May Festival ends in triumph for Van der Stucken and guests
The Cortege Festival winds up with wild audience enthusiasm as Henry Hadley and Louise Ayers Barnett join Van der Stucken for Resurgam and the chorus. The audience, including children, lauded the conductor and soloists, while receipts for the week reached 74000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van der Stucken
Sepe
Henry Hadley
Louise Ayers Barnett
Mr. van der Stucken
Hadley
van der Btucken
Hartzel
Frank R. Ellis
Lawrence Maxwell
Surdo
Joseph Surdo
East High School
Flanders Fields
Colo
J. Herman Thuman
Thuman
Maxwell
Europe
America
Florence Easton
Marie Sandelius
Merle Alcock
Inez Barbour
Elizabeth Durland Langhorst
Clarence Whitehill
Lambert Murphy
Dan Beddoe
United States
Cincinnati
Nine Entombed After Mine Blast Near Aguilar Colorado
May 5 Trinidad Col nine miners were entombed in the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co mine near Aguilar after an explosion before 2 pm on a Saturday shift layoff. Rescue crews were summoned as crews believed gas caused the blast and the north slope was wrecked. Three men escaped from an upper seam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain Fuel CO
Aguilar
Colorado
Trinidad
Col
Rocky Mountain Fuel Company
Lad Who Blocked Bank Holdup in 1929 Steals $42,000 From Same Institution
W A Petre a 22 year old clerk at the Cleveland Trust Co branch confessed to stealing about $42 000 from the bank vault late Wednesday afternoon and hid the money beneath a garage at his uncle s home The same man had been hailed as a hero after thwarting a 1920 Bedford Branch robbery earning a 2500 reward The money was recovered and Petre faces action after bonding company and county authorities decide the case He had previously fought during the Bedford raid aiding in the capture of Lostémer and others now serving sentences in the Ohio Penitentiary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
W. A. Petre
Cleveland Trust Company
Bedford
Petre
Lostémer
Ohio
Leona Z. Ayres
Ayres
J. Petr
Rattle snake trade details sought by Biological Survey
Washington May 5 The Biological Survey has received letters requesting the names of dealers in live rattlesnakes skins and rattlesnake oil. The department cannot furnish dealer names and asks for any known markets and present quotations to be sent in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Rattlesnake Pete reports market prices and dealers
Peter Gruber of Rochester known as Rattlesnake Pete cites current rattlesnake prices by weight 25 to 35 cents live weight by the piece 1 to 5 dollars and by the den 100 dollars and up He mentions dealer W A King of Brownsville Texas called Rattlesnake King with whom he has traded for twenty years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
Peter Gruber
Gruber
W. A. King
Brownsville
Tex
Rattlesnake King
Goose Creek flogging indictments target Harris County residents
Harris County grand jury indicts 26 Goose Creek residents over a January flogging. Charges include assault with prohibited weapons perjury and aggravated assault. The panel notes a two year reign of terror by about fifty men with around twenty people beaten. Bond set to be posted tomorrow.
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Houston
Tex
Goose Creek
C. W. Robinson
Criminal Court
R. H. Harrison
R. A. Armand
Grand Jury
T. Binford
Harris County
Jilted Suitor Shoots Sweetheart Then Kills Himself
In Fairmont West Virginia James Carter who came from Pittsburgh to wed Grace Parker was rejected. He pursued her to the prosecutor’s office and opened fire wounding her four times before shooting himself. Doctors say both are likely to die.
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Fairmont
W. Va
James Carter
Pittsburgh
Grace Parker
Frank R. Amés
Carter
Bangor Sees Water Cutoff After River Floods
Bangor Maine May 5 flood damage leaves city without water for households and fire protection. Officials fear water works station will take several days to repair, delaying resumption of service.
