Five Suspects Held In Memphis Ford Payroll Robbery
Five suspects were held by police in Memphis in connection with yesterday's attempted robbery at the Ford plant paymaster's office. The incident killed three police and wounded four others, with more arrests sought as authorities warned of a civic meeting to aid law enforcement.
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Memphis, Tenn
Otor Company
Ice
Memphis Chamber of Commerce
S. Harris
E. L. Deckinger
Aolice
Vincent Lucarini
Aoase
Collierville
Nashville
Polk A. Carra
Kent
Okla
Howard L. Gamble
Ford Country
Body of Lost Priest Found On Sea Coast
The body of Father Patrick E Heslin, missing Colma priest, was found buried at the base of a sand cliff near Salada beach about 20 miles south of San Francisco. He had been murdered with a bullet to the heart and scalp torn away. Exhumation was conducted by Chief O'Brien, Constable Landini, four reporters, and William Hightower, who tracked a tip from Dolly Mason of Salt Lake City. Police seek Mason as a foreigner implicated in the case and threats against the Catholic church.
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San Francisco
Patrick E. Heslin
Colma
Daniel O'Brien
S. A. Landini
William A. Hightower
Hightower
Dolly Mason
Ald
Governor Small Targets “Character Assassins” in Push to Fight Prosecution
Springfield Illinois August 11 Governor Len Small says he will strike back at character assassins he claims are trying to ruin him. He plans to expose alleged protected vice and crime and targets Sheriff Henry Mester and State’s Attorney Mortimer. He weighs three legal options: change of venue appeal to the supreme court or habeas corpus to free him.
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Springfield
Len Small
Henry Mester
Small
Mortimer
Fred Mortimer
Sangamon
Supreme Court
Gotham Maniac Attacks Woman in Wall Street Crowd
A man known as the Woman Beater attacked a woman in a noon crowd on Wall Street triggering a near panic as bystanders shouted. He fled before pursuers could catch him, with a prior Battery Place assault linked to the same suspect.
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Gotham Maniac
Woman
New York
Wall Street
Battery Place
Boy Hangs Self In Attempted Gallows Display
Edward Bodden eleven year old son of Captain Charles Bodden of 9 Kenneth Street was severely strangled when a rope he tied to a porch awning around his neck failed to reach the floor. He was cut down by a servant, revived by a local physician, and remained unconscious overnight before improving this morning. The incident occurred as he demonstrated to playmates how prisoners were executed by hanging.
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Edward Bodden
Charles Bodden
Kenneth Street
Mobile Infirmary
Bodden Wiso
Forbes Offers Ray of Hope to Disabled Men
Col Forbes new head of the veterans bureau promises a square deal for disabled soldiers. He vows to end private schemes offering cures or vocational placement for pay, protect wards of the government, and shut down rotten facilities. He will tour 600 veterans institutions to evaluate which should remain open or be closed.
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Russfl Browning
United Press
Washington
Aus
Phil
Armh
Col
Chas
RS Forbes
Direcor
Veterbureau
Col. Forbes
Forbes
Walter Reed Hospital
A. EB. F
Charley
Joe
Poe
United States
Harding selects Wood for Philippine governorship
Major General Leonard Wood is reported by White House sources to have been selected by President Harding to serve as governor general of the Philippines. A Senate bill by Wadsworth is understood to have the administration’s backing, clarifying that active army officers may hold civil office in territories.
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Washington
Oral Leonard Wood
Harding
Gover
Philippines
General Wood
Man Wadsworth
Senate
Fratricide Suspect Arrested After Florence Shooting
Florence reports say Mann Walker twenty was shot and killed by cus Baggett twenty three at Rogersville. Baggett is under arrest. He allegedly resented Walker's attentions to his sister, a fight followed her separation attempt, and Baggett fired over his shoulder.
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Florence
Mann Walker
Cus Baggett
Rogersville
Baggett
Baget
Walker
Farquhar Arrives in Port to Aid San Jose Survivors
San Diego Calif Aug 11 The destroyer Farquhar will reach port at 4 pm today to assist survivors of the stricken freighter San Jose which ran aground on the Lower California coast. The Griffin remains on standby after an unsuccessful attempt to tow the ship deeper water. The San Jose has nine inches of water in her hold.
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San Diego
Calif
Farquhar
New San Jose
California
Griffin
Bon Killed by His Father in Danville
Danville Georgia August 11 W T Webb 35 is dead after a fly row over a watch. Webb rushed a neighbor's house, borrowed a shotgun, and returned firing at family members wounding one. The father grabbed a gun and killed his son.
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Danville
W._Tebb
Webb
Oiher
Livestock Credit Pool Nears Completion Says Mellon
Walington August 2. Opera of the New York and Chicago pool for financing cattle loans is practically completed, Lec Mellon announced. Loans totaling about $20,000,000 have been extended to livestock growers and relief for the industry has been led. The pool originally estimated a need of about $35,000,000 for cattle loans.
