Fire engine crash injures ten men on Elm and Fifth streets
Ten firefighters were hurt when Ladder Truck No. 7 and Hose Wagon No. 14 collided en route to a small blaze at Race and Commerce. Several injured were listed in serious condition, with two feared near death. The crash occurred after conflicting alarms and a high speed impact near Wolfberger’s store.
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Fifth
H m
Race and Commerce
Carl Roger
John Street
Joe J. Dacey
Wilder Street
Andrew Blasdorfer
Charlotte Avenue
Prank Keim
Hose Co
Delmey
Walter Schaaf
Albert Purcell
Winton Road
John J. Finneran
Gilpin Avenue
Second
Elm Streets
Race
Commerce
Elm Street
Fifth Street
Wolfberger
Finlrnishings
Case of Ohio Whisky Shipment Stolen Before Arrival
A Toledo distinct box labeled whisky delivered five one gallon jugs to Newton Falls, but one jug contained only water upon arrival in Alliance. Officials suspect the whisky was stolen en route from Cleveland, the lighter box arousing suspicion.
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Alliance
Newton Falls
Express
Cleveland
Pickaninny Slueth Locates Lost Wardrobe Trunk
A 12 year old colored boy, dubbed a shore nuff detective, guided Chief Emmet Kirgan and detectives Hill and Schafer to recover Mrs. G. R. Livinson's trunk. The trunk had been taken from Central Union Station after a lost baggage check was used by a thief. The boy earned a reward from Livinson.
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Shore
G. R. Livinson
Probasco Avenue
Central Union Station
Emmet Kirgan
Foraker Avenue
Hill
Schafer
Livinson
Auto Bandits Rob Former Hamilton Man of 3500 Dollars
L. K. Wichael formerly of Hamilton now living in Springfield was robbed of 3500 dollars by two men near Le Fourdsville while repairing a tire puncture on his car. The bandits fled after holding him at pistol point. no trace has been found. One robber was about 50, the other around 30. Wichael had just drawn the money from a Hamilton Bank.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
L. K. Wichael
Springfield
Nhere and
le Fourdsville
Wichael
Worker Killed by Eastbound Train at Oakley Crossing
Martin Clark fifty five of 4118 Ballard avenue Oakley was killed last night by an east bound Baltimore and Ohio train at Madison road crossing. Policeman Bogart says Clark walked into the path of the speeding train not hearing the whistle. The engine struck him throwing him thirty feet to the side. Coroner Bauer ordered the body to the morgue while relatives are sought.
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Martin Clark
Ballard Avenue
Oakley
Baltimore & Ohio
Madison Road
Bogart
Sixth District
Clark
Fred Hensgen
East End
Bauer
Bandits Strike Delta Bank Robbery in Broad Daylight
Six gunmen robbed the People's Savings Bank in Delta Ohio escaping with 12000 dollars in cash and Liberty Bonds after slugging Assistant Cashier Mark Casler. James Warner a baker was seriously wounded while clerks Jesse Bloomer and Candace Haley were herded into a back room. Haley triggered an automatic burglar alarm as gunmen fired fifty shots along the main street before fleeing toward Toledo in a touring car.
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Toledo
Delta
James Warner
People’s Savings Bank
Liberty Bonds
Mark Casler
Casler
Jesse Bloomer
Candace Haley
Miss Haley
Senate Retains House Merchant Marine Bill With Tax Proviso
Senate votes to keep in the merchant marine bill provisions exempting net earnings of American owned ships in foreign trade from excess profits taxes if reinvested in new ships. It also keeps an income tax exemption on sale proceeds from ships built before 1914, with a requirement that new ships be built in the United States.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Committee
White Girl Seeks Poison After Deception in Mixed Race Marriage
A 26 year old white woman married to a negrasix months ago in a shabby fourth floor Mound Street room attempted suicide with poison. Letters from her Southern family suggest they believed she married a white man. Neighbors recall her refined upbringing and a note to her mother implying concealment of her marriage. Police say she was in critical condition after ingesting bi chloride of mercury.
