Robbery Gang Steals 370 000 in Metropolis Loot
Four thieves in Metropolis each use a different method to raid stores and loot worth 370 000 dollars. Police pursue leads as investigators catalog the diverse burglaries across the city.
11 Oct 1922
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1922
Page
1
Four thieves in Metropolis each use a different method to raid stores and loot worth 370 000 dollars. Police pursue leads as investigators catalog the diverse burglaries across the city.
Four thieves using different methods struck New York City, totaling about $76,000 in value. A diamond dealer on Pearl Street lost uncut gems valued at $60,000 after a gun assault. his assistant was bound and gagged. A fashionable Brooklyn home was robbed of $7,000 in jewelry and $150 cash as a maid was restrained. A diner on Waverly Place was robbed of $1,390 from a guest. A storefront window display on Fifth Avenue was smashed, with two Spanish shawls valued at £10,000 taken.
The New Mexico Supreme Court reversed the Union County district court in the case of C. L. Coliva an assistant district attorney charged with bribery. The court held bribery cannot be pursued under an information but must be charged by indictment and applies common law bribery. The ruling dismisses the information and remands accordingly.
Reports from Vladivostok say Gen Dieterichs forces retreating demoralized before Soviet Far East troops. Vladivostok government lacks rifles and ammunition while Chita troops face food shortages. Chita cavalry moves to disrupt line of communications toward Hikone via a 60 mile corridor. Lt Col Oliver Hazard assists U S interests with Vladivostok and American consul.
Wexington Kentucky officials postponed today's running program until Wednesday due to high wind and heavy track conditions. The decision follows efforts to ensure safe competition and proper track conditions for all events and participants.
Weather bulletin for Denver and Arizona regions with scattered fragments. Forecast mentions Wednesday and Thursday, with fair to partly cloudy skies and colder temperatures in northeast portions.
Local station notes conditions for the twenty four bars ending 6 p m yesterday. Report lists highest temperature around 66 and humidity around 74 percent. Data recorded by the university observatory.
Cleveland report to the American Mining Congress shows fatality rate drops from 4.81 per 1900 workers in 1907 to 2,371 deaths in 1920, a 60 percent reduction. It cites government funding in 1907 to study mine accidents and notes ongoing safety cooperation between miners and operators.
Cleveland Oct. 19 The American Mining congress at its second session seeks a method to prevent strikes and lockouts in industrial warfare. W A Grieves of Columbus says the congress will push a campaign for harmony through confidence between workers and employers. He calls cooperation a practical business move and stresses education, mutual dependence, and personal contact without antagonism to unions.
Mudania October 10 The armistice convention was signed at 11 o'clock with signatures by all powers. General Harington presented the protocol to Ismet Pasha, who sent it to Angora for decision. Ismet awaited a reply by five, Britain reporting final word to the Turkish government. The Iron Duke carried the British commander back to Mudania after Constantinople.
After delays the Mudania conference presents a fourteen clause protocol to Jamet Pasha. It envisions Greek evacuation of Thrace in 15 days and transfer to Turkish control within a further month under allied supervision. Britain advises Turks to sign and warns of possible conflict.
New York reports that Frank Chance a former Chicago Cubs star and manager and Barney Oldfield a wealthy auto racer were considering buying a baseball club in the east during the world series. The pair were seen at the polo grounds and were said to have held talks with major league owners about their plans.
Athens announces martial law to curb army opposition as the government accepts the loss of eastern Thrace. The decree signed by Constantine before abdication remains non operative due to the government’s fall.
Des Moines Iowa October 10 George W Burlingame former commander of the Grand Army of the Republic department of California and Nevada died here today at age 78.
The Ohio 1919 act prohibiting teaching German to students below eighth grade in private and parochial schools was argued in the supreme court. Bohning and Pohl lawyers claim the law violates the Fourteenth Amendment by denying education rights, while the state asserts police power to set standards and restrict studies.
Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel urged safety first in all activities at a New York Merchants Association gathering. He warned daily preventable accidents rise with population and congestion and urged warnings at street corners and further funding for ambulances and hospitals while praising the Safety Institute of America for public protection work.
New York dispatch reports an historic letter from George Washington written at Morristown to Elbridge Gerry in Philadelphia on January 29, 1780. Washington argues preparedness as essential to peace and cites finances, retrenchment, and the need to place the army on a more respectable footing amid shortages and severe strain on troops.
New York Giants and Yankees split the World Series funds with 25 shares of 4451 for the Giants and 25 full shares of 2855 for the Yankees. Additional payments went to staff and non-regular personnel, including half shares to Dock Woods and Eddie Bennett plus smaller amounts to others.
Japan will restore the Kiaochow leasehold to China on December 2. On that date Japanese troops will withdraw and civil and military authority in the Kiaochow district will be handed to China, with the Chinese flag hoisted for the first time since 1898.
Reports from Riga say serious uprisings erupt in the North Caucasus and Georgievsk districts over grain tax refusals. Conscripts of 1901 class refuse army reporting as punitive expeditions clash with insurgents, with Terek province fighters joining.
London reports thatSir Robert Stevenson Horne chancellor of the exchequer has indefinitely postponed his debt funding mission to the United States due to England's political situation according to the Daily Express.
Special to The Journal Santa Fe reports the state highway engineer awarded federal aid road contracts. McElrath Construction of Mesa Arizona receives 26.18 miles in McKinley county from Guam to Bluewater for 150 708 dollars. C A Cunningham of reserve bids 21.082 miles in Grant county Cliff to Megolion for 150 761 dollars. Peterson Shirley Gunther of Omaha 4.259 miles in Santa Fe county Pankeys gate to Canoncita for 52 039 dollars. McClure Dobson of Magdalena 10.18 miles in Torrance county Willard to Lucy for 38 558 dollars.
New York Oct 10 Giants manager McGraw revealed Jack Scott's aged father traveled from Ridgeway New York to watch his son blank the Yankees at the Polo Grounds. The elder Scott sat in the stands and felt pride as his son battled back from a hole in the seventh inning and secured the win for the Giants.
Isaac C Guggenheim American capitalist and copper magnate died suddenly in Southampton from a cerebral hemorrhage. He arrived with Henry W Marsh on the Aquitania and had planned to return to New York Saturday. An inquest will decide on autopsy and Mrs Guggenheim and their daughter will join him this afternoon.
A telegram from Washington grants NM authority to build Pueblo Indian grant roads as federally funded. State Highway Commission and Senator Bursum secured the favorable ruling, enabling over 20 miles of Santa Fe to Albuquerque roadways to be concrete at federal expense, worth about one million dollars.
Federal judge George T Page ordered the forfeiture of bonds for William D Haywood and Charles Rothfisher, I W W leaders. Haywood bail was set at 15000 with co-signers William Brose Lloyd, Mary E Marey and Otto Christian son. Rothfisher bond was 10000 signed by Lloyd. Haywood fled to Russia and has not returned.
Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade voted to test the constitutionality of the grain trade act. The act gives the secretary of agriculture power to regulate dealings in future deliveries of grain.
Baltimore dispatch quotes the former heir to the throne of Germany, living in exile in Hol land, calling for national unity and duty to the common good. He argues the United States must act to shape Europe’s future and warns of looming catastrophe if treaties rest on unsustainable foundations.
New York Oct 10 Daniel Berman 12 from Galveston Texas enters Columbia University as a freshman and says he will finish the four year course in two and a half years. Officials say a world record could be set if he completes the feat. He weighs 98 pounds and hopes to gain weight to play football and become a lawyer.
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