Two Shot Deaths Rekindle Chicken Pullers War in NYC
New York August 26 two men were gunned down in a taxi cab in Lower Manhattan bringing to three the number of killings in two days linked to the revived Chicken Pullers war. Witnesses to one murder were the Young and Connelly brothers. John Young’s murder intensified demands by authorities. The Chicken Pullers, an organized labor led group, are accused of profiting from dead fowl in shipments and of violence tied to labor disputes.
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Hudson
Ies
Warra-Ac
William Young
Hie
Frend Fallard Connelly
Etenth Avenue
James Young Willaws
Coses Y
Thomas
Phillip Brothers
Hoboken
Phillips
Weehawken
John So
Ita
Waeeacken
Asao
John Youngs
Barnett Raff
Two Trainmen Escape From Engine in River
Two railroad workers on the Ran aod Lumber Company line near Webster Springs West Virginia escaped a locomotive plunging into swollen Elx River at the back fork. The engineer suffered a broken arm and other injuries while the fireman Thomas survived with minor injuries. both men swam ashore after the bridge abutments were washed away and the track collapsed.
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Webster Springs
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Roth
Ranaod Lumber Company
Klan Organizer Bailed In Church Theft Case
Moyers, an organizer of the Ku Klux Klan, was arrested in Burlington Vermont on grand larceny charges tied to the theft at St Marys Cathedral. He is held on 490 bond and expected to contest extradition as he was visiting New Market when detained by a deputy sheriff.
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Tenn
St Marys Cathedral
Burlington Vt
Wliam Moyers
Ku Klux Klan
Mberty
Moyers
New Market
Custade
Flying Cop Charged With First Degree Murder
Patrolman Robart F McAllister known as the Flying Cop is charged with first degree murder after arraignment in New York. He held without bail for the grand jury. Prosecutors say he shot Vincent Fighera following an attempted auto theft.
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New York
Robart F McAllister
Nyng
Ash
Vincent Fighera
McAllister
F'ghera
Colonization Urged For Irrigated Lands
Dr Elwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation, urged a planned policy for colonization of future irrigation projects in a special report to Secretary Work after a 9,606 mile inspection trip. He visited sites in Utah, Nevada, California, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Nebraska, stressing how to obtain funds and how settlers should be recruited and guided to maximize agricultural development.
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Train Hits Auto Killing Two Near Painesville
In Cleveland on August 20 two people died when an automobile was struck by a Nickel Plate passenger train near Painesville. Victims listed include E. C nn 683, vice president and general superintendent of the National Acma Company, Cleveland, and O A Smith, an experimental engineer for the concert ware.
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Ohio
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National
Acma Company
O A Smith
Hanns Automobile
Painesville
Fiends and cowards in court death penalty urged
In a dramatic closing, defense and state duel over the Leopold case. State's attorney cites precedents of death sentences for youths, arguing for capital punishment. Defense seeks to curb sensational remarks as Darrow faces interruptions amid a list of historic hangings in Cook County since 1906.
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Hold Boy Aged 11 in Franke Blackmail Plot
An 11 year old boy was arrested in Chicago on a blackmail plot targeting Jacob Franks father of the murdered Robert Franks. He allegedly admitted a 17 year old brother and others acted as confederates to demand 8000 dollars threatening to kill his wife and daughter. Police seized him while digging at a spot indicated in the letter.
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Chicago
Jacob Franks
Robert Franks
Mail car defense feat repels five bandits
A mail car demonstration in which five armed bandits attacked a protected car ended with their surrender as riot guns and calcium flares illuminated the right of way. The steel car, with bullet proof windows and wire glass, withstood the assault after the guards defended 1200 pieces of mail.
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Chicago
U S to Take Part in Proposed Financial Parley in Paris
President Coolidge signals American participation in a Paris conference on European debt and reparations. Kellogg or Logan may be chosen as the U S representative. Wadsworth terms, German reparations, and Ruhr expenses loom large, with France and Britain likely to discuss allied debts and loan guarantees. The White House frames this as Congress oversight and not executive action, amid a quiet day with family visits and a telegram praising General Dawes.
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London
John A. Logan
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Coolidge to Attend Baltimore Unveiling
President Coolidge will be in Baltimore September 6 for the unveiling of an equestrian Marquis de Lafayette statue. Mayor Jackson announced the plan citing Rudolph Forster. Dr John H Fintey of the New York Times will deliver a principal address. Governors of the original thirteen States and mayors of major cities are invited. Representatives from French and Belgian embassies have sent acceptance.
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Coolidge
Marquis de Lafayette
Jackson
Rudolph Forster
Coolridge
John H Fintey
New York Times
Pyromaniac recounts 1910s fires to see firemen at work
The interview details Gustow, a pyromaniac who confessed to starting blazes to watch firefighters. He describes a life of illness, four years in an asylum, and repeated arrests after a pattern of lighting unoccupied or easily escapable structures. He insists no fire he started caused deaths.
