Death Toll Rises in Mackinac Steamer Explosion Inquiry
Newport Rhode Island August 20 1927 Four investigations seek responsibility for the Mackinac excursion steamer disaster in Newport harbor. Four passengers are missing nine are not expected to survive with one two year old child among the dead. Captain George McVey describes steam filling the boiler room and steering the Mackinac toward shore as it rushed aground.
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Newport
R. I
Mackinac
Newport Harbor
Naval
Jean McCarthy
Mary G. Wildenham
Harold Sherman
Pawtucket
Pauline Stephens
Darlington
R.L
Miss Wildenham
McCarthy
James J. McCarthy
Central Falls
Naval Hospital
Joseph’ Alley
M. Vasquez
Rhode Island
Federalite
George McVey
Larchmont
Block Island
Crew Averts Panic as Navy Launches Evacuate Injured
Crew members strove to avert panic among passengers. Swift arrival of launches from navy vessels nearby prevented the badly injured from panicking. Some leaped overboard, but most stayed on the ship until launches could take them to the naval hospital.
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Naval Hospital
Hoover orders Commerce records for Mackinac disaster
Secretary Hoover ordered the Commerce Department to hand all Mackinac records to the Rhode Island Attorney General to aid the investigation of the boiler explosion off Rhode Island Tuesday. The Steamboat Inspection Service conducts a separate inquiry.
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Washington
Hoover
Attorney General
Rhode Island
Commerce Department
Mackinac
Department
Steamboat Inspection Service
Lawson Funeral Will Be Simple
Victor Fremont Lawson editor of the Chicago Daily News will have a simple funeral at 11 in the New England Congregational Church. No home ceremony. resting place and officiant to be decided. Pallbearers include six Daily News staff and associates. Messages of condolence pour in from President Coolidge and AP officials.
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Chicago
Victor Fremont Lawson
Chicago Daily News
New England Congregational Church
John R. Heyworth
New England
Lawson
Canada
Daily News
GO. W. Butts
Clark M. Cavance
Mr. Lawson
Anthony Czarnecki
Cook County Election Commission
William Ayer McKinney
Henry Justin Smith
University of Chicago
The
Donald J. Walsh
Daily News Today
Coolidge
Dawes
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Frank B. Noyes
Kent Cooper
Costello Scheduled for Hanging After Guilty Murder Verdict
Chicago, Aug. 20 Raymond Costello was sentenced to death for the July 10 murder of 16 year old Madeline White. He was denied a new trial. Two other defendants face death on the same gallows date October 16 in the same case.
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Chicago
Raymond Costello
Madeline White
Mayor vetoes electa ig hate act of council
Mayor Carrel vetoes the August 11 electric rate ordinance by one day before the ten day limit. cites lack of incidental residence power rates, too long a ten year lease, and absence of expert testimony. The measure and veto letter go to the Light Committee for review. possible second vote could affirm the ordinance.
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Carrel
Light Committee
Two Subdivisions To Represent 3 250 000 Investment
Two Cincinnati subdivisions Sugar Hill in Hyde Park and West Park in Avondale will total about 3 250 000 in investment. Myers Y Cooper awards the Sugar Hill project to R E Cash with 30 acres between Victoria and Erie avenues for 30 one acre homes. West Park plans 25 acres from Mitchell to Clinton Springs with 70 home sites and underground utilities under City Planning approval. Burgess Droege Spilker handle brokerage.
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Sugar Hill
Kilgour Park
Myers Y. Cooper
Wess Park
B. H. Wess
Cooper
R. E. Cash
Victoria and
Erie Avenues
Hyde Park
Sugar Hill Drive
James A. Stewart
R. H. Parker
Cincinnati
Stewart
City Planning Commission
West Park
Mitchell
Clinton Springs Avenue
Avondale
Stewart & Parker
Burgess, Droege' & Spilker
Residence sale at 3955 Hazel Avenue South Norwood
A two and a half story seven room frame residence with a double garage on a 5 by 150 foot lot at 3955 Hazel Avenue South Norwood was sold yesterday through broker John E Manthey to W Nading. The price and seller were M Gibson. terms not disclosed.
