Mooney Case Reopened Urged by Wilson Commission
The Wilson commission urges that the Mooney case be reopened to settle doubts about the process of the trial rather than guilt. It notes concerns over witness credibility, possible bribery, and the frame up theory, while acknowledging the mass of evidence supporting conviction. The report prompts renewed calls for a new trial and has influenced official steps toward reopening.
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San Francisco
Cal
T Wilson
Commission of Tors
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
Thomas Mooney
Billings
Oxman
Wilson
Stephens
California
Americans smash Hindenburg line in Champagne drive near Verdun
West of Verdun on Sept 28, American forces charged past the Hindenburg line with tanks and infantry advancing from Varennes toward Bourevillers and Cheppy. Tanks blasted dugouts, prisoners were taken, and a South Dakota farm boy recounts a near miss amid the rapid breakthrough.
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Frank J. Taylor
Verdun
Hindenburg
Varennes
No Man's Land
Varennes Road
Bocie
Cheppy
South Dakota
Ruble Trader Builds Fortune From Exchange Rate Gaps
A Russian in Japan amasses a fortune by buying rubles where cheap and selling where dear as they vary across Harbin Vladivostok and Shanghai. He reportedly earns about a million rubles every four months equal to around $500 000. The scheme needs large capital and skill in exchange rates. The Siberian expedition could affect his operation.
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Stockholm
Russia
Japan
Harbin
Vladivostok
Shanghai
Siberia
Oil Strike In San Francisco Shocks Harbor Works
Workmen on the Embarcadero trenching for a railroad line struck oil yesterday. Wight barrels of fuel oil were removed, with both a contractor and the harbor board claiming ownership. Oil valued at $1.60 per barrel.
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San Francisco
Embarcadero
Harbor Board
Five Histories Are Barred by California Board
Sacramento, Sept. 28. Five high school history texts were banished from California schools by action of the state board of education after reviewing for German propaganda. The discarded titles include Myers Medieval and Modern History, Myers General History, Robinson Medieval and Modern Times 1916 edition, Robinson and Beard Outlines of European History part two, and Botsford Short History of the World.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
State Board of Education
Germany
Myers
Robinson
Robinson and Beard
Botsford
Missing Body Mystifies Seattle Police
Seattle police investigated a reported body of a Chinese woman found at 516 12th Ave South. The caller claimed she had shot herself or was murdered, but officers found no body on arrival. An unknown party later confirmed the body remained at the scene, prompting further detective work.
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Seattle
C. W. Barnhill
Madison St
Seattle Electric Co
12Th Ave. S
Two Workers Die at City Hospital in Separate Incidents
J. J. McDonald a longshoreman walked into a police station Tuesday morning with a crushed skull claiming an iron bar assault and died at midnight in the City Hospital. Anthony Bava a shipyard worker, 30, died after being crushed under a rear wheel of a truck Friday afternoon. he had a broken hip and internal injuries and died soon after arrival at the hospital.
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J. J. McDonald
Anthony Bava
Columbia Sr
James Hoge Re elected Treasurer of ABA at Chicago Convention
James D. Hoge, chairman of the board of Union Savings and Trust Co of Seattle, was reelected treasurer of the American Bankers' Association at the annual convention in Chicago Friday night.
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James D. Hoge
Union Savings and Trust Company of
Seattle
American Bankers’ Association
Chicago
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