Mahoney Guilty Murder Trial Opens in World Series
Alleged California priest killer Mahoney goes on trial as fans at Polo Grounds await the 1920 World Series opener between the Giants and Yankees. New York headlines note the NL champions lost to Brooklyn, while the Browns take third in the AL and Detroit falls to Cleveland. Ruth eyes the homer mark as Lanis predicts a close series with nine games likely.
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Yankees
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Nationals
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Browns
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Cleveland
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Detroits
Ty Cobb
Neisman
Babe Ruth
Sister
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Speaker
Ruth
English girl from Dewsbury becomes magistrate judge
Miss Polly Dews, a Dewsbury factory girl and loom weaver, has been appointed a Judge of the Magistrate Court. She had never entered a courtroom before this appointment, marking a notable ascent from mill work to the bench in England.
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Polly Dews
Dewsbury
England
Miss Dews
Gardner false alarm sparks border search
Deputy sheriffs crossed into Tijuana on October 2 in pursuit of Roy Gardner after two youths identified a man from newspaper pictures as the escaped mail robber. The clue led investigators to the border town and a southbound lead was checked.
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Los Angeles
Tijuana
California
Roy Gardner
Bakersfield
Man Impersonator Hoax Reported Near Gardner Case
Late this afternoon a man arrived at headquarters claiming to be the man riding south with two youths and said he was Gardner as a hoax. All officers sent to the countrysides have been recalled.
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Los Angeles
Gardner
Congregation Flew to Church in Fort Frockett Service
In Galveston on October 3, army officers reported an historic event a full congregation arrived for worship by air. Ellenton Field officers and staff traveled to Galveston in 18 government planes for a special service at Fort Frockett near Houston, marking the first time an entire congregation attended by airplane.
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Tex
Fort Frockett
Ellentown Field
Houston
Taft Calls Unitarian Meeting in Detroit
Judge Taft urges North American Unitarians to attend the 29th biennial General Conference in Detroit opening tomorrow. Delegates from 400 parishes will discuss expansion, missionary work, and responses to liberal tendencies, amid debates on atheistic humanism and church relevance.
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Detroit
Mich
General Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches
United States
Canada
Christian Keister
William Howard Taft
United States Supreme Court
North America
A Unitarian
Railroad Strike Not Settle Before October 10
Chicago October 3 The railway unions will take no action on the strike before October 10 and perhaps longer. This was stated by B M Jewell head of the Railway Employees department of the American Federation of Labor after a conference with executives of sixteen railway organizations.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
Tentative Program of Conference
Washington Oct 3 tentative agenda for disarmament conference transmitted to invited powers. Topics include naval armament limits rules for new warfare agencies land armament Pacific and Far East issues on China territorial integrity open door equal opportunity and economic privileges developments in railways rail rates status of commitments and mandated islands with related Siberia questions.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Far Eastern
China
Siberia
Islands
Seek Important Witness In Southard Murder Case
Twin Falls Idaho October 3 The state seeks Lester Thornberg a former Twin Falls resident and friend of Mrs Lyda Southard as a new witness in the murder trial. Thornberg reportedly spoke freely of his desire to marry her and had been close to the defendant before her marriage to Edward F Meyer.
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Twin Falls
Ida
Lester Thornberg
Lyda Southard
Edward F. Meyer
Thornberg
Twenty Five Miles of Track Lost in California Flood
A cloudburst flood in the mountains swept away 25 miles of California Southern Railroad tracks last night, cutting off communication with outside points. Blythe California.
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Blythe
Cal
California Southern Railroad
Western senators seek steps to boost gold production
Twenty one Western senators urged Secretary Mellon to raise American gold production to defend the monetary standard and aid commercial interests relying on gold, arguing for measures to increase output.
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Washington
Mellon
Colored Manicurist Becomes First Black Aviatrix
New York reports Miss Bessie Coleman, 20, a former Chicago manicurist, has completed training in France and returned as a full-fledged aviatrix. She is said to be the first Black woman to fly, marking a historic milestone after ten months abroad studying aviation.