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Walington
New York
Chicagoes
Lec
Mellon
Menon
Messenger robbed of cash by four bandits in Des Moines
Des Moines report says Joe Copperick messenger for Capital City State Bank was held up by four men in a car near the police headquarters and robbed of $6,000 in cash. The crime occurred less than two blocks from the police station.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Joe Copperick
Capital City State Bank
White Cross to Mark Edgar Death Spot in Atlanta
In Atlanta on August 11 the Junior Chamber plan to place a three foot white cross at West Peachtree and Fifth Streets to mark where J. Douglas Edgar, former Southern and Canadian open golf champion, was killed by a speeding vehicle. A second cross will mark the Fort McPherson railroad crossing where J. B. Tanner died, as part of No Accident Week. The coroner's inquest was postponed to gather more testimony on Edgar's fatal leg wound. The driver remains unidentified.
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Atlanta
West Peachtree
Fifth Streets
J. Douglas Edgar
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fort McPherson
J. B. Tanner
Norman Park
Edgar
Tellegen Farrar Battle Continues Amid Mutual Silence
In New York on August 11 attorneys for both sides signaled no armistice or peace in the Tellegen-Farrar dispute. The Farrar sector remains loosely defined with sightings at Chateaugay Lake and Jersey ports. Tellegen has stopped talking, while Geraldine Farrar has not spoken publicly.
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Ey York
Sumer
Miss Farrar
Chateaugay Lake
N. Y
Jersey Ports
Bronxville
New York
Tellegen
Geraldine
Jackson Barracks to Be Abandoned in New Orleans
Work to abandon Jackson barracks began today under Fourth Coast artillery orders. The army post will close within a month with 88 enlisted men and six officers affected. 16 men and all but one officer to be transferred. Closings also ordered for Algiers naval training station and Fort Jackson near the Mississippi.
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New Orleans
Jackson Barracks
Fourth Coast Artillery
Atlanta
Algiers
Fort &J. Philip Jackson
Mississippi
Jamaica Fruit Men Fight American Tax
Alarm in Kingston as U S Senate considers a two cent tax on each banana bunch and a tax on Jamaican coconuts. Protest to be lodged with Washington over the proposed levies.
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Jamaica Fruit
Kingston
Jamaica
United States Senate
Washington
Black Arrow Sinks Off Cape Vilano With All Aboard Safe
The United States Shipping Board steamer Black Arrow, a 6600 ton vessel that left New York July 12 for Havana and Santander via Havana, sank early today off Cape Vilano on the Spanish coast. Crew and passengers were saved though ship and cargo are considered a total loss. The vessel formerly belonged to Germany.
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Madrid
United States Shipping Board
Black Arrow
Cape Vilano
Spain
Havana
Santander
New York
Daugherty Drafting Report on Debs Case
Attorney General Daugherty has begun drafting recommendations to the president on Eugene V. Debs proposed pardon. Debs is jailed in Atlanta federal prison. He hopes to finish the report this month with possible action before Labor Day.
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Washington
Daugherty
Eugene V. Debs
Atlanta
Debs
Jones Bill Vote Favored to Establish Foreign Trade Zone
The Senate commerce committee reported favorably to the Senate the Jones bill to establish and operate a foreign trade zone in parts of entry of the United States to expedite foreign commerce. The measure will be offered as an amendment to the Fordney tariff bill.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
United States
Bristol Man Killed by Brother-in-Law
Wilsott Hilton dies at his home near Gate City Virginia from a head wound believed to be inflicted by his brother in law Patton McClellan after a quarrel. Hilton leaves a widow and two children.
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Bristol
Bristol,tenn
Wilsott Hilton
Gate City
Patton McClellan
Hilton
Well Known Hotel Manager John Hume Dies in Nashville
John Knox Hume, longtime Maxwell House manager and prominent Southern hotel figure, died at a Nashville hospital from arteriosclerosis. He had led the Maxwell House for many years.
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Nashville
Tenn
John Knox Hume
Maxwell House
Fifteen Called To Testify On Kennedy Slaying
Fifteen persons were named by the Los Angeles district attorney under subpoena to testify before the county grand jury in a special session regarding the slaying of Belton Kennedy. Several others were hinted at being called, with some names kept secret until the jury convenes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
District Attorney's Office
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Belton Kennedy
Woolwine
Arthur Co. Burch
Evanston
Madalynne Obenchain
Kennedy
Beverly Halls
Louis Wilson
Obdenhain
John D. Kennedy
T. M. Haley
Burch
Kennedys
A. B. Niles
Dick Parson
District Attorney'’S Office
Lynne Keith
Parson's Place
Cronin
Chicago
O. T. Wiles
Kennedy Cottage
Obenchain
Three New Orleans Boys Safe After Gulf Coast Wreck
Aug 11. Kinder, La reports three New Orleans youths believed killed on Gulf Coast Lines train at Quincy are safe. New reports put deaths at two negroes. earlier figures ranged from 16 to 156.
