Counterfeiting arrests tied to Clemens Prison Farm case
Two more arrests connect Willie Smith’s alleged counterfeiting network at Clemens Prison Farm near Perdy’s Land. Prisoner W. D. Mills, held in Houston on burglary charges, is linked to a $20 note pattern. Negro preacher Belden Williams, returning from the farm, faces accusations after passing higher denomination notes and a $5 bill seizure with several more found on him. Ed Tyrrell reports a scheme to fund prisoners’ release with counterfeit notes, aiming to flood the system with phony currency. Smith, already serving 19 years for burglary, reportedly planned a widespread operation to profit from inmate releases.
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Perty's
Landathe
Willie Smith
W. DL. Mills
Houston
Secret Service
Ed Tyrrell
Mills
Hich
Ben
Smith
Beld
Dim Williams
Darm
Clemens Prison
Onion
Theouthern Pacific
Williams
Wille Smith
Nap
S" Smith
Renee
Negro Collector Arrested For Stage of Thefts In City Stores
A young negro, thought to be the man with a yardstick who measured floors of several mercantile and clothing stores for taxes, escaped with small sums and valuables. He was arrested by Detectives Green and Harris Monday night and held for investigation. Identified Tuesday morning by an employee at 131 Main avenue as the man who obtained a silk dress from that establishment.
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Harris
W. UT
Farley
Main Avenue
Weather Fair For Voters Across Nation
Fair weather greeted voters in the United States with clear conditions in most regions including Terri state and England. Officials reported light SE ker operations impacting events nationwide as voters cast ballots on election day.
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Washington
Terri State
England
Dr Leroy Burton Condition Worse at University of Michigan
Nov 4 report states Dr Marion Leroy Burton president of the University of Michigan is in less favorable condition. He has suffered weeks with bronchial irritation and an abscess in the throat causing complication.
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Marion Leroy Burton
University of Michigan
Fugitive sought in $40,000 Chicago theft case
Chicago police believe insurance agent Lawrence Miller who is charged with $40,000 embezzlement is en route to New York to join his divorced wife of a former Chicago lawyer. Letters from the woman were found in Miller’s papers and a confession letter received by Maurice Rosenzweig of the American Acceptance Corp may be a blind.
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Chicago
Lawrence Miller
New York
Miller
Maurice Rosenzweig
American Acceptance Corporation
Convict Escapes to Dying Mother in Loss of Freedom
A 26 year old escapee recalls leaving Los Angeles to return to a four year sentence after fleeing from burglary charges. He says he had money and work then stole to survive, aimed to finish his time, and was captured again while en route to the state farm. He mentions his brothers and sisters still in Los Angeles.
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San Antonio
State Farm
Los Angeles
Garcia
Lareco
Fair Weather Aids Heavy Texas Vote
On November 4 voters in Texas turned out in large numbers under ideal weather. If the rush remains steady, total turnout could surpass six hundred thousand. Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. George C. Butte and his wife voted in Austin while Democratic nominee Miriam A. Ferguson and her husband former Governor James E. Ferguson voted in Temple.
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Dallas
Texas
George C. Butte
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
James E. Ferguson
Temple
Premier MacDonald to Surrender Post After Defeat
Associated Press reports London November 4. The cabinet of Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labour government defeated in last week’s election, will present its resignation to King George V this evening. Stanley Baldwin, newly recalled Conservative leader and former prime minister, will be summoned to form a ministry.
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Associated Press
London
Ramsay Macdonald
Great Britain
Macdonald
Stanley
Baldwin
King George
Japan decorates President Obregon with Chrysanthemum Cross
In Oaxaca, Japan awards the Great Cross of the Order of the Chrysanthemum to Mexico's President Alvaro Obregon. The decoration will be delivered before he leaves office in December.
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Mexico
Ouly
Obregon
Californian Bound Over in Idahoan's Death
Mark Collins of Chico California was bound over to district court for trial on first degree murder in the fatal shooting of C A McQuown former mayor of Buhl Idaho on October 31. The case against Mrs Collins, also charged with the murder, was dismissed.
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Save
Copeland's Home Menaced by Fire
Firemen policemen residents and forest rangers have brought under control a forest fire that threatened Senator Royal S Copeland and other summer homes on the suburbs of Suffern New York. Forest fires are burning in several other sections of Southeastern New York.
Twelve killed in English wreck near Lytham
Liverpool November 4 A Liverpool express to Blackpool wrecked near Lytham last night killing twelve people and injuring many. Several prominent Lancashire businessmen were among the casualties.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Blackpool
Lytham
Lancashire
Yuma Records Warm November Day
Yuma Arizona yesterday marked the hottest November day since the weather bureau began recording. A 6 degree reading at 2 pm highlighted a rare extreme in the city’s late autumn weather patterns.
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Yuma
Ariz
Yuma Yeaterday
Ita
Tientsin Turmoil as Wu Fu Forces Clash Near Rail Hub
Reports from Tientsin detail chaotic scenes as Feng Yu-hsiang forces clash with remnants of Wu Pei-fu. Armored trains and troops move along the Central Railway, with disarmament attempts amid limited daylight, and fears of further violence subsiding only after clarifications of bombardment rumors. National and allied observers note Chinese generals fleeing toward Kiaochow bay neutral ground.
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Associated Press
Tientsin
Wu Pei-Fu
Peking
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Esingtao
Kiaochow Bay
Tientsin Central
Tuan Chi-Jui
Tuang Is
Shanhaikwen
Wu Pei Fu
Orfleet Saves Home In Last Hour Sale
Norfleet faced ruin after he was duped by fake market workers who swindled $45 from him. He chased the con artists across 18,000 miles to Florida, Utah, California, and Washington over three years, catching several, with others jailed or dead. A late Dallas deal rescued his ranch and halted foreclosure.
