Army airship leads national elimination balloon race at Indianapolis
The United States Army SP piloted by Lt. Robert S. Olmstead started the Indianapolis speedway elimination race at 4 pm amid ten mph winds and scattered showers. Balloons ranged 50 000 to 80 000 cubic feet. ships included U S Navy A-6700 and City of Akron. Ohio balloon of Warren Razor withdrew for a leaky bag. Warren Raser of Brookville piloted Ohio and landed near Arcadia later.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United States Army SP
Robert S. Olmstead
Washington
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
City of
Akron
W. T. Vanorman
Ohio
Warren Razor
Brookville
H. E. Honeywell
St. Louis
American Legionnaire
C. E. McCullough
Baltimore
Honeywell
Alfred B. Lambert
United States Navy
U. S. Navy
J. B. Lawrence
Jack Boettner
Goodyear II
Boettner
Ralph Upson
Detroit
Aeronaut
Springfield
Ill
Roy F. Donaldson
U. S. Army
Chicago London Line Steamers Set to Sail August 15
Chicago plans a direct steamship service to Great Britain and Northern Europe begin August 15 with sixteen 2000 ton ships of the Lake and Ocean Steamship Company. The line will operate between Chicago and major lake ports and United Kingdom with through bills of lading by the Chicago and North Western Railway.
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Chicago
Great Britain
Europe
England
Chicago Association of Commerce
Lakes-Ocean Service
William Hahsen
Bergen
Norway
Lake and Ocean Steamship Company
Lake
United Kingdom
Baltic Sea
Mr. Hansen
Chicago and Northwetern Railway
Columbus Attorney Keating Dies at 74
Columbus attorney Thomas J. Keating, 74, died at his home in Columbus tonight from anemia. Burial will be in Dayton on Friday.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Keating
Dayton
Klan Members Stage July Fourth Demonstration at State Capitol
In Columbus Colorado on July 4 members of the Ku Klux Klan, many in white robes, staged a Fourth of July demonstration before the State House. About 150 Klansmen attended as roughly 3,000 spectators watched peacefully, and the event featured the local Klan band of fifty-one members without police interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ku Klux Klan
State House
Capitol Yard
Four Year Old Killed. Man Dies From Auto Injuries
A four year old girl, Adline McCoy, was struck by an automobile on Hopkins street and died at St Marys Hospital from a fractured skull. Earlier, bricklayer Thomas Applegate died at General Hospital from injuries after being struck Tuesday night by an auto driven by John Williams. Williams was arrested on reckless driving charges.
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Adline McCoy
James W. McCoy
Hopkins Street
George Behner
Baymiller Street
Williams
Applegate
General Hospital
Shoeworker Injured as Truck Strikes Auto
Robert Wagenbach a 22 year old shoeworker from 228 Vine street was cut about the face and arms yesterday afternoon when the machine he rode collided with a Ford truck driven by William Elrod of Cleves at McMicken avenue and Race street. The other car driven by Harry Wilburn of 2036 Dunlap street suffered no injuries. Wagenbach was taken home after the crash.
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Robert Wagenbach
Vine Street
William Elrod
Cleves
McMicken Avenue
Race Street
Harry Wilburn
Dunlap Street
Wagenbach
Autoist Tries To Avoid Patrol In Collison Hits Wagon
George Weisman 36 of Constance Kentucky sustained a fractured hip and possible internal injuries yesterday after his ice cream wagon was pinned at Findlay and Linn streets by a car driven by Samuel Snoble 86 of 846 Charlotte Street. Snoble’s vehicle struck Weisman as he tried to avoid a patrol car driven by Patrolman Casius Parker and Fred Grindmeyer. Weisman was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital.
