Not Guilty After Hall Murder Trial Verdict Reached
The jury in the Hall murder case found Mrs Frances Stevens Hall and Henry Stevens not guilty of complicity in the killing of Mrs Eleanor Mills. Indictments against them for the Rev Mr Hall slaying were to be quashed. The trial lasted about five hours with telegraphing notes and a large crowd observing.
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Frances Stevens Hall
Henry Stevens
Willie Stevens
Eleanor Mills
New Jersey
Hall
Western Union Telegraph Company
Simpson
Congress Set For Adverse To Extra Session Hurdle
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge may deliver the annual message as Congress assembles next Monday. Akey issue is whether there will be an extra session after March 4. the newly elected 1927 Congress does not convene normally until December 1927, delaying public reaction to the election. An amendment to allow immediate January start has passed the Senate and awaits House action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Sullivan
Washington, D.C
Congress
Coolidgs
Wwagnear
New York
Wadsworth
Vare
Pennsylvania
Ware
Publc
Por
Senate
Norria
Nebraska
Courier Delivery Notice for Timely Home Delivery
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 6:30 p.m. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or delivery issue, please Phone 5100 and request a copy or panel with the front page, and contact this office before 6:30 p.m.
Gift Package Speaks Mamma in Waterloo Toy Drive
A paper wrapped bundle seized by a Good Fellows agent at West High spoke the word Mamma as it was opened. The incident highlighted a Christmas toy drive in Waterloo where bundles of repaired toys were collected from several schools and sent to manual training departments for rebuilding into gifts.
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Ames
University of Sydney
Australia
Lews State College
Sociey
Good Fellows
Mammon
Waterloo
Good Fellows Cn
Yestern
George Jensen
Clark Gormley
Good Iellows Club
Good Fellows’ Club
Evening Courier
West High School
Whisky dumped into sewer by police in Indiana town
In Ikkokome Indiana a farm inventory led Dr J R Morgan to uncover a bottle of old whisky. Police refused to let it be used medically and poured the contents into a sewer, saying there was no reason for anyone to get sick.
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Kokomo
Ikkokome
Ind
J. R. Morgan
Seek joint rate urged for railroads with barge line
Inland Waterways corporation filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission asking it to compel the Chicago Great Western Burlington Milwaukee and Illinois Central railroads to join with the Mississippi River barge line in a single through rate from the Twin Cities via Dubuque to points in Illinois Indiana Missouri and Iowa. The complaint says railroads have not voluntarily established joint rates and cites Congress policy supporting railroad waterway cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Northwestern
Mississippi
Upper Mississippi
Inland Waterways, Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Great Western
Burlington
Milwaukee
Ilinois Central
Twin Cities
Minnesota
Duluque
Paints
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Towa
Congress
Bolivia Accepts Tacna Arica Settlement Plan
Bolivia accepted unconditionally the Taena Arica plan proposed this week by Secretary of State Hull. Chile and Peru would turn over Tacna and Arica to Bolivia in exchange for compensation. Arica would become a free port under the plan.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Bolivia
Stata Iuellogge
State Department
Chile
Peru
Tacna
Arica
Thompson Makes Report to Coolidge in Philippines Survey
Col. Carm Thompson arrived in Washington to brief President Coolidge on a three month survey of the Philippine Islands. He said the written report is completed and likely to be sent to the president today, and suggested he may succeed Gen. Wood as governor of the Philippines.
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Washington
2. C
Col
Carm Thompson
President Coolidge
Sirvey
Philippine Islands
Thompson
Gen. Wood
Philippines
Cuba Bars Soviet Envoy to Mexico
Cuba denies landing to Soviet minister Miss Colantal citing a law barring unaccompanied women from landing. The barred envoy was not allowed to disembark at Mexican shores as reported.
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Cuba
Mexico
Diavana
Welcome queen returns as royal welcome fills streets
King Ferdinand rises early to greet Queen Marie and party home from Amarican tour. Doctors say no immediate danger to the king but limit diet and activity. Crowds line Bucharest streets as the welcome unfolds amid wartime strain.
