Murder Case Delays Court Appearance In California
In Los Angeles six minutes of melodrama as Maralynne Connor Obenchain and Arthur Courtney Burch faced the court with Ralph Obenchain by Maralynne’s side. A continuance was granted until next Monday while investigators probe a beach club link. In Evanston, Mrs. Mary Dean Obenchain denounced Madalynne and recounted family hopes sacrificed for Ralph’s education.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. Belton Kennedy
Maralynne Connor Obenchain
Arthur Courtney Burch
Madalynnne
Ralph Obenchain
Kennedy
Madalynne
Chicago
Tolay
Madalyone
Mary Dean Obenchain
Church Street
Evanston
Son
Ralph
Madalynne Connor
Be, Jones
Royal kin honored with naval rank after retirement
King George promotes the Marquis of Milford Haven to admiral of the fleet on the retired list, a unique elevation after retirement. Formerly Prince Louis of Battenberg, he served as first sea lord in 1914 as World War I began, resigning after fleet mobilization for war service.
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London
George
Marquis
Milford Haven
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Admiralty
Lueder Named Postmaster for Chicago by Harding
Arthur C. Lueder, a Chicago real estate man of 31 years, was nominated by President Harding as Chicago postmaster to replace William Carlile. Lueder, new to politics, has never held or sought public office and resides on Rose Rokeby Street. The nomination follows efforts by Senator McCormick with support from Senator McKinley.
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Chicago
Arthur C. Lueder
Harding
William Carlile
Lueder
Esse Rokeby Street
McCormick
Ilinois
McKinley
National League Scores and American League Results Reported
Baseball box score entries show Philadelphia beating Chicago 2 to 1, Pittsburgh 10 over Boston, Cincinnati 7 over Brooklyn, Lowins 6 over New York, and American League games Chicago 5 over Washington 4, Detroit over Philadelphia, Cleveland 5, New York 10 with Lawt 2 noted.
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Pittabureh
Boston
Brooklyn
Lula Weveeseseesseenenes
Cincinnati
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cleveland Metter Weewes
New York
Washington
Cossioeesercaes
Pittsburgh
Lowins
Red Cross official arrested on large larceny charge
Washington Aug 23 C F E Wilson second assistant treasurer of the American Red Cross was arrested and charged with larceny after an audit showed a shortage cited at about 14000. Police say Wilson admitted shortages exceeding 13000 and blamed gambling on horse racing for his losses.
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Washington
C. FE
Wilson
American Red Cross
Sud
Livingston Farrand
Red Cross
Confident Gang Taken By Police In Chicago Arrests
Chicago police and federal agents say five men and one woman were arrested and warrants issued for seven others in a federal probe into a swindling gang. They allegedly defrauded victims of 1 to 2 million dollars using bogus securities and fraudulent loans from a Hotel La Salle suite.
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Chicago
John W. Worthington
John W. Clinkhin
Hotel la Selle
Clinnin
W. Davis
Cleveland
Canton
Department of Justice
Kohn
Hotel la Salle
Charles W. French
A. L. Streziin
Charles Hawkins
Los Angeles
H. L. Peak
C. W. Denicke
A. E. Harshman
Milwaukee
Ernest Streztin
A. L. Strezlin
Richard Weinstein
Elmer L. Garber
Ohio
Marines Sail For Panama In Warship Escort
Philadelphia reports 14 officers and 388 marines aboard the super dreadnought Pennsylvania as it sails for Panama from the Delaware breakwater. The marines were moved from Quantico to the Philadelphia yard and loaded with small arms and ammunition as tensions over the Costa Rica Panama boundary award rise.
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Pennsylvania
Panama
Costa Rica
Philadelphia
Pansina
Delaware
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Quantico
Fort Mifflin
Washington
United States
Marines Southward Prompted by Excitable Nature
The article notes a highly excitable temperament cited as a reason for orders sending marines southward under international law allowing landing to protect American rights without war. It mentions a separate murder case in Cleveland where a mother admits smothering her year-old baby, and a Brussels dispatch about Belgians resuming nightly field work to avoid daytime heat.
