Third Bank Hold Up at Chautauqua Delivers About 3000
In Chautauqua Kansas at about 9 20 am two men entered Citizens State Bank and forced the cashier C R Walterhouse and customer D B Easley to surrender about 3000 in gold silver and bills. The robbers locked the pair in the vault then rode away. Alerts sounded quickly and a posse pursued toward the Oklahoma line.
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Cravatauqua
Kas
Tyro
Hoffman
Osage Hills
Tyre
Citizens State Bank
C. KR. Walterhouse
B. Easley
Bill
Chautauqua
Waterhouse
Tenant
Walterhouse
Easley
Walterhous
Wallerhouse
Margaret Hessert
Central
Fasley
Miss Hessert
Rickett
Oklahoma
J. A. Wright
Wright
Osage
Little Caney River
Elgin
Sedan
Pawhuska
First Tyre Bank Robbery Involving Indians Nets 2500
Three men on horseback robbed the Tyre State Bank in Tyre Kas on March 13. They forced the president and a stenographer to surrender the cash drawer and safe, taking $2500 before fleeing into Oklahoma as pursuers closed in. Police believed the gang had ties to a larger outfit.
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Starr
Davis
Hoffman
Nesses
James Lee
Lee Florick
McLoud
McCloud
Kansas
Oklahoma
Tyre
Kas
Tyre State Bank
Wrestling promoter held in federal fraud case
A federal grand jury will probe James J. Pine of New York charged with using the mail to defraud in promoting a fake wrestling match. Pine was ordered held after a preliminary hearing with bond set at 2500 dollars. deputy marshal John A Rodgers testified that Pine claimed access to five millionaires from Alaska and a secret Phenom wrestler to stage a rigged bout.
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James J. Pine
New York
John M. Nuckols
United States
Pine
John A. Rodgers
Mmarshal
Kansas City
Rodgers
Alaska
West
California
Easter Lily Gifts Dominate Florist Delights
Easter favorites include fragrant lilies as the top potted plant with enameled white containers and violet ribbons. Crimson Rambler roses, azaleas in baskets with ferns and smilax, and violets appear in varied arrangements as ribbons and simple natural beauty gain favor.
Kansas City Doctor Reports Athens Hospital Conditions
Dr J L B Eager reported to the board of health that the athesity hospital at 316 Washington is in satisfactory condition, contrasting Dr T Wesley Faust's earlier court statement that babies received improper care. Police judge John T Sims issued two bench warrants for Dr U S G Hughes, proprietor, after a $100 fine for operating without a license was sustained by Judge McCabe Moore.
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J. L. B. Eager
Kansas City
Kas
Vee Sea
Washington
T. Wesley Faust
van B. Prather
Faust
John T. Sims
Convicts Fight Flood Levees Near Lyre Rock Arkansas
Reports from the lower Arkansas river say high water has broken levees in many spots. A break above the state farm drew hundreds of convicts who rushed to help close it. Levees opposite the farm must be patched to save lands under water from the rising river.
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Lyre Rock
Awk
Arkansas River
Alma Luff Called to Ministry in Independence
Alma Luff of Independence was named by Elder John Smith of Lamonri Ja to begin preparation for the ministry of the Reorganized Latter Day Saints. The 21 year old planing mill worker said he would heed the revelation and be faithful in the work.
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Alma Luff
Independence
Latter Day Saints Church
John Smith
Lamonri
Alma Laff
Smith
Luff
Independence Mercantile and Manufacturing Company
Loeb to Talk on Tax Amendments Before Commercial Club
Prof Isadore Loeb of Missouri State University will address the Commercial Club Tuesday night on the proposed tax amendments to the state constitution. Loeb helped prepare the amendments and will explain their features to the audience ahead of the general election next fall.
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Isadore Loeb
Missouri State University
Commercial Club
Loeb
Wisconsin Senator La Follette Ill in California Home
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin is ill at his California street home. A physician has attended him almost constantly for forty eight hours as inflammation of the stomach develops. Family and friends are alarmed by his condition.
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Washington
Senator LaFollette
Wisconsin
California Street
Ice Cream Social Embezzler Fined In Kansas City Court
Roy Kibby faced embezzlement charges of 7.15 dollars from an ice cream social fundraiser for the Royal Highlanders. He served as cashier and collected the receipts. Kibby was fined ten dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail in South City court this morning.
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Roy Kibby
Royal Highlanders Today
South City Court
Kansas City
Kirby
Hoosiers Take Narrow Loss In Rubber Series Battle
In a tight third game between Kansas City and Indianapolis the Hoosiers fell 2 to 1 after two first inning runs by the Blues decided the outcome. Wattie's band sparked the scoring with two runs, as Marquard and Livingston formed the Brown battery against Case and Leahy.