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New York
Bessie Colman
Chicago
Europe
France
Hightower Goes to Trial in Priest Murder Case
William A. Hightower, itinerant baker and casual laborer, goes on trial in Redwood City for the murder of Rev. Patrick Heslin, a Coloma Catholic priest. Juror examination began, with a full panel expected by tomorrow. the case arose after Heslin was summoned for the last rites and disappeared following a muffled visitor.
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Patrick Heslin
California
Redwood City
Cal
William A. Hightower
Coloma
Patrick KE. Heslin
Father Heslin
San Francisco
David Bispham Dies Suddenly in New York
David Bispham, renowned baritone and lyric writer, died suddenly at his residence in New York. Born January 5, 1857 in Philadelphia, he debuted with the Royal English Opera Company and performed at Covent Garden and the Metropolitan Opera. He helped found the Society of American Singers and shaped English classic operas and songbooks for schools and communities.
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New York
David Bispham
West 44Th Street
Philadelphia
Royal English Opera Company
Convent Garden
Metropolitan Opera Company
Society of American Singers
Bispham
Australians urged to keep Australia a White Country
Lord Northcliffe issued an urgent appeal in Sydney calling on Australians to keep Australia a White Country and to encourage white immigrants to settle there. He warned that without such migration Australia could be overtaken by Asiatics.
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London
Australia
Sydney
Lord Northcliffe
Ku Klux Klan Parade Ends in Gun Fight Near Waco
In Lorez, 14 miles south of Waco, Texas, a gun fight wounded five people after a Ku Klux Klan parade. Sheriff Bob Buchanan of McLennan County was seriously wounded as about 50 knights clashed with a sheriff's posse. The Grand Jury will investigate the incident.
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Waco
Texas
Sheriff's
Lorez
Here
Knights
Bob Buchanan
McLellan County
President Harding Reviews Marines at Historic Field
On the Civil War battlefield site in Wilderness Run Vic President Harding reviewed Marine field forces and voiced pride in them as a key part of national defense.
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Wilderness Run
Vic
Harding
Former King William the Second Dies in Stuttgart
Former King William the Second of Wartburg dies in Stuttgart Germany at age unspecified, ending a long royal era. He passed away on October 3 in the German city, with reports confirming his death today.
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Stuttgart
Germany
William
Wartburg
Red Cross convention opens in Columbus with high profiles
National Red Cross convention kicks off in Columbus for a five day session with leaders from many fields. Dr Livingston Farrand of Cornell will preside at the October 4 welcome meeting as Dr W O Thompson of Ohio State speaks. Governor Harry I Davis and Mayor James J Thomas attend the event.
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National Red Cross
Red Cros
Livingston Farrand
Central Committee of the American Redress
Cornell University
Jury finds Mahoney guilty of first degree murder
Seattle, Oct 3 James E Mahoney was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death by a Seattle jury. The verdict came after the body of his wife Mrs Kate Mahoney was found in a trunk in Lake Union. He faced charges of killing his 67 year old spouse after marrying Feb 10. Evidence showed lime was bought to pack the body for identification. His sister collapsed in the courtroom during the verdict return.
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Seattle
Wash
James E. Mahoney
Mahoney
Kate Mahoney
Dolores Johnson
Lake Union
Alaska
Protection Is Wanted by Hard Working Hold-up Man
EVANSTON NL Oct 3 Police protection for honest hard working hold-up men is asked in a letter received today by Chief of Police C Y Leggett signed simply A Hold Up Man Two nights ago I prepared to hold up a swell looking fellow but he kicked me in the stomach took my gun away and beat me If people being held up continue to act that way I will have to go into some other business Chief Leggett announced that Evanstons hold up men will let me know of each contemplated hold up far enough in advance to see that a policeman is sent to give protection to his victim
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Evanston
C. Y. Leggett
Leggett
President Obregon Urges Press to Stamp Out Gambling
President Obregon appeals to the press to aid in banning gambling. He notes a decree months ago forbidding gambling houses, but local authorities have invoked sovereignty and permit games of chance. Newspapers say they will support the president.
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Mexico City
Obregon
French Parly Decorated with U S Medal of Honor
Paris October 3 United States awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor to the unknown French soldier buried beneath the Arch of Triumph General John J Pershing presided over the ceremony with an immense crowd including President Millerand The event paid the highest tribute to the fallen poilu and the French nation expressed gratitude through this memorial act
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United States
John J. Pershing
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