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New Orleans
Quincy
Kinder
Congress to authorize 200 million for railroad settlements
Director General Davis told the Senate Interstate Commerce Commission that Congress will be asked to appropriate 200 million dollars to settle claims between the government and the railroads. He said liquidation of federal control is near, with only a few minor items left by December 1922.
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Washington
Congress
Davis
Senate Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry P Davison Faces Operation
Henry P Davison is in Roosevelt Hospital awaiting brain growth removal surgery. Surgeons prepare for the operation as rumors of a serious illness persist despite friends saying ear trouble.
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New York
Henry P. Davison
Roosevelt Hospital
Davison
Tax collections to be sped up in revenue drive
Washington officials announce faster collection of back taxes as part of a broader policy to cut new taxes. Secretary Melton said the exact amount is hard to estimate, but the back-tax effort aims to recover revenue lost through any downward tax revisions.
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Washington
Melton
De Valera replies on Irish peace received at Downing Street
Eamonn de Valera's reply to Lloyd George's Irish peace offer was received at Downing Street today and kept secret. It was unclear if Sinn Fein's message was the final reply or if further action would follow after the Dublin Sinn Fein parliament convenes on August 16.
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London
Eamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Sinn Fein
Dublin
Sinn Fein Reps Called to Dublin for Peace Conference
Sinn Fein representatives in Rome Paris and Washington were summoned to Dublin for the Dail Eireann conference on British peace proposals. The Sinn Fein cabinet and President de Valera issued the call, and the British government agreed to issue passports for the representatives.
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Sinn Fein
Rome
Paris
Washington
Dail ‘Eireann
de Valera
Seizure of Thomaston Vessel and 2 Officers for Customs Violation
Philadelphia August 11 Customs officials seized the fishing schooner Thomaston on arrival and placed the captain and mate under surveillance. They face charges of violating customs regulations amid suspicions the vessel smuggled liquor. The thr ee auxiliary schooners from the Bahama Islands have been seized in two weeks.
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Philadelphia
Thomaston
Bahama Islands
Moke
Atlantic City
Art Marehall
New York
Asquith’s daughter declines Westminster seat bid
London Aug. 11 Lady Bonham Carter daughter of former Premier Asquith refuses invitation to run for MP in Westminster to succeed the late William Ashmead Burdett-Coutts.
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London
Lady Bonham- Carter
Asquith
Westminster
William Ashmead Burdett-Coutts
Rockefeller Junior Off Today to China
John D. Rockefeller Jr. leaves New York with his wife and daughter for China to dedicate new buildings of the Peking Union Medical College funded by the China Medical Board of the Rockefeller Foundation.
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Rockefeller
China
New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Peking Union Medical College
China Medical Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Mass Meeting Planned by Mobile League of Women Voters
Mobile County League of Women Voters prepares a mass meeting at the Moose hall Friday at 8 pm. Mayor Harry Pillans, candidate for re election, will speak on the league platform and his measures. Harry T. Hartwell will be the speaker at the same venue Monday night.
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Mobile County League of Women Voters
Moose Hall
Harry Pillans
City Commission
Harry T. Hartwell
Recorder's docket shows quick disposition today
Six charges of dangerous and suspicious behavior faced six defendants. four discharged and two continued. Two convictions and two continuances on the drunken charge. All six disorderly conduct cases continued. Of 22 total, fourteen continued, six discharged, and two fined $25.
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D. H. Edington
Cochrane Sustains Broken Leg in Cedar Point Road Incident
E M Cochrane a taxi driver is in City hospital with a broken leg after an attack by several Spaniards on Cedar Point road. Coroner S F Hale ordered an X ray. Two Spaniards are held at police headquarters on disorderly conduct charges. Detective Desmond and Le Gear arrested them.
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E. M. Cochrane
S. F. Hale
Cochrane
Cedar Point Road
Desmond
le Gear
Weather Forecast for Alabama and Mississippi
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday for Alabama and Mississippi with a chance of local thundershowers Friday. A subtle regional outlook notes scattered shower risk and warm humid conditions across the two states.
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Washington
Alabama
Mississippi
Kilby Grants Two Week Reprieve for Davis
Gov Kilby acts on the pardons board recommendation granting Dick Davis a two week reprieve from the Mobile county jail where he was to be hanged at dawn. This is the second executive stay after a prior day reprieve and follows inquiries by the pardons board into the case.
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State Board of Pardons
Thomas E. Kilby
Telegram Capitol
Mobile
Board of Pardons
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