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Margaret Edwards
Mound Street
William
Kipling
Earth
Anna Monro
St Louis Cotton Broker Given Five-Year Term for Forgery
Charles G. Mulligan a St Louis cotton broker was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after admitting in Circuit Court that he forged bills of lading for cotton shipments totaling 160 000 dollars and that he obtained 5 480 dollars through the forgery.
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ST. Louis
Charles G. Mulligan
Death penalty sought for driver in Enright slaying
Chicago, May 20. The State demands the death penalty for James Vinci alleged driver of the death car in the Maurice Enright murder, arguing accessory before the fact. Assistant State's Attorney Pryzstalski cites the Becker case to show equal guilt. trial not expected to reach jury before Saturday.
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Chicago
James Vinci
Maurice “Mossy” Enright
Prystalski
Becker
New York
Herman Rosenthal
Ranger Bank Fails to Open Causing Deposit Concerns
The Bank of Ranger with 25000 capital failed to open today in Ranger Texas. Officials cited declining deposits and loan losses as causes. President Thomas Rowland and Co H Butler, vice president, stated the bank would be liquidated with no loss to depositors.
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Ranger
Tex
Bank of Ranger
Thomas
Rowland
H. Butler
Wool Slump Evident as Peak Prices Pass in Boston Auction
Prices for wool fell 10 to 20 percent at a Boston auction held under British government auspices. Only seven mills bid and 30 percent of 18,569 bales offered were sold amid cancelled orders and production cutbacks. The drop follows declines in Liverpool and London markets and signals a passing of the high price peak.
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Boston
Commercial Bulletin
Liverpool
London
House Committee Approves Stock Tax for Soldier Bonus
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to include a 10 percent stock dividend tax retroactive to March 15 as part of a plan to finance a soldier relief bill. The measure would raise over 500 million dollars annually for three years via five levies including tobacco, income, real estate, and futures trades to fund cash bonuses or aid for veterans.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
American Legion
$1 200 000 Stolen From New York Safes By Tappers
Richard Armstrong, a Brooklyn youth, pled guilty to burglary in the third degree and is alleged to have confessed that a gang of eleven, including women, robbed safes in New York City’s financial district. He said they used finger tapping on tumblers to steal about $1.2 million in securities in three months, claiming involvement in the Adams Express Building, Australian Commission, Commercial Cable Building, and Fifth Avenue Building heists.
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New York
Richard Armstrong
Brooklyn
Court of General Sessions
District Attorney’s Office
Financial
Armstrong
Dooling
Adams Express
Australian Commission
Commercial Cable
Fifth Avenue
Senate Opens Campaign Expense Inquiry Of Presidential Races
The Senate authorized an investigation into pre convention campaign expenses and pledges for Republican and Democratic candidates. Senator Borah pushed the inquiry citing alleged excesses and patronage, with no debate or roll call, and hearings slated by the Elections Committee to begin tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Chamber
Calder
New York
Dillingham
The
Elections Committee
Committee
Daniels Defends Navy Amid Sims Charges in Senate Probe
Secretary Daniels rebuts Admiral Sims's allegations before a Senate war conduct panel. He cites a 10 to 1 General Board verdict and notes a drastic enlistment order tied to a “Slacker's paradise” remark. He defends stopping Class 4 enrollments as conditions neared a public scandal and urges fair appraisal of wartime Navy conduct.
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Washington
Daniels
Senate
Navy Department
Sims
General Board
Gleaves
Asiatic
Palmer
Navy
Naval Reserve
H. T. Mayo
Atlantic Fleet
Danels
Eaeies
Brooklyn Man Surrenders On Bribery Warrant
Moses H. Baron of Brooklyn turned himself in to Youngstown police under a warrant issued by Safety Director Scott. He is charged with giving the director 2500 dollars as the first payment of a 50600 bribe to allow 1000 cases of whisky to enter Youngstown.
