Goins insane at Jackson Ranch
Idaho Falls August 14 AP S F King a 40 year old Princeton graduate and former Durham Tobacco representative collapsed mentally at Teton lodge near Moran Jackson Hole. He was moved to Idaho Falls but could not be kept in hospital and remains under strict surveillance in a private room at police headquarters. Two Etichrs will accompany him to Rhode Island for private sanitarium care.
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Idaho Falls
S. F. King
Teton Lodge
Moran
Jackson Hole
King
Princeton
China
Durham Tobacco Company
Idaho
Rhode Island
Norway Declares Rule Over Svalbard Archipelago
Oslo announces the incorporation of Svalbard Spitzbergen after the 1920 Paris treaty awarding the islands to Norway. Premier McVickel calls August 14 a red letter day as ceremonies at Advent Bay read the incorporation act.
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Oslo
Norway
Svalbard
Spitzbergen
Paris
Akershus
McVickel
Advent Bay
Spitbergen
Paal Per
Sven
Arctic Ocean
Sup
Roald Amundsen
North
Ole
Doris Pack Wins Divorce From Albert Pack with Alimony
Chicago August 14 AP Doris Pack was granted a divorce from Albert Pack notable Chicago steel magnate and yachtsman less than hours after filing. Alimony totals 132500 including 32500 cash and 100000 in property. Cruelty cited as the grounds.
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Chicago
Doris Pack
Albert Pack
Chiseano Steel
Wilcox Nominated for U.S. Senate at Wisconsin Convention
Oshkosh August 14 Roy P Wilcox of Eau Claire was nominated by the Results party for the United States Senate on the fourth ballot at the state convention. The nomination was made unanimous after W L Pieplow of Milwaukee cast his vote for Wilcox.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Roy P. Wilcox
Eau Claire
United States
W. L. Pieplow
Milwaukee
Wilcox
Mule Slay Trial Hears Head Injury Claim
Richmond Virginia August 14 The trial over Rudolph E Disse who killed three persons and wounded a fourth centers on whether a five year old head injury from a mule affects his mental state. Defense argues skull trauma caused disability while X rays show no mood impact. Witnesses include Vivian Tomlin Peers Henry Carter and Detective Sergeant Harvey Burke.
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Richmond
Rudolph E. Disse
Vivian Tomlin Peers
Henry Carter
Harvey Burke
Disse
Sitting Bull Outfit Sold for 600 in Danville
In Danville Pennsylvania on August 14 the dress and gear of Sitting Bull were auctioned to the Wyoming Historical Society of Wilkes Barre for six hundred dollars. The outfit had been given by Sitting Bull to General Barry Thomas before his 1800 death. Mrs Emma Heller, whose daughter married Thomas's son, kept the items since 1902.
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Danville
Sitting Bull
Emma Heller
Wyoming Historical Society
Ilkes
Barre
Arry Tomas
Ten year old saves infant as oil stove explodes
Alameda California August 14 AP Leona Southard aged 10 the eldest of six children was tending the home when an oil stove exploded She first rushed out then returned to rescue her infant brother Her clothes caught fire but she saved the baby before extinguishing the flames with a garden hose and turning it on the house Her condition grim at the hospital.
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Alameda
Calif
Leona Southard
Leona
Crank Writes Mellon Letter in Kansas City Case
Will K. Reeme, who confessed to sending an anonymous threat letter to Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, is held for investigation. Police weigh mental fitness while federal officials consider possible applicable statutes as the four page missive, mailed July 31, accuses Mellon of treasonous acts in protest of prohibition.
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Kansas City
Will K. Reeme
Andrew Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Wm. A. Shreve
Reeme
Shreve
United States
William H. Davenport
United States Secret Service
Reenie
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Youthful robber takes pouch from mail truck in Illinois
A well dressed man about 25 held up a mail truck in Kewanee yesterday after it had just received a pouch of registered mail from a Chicago train. He forced the driver to hand over the pouch and drove away in a neat car. Federal agents from Chicago investigated the heist to gauge the value of the pouch contents. The thief did not touch other mail.
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Kewanee, Ill
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Federal Secret Service
Chicago
Steck Leads Iowa Senate Recount Count
The Iowa senate recount across 60 counties using paper ballots shows Democrat Daniel F. Steck leading Republican Senator Brookhart with 208,574 to 195,991 votes. The tally reflects the conclusion of the statewide recount ordered after the last senatorial election.
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Washington
Senate
Iowa
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Dawes Commission Proposed for China in New Plan
At Williamstown Massachusetts on August 14 C C Batchelder former acting commercial attache urged a Dawes style commission for China. He called for foreign aid abolition of extra fees as conditions permit and a modern organized body with former Dawes commission members guiding a Chinese reorganization.
