Arbuckle to Fage Jury No Weeks
San Francisco and Los Angeles dispatches report District Attorney Brady moving toward a murder or manslaughter trial for Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle in the Virginia Rappe death case. Brady said he would be ready for trial in about three weeks and expected the defense to be ready too. A conference with police officials decided not to fix a charge yet. Arbuckle remains jailed in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Brady
Sylvain Lazarus
Roscoe C
Fatty
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Lazarus
Roscos
Virginia Reppe
Mathew Brady
Fim Star
Arbuckie
Los Angeles
Roscoe
Virginia Pappe
Frederick Fischback
Robert Camarillo
United States
Fischback
Camarillo
E. Forest Mitchell
California
Robert O'Connor
Lowell Sherman
Maintenance Costs Discussed at Traction Men's Conference
John Sutherland of Davenport was reelected chairman at the midyear Conference of the Lows Electrical Railway Association held at Hotel Russell-Lamson. Papers on lading and maintenance of tracks and on architec ture and baking of railway armatures were read by R. J. Smith, Davenport, and Frank P. Grant, Des Moines.
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John Sutherland
Davenport
Lows Electrical Railway Association
Russell-Lamson
R. J. Smith
Frank P. Grant
Des Moines
Sioux City
W. G. Lamb
Waterloo
Tom Wood
Omaha
F. W. Marvel
Chicago
Methodists to Try Ministers With Sideline Plan
The Des Moines conference of the Methodist Episcopal church reports a year’s net income of 10 773 for the retired preachers fund. Assessments on churches will yield over 54 000 in annuities to aged preachers. Two ministers Carter Alberta Can and C E Crandall Duanesburg NY will serve in secular work. Twelve small country churches to be moved or sold to coordinate congregations. An endowment drive of 150 000 for Simpson College discussed.
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Associated Press
Red Oak
Des Moines
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tria
Carter
Alberta
Can
Harding Heads Toward Home on Mayflower
President Harding and his party traveled toward Washington aboard the Mayflower yacht. After leaving West Point, he planned to reach Washington by Sunday with a possible stop at Norfolk for golf, escorted down the Hudson by a destroyer and accompanied by Secretary Hoover aboard at the Narrows.
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United Press
New York
Harding
Washington
West Point
Norfolk
Hudson
Seventy-ninth Street
Daugherty
Hoover
Narrows
Alcohol as Taxi Power Prompts Cuban Rate Cut Plea
Havana taxi drivers petition the city to lower fares after finding profits with one third lower charges. A report to the commerce department notes a shift toward alcohol as motive power for cars, citing Cuba's sugar waste alcohol as cheaper than gasoline.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cuba
Havana
Commerce Department
Philander L. Cable
Young Leeds Says Nobody's Going to Stop His Marriage
Paris reports 18 year old William Leeds son of Princess Christopher of Greece denies opposition to his planned marriage to Princess Xenia. He says guardians have delayed documents from America but marriage will occur later in September or October.
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Young Leeds
United Press
Paris
William Leeds
Christopher
Greece
Ohio
Tin Plate
Eds
Frincess Xenia
America
Veterans Bureau opens Cedar Rapids branch
The Sweet bill created a veterans bureau branch in Cedar Rapids with D. F. Peppers in charge. M. E. Head, acting district manager in St. Louis, says former servicemen can seek rotational training or medical treatment by contacting Mr. Peppers. Reorganization will take weeks. St. Louis district offices will handle compensation claims once set up.
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Veterans Bureau
Cedar Rapids
D. F. Peppers
M. E. Head
St. Louis
Tilden Defeats Davis in National Singles Semifinal
William Tilden world champion defeated Willis Davis of San Francisco in straight sets at Germantown Cricket Club Philadelphia in the national singles championship semifinals. The Beare Was 10 8 6 2 1 1. Davis fought hard in the first set but Tilden secured the win with powerful serves and fast pace throughout the match.
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Germantown Cricket Club
Philadelphia
William
Tilden
Willis Davis
San Francisco
Beare
Davis
Squirrels Prepare for Hard Winter, Hunters Bag 37
In Dubuque Iowa this week five hunters including John Thillman reported a bag of 37 squirrels. They note the animals are busy building nests and storing acorns as preparations for a long winter.
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Associated Press
Dubuque, In
John Thillman
Wealth Poorly Divided Speech at Methodist Conference
London September 16 Arthur Henderson labor member of the British House of Commons urged just distribution of wealth in modern industry before the World Methodist conference. He called on churches to apply Christian principles in industry and to regard workers as people with a right to a full life. The speech was cheered and other speakers endorsed broader profit sharing.