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Brooklyn
Youngstown
Moses H. Baron
Scott
Wilson Signs Bills On Imperial Valley, Forests, and Lands
President Wilson signed three bills directing an examination and report on Imperial Valley irrigation and development in California. The measures also enlarge the Oregon National Forest boundaries and dispose of public lands withdrawn under reclamation laws no longer needed for reclamation purposes.
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Wilson
Washington
Imperial Valley
California
Oregon National Forest
Government drives price gouging probe across the nation
Assistant Attorney General Garvan announced a wide extension of anti profiteering investigations to more than twenty U S cities. The flying squadron tactics from New York are used nationwide as women and the press push to end profiteering. Garvan warned against patriotism claims and noted unions of retailers pressuring Congress to block price drops.
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Washington
Garvan
Department of Justice
New York
Mr. Garvan
Knox
National Suit, Cloak and Skirt Manufacturers’ Association
Troopers quash unrest after Matewan mine clash
In Matewan West Virginia troopers and deputies patrol quiet streets after a battle the previous day between Baldwin Felts detectives and citizens left at least twelve dead and many wounded. Two men were arrested on concealed weapons charges and a search continued for two detectives who fled. The body of Albert Felts was readied for burial in Baylock.
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Matewan
W. Va
Baldwin-Felts
Lynn
State Constabulary
Welch
Constabulary
John C. Cornwell
Tug River
Jackson Atmnod
West Virgini Constabulary
Tr Rs
Arnold
Mingo
Tug ‘River
Albert Felts
Baylock
Houston and Owen Disagree on Loans
Washington reports a dispute between Houston and Owen over loan policy as America undergoes an economic readjustment led by the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve.
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Houston
Owen
Washington
America
Treasury Department
Fed
Wild rush to berths when trousers vanish
In Toledo Ohio a thief raided a Pullman car in the yards and carried off an armful of trousers. Male occupants were kept in bed while the incident unfolded. The porter later found the missing trousers under a freight car with pockets turned inside out.
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Toledo
Police Fail To Track Three Escaped Ohio Prisoners
In Port Clinton Ohio police reported they had found no trace of Harry Brown Leonard Nolta and Edward Collins the trio who escaped Ottawa County Jail after sawed bars were used to release them Brown earlier faced a first degree murder conviction in the Doss case and the other two were serving life and 1 to 20 year terms respectively
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Port Clinton
Ohio
Harry Brown
Leonard Nolta
Edward Collins
Columbus
Ottawa County
Nolta
Collins
Brown
John Doss
Cleveland
New York Central Railroad
Doss
ICC orders railroads move traffic despite routing rules
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered railroads to forward traffic without regard to previous routing and canceled rail rules on car service. It directed Eastward movement of 32,000 coal cars in twenty days and Westward 20,000 grain box cars in thirty days to relieve congestion and return equipment to home roads. Officials cited ongoing transport emergency and Labor issues as causes of shortages.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Binkeahi Ar
Middle West
Commission
Empty railroad cars halt freight as west East coast strain grows
New York May 20. Pennsylvania Railroad began speeding westward long trains of empty box and gondola cars to move supplies east. All outbound freight halted for 48 hours and other lines may follow with short term embargoes. Builders report halted operations due to material shortages from Youngstown and bricks from Trenton, signaling an acute supply crisis.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Merchants Associations
Youngstown
Ohio
Trenton
N. J
Southern roads free of freight tie up
Louisville dispatch May 20 reports railroad headquarters with Southern port links sent telegrams to lines from Pittsburgh to San Francisco urging free movement of freight in the South and recommending Gulf and South Atlantic terminals to relieve congestion in the East, Middle West and West. Seven Southern ports New Orleans Mobile Jacksonville Brunswick Savannah Charleston and Norfolk are open.
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Louisville
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
South
East
Middle West
New Orleans
Mobile
Jacksonville
Brunswick
Savan
Charleston
Norfolk
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Kim Street
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Frank Keim
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Clarence Pacquet
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Auto Bandits
Oakley Station
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Mound St. House
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Chattanooga
Texas Bank
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Slacker
Paradise
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Combon
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