Volley of Shots Fends Off Robbery at Resort
At Little Creve Coeur Lake near St. Louis three of five holdup men were killed when their demand to rob the Quinn and Duffy resort met a volley of defensive fire. Proprietor Tom Quinn fired the fatal shots. one victim was Vincent Goedde known for a long police record. The others remained unidentified. Meanwhile in Kansas a motor car pursuit between Lawrence and Kansas City left one man dead, another dying, and a third missing after a battle with officers.
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ST. Louis
Quinn and Duffy
Little Creve Coeur Lake
Here
Tom Quinn
Vincent Goedde
Don Hoffman
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas City
Emporia
Jewel thieves make another 100000 haul
In New York a skilled band dynamited three safes at a jewelers exchange and escaped with 100000 in jewelry. Detectives say the crew used a blanket to muffle sounds, set a dummy watchman, and struck while alarms were bypassed. A police booth stood nearby within fifty feet.
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New York Jewelers’ Exchange
New York
Vogg
Will Confer On Telephone Probe
Ohio Public Utilities commission plans conferences with engineers this week to pick an expert firm to lead a statewide probe of Ohio Bell Telephone Co. assets. Milo Maltby of New York W J Hagana h of Chicago and E C Cooley of Ann Arbor Mich are invited to Columbus for talks.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
General Assembly
Milo Maltby
New York
W. J. Haganah
Chicago
E. C. Cooley
Ann Arbor
Mich
Farmer Wesley Smith dies by suicide with shotgun
In Troy on October 4 Wesley Smith a 65 year old wealthy farmer living near Fletcher used a 12 gauge shotgun to kill himself friends recall he joked with an undertaker on Saturday that the mortician would soon be called for him.
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Troy
Wesley Smith
Fletcher
Smith
Canton News Prepares Complete World Series Coverage
Canton News plans full World Series coverage from Pittsburgh and Washington. The paper will feature Davis Walsh Sid Mercer John B. Foster Walter Johnson Bill McKechnie Bob Small Bill Snypp and on site play by play via leased wires. Fans may view the animated score board at the Elks Club in Cantons Tuscarawas Street. come early Wednesday for best seats.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Fettle
Canton News
Canton
Davis Walsh
Sid Mercer
New York
John B. Foster
Walter Johnson
Senators
Bill McKechnie
Pirates
Bob Small
Bill Snypp
News
Civic Spirit Of Two Cities In World Series Preview
Editor Robert T. Small surveys Washington and Pittsburgh to explain why the Pirates are favorites in the 1925 World Series opening at Forbes Field. He contrasts Washington’s political, leisure class with Pittsburgh’s bustling, money driven atmosphere and the district’s appetite to bet on the Pirates.
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Robert T. Small
Pittsburgh
Washington
Pirates
Forbes Field
District of Columbia
Senators
47 Sailors Lost in Storm Off Finland
Reports from Helsingfors say Finland suffered a naval tragedy as a hurricane sank a torpedo boat with 47 sailors and two officers. Unconfirmed word suggests a cruiser and a gunboat may be sinking amid Finland's defense committee warnings of Russian threat and calls to station main army along the Ladoga to Gulf of Finland line and to build aerial defense.
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FPF
A. MacKenzie
Canton Daily News
Stockholm
Det 5
Helsingfors
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Committee On Finnish Defense
Russia
Karelian
Ladoga
Finnish Gulf
Man Found in Road Identified by Union Card
A man in full evening dress was found on the Old Troy Pike north of Daxton by H. L. Malin of Tippecanoe City and moved to Miami Valley hospital. A union card identified the man as John Adams. He remained unconscious.
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Daxton, O
Troy Pike
Here
H. L. Malin
Tippecanoe City
Miami Valley Hospital
Union
John Adams
Driver killed after crash near Newark in racing incident
William Hill of Zanesville is jailed in Newark awaiting injuries from a collision on the National road one mile east of Newark. A pleasure car carrying nine occupants including five children crashed with a heavy truck while Hill allegedly raced. Three passengers are probably fatally injured. Hill fled but was captured later in Zanesville and brought back by the sheriff and deputies.
