German Zeppelin Expert Testifies at Board Hearing
Capt. Anton Heinen former German Zeppelin pilot testified to the Shenandoah Inquiry Board that the disaster was avoidable. He blamed the crew in charge during the flight and cited reducing safety valves as a key factor. Heinen defended his own competence to handle the storm and named informants who aided his testimony.
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Coolidge
Zeppelin
Lakehurst
Anton Heinen
Heinen
Foley
Lakehart
Naval Court
Benjamin Hereth
Shenandoah
James Work
Lansdowne
U S Telegraph System Urged For Economy
Washington officials push congressional authorization for a general federal telegraph message system after a voluntary interagency program using army and navy links showed cost savings. Director Lord estimates over $13 000 monthly saved in handling government dispatch traffic.
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Washington
Budget Bureau
Congress
Lord
Federal prison to manufacture shoes for army and navy
Fort Leavenworth Kansas will open a million dollar shoe factory inside the prison walls next January. Warren F Goldthwaite will supervise. The plant will employ 240 convicts, teach a trade, and share profits with the government while supplying army navy and other federal institutions.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Army
Navy
Warren F. Goldthwaite
Man Power
Five Americans Named Life Members of Interparliamentary Union
Washington reports five Americans hold life membership in the Interparliamentary Union, with Elihu Root of New York among them. Others listed are William D. B. Ainey of Harrisburg Pennsylvania Burton of Ohio Warren J. Keifer of Springfield Ohio and Richard Bartholdt of St Louis.
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Washington
Interparliamentary Union
Capitol
Elihu Root
New York
William D. 8B Ainey
Harrisburgh
Penn
Sylvania
Public Service Commission
Union
Far East
Burton
Ohio
House
Senate
American Group of Interparliamentary Union
Warren J. Keifer
Springfield
Richard Bartholdt
St. Louis
Hemisphere
Ariel missionary motorship wrecked for second time
In Nome on October 1 report says the Ariel was wrecked September 25 about 14 miles east of Point Spencer while en route from Teller to Nome. The crew is safe. skins and ivory cargo damaged with some salvageable. Rev Hoijer Alfred Eklund and two Eskimos remain at the wreck. Ernest Bowman has not been heard from since last Saturday.
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Nome
Ariel
Point Spencer
Alfred Eklund
Ernest Bowman
Lone Masked Bandit Robs Passengers on Train
A lone masked bandit boarded the Missouri Pacific passenger train in Omaha yards last night and robbed 25 passengers before escaping with an unknown amount. He forced the negro porter to search passengers for valuables.
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Omaha
Missouri Pacific
Dies with Lips Sealed Regarding His Accident
ABERDEEN Wash Oct 1 J C Clothier found beaten tied hand and foot gagged near a road died in local hospital He refused to reveal circumstances of his injuries and only gave his name after mill company officials identified him.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Navy fliers dissatisfy testimony before air board
Washington Oct 1 Lt Commander R R Papack of the Bureau of Aeronautics told the Coolidge Air Board that most junior officers hesitated to testify. He said 60 to 70 percent of navy fliers favored a separate air corps but the drive for an independent air service faded. Lt John Small declared unrest marked the Navy Air Service due to repeated issues brought to officials with little action.
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Washington
R. R. Papack
Bureau of Aeronautics
Coolidge Air Board
Navy
John Small
Navy Air Service
La Follette Not to Be Recognized by GOP
De Terra Haute Ind Oct 1 United States Senator James F E Watson told a Republican rally that Robert La Follette Jr will not be recognized as Republican Senator and will not join the Interstate Commerce Committee held by his father. He said the younger La Follette campaigned by lambasting President Coolidge and the Republican Party.
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de Terra Haute
Ind
United States
James F E. Watson
Robert la Follette, Jr
Interstate Commerce Committee
Young la Follette
President Coolidge
Republican Party
Watson
Chief of Rum Runners Believed Under Arrest
SAN FRANCISCO Oct 1 federal officers believe Jacob Woitt one of the chief executives of Canadian California rum smugglers has been arrested and freed on $20000 bond. Woitt previously jumped $4000 bail in Seattle on liquor charges.
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San Francisco
Cal
Jacob Woitt
Woitt
Seattle
World's Long Distance Record Broken on G. N.
Locomotive 2517 of the Great Northern Railroad set a world long distance record by traveling 3,600 miles from Seattle to St. Paul and back in 110 hours. It carried 18 express silk cars to the east and returned with nine cars including a mail car.
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Seattle
Great Northern Railroad
St. Paul
Japan
New Fisheries Elevator Approved by Bureau of Fisheries
Experts from the United States Bureau of Fisheries have approved a fisheries elevator tested by University of Washington Fisheries Director Cobb and Edgar Sims, chairman of the State Fisheries Commission. The water shaft includes automatic gates at top and bottom and is part of the Priest Rapids Dam project tied to the lower Columbia River salmon interests, a $100,000,000 power irrigation venture.