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Hazel Avenue
South
Norwood
John E. Manthey
W. Nading
Gibson
Property sale of 414 John Street in 1900s era
William P. Devon bought a ten room brick residence, two-and-a-half stories, at 414 John Street from the Martin Pinney estate for 4000 dollars. The 20 by 100 foot lot was involved. Cleneay Nourse and Malick handled the sale.
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William P. Devon
Martin Pinney
John Street
Cleneay, Nourse & Malick
Davis Cohen Purchases 27-Room West End Building
The brick structure at John and Oliver streets in the West End changed hands yesterday for 16500 dollars. The F A Bien Realty Company handled the sale for W Jones.
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John and Oliver Streets
West End
Davis Cohen
F. A. Bien Realty Company
W. Jones
Apartment building planned on Ludlow avenue corner
The Zoning Board of Appeals ruled the Ludlow Realty Company may erect a new apartment building on the north side of Ludlow avenue between Middleton and Whitfield avenues. The building can be aligned with a neighboring structure rather than adhering strictly to the street setback rule.
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Ludlow Avenue
Middleton
Whitfield Avenues
Clifton
Zoning Board of Appeals
Ludlow Realty Company
Speeding and spooning down on county roads, officials say
County speed officers Elmer Crowell and Charles Krueger report no speeding or spooning on county roads last week. They told Sheriff Richard Witt that drivers were traveling with discretion and credit the patrols for the drop in risky behavior.
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Elmer Crowell
Charles Krueger
Richard B. Witt
Witt
City council urged to seek expert advice on electric rate ordinance
A Cincinnati official argues the electric rate ordinance is biased toward Union Gas and Electric Co. He calls for independent expert review, warns of a ten year term and higher charges for households, and questions the lack of technical inquiry by council committees and dealers.
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City of
Cincinnati
Union Gas and Electric Company
Public Utilities Commission of
Ohio
Committee of Council
Council
Public Utilities of
Robbery Motive Cited in Miss Wise’s Illness
Dayton Ohio August 20 Robbery was given as the motive for the sudden illness of Miss Elizabeth Wise taken from a train in Chicago into a comatose state by her half-brother Arthur Schaeffner of Dayton. He said her former husband had been following her and that she carried about 40000 dollars in cash bonds and jewelry.
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Associated Press
Dayton, O
Elizabeth Wise
Chicago
Arthur Schaeffner
Schaeffner
Piqua
Leonard Kiefer
Miss Wise
Sister Identified in New Mexico Train Tragedy
Mrs. Elizab eth Wise of Hollywood California was identified by Mrs. J Kiefer of Piqua Ohio as her sister. Mrs Wise remains semiconscious in a hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage suffered aboard a train crossing New Mexico en route to Detroit.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Elizabeth Wise
Hollywood
Cal
J. Kiefer
Piqua, O
Four Chicago bandits loot Lazarus Well jewelry vault
Jewelry valued at over 250000, mostly diamonds, was stolen by a masked quartet who held half a dozen employees at Lazarus Well in a downtown building. They raided five safes, scattered cheaper gems, then escaped after assaulting an elevator operator. Insurance covers about half the loot.
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Chicago
Lazarus
Bank Robbery in Cleveland Branch by Two Men
Two bandits robbed the Italian Savings Company branch in Cleveland of more than $1,000 late today. They demanded cash at the cashier’s wicket while a second robber pistol whipped the scene, then fled in an automobile after a chase through a rear room and a poolhall. Only large denomination bills were taken. coins and small change were left behind.
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Cleveland Bank
Associated Press
Cleveland
Italian Savings Company
Albert Demionico
Demonico
Boulay
Highway Department
Alsdorfe
Second Husband Sues for Divorce in Domestic Relations
William H. Wood files in Cincinnati court to end his marriage to Elvira Kleinschmidt Wood of 1802 Baymiller Street. He alleges Elvira was not divorced from her first husband Harry Kleinschmidt when they wed in Pt Pleasant West Virginia on April 27 1923. Elvira insists the matter is private and says she might return to her first husband after his seven year absence.