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Bucharest
Ferdinand of
Marie
Ferdinand
Quieen Marie
Peana
Nichola
Riots Threaten Hankow As Foreigner Barricades Harden
Foreigners wait as riots loom at Hankow with a general anti foreign strike planned to start tomorrow. Five American gunboats and one British destroyer reinforce nationals in the harbor. a French destroyer is expected. Cantonese officials appear powerless as striking workers imprison the foreign affairs commissioner and take control of streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Hankow
V/P
Robbers En Route to Prison Twenty Hours After Crime
Correctionville Indiana reports two burglars who broke into a lock at 1 30 a m and were sentenced at 1 30 p m the same day to five years in Amamasa after a confession. They were caught in possession of stolen freight car property in their car and taken to the county seat for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Correctionville
Cushing
Sher Jf
Anamasa
Cole Plans Bill to Use Farm Waste
Representative Cole Republican Town plans a supplemental agricultural relief bill to encourage use and development of waste farm products. He cites scientists noting commercial value in waste stalks and hulls and says the proposal has tentative approval from the Secretary of Agriculture Jardine and Secretary Troover with a White House favorable outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Cole
Jardine
Troover
Cootkige
Slayer Suspect Held in Oregon Killings
In Glarkaville Arkansas on December 4 authorities report custody of a man linked to the killings of four men in Oregon. The suspect is identified as Roy Aud A. T Autremont, a member of a noted family accused with two brothers in the alleged crime.
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Glarkaville
Ark
Big Tier Brothers
Oregon
Roy Aud A. T'Autremont
Hall Mills Case Ends as Charges Quashed
In Somerville and Jersey City, officials moved to end the Hall Mills murder case after the not guilty verdicts. Special prosecutor Alexander Simpson criticized Attorney General Katzenbach as charges against Mrs Hall and her brothers were dismissed. Bail applications and further legal steps followed the acquittals, with the defense claiming victory for innocence nationwide.
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Jersey City
TNS
Alexander Shinpsor
PaAle Mills
Katzenbach
Somerville
N. J
Hart S
Supreme Court
Charles W. Parker
Frances Stevens Hall
Wile
Manry Stevens
Eleanor Ft. Marts
Katazenbich
Simpson
Moore
Hall
Meury la Brusere Carpender
Hov
Edgyard W. Hall
Jenty Carpendar
Milla
Acto Clear
Dee
Frances Stevens Tall
Henry
Willie Stevens
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Wille Stevens
Mystery surrounds death of Clara Olsen in Prairie du Chien
Pathologists examine the 22 year old Clara Olsen found buried on a hillside near her home as authorities seek to justify the charge against her missing sweetheart Erdman Olson. A coroner jury will hear 4 dozen witnesses to establish if the unusual legal move was warranted.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Dace. I—Lj
Ibsen
Nhy
Clara Olsen
Norse Carter
Iirdman ‘Olson
Sulcido
Morelle
Chicago
Eirdmith
Clera
Olson
Christ Olson
Erdman
Christine Anderson
Yang Olson
Boy of 6 Rescues Two From Drowning
Roland Heathaway and two boy companions, Rus sell and Maurice Smith, rescued after breaking through ice on Black Hawk creek near Chicago street. The six year old hero used a stick to reach and haul the others from five feet of freezing water, then pulled them to the bank despite his own fall through the ice.
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Dis
Bretier
Black Hawk Creek
Roland Heathaway
Hathaway
Summit Avenue
Roland
Russell
Maurice Smith
Homer
MM. Smith
Moir Street
Chicago Street
Short Interviews With Home Folks
Li B Crapper recalls a snowstorm when eight inches fell on Ten 4 line. He notes road disruptions around 1481 Newell Street near Sunnyside Country Club as services were abandoned and cars stalled. The Sunday snow caused furrows in streets and extensive damage to asphalt pasting.
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Li. B
Newell Street
Sunnyside Country Club
Latehureh
Defendant Wins Auto Damage Suit
The case in Mars, Ta Dees awarded Miss TMancho A Brown of Sioux City $25,000 against Mrs Carrie Inner after a verdict found the defendant negligent in a collision near Lees, causing permanent injuries to Brown.