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Cleveland
Mary Feltis
Clean sweep planned as graft investigated in shipping offices
Department of Commerce vows a thorough purge of federal shipping commissioners in Atlantic and Pacific ports. Secretary Hoover seeks Quinn's resignation in New York amid findings of widespread graft among employees and large payments from shipping companies.
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Department of Commerce
Shipping Commissioners
Washington
Federal Shipping Commissioners
Bureau of Ngavigation
Atlantic
Pacific
Department of Com
Hoover
Quinn
New York
Commerce Department
Department
Jealous man kills wife of rival in Porterville murder
W H Alexander shot and killed Mrs J B Bachman after she refused to leave her husband during a drive from Lindsay to the Collings ranch near Porterville California. Alexander later died on a ranch. authorities suspect suicide. The motive centered on devotion to the Bachman wife amid a jealous confrontation.
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California
Porterville
Calif
W. H. Alexander
J. B. Bachman
Here
Alexander
Sheriff Court Smith
Cal
J. I. Bachman
Walter Lt. Alexander
H. B. Collings
Poplar
Rachmans
Bachman
Landsay
Bachmans
Lindsay
Collings Place
Bachmen
Britain Accepts Washington Armament Conference Invitation
Washington notes that Lord Curzon delivered a formal British acceptance to Secretary Hughes for the conference beginning November 11 on limitation of armaments and Pacific issues. China and France signaled willingness, with replies from Italy and Japan still pending.
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Washington
Hughes
Harvey
Lord Curzon
United States
Pacific
Far East
Maesty
China
France
Briand
Italy
Japan
Labor federation backs representation at disarmament talks
Atlantic City Aug 23. President Harding favored labor demand for representation at the Washington disarmament conference. Samuel Gompers said he had reached out to international labor bodies for views and Harding sent a letter of appreciation after visiting the White House. The AFL council also discussed wage cuts unemployment and tariff legislation and planned protest against the tariff law.
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Atlantic City
N. C
Harding
Washington
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
White House
Mr. Gompers
Organized Labor of America
Fire at Brown house hotel in Macon leaves three dead
Aug 23 Macon Georgia fire at the Brown house, a frame hotel, kills three and endangers more as investigators fear the list will grow. John K. Hays, a former justice of the peace, is among the dead. two unidentified male bodies are recovered from the second floor. About twenty of the 186 weeks of the hotel are ruined.
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Macon
Peron
Brown
John K. Hays
Bitter battle over Stanley amendment in antic beer bill
Washington reports dry forces will press the fight to include the Stanley amendment in the anticbeer bill. Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League says the amendment redefines constitutional protection against search and seizure and would handicap prohibition officers in pursuing liquor smuggling and illicit still operations.
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Washington
House
Representative Volstead
Senate
Congress
Wayne B. Wheeler
AntiSaloon League
Wheeler
Doctor Sawyer Drops Uniform For Mufti At Washington
Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the President's physician, has appeared in mufti for the first time in four years. The Marion doctor, with West Point background and service on the border and in France, left the stiff neckband and Sam Browne belt for civilian dress.
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Washington
Sawyer
Marion
West Point
France
Sam Browne
Mufti
Tax Board urged on tax study commission proposal
Washington August 23 The house Ways and Means Committee will ask the Senate Finance Committee to add to the tax revision bill a provision creating a commission to study the effects of certain forms of taxation on business and government revenues and to advise whether federal taxes could be collected on state and municipal tax exempt securities.
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Washington
Senate Finance Comittee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Second Rain Storm Hits Imperial Valley This Year
The Imperial Valley recorded its second rainstorm of the year with a long downpour in Brawley lasting several hours. Calipatria reported a small cloudburst as storms swept the area near Ee Centro California.
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Cal
Imeperial Valley
A& Brawley
Calipateia
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