Fire in Provident Bank Building Sparks Flames and Panic
A blaze at the Provident Bank Building at Seventh and Vine streets caused evacuations as elevator access was cut by smoke. Doctors G F Schatz and W H Smith saw their offices damaged and a rescue mission saved records while Fire Company 3 member Frank Gears was injured by gas exposure. Losses totaled about 15000 with the doctors’ offices among the worst hit.
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Provident Bank
Seventh and
Vine Streets
Vine Street
Seventh Street
Nes
G. F. Schatz
William H. Smith
Smith
Leos Fuhs
Margaret Wendel
H. G. Fischer Company
George Heitzler
United States Finance Company
Frank Gears
Clinton Street
Fire Company 3
the House of Novelties
American Sewer Pipe Company
J. E. T. Kennedy
Hartman Business Brokers Company
Susie McGarry
Phillip Nathan
Lester G. Hilpp
R. G
Divorce Granted in Chicago with Alimony of 132500
Mrs. Dorig Pack is granted a divorce from Albert Pack a Chicago steel man and yachtsman on cruelty grounds. Alimony totals 132500 including 32500 cash and property valued at 100000 with a second payment of 50000?
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Chicago
Dorig Pack
Albert Pack
Chicago Steel
Solve Your Problems The Easy Way Commercial Tribune Classified Ad
An advertisement urging readers to use the Sunday Commercial Tribune classifieds to place ads for jobs rooms automobiles maids apartments furniture and surplus items and to dispose of vacant lots by placing an ad on Saturday for Sunday publication.
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Commercial Tribune& Classified
Removal of Kehoe as Adjutant General Demanded
Brigadier General Eflerbe W. Carter calls for Governor Fields to remove Kentucky National Guard Adjutant General James A. Kehoe after a Camp Knox report accusing him of destroying a radio set drunk and insulting a chaplain. Depot hearings recall misconduct at boxing bouts and gambling rule breaches amid Indiana and Kentucky guards.
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Camp Henry Knox
James A. Kehoe
Kentucky National Guard
Governor Fields
Eflerbe W. Carter
Kehoe
Charles Morrow
United States Army
Carter
Sixty-third Field Artillery Brigade
H. H. Denhardt
Denhardt
Kentutcky
Indiana National Guard
Jouett Shouse
Hopkinsville
United States Military Academy
West Point
Fifteenth
United States Infantry
China
Maysville
Indiana
Kentucky
Griffin
Adjutant General of
Griffins
National Guard
Kentucky officials view Carter plea as political move
In Governor Fields absence at Camp Knox, Kentucky officials questioned receipt of Brigadier General Carter’s request to dismiss Adjutant General Kehoe. They saw the charges as politically motivated, noting Carter’s recent defeat as Republican lieutenant governor nominee.
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Frankfort
Fields
Camp Knox
Statehouse
Carter
Kehoe
Republian
Woodland Nymph Dora Hyman Found Sleep Dancing in Park
New York girl Dora Hyman twenty was found in Fort George Park at sunrise asleep among leaves wearing only a boy’s shirt. Police took her to Bellevue Hospital for observation after her nocturnal escapade and dance in the woods around Manhattan.
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New York World News Service
New York
Dora Hyman
Policeman Gleason
Fort George Park
Poiceman Gleason
Gleason
Wadsworth Avenue
White
Manhattan
Bellevue Hospital
Mail pouch theft confession in Chicago driver implicates two
Joseph Jackson, a truck driver in Kewanee, confessed to postal inspectors that he helped grab a mail pouch containing registered mail with two accomplices, Harry Johnson and Philip Robinson. A recheck found only six articles missing. estimated loot was 300 to 400 dollars, no recovery yet.
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Chicago
Joseph Jackson
Kewanee
Grant Miller
Jackson
Harry Johnson
Philip Robinson
Wyoming
Miller
Barbed Wire Tragedy Kills Three In Iowa City
Three men died in Iowa City when a barbed wire fence contacted a high voltage line causing fatal electrocution. The victims are Joe Wall 45 Paul Miller 22 and John Miller 24.
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Iowa City
Associated Press
Joe Wall
Paul Miller
John Miller
Wall Collapse Kills Iron and Steel Executive
Fred Schatz vice president of George J. Schmatz Iron and Steel Co. of New York was killed when an old wall at a construction site toppled, burying him under more than a ton of cement blocks during an inspection. The accident occurred in New York on August 14.
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New York
Fred Schatz
George J. Schmatz Iron and Steel Company
Ladds Widow May Get His Seat in Senate
Reports to Republican leaders say Governor Sorlie of North Dakota plans to appoint Mrs Rizpa Sprougle Ladd widow of Senator Edwin Fremont Ladd who died June 22 to his Senate seat. If named she would be the first woman to serve long term in the Senate.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Sorlie
North Dakota
Rizpah Sprougle Ladd
Edwin Fremont Ladd
Senate
W. H. Felton
Georgia
Senator Ladd
Ladd
Annapolis
Willebrandt to Speak on Prohibition at New England Chatuaqua
Assistant Attorney General Marie Willebrandt left for a vacation and will lecture New England audiences from chautauqua platforms on how prohibition violators are prosecuted under her direction. Her talks will be funded by private chautauqua interests, not the government.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Two Teens Confess to Long Island Home Burglary Ring
Two fourteen year old boys from Inwood and Lawrence confessed to a Long Island burglary spree totaling 40000 dollars. Albert Hayek and Dominick Oliveira admitted breaking into 100 homes since school ended. Edward Levine and Frank Crici face charges of receiving stolen property.