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George Weisman
Constance
Findlay and
Linn
Samuel Snoble
Charlotte Street
Snoble
Weisman
Casius Parker
Fred Grindmeyer
St. Mary's Hospital
Motorist pinned by stone wall suffers serious injuries
Clarence Leroy, 27, of 127 Sixty fourth street Carthage, was badly hurt last night when his car and an East End street car collided, sending his vehicle into a wall and pinning him. Leroy sustained a broken left leg and possible internal injuries. Passengers in his car included George F. Eyrich Sr. and relatives, none of whom were hurt.
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Clarence Leroy
Sixty Fourth
Carthage
Leroy
Eastern Avenue
Elmer Lindeman
Rose Hill Avenue
George F. Eyrich
Hunter climbs cliff to shoot famed Arizona lion
Charley Miller, a cooperative hunter for the Department of Agriculture, dangled from a rope on a cliff near White River Crossing to shoot a large White River mountain lion that had terrorized livestock. Terriers kept the animal at bay as it hid in a cliff cave before Miller's shot and rescue.
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Washington
White River
Arizona
Biological Survey
Charley Miller
Department of Agriculture
White River Crossing
Miller
Hearne Wins 250 Mile National Auto Race at Kansas City
Eddie Hearne of Kansas City wins the 250 mile national championship at Kansas City Speedway with a 2 hours 21 minutes 21.15 seconds ride at an average 105.76 mph. Earl Cooper finishes second eight laps back, Harlan Fengler third maiden race, and Dave Lewis fourth. Prize money totals 9 000 to Hearne 4 500 to Cooper 2 500 to Fengler 1 750 to Lewis. The race features multiple retirements including De Palma Milton Haibe Wonderlich and Hill among others. Murphy leads early and dominates later laps with speeds exceeding 114 mph.
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Jimmy Murphy
Harry Hartz
Tommy Milton
Ora Haibe
Murphy
de Palma
Wonderlich
Jerry Wonderlich
Bennett Hill
Hartz
Eddie Hearne
Hearne
Cooper
Frank Rollins Dies in Sarles Ill-Fated Car
Frank Rollins was killed while attempting to qualify for automobile races in San Luis Obispo California. He drove at about eighty miles per hour when his car broke through the guard rail and rolled over on the track. Roscoe Sarles, a race driver, was killed in Kansas City on September 17 1922 in the same car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Rollins
Western Track
Sarles
San Luis Obispo
Cal
Roscoe Sarles
Kansas City
Rollins
Grandstand Collapse Kills 9 Year Old, Injures 43 at Liberty Park
A Fourth of July celebration at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City collapses a temporary grand stand, burying hundreds. One child, Ruby Soderbury, 9, died of a broken neck at the hospital. More than thirty thousand were present. many injured with broken limbs and head trauma.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Liberty Park
Ruby Soderbury
Dr McCord Operated On For Appendicitis
Dr Carey P McCord of Fountain and Myrtle streets Glendale underwent a successful appendicitis operation at Christ Hospital yesterday confirming the procedure was completed without complications.
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McCord
Carey P. McCord
Fountain and
Myrtle Streets
Glendale
Christ Hospital
All Who Proclaim Citizenship Must Be Americans at Heart
President Harding on Independence Day in Portland urges strict Americanization and deportation or imprisonment for those who aid anti constitutional aims. He warns against internal enemies while praising national defense and unity amid immigration and transportation issues.
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U. S
Harding
Associated Press
Portland
Ore
America
Multnomah Field
John Dougal
Pierce
McKinley
Sons of the South
Sons of
Republic
Concord
William McKinley
Graft and Speed Daved Gibbons Days Edgren Clings Champion
Referee nearly exhausted the bout as Gibbons and Edgren battled with a vice like grip. Tom Delighted with the showing, fears of disqualification lingered despite the close contest.
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Edgren
Gibbons
Tom
Miss Anna Benjamin Weds New York Attorney in London
Miss Anna Bolchi Benjamin adopted daughter of Park Benjamin of New York married Arthur Louis Fullman a New York attorney at Corpus Christi Chapel Covent Garden London. The union ends a lengthy court battle over her adoption and a will valued over 300000 dollars. Fullman once led litigation to secure the estate for her and sailed abroad after turning his firm over to a partner.