Armored Gunmen Battle Bandits Near Herrin
In Union County Sheriff Weilawn reports a running gun battle as officers including Constable William Thigpen and a Carbondale deputy pursued bandits who hid in a house in Herrin. The assailants reportedly retreated from the town as officers prepared reinforcement.
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William
Carbondale
Obden
Herrin
Una
Sheatine
Walker Will Not Get Flowers Title of Middleweights
Chicago boxing scene reacts as Mickey Walker of New Jersey fails to win the world middleweight title after a 10 round bout with Figer Flowers of Atlanta. Referee Benny Yanger rules the decision for Flowers. Illinois boxing commission convenes, considering a resolution to reverse the decision, with two members in favor and one holding back their name. A sweeping investigation into the Walker Flowers bout is reportedly ordered.
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Chicago
Mickey Walker
New Jersey
Viger Lowers
Atlanta
Benny Yanger
Illinois Boxing Commission
Yanger
Yenger
Walker Flowers
Quake Destroys Russian Village Kapli in Lenakan area
A strong earthquake, likened to frequent temblors, obliterated the village of Kapli in Lenakan. Casualty figures were not yet available as workers and the American Near East Relief hospital coordinated ambulances to the affected city.
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Lenakan
Russia
Armenia
Kaya
Kapli
Dukars
Ktriekei
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Plains
Weather outlook for the period of December through the 11th in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and the northern and central Great Plains. Expect much cloudiness with occasional precipitation, especially in northern portions. Temperatures near normal values.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Great Plains
Defense WINS Point in Pearl Harbor Oil Case
In Washington DC the defense in the Hillers oil conspiracy trial argues that Wilbur ordered Admiral Robison not to disclose confidential Pearl Harbor details to the jury. Robison, as Navy liaison, cites the Elk Hills lease link and says the Pearl Harbor cost to the Navy was essentially nothing. The judge weighed admissibility as trial progresses with witnesses including Admiral Robison and Navy officials.
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Washington, DC. C
Widward le Doken
Hillers Souspiracy
Culuubia Supreme ‘Court
Washington
DB. C
Wilbur
J. &. Robison
Justce Hochling
Albert B. Fall
Edward Bh. Doheny
Navy
Robison
Navy Department
Elk Hills
Dohany
Fall
Interor
Defense
Nnvy
Frank J. Hogan
Denby
Doheny
Pearl Harbor
Donany
California Reserve
Tdoheny
Pan-Amerlean Petroleum Company of
California
Péarl Harbor
Elk Alla
Mayal Gil
Manda
Mayal Wilbur
Newarks
Elk Hills Naval Off Reserve
Albert B. Pali
Edward L. Doheny
Admiral Robison
Navy Bureau of Engineering
Pearl Harbor Naval Oil
Elx “Hills
Edwin Denby
Wibur
Interror Department
Bint
Post Office Theft Suspect Nabbed in Seattle
Seattle December 4 Sam Gallion long sought in connection with the 74000 Kentucky postoffice robbery at Mayticks was arrested on an auto theft charge after police identified him from traps and descriptions. He admitted he was a fugitive but declined to discuss the major crime or make a confession.
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Williamson County
Herrin
Make
Thaddor
Seattle
Mayticks
Sam Gallion
Hare Tolly
Fedariat
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Aire
Baldwin
Arthur W. Cutten
Brisbane
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Baraboo
Charles Ringling
August Ringling
MecGregor
Circ
Baras Pom
House of. Representatives
Coolidge
Dennie S. Bird
C. C
Bill
Hall-Mills
Jersey
British Museum
Hall-Mills Mar
Alexander Simpso
Harry Ome
Tall
United States
Suggestion No
Dell
Haliday Aeason
Clara Olson
Black Hawk
Poast
Sherif
Ae Werrin
Sherif Weilawn
Union County
Bila Fiatenthan
Walker
Flowers
Witness
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