Madman Slays in Chicago Station Rampage
A man identified as Joe Mazzia armed with a shotgun attacked crowds around Illinois Central Station in Chicago. He shot railway workers and a waiter before being killed by a barber owner and police. Four victims were reported. one waiter died and a Greek waiter was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Joe Mazzia
Joseph Edwards
Michigan Central Railway
Mazzia
Willie Miller
Vance Reeves
Louis’ Kikigamnatous
Charles Dahloff
Dahloff
William Ryan
James Edwards
Edwards
Ryan
Illinois Central Railroad
Park Row
Hall Mills murder case bail denied in Somerset Court
In Somerville New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Charles W Parker denied a bail application for Willie Stevens and Henry de la Bruyere in the Hall Mills murder case. The men await grand jury action on charges in the September 14 1922 slayings.
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Somerville
Hall-Mills
Supreme Court
Charles W. Parker
Somerset County
Willie Stevens
Henry de la Bruyere
Grand
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor R. Mills
Robert H. McCarter
New Jersey
Stevens
Carpender
Hall
Simpson
Mr. McCarter
Young mother sacrifices life to save infant daughter
Mrs. Eva Constance Ganne, 25, of Norwood, died in a collision at Given and Kugler Mill roads in Indian Hill while saving her 19 month old daughter Joan. Her husband Emile Ganne, manager of J. F. Handley Motor Car Co., was injured. dense vegetation hid the crossing.
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Eva Constance Ganne
Hopkins Avenue
Norwood
Given
Kugler Mill Roads
Indian Hill
Kugler Mill Road
Fires in downtown warehourses injure fireman and displace six families
Two fires in the city’s downtown area caused more than 40000 in damage. A fireman was slightly hurt and six families fled their homes as smoke and flames forced evacuations. The first warehouse blaze at Produce and Baum alleys damaged 20000. a Lippincott warehouse at Main and Sycamore 15000. a Murray Spring Building 5000. Sixteen companies and 80 firemen fought the flames for over an hour, with crowding police restraining the scene.
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Lippincott Company, Preservers
Main Street
William A. Murray Spring Company
Sycamore Street
Lippincott Warehouse
Eastern Star
East Second Street
Wallace Transfer Company
Transfer Company
Salvage Corps
Conway
Houston
Beckman
Dillinger
Charles Burroughs
Pearl Street
Lippincott Company
Copelaw
Weatherly
Valentino Body Viewings End as Crowds Withdraw
Crowds at Valentino funeral parlor subside after two days of public viewing. Doors closed to the public by manager George Ullman following chaotic scenes, with about 50,000 viewing yesterday. Pieces of gilt ornaments were stolen as souvenirs while the eight foot wreath was brought in.
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New York
Broadway
Rudolph Valentino
United Artists Corporation
George Ullman
Valentino
Ullman
Known Deal A Million In Hurricane Ports
Hurricane ports receive a million in flood aid as outlying districts along the coast push shipments and relief across municipal lines. County officials say funds will be allocated to infrastructure repairs and emergency supplies.
Storm Devastates Louisiana Crops and Towns
Hurricane strength storm sweeps inland from the Gulf of Mexico causing at least four deaths and more than a million dollars in property damage. Rice sugar cane cotton and corn suffer severe losses while trains run up to thirteen hours late. A man electrocuted in New Orleans and a sailor killed at Gulfport amid live-wire contact.
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Orleans
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Gulfport
Frenier
Pontchatoula
Mississippi River
Morgan City
Gulf
Night mine explosion at Clymer claims twelve dead
Eight more bodies were recovered from the derbis swept interior of the Clymer No 1 mine as rescuers battled to reach trapped workers. Officials say about thirty men were inside when the blast occurred and four bodies had been found earlier with at least five escaping.
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Clymer
Clymer No. 1
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
A. J. Musser
Corporation
Dixonville
W. E. Dodd
Greensburg
Musser
U S Patrol Destroys German Floating Mine Off Cape May
The Coast Guard patrol boat destroyed a German floating mine fifteen miles southwest of Cape May. A fishing smack nearly collided with the object before the crew recognized its danger. Commander Addison of Base No. 2 reported the incident, observed near Atlantic City, N J, on August 26.
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U. S
Atlantic Coast
Atlantic City
N. J
Coast Guard
Cape May
Addison
Base No. 2
Judge rules husband acquitted on desertion charge
In Camden New Jersey Judge Samuel Shay acquits Alvin Lynch a 30 year old West Philadelphia man on desertion and non support charges after Lynch testified his wife nagged and accused him of running around He said a married man is entitled to one night out a week and the judge urged continued support for his wife and child if they cannot live together
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Camden
N. J
Samuel Shay
Alvin Lynch
West Philadelphia
Emma. Lynch
Shay
Classified Ad Boost in Cool Morning Hours
Reach prospects at the psychological buying moment with a Commercial Tribune ad. It costs less and reaches buyers early in the day. Phone CANAL 6300 and ask for Adtaker.
