Tragic Interurban Crash Kills Mason Party Near Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on October 15 a truck and trailer carrying Masonic Sahara Grotto members was struck by an interurban. Seventeen died and twenty or more were injured as bodies were scattered along the right of way. Motorman Carry Stewart conductor Wil Jie Merrill and truck driver Hal W Titus faced charges of involuntary manslaughter.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Titty
Ilen
Sahara
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Theim Sien
Uiteturnain
Indianapos City
Preea
Karry Stewart
Wil Jie Merrill
Hal W. Titus
Controlling Stock Sale Led in Atlanta Constitution Case
Lutt was led in federal court by Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell publishers from Tennessee as they worked delivery of controlling stock in the Atlanta Constitution Publishing Company for 54350.88 dollars.
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Sexe
Atlanta
Lutt
Luke Lea
Rogers
Caldwell
Tennessee
Atlanta Constitution
Housecleaning Made Easy by Right Planning
A government booklet explains simple steps to reduce dirt and upheaval at home through careful planning and easy to maintain furnishings. Readers can obtain a copy by mailing four cents for return postage.
Bus Driver Cited For Speeding Near Lina
A New Lexington Columbus bus driver traveled at 53 mph, passing vehicles near Lina as Utilities Commissioner James Huffman pursued. Huffman, enforcing a 33 mph speed limit recently ordered for buses, cited the company for violation of state regulations. Revocation of the company’s certificate is possible.
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Columbus
Leyington-Columbus
Vileage
Lina
James W. Huifman
Oan
the Utilities Commission
Father Tries Gas Suicide After Forcing Daughter in Bathroom
Columbus report details a 38 year old transferman David T Solis holding his 14 year old daughter Alberta in a bathroom for two hours as he waited for gas to kill them both. He had forced a death note from the girl and ingested multiple poisons before the event was discovered by his business partner Thomas Worthington. The daughter appeared dazed and was found with a towel over her face while the man remained with his back to the door in a semiconscious state. The father is in serious condition at Mt Carmel hospital.
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Columbus
David T. Solis
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Alberta
Thomas Worthinston
Sells
Hin
Diddy
France Seeks Mutual Tariff Accord in Dispute
Paris reports the French government handed a note to American envoy Sheldon Whitehouse replying to Washington on the tariff dispute. The note signals France’s readiness to begin negotiations for a mutual agreement while maintaining the existing tariff schedule until talks conclude. Maurice Bokanowski met Whitehouse at the ministry of commerce to discuss terms.
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Paris
Sheldon Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Foreign Office
Ministry of Commerce
Maurice Bokanowski
France
Weather reading shows freezing to mid values across Saturday
A historic weather report notes temperatures near freezing at 10 AM then rising to around 19 degrees by noon on Saturday with rapid fluctuations. Temperatures later show daytime highs nearing the upper 40s and winds or other conditions not clearly specified.
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Orlock
Eighty Five Union Coal Workers Face Deportation Charge
Cambridge October 15 eighty five union coal workers in Guernsey county faced possible deportation from the United States after a mineyard battle at the Quaker mine of Heatherwood Coal Company. Deputies brought five men to the jail for identification by Judge Turnbaugh. Further arrests and a federal referral were anticipated as prosecutors planned an investigation and a special session of the Brandyury court to review the Quaker mine incident.
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Cambridge
Guernsey County
United States
Quaker
Charles Turnhaugh Nancy
Turnbaugh
George J Dugan
Turnbaug
Ocean Flight to Denmark Delayed by Weather
Old orcted Me October 15 The Maine Denmark amphibian plane The Dawn postponed until tomorrow due to increasing northeast gales along the proposed course. Navigator Brice Goldsberard said takeoff tonight from Tow tide was impossible because of adverse weather causing cancellation of today’s hop off plans.
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Brice Goldsberard
Athens Plans Automatic Telephone System
Athens Home Telephone Company directors approved seven thousand two hundred fifty dollars for an automatic telephone system. Equipment order will speed installation and align with a new building completion, making Athens the only eastern Ohio city with the system and among the first in the state to offer improved service.
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Athens News
Athens Home Telephone Company
Itwns
C L Jones
Athens
Astern Ohio
Iss
Spur to education spurs baseball prizes in Asbury Park
Secretary Burley of the Asbury Park chamber of commerce announced a school program awarding eight public school pupils with the best averages for the current year. Each winner will receive a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to promote study.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Burley
Chamber of Commierce
Babe Ruush
Lou Gehrig
Hamden Philanthropist Gifts Town Clubhouse and Fields
Hamden, Oct. 15. Local philanthropist Jesse Walters donated a brick residence purchased for 3000 dollars to the town. The building will be repaired and converted into a clubhouse and home for the domestic science department. Walters previously funded a banquet and playground improvements for the school yard, aiding both adults and children.
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Walters
Hamden
Jesse Walters
Jesse
Harmisen
Hester Walters
Logan Woman Hurt in Crash at Crossing
Three people were injured when a car crashed into a southbound T and O C passenger train at Canal Winchester Pike crossing in Columbus. Alden Seybert, 45, his wife Mary, 41, of Shawnee, and Mary Weekly, 81, of Logan, were en route to Lansing, Michigan. Seybert said he saw the train too late and swerved, the auto then struck the baggage car.
