Three Men Arrested Over Denver Bank Shortage
Denver banks face a $440000 shortage after the Hibernian Bank and Trust Company closed. Leo Floyd John Harrington and Maurice Mandell were arrested. Floyd reportedly confessed to juggling funds over three years. Officials expect charges soon as depositors worry.
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Denver
Colo
Hibernian Bank and Trust Company
Leo F. Floyd
John Harrington
Teller
Maurice Mandell
Floyd
Harrington
Mandell
M. C. Harrington
State Banking Examiner
Edward P. Ryan
Spokane
Wash
P. R. Riordan
J. Francis Leonard
Washington, D. C
Leonard
Ryan
Bank Closes as Cashier Burns Records in Tempe
The Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Tempe Arizona with 400000 dollars in deposits closed today. Thornton Jones Jr the cashier turned himself in at the sheriff's office and said he had burned the bank records and expected arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Phoenix
Ariz
Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of
Troops Guard Jail After Lynching Fears In Michigan
A mob of several hundred men demanded two Black suspects be turned over after an alleged attack on a Benton Harbor girl. Sheriff Bridgman held them at the county jail with a temporary guard and requested state troops. Illinois Guards escorted two men to safety in Tamms amid similar unrest.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Benton Harbor
George Bridgman
R. L. Fenton
Illinois
Associated Press
Springfield
Illinois National Guardsen
Tamms
Alexander County
Carlos E. Black
James S. Roche
Cairo
James Hazlewood
Andrew Corbett
William P. Greany
130Th Infantry
Black
Greany
Grand Jury
Detectives in Bathing Garb Watch Beach Mashers
Detroit officials reveal detectives in bathing suits will patrol Belle Isle Beach on Sundays and holidays to prevent molestation of women bathers. Henry W. Busch announces semi aquatic police plan under Parks and Boulevards department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Belle Isle Beach
Henry W. Busch
Department of Parks and Boulevards
Poisoned inmates in Putnamville milk blamed
Fourteen eight inmates at the state penal institution in Putnamville Ind. fell ill after breakfast today with many in serious condition. Doctors suspected ptomaine poisoning and blamed impure milk. Greencastle doctors assisted as state health officials collected food samples for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnamville
Ind
State Penal Institution
Greencastle
State Board of Health
Indianapolis
Atlantic City Talks Collapse Over Check-Off Demand
United Mineworkers refuse to accept installation of a check-off dues system as negotiations with anthracite operators collapse. The joint committee adjourns sine die after a 90 minute session with no sign of concession. Miners await a potential strike on September 1 amid a possible government intervention.
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Atlantic City
N. J
United Mineworkers of America
Joint Committee
Warriner
Ambassador Hotel
Pennsylvania
Joliet merchant is shot by deputy in pursuing girl
James Blaney Beach a 40 year old Joliet dry goods merchant was killed by Deputy Sheriff Clay Harrod after Beach allegedly lurked near Miss Jane Remington’s home pursuing surveillance. Beach carried field glasses and was unarmed. Harrod claimed self defense while arresting him.
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Associated Press
Morris
Jane Remington
James Blaney Beach
Joliet
Clay Harrod
Beach
Miss Remington
Referendum filed on Taft and Albaugh tax bills in Ohio
Petitions to referendum the Taft and Albaugh tax bills were filed in Columbus with the Secretary of State by John E. McCrehan president of the Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards. The Taft petition has 112000 signatures and the Albaugh 111000. 97546 are required. Readings show signers from major Ohio cities. The cost of the new plan is about one million dollars annually. Cincinnati backed the measure while realtors urged public approval to avoid ineffective city relief. Mayors Carrel and Taft plan opposition and statewide organizational support. No polling plan details yet from city officials.
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Columbus
Ohio
John E. McCrehen
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Albaugh
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Toledo
Akron
Dayton
Canton
Youngstown
Springfield
Sandusky
Marietta
McCrehen
Taft
George P. Carrel
Robert A. Taft
J. Taft
Carrel
Right To Issue $4 400 000 Bonds Granted Ohio Traction Co
W Kesley Schoepf informs Cincinnati Street Railroads Director W J Kuertz that authority from the Public Utilities Commission and city officials allows the Ohio Traction Co to issue 4 400 000 in 6 4 per cent sinking fund bonds to refinance 7 per cent notes. The plan saves about 61 630 yearly in interest and does not increase funded capitalization. proceeds fund note refunding and track work while loans from local banks refinance outstanding notes.
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Ohio Traction Co
Schoepf
Kuertz
Ohio Traction Company
W. Jerome Kuertz
W. Kesley Schoepf
Cincinnati Traction Company
Mr. Schoepf
Traction Company
William C. Culkins
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
George P. Carrel
Froome Morris
Cincinnati
Rookwood
McMillan Street
Ravine Street
McMicken Avenue
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
City of
Street Railroads of Cincinnati
Ohio Traction
Street Railroads of
Held to Jury in Morris Got Without Bond
West Union Ohio July 27 John Spires and Frank Moore were held to the Adams County Grand Jury without bond on first degree charges in the fatal shooting of Robert F Morris of Cincinnati near Otway on May 26. Moore's preliminary hearing was completed today.
