Irish and British Clash in Formal London Conference
In London on October 12 unofficial word said the Irish conference could succeed, with hearty but formal greetings between rival delegations. Subjects and procedures dominated talks, no stenographers attended, and no notes were kept. Sinn Fein figures present included Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins, Robert Barton, Eamon Duggan, and George Duffy.
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London
Sinn Fein
Arthur Griffith
Michael Collins
Irish Republican Army
Mrs Southard Testimony On Funeral Day Flight Escape Claim
In Twin Falls Idaho on October 12 during Edward F Meyer’s funeral Mrs Lyda Southard then Mrs Meyer packed a suitcase and remarked she planned to go to San Francisco or Los Angeles and would not be found there according to trial testimony in her murder case.
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Twin Falls
Idaho
Edward F. Meyer
Lyda Southard
Meyer
San Francisco
Los Angeles
John Spencer Begins Serving Life Sentence
John A. Spencer, convicted in Lakeport for the murder of his wife whose body was found in a lake, arrived at San Quentin and began serving a life term.
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San Quentin
Cal
John A. Spencer
Lakeport
Tragedy of Mock Marriage Ends in Dual Death
In Kansas City, H. W. Slick a 38 year old shoe salesman shot and fatally wounded Hazel Maston a 24 year old woman then killed himself. Slick had reportedly undergone a marriage ceremony with the victim though he was already married.
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Kansas City
H. W. Slick
Hazel Maston
Slick
Flames Lick Up Gin Stolen from a Train
Auto mobile bandits stopped an express train near Reading on the Santa Fe line and loaded their car with about a score or more cases of gin from Chicago to San Francisco. A fire in the car ignited by the blaze burned the remaining liquor while police saved ten cases. The bandits fled after efforts to extinguish the flames.
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Streator
Ill
Santa Fe
Reading
Chicago
Francisco
Monarchists Appeal for Support in Germany
Berlin reports that after three years of the republic monarchists persist in arguing that the old times were better. Ultra republican press calls for banning Hohenzollerns to solidify the republic, while imperial emblems remain common. Vorwaerts complains authorities tolerate them as an ongoing tension.
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Berlin
German Republic
France
Social Democratic Party
Discovery of Iron Ore Valley Near Lake Athabasca
Edmonton dispatch reports Norman C. Butterfield and E A Butterfield claim a valley of near pure iron on Lake Athabasca shores. They say the ore assays 64.36 percent and that 5,000,000 tons lie on the surface ready for shipment without mining.
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Edmonton
Alta
Lake Athabasca
Norman C. Butterfield
E.A. Butterfield
Shots fired at Klan official home in Atlanta
Five shots were fired at the home of Mrs Elizabeth Tyler assistant to Edward Young Clarke Imperial Klansman. Police said no one was hurt though several shots hit the house. In New York City the Board of Aldermen condemned the Ku Klux Klan and similar intolerant groups as sedition and disorder.
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Atlanta
Elizabeth Tyler
Edward Young Clarke
Imperial Keagle
Ku Klux Klan
Mo Oie
New York
Board of Altermen
Preacher Says Ku Klux Klan Hinders Negro Progress
Washington on October 12 8 J Watson a colored preacher from Chicago told the House rules committee that the Ku Klux Klan harms black advancement by using fear and terror to break down morale The preacher said the Klan claims negroes seek social equality which he called unwarranted.
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Washington
J. Watson
Chicago
House Rules Committee
Ku Klux Klan
Watson
Twelve Injured as Motor Truck Goes Off Highway
Spokane reporter details a motor stage crash between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene where a front tire blowout caused the vehicle to leave the highway and overturn in an orchard. Twelve people were injured in the morning incident about 13 miles from Spokane.
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Spokane
Wash
Here
Coeur d'Alene
Iron Hand of Japanese Now Held on China
London newspapers discuss conference. Canton, China, Oct. 12. Dr Sun Yat Sen, leader of the South China government, warned that Japan’s 21 demands on China and any secret Peking Tokio pacts would block the Washington conference settlement of Far Eastern questions. He said China is shackled by Japanese influence over the Peking administration.
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Canton
China
Sun Yat Sen
South China
Peking
Tokio
Washington
Sun Yat Sep
London journals press Washington armament talks stance
London editors intensify focus on the Washington conference and Far East questions as Lloyd George opts out and potential delegation leader A. J. Balfour is discussed. Papers warn of Pacific rivalry if no accord emerges, stressing British stake in regional security.
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London
Lloyd George
A. J. Balfour
Daily Telegraph
Pacific
Atlantic
Great Britain
Germany
Washington
Japan
United States
Democratic National Committee to Meet in St Louis
Chairman George White issued a call for the Democratic National Committee to convene in St Louis Missouri on November 1. Copies were sent to each member. the committee comprises one man and one woman from every state and territory, with remote members notified by telegraph.
