Fat Comic Faces Another Judge In Death Case Today
Roscoe Arbuckle, the famed comedian, was to be arraigned in San Francisco on a manslaughter charge connected to Virginia Rappe's death. The DA planned to seek a continuance as murder charges loom, with possible verdicts including first degree murder, second degree murder, or acquittal. Arbuckle remains jailed with bail set at 5000 while trial paths unfold. Rappe's body arrived in Los Angeles for burial accompanied by tributes from her fiancé.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Roscoe C
Patty) Arbuckle
Court of Superior
Harold Louderback
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe Arouckle
Arbuckie
Mathew Brady
Syeon
Aripuckle
Miss ‘Rappe
Arbuckle
Iuperior
Barold Powderback
Los Angeles
United Press
Roscos Arbuckle
Henry Lehrmen
New York
Miss Rappe
Hollywood
Rovaos
Fatty) Arbuckle
Virginia Repps
Stolen Car Recovery Ends With Child Witness
In Chicago two hours after a car was stolen police recovered the vehicle with three year old Silvia Ziven in the rear seat singing. The incident followed another stunt where a small oil soaked shack in Denver was slated to burn as part of a police and firemen's day.
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Chisgo
Silvia Ziven
Mises
Denver
Family Scandal Leads to Arrests in Chicago Case
Mrs Mary Charlotte Gilchrist and husband Lawrence Case Gilchrist clash over allegations of impropriety in Milwaukee and Chicago. She testified that the affair was for art’s sake, while he faced charges of living with Miss Alice Perry. The divorce suit triggered countercharges and a hotel arrest involving a Chicago broker. The case was dismissed after earlier court actions.
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Chicago
Mary’ Charlotte Gilchrist
Milwaukee
Lawrence Case Gilchrist
Alice Perry
Gilchrist
Bandits Raid Brooklyn Paper Factory Seize Whisky
Fifteen armed bandits raided a Brooklyn paper factory and escaped with 48 barrels of whisky valued at $16,000. Two watchmen were seized. one later arrested on suspicion of collusion with the bandits. The raiders fled, and police investigation is ongoing.
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New York
Earry Today
Brooklyn
Po- Yee
Congress Has 10 Weeks To Enact Important Laws
Congress debates a foreign loan refunding measure that would let the treasury secretary convert overdue demand notes and accumulated interest into long term bonds at a low rate, aiming to stabilize European economies and boost American exports. Prohibition enforcement and constitutional debates loom as Congress reconvenes amid fierce partisan clashes and proposals for stronger executive discretion.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Senate
Executive Department
Reed
Missouri
New York Brewing Post Inc
Voliva Proves Farth Not Bound In Flat Earth Claim
Chicago dispatch reports Wilbur Glenn Voliva of Zion City asserts no proof of earth’s sphericity or motion. He challenges modern astronomy citing level water, distant lighthouse observations, eclipses, the so called midnight sun, and a nearly level 2000 mile South American railroad to argue against Copernican theory and in favor of biblical flat-earth views.
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Chicago
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Zion
Alexander Dowie
Zion City
Atile
Voliva
Kingston
Jawmaaica
Havana Harbor
South America
Suez Canal
God Almight
Kenosha
Bea
Rotary muckraking and club notices in Excelsior Springs
Rotary and Lions lunch meetings announce speakers Walter Bass on Shoes at Hotel Russell Lamson and Black's tearoom, with Kiwanis review of the national convention. Waterloo delegates from the convention are B L Holton, George Pike, C H Trunkey. Elms Hotel Excelsior Springs advertises health baths and recreation facilities for ten days or two weeks.
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Rotary Club
Russell Lamson
Walter Bass
Lions Club
Black
Kiwanis Club
Kamsas
Waterloo
B. L. Hol ‘Ton
Pregident
George Pike
C.H. Trunkey
Black’s Tearoom
Elms Hotel
Excelsior Springs
Elms
Missouri
Buck Races Through New York Streets With Deer Pack
A four year old buck named Charlie escaped his paddock on Fifth Avenue between Seventy ninth and Sixty seventh streets at midnight. He joined four does and bolted through traffic, charging toward a policeman and nearly causing several collisions. Head Keeper Jim Coyle and Transit Officer Thomas F. Rockett chased the deer, capturing a hind leg after a brief wrestling moment. Charlie was roped and returned to his paddock, where the animal rested with the does nearby. The paddock door mystery remains, the key in the office and the padlock on the ground.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Charlie
Jim Coyle
Thomas
F. Rockett
Coyle
Rockett
Rab Best
Thomas Mitchell
Business Hitting Stride As Economic Outlook Improves
United Press reports Comptroller of the Currency David H. Crissinger says business has regained momentum. Banks show rising deposits and falling loans as cotton prices lift Southern mood. New England mills resume full operation. crops good and money easier. Crissinger notes steel and iron prices remain high and potential rapid improvement hinges on reductions.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
David H. Crissinger
Crissinger
New England
Criasinger
President Harding Golfing Near Norfolk
President Harding arrived at Norfolk aboard the Mayflower during the night and planned a morning golf round before noon. The presidential party, cruising from New York, anchored near the naval base at Hampton Roads and was to meet Admiral Hugh Rodman before driving to the Norfolk Country Club for play.
