Murder charges against two for tenement fire in Chicago
In Chicago two men Wallace Grant and Joseph Smith were booked on murder charges over a deadly tenement fire at 2138 Federal Street. Officials traced ownership of a still linked to the blaze and a white victim was identified as James Lehman, 50. Temperatures in Chicago reached 94 degrees with reports of one death and continuing heat across the region.
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Chicago
Ill
Joseph Smith
Federal Street
Wallace Grant
South Dearborn Street
Still
Collins
Smith
Grant
James Lehman
William Lehman
Shields Avenue
Lehman
Bloomfield
Ind
United States
Great Lakes District
Upper Plains
Atlantic
Washington
Philadelphia
Alaska
Eagle
Honolulu
Europe
Asia
Jan Maigen
Stitzenbergen
London
Paris
Vienna
Lisbon
Copenhagen
Azores
Ireland
Scotland
Goats From Chicago to Save Northern Babies
In Labrador a mission seeks goats to supply milk to save infant lives. Chicago elites Mrs. James A. Paten and Charles A. Stevens are among contributors of pure bred animals. It is claimed 600 babies yearly could be saved if infants received goats milk. Goat milk sells around 40 cents a quart and is costly.
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Chicago
Grenfell Mission
Labrador
James A. Paten
Charles A. Stevens
United States
Austria Sends Emissary to American Tourists
Vienna June 22. Capt. Joseph Einsle formerly of the Austrian navy and two companions plan to cross the Atlantic in June from Hamburg to New York aboard a 46 foot sailing yacht named the velvet. The boat was built on Lake Constance with funds raised by public subscription. In America Einsle will lecture on Austria as a tourist country.
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Vienna
Joseph Einsle
Atlantic
Hamburg
New York
Lake Constance
America
Finsle
Austria
Weather notes forecast warm or cooler days ahead
Chicago and Washington dispatches give 24 hour weather indications for tonight and Sunday in Chicago with not quite so warm conditions. Washington forecast calls for thunderstorms early week then fair weather with warm days followed by moderate temperatures later in the week.
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Chicago
Washington, D. C
Weather Summary Observations for the Past 24 Hours
Local observations covering the last 24 hours ending 7 am report conditions across the area. Data include temperature, precipitation, wind, visibility, and any notable changes in weather patterns observed by station personnel.
Rumanians Consider Moving Capital to Hermannstadt
Bucharest is discussed as a potential new capital for Greater Rumania with Hermannstadt Sibiu highlighted for its central Transylvanian location 160 miles northwest of Bucharest and its modern amenities. The move reflects a preference for a capital nearer Western Europe and a healthier climate.
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Bucharest
Hermaannstalt
Transylvania
Rumania
Europe
Hermannstadt
Sibiiu
Washington
Romania
Raid on Foreign Liquor Ships Resumes at Sea
Federal officers resumed the raid on ships bringing liquor into the United States under the new ruling. In New York the Baltic began unloading at 2 PM and two dozen cases were removed so far.
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New York
Baltic
Paddlers Reach Davenport En Route to Muscatine
Under a June sun Marquette and Joliet paddled down the Mississippi meeting many spectators as they progressed from Davenport toward Muscatine.
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Davenport
Marquette
Joliet
Mississippi
Muscatine
Iowa City Man Missing Over a Week
Archer W. Brant, son of the late David Brant, vanished at Wapello while driving a Reo touring car. Local authorities suspect mental distress from business losses after he quit a profitable collection business to start a realty finance venture. He left Iowa City with little money and no extra clothing. A delay in search occurred due to a Columbus Junction banker confusing Brant with Brent.
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Iowa City
Archer W. Brant
David Brant
Wapello
Brant
Columbus Junction
Brent
Eight Year Old Boy Murderer Hanged at San Quentin
Lawrence O Campbell, 18, of Marquette Michigan, was executed at San Quentin for the January 20 murder of Leslie Nichola, an insurance adjuster in Imperial County. He was described as the youngest inmate to die in California's death penalty history and walked to his death bravely after weeping at a farewell with his spiritual advisor.
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San Quentin Calif
Lawrence O. Campbell
Marquette
Mich
San Quentin Penitentiary
Leslie Nichola
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Imperial County
Qaifornia
Campbell
Rail clerks press for wage increase across Atchison system
Chicago June 23. A joint submission by Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway and the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Freight Handlers and Station Employes was filed with the board. The move seeks hourly pay raises from 9 to 14 cents for railroad clerks and workers.
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Chicago
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Champagne Seized by Agents in Philadelphia Raid
Prohibition agents raided an Eighth Street establishment near Fairmount Avenue recovering wine and champagne valued close to one million dollars. About 185000 gallons of wine and 27 cases of champagne were seized. An arrest warrant for alleged proprietor Joseph Wilen was to be issued. Six clerks were reportedly serving customers when the raid occurred.
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Philadelphia
Eighth Street
Fairmount Avenue
Joseph Wilen
Think Mt Etna Volcano Danger About at an End
Catania reports that Dr Ponti and professors Platania and Maladra collected data and believe danger from Etna eruption will end by next week. Airplanes surveyed the crater area and reported high value photographs taken from above.
