Girl Testifies Father Shot to Death in Trial
A detailed account of the August 24 shooting of Tom Finucane was given by 14 year old May Finucane at the trial of G W Stephens for murder in the Party-fifth district court. May described seeing her father shot from a window of an unfinished house and Stephens firing two additional shots after Finucane ran toward the door. She also recounted Stephens earlier threat to arrest neighbors over lumber theft and identified the scene at Louisiana street. The testimony followed Mrs Zelios describing Finucane's movements and Stephens appearing in the doorway as he fired.
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Tom Finucane
G. W. Stephens
May Finucane
Stebens
Stephens
Comnlaos Zelios
Finucane
Vinneane
Father
Stephens Elre
Finueane
W. Conner
May
Indh
Stephens Habeas Corpus
Vivuenne
Pinneatte
Conger
de Jonge
Tudge Taylor
L A. Finucane
T. L. Winneane
Thomas Herff Finn
Tayloe
Skies to be cloudy with unsettled weather across San Antonio
Forecasts show partly cloudy skies and unsettled conditions in San Antonio and vicinity with no temperature change. Temperatures range around 70s to 90s, light southerly winds, and scattered rain in Texas stations. The Washington bureau predicts normal temps and fair weather for the Gulf states aside from isolated thunder showers.
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San Antonio
J. Id. Darbue
Gulf States
Washington Weather Bureau
West Indies
Arizona
Kansas
Montana
Texas
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
United States
Galveston
Key West
Fla
Helena
Mont
Battle of the Alazan prompts police action near stockyards
Police describe the Battle of the Alazan as a pistol and knife incident that required a police and detective squad to quell. The fight began near a restaurant by the Union Stock Yards and stretched along Alazan creek for about a dozen blocks. Three men were hurt, with Hancock Neill Hyatt and others treated at a hospital.
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Alazan
Union Stock Yards
Alagan Creek
W. W. Hancock
W. Ff. Hyatt
Southolme Avenue
D. Neill
Johnson Street
Robert B. Given Memorial Hospital
Hancock
Neill
Hyatt
Eunh
Motorevern
Christoph
Buel Walton
Thoke
Althioush
Policw
Rochester
HighVeagey
Saunders Avenue
Tavork
Tulsa Motor Crash Fatalities Shatter Family
In Tulsa Oklahoma on September 22, 1900s, a car struck a tree during a return from a function, killing Palen County official Rosalia and grievously injuring Miss Rosalia Reynolds as she was rushed to hospital with a fractured skull.
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Tulsa
Ohda
Manger
Cotton Strike Ends in Orleans After Arbitration Refusal
The three week Cotton workers’ dispute in Orleans ends as warehousemen vote to end the strike. The union’s demand for arbitration was rejected by the workers, who chose to close the movement and return to work today.
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New Orleans
Betan
Orleans
Codtom Tarmilers
Weather outlook for San Attienie area weekend
Saturday night and Sunday partly cloudy with unsettled conditions near the coast. Maximum temperature around 90 degrees, with southerly winds in Texas and a similar pattern described for the Wahk area.
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San Attienie
Weather Snapshot for Tourists by City and State
City by city temperatures with brief conditions and wind directions. NOME WEATHER shows 66 degrees with southwester breeze, highs near 74, and lows around 61. Kane’s City reports 60s to low 70s, northern winds, highs around 70, lows near 50s. New York notes 62 degrees with northerly winds, lows near 60s. Washington offers 62 with northerly winds, recent high 84.
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Init
Kanes
Nouthy
Lawk
New York
Wighout
Washington
Leahia
Towent
Belle Ant
Wildness by Harper gives Indians early lead in Cleveland game
In New York, September 24, Harper's wild pitching for the Giants aided Cleveland as they built a five run lead against the Yankees into the sixth inning of the second game of the series. Uhle held New York scoreless through five, with Cleveland leading 5 to 0.