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Bangor
Penobscot
Leitar Estate Trustee Charged With Mismanagement in Chicago
In Chicago on May 5, charges of mismanagement and missing funds in the Levi Z Leiter estate, once tied to Marshall Fi, were filed. The suit seeks removal of the Leiter estate from trustees including Nancy Lathrop Carer Campbell and other heirs, citing losses from farming ventures and a $982,000 accounting shortfall in Universal Fuel Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Levi Z. Leiter
Marshall Fi
Margarite
Earl of Suffolk
Leiter
Joseph
Lady Hyde
Nancy Lathrop Carer Campbell
Santa Barbara
Cal
Englan
Clear Creek
Platte River
Grand Jury Lifts Charge of Malicious Grapevine Razing
Fresno County Grand Jury hears testimony from local growers alleging vandalism of raisin grapevines and farm buildings by unknown assailants tied to opposition of Sun Maid crop contracts. Witnesses describe arson threats and intimidation amid the contract controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Cal
Fresno County Grad Jury
Sun Maid
Monmouth
Walt Osterhoudt
N. Torosian
Th Raisin Association
Bashford
Angeles
Dr Charles Scheurman Robbed at Central and McFarland
A 49 year old physician from Aurora Indiana was held up at the Adams Hotel corner by two white men in a running automobile shortly after 4 pm. One man flashed a revolver while the other searched his pockets and took 500 dollars. Police chased them toward the Suspension Bridge but the suspects fled east on Third Street. The crime recalls a prior October 23 jewelry and cash robbery at the same corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Scheurman
Aurora
Ind
Adams Hotel
Central Avenue
McFarland Street
Suspension Bridge
Third Street
Scheurman
John Murphy
McFarland
Cleary
Shaefer
Luhn
Kaman
Dr. Scheurmann
Payroll Bandits Hit Banks Four Times In New York
Four payroll holdups targeted entrants and passersby across New York with nearly 7000 dollars stolen. A gun battle on West Broadway left one bandit dead and another captured while the loot from a produce house paymaster totaled 4700 dollars. Other robberies included 1311 dollars from Louise Garbarini near Gramercy Park and 209 from a young woman on Fifth Avenue. A gas pipe attack on Gem Art cashier Rose Cohen at Canal Street ended with the robber fleeing and $500 saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Broadway
Joseph Schepp
Louise Garbarini
Gramercy Park
Fifth Avenue
115Th Street
Rose Cohen
Gem Art Company
Canal Street
Pay Envelopes Contain Blank Papers At Local Firm
Employees of the Compressed Wood Preserving Company at 4665 Spring Grove Avenue found empty pay envelopes yesterday noon. Manager George W Frey began an investigation after Miss Nora Frey the bookkeeper admitted assembling the payroll and placing money in the envelopes before leaving them in a desk drawer. She claims an assistant bookkeeper helped and disappeared shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compressed Wood Preserving Company
Spring Grove Avenue
Winton Place
George W. Frey
Nora Frey
Frey
Miss Frey
Earthquake Destroys Asia Minor Town Near Tokat
May 5 dispatches report South Sela near Tokat in Asia Minor leveled by fire and quake with many victims. Northern Chile also shaken at about 6 PM with no confirmed casualties and disrupted communications. A later Georgetown University seismograph record notes two quakes, the second lasting about thirty minutes.
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Asia Minor
North
Chile
Constantinople
South Sela
Tokat
Santiago
Copiapo
Laserena
Vallenar
Carrizal
Washington
Georgetown University
Train Kills Blanchester Official as Crowd Gapes
Z. E. Reeves 60, Blanchester councilman and lumberman, died instantly when his car was struck by B&O train at Church street crossing. The 3:45 PM collision carried the car past the station platform. Engineer William Hall could not stop. coroner arrived for investigation. Reeves survived by a widow and three daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. E. Reeves
Blanchester
Church Street
Cincinnati
William Hall
Eeves
A. L. Hannah
Reeves
Almeda Reeves
John Little
Kenzal
Wilmington
Missing Illinois Man Said To Be in Kansas
Warren John Lincoln an Aurora horticulturist and attorney reportedly seen alive in Hutchinson Kansas four days after vanishing from his cottage near Aurora. Police weigh a motive involving financial and domestic troubles and continue nationwide search for Lincoln's wife Lina Shoup Lincoln and her brother Byron Shoup amid antagonism.
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Illinois
Kansas
Aurora,ill
Warren John Lincoln
Aurora
Hutchinson
Kan
Frank Michels
C. B. Augustin
Michels
Lincoln
Lina Shoup Lincoln
Byron Shoup
Shoup
Violent cyclone hits San Jose port area
Reports from Guatemala indicate a powerful cyclone struck San Jose port yesterday. It destroyed the official cable office and several buildings, leaving the city without telegraphic communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Guatemala
San Jose
Beazell & Chatfield Hearing Prompts Exchange Probe
Hamilton County officials and the Cincinnati Stock Exchange move to probe the Beazell & Chatfield brokerage firm after its recent failure. The exchange votes to compel William H. Chatfield Jr to appear at a formal hearing amid suspicions of improper conduct.