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United Press
Norfolk
Harding
New York
Hampton Roads
Naval Base Dock
Hugh Rodman
Naval Base
Norfolk Country Club
Athenian Society Opens First Program at West High
The Athenian society a sophomore literary group at West High plans its year’s first program on Monday with “Work of the Society” an inaugural address by Malcolm Francis roll call by Herman Cohn and performances by Grace Heswell Lethe Tull Katherine Hiestar Lynn Nichels Ruth Myers John Sindlinger Lucile Albee Malcolm Francia Marjorie Murtagh and others The Crestomathian and Hesperian societies also schedule upcoming programs with Miss Dorothy Seiffert supervising public speaking activities.
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Athenian Society
West High
Dorothy Seiffert
Miss Seuffert
Malcolm Francis
Herman Cohn
Grace Heswell
Reading
County Fair
Lethe Tull
Katherine Hiestar
Lynn Nichels
Hermann Cohn
Fanchon Powers
Rainbow Vets Attend Funeral of Capt Nelson
Rainbow Veterans including Robert Freeland will attend Capt C B Nelson funeral services in Ottumwa tomorrow. Nelson formerly led Co G 168th Infantry with Waterlog men and was killed in the Argonne by a machine gun bullet.
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King Marion Post
Rainbow
Robert Freeland
C. B. Nelson
Ottumwa
Nelson
Co. G
One Hundred Sixty-eighth, Infantry
Argonne
Military Funeral for Pvt Clar ence L Rebee Set for Monday
Funeral services for Pvt Clarence L. Rebee, son of Mr and Mrs Frank Bebee of 216 Concrete Avenue, are scheduled for Monday at 9 am at St Joseph's Catholic Church. Members of Becker Chapman American Legion and King Marson Rainbow Veterans are asked to meet at Memorial Hall at 8 am. The American Legion conducts the services with Rev E J Slattery officiating and assisted by Rev M F Toomey and Rev J M Molloy. Our Lady of Victory academy children's choir will sing. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Relatives from Prairieburg and Anamosa expected.
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Frank Bebee
Concrete Avenue
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American Legion
King-Marson Post
Rainbow
Jat Memorial Hall
E. J. Slattery
Bebea
M. F. Toomey
J. M. Molloy
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Bebee
O'Keefe & Towne
St. Joseph's Jehurch
Calvary
Prairieburg andAnamese
Patriots Celebrate Constitution Day in New York
New York September 17 Constitution Day commemorating the adoption of the U S Constitution 134 years ago was celebrated by many patriotic societies today.
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Associated Press
New York
Muany
Waterloo civil service holds semi-annual railway mail clerk exams
Between fifty and sixty applicants took examinations for railway mail clerk positions this morning in the K P hall auditorium under Clyde Brainard secretary of the Waterloo civil service board. The event was a semi annual examination.
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K. P. Hall
Clyde Brainard
Waterloo Civil Service Board
Drunk Man Calls Patrol Wagon to Jail
John Mather of Independence Iowa was heavily intoxicated after drinking bootleg moonshine and quarrelled with a Fifth Street East restaurant owner. He summoned the patrol wagon at 1 pm and was booked, charged with intoxication, and placed in a city jail room after witnesses said he insulted and struck the proprietor, provoking the counter assault.
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Fifth Street
John Mather
Independence
John
Mather
Broken Arm Rewards Youths Gallantry at Church Meeting
Louis Stolte, 16, of 215 Maple Street, aided a Waterloo woman whose car failed to start after a meeting at First Lutheran Church last Thursday. As he offered help, the engine backfired and his arm was broken, rewarding his act of gallantry.
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Louis Stolte
Maple Street
Waterloo
First Lutheran Church
Louis
W. F. Broke
Lightning kills pig on McGarvey farm in Eagle Center area
Lightning struck the P. E. McGarvey farm in Hagle township near Eagle Center, killing a pig from the herd last spring. The incident highlights losses suffered by McGarvey and underscores the dangers of storms in rural farming communities.
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P. E. McGarvey
Hagle Township
Eagle Center
Pig herd decimated by storm and disease incident
A farmer recounts a series of misfortunes as a lightning storm wipes out most pigs after a cholera scare. Only one pig remains on the farm, while another farmer, Mr. McGarvey, endures heavy losses from a damaged shed and storm-blown corn.
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Chere
McGarvey
Russ and His 27 Relatives Plan Migration
A group led by Russ and his 27 relatives, including children, sisters, brothers, and spouses, traveled from their hometown after Bolshevik upheaval. They crossed to the Roumanian border, then by rail toward Akron, seeking funds and safety, amid a backdrop of global naval strength figures.
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Associated Press
New York
Srouiet
Asia
Eliisland
Akr
Troysky
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