Textile Giant Knight Faces 5 Million Attachment
Mechanics and Metals National Bank won a $5 million attachment against B B R Knight Inc a major Knight subsidiary of Consolidated Textile Corp The suit targets notes issued by Knight under a mortgage agreement while Consolidated reveals a 1924 loss of 2 027615 attributed to Rhode Island mills closing.
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New York
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
B. B. & R. Knight, Inc
Consolidated Textile Corporation
Knight Corporation
New England
South
Knight
Massachusetts
Ait
United States
Chase National Bank
Converse & Co
Knight Company
B. B. & R. Knight
Consolidated
Rhode Island
Knight Mills
Dema
Consolidated Textile
Mechanics and Metals Bank
Massachusett
Sheriff's Office
British freighter Fenchurch afire at sea seeks aid
May 29 report from New York says the British steam freighter Fenchurch is burning at sea after departing Philadelphia for Marseilles. The Cheldale and San Blas announced aid routes. Cheldale will reach near midnight at latitude 38.03N 67.20W. Rockets requested to aid location identification.
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Associated Press
New York
Philadelphia
Marseilles
France
Easthampton
Independent Wireless Corporation
United Fruit Company
England
Fenchurch
Freighter Fenchurch Sails from Philadelphia for Europe
The British freighter Fenchurch of about 7000 tons DWT sailed May 27 from Philadelphia bound for Barcelona and Marseilles with general merchandise. The crew numbered forty two and was commanded by Captain Johnson.
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Philadelphia
Fenchurch
Barcelona
Marseilles
Johnson
Summer Rentals Highlight Daily Classified Ads
Readers are urged to check The Commercial Tribune classifieds for daily listings of rooms houses and apartments available for rental. Early editions publish rental ads first, aiding those planning a day of housing search.
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Commercial Tribune
Poison Scotc h Made Secretly by Germans From Waste Gases
British chemists declare a synthetic wood alcohol produced from steel mill waste gases by Krupp and other works poisonous. American tests gave a similar verdict as the product sold for about 37 cents a gallon wholesale in the United States, far below the normal whisky base price. Details of the manufacture are undisclosed.
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Krupp
United States
Paris and Madrid plan ring around Riffians in Morocco
Paris and Madrid prepare a joint plan to seal off Abd el Krim’s forces in Morocco. Briand reports a two zone treaty supplement will limit further territorial gains and guide negotiations. The strategy relies on a long, costly stalemate with a waiting game while Fez remains within reach.
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Paris
Madrid
Briand
Abd-el-Krim
Morocco
Rift
Quergha River
Fez
Cartel Des Gauches
Painleve
Caperen Y
World News Service
World Press Pub. Co
Seven Cincinnati Furniture Firms Indicted for Price Conspiracy
Seven Cincinnati firms among 269 U S furniture manufacturers indicted by a Federal grand jury in Chicago on charges of being part of a price fixing and restraint of trade conspiracy. The firms deny wrongdoing and say the National Furniture Association never fixed prices or dictated trade policies. Newsmen report officials said they were surprised by the indictments.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
National Furniture Association
George W. Schutte
George W. Schutte Furniture Company
Wilmink Street
J. E. Thouwald
C. F. Thouwald Company
Harrison Avenue
Anthony A. Steinman
Steinman & Meyer Furniture Company
York Street
Fred Brettschneider
Sextra Manufacturing Company
Winchell Avenue
George J. Gaerl
C. F. Streit Manufacturing Company
Kenner Street
Fred W. Stille
Stille & Dahlmeier Company
Wade and
Dalton Streets
Joseph H. Sprengard
Betts Street Furniture Company
Betts Street
Eight Boys Escape Detention Room In Courthouse
Eight of eleven boys confined in the Juvenile Detention Room at the Courthouse escaped last night in a method similar to a week earlier. The three who stayed behind were locked in a room as the others forced their exit by breaking a window and climbing the roof. The escape involved a strip of iron in the shower room and led to the law library and probate courtroom before freedom. Several of the escapees face charges from auto theft to truancy. authorities plan to close the escape route and tighten supervision.