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Seattle
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Cobb
University of Washington Department of Fisheries
Edgar Sims
State Fisheries Commission
Columbia River
Priest Rapids
Start Raising Wrecked Craft Bulletin New London
Oct 1 bulletin from New London reports Monarch and Century failed to raise sunk submarine 8-61 despite favorable weather. Camden crane ships attached to submarine 8-61 at 11:45 am, but life was not believed to remain aboard. Rear Admiral Christy stated no hope of life overnight.
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New London
Monarch
Century
Camden
Christy
Lfe
Aleutian Threat Warns of Winter Air Attack
Lieut. N. Wade, a renowned world flyer, testifies before the Coolidge Air Board about Mitchells remarks on a potential air attack on the United States via the Aleutian Islands. He notes there are two seasons on the Aleutians, this winter and next, underscoring strategic concerns.
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Washington
Lieut. N. Wade
Coolidge Air Board
Mitchell
America
Aleutian Islands
Deputies Not Implicated In Jail Delivery
Seattle dispatch reports after a full day of questioning T H Johnson stated no deputy from the sheriff's office or city police were involved in the jail break on September 15 when six prisoners escaped. James Fanning is identified as one of three Nanaimo bank robbers by Dr J J Wahlstrom, who was in Queen City Bank during the robbery. Wahlstrom could not identify Johnson. Johnson will be turned over to Canadian authorities for trial upon receipt of extradition papers.
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Seattle
T. H. Johnson
Johnson
Nanaimo
James Fanning
Queen City
J. J. Wahlstrom
Wahlstrom
Mexican government files $50,000 claim over 1919 lynching
Pueblo Calif October 1 The Mexican Government filed a claim for 50 000 against the United States following the lynching of Jose Gondzales and Santos Cortez on September 13 1919 after they admitted killing a policeman.
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Pueblo
Cal
United States
Joseph Gondzales
Santos Cortez
Jail Breaker Confesses To Making Guns In Prison Escape
Seattle October 1 The Post Intelligencer published T V Johnsons account of a jail break in which six men escaped He described making improvised guns from wood tin cans spoons and fountain pen parts The guns were assembled with chewing gum and shoe polish He led jailer Morgan at gunpoint then to the back door of the corridor with a spear at his back Sheriff Matt Starwich calls the tale a mass of lies.
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Seattle
the Post Intelligencer
T. Vf. Johnson
Johnson
Morgan
Matt Starwich
Fake Mine Promoters Under Attack in Seattle Meeting
Seattle Oct 1. F C Fox Alaska mining man urged curbing of shoestring stock promoters at Seattle Mining Club meeting. Maurice D Leehey, club president, announced plans to oust men discrediting the industry to protect the mining sector.
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Seattle
F. C. Fox
Alaska
Seattle Mining Club
Maurice D. Leehey
New Strike at Mayo Caribou Claim
Mayo October 1 Joseph A Walsh opened up high grade ore on the Caribou claim and two men sacked two tons there in one day.
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Mayo
Joseph A. Walsh
Caribou
President to Decide France War Debt Settlement
Washington, Oct. 1. Secretary Mellon disclosed the rejection of the French debt proposals after talks with President Coolidge. Caillaux would return to the White House with French views. France offered payments totaling 5 billion dollars with annual installments over five to seven years, followed by larger yearly sums.
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Washington
Mellon
Coolidge
Caillaux
White House
French Debt Agreement Stalemate With Caillaux Refusal
Washington reports that after a brief session the French and American Debt Commissions agreed on a five year plan allowing talks toward a permanent settlement. France would pay the United States 40 million dollars annually for five years as interest, but Finance Minister Caillaux refused to sign, saying he could only settle the debt fully and finally.
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Washington
France
United States
Caillaux
World War Veteran from Alaska Arrested and Released
Anthony Cotton, a World War II veteran, was arrested in Bellingham for allegedly making a false claim with the Veterans Bureau after arriving from Kodiak Island aboard the Admiral Watson. He was released on his own recognizance, exiting with his wife who fainted on learning of the arrest. arraignment set for Monday.
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Seattle
Anthony Cotton
Veterans’ Bureau
Bellingham
Kodiak Island
Admiral Watson
Cotton
Flapper Lingerie Debate Aboard The President Lincoln
In San Francisco on October 1 the debate over flapper fashion erupts aboard the Dollar liner President Lincoln as Australian visitor Mrs Harold Ripper and San Francisco’s Miss Doris Wakely clash on whether red flannel lingerie fits the flapper image The two travelers argue their cases during an eight month Antipodes tour and joke about climate and clothing choices with fellow passengers.
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San Francisco
Harold Ripper
Melbourne
Australia
Doris Wakely
Ripper
America
Miss Wakely
Mrs. Ripper
Mrs. Ripner
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Margaret Sutherstand
Margaret Sutherland
West Virginia
Chicago
Federal Prison
Teller
la Follette
G.O.P
G. N
Bureau Fisheries
Society Girl
CFE
Olivia Ames
Boston
Prince of Wales
Athens
Pride’s Crossing
Mass
U.S
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