Reward Offered for Mary Louise Opao by Browning
Mary Louise Spas a 21 year old Bohemian actress in hiding drew a sharp rebuke from Howard W Browning a wealthy real estate operator who sought to adopt her Browning called her a damn fool and discussed annulling the adoption with Queens County district attorney Newcombe A five hundred dollar reward was posted by Robert H Bunnett Browning s aide for information on Mary s whereabouts Newcombe said she is attempting to capitalize on notoriety she has gained
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Associated Press
New York
Mary Louise
Spas
Howard W. Browning
Browning
Newcombe
Queens County
Mary
Robert H. Bunnett
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louise Spas
Mr. Browning
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Key Gardens
Havre
Dorothy Sunshine
Russell Scott to weave baskets at Illinois asylum
Russell T. Scott, convicted murderer of Joseph Maurer, will spend time weaving baskets at the Chester asylum for the criminally insane, as officials believe his insanity allows constructive work. Scott told superintendent Stubbfield that he is not more crazy than others, but this seemed the only way out.
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Russell Scott
Illinois Asylum
Asylum Head
Chicago
Ill
Russell T. Scott
Joseph Maurer
Chester Asylum
Scott
Stubbfield
Coolidge Approves Tentative Budget for Next Year
Swampscott Mass Aug 10 President Coolidge approved the tentative budget for next year totaling 3 080 000 000. The plan calls for a reduction of 20 000 000 over this year with the army and navy expected to bear a large share of the cut. Hearings will be held in the fall before final figures are sent to Congress.
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Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Army
Navy
Congress
Blinded Sailor Returns From Pacific Voyage
Commander Eustace B. Maude retired, who set out from Mayne Island near Victoria in a 26 foot ketch named the Half Moon for a voyage to England, landed at La Push Washington partly blind after glare on the water ruined his sight and prevented navigation.
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Eustace Maude
Cape Flattery
England
Mayne —Island
Victoria
B. C
Associated Press
Clallam Bay
Wash
Eustace B. Maude
Mayne Talahd
la Push
Maude
Texas Family of Three Murdered Near Austin
One man is held by Travis county authorities in connection with the killings of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Engler and their adopted daughter Miss Emma Engler at their farm home near Moore's Crossing southeast of Austin. Posses scour the countryside for clues as officers refuse to reveal the suspect's identity.
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Travis County
S. E. Engler
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Moore's Crossing
French Detachment Massacred in Syria By Rebels
Paris reports Premier Painieve admits 160 French troops were killed in combat with rebel tribesmen in the Jebel Druz area of Syria. He defends the situation as not as grave as some claim while Saudia dispatches indicate French forces still hold fallen positions.
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Syria
Painieve
Preae
Paris
Premier Painieve
Jebel Druz
Saediah
Washington Negro Tricks Ku Klux Klansman in Capital
A whimsical young black man impersonating a traffic policeman stopped Albert Watz a 19 year old Klansman from Park Pennsylvania near the post office He claimed Watz drove without lights and arrested him He then drove him around testing his driving before fining him eight dollars with a marriage certificate fragment as a receipt Police later learned the tale was a hoax.
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Washington, D. C
Albert Watz
Park
Watt
Third Precinct
Poe
Automobile deaths rise. 120 killed last week
The Associated Press reports 120 people died in automobile accidents during the past week, an increase of 20 over the prior week. Hundreds more were injured as authorities tallied casualties nationwide.
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Associated Presa Chic.o
Two New Jersey Youths Declared Leper
Hale and Frank George boys aged 11 and 13 from Newark have been removed from the Soho isolation hospital to the United States leper colony at Carville Louisiana. Earlier in June they were found with a peculiar skin disease and pulled from school amid fears and school park closures.
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Hale
Frank George
Carville
Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Frances George
Soho
Board of Education
Bill for Agricultural and Educational Funds Defeated in House
In Atlanta on August 10 opponents of a $525,000 annual appropriation for agricultural and educational institutions defeated the measure after a committee substitution and unfavorable report. The session also saw Senate referrals for a constitutional convention and passage of fertilizer and cottonseed meal grading bills.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Carlisle
Senate
Construction Train Plunges Through Trestle Killing Two
Two men were instantly killed and six others seriously hurt when a construction train owned and operated by H. W. Nelson Construction Company plunged through a trestle near Beelerton Kentucky Saturday afternoon.
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Associated
Progr
Mayfield
H. W. Nelson Construction Company
Beelerton
Local Police Record Details Minor Fines Prompted by Description
A fragment notes a young klansman learning a truth and two days earlier a police report lists a negro with the same description fined. Leonard Commack of Silver Springs Missouri was fined $8 for failure to make a left turn.