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William Hunt
Law Library
James Roa
Central Avenue
Orris Hayes
Marburg Avenue
Oakley
James Hollis
East McMillan Street
Kenneth Sharp
Perry Street
Mt. Healthy
Elmer Fox
Kinney
Maple Streets
Charles Hill
Vine Street
Robert Warburton
Clark Street
Joseph Schneider
Baymiller Street
Hill
Elizabethtown
Cincinnati
Fox
Sharp
John Beyers
Charles Hunt
Epa
A. C. Crouse
Crouse
Hunt
Mrs Conde Nast Sues For Divorce In Paris
Paris, May 2. It was announced today that Mrs Conde Nast, wife of the Vogue publisher, has filed a suit for divorce in Paris. The action follows prior separations and publicized disagreements.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Conde Nast
Vogue
N. Y
End of Conde Nast and Jeanne Coudert Romance in Paris
In Paris the years long romance of Conde Nast and Jeanne Clarisse Coudert ends as a divorce petition is filed. They married in St Patrick's Cathedral after meeting in Paris in 1902 and lived apart in New York and Paris before their split became public knowledge.
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New York
Conde Nast
Jeanne Clarisse Coudert
Parris
Paris
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Nast
Vanity Fair
May Keep Wright Plane in America
Orville Wright shows openness to keeping the first Wright air plane in the United States and at the Smithsonian in Washington D C. Grover Loening states he will press for labeling and publicizing all arguments in the Smithsonian records while meeting with Dr Walcott next week to remove a housing barrier.
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Dayton
Orville Wright
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Seal Enehw
Walcott
Institute
Langley
Grover C. Loening
Looning Aeronautic Corporation of
New York
Looning
Washington
Dr. Walcott
Smithsonian
Government indicts 269 furniture and refrigerator makers
Indictments in Chicago charging Sherman act violations name 269 firms across the nation excluding the Far West. The cases target price fixing and elimination of competition tied to three national associations in the refrigerator chair and case goods sectors.
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Chicago
Far West
Federal District Court
Adam C. Cliff
Grand Rapids
Mich
National Refrigerator Manufacturers’ Association
National Alliance of Furniture Manufacturers
National Association of Chair Manufacturers
Man Killed by Bull Near Mortimer Farm
Leipsic Ohio May 29 Jesse Williams 73 was killed when a bull attacked him on his daughter's farm near Mortimer Ohio.
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Associated Press
Leipsic, O
Jesse Williams
Mortimer, O
Man Says He Didn’t Know Prohibition Was Law
Akron resident Joseph Serentino faced a municipal court after being charged with possessing five gallons of whisky. He claimed two years’ residence but admitted ignorance of prohibition. The judge fined him 200 dollars plus costs.
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Associated Press
Akron
Joseph Serentino
Davies
Major to Wed Lady Curzon
London May 29 The engagement of Lady Alexandra Naldera Curzon to Major Edward Dudley Metcalfe is announced. The wedding is planned for July in a society event expected to be the season’s greatest. Curzon’s daughter is 21 and Metcalfe, of the Indian Cavalry, has served on the Prince of Wales staff as horse advisor since 1922.
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John L. Balderson
New York World News Service
London
Alexandra Naldera Curzon
Marquis Curzon
Als
Mary Lester
Chiicago
Edward Dudley Metcalfe
Indian Cavalry
Edward Metcalfe
Dublin
Alexandra
Queen Alexandra
Himalayas
Lord Curzon
India
Major Metcalfe
Prince of Wales
Metcalfe
N. Y
Heber Nations Convicted in Prohibition Conspiracy Case
Former Missouri Labor Commissioner Heber Nations was found guilty by a Federal Court jury of conspiring to violate the Volstead Act in protecting the Griesedieck brewery’s beer production and sale in St Louis. His brother Gus Nations, ex Federal Prohibition Agent for Missouri, appeared moved by the verdict.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Associated Press
Heber Nations
Griesedieck Brewery
Gus Nations
Heber
Gus
Brooklyn Detective Buries Sister Murdered in Flat Lot
Miss Florence Kane, 30, was found slain near her Brooklyn home after a night out with a sewing circle. Detective James A. Kane led the probe as neighbors reported screams and two men seen leaving in a car. Evidence included a gag, torn cotton bindings, a fractured skull, and untouched rings. The site formerly hosted the McDonald murder and previous assaults nearby.
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New York
Brooklyn
Florence Kane
James A. Kane
Kane
Miss Kane
St. Matthew's Church
Manhattan
Elizabeth McDonald
Van Sweringen brothers pull off rail merger profit
The Van Sweringen brothers set to profit up to 100 million from rail mergers after using limited cash to acquire Nickel Plate Clover Leaf and Lake Erie & Western. They claim 16.8 million in realized profits and seek ICC approval to merge and refinance, while critics warn of public loss of voting control.