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MT. Etna
Catania
Ponti
Gaetano Platania
Mount Etna Observatory
Maladra
Royal Observatory
Mount Vesuvius
Craters
Expert Skipper Blames Overeating for Offi cers’ Fitness
Captain Selwyn Day, a famed mercantile marine officer, argues that Atlantic steamship officers eat too rich food too often and in excess, leaving about 40 percent physically unfit. He calls for mandatory physical training and practical seamanship courses over pushing higher educational standards.
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London
Selwyn Day
Mercantile Marine
Boys Missing After Rowboat Adventure in Lake Erie
Marblehead coast guards, fishermen and others search upper Sandusky bay for Barney McGockey eight and William Hemminger ten missing since Thursday noon. The Gypsum boys left in a small row boat using sticks to propel it and without a para. They were last seen about two miles from Sandusky.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Marblehead Coast Guards
Upper
Sandusky Bay
Barney McGockey
William Hemminger
Troops Withdrawn From Savannah Jail Shortly
Brigadier General R. J. Travis reports that military forces guarding near Chatham county jail will be withdrawn soon after a mob attempted to seize Walter Lee, accused of attacking a young married woman, leaving Savannah, Georgia.
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Savannah
R. J. Travis
Chatham County
Walter Lee
Commerce Commission Approves Rail Merger
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved the Van Swering group plan to consolidate the New York Chicago and St Louis railroad with the Lake Erie and Western Toledo St Louis and Western and Fort Wayne lines. The merger would bring these properties under unified control and include the Chicago and State Line road.
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Washington
van Swering Group
New York
President Harding visits Hutchison Kansas for address
President Warren G. Harding arrives in Hutchison at 9 59 am and plans an address at 2 pm. He travels with Arthur Carter from Kansas City while inspecting a 100 acre wheat field to view crop conditions and outlook.
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Hutchison
Kans
Harding
Kansas City
Arthur Carter
Kansas
Warren G. Harding
Value of Creston Lots Placed at Four Million Dollars in the Report
Auditor Wickham and Deputy Miss Beulah Spencer completed the abstract of assessment and sent it to State Auditor Haynes. The document lists town lot values across several townships including Creston at 119,788 and notes personal property totals, livestock counts and county-wide valuations as part of a county-wide equalization report for state review.
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Creston
W. G. Wickham
Beulah Spencer
Haynes
Executive Council
Board of Equalization
Wickham
Jones
Sand Creek
New Hope
Union
Dodge
Grant
Highlwnd
Lincoln
Platte
Douglas
Spawiding
Lorimer
Arinpe
Afton
City
Kent
Peice Auten
Lorimorcs
Drug Clerks Arrested for Chicago Robbery
Chicago police arrested Clarence Strubel and Robert Salzman drug clerks for a theft at a wholesale drug firm. About $11,900 in drugs stolen over two weeks with $1,440 in patented medicines said found with Strubel.
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Chicago
Clarence Strubel
Robert Salzman
Whalsale
Strubel
First Nurse Linda Richards Honored at Nurses Education Convention
Miss Linda Richards aged 82 of Woonsocket Rhode Island was the first pupil to enter the United States’ first training school for nurses in Roxbury Massachusetts. She serves as honor guest at the American League of Nurses Education convention in Swampscott Massachusetts.
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Linda Richards
Woonsocket
R. I
United States
Roxbury
Mass
American League of Nurses’ Education
Swampscott
Bankers of Ohio Hear Lake- Sea Ditch Benefits
James P. Goodrich of Indianapolis told the Ohio Bankers Association in Toledo that New York and Montreal oppose the St Lawrence canal yet cannot stop the project. He said it would cost 250 to 270 million dollars, funded by lower transport costs for grain, provisions, livestock, wool and other middle western products, and would yield vast revenue from waterpower sales.
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Toledo
St. Lawrence Canal
Middle West
James P. Goodrich
Indianapolis
Ohio Bankers’ Association
New York State
New York City
Montreal
Canada
Goodrich
Manitoba Votes for Government Sold Intoxicant
Winnipeg results show a 25,000 majority in favor of government sale of intoxicating liquor as Manitoba elects to end prohibition. Early returns indicate a provincial trend toward state control of liquor distribution across Manitoba.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Robbers Loot Store in Ceresco Neb Loss Reported at $2000
Robbers looted the Underberg and Moyer general store in Ceresco Nebraska, with proprietors valuing the stolen merchandise at about 2000 dollars. The heist involved entry through a rear window and evidence of a truck used to move the goods toward the south toward Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Underberg & Moyer
Ceresco
Neb
Lincoln Star
Underberg
L. O. Nash
Klan Plans Defiant Parade in New York City
King Kleagle John son of New York state announced the Ku Klux Klan will parade in complete regalia despite Mayor Hylan’s police plan. More than 1,000 candidates were initiated at East Islip L I meeting with an estimated 25,000 in attendance.
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New York
Ku Klux Klan
Hylan
King Kleagle Johnson
New York State
East Islip
L. I
Umbrella Recovered After Nine Years on London Train
A London businessman’s gold-handled umbrella vanished nine years ago. Scotland Yard reported its recovery in a first-class carriage on a train between London and Colchester. The barrow had not bothered to remove a brass band bearing the owner’s name.
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London
Scotland Yard
Colchester
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Lake Erie
Savanah Jail
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