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New York
Harper
Cleveland
Shawkey
Uhle
Yankees
Evans
Wambsganss
Speaker
Wood
Gardner
Sewell
Burns
O'Neill
Rail car certificate sale funds railroad relief
Federal government sold railroad car trash certificates worth about 100,000,000 to Hankimg syndicates to replenish depleted railroad treasuries. Proceeds are reported as being applied to avert the financial strain from government control and to stabilize carriers under the railroad administration.
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New York
Hank- Img
United States
Railroad Administration
Belfast Riots Resume After Night of Disorder
Fire was renewed in Belfast districts affected by last night's disorders. A number of people were wounded and one man died after being run over by an armored car. The rioting was so severe that tram services were withdrawn from the troubled areas.
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Belfast
Overan
Disappearance records probe ties Ku Klux Klan case
Atlanta investigators expanded a grand jury inquiry into missing police records linked to the 1919 arrest of Ku Klux Klan leaders for disorderly conduct. Chief Beavers and Recorder Johnson were among fifteen witnesses summoned as officers pursue leads on the case. A separate notice reports a San Antonio flood search for two missing children, with no location found to date.
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Atlanta
Grand Jury
Edward YY. Clarke
Eligabeth Myler
Beavers
Recorder Johnson
Senate Finance Committee reports larger revenue from tax bill
Washington, Sept. 24. The tax revision bill as reported by the Senate Finance Committee is estimated to yield 88,524,000,000 this fiscal year, about 84,000,000 more than the House version. For the next fiscal year the report projects 2,735,700,000, up 75,000,000 from the House total, with government expenditures seen near 3,500,000,000 this year.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Finance
House
Woman mayor ousted as Henryetta reads new era
Henryetta residents foresee political harmony with a male government after the recall action that ended Minnie Southwick’s women led administration. The long fight began in 1920 with disputed elections and a village treasury dispute, leading to recall votes and ongoing strife before the ousting.
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Henryetta
Mich
Henrrietta
Minnie Southwick
Thenryetta
Hel
Nevada aviator pilots Polar Beay in Siberia flight
C Prost, a Nevada aviator, attempted a flight to Siberia aboard the biplane Polar Beay but was forced to turn back after encountering a severe storm as he started from Rukert Bo on September 24.
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Re Rukert
Q. Prost
Nevada
Siberia
Stor
True Bills Opposed in Fulton County Grand Jury
After witnesses testified, Solicitor General Boykin announced no true bills would be presented on charges tied to alleged disorderly conduct involving WY. Clarke and Mrs. Elizabeth Aler tied to the Ku Klux Klan. Mayor James Ta. Reyvo urged extending the inquiry to weights of Columbus.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Tierdhy
Boykin
Palive
WY. Clarke
Elizabeth 4Ler
Ku Klux Klan
James Ta. Rey
Two Men Hanged In Public Double Execution
A double execution occurred in View Pin Sept Y4 as Mittin Ponsell and Duke Martin were hanged for the murder of John Puggle. A crowd of about 10 000 witnessed the event. Both men admitted guilt before the hangings and a woman, possibly Jol Cagele, claimed she forgave Uren.
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Pin
Mittin Ponsell
Duke Martin
John Puggle
Persis Herberth
Joli Cagele
Uren
New Money Issued in Soviet Russia One to ten Million Ruble Bills
Mestnn Sept 24 reports the soviet announces a new issue of one, five, and ten million ruble notes payable only until July. The large denominations are needed to avoid carrying millions of rubles in small bills. At official rates the dollar is worth just under 40,000 rubles.
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Poverimens Sraiou
Veterans of Foreign Wars elect Woodside commander in chief
Pittsburg, Sept. 24. Captain Robert G. Woodside was elected commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the annual convention closing session here today. He received 828 votes to 213 for Colonel Huston of New York.