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Mineola
N. Y
Long Island
Albert Hayek
Inwood
Dominick Oliveira
Lawrence
Edward Levine
Cedarhurst
Frank Crici
MRS J P MORGAN DUTCH ANDERSON KILLS 2 IN MUNCIE
Mrs J P Morgan wife of banker died at Glen Cove Long Island from sleeping sickness two months after illness began. Doctors used blood transfusions and forcible feeding as son Junius Spencer and Henry Sturgis Morgan cruise aboard Corsair were notified. Morgan arrived three hours after death. sons join yacht voyage home.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
J. P. Morgan
International Banker
Long Island
Morgan
Wall Street
Matinecock Point
East Island
J. J. Tierney
Jane Norton
Boston
Mr. Morgan
Morgan’s
Junius Spencer
Frances Tracy
Henry Sturgis
Paul G. Pennoyer
George Nichols
New London
New York
Mate
Mrs. Morgan
London
Morgans
Queen Victoria
Edward VII
Prince of Wales Arrives in Montevideo Aboard Repulse
The Prince of Wales lands in Montevideo after HMS Repulse arrives. He will visit Uruguay Argentina and Chile before returning to England.
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Montevideo
Prince of Wales
Uruguay
Argentina
Chile
England
Rich Couple Trapped in Room at Lake Shore Drive Hotel
Wealthy St Louis couple Thomas Fisher Lawrence and Mrs Julia Gruner were held and taken to a police station after detectives forced entry at the Lake Shore Drive Hotel Chicago. Lawrence faced a Morals Court disorderly conduct charge and both underwent health tests while a continuance was set for August 26.
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Chicago
Thomas Fisher Lawrence
St. Louis
Julia Gruner
Lake Shore Drive
Herman N. Bundeson
Lawrence
George M. Pullman, Jr
Pullman Company
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Lynne Fernald
Pullman
Man Kidnapped by Three Men Resists and Escapes
Elzie Williams, 22, of Covington, was abducted last night by three men in a car after leaving work at W F Robertson Steel. He fought back with a car crank, escaped at Plum and Fifth, and was treated for facial and neck injuries. Police seek three suspects, with union involvement suspected and warrants planned.
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Elzie Williams
Main Street
Covington
Williams
W. F. Robertson Steel and Iron Company
Commerce and
Elm Streets
Carl Engel
Commerce Street
Plum Street
Engel
Third
Plum Streets
Williamns
Fifth
Plum
Spedan
William F. Robertson
Steel Company
A-Law
Hickman
Fourth District
Robertson
Nho
Otiams
Tim
Walnut Hills
Omotook
Three City Bank Holdups Target Payroll Cash
In Winnipeg five robbers halted a payroll cash bag from the Winnipeg Street Railway cashier, beating him into unconsciousness and escaping with 87 478 dollars as crowds watched. A police pursuit followed but the bandits vanished into daylight traffic.
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Winnipeg Street Railway Company
Associated Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Robber Loots Vault Then Warns Attendants
A robber entered the building, emptied the vault of cash, discarded small bills, wrapped the loot in brown paper, and warned staff not to touch the burglar alarm or face consequences. The tense incident ended with the thief exiting the scene.
Ohio City Bank Robbed by Two Armed Men
The Farmers Bank at Ohio City nine miles south of Van Wert was held up shortly after noon. Two masked men entered the bank and robbed $5,000 while Assistant Cashier C. F. Huffman was ordered to face the wall. They escaped in an auto.
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Ohio
Associated Press
van Wert
Farmers Bank
Ohio City
Here
C. F. Huffman
Huffman
Lone robber holds up Dayton bank for 28000
A lone thief wearing a blue coat and mask held up six North Dayton branch employees of the Dayton Savings and Trust Company in Dayton Ohio. He escaped with 28000 after forcing staff into the vault and then into the main banking room before fleeing.
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Dayton
Associated Press
Dayton, O
North Dayton
Dayton Savings and Trust Company
George L. Schmidt
Gasoline Cut Indicates War Spreads Across Nations
A sweeping gasoline price war spreads domestically as Standard Oil New Jersey and peers cut tank wagon rates by 1 cent. The reductions lower prices to 17-21 cents a gallon in multiple states with further cuts possible as major refiners follow the lead.
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New York World News Service
New York
Wen
Standard Oil Companies
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard of
Maryland
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Kansas
Sinclair Oil and Mining Corporation
Texas Company
Standard Oil of
Pittsburg Gulf Refining Company
Thetlantic Refining Company
Massacusetts
Gulf Refining Company
Gulf Refining Comp. J
Massachusetts
Newland
Standard Oil Compan
Death Toll in Mail Robbery Gang Shootout Near Muncie
Ben Hance and his wife were killed when George Dutch Anderson and accomplices shot them after a parley on the Middletown pike. Charles Wolfe, associate of the gang, was captured nearby. police suspect Anderson is in the area awaiting arrest. The incident follows the January capture of Chapman and Anderson in a New York mail robbery case.
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Hartford
Conn
Ben. Hance
Indiana
George
Anderson
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
James Skelly
New Britain
Hance
Alcorn
Tom Miller
Aung
Muncie
Ind
Dutch) Anderson
Ben Hance
New York
Atlanta
Charles
Wolfe
Myrtle Strahan
Strahan
Epee
Middletown Pike
Hances
Wolfé
Puckett
Charles Cromer
Cramer
Ohio
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