Fire Devastates Idaho Mining Towns Mace and Burke
Fire in Mace and Burke Idaho destroys mining towns east of Kellogg. About 1200 people homeless. losses exceed 1.5 million dollars. Miners evacuated from Hecla and Hercules mines as blaze consumes hotels stores depots and restaurants. Causes debated chimney fire or locomotive spark with high winds hindering containment.
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Spokane
Wash
Mace
Burke
Kellogg
Idaho
Hecla
Hercules
Tiger
Idaho Wholesale Company
Burke Drug Company
Canyon Drug Company
A. Bergland
Northern Pacific
Oregon- Washington Railroad and Navigation Company
Wallace
Bunker Hill- Sullivan
Coeur d'Alene
Burke and Mace
Mrs Bergdoll Seeks Passport to Visit Grover in Alps
Emma C Bergdoll filed for a German passport to visit her son Grover C Bergdoll, a fugitive draft evader living in Switzerland. She plans to sail from New York next Tuesday, hoping to surprise him. The alien property custodian holds Grover’s property valued near $1,000,000 seized after his flight.
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Philadelphia
Emma C.bergdoll
Federal District Court
Germany
Grover C. Eee
Eens
Diet Department
Washi
Bergdoll
New York
Grover
Switzerland
Alps
Spectacular Hill Fire Draws Thousands To Reading Area
Thousands of spectators gathered on Burkhardt Hill along Amity Road near Reading CO to watch a large dairy barn blaze owned by Frank Marshall. Damage was pegged at $8000 as fire companies from Cincinnati Norwood Lockland and Silverton fought the flames seen for miles.
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Burkhardt Hill
Amity Road
Reading, CO
Frank Marshall
Cincinnati
Norwood
Lockland
Silverton
Docile Porpoises Parade as Sharks Scare Crowds at Coney
A mixed school of sand sharks and porpoises swam just beyond the ropes off Coney Island attracting a safety rush from hundreds of beachgoers, many women and children. Several women fainted as Charles H. Townsend of the New York Aquarium downplayed the danger saying man-eating sharks rarely visit these waters.
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New York
Coney Island
Charles H. Townsend
New York Aquarium
Stockholders sue for refunds in Peerless suits
Cleveland July 13 Richard H Collins President of the Peerless Motor Car Company and its holding firm and officers are defendants in suits filed in Common Pleas Court by David L Rockwell on behalf of stockholders. One suit seeks return of over a half million dollars paid for Peerless car plans alleging misappropriation. Another seeks cancellation of a per car bonus of 65 and an annual 150000 salary with accounting. Named defendants include F A Trester Porter Sincere Coulton and others. Peerless production is estimated at twelve to fifteen cars daily.
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Cleveland
Richard H. Collins
Peerless Motor Car Company
Peerless Truck and Motor Corporation
Common Pleas Court
David L. Rockwell
Collins
Cadillac Motor Car Company
Detroit
General Motors Group
F. A. Trester
John F. Porter
Victor Sincere
George A. Coulton
Union Trust Company
Collins cites stockholder dissatisfaction behind suit
Richard D. Collins president of the Peerless Motor Car Company said no indication existed that suits filed in Cleveland were being prepared. He blamed stockholder dissatisfaction after Peerless stock peaked last winter and fell, and he planned to return to Cleveland mid next week with no further comment before then.
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Collins
Boston
Richard D. Collins
Peerless Motor Car Company
Common Pleas Court
Cleveland
Peerless
Dr Ernest Burton Named Chicago U President
Ernest DeWitt Burton, tied to the University of Chicago for thirty years, was elected President by the Board of Trustees after acting as President since February. He heads the New Testament and Early Christian Literature department.
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Chicago
Ernest DeWitt Burton
University of Chicago
Board of Trustees
Harry Pratt Judson
Burton
Etna Reawakens as Sicily Feels Nearby Quake
Mt Etna shows renewed activity after a violent eruption and a tremor was reported near Fermo Sicily this morning. No damage noted.
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Sicily
Etna
London
Fermo
Rome
Auto Crash Kills Lexington Man in Speeding Rout
Excessive speed on a rough Licking Pike road caused a crash that killed John Robb a 50 year old Lexington Kentucky bartender. His companion John Farrell fled the scene and was later jailed for manslaughter. The accident drew swift police and coroner involvement. A separate list of local injuries from traffic incidents followed.
