Utah murder case from Twin Falls leads to Salt Lake jail
John Borich was brought to Salt Lake City from Tooele and jailed on a murder charge in the Tooele death of Velma Atkins. He allegedly confessed after posing as a grieving husband. Atkins had lived in Twin Falls and left Friday with her two children to visit friends in Salt Lake. Her husband, sister, and mother-in-law in Burley survive.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
John Borich
Tooele
Here
Borich
D. M. Adamson
Fred Aiken
Twin Falls
Idaho
Lincoln Highway
A. N. Sprague
Velma Atkins
Second Avenue
Fred Woods
Sprague
Green
Bohne
Burley
Escapee Allied Forces Capture Near Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City Utah September reports one of thirteen enemy aliens who escaped Fort Douglas prison broke loose from Helper jail after capture early today. Federal authorities awaited proceedings as officers track remaining fugitives. Only four of the original seventeen who tunneled out remain at large.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Fort Douglas
Here
Helper
Picture Identifies Man Seen With Dead Renfro in Denver
A photo tonight identified by patrolman Robert Brown as Jesse F. McDaniels shows the man seen with Franklin Renfro, a real estate dealer, shortly before Renfro was murdered in Denver. Mrs. McDaniels said she had known Renfro socially for three years.
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Denver
Colo
Jesse F. McDaniels
Robert Brown
Franklin Renfro
Renfro
Premier Lloyd George Addresses Congress on League of Nations
London September 17 Premier Lloyd George spoke to the International Brotherhood congress. He avoided political pledges, praised the league of nations as a force for fair play, and urged a strong federated order to prevent renewed war. He warned that without such leadership small nations risk conflict.
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London
Lloyd George
International Brotherhood Congress
Brotherhood
Order
Smuts
League of Nations
Ireland
Russia
Iretana
League
Japan denies US note on Shantung and Manchuria talks
Tokyo reports the foreign office denies a newspaper claim that the United States sent a note to Japan about the financial consortium and Shantung. It notes Washington may be coordinating with Britain and France on Japan’s exclusion of certain Manchurian and Mongolian fields and says Japan plans to begin China talks after the privy council ratifies the peace treaty.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Foreign Office Today
United States
Japan
Great Britain
France
South
Manchuria
Eastern
Inner Mongolia
Privy Council
China
Shantung
Hadfield Breaks Three Flag Cycle Record
Walter Hadfield of Portland Oregon finished at Tia Juana Lower California to break the Three Flag motorcycle course record. He completed 1 1 716 miles in 51 hours 22 minutes, shaving two hours and ix minutes off the prior mark set by Wells Bennett Bourga from Blaine Washington to Tia Juana.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Tia Juana
California
Walter Hadfield
Portland
Oregon
Wells Bennett
Bourga
Blainé
Washington
Mia Juana
Postpone Paying BIS To November By City Council
Council last evening voted to postpone the opening of bids for paying here until November 3. Engineer Berg said specifications could not be prepared in time and contractors showed little plant availability. The panel considered royalties and potential $15,000 savings. Rock Creek bridge bids will open October 6.
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Berg
Ile
Verren Construction Company
Ostra1der
Council
Rock Creek Bridge
R. A. Murray
Rock Creek Canyon
Smith
Utah Fire Clay Pipe Company
Salt Lake City
Murray
Meinicke
Salt Lake
Soldier Day at Twin Falls County Fair Planned
Free soldiers day to honor Twin Falls county servicemen with countywide backing. Farmers including Detweiler and J. W. Framme spearhead fund drive to cover all entry fees for the exhibition. Backers expect strong county support as most local troops return from overseas or home camps. Funds payable to Mr. Detweiler.
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Twin Falls County
IDF
Detweiler
J. W. Framme
Woman killed when train? no, runaway wagon hits car
Mrs. Cora Sulsar, 38, was killed at Loveland, Colorado, when a runaway team dashed into the automobile carrying tourists from Gilpin County, Missouri. Witnesses say the driver became confused, steering the car toward the roadside as the wagon approached. the wagon tongue shattered the windshield, striking her chin and breaking her neck.
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Loveland
Colo
Cora Sulsar
Gilpin County
Missouri
Fiume Threatened With Starvation Report
Geneva reports that Jugoslav forces cut off all supplies to Fiume, leaving the city starving as little food remains and shipments by sea are the only hope. Laibach advices say Italian guns landed before the raid and now support d Annunzio. Italian officer families were told to leave and many boarded harbor ships.