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Pitsburg
Detroit
Mich
Robert G. Woodside
Pittsburg
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woodside
Colonel Huston
New York
Ledoux Plans Push for War Profiteer Names to Harding
Urban Ledoux announced a trip to Washington to urge President Harding to publish a list of war profiteers earning over 100 percent profits. He will seek interviews with Harding and Hoover, offering meals and running human documents to urge relief for unemployed veterans and workers. Ledoux plans to travel to Buffalo Chicago and St Louis after Washington. Union Square workers meet to discuss aid for unemployed women, led by Miss Jesuit Rankin of Consumers League.
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New York
Urban Ledoux
Washington
Harding
Ledoux
Central Park
Secretary of
Commerce Hoover
White House
Buffalo
Chicago
St. Louis
Union Square
Jesuite Rankin
Consumers’ League
Cablegram reports Texas man held in Finnish jail
A cable from A. Pieper, a Texas rancher and planner of Mathis, says he is being held in solitary confinement in Kajana Finland. The message, routed through Department of Justice officials and sent unofficially, seeks verification of Pieper’s American citizenship and possible arrest details.
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Pieper
Mathis
Shell
Kajana
Dieper
Louis de Notte
Department of Justiee
Beeniman
Los Angels
Wits
Breniman
de Notte
Dete
Po Hce
Melsingfors
Espital
Finland
Texas
de Netto
Department of Justice
Brenmind
Los Angeles
Vi Yix Howl
Wong
Girl May Keep Ring After Engagem ent Ruling
Chicago reports a judge ruled that a woman may keep an engagement ring given by her fiancé. The case cites Miss Londonberg and Louis Agee as Miss Cota Shaeffer, with dates in August and September. Shaeffer contends the engagement was broken due to her going to diners without him.
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Chicago
Jeeps
Newcomer
Louis Agee
Insurgents Kill Reds Near Riga in 1920s Dispatch
A Riga-dated Abendblatt dispatch reports Adolphe Joffe once Russian commissioner to Germany and companions captured near Ilexsa to Wier were shot to death by Ukrainian insurgents. The report notes their execution by insurgents and places the event in the ongoing regional unrest.
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Berlin
Tehe Abendblatt
Riga
Adolphe Joffe
Ilexsa
Wier
Germany
Man Pleads Guilty in Highway Robbery Case
Ponta City Sept. 24. George Metay pleaded guilty to a highway robbery charge and was sent to the state penitentiary for 16 years. Court records show the theft amounted to 10 cents.
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Ponta City
Ola
George Metay
State Penitentiary
Woman seeks divorce over gun wooing at grave scene
Chicago Sept 2 Sylvia Christ 16 wife of Thomas Christ alleges a man wooed her with a firearm at a freshly made grave in a cemetery. He forced marriage promises then the couple wed an hour later and she seeks payment of the marriage.
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Chicago
Sylvia
Christ
Thomas Christ
Arbuckle Party in San Francisco Hearings Continue
The preliminary hearing of Hosene Fatty Arbuckle on murder charges in the Virginia Rappe case enters its third day in San Francisco. Witness Al Semmacher described a pajama party at the St Francis suite with Arbuckle, Lowell Sherman, and Mrs Delmont, many guests, liquor, and dancing as testimony continues.
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San Francisco
Cat
Hosene
Fatty” Arbuckle
Virginia
Sylvain Lazarus
al Seinnacher
Mies Rappe
Arbuckle
Semmacher
Lowell Sherman
Bambina Maude Velmont
Miss Rappe
Los Angeles
Po Fea
Semmachor
Hatel St. Francis
Tie
Rambina Delmont
Los Angels
Tawell Sherman
Ieva Bortloos
Quelmont
Zeb Prevost
Blake
Maek Taube
Arbackte
Sherman
Allin Piajumoy
Seamacher
Chile
Miss Campbell
Tsadare Golden
Semnacher
Olden
Hie
Sommarher
Mes. Taube
Boe
Naiye
Ar Hekle
Rescue Effort Gathers 500 Bodies From Oppau Plant Disaster
At Maubee Germany on September 24 more than 500 bodies have been recovered from the Badische plant ruins near Oppau. Some 300 persons reportedly remain missing. Two thousand injured, 400 seriously, are in temporary hospitals nearby. The scene resembles a war zone with shattered machines and debris. Authorities note thousands of tons of salts and gas tanks contributed to the blast. the chief engineer remains mystified. French guards and a cordon surround Oppau. the plant’s sentries are missing. Estimated material damage tops 1,000,000,000 marks with further damage reported in Worms Frankfort and Heidelberg.