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Pike
John Robb
Lexington
Pear Hageman
Licking Pike
Robb
John Farrell
York Street
Newport
Farrell
Hageman Resort
Farrel
Johns
Charles A. Smith & Sons
Undertakers
Walter Hughes
Campbell County
Louis Tieman
Tieman
Bertha Nickelson
Fairfax Avenue
Fifth and Vine Streets
Frank Brown
Wade Street
Pearl Street
Marie Randolph
Harry C. Duncan
Cryer Avenue
General Hospital
George Steins
East Thirteenth Street
Louisa Schoepf
Josephine Street
Thirteenth
Sycamore
Lundin and Others Acquitted in Chicago Schools Case
Fred Lundin and fifteen co defendants were acquitted of conspiracy to defraud Chicago schools of nearly one million dollars. Ed win S Davis and Albert Severinghaus, former School Board leaders, were among those freed as trials opened amid noisy demonstrations.
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Chicago
Fred Lundin
Illinois
William Hale Thompson
Edwins. Davis
Thompson
Albert Severinghaus
Lundin
U S Day Chief Haynes to Visit Cincinnati
Federal Prohibition Commissioner R A Haynes will travel from Washington to Columbus and Cincinnati to discuss enforcement. In Columbus he will meet Attorney General Harry M Daugherty to pursue Department of Justice action against brewers authorized to make near beer who fail to dealcoholize.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington, D. C
R. A. Haynes
Columbus
Cincinnati
Harry M Daugherty
Department of Justice
Haynes
French Troops Raid Barmen Seize Officials As Hostages
About 600 French infantry and cavalry with one tank raided Barmen outside the occupied zone at 6 am. They seized city officials including the Reichsbank director, a security police captain, the burgomaster, and police chief, taking hostages and documents. The action followed the kidnaping of French soldiers and alleged German sniping.
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Associated Press
Duesseldorf
Barmen
Ruhr
Reichsbank
UK Commons probes US role in new reparation policy
In London and Paris dated July 13, the House of Commons delay leaves unanswered whether the United States will be consulted on drafts of Britain’s reply to Germany. Prime Minister Baldwin had hoped to clarify the questions today as French papers react with sarcasm to Britain’s policy.
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France
Universal Credit
Commons
Labor Party
Trades Union Congress
Lloyd George
Liberal Party
London
House of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Kenworthy
Hull
United States
Baldwin
Germany
Paris
Temps
England
Ruhr
L’intransigeant
Great Britain
Eve Defeated Adam In First Brain Test Says Psychologist
In Los Angeles Dr Lightner Witmer cites Eve scoring with intelligence in what he calls the world’s first intelligence test. He remarks Eve faced the garden test and chose knowledge over innocence, noting it as the oldest recorded behavior test.
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Eve
Adam
Los Angeles
Calif
Lightner Witmer
Laboratory of
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
Garden of Eden
Creasy Granted New Trial in Edith Lavoy Murder Case
William H. Creasy, convicted of killing Edith Lavoy, a Freeport teacher, was granted a new trial by the New York Court of Appeals. The reversal cites trial errors. the defense claimed Lavoy committed suicide, while the prosecution argued Creasy killed her after a marriage refusal.
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Bellevue
New York
Albany
N. Y
William H. Creasy
Edith Lavoy
Freeport
Court of Appeals
Creasy
Miss Lavoy
Accused Lived In Bellevue Ky Before Alleged Freeport Murder
William H. Creasy resided with William Hurt at 29 Grandview Avenue Bellevue Kentucky for almost a year after living in Newport and Ft Thomas He reportedly left June 21 saying he would enter the automobile business in Canada The murder of Miss Lavoy occurred June 23 at her Freeport Long Island home Hurt says Creasy had been acting suspiciously for weeks and had told him he planned to marry Miss Lavoy though religious differences slowed that plan Creasy made many friends in the Kentucky town during his stay with Hurt.
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Bellevue
William H. Creasy
William Hurt
Grandview Avenue
Newport
Ft. Thomas
Miss Lavoy
Creasy
Freeport
L. I
Canada
Mr. Hurt
Hurt
Kentucky
Former Cincinnatian David Baumgarten Dies in New York
David Louis Baumgarten, once of Cincinnati and a friend of President Harding, died of pneumonia at his Riverside Drive home in New York tonight after a period of illness.
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New York
David Louis Baumgarten
Cincinnati
Harding
Riverside Drive
Williams, Wichita lumber figure, dies in hospital
George Co. Williams a prominent Wichita lumber dealer died in a hospital. He was well known among lumber men in Kentucky Kansas and Oklahoma.