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Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Asyluma
Russia Cannot Pay Debt Spargo Pleads for Return of Russia
Socialist writer John Spargo called on the Soviet government to acknowledge foreign debts and seek a settlement, arguing repayment is impossible under current policy. He urged loans prioritized over old obligations and warned that continued state control stifles foreign capital.
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Washington Post
Williamstown
Mass
John Spargo
Institute of Politice
Family of Nations
Ruaala
Russia
Spargo
Austria
Hungary
Boris Bakhmetoff
United States
Neas
Marital Friction From a Wishbone Becomes Brooklyn Case
In Brooklyn supreme court, Bertha Beyrouty accuses George Beyrouty of kicking and beating her after a chicken wishbone contest determined who would be boss. The husband contends the fight arose from marital tensions worsened by the bones and the quarrel over control.
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New York
George
Bertha Berrouty
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Supreme Court
Beyrouty
Women to be trained as political speakers in New York
A training program for women to become political speakers will run September 10 and 11 at the Republican Eastern headquarters. Mia Charles H Sabin, president of the Women's National Republican Club, announced the plan and governors elected Miss Altice Hill Chittenden as campaign committee chair. The club will also offer classes for women who will serve as poll watchers.
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Republican
Mia Charles H Sabin
National Republican Club
Altice Hill Chittenden
Intruder Fires Tapestries at Oaklawn Home
In Bath New York Aug 20 the house of Imre William Rumsey known as Oaklawn was broken into by a candle wielding intruder. He attempted to burn tapestries rugs lace curtains and furniture valued in thousands.【Source text provides】 Curtaing and burning pillows awakened the family at 2 am and a candle was found amidst the blaze. Loss estimated as substantial.
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Imre William Rumsey
Rumseyv
Cold Blights Hit Deauville Crops Amid Unseasonable Cold
Paris reports from August 20 describe wheat, grapes, and fruit threatened by unseasonable cold for August. A steady drizzle keeps tourists away from Paris to Italy, while country districts report discouraging wine prospects. Deauville also blighted just before the Grand Prix and the Prince of Wales trip departure further dampens mood.
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Italy
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Prince of Wales
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Union printers reject Carter wage proposal
A 13 member committee of government printing office printers rejected George H Carter’s salary plan. They will draft a counter proposal for submission next week and convene again for final action. The union notes prior pay ranged from 75 to 85 cents plus a small bonus. Carter’s plan introduces a multi class machine typesetter scale.
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George H Carter
Eugenes F Smith
Columbia Typographical Union
George F. Solbold
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Edward S Hanzman
Herman B Barnhart
William L Kirby
Smith
Congress
Beaten Husband Targeted in Illinois Love Tangle
Special to The Washington from Chicago reports a middle aged man Ernest of Asheville NC and his wife Earline with their two children Mary and Alta vanished with Edward Rickert 49 after Rickert struck Ernest on a country road near Melrose Park. Police search for the trio and the mother’s elderly companion. Ernest recovered at Lake Street station and reported the assault and theft of $145 and papers before the couple fled in Ernest’s car with the children.
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Governor Seeks Defense Day Support in Iowa Town
Des Moines reports Gov Kendall urged Town residents to cooperate for national defense day on September 12, criticizing government delay in wartime preparedness. Syracuse also names Charles Wesley Flint as principal speaker for observances, amid pacifist furor over his reserve corps rank. Paris plans action under the Dawes Plan as France reshapes policy, with rumors of a new British ambassador replacement.
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Iowa
Guv Kendall
Syracuse
Charles Wesley Flint
Syracuse University
Ino
Paris
Dawes
Houghton to sail from Bremen for New York on George Washington
Ambassador Alan son B. Houghton will depart Bremen on Friday aboard the George Washington to resume his present vacation. The trip was interrupted by the International conference in London and will end in New York.
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Alanson B. Houghton
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George Washington
London
ZR-8 dirigible to start transatlantic flight mid September
Friedrichshafen Germany August 20 giant airship ZR-8 being built for the United States is likely to begin its cross Atlantic journey from Lakehurst New Jersey around mid September. First public inspection showed inflating with hydrogen and multiple test flights planned before the long voyage. The trip is estimated between 59 and 100 hours depending on weather with parachutes aboard for officers and a gyro compass unused on other airships.
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United States
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Hugh Eckener
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Greenland
Tobacco Firms Face FTC Trade Charges in Conspiracy Case
The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint accusing Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company American Tobacco Company Tarillard Company and the West Virginia Wholesale Grocers Association of Parkersburg of an unlawful price fixing scheme. The suit claims an agreement to fix uniform tobacco prices and alleges manufacturers aided the plan by withholding products from undercutting jobbers. Respondents have 36 days to answer.
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Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
Tarillard Company
West Virginia Wholesale Grocers’ Association Company of
Parkersburg
Writ Halts Attempt To Prevent Bullfight In Newark
Vice Chancellor Bentley restrained Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agents from interfering with alleged bull fights at a Newark amusement park. The order requires S P C A representatives to show cause next Monday why they should not be permanently restrained. Six men arrested over the weekend for alleged cruelty to animals in connection with the bull fights have case continued until September 4.
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