Nurse Killed by Voodoo Doctor After Refusing Payment
Lorenzo Savage a Black voodoo doctor confessed to Pittsburgh detectives that he struck nurse Elsie Barthel when she refused to pay $395 for a love cure. He felled her with a brick and dropped a heavy marble block on her head after the money was taken. He described meeting Barthel at a Pittsburgh residence where she sought fortune telling to resolve a romance problem.
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Pittsburgh
Elsie Barthel
Lorenzo Savage
Savage
Miss Barthel
Two Iowa bankers plead guilty in fraud case
C J Levalley former Sheffield bank cashier and C C Storck ex mayor, indicted in the Farmers and Merchants Bank failure, pleaded guilty to fraudulent banking in Hampton Court. They were sentenced to ten years at Fort Madison by District Judge E E Thompson.
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Associated Press
Hampton, Oct
C. J. Levalley
C. C. Storck
Sheffield
Iowa
Fort Madison
E. E. Thompson
Levalley
Storck
Ft. Madison
Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Rehouse
Hampton
Newteall
Thompson
Lewallen Plans Appeal of Murder Conviction
George Lewallen, serving a life term at Ft. Madison for the murder of Della Dickerson, plans to appeal his district court verdict to the Iowa Supreme Court. His lawyers review the transcript after he claimed innocence at sentencing and at the prison.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Supreme Court
George Lewallen
Della Dickerson
Lewallen
Ft. Madison
Giants and Yanks Hold First Fall Practice At Rival Parks
The Giants and Yankees traded fields for opening workouts ahead of the World Series. Giants captain Walter Terry returned to practice while Miller Huggins worried over his injured squad, though McGraw reported no injuries. The two teams used Yankee Stadium and the rival park to acclimate players to autumn lighting and shadows.
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Associated Press
New York
Giants
Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Walter Terry
Miller Huggins
McGraw
Trade Unions Stand Firm Against Communism
Portland Oct 8 unions declare a non negotiable stand against all forms of communism and revolutionary dogma in a labor convention report from the education committee. The declaration frames the movement as uncompromising and steadfast in hostility to communism.
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Portland, Ore
Convention of Labor
Committee On Education
Funeral of Col. Irish on Tuesday in Oakland
Funeral services for Colonel John P. Irish noted California publicist and farmer will be held Tuesday in Oakland. Irish died Saturday night from injuries after being struck by a street car. He had a long career in California journalism and public service including editor roles and port collector at San Francisco. He was born January 1, 1843 in Iowa City and had two children.
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Oakland
Calif
John P. Irish
California
San Francisco
Irish
Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa State Press
State University of Iowa
Ann Fletcher
F. L. N. Huss
John P. Irish Jr
Stockton
Oakland Times
Alta Californian
Cleveland
Justice McKenna
Supreme Court
Counties Take Over the Nursing Service
In the central division ten states move toward county boards supervising public health nursing as Red Cross districts shift to tax funded support. Seven Iowa counties Boone Scott Clarke Dubuque Mitchell Montgomery and Webster already supervise with little opposition where well organized. Enabling acts vary by state with a slow campaign in some regions.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Oct
Red Cross
Walter Davidson
Iowa
Boone
Scott
Clarke
Dubuque
Mitchell
Montgomery
Webster
Labor Edicts Warn Against Radical Propaganda
The convention endorses the Federated Press report noting its 75 member publications spread doctrines benefitting workers. The education committee urges adoption of the executive council's findings and warns labor groups to guard against insidious radical propaganda.
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Executive Council
The
Federation of Labor
Federated Press
Organization of Labor
Committee On Education
Gasoline tax push for Iowa special session
Des Moines October 8 Senator Meade of Butler and Senator Caldwell of Mahaska push a statewide gasoline tax at the coming special session. Meade says unfinished business and other general legislation will also be on the agenda for the extra session.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Meade
Butler
Caldwell
Mahaska
Burglars Take $251 from Mt. Pleasant Railway Depot
Four bandits robbed the Burlington ticket office in Mt. Pleasant after a football game crowd left. They escaped with $251 in receipts as train No. 4 had just departed, and no arrests have been made.
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MT. Pleasant
Burlington
Prison Life Returns After Burial of Convicts
Eddyville Kentucky reports life returning to normal at the state penitentiary after the burial in the cemetery of convicts Monte Walters and Harry Ferland who died in a barricaded dining hall while fatally wounding three guards. Lawrence Griffith's body was sent to Dresden Tennessee for burial.