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Associated Press
London
Arthur Henderson
House of Commons
Henderson
Irish Peace Talks Ended Amid Irish Crisis
London observers fear renewed war in Ireland as De Valera’s persistence threatens a crisis. Daily Chronicle and Daily Herald align on imminent fighting. labor sympathies with Ireland’s struggle against imperial rule amid curfew raids and armored patrols.
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Lloyd George
Altho
United Press
London
England
Daily Chronicle
de Valera
Ireland
the Daily Herald
Artillery Defenses on Coast Reduce Strength
Washington announces a reduced coast artillery defense program tied to a smaller army of 150000. Specific posts slated for manpower cuts include Portsmouth New Hampshire New Bedford Massachusetts Eastern New York Southern New York Baltimore Fort Washington Maryland Fort Monroe Virginia Cape Fear North Carolina Charleston District of Columbia Savannah Georgia Tampa Florida Mobile Alabama and Fort Stevens Oregon. Two anti aircraft battalions are planned with one at Fort Totten and another in the San Francisco coast defenses.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Coast Artillery
War Department
Portsmouth
N. H
New Bedford
Mass
New York
Baltimore
Fort Washington
Fort Monroe
Cape Fear
N. C
Charleston
D.C
Savannah
Kids Find $3600 in Street and Share It
In Chicago on Sept 16 two 12 year olds Jofin Stanula and Stanley Kiinek found a buried package under a newsstand containing 3600 dollars. They spent much of it on friends buying bicycles new suits candy and ice cream. Police later recovered 800 from friends and hunted for the rest. The money had been carried by a bank messenger who fell asleep.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Jofini Stanula
Stanley Kiinek
Twa
Dry Laws Boost California Grape Growers Profits
Edward Sheehan of the California Grape Growers' Exchange told the California Development Association that prohibition has trebled growers profits. He said the average grape price rose from 10–20 dollars per ton to about 75–100 dollars, and he estimated the California wine crop this year at 15 million dollars.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
California
Edward Sheehan
California ‘Grape Growers’ Exchange
Iin
California Development Association
Sheehan
Fast High School StadiumGets Bids for Grandstand
Plans approved for a concrete grandstand at Waterloo east high school athletic field with a 800 capacity. Estimated total cost about 10 900 dollars including plumbing and wiring. If financed, work may begin this fall. board to decide at Sept 20 meeting.
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Waterloo
M. B. Cleveland
Aimost
Currie & Simpson
Marek & Levine
East High
Mummies Not What They Seem Say Chicago Scholars
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago questions the identity of a claimed Pharaoh’s daughter’s right hand held by Bradley Point Technic Institute. The 90 year old donor believed the relic matched Hebrew lawgiver Moses. A Field Museum curator recalls Cleopatra’s supposed mummy proved to be a wrapped skeleton.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Moses
Illinois College
Oriental Institute
University of Chicago
T. George Allen
Institute
Sid
Bradley Polrt Technic Institute
Peoria
Cleopatra
Europe
United States
F. C. Cole
Department of Anthropology
Field Museum of Natural History
Mennonites to Attend Public Schools in Manitoba
Manitoba prepares to enforce English instruction for Mennonite children in the coming term. Thirteen new or soon ready schools will serve Mennonite colonies where earlier opposition was strongest. No Mennonites have yet migrated this year. many districts now use public schools or rent former Mennonite schools for public schooling.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Mexico
School Teachers Lead Illinois Borrowers List
Chicago Sept. 16 School teachers are the most persistent borrowers in Illinois according to a report by Albert P Suite chairman of the Illinois Industrial Licensed Lenders association to be presented at the upcoming convention. Landladies traveling salesmen machinists switchmen stenographers and nurses follow. Of 70000 loans made last year only one undertaking was included. The stork arrival winter approach and coal bills are cited as main borrowing causes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ilinois
Albert P. Suite
Illinois Industrial Licensed Lenders’ Association
Hst
Davenport Man Ends His Life Amid Joblessness and Isolation
Frederick Hallman, 23, of Davenport Iowa, shot himself at Riverfront park after declaring he was without work and almost friendless. Minutes earlier he told a man in the park he could not wet work and was discouraged.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Isa
Frederick
Haliman
Riverfront Park
Hallman
Congress Blamed for High Living Costs in Washington Message
Washington readers say Congress is held responsible for high living costs and stalled business as Republican leaders return to Washington from home. Constituents urge action to reduce living expenses and revive the economy.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Washington
North Dakota recalls set for Oct 28 with NPL backing
North Dakota schedules recall elections for state officers on October 28 under a secretary of state proclamation. Petitions targeting Gov. Lynn J. Frazer Attorney General William Lemke and Commissioner John Hagan show thousands of signatures in support of the recall.
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Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
Thomas Hall
Lynn J. Frazier
William Lemke
John Hagan
Agriculture
Labor
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