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Williamstown
Mass
Great Britain
Witt
Episcopal Bishop Seeks Appeal From General Convention
Galion Ohio August 14 AP Bishop William Montgomery Brown files for an ultimate court of appeal to review a deposition sentence. He asks the house of bishops to withhold action until the general convention can act on the application. If rejected he will present his defense in person before the house.
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Galion
Ohio
Wm. Montgomery Brown
General Convention
Protestant Episcopal Church
House of Bishops
Brown
Seoul Center of Disastrous Korean Floods
Washington report from August describes Seoul under Japanese rule after severe floods. The National Geographic bulletin contrasts ancient Seoul with modernized streets, electric light and gas works, and a sewer system while noting old class restrictions persist among common people, doctors, priests, and artists.
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Washington, D. C
Seoul
Keija
National Geographic Society
Chosen
Korea
Japan
China
Prince Yi
Amercana Resi
Seowl
Andy Seven
Death by Own Action in Schwartz Case Ends Hunted Mystery
Coroner’s juries in Alameda and Contra Costa counties ruled that Charles Henry Schwartz of Walnut Creek died by his own act after a fatal plot to fake his own death and collect life insurance. The same suspect was identified as the killer of Gilbert W. Barbe, an itinerant laborer, whose charred body was found at the Pacific Cellulose plant. A note from Schwartz claimed responsibility before his death.
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Oakland
Charles Henry Schwartz
Walnut Creek
Schwarts
Gilbert W. Barbe
Martinez
Pacific Cellulose Company
G. W. Barbe
Barbe
Contra Costa County
Alameda J
Schwartz
97th birthday honor for Charles Bean in Quincy
Charles Bean of Quincy Illinois celebrated his 97th birthday attributing his long life to whiskey and tobacco. The Aug 14 AP item notes his long drinking and chewing habits since youth, his daily walks, belief in evolution, and status as an early western Illinois pioneer.
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Quincy
Til
Charles Bean
Nathan Douchy
Connecticut
Sage
Pues
Bean
Illinois
Miss Scopes to Teach at Highland Manor School
Miss Lela Scopes sister of John Scopes and a supporter of evolution will teach at the Highland Manor school for girls in Tarrytown New York. She was refused reappointment in Paducah Kentucky due to her evolution stance.
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Lexington
Lela
Scopes
John Scopes
Highland Manor School For
Tarrytown
N. Y
Paducah
Two Americans Arrested in Florence Hotel Row
Florence August 14 AP report two American students from Chicago Joseph Doneli 21 and Walter Metzger 23 were arrested for allegedly beating porter Mario Sodi at the Savoy hotel after a corridor dispute. Police intervened to rescue them from an angry crowd inside the hotel.
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Florence
Italy
Joseph Donel
Walter Metzger
Chicago
Mario Sodi
Savoy Hotel
Baseball Scores From Today’s National League Games
National league action featured Brooklyn and New York trading runs in New York. Philadelphia beat Boston with strong pitching while Cincinnati and St Louis split a doubleheader. Cleveland defeated Louis with a late-inning rally as Hargrave and Hartley led the hitting.
Arctic Fliers Strike Storm Base Under Construction Near Etah
Washington reports the MacMillan Arctic expedition continues with two planes operational after Na-2 was damaged at Etah in a storm. Na-1 and Na-3 weathered the gale and a new intermediate base is planned at Flagler Fjord Ellesmere Island for recon and subbase supplies while Na-2 is repaired aboard the Peary.
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Washington
Ths
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Flagler Fjord
Elsamere Island
Etah
Greenland
Peary
Flagler Bjord
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Axe Heiburg Island
Navy Department
Byrd
Navy
Bettstad Fjord
Haves Fjord
MacMillan
Ellesmere
Ara Biode
Grea Ulty
Basa
Body of Woman Found in Hills Near Bluewater
Valencia county officials could not confirm the identity of a woman found dead in the hills near Bluewater New Mexico. near Albuquerque. Articles by the body suggested Mrs Stella Oliver of San Fernando California or possibly Wichita Kansas. The body showed no signs of violence and may have remained there for months. Liberty bonds bearing the name Mrs Stella Oliver and a Masonic ring with inscription were found nearby.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Valencia County
Bluewater
Stella Oliver
San Fernando
Calif
Wichita J
Liberty Bonds
Telfair Avenue
Cee Davis
Wichita
Charlie Chaplin Suffering Heart Trouble
New York August 14 Charlie Chaplin is said to be suffering from heart trouble caused by overwork. Dr James B McKenzie Chaplins personal physician says the illness confines him to his Ritz Carlton suite after he attended a nightclub party despite medical warnings.
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New York
CharlieChaplin
James B. McKenzie
Ritz Carsten
Sudden plan change moves Adams murder hearing
Everett J Adams of Wilmington Ohio appears before Judge Fisher in Sedalia to hear the murder charge in the Aden R. Clawson case. Clawson’s brother-in-law George Manville of Towands Pa arrived and identified the body through dental and paper evidence.