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Washington
George White
Democratic National Committee
St. Louis
National Committee
United States
American Seaman Stabbed and Killed in Tampico
Henry LaFlamne, an American crew member of the United States Shipping Board’s Salem County, was stabbed and killed by an unidentified Mexican at Tampico last Saturday. The American representative in Tampico wired Mexico City seeking prosecution of the murderer.
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Washington
Henry LaFlamne
United States Shipping Board
Salem County
Tampico
Mexico City
Davis Sees U S Recovery As Nation Reels To Power
Elwood Indiana October 12 Secretary of Labor James J Davis told an audience the country has reached an understanding after a period of industrial gloom and will soon regain the old electric energy. Davis once worked as a tin mill laborer and served as city clerk in Elwood.
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Elwood
Indiana
James J. Davis
Davis
Press Congress of the World opens in Honolulu
Dr Walter Williams, president of the Press Congress of the World, receives a message from T R Williams, head of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, greeting the gathering. The note calls for international cooperation among editors and publishers as a step toward world-wide good will and public understanding.
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Honolulu
Walter Williams
Press Conress of the World
T. R. Williams
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
T Hd Press Congress of the World
Newspapermen of
America
Defense Claims Can Prove Dr Brumfield Insane
Roseburg Oregon October 12 Dexter Rice counsel for Dr R M Brumfield charged with the murder of Dennis Russell said he would prove Brumfield was insane on July 13. He added the state would not show Brumfield killed Russell. The jury viewed the crime scene yesterday. Danny Campbell who found the wrecked and burned auto was the first witness.
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Roseburg
Ore
Dexter Rice
R. M. Brumfield
Dennis Russel
Dr. Brumfield
Rice
Brumfield
Dennis Russell
Danny Campbell
Express Robber Wanted Is Now Held in Montana
ST. LOUIS Mo Oct 12 The police are prepared to extradite Arthur Davis reported under arrest at Plenty Wood Montana He is wanted for complicity in the hold up of an American Express Company wagon at Granite City Illinois June 20 when 17520 was stolen.
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ST. Louis
Arthur Davis
Plenty Wood
Montana
American Express Company
Granite City
Illinois
Washington City offers naval aviation base site
On October 12 Washington state city of Charleston offers a harbor site for a naval aviation base to the government. The Chamber of Commerce presented the proposal to the House Navy Committee.
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Washington State
Washington
Charleston Harbor
Charleston
Wash
Chamber of Commerce
House Navy Committee
Mays Drops Second Game on Tough Day for Pitching
Carl Mays, whose underhand ball proved inferior to Douglas spitter today, loses his second decision in three games. Mays pitched three games and has now lost two.
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Carl Mays
Douglas’ Spitter
Mays
Ohio Man Nominated To Succeed Democrat
President Harding nominates George W. Upton of Warren Ohio a businessman to join the Federal Trade Commission to fill the seat of John G Pollard a Democrat in Washington on October 12.
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Ohio
Washington
Harding
George W. Upton
Warren
Federal Trade Commission
John G. Pollard
Five Children Burned To Death In Pine Center Fire
Bagley Minnesota October 12 five children of Nels Nelson oldest fourteen perished in a blaze that consumed Pine Center general store and the postoffice destroying the building and leaving a shattered small town in shock.
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Bagley, Minn
Nels Nelson
Pine Center
Here
Giants Edge Yankees In Nerve-Wracking Pitchers Battle
The New York Giants beat the Yankees 2 to 1 at Polo Grounds in a tense afternoon game. Douglas allowed the deciding runs as Ward's error and Snyder's double produced the go ahead score in the seventh. Meusel and Young contributed key RBIs for the Giants with a late Baker homer. The series stands Giants 4, Yankees 3, with five needed to win.
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Giants
Burns
Bancroft
Frisch
Young Rf
Kelly
Meusel Rawlings
Snyderci
Douglas
Yankees
Fewster
Peck
Sesiaeses
Yanks
Polo Grounds
New York City
Carl Mays
Ward
Snyder
Yankee
McGraw
Slim Sallee
Sallee
Cinginawli
White Sox
Columbus Day
Pipp
McNally
Young
Meusel
Maya
Rawlings
Baker
Women With Apartments Being Sought For Wives
Paris reports a matrimonial agency interview praising furnished apartments for brides to be. War widows remarry easily. young men prize educated doctors. Parents seek engineers, architects, professors, or lawyers. women favor artists though rare. Offered fortunes range up to 250,000 francs. Daughters of retired rich peasants lead applicants as women outnumber men two to one.
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Paris
Excelsior
Frances
Bureau
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Ead
John Spencer
Arctic
Ben
Claude Roundtree
Petersburg
Alaska
Roundtrees
KLAN
Imp.Keagle
Far East
American Newspaper Publishers Association
National League
Fenster
Miller
Mensel
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