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Leonard Commack
Silver Springs
New York Man Celebrates 91st Birthday Amid Whiskey Tale
Nathan Douchy 91, described as a champion of rum and tobacco, credits age to whiskey and tobacco while celebrating with a friend in Darien, Conn. Alicia J. Cumming of the Stamford Temperance Union volunteers to investigate, asserting whiskey is not the cause. Douchy quips his goal is to reach 100 and still drink, noting prohibition may hinder him.
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New York
Nathan Douchy
Darien
Conn
Belgium to honor debts while asking debtor concessions
Baron de Cartier, head of Belgium debt mission, told American commissioners that Belgium will meet all just obligations but asks debtors to consider wartime and postwar conditions. Secretary Mellon replied that funding the debt would acknowledge international obligations and retain friendly ties between the US and Belgium.
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Belgium
Baron Cartier
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Baron de Cartier
Mellon
American Commission
United States
Disappearance of New York Society Girl Evelyn Hobbs
Evelyn Jacquelin Hobbs, 18, a New York society girl, vanished two days ago from her parents’ apartment while wearing boys clothes. Police in New York and parts of New England search for her as her father Elon Hobbs, a lawyer and business leader, denies elopement or kidnapping. She recently underwent tonsil surgery and may have wandered off in a mentally unsettled state.
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Metropolitan Area
New England
Evelyn Jacquelin Hobbs
Associated Press
New York
Metropolitan
Elon 9. Hobbs
Troll and
Steel Board of Trade
Chicago Theatre Robbery Brings $12000 Haul
An armed bandit robbed the State and Lake Theatre offices in Chicago's theatre district last night escaping with about $12 000. The thief entered from a lobby, threatened five employees with a revolver, and seized a package of weekend receipts before fleeing into the crowd. The theatre, open 11 a m to 11 p m, is a leading venue in the area.
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Chicago
State and Lake Theatre
William A. Singer
George Burdick
Sunday Dancing at Tybee Probed by Georgia Official
Walter C. Hartridge solicitor-general of the Eastern circuit said he will investigate Tybee dancing yesterday after receiving a copy of the Georgia law banning Sunday dancing. He would seek indictments against those allegedly guilty if a violation is found.
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Associated Press
Savannah
Walter C. Hartridge
Georgia
French Air Squadrons Bomb Riff Encampments in Morocco
Fez Aug 10 French aviation squadrons bombed thirteen Riffian encampments and cleared Djbel Amseft of rebels. Spanish troops also active with detachments and an air plane halting Ri Miey Soluhy from crossing the Loukkos bend.
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Associated Press
Fez
French Morocco
Djbel Amseft
RiMiey Soluhy
Loukkos River
MacMillan Yet Unable to Find Suitable Base for Flying Operations
Commander Donald B MacMillan conducted a night flight over Elismore Island seeking a base for an Arctic expedition between Etah Greenland and Cape Thomas Hubbard but encountered rugged terrain and ice everywhere. A southern flight will attempt to locate a viable base.
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Macmillan
Associated Prew
Washington, D. C
Donald B. Macmillan
Elismore Island
Arctic
Etah
Greenland
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Forest Fires Spread in Vancouver Island and Coast Districts
Forest fires continued to spread on Vancouver Island and the gulf and coast districts of British Columbia. A large lumber settlement at Courtney was destroyed, with estimated losses of 100000 dollars. Loggers across the district have been mobilized into firefighting crews but could not halt the spread.
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Vancouver
B. C
Vancouver Island
Gulf
Coast
Courtney
Bills Introduced in House by Judge Hopkins of Thomas County
Atlanta Aug 10 Representative Hopkins of Thomas county introduced two bills in the House today. One limits the period for elections on fence or no fence and the other prescribes and fixes the compensation of the Thomas county board of revenues.
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Hopkins
Associated Press
Atlanta
Thomas County
Board of Revenues
Weather for Georgia Fair with coastal thunder showers
Georgia weather remains generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Local thunder showers are possible along the coast this afternoon or tonight, with brief, localized downpours and rising humidity.
Insurance payout uncertainty in California case
Oakland details Mrs Charles Henry Schwartz may receive only up to 25000 of her husband’s 100000 policy after he shot himself during a police raid to arrest him for a killing. A charred body was found in the Pacific Cellulose Company plant after an explosion wrecked the building raising doubts about full payment.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Charles Henry Schwartz
Pacific Cellulose Company
Murder Mystery Fugitive Schwartz Ends Self Destruction
Charles Henry Schwartz, sought nationwide in the Walnut Creek Pacific Cellulose Company murder case, killed himself in an Oakland apartment after police surrounded him. He had hidden there since the body was found and wrote a note to his wife claiming the body was hers.
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Oakland
Cal
Charles Henry Schwartz
Pacific Cellulose Company
Walnut Creek
Schwartz
San Francisco
Gilbert Warren Barb
Jersey Shore
John Barb
Gilbert Barb
Fort McDowell
United States
Schwarzs
England
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Douchly
U. S
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B.C
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