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Columbus
Canal
Winchester Pike
Alden Seybert
Mary
Shawnee
Mary Weekly
Lagan
Lansing
Mich
Seybert
Swisher
Transfer of pastors announced in local church notes
The Rev McVey, pastor of the Methodist Protestant church in Newcomerstown, is transferred to Mt Leakeut. The Rev O I Vice is named pastor of the Methodist Protestant church at Gilbear. The statements come from leaders in the local Protestant congregations.
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Coleniel
WU Piney
Lawrence Brown
Testant
Ine McVey
Newcomerstown
Mt. Leoakeut
O I. Vice
Gilbear
Federal Agents Move To Silence Bootlegger Guns
In Cleveland authorities pursue federal action after the Lonardo brothers case tied to bootlegging and violent clashes. Federal agents expected to be deployed to seize guns and underground evidence while U.S. Attorney A. J. Bernstein vows full record examination for possible federal violations.
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Polies J
Boothy
Suistret
Joe
John Lonaida
Millions Sugar Guerehe
Anty
Marshall Bill for No Remedy Questions Lawmakers Clash
Attorney General Edward C. Bourner answers Riley Smith on the Marshall Bill. He says the measure is unconstitutional for failing to remedy U S Supreme Court errors, and explains why the bill would not deliver relief or fairness in state courts.
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cCouria
Edward C. Bourner
Riley Smith
Smith
JT Budge Teett
Tate
Justice Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Sleepy husband seeks divorce over nunlike privilege
Mrs Eta M Walter asks the court to decide if a mail carrier who comes home from work at 1 30 pm and immediately sleeps is privileged to neglect his wife. She alleges he sleeps long hours and is more interested in sleeping than in anything else, urging a divorce.
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Columbus
Eta M. Walter
Martin Walter
Walter
Azores Welcome for Trans Atlantic Flyers Elder and Haldeman
Miss Ruth Elder and her co pilot George Haldeman arrived at Horta harbor after their perilous Atlantic flight. They credited the Barendrecht crew with rescuing them when their American Girl airplane engine failed mid Atlantic. The town turned out to greet the aviators in a celebratory welcome.
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Manuel Camara
United Press
Horta
Azores Islands
Ruth Elder
Barendrecht
Fliers Safe and Heading to Paris Aboard Steamer
Miss Lider and Haldeman survive a perilous voyage as rescue efforts and diplomatic attention center on Horta. The event follows chaotic weather, a wet morning, and a drama of salvation with reporters and steamer Luna involved in the relay.
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Happy
Paris
Lisbon
Horta
Luna
Warendrecht
Flight Ended 380 Miles From Fayal Islands Rescue at Sea
Survivors recount a dramatic struggle from New York to a remote Azores coast after an explosion disabled an aircraft. Miss Lider and Haldeman were rescued near Barendrecht as explosion ripped the plane's gasoline tank, sinking it. Miss Elder and Haldeman reached shore with shore-side reception at the New York bond Junkers plane arrival.
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Haldeman
New York
Miccra
Barendrecht
Waldeman
Misa Herwald
Tetyak
Miss Lider
Enushore
Miss Elder
Junkers
Friends Asked to Cable Money for Destitute Aviators
The American Consul in St Michaels Azores urged Ruth Wider and Captain George Haldeman's friends to cable funds for two American aviators without identification papers. They planned to sail from Horta to France via Timar on the Portuguese vessel Tima, with requests to use Bank of Fayal or the civil governor Fernando Da Costa for passage and expenses. The Fayal governor was asked to grant courtesies, with British vice-consul coordinating.
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Ruth Wider
Cap Ftain
George Haldeman
St. Michaels
Azores
Leram
Staite Department
Horta
Tima
France
Fashon
Bank of Fayal
Fernando Dacosta
Junkers Seaplane to Resume New York Flights When Weather Clears
In the Azores Horta area Oct 15 the Junkers Seaplane C 1230 aims to fly to New York via St Johns as soon as winds permit. Pilot Fritz Jones notes seasonal delays prevent a fixed departure date but a start is expected soon after favorable conditions.
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Junkers
New York
Horta
Fayal
Azores Islands
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Fritz Jonese
United Press Today
Loose
Lisbon
Portugal
Fair Weather Predicted Then Showers in Week
Washington reports Attorney General Sargent announced two parole grants for Gordon Campbell, an inmate at Atlanta federal prison, amid a forecast of mostly fair weather early in the week turning to showers toward midweek. The note mentions a separate indictment involving Senator B. K. Wheeler and related charges.
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Washington
Sargent Inday
Gordon Campbell
Montana
Atlanta
Federall
Ohio Valley
Campbell
United States
B. K. Wheeler
Itana
Influential Officials Acquitted in Montana Land Case
A Montana trial concluded with the acquittal of a figure accused of influencing federal officials to obtain land from the government. The verdict ends a high profile case tied to land deals and official misconduct.
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Wheeler
Montana
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