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Newark
William Hill
Zanesville
In Auto
Hill
National Rd
Egelmeir
Vesuvius Active Spark Rumors of Quakes
Rome dispatch reports Mount Vesuvius active with Italian seismologist Bendani predicting violent earthquakes in India on Tuesday and in Italy on Thursday according to the Daily Express.
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London
President Coolidge Heads to Omaha for American Legion Meet
President Coolidge travels by presidential special through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa en route to Omaha where he will address the American Legion convention. He aims to bolster Republican candidates as 1926 elections approach. Mrs Coolidge travels with him and they reflect on their 1905 honeymoon in Montreal.
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Omaha
Ohio
Mississippi
Coolidge
American Legion
Nebraska City
Hunt continues for missing air mail pilot
In Bellefonte and surrounding areas on October 8, Charles H. Ames, an air mail pilot, remains missing. Charles F. Egree, general superintendent of air mail, urged exhaustive search efforts, focusing on Ken Nerdell, Pennsylvania, and the Alleghenies, believing fog may have caused Ames to lose his bearings after last sighting near Laurelton, Pennsylvania.
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Bellefontaine
Air Mail
Charles H. Ames
Charles F. Egree
Kennerdell
Alleghenies
Egge
Ames
Laurelton
Governor's Party Heads Lake Trip Aboard Oliver H Perry
Governor Donahey Director De Truax and Adjutant Gen Henderson lead nine capital press correspondents on a three day Lake Erie excursion aboard the state boat Oliver H Perry. They plan visits to northern Ohio fish hatcheries at Put-In-Bay and Pelee Island and will fish in Canadian waters.
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Columbus
Donahey
de Truax
Frank D. Henderson
Capital
Lake Erie
Oliver H. Perry
Ohio
Put-In-Bay
Pelee Island
Canadian
Duel Ends: Two Women Arrested in Florida Pistol Fight
Mrs. Henry Bateman of Fort George Verges Florida and another woman fought a pistol duel. Neither target was hit. Both women were arrested and their husbands were forced to pay their fines.
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Henry Bateman
FE Verges, Fla
Divers To Make Final Attempt To Recover Bodies
In New London Conn Oct a final effort was made to recover more bodies from the S 61 hull below Block Island. The rising danger to divers could halt the search and shift operations to a salvage crew. Divers faced close calls including a tangle in radio wires while freeing a colleague and a suit leak that forced a rapid ascent.
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New London
Conn
Block Island
Tan Wilson
Navy
Wm. Reed
Ruc
Reed
Aviators Slashed by Plane Crash Injures Two Men
Dayton dispatch reports two civilian McCookfield Iowa men, Dohse brothers Quenfen and Edw. Dohse, were injured when the airplane they rode crashed during a landing. Quenfen suffered a compound fracture of the leg.
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Dayton
McCookfield
Quenfen
Dohse
Edw
Distiller Abraham Freiberg Dies in Cincinnati
Abraham Freiberg age 81 longtime Cincinnati resident and one of the oldest whisky distillers before prohibition died at his Avondale home. He built a coast to coast reputation through J. & A. Freberg Distillery Co. which ran plants across the middle west.
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Cincinnati
Abraham Freiberg
United States
Avondale
J. & A. Freberg Distillery Co
Middle West
Mrs Roy G Fitzgerald Joins Husband In St Paul Hospital
Mrs. Roy G Fitzgerald wife of Congressman Fitzgerald traveled to St Paul Minnesota where her husband lies seriously ill at St Luke's hospital. Fitzgerald was en route to Dayton from Montana when he fell ill and had to be taken off a train at St Paul.