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Associated Press
Eddyville
Monte Walters
Harry Ferland
Lawrence Griffith
Dresden
Tenn
Panic Fears Trigger Stampede in London Market
In London with shouts of earthquake security panic erupts in a crowded east end street market. A stampede trampled several people and hundreds of caged animals were destroyed while property was ruined or stolen.
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Associated Press
London
East End
Dowell to Recommend McNider as Ambassador to Italy
Des Moines Iowa October 8 Congressman Dowell announced he would recommend Hanford McNider of Nosen City for ambassador to Italy if McNider accepts the post. McNider is a former national commander of the American Legion.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Dowell
Iowa Today
Hanford McNider
Nosen City
Italy
McNider
American Legion
Ruhr Work Resumes Soon amid Reparations Talks
Paris reports negotiations among German group delegates and the Franco British occupation forces are near success. The talks aim to restart Ruhr district work and secure in kind reparations payments, per a French foreign office statement.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ruhr
Foster Denounced by Chicago Labor Group
William Z. Foster radical labor leader was denounced at a Chicago Federation of Labor meeting for calling the Decatur convention reactionary. The group opposed a new labor party and recognition of soviet Russia as not serving Illinois workers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Z. Foster
Chicago Federation of Labor
Decatur
Russia
Illinois
Cabinet Members to Address International Farming Congress
Kansas City will host the International Farm Congress October 10 to 12 with delegates from Canada Mexico and other nations. Cabinet members Henry Wallace and Herbert Hoover will speak on agriculture economics marketing production transportation and legislation topics.
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Kansas
Henry CC. Wallace
Agriculture
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Woman murders priest in Chicago church amid confession
Mrs Emma Stratynsky shot and killed Rev Basil Statsuk in a Greek church in Chicago as he knelt for confession. Two women seized her and a bystander policeman stopped further shots. She blamed a derelict parish and claimed her husband built the church. Police see possible mental derangement. her husband is under indictment for embezzlement.
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Eeverted Press
Chicago
Emma Stratynsky
St. Michael
Basil Statsuk
Mrs. Strutynsky
St. Nicholas
Pennsylvania
Pastors Named for Upper Iowa Churches
Cedar Rapids Oct 8 Bishop Homer P Stuntz announced next year’s charges for the Upper Iowa Conference. Major transfers include W C Keeler from Mt Vernon to Iowa City and E E Ellis from Iowa City to Mt Vernon. Conference backs eight year term limit for bishops and allows laymen in the annual ministerial conference. It endorses a bill to require Bible use in all state schools. The session was to finish that afternoon.
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Axenciated
Cedar Rapids
Homer P. Stuntz
Omaha
Methodist Church Today
Upper Iowa
W. C. Keeler
Mt. Vernon
8. E. Ellis
Iowa City
Keeler
Ellis
Iowa
David Lloyd George Delivers War Bond Address in Montreal
David Lloyd George arrives in Montreal and will give his first formal address this afternoon at a mass meeting. He will thank Canada for its aid in winning the war amid wartime rally and public support.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Canada
David Lloyd George
Rescue miners at Palisade Colorado
A government mine rescue crew entered a coal mine two miles from Palisade Colorado at eight o'clock to recover the bodies of two of the six men killed by an explosion shortly before noon yesterday. Four of the dead were removed.
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Associated Press
Colo
Palisade
Colorado
Anthracite Miners in Scranton Begin Major Strike
About a thousand anthracite coal workers in Scranton walk out after a mass meeting, with the general grievance committee calling 22 000 miners to quit at 22 collieries. The strike follows failure to settle alleged grievances.
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Associated Press
Scranton
Notorious Bandit Ed Lockhart Freed in Jail Break
Five masked men raided the Jay County jail in Oklahoma and released Ed Lockhart, a notorious bandit, after trapping the jailer and a visiting merchant in a cell. The incident occurred last night, according to AP dispatches.
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Associated Press
Jay, Okla
Oct
Ed Lockhart
Kentucky center Price McLean dies from football injuries
Price McLean aged twenty, a center for the University of Kentucky football team, died in Lexington from injuries suffered in Saturday's game against Cincinnati.
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Associated Press
Lexington, Ky
Price McLean
University of Kentucky
Cinecinnatti
Fashionable Rita Carlton Hotel Robbed in New York
Three armed men raided the Rita Carlton hotel early today taking the night manager and staff hostage while looting a lobby store of gems valued at about 5000 dollars. No injuries reported and police调查 underway.
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New York
Associated Press
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