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Geneva
Fiume
d’Annunzio
Steel workers certain to strike Monday say organizer
Pittsburg September 17. After adjourning the national iron and steel workers organizing committee said the walkout would occur Monday morning as decided. John Fitzpatrick, committee chairman, announced the plan and promised a statement tomorrow afternoon.
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Pittsburg
National Committee For Organizing Iron and Steel Workers
John Fitzpatrick
Colorado's Oldest Man Dies in County Hospital
William Earl Van Etten aged 102, long thought Colorado's oldest man, died at the county hospital in Boulder from infirmities of age. A native of Montgomery County New York, he celebrated birthdays at the county farm and is survived by a 79 year old son living in Pueblo.
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Boulder
Colo
William Earl van Etten
Colorado
van Etten
Montgomery County
New York
Pueblo
DISCOVER BIG CACHE IN RAID ON DAYTON STILL
Federal agents raiding an illicit still in Dayton Ohio discovered a large cache of rifles shotguns revolvers unido States army cartridge belts and upwards of 2000 rounds of ammunition. All was confiscated.
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Dayton
Federal Revenue
Peru President Leguia Assassination Rumors Grow
In Santiago on September 17 reports spread of rumors that Augusto B. Leguia, president of Peru, was assassinated Tuesday. Dispatches to the foreign ministry from Iquique indicate belief in the rumor, with no reliable Peru communications available at present.
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Associated Press
Santiago
Chile
Augusto B. Leguia
Peru
Foreign Ministry
Tquique
Iquique
Rains Hamper Relief Work in Corpus Christi Storm
Corpus Christi area enduring heavy rains and darkness after Sunday's hurricane left bodies hard to identify due to decomposition. Burial parties seek Minterment in nearby towns while bonfires illuminate the bayfront amid wreckage and drifting cattle carcasses from Mustang Island. Relief trains face delays, delaying aid to thousands homeless.
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Nettees Bay
Corpus Christi
Mustang Island
Corpus Christi Bay
New York Honors Belgian Cardinal Mercier as Honorary Citizen
Desideratus Cardinal Mercier archbishop of Malines and primate of Belgium was made an honorary citizen of New York City. He attended a requiem high mass at St Patrick's Cathedral in memory of Cardinal Farley, received a parchment of citizenship from Mayor Hylan at City Hall, and spoke at a mayoral reception dinner.
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Associated Press
New York
Desideratus Cardinal Mercier
Malines
Belgium
New York City
Baltimore
Archbishop Hayes
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cardinal Farley
Hylan
President names labor conference representatives for public
President Wilson revealed 22 public representatives for the national labor conference to start October 6 in Washington. The list includes Bernard Baruch, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Judge Elbert Gary, Dr. Charles Eliot, John Spargo, and others from business, agriculture, and socialist circles. 22 more will be chosen later by organized labor, farm groups, bankers, and manufacturers.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Wilson
Washington
Organized Labor
Bernard M. Baruch
New York
War Industries Board
Robert S. Brooking
St. Louis
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Elbert H. Gary
Charles W. Elliot
Harvard
Charles Edward Russell
John Spargo
Vermont
O. E. Bradfut
Xenia
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ward Burgess
Nebraska
Fuller R. Callaway
la Grange
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
H. B. Endicott
Milton
Mass
Paul L. Feiss
Cleveland
Edwin F. Gay
Graduate School of Business Administration
Harvard University
George R. James
Memphis
Tenn
Thomas D. Jones
A. A. Landon
Buffalo
EH. T. Meredith
Des Moines
Gavin McNab
L. D. Sweet
Carbondale
Cole
Louis Titus
Berlin finance chiefs meet to tackle reduced value crisis
In Berlin on Tuesday officials including Erzberger and other finance ministers convened a conference to address a shrinking value crisis in financial problems. The Associated Press reports the meeting as governments seek solutions to stabilize economies amid declining values and financial strain.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Bop Ethias
Erzberger
Valia
Thea Financial ‘Problan
Wilson Reaffirms U S Veto Right At San Francisco Talk
President Wilson addressed a 12 000 seat Civic Auditorium crowd in San Francisco urging the people to decide the treaty issue. He argued the league of nations grew from long thought not Versailles and that withdrawal rights remain virtually absolute. He stated Britain has six votes in the league and that immigration and tariffs should stay under U S national control.
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San Francisco
Spt
Wilson
League of Nations
Rowell
Rolph
Chester Rowell
Fresno Republican
Republican National
League
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
Great Britain
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