioneer Canneryman Dies in Petersburg Hospital
Nellie McMurray Tate, 39, died Monday evening at Petersburg Hospital from kidney complications. A veteran cannery worker in southeastern Alaska, he recently served as superintendent of the Hume cannery at Scow Bay. He was taken ill Saturday and treated by Dr. Carothers. funeral plans were organized by the Petersburg Elks and Wrangell Redmen. Survived by wife and three children.
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Nellie McMurray Tate
Petersburg
Tate
Mr. Tate
Alaska
Hume
Scow Bay
Carothers
Wrangell
Jefferson
Redmen and Elks
Elks Lodge
Waco
Texas
Juneau
Union Bay
Skagway Citizens Seek Summit Road Link to Canada
A petition led by Joseph J. F. Wad urges building a road from Skagway up the Skagway valley to the Canadian boundary. Residents would donate 500 dollars if the Alaska Road Commission commits 2,000 dollars for construction, delivering fuel savings and a future auto route toward Denver Creek.
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Joseph J. F. Wad
Portland Hotel
Skagway
Skagway Valley
Canadian Boundary Line
Alaska Road Commission
Denver Creek
Four-person American delegation named for disarmament talks
President Harding announced the American delegation to the disarmament conference will comprise four members. Secretary Hughes and Senator Lodge are confirmed, with Secretary Root and Mrs. Underwood likely to join, forming the full group.
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Washington
Harding
Hughes
Lodge
Root
Underwood
Regiments Reduced By War Time Manpower Order
Washington dispatch reports the general staff ordered infantry regiments cut from 1490 to 1312 men and cavalry regiments reduced from 818 to 614 men as part of manpower adjustments.
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Washington
General Staff
Recall petitions filed to oust Frazier and other NPL officials
Petitions claiming enough signatures were filed today to recall Governor Frazier and other officials elected by the Non Partisan League in Bismarck North Dakota. The action targets state leaders tied to the league's administration.
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Bismark
N. D
Frazier
Non Partisan League
Assassins Arrested in Munich Over Erzberg Murder
Seven former army and navy men were arrested in Munich for involvement in the Erzberg murder. Officials say the killing was ordered by a Ku Klux Klan like group with its headquarters in Silesia.
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Munich
Erzberg
Klu Kluz
Silesia
Ruth Breaks His Own Home Run Record in St Louis
Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his 55th home run of the season in St Louis. He broke his previous major league record as a runner on base stood during the at bat.
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ST. Louis
Babe Ruth
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Fatty Arbuckle
Masons
Coast Guard
Hewitt
Pacific Steamship CO
Summit Road
Ruth
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