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Wichita
Kan
George Co. Williams
Kentucky
Kansas
Oklahoma
Wilson may testify as witness in Morse shipbuilding trial
A subpoena to Woodrow Wilson to testify at the Morse shipbuilding trial in Washington was prepared but service delayed. Defense seeks Wilson’s observations of the Morse yard at Alexandria in May 1918. his appearance depends on his condition and medical advice.
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Associated Press
Washington
Woodrow - Wilson
Marset
Wilson
Morse
Alexandria
Cary T. Grayson
Gordon
Wilton J. Lambert
United States
Snyder
Defense
White House
Charles W. Morse
Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Democratic Hopefuls Face Westward Radical Current
A 1923 analysis notes Senators Underwood Glass and Robinson as potential Democratic candidates unlikely to win immediate nomination. It highlights the Western shift toward radical politics, the Ford movement, and Harding’s alignment, with Underwood strong in leadership and Glass tied to the Federal Reserve Act while Robinson’s fate hinges on his radical stance.
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South
Underwood
Alabama
Carter Glass
Virginia
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Pennsylvania
West
Ford
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Harding
Oscar Underwood
Democratic Party
House
Senate
New York State
Baltimore
Treasury
Glass
Democratic’ Organization
Senator Robinson
Congress
Robinson
la Follette
Murphy in French Lick to Gauge Smith Presidential Boom
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall arrived at French Lick Indiana for meetings with Middle Western Democratic leaders to discuss Governor Al Smith as a potential presidential nominee. He plans talks with Indiana leader Tom Taggart and Chicago boss George E. Brennan over the weekend.
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French Lick
Ind
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
New York
al Smith
Smith
Middle West
Murphy
Tom Taggart
Indiana
George E. Brennan
Chicago
China Ready To Pay Foreigner Captivity Indemnity
Diplomatic reports from Washington say Peking nations weigh an indemnity for twenty seven foreigners captured by bandits on May 6. A proposed rate would pay $500 for each of the first three days and $100 daily after, totaling about $5,000 for those held until June 12.
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Washington
Peking
State Department
Schurman
Bus Driver Arrested After Passenger Complaint
Thomas Quigley a 33 year old Cin cinnati Motor Bus Company driver was arrested on an assault and battery warrant sworn by Frank P Gregg of Norwood alleging Quigley knocked him from a bus into the street during a dispute over service. Gregg says the injury was to his head and shoulders after the blow at Eighth street and Broadway. He reports further threats when he sought the driver's name later that night.
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Thomas Quigley
Thirteenth Street
Cincinnati Motor Bus Company
Frank P. Gregg
Ashland Avenue
Norwood
Quigley
Gregg
Here
Eighth Street
Broadway
Omnibus Company
Cal reporters expose fraud ring targeting Springfield millionaire
Federal agents from Cincinnati arrived to probe a swindle against John L. Bushnell, notable Springfield financier and First National Bank president. Arrested were Don Osborn and Rose Osborn allied with two other men. a booted scheme involved fake Putnam identities and a possible U. S. Inspector badge.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Cincinnati
John L. Bushnell
Asa Bushnell
Ohio
Bushnell
Don Osborn
P. H. Putnam
Rose Osborn
Putnam
Cooley
Osborn
Haroth E. Mau
United Sates
Department of Justice
Mau
H. L. Putnam
Los Angeles
Cal
Shawnee
Hollywood
St. Louis
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Mrs. Putnam
U. S
Cleveland
First National Bank
Bail set for Osborn and Rose Putnam in fraud case
Osborn Putnam and Rose Putnam of Los Angeles appeared before U S Commissioner Thomas Gregory in Dayton Ohio on charges connected to a scheme to swindle Springfield millionaire John L Bushnell. Bond set at 15000 each with jail in default. Osborn listed as motion picture director and actor. he claimed to be the woman’s uncle.
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Osborn
Rose Putnam
The
Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Don Osborn
Los Ngeles
Thomas Gregory
John L. Bushnell
Springfield
Gregory
Beechwood Drive
Hollywood
Cal
Bushnell
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Mrs. Bergdoll
New Jersey
Charge
Ernest Burton
Mt. Etna
Press of Nations
Uatagy GA
G. C. Williams
Murot Gottingel
U.S
Lawrence
David Lawrence
Europe
Tammany
Governor Smith
China
Hong Kong
Tung Shan
Canton
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