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Dayton, O
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
St. Paul
Minn
St. Luke's Hospital
Dayton
Montana
Woman shoots at priest during Mass in New York
A woman, Mrs Helen Gruver, 40, fired three shots at Monsignor Thomas O'Keefe during mass at St. Benedict the Moor in New York. Worshippers overpowered her. the priest was unharmed. Detectives sought magistrate action to commit her for sanity evaluation.
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New York
Thomas O'Keefe
St. Benedict
Father O'Keefe
Mra
Helen Gruver
Negro Bandits Assault Girls in Cincinnati Crime
Police investigated an early morning assault near Crambles Woods after two young men and two 16 year old girls reported being held up by two armed African American men. The robbers took about 20 dollars from the men then dragged the girls into the woods where they were assaulted. No suspects were found.
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Cincinnati
Ohio building and loan officials gather for 87th convention
More than 1000 Ohio Building and Loan officials are slated to attend the 87th annual convention of the Ohio Building association in Columbus October 20 to 22. University professors in economics and political science will hear Dr. Edwin R. Seligman of Columbia University discuss taxation. The convention will focus on proposed Ohio constitutional tax amendments. Oscar Leser of Baltimore and a Maryland state tax official will discuss a modified uniform rate.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Building Association
Edwin R. Seligman
Columbia University
Seligman
Oscar Leser
Baltimore
State Taxing Commission
Maryland
Tragic double act ends in Mrs Burse suicide by fire and shots
Mrs. Victorine Burse 53 despondent over incurable illness committed suicide at midnight by building a backyard fire then shooting herself. Her husband Lyman Burse found the scene after waking and neighbors rescued the body from flames. The gun was an old bulldog 38 caliber and the exact cause of death may be burns, smoke inhalation, or the bullet. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Whitticar Funeral Home with Rev Resch officiating. Burial in Westlawn cemetery.
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Victorine Buree
Sls Union Av SW
Lyman Burse
McQuate
Chen
Burse
Helc
Bakery merger involved 400 million in assets
Washington Oct 6 an investigation by the justice department into the giant 400 million dollar merger of the War Baking Continental and Ward companies is to determine whether Sherman anti trust laws are violated. The new General Baking Corporation would be the world’s largest bread producer with 157 plants and 29 500 workers but only about 10 percent of US bread output.
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Washington
Department of Justice
General Continental
Ward
Department
Canton Daily News
New York
General Baking Corporation
Warbaking Corporation
Continental Baking Corporation
General Baking Co
United States
William B. Ward
Ward Baking Corporation
Aas
Larree
Man Dies After Auto Accident in Cincinnati
Henry Ekelman, 66, a Columbia hotel roomer, died at St. Mary's hospital from injuries after being struck by a car at Sixth and Elm. Hospital staff failed to learn the names of two men who brought him in, leaving police unsure of the circumstances. Identified later by his son Harry Kekelman. An unidentified man around 35 was fatally injured when struck by an Oakley bus earlier, with multiple injuries at General Hospital.
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Cincinnati
Henry Ekelman
Columbia
St. Mary's Hospital
Sixth
Elm Streets
Ekelman
Harry Kekelman
Oakley
General Hospital
Man killed by freight train near Mount Vernon
Carl Clink, 85, of Newark Ohio, was run down and killed by a Pennsylvania freight train here today while with Harper Stricker who escaped injury. The two had been on the tracks to eat breakfast.
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Mount Vernon
Carl Clink
Newark
Pennsylvania
Clink
Harper Stricker
Stricker
Canton and Massillon to share public buildings plan
Canton Daily News prints a vision by George F. Hammond for a joint Canton Massillon public plaza. He proposes county county offices jail infirmary and power plant split between cities with an aeroplane mail landing and bulk post delivery, plus a major group of public buildings and polytechnic education supported by both cities.
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Canton Daily News
Canton
the News
George F. Hammond
American Institute of Architects
McKinley High School
Hammond
Mas Sillon
Massillon
U. S. Post Office
Cleveland Group
East 55Th St
Central Av
Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland
Court House
Massilton
Ohio State National Guard
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