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Anna Benjamin
London
Anna Bolchi Benjamin
Park Benjamin
New York
Arthur Louis Fullman
Corpus Christi Chapel
Covent Garden
Anna Bolchi
Benjamin
Enrico Caruso
Fullman
Miss Benjamin
Mr. Fullman
Miss Bolchi
Caruso
Park Jr
Romeyn Benjamin
Wilkesbarre
Daugher
Anna
Europe
Miss. Benjamin
Auburn, N. Y
Succasunna
N. J
Irene Castle Sues Second Husband for Divorce
Irene Castle the American dancer has filed for divorce in Paris from Captain Robert E Treman of Ithaca New York whom she wed in 1919 fifteen months after the death of her first husband Vernon Castle Treman is a Cornell graduate and director of Treman King Company He is 34 years old and the couple were said to have married secretly after Vernon Castle died in an air accident in Ft Worth Texas
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Paris
Irene Castle
Robert E. Treman
Ithaca
N. Y
Vernon Castle
New York
Robert Elias Treman
Robert T. Treman
Treman
Treman-King Company
Cornell University
Peared
Ft. Worth
Tex
Royal Flying Corps
New Rochelle
Mrens
8. C
Dempsey Wins Fifteen-Round Struggle With Gibbons
Special to The Commercial Tribune describes a July 4 1923 bout in Shelby Montana where Jack Dempsey finally overcomes Tom Gibbons after a grueling 15 rounds. Gibbons uses clinches and tricks to survive. referee Jimmy Dougherty intercedes to free Dempsey’s left arm. Audience reactions are muted as Dempsey’s victory is secured and Gibbons cheers his effort despite the loss.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Shelby
Mont
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Tom
Gibbons
Dempsey
Jimmy Dougherty
Jack
Queensbury
Dougherty
Associated Press
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Charles Rasmussen
Montana
Epg
Jimmy Dugherty
Philadelphia
Mever
Shempsey
Tommy
Ithough Gibbons
Bear
Jim Johnson
Latonia Track Receipts Missing Clerk Sought
Three thousand dollars in Latonia Race Track gate receipts are missing after a ticket seller, Milton Jack Milton, 23, Louisville, disappeared after the fourth race. Covington police asked Cincinnati police to seek him. track officials plan to swear out a warrant.
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Latonia
Covington
Cincinnati
Jack
Milton
Everett Street
Louisville
Chicago
No Feet in Auto Traction Crash Injures Cincinnati Family
A Cincinnati & Dayton traction car crashed into the Simpkins auto near Franklin Ohio injuring a mother in critical condition and her daughter with a scalp wound. Other occupants received minor injuries. the car was demolished and the family was treated at Franklin before going home.
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Cincinnati & Dayton
Franklin, O
Cincinnati
Syrena Simpkins
Clark Street
Violet Simpkins
William Buckmier
Simpkins
Ward
M.A. Hamilton
Franklin
Branch Advokes Monroe Doctrine Style Safety Pact for France
Blyth W. Branch of the American Chamber of Commerce in Paris urged the United States to pledge security for France against future German invasion, proposing a modern Monroe Doctrine approach while stressing Germany must stay on its side of the Rhine. Ambassadors and university leaders echoed calls for international understanding.
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Blyth W. Branch
United States
Paris
America
France
American Chamber of Commerce
Branch
Germany
Monroe
Europe
Mr. Branch
Rhine
Ambassador Herrick
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
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Chicago-London Line
State Capitol
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Speedway
Burns
Home Town Bowl
Earl Cooper
Fengler
Victor
Ginning
Unique Dance
Sues
By Robert Edgren
TGKET
Franklin, D
Paul
Dempoja
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