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Commercial Tribune
Parma marshal and four others charged after Parma roadhouse raid
Marshal Charles Tesar of Parma village and four others were charged for possession and sale of liquor and maintaining a nuisance following a raid on a Parma roadhouse. Federal agents found Tesar seated at a table when they entered.
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Charles Tesar
Parma Village
Parma
Marshal Tesar
Valentino Memorials Planned by Two Groups
New York. August 26. On Monday a select five hundred will attend if present plans are carried out. (Continued on Second Page.)
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Valentino
New York World News Service
New York
Krishnamurti Faces Press Inquisition At Waldorf Astoria
Jiddo Krishnamurti, hailed by theosophists as World Teacher, endures a lengthy, unsparing interview with newspaper writers at the Waldorf Astoria. He speaks in modulated English, answers with parables and free verse, and avoids direct questions about God and his relation to the World Teacher.
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New York
Jiddo Krishnamurti
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Annie Besant
John the Baptist
Order of the Star
Krishnamurti
Krishnaji
Pointblank
God
Theosophists
Krollman Drops Suit in County Commissioner Race
The Board of Elections planned to settle all disputes by accepting two proposals after a morning meeting. The proposals would end the recount of ballots in 163 Hamilton County precincts and confirm the Republican nominee for County Commissioner, with Krollman and Meyers figures disputed.
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Board of Elections
Hamilton
Albert D. Alcorn
Jacob Krollman
Charles P. Taft II
Citizens’ Republican Committee
Krollman
Kruollman
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Robert LeBlond
Taft
Charles A. Meyers, Jr
Citizens
Ohio Supreme Court
Meyers
Chester S. Durr
Durr
Board of Election Officials
Crabbe
Sanford Headley
Columbus
Attorney General’s Office
Mn Meyers, Jr
Mr. Krollman
Ed Schorr
Baron Krupp Imposter Enters Yale Tale Arrest Warrants
Albuquerque reports Baron George Exterederich von Krupp Jr once used the name George Adergan while trying to enter Yale University amid check fraud allegations. Yale students and police in Pittsburgh and Wilmington reported warrants, while Berlin called him an imposter and Denver declined to issue a warrant pending checks.
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Albuquerque
N. Mex
George Exterederich von Krupp, Jr
George Adergan
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
L. E. Farr
Farr
Yale
von Krupp
Krupps
Pittsburgh
Wilmington
Del
Krupp
Berlin
Denver
Henry Ford
New York Bank
Buck leaps through windshield. driver injured in Maryland
In Hagerstown on August 26 a large buck leaped through the windshield of J. B. MacMillan’s car near Johnsonburg. The deer landed in MacMillan’s lap, left him cut by glass, and stripped the car of its steering wheel before escaping.
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Hagerstown
J. B. MacMillan
Johnsonburg
MacMillan
Pretty Movie Actress Ended Life Aided By Valentino Photo
Peggy Scott a 25 year old English film extra died after ingesting a disinfectant. A note in her handbag said reading Valentino death sparked her heart to snap with nothing to live for. She carried a signed photo of Rudolph Valentino and had claimed to meet him in London and at Biarritz.
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Valentino
London
Rudolph Valentino
Peggy Scott
Hughes
Miss Scott
Miss Hughes
Tere
France
Sheik
Biarritz
Man Dies During Bond Sales Probe of Fifty-Tour Per Cent Flagg
Jared Flagg a 70 year old stock market operator died of a heart attack while being questioned by Deputy Attorney General Keyes Winter about his bond selling methods for the Manhattan Life Building. Flagg known as Fifty-two Per Cent Flagg due to boasting of weekly returns faced a long public history of fraud cases and book publications. He collapsed in Winter’s office. a doctor arrived too late. He leaves brother Ernest Flagg.
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New York
Jared Flagg
Keyes Winter
Flagg
Broadway
Winter
Manhattan Life
Flagson
Bureau of Fraud Preece
Atlanta
Filageg
Tilden
Pete
Flagge
Flags
Daniel N. Morgan
Cleveland
James T. Shock
Holland House
Wall Street
Ernest Flagg
Oil Operator Frank Friesner Found Dead in Ohio
Frank Friesner, 60, a well known oil operator, was found dead at his summer home near Lancaster Ohio from a gunshot wound behind the right ear. Officials say the death appears to be a personal safety related incident.
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Lancaster
Frank Friesner
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DAIL
Hall-Milla
Edward O’toole
Central Avenue
Joseph H. Kneisley
Garfield and
High Streets
George Lay
Farmer
Valenting
Mississippi
Pace Drive
CANAL
Adtaker
Krishnayi
Dudley Nichols
Baron Oughi
Ayers
Ford
Charles Taetsch
Score
John L. Balderston
Peggy
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