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Elvira Kleinschmidt Wood
Baymiller Street
William H. Wood
Bond Hill
Harry Kleinschmidt
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Commercial Tribune
Mrs. Wood
Mr. Wood
Kleinschmidt
Trotzky returns to power as head of Economic Council
Warsaw dispatch reports Leon Trotzky reassumes influence by becoming chief of the Economy Council in Moscow. The former War Minister, exiled after insurgent acts, is seen in Polish circles as poised to guide Russia's economy while maintaining limited political clout. He returned to Moscow last May after the probation period.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Economy Council
Russia
Trotzky
Caucasus
Red Army
Marguerite Clark III Undergoes Operation
Marguerite Clark, noted screen and stage star, is recovering at Fifth Avenue Hospital, New York, after an appendicitis operation. She was admitted Tuesday after returning from abroad with her husband Harry Williams. Her sister Cora Clark and her spouse say she is out of danger but may be weeks from returning home to Louisiana. Her husband had consented to her resume of screen work.
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Associated Press
New York
Marguerite Clark
Fifth Avenue Hospital
Harry Williams
Cora Clark
Louisiana
Road and farm groups seek non political highway administration
The Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and the Ohio Good Roads Federation pressed to revamp state highway management to remove politics. A bi partisan State Highway Commission with broader authority was urged, with the governor appointing members from farm, road groups and allied organizations.
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Highway Department
Roads and Farm
Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Good Roads Federation
State Highway Administration
Special Legislative Highway Committee
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Farm Organization
The
Roads Federation
Ja Highway Commission
L. A. Boulay
Goods'Roads Federation
State Automobile Association
Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
C. A. Dyer
Good Roads Federation
William A. Alsdorfe
D. S. Humphrey
Commission
Man in Jail Jump Escape Near Norwood Jail
Frank S. Smart, 25, of Ripley Ohio, leaped from a lavatory window at Norwood City Jail after a four car crash on Main and Buxton. He reappeared at a Silverton Harvest Home concession and was recaptured by Marshal Ballbach. His own car was damaged in the crash and he faced further investigation.
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Norwood
Frank S. Smart
Ripley
Smart
Main Avenue
Buxton Avenue
Milford Gerber
Elm Avenue
Gerber
Fred Relker, Jr
Elsmere Avenue
Relker
Louis Saur
Crews Named for Hawaii Nonstop Navy Seaplane Flight
Washington announces air mail ban on Pacific Coast. San Diego lists PN 9 crew led by Commander John Rodgers with officers Pope Connell Stantz Bowlin and Snoddy Gavin Sutter Craven Allen. PN 9 No 2 led by Lt Snoddy Gavin with Sutter Craven Allen. Boeing plane crew led by Cmdr Strong with Davidson Botta Thorn ton Sullivan Botta and Thorn ton.
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Washington
New
Pacific Coast
Navy
Hawaii
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
S. E. Moses
John Rodgers
R. O. Pope
Byron Connell
O. G. Stantz
W. H. Bowlin
E. D. Thornton
L. C. Sullivan
Chicago Youth Held in Mail Pouch Theft
Stuart Fraser, about 17, of Chicago, is in custody of postoffice inspectors over a Highwood mail pouch theft last Tuesday. He claims fear prompted him to discard the sack, which contained two foreign registered packages from Italy and three letter packages. No money packages were found. Fraser was jailed for interfering with the mails after allegedly picking the pouch from a railroad track tossed from a train stopping elsewhere.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Stuart Fraser
Postoffice
Highwood
Italy
Ilroad
Hoover denies political aims in Russian visit
Secretary Hoover issued a formal statement denying political significance to the planned trip of former Governor Goodrich of Indiana and Dr. F A Golder of Stanford University to Russia. He stressed the visit has no connection with him or the administration and that Golder was invited by the Petrograd Academy of Science for its 200th celebration, while Goodrich travels for pleasure.
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Washington
Hoover
Russia
Goodrich
Indiana
F. A. Golder
Leland Stanford University
Godrich
Golder
Hoover. “It Was My Understanding That Prof. Golder
Petrongrad Academy of Science
Governor Goodrich
Rector Dies in Auto Crash Near Wareham
The Rev. William O. Waters rector of Grace Episcopal Church Chicago died suddenly while driving near Wareham Massachusetts on Aug 20. Mrs Waters and children arrived to claim the body after being at Woods Hole hotel.
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Wareham
Mass
William O. Waters
Grace Episcopal Church of
Chicago
Jewelry as the supreme beautifier for women
The piece extols jewelry as a premier adornment praising rings and pearl necklaces as key enhancers of female beauty, suggesting accessories dramatically elevate appearance. It emphasizes the allure of pearls and rings as essential fashion statements.
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Rector
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