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Maubee
Germany
Oppan
Oppau
Worms
Frankfort
Heidelberg
Declaration urged miners to honor agreements
Indianapolis Sept 24 delegates to the convention of the United Mine Workers of America ended Friday with President John L. Lewis urging action in cases to declare that the union holds its men to fulfill contracts with operators. He announced a federal court summons filed as a Borderlands Coat Company suit seeks to restrain union organizing in Mingo county West Virginia. The convention, marked by clashes between Lewis supporters and administration critics, adopted a resolution compelling Illinois miners to account for $27,000 spent in a two year old unauthorized strike and discussed orders from international officers to Kansas strikers to return to work.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ming Workers of America
Juhn Ll. Lewis
Opertlora
Lewis
Borderlands Coat Company
Mingo County
West Virginia
Ted
Karrington
Ilinois Ste Inter
Alexander Howitt
Kansas
Ilinois
Inemi
Ai Une
Hewat
Bank Cashier Killed in Glenview State Bank
Chicago reports the death of Irred Christansen, 24, cashier at Glenview State Bank in Glenview HL, found dead near the vault entrance with a bullet wound and revolver in hand but no cartridges fired. City detectives were dispatched to aid the investigation.
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Chicago
Lred Christansen
Glenview State Bank
Qlenview
Glenview
Good Wife Should Be Good Cook Judge Tells Two Spouses
Judge Sabath urged action in two Chicago divorce cases over alleged poor cooking. One husband claimed his wife could only hard boiled eggs. the other said he received only fried food. He commented that well cooked food keeps the husband at home.
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Chicago
Sabath
Ondeman
Senate change in treaty can be validated
Washington dc Sept 24 administration officials say Germany acceptance may not be required to validate two reservations by the senate foreign relations committee to the Versailles treaty The aim is to keep German understanding intact while preserving U S domestic prerogatives on foreign commissions and property protections The senate adjourned after an eight hour session with plans to revisit anti beer legislation and ongoing treaty considerations including Germany Austria and Hungary accords
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Washington
D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Arsuet
Germany
Svniator Lodge
United States
Congress
Asie Oal
Senate
Ameriega Commissiadors
Supreme Couneil
Harvey
Harding
Sonator Lodge
Massachusetts
Republic Ean
Cierny
Avisttin
Hiezary
Begon
Sid
Pede
Ciry
Stenting
South Dakota
Stanley
Kentucky
Heed
Democrat
Missouri
Avormm
Lasker Names Aide to Key Shipping Board Posts
In Washington on September 24 the appointment of Fury W Simball of New York City as financial vice president of the shipping board was announced by Chairman Lasker. The move completes a six person leadership and merges the treasurer and comptroller roles. Sidney Henry of Baltimore was named commercial manager, funded by the board.
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Washington,d. C
Fury Wsimball
New York City
Shipping Board
France approves agenda for Washington conference talks
Paris reports France approves the entire agenda for the Washington conference on armaments and Far Eastern affairs as submitted to the government by Meron T. Herrick, the American ambassador, according to statements in high official quarters.
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Paris
France
Meron T. Herrick
Vridas
Daylight Saving Time Ends in New York
New York city clocks will set back one hour to Eastern Standard Time at 2:00 a m Sunday marking the end of daylight saving for the season.
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New York
Clorka
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