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New York World News Service
Washington
van Swefingen Brothers
0. P
M. J
Nickel Plate
Interstate Commerce Commission
O. P
H. W. Anderson
Chesapeake &Ohio Railroad
van Sweringens
Cleveland
New York Central
O. P. van Sweringen
Clover Leaf
Lake Erie & Western
Habeas
Als Satay Tt
Vannéss Company
Guaranty Trust Company
van Swerigens
Colonel Anderson
van Swerigen
Erie
Pere Marquette
Hocking Valley
van Sweringen
Anderson
Gough Acquitted In Suit Against California Millionaire
New York May 29 William K Gough of Cincinnati was acquitted after a 35 minute deliberation in a case brought by California millionaire Samuel A Guiberson Jr accusing him of forcing a $10 000 check through a pistol point Guiberson testified but the jury disbelieved. Gough defended himself denying the attack and claiming Guiberson as the aggressor in a complex marital dispute. Lawyers pledged to pursue action for malicious prosecution.
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New York World News Service
New York
William K. Gough
Cincinnati
Samuel A. Guiberson, Jr
California
Allen
Guiberson
Gough
Hotel Biltmore
Montana
Samuel Markewich
Harry Kopp
Belgium Healy to Fund Olets Mellon Is Told
Belgium breaks the European debt stalemate and seeks a Washington commission to negotiate war and relief obligations. Theunis to head the Belgian debt funding mission with prominent financiers joining. The aid asks a long moratorium and extended amortization to ease Belgium’s repayment schedule.
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Belgium
Healy
Olets
Mellon
New York World News Service
Washington
de Cartier de Marchienne
the Treasury
American Debt Funding Commission
Theunis
J. P. Morgan
New York
America
France
Italy
England
Great Britain
Treasury
United States
Negro Man Shot by Arkansas Mob Near Camden
An unidentified Black man accused of attempting to assault a white woman near Camden was seized by about fifty men from officers and fatally shot along the Camden Louann road. Authorities were overpowered as the mob carried out the killing.
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Arkansas
Camden
Ark
Here
Gamden- Louann Road
Ex-Governor Hart Charged With Bribe Solicitation
A warrant was issued for former Washington Governor Louis F. Hart on a charge of soliciting a bribe related to setting fees for the liquidation of the Scandinavian-American Bank in Tacoma. Bail of 3000 dollars was requested.
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Washington
Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Louis F. Hart
Error in printing Utah fish hook law worries sportsmen
Salt Lake City Utah May 29 The last Utah Legislature passed an act to prevent fishermen from using more than two hooks on a line The new statutes volume reads it shall be unlawful not to use more than two hooks on any one line when angling for game fish An error occurred in print ing today local sportsmen groups speculate on possible action
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Salt Lake ‘City
Utah
Federal agents kill detective in Columbus raid
In Columbus Ohio on May 29 detective W O Womeldorf died from a gunshot believed to be accidental during a raid on Alonzo Thomas a Black suspect. Constable Albert Haines and several officers were wounded as they chased Thomas who fired on them. A stray bullet injured Tinerello a four year old boy in the street.
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Associated Press
Columbus
W. O. Womeldorf
Albert T., Haines
Bexley
Casperini Tinerello
Grant Hospital
Prohibition
Alonzo Thomas
Womeldorfg
Thomas
Haines
Wemeldorf
Seven Burn to Death As Blaze in Stove Sets Fire
Sullivan Mo May 29 seven persons burned to death in their home. The dead include Mrs William Allen three granddaughters a grandson two great granddaughters. Fire is believed to have started from a stove in the kitchen.
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Associated Press
Sullivan, Mo
William Allen
Detroit police arrest officer in second killing case
Detroiter John McKernan, a policeman, was questioned about the May 5 fatal shooting of detective Gavro Radulovich. Investigators link McKernan to the earlier Cox homicide and say Radulovich was killed after a poker club meeting and a ride in Hansen's car.
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Associated Press
Detroit
John MecKernan
Gavro Radulovich
Elmer Cox
McKernan
Cox
Radulovich
Irving Hansen
Lansing
Mich
Hansen
Utica
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Cc. F. Streit Manufacturing Com
Break For Liberty
Wright Plane
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Lady Curzon
Marquis
Wales
Girl’s Slayer
Lot
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