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Noffleet
Florida
Utah
California
Washington
Norfleet
Dallas
Bishop Johnston Dies of Paralysis
Obituary note recalls Bishop Johnston dying after paralysis in June 1566. He studied a year, ordained deacon, served St James church Port Gibson Miss, then priest in 1871. Survived by daughters Mrs John E Mitchell and Mrs George B Taliaferro of San Antonio, sons Rev Mercer G Johnston of Baltimore and Fred J Johnston of San Antonio, sisters Mrs R J Miller of Nechez Miss and Miss Mary Johnston of San Antonio, plus grandchildren.
Examinations Set for Civil Service in December
Civil service board chair R M Luckenbach announced three assembled and four unassembled federal civil service exams for December. Assembled tests include home economics teachers for pre vocational and junior vocational grades on December 3, junior scientist astronomer December 2 and 4, junior engineer and junior physicist December 3. Unassembled exams require sworn statements and witnesses on hand in December 2 for assistant scientist agricultural physiologist printing pressman physicist and variants December 2 or 50, and engraved plate finisher December 2.
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R. M. Luckenbach
Civil Service Board
French Parliament Reconvenes for Budget Discussion
Paris Nov 4 The French parliament reconvened and the chamber of deputies began with routine matters before a budget debate. The government moved to introduce a bill against speculation in essential commodities and foals, reviving wartime measures to curb the cost of living.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chicago Pageant Reimagines Great Fire Cow Kick Debate
Chicago plans a 1924 style pageant recreating the Mother O Leary cow incident that started the 1871 fire. A hot debate arises over how to portray a cow kicking the lantern. The piece records playful quips from Dreffus Dubb and Aufre Dumbell about Lodge and Steinmetz.
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Chicago
Mother O'Leary
Dreffus Dubb
Henry Cabot Lodge
Aufre Dumbell
Steinmetz
Coolidge Ballots Arrive in Northampton Ward 2 Count
Northampton Mass Nov 4 The ballots of President and Mrs Coolidge received here last Saturday will be counted late today in Ward 2 the President’s home ward along with other absentee votes. Under Massachusetts law the absentee votes will remain sealed until polls close at 4 pm and then counted.
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Northampton
Mass
Coolidge
Clerix
James R. Mansfield
Massachusetts
Harding's Widow Improves After Rest in Ohio
Mrs Florence Bling Harding widow of President Warren G Harding has shown improvement after two weeks of serious illness. Dr Carl W Sawyer says she had a fairly good night's rest and a hearty breakfast. He notes she slept well after midnight and enjoyed three to five hours of sleep.
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Marion
Ohio
Florence Bling Harding
Harding
Carl W. Sawyer
Sawyer
Warren G Harding
Warren G. Harding
Salt pork and sport slang in old baseball days
A collage of notes on baseball slang and social quirks. It mentions salt pork as a dyspepsia cure and playful lines about riding in cars. It also touches on football plays, a Volstead era dodge, Mayor Tobin's cautious campaign, and a race track quip about Zev.
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Zev
Epinard
Scientists Agree On Duel Between Two Eurasian Explorers
Stockholm reports a planned public debate in Berlin between Sir Sven Anders Hedin of Sweden and Ferdinand Ossendowski, author of Asia books. Hedin denounces Ossendowski's statements as deborah falsehoods and fabrications and challenges a public discussion. Ossendowski, then in Egypt, accepts with Berlin as the meeting site.
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Stockholm
Sven Anders Hedin
Sweden
Tibet
Trans-Himalaya
Ferdinand Ossendowski
Asia
Berlin
Hedin
Ossendowski
Egypt
Pastor resigns over dancing at St. Mark's Church
New York Nov 4 The Rev Dr Charles W Dane pastor of St Mark's Congregational Church resigns citing an active minority that insists on using the church for modern mixed dancing, desecrating the house of God.
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New York
Charles W. Dane
St. Mark's Congregational Church
House of God
Kennedy Returns From Transatlantic Zeppelin Flight
Major Frank M. Kennedy of Illinois, the sole American officer among the ZR-3 crew, surprised Binckley residents by arriving last Saturday instead of by train. More than a thousand neighbors gathered to greet him at the rail station, then he spoke at a hometown banquet about the remarkable flight before resuming duty in Dayton, Ohio.
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Binckley
Oil
Frank M. Kennedy
Chicago
Major Kennedy
Major ‘Kennedy
Dayton
Ohio
Fire destroys Union Hotel and thirteen adjoining buildings
Gratz Pa Nov 4 Property valued at more than 200000 dollars was destroyed by a blaze that swept the center of town today. The Union Hotel and thirteen adjoining structures burned before help from nearby towns brought the Maze under control.
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Gratz
Union Hotel
Rhode Island Solons Depart to Stay in Exile
Ninety two Rhode Island senators who fled the state after a gas bomb incident and a deadlocked filibuster will not return to vote. Thirteen seek re election and all will remain at the hotel their home since last June while receiving election returns.
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Rulland
Mass
Rhode Island
Senate
Dinty Colbeck Jury Fails to Reach Verdict in City Trial
ST LOUIS November 4 The jury in the trial of William P Dinty Beck Democratic politician and nine other defendants charged with complicity in an unspecified crime failed to reach a verdict after extended deliberation. The case went to the jury at seven o clock and continued late into the night with no decision.
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Colbeck
Louis
William P. “Dinty
Beck
Defendan
Havin
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