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Beazell & Chatfield and Stock Exchange Board
Hamilton County Grand Jury
Cincinnati Stock Exchange
Beazell & Chatfield
Charles S. Bell
Hamilton County
Board of Governors
The
Stock Exchange
Bell
Grand Jury
Henry S. Irving
William H. Chatfield, Jr
Exchange
Board of
Govenors
Trustees
Aracter
Conaucul
New York Exchange
Chatfield
D. C. Keller
Chamber of Commerce
Keller
Chamber of Commere
Gompers Opens Fight To Drive Radicals Out of Federation
Samuel Gompers launched a battle within the American Federation of Labor to expel the radical Trade Union Education League led by E. Foster and C. D. Ruthenberg. He spoke at the United Cloth Hat and Capmakers of America convention, hinting hatters may rejoin the federation, adding about ten thousand members. A pre-speech radical unity resolution was adopted by the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Trade Union Education League
E. Z. Foster
C. D. Ruthenberg
Mr. Gompers
United Cloth Hat and Capworkers of America
United Hatters’ Union of America
Max Zaritzky
Chat and Capmakers
Hatters
A. F. of L
New York City
Patform
Trapped 2000 In New York Subway After Train Stalls
About 2,000 passengers were trapped in a tunnel under the East River when an Interborough Subway train stalled and held up three others. They walked along narrow runways to exits in Long Island City as smoke filled the tube. Several women fainted and some climbed an eighty foot emergency exit stairs in smoke filled conditions.
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New York
East River
Interborough
Long Island City
Iowa farmer chosen for Federal Reserve Board post in Washington
Edward H. Cunningham of Iowa was named dirt farmer member of the Federal Reserve Board by President Harding. Edward E. Jones of Pennsylvania was named to the Farm Loan Board. Cunningham, 6 years in Iowa Legislature and former House Speaker, heads Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. Jones serves as Treasurer of the Federal Land Bank at Baltimore and trustee of Pennsylvania State College.
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Washington
Edward H. Cunningham
Iowa
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Edward E. Jones
Pennsylvania
Farm Loan, Board
Mr. Cunningham
Milo BD. Campbell
Iowa Farm Bureau’ Federation
Cummins
Rep
Wallace
Whitehouse
Crissinger
Curtis
Kan
A. H. Denton
Arkansas City
Jones
Farm Loan Board
Federal Land Bank
Baltimore
Pennsylvania State College
Cunningham Hired Hand to Federal Reserve Board Member
Edward H. Cunningham rose from hired hand on Buena Vista County farms to dirt farmer and landowner. Born December 14, 1869 in Burlington Wisconsin, he moved to Iowa at age 20, managed Hopewell Stock Farm in Newell, Buena Vista County, and entered politics as mayor of Newell in 1902 before his Federal Reserve Board appointment.
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Cunningham
Associated Press
Des. Moines
Edward H. Cunningham
Federal Reserve Board
Buena Vista County
Burlington
Wis
Iowa
Newell
Hopewell
Delegation to Protest Havana Boston Bank Agency
A delegation from all large cities in the Sixth Federal Reserve District will address the Federal Reserve Board in Washington to oppose Governor Harding of the Boston Fed Bank proposing an agency in Havana Cuba. Bankers and district Senators urged postponing the hearing until the new Southern member George R. James takes his seat.
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Federal Reserve Bank Agency
Cuba
Atlanta
Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
W. P. G. Harding
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
Boston Bank
Havana
Atlanta Journal
George R. James
Memphis
Clara Phillips Rumored Escape From Tegucigalpa
A report from Tegucigalpa Hon duras says Clara Phillips the California hammer murderess, detained there, has escaped. The claim is unconfirmed and Los Angeles sheriffs plan to depart late today to retrieve her, pending verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Phillips
San
Salvador
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Los Angeles
Sheriff’s Office
New York Mullan-Gage repeal triggers federal enforcement plans
Federal prohibition officers in New York draft expansion plans as Gov Smith is expected to sign repeal of the Mullan-Gage state enforcement act. Palmer Canfield says he has about 260 agents, with potential authorization for a larger force, while state police may resume primary patrols.
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New York
Smith
Palmer Canfield
New York State
Fromm
Washington
Pecora
New York City
William H. Anderson
League
Anti-Saloon League
City of Dublin Left Without Protection As Firemen Strike
Dublin faces a fire risk as its fire brigade strikes at noon over pay cuts. Only the Captain and Lieutenant remained on duty. a Buckingham Street fire tested response. Town officials urged citizens to cooperate and property owners to stay vigilant. The strike cites wages of 81 to 91 shillings weekly, 122 hour weeks, and no extra pay for Sundays or holidays. Rathmines and Pembroke retain their own brigades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Buckingham Street
Myers
Rathmines
Pembroke
Three Women Arrested In Kidnapping Of Boy
Mrs. Wava B Fairbanks Mrs Ruth Crandall and Mrs H A Grinnell were arrested on warrants for kidnapping in the Verner Alexanderson case The six year old Schenectady boy was found at Theresa on Thursday Police seek Stanley Crandall and Harry Fairbanks who were seen in Watertown after the abducted car was abandoned in Alexandria Bay
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Watertown
N Y
Wava B. Fairbanks
Ruth Crandall
H. A. Grinnell
Verner Alexanderson
Schenectady
Theresa
Stanley Crandall
Harry Fairbanks
Alexanderson
Alexandria Bay
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Frank Keift
Berrien County
Claudia Flann
Quay
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