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Commercial Tribune
West Union
Joh Spires
Frank Moore
Adams County
Robert F. Morris
Cincinnati
Otway
Moore
William Cooper
Spires
Walter Gulley
Portsmouth
Leonora Taber
Frank Cook
Lucasville
J. A. Dupree
Morris
Smallest seaplanes tested for submarines use
The navy tested the smallest seaplane in the world designed for submarine use. Weighing about a thousand pounds with a sixty horsepower engine, it can be knocked down for storage and reassembled in minutes. The wood and wire model, tested at Anacostia, will be delivered to submarines within a month. A metal version is also in development.
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Washington
Navy
Naval Aeronautical Engineers
Naval Air Station
Anacostia
Ammonia Pipe Burst Hits New York Tenements
An ammonia pipe exploded at the Knickerbocker Ice Company in New York causing fumes to fill blocks near East Seventieth Street. Fire crews with gas masks rescued residents and ambulances treated those overcome. Six workers were moved to safety as towels soaked in vinegar helped occupants protect themselves.
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New York
East Seventieth
Knickerbocker Ice Company
Government Must Fight Efforts to Exploit Alaska
New York July 27 Julian B Baker a brother of Newton D Baker confessed himself a failure as an amateur rum runner and was fined 1000 dollars. His 30 foot cabin cruiser Modesty and six cases of whisky are held by the government. Baker said he tested a new anchor and cruised with Henry Hyatt near the rum fleet. He bought six cases of Scotch at 27 dollars a case for a party tomorrow night. The coast guard boarded the Modesty outside the three mile limit and seized the liquor under the hovering act granting customs jurisdiction to twelve miles.
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New York
Julian B. Baker
Newton D. Baker
Baker
Edward Barnes
United States
Henry Hyatt
J. B. Young
Coast Guard
Manhattan
J. Ryan
Ryan
Rey
Tamaqua Yacht Club
Sheepshead Bay
Mr. Baker
Hyatt
Barnes
U. S
Washington
Modesty
President
Henderson
Navy
United States Navy
Harding
Seattle
University of Washington
Alaska
Hart
Evans defeats Sweetser in 38 holes for amateur title
In Cleveland Chick Evans beat Jess Sweetser one up after a tense 38 hole semi final match at the Mayfield Club for the Western amateur championship. Sweetser missed an 18 inch putt on the 38th to lose after leading much of the day in a ding dong contest.
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Sweetser
Evans
Cleveland
Jess Sweetser
Chick Evans
Mayfield Club
Chick
Brookline
Yale
Priest Gives Last Sacrament in Police Patrol Crash
In Cincinnati a police auto speeds at 35 mph to St Marys Hospital with 17 year old Carl Woeste trapped in a crash. Rev Father Louis Nau administers the Last Sacrament as Woeste lies dying. Woeste is a Ohio Refining Co employee of Price Hill. His three companions fled. doctors deem death likely within hours.
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Cincinnati
Louis Nau
St. Lawrence
Price Hill
Carl Woeste
Seton Avenue
Woeste
St. Mary’s Hospital
Betts and Linn Streets
Dickens
Conrad
Academy Street
West Eighth Street
Joseph Clark
Academy Avenue
J.L. Payne
Nau
Mary
Bernard Co. Waiiste
Academy Avenuee
Ashe
Ca Oeste
Tooseph Woeste
Ma‘Court
Ohio Refining Company
West Elberon
Oil men approve shutting midcontinent refineries to curb surplus
Chicago July 27 Leading oil men from the Western Petroleum Refiners Association and the American Oil Men’s Association approved closing every refinery in the midcontinent field for August to reduce gasoline and crude oil surpluses. major producers including Cosden E W Marland and others plan a July 31 Kansas City meeting to finalize the plan which targets 112 250 barrels daily capacity across firms in Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Continent
Chicago
Southwest
Western Petroleum Refiners’ Association
American Oil Men's Association
J. S. Cosden
Cosden
E. W. Marland
Marland Oil Company
Cosden & Co
Tulsa
Marland Refining Company
Ponca City
Okla
Producers
Kansas
Oklaha
Arkansas
Texas
Xinc
Marland
California
Kansas City
Harding reports Alaska sound and sea clash near Port Townsend
President Harding, returning from Alaska, said Alaska is fine and not a problem. A collision near Port Townsend damaged the destroyer Zeilin as Henderson avoided a broader wreck, with Captain Buchanan praised for quick orders preventing greater harm.
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Seattle
Wash
Harding
Alaska
Zeilin
Port Townsend
Navy
Henderson
Allen Buchanan
Buchanan
Captan Buchanan
Corry
Seattle Harbor
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Hibernia Trust Company
Depositors Storm Bank
Galle
Michigan
The
Agh Merchant
Juliet
Taft and
Secretary of Realty Board
John Spires
N.Y
Transport
Destroyer
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