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Kansas City
Indianapolis
Blues
Hoosiers
Wattie
Browns
Watkins
Owens
O'Brien
Marquard
Livingston
Brown Battery
Case
Leahy
Murphy
Hill
Kerwin
Beckley
Williams
Brashear
Krueger
Hayden Bush
Cook
Hayden
Carr
Bush
Davidson
Bines
Cross
Hooke
Willams
Hopke
Beck
Thieves Steal 852 Pennies From Grand Avenue Safe
The building at 1824 Grand Avenue was burgled last night with a rear window entry. A safe moved to the back was busted open with a sledge hammer and $152 in cash missing, including $52 in pennies owned by Missouri Candy Vending Co. H. H. Hunt Miller's agent occupies the building.
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Grand Avenue
H. H. Hunt
Missouri Candy Vending Company
Pay Day for Wyandotte County Teachers Strike
Teachers of Wyandotte County School District No 7 receive pay warrants after a strike prompted by payment at the treasurer J W Browne's home after dark. A district meeting with the school board will decide if two days of strike pay are issued.
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Wyandotte County
J. W Browne
Browne
Easter Weather Promises Fair Sunshine Across Regions
The weather observer forecasts fair and warm Easter with sunny skies. Wet weather continues tonight with clearing clouds tomorrow. Temperatures rise from a 48 degree start tonight. Widespread rainfall yesterday aided Western Kansas and parts of Colorado Kansas Nebraska Oklahoma and Northern Texas. Oklahoma and Texas report rainfall over one and a half inches in many areas.
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Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Porterfield Rebukes Wallace Over Jury Instruct
Judge E E Porterfield denounces external pressure in court and excuses the jurors for the week. He declares his own authority and warns against threats or visits from other courts amid discussions of a taafe trial at the Century theater for Sunday work.
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E. E. Porterfield
Criminal Court
Porterfield
Judge Porterfield
Judge Wallace
Thomas Taafe
Century Theater
Jane Addams to Lecture at Central High School
The Board of Education allows Jane Addams to speak at Central High auditorium Monday night on Recent Developments in Social Settlement Work. The Franklin Institute could not find a venue for two weeks and the night-use ban on school facilities was suspended to permit the lecture.
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Jane Addarms
Franklin
Central High School
Franklin Institute
Board of Education
Mystery of magazine address notices at postoffice
A business man explains publishers received his new address despite no notice to them. A post office clerk explains changes of address are sent to publishers, who continue mail to old addresses. In the last month 2,869 notices were sent to publishers.
Engaged pastor dies by own hand in Woodbury shocked town
In Woodbury New Jersey on April 17 Reverend George W. Tomson pastor of the Presbyterian church was found dead at the Newton hotel with a bullet in his brain. His death follows disclosure of an engagement to Mrs Fannie Ketworthy a wealthy widow and rumors of a relationship with another hotel resident. A widow in the congregation says he had given her gifts including a watch.
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Woodbury
N. J
George W. Tomson
Woodbury Presbyterian Church
Tomson
Newton
Fannie Ketworthy
Street Car Hits Wagon in Kansas City Crash
A southbound Fifth street street car collided with a wagon from Wyandotte Coal and Lime near Fifth street and Pacific avenue. Oscar Wheeler, the driver, was thrown and severely injured. the wagon piled with sewer pipe was demolished. Wheeler was taken to 717 North Seventh Street with a foot fracture and arm bruising.
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Fifth Street
Kansas City
Kas
Wyandotte Coal and Lime Company
Pacific Avenue
Oscar Wheeler
Wheeler
North Seventh Street
H. P
Gould Snarl Divides Frank Gould and Wife Helen Gould
New York April 17 Frank J Gould and his wife Helen Margaret Kelly have separated with Mrs Gould filing for divorce papers served Wednesday Delancey Nicoll declined to discuss details The couple had lived at the Hotel Plaza during repairs after last October’s fire Mrs Gould’s mother says she tried to protect her daughter from a flawed marriage and claims Frank Gould’s friends influence the home The estrangement follows a long rumor of domestic trouble and a dispute led to the mother-in-law ban from the couple’s home.
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New York
Frank J. Gould
Helen Margaret Kelly
Mr. Gould
Frank Gould
Helen
Chicago Car Jumped Track Injuring Several Passengers
An accident on the South Side elevated railroad at Thirty-ninth street left several passengers injured when the middle car of a three coach train jumped the track. The incident occurred on a sunny April day in Chicago.Authorities investigated the derailment and rail workers assisted the injured and secured the scene.