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Sedalia
Everett J Adams
Wilmington
Ohio
Aden R. Clawson
Lodi
N. Y
T. H. Fisher
Piaved
Guy
Bai
George Manville
Towands
Clawson
la Monte
Clawjson
Clawnen
New Tribe Found in West Siberia
Professor B N Gorodkoff reports a hitherto unknown race along the Poora river in western Siberia. He has located five clans totaling about 600 people. The Samoyeds call them Pyan Ha Sovo forest people while the tribe calls itself Neshen men. Their language differs from neighboring groups and they have no intercourse with neighbors.
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Irkutsk
Siberia
B. N. Gorodkoff
Poora
Gorodkoff
Western
French advance in Sargar mountains forces Abd el Krim toward defeat
Fez Morocco Aug 14 AP reports a French column pushing into the Sargar range after shelling Ebkhbir and Anfezou on the Loukkos river. Franco Spanish cooperation threatens Abd el Krim as tribesmen flee with their flocks and begin deserting his banners ahead of a late month offensive.
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Fez
French Morocco
Sargar
Anfezou
Ebkhbir
Loukkos
Abd ‘l-Krim
Abd-El-Krim
Debt Parley Is Suspended in Belgian Talks
Washington reports a suspended debt negotiation between the United States and Belgium. President Coolidge and Lennington met with Senator Smoot tonight. meetings proceed in New York and Plymouth Vt as talks resume next Tuesday. Floyd Blair and Belgian experts reviewed fiscal statements after adjournment.
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Washington
United States
Belgium
Cool‘y Mellon
Lenington
Smoot
New York
Plymouth
Coolidge
Floyd Blair
Marriage Valid Declares Pope Confirms Gould Castellano Union
Rome August 14 The Pope upheld a cardinal commission ruling that Marquis Boni de Castellane and Anna Gould’s marriage is valid, refusing the Marquis’s request for a religious annulment. They wed in New York March 14 1895.
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Rome
Marquis
Boni de Castellano
Anna Gould
Lueck declines bid for U.S. Senate seat
Judge Martin L. Lueck of Beaver Dam, once Democratic governor candidate, announces he will not run for the U.S. Senate seat created by Senator La Follette's death. Democrats plan a state conference to endorse a candidate for the unexpired La Follette term.
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Milwaukee
Martin L.lueck
Beaver Dam
United States Senate
la Follette
Lueck
United States
Robert LaFollette
Kidnapping conspiracy convict in Pickett case
In Los Angeles Claude Holcombe and Z Stephens were found guilty in superior court of conspiring to kidnap Mary Pickett and demand 200000 dollars. A third defendant Adrian Wood was acquitted. The verdict concludes a high profile case with jurors delivering the verdict last night.
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Los Angeles
Claude Holcombe
Z. Stephens
Mary Picknot
Adrian Wood
Tammany After Hylan's Scalps in New York Politics
Governor Smith backs Tammany to block a third term for Mayor Hylan. He spoke at two Wigwam meetings promising to mobilize boroughs to elect State Senator Walker and the Tammany slate. Cohalan abandons anti-Tammany assembly bid. other Western tickets proceed.
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New York
Smith
Hylan
James J. Walker
John P. Cohalan
Bronx
Manhattan
Assembly
Board of Sidermen
Island factions clash over Mareo land dispute
Fort Myers Florida August 14 factions led by Barron F Collier interests sheriff Maynard and a rival syndicate headed by W G Williams battle over a 3000 acre uncharted land strip on Mareo Island. The dispute heads to County Judge George W Storter as residents fear violence while New York officials downplay the crisis.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Mareo Island
Barron F. Collier
WR Maynard
W. G. Williams
Mareo
Marco
Collier County
George W. Storter
Everglades
Maynard
Gome
New York
Barron Gier
My Island
Florida
Collier
Eruptions Continue On Thira Island
London reporting from Athens notes ongoing volcanic activity on Thira Island north of Crete with tongues of lava five feet high and submarine seismic shocks between Kaimeni and Thira. A new inland rise is forming as Santoria, a volcanic region, expands to about 35,000 square miles with roughly 20,000 residents.
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London
Athens
Daily Express
Thira
Crete
Kaimeni
Thira Island
Santoria
Death of Chaplain Romayne Prompts Autopsy Inquiry
Reverend Patrick Francis Romayne, 52, chaplain at Seton Hospital, died after an alleged assault at Spuyter Duyvil railroad station. An autopsy was ordered following reports of the attack.
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New York
Patrick Francis Romayne
Seton Hospital
Father Romayne
Spuyter Duyvil
Montana man proved easy mark
A Montana farmer, Abe Remus, walked into a Sioux City police station without coat or hat and demanded a version of a contract he claimed to have chased city hall for paying. He said he was seeking $100 down in a supposed deal.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Bist Finance Ae
Abe Remus
Butte
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