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Chicago
South Side Elevated
Thirty-ninth Street
Gould scandal and family friction disrupt New York society
Mrs. Gould and two children flee home at 838 Fifth Avenue as servants pack for a southern trip amid reports of jealousy and estrangement with Frank Gould who barred his mother in law from entering the house. Separate note describes a streetcar accident with broken windows and panicked passengers but no hospitalizations.
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Fifth Avenue
Helen
Dorothy
Gould
Mr. Gould
Frank Gould
Kelly
New York
Hter
Eugene Kelly
Rome
Gould Family Divorces and Marriages Highlight Social Ties
The article notes Anna Gould and Count Boni de Castellane’s divorce discussion and recalls How ard Gould and Kath erine Clemmons, both prominent in society circles. It mentions Frank Gould’s 1901 marriage to Helen Kelly, describing their childhood friendship and Helen Gould’s favored status among society figures.
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Mme
Anna Gould
Count Boni de Castellane
Howard Gould
Katherine Clemmons
Frank Gould
Gould
Helen Kelly
Helen Gould
A Marriage in the Street in Rochester Pa
John H. Creslip and Ivy Davis were wed in the street in Rochester Pennsylvania under an arc light. The ceremony was performed by Rev Harvey L Grimes with no formal witnesses until Mr and Mrs Thomas Hayes arrived later and agreed to witness. The couple rode away together after the ceremony.
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Rochester
John H. Creslip
Ivy Davis
Denver
Harvey L. Grimes
Thomas Hayes
Fire Destroys Blair School Promptly Dismisses Pupils
On April 17 in St Louis a fire started near a steam heating coil in room seventeen at Blair public school. One thousand pupils were quietly dismissed without delay after Miss Catherine Lewis warned Principal Peter Herzog. The blaze was soon extinguished and a holiday declared.
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St. Louis
Blair Public School
Catherine Lewis
Peter Herzog
Herzog
Town Drives Out Italians After Black Hand Threats
Thirty Italians employed by the Illinois Central railroad at Clinton were driven from town by a mob in a fusillade of shots. Indignation rose after Mayor Edmonson received a Black Hand letter threatening his life. Authorities could not secure a crew or arrest mob members.
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Buscominaton
Jun
Ilinois Central Railroad
Clinton
Edmonson
Councilman Sues for Divorce in Fifth Ward Kansas City
Retiring Fifth ward councilman J E Patton filed for divorce from Bertie Patton in Wyandotte County District Court. Attorney for Mrs Patton said she had not decided if she would contest. Patton, a building contractor, is the plaintiff.
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J. E. Patton
Kansas City
Kas
Bertie Patton
Wyandotte
Patton
Wreckers Cause Santa Fe 1 Wreck at Toluca Illinois
The Santa Fe No. 1 California express derailed after a switch was tampered with at Toluca Illinois. Engineer B Coppess was killed and Fireman Minnick burned, with several other passengers injured. Investigators found broken tools, a damaged switch lock, and a destroyed switch lamp, and Santa Fe officials vow to catch the wreckers.
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Torexa
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Railway
Santa Fe
California
Kansas City
Chicago
Toluca
Coppess
Minnick
Tolttea
Chicago Musicians Demand Two Dollar Evening Dress Surcharge
Members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians adopt resolutions demanding $2 extra per week for wearing evening dress. The demand, to be submitted to the Chicago Theater Managers association, covers both first class and second class houses with scales of $20 and $18 for eight performances. President Winkler cites laundry costs and suit wear as reasons.
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Curcaco
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Chicago Theater Managers’ Association
Winkler
Federation
House panel votes to table Aldrich bill in unanimous decision
Washington April 17 The House banking and currency committee voted unanimously to table the Aldrich financial bill. A hearing was set for tomorrow for Representative Vreeland of New York whose substitute measure was not discussed. The committee plans a brief report stating only the action taken and no reasons.
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Washington
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Vreeland
New York
House
Aldrich
Fowler
Vreeland Hl
John D Rockefeller Jr Re-elected Vice President of Bible Class
At the Fifth Avenue Baptist church annual meeting in New York on April 17 John D Rockefeller Jr was elected vice president of the Bible class. Early voting appeared to favor opponent W Church but the elections committee reported the result with about fifty three votes counted.
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New York
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
John D. Pealler, Jr
W. Church
Rockefeller
Prisoner Pleads Guilty After Escape Attempt
Lloyd Andrews escaped from the Kansas City police station yesterday afternoon and was captured. He appeared before Judge Pase in police court this morning and pleaded guilty, receiving a sentence of $800.
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Lloyd Andrews
Kansas City, Kas
Way
Pase
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