Faulty Fire Door blamed in Cleveland clinic tragedy
Report by Cleveland Fire Wardens cites spontaneous combustion of celluloid X-ray plates ignited by overheated basement storage gas. Investigators flag open fire door as letting deadly gas escape to street, while storage-room conditions and film handling are under probe.
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Max Gross
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Thomas Connell
Cleveland Link
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H. L. Rockwood
Six Staff Physicians Die in Cleveland Clinic Fire
A Cleveland clinic fire claims six staff physicians including co founder Dr John Phillips and brain specialist Dr C E Locke. Firefighters rescue Dr Locke from roof as gas poisons spread. Dr George Crile aids transfusion before dying. Others named include Dr Harry Anison Dr John Borrello Dr Roy Brintnall and Dr C S Hunter with patients.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
C. E. Locke
John Phillips
George W. Crile
Boon
Crile
Harry Anison
John Borrello
Roy A. Brintnall
Open clinic blast linked to steam charged room
Plumber Boffrey Bogs testified about a Cleveland clinic blast attributing it to a steam driven condition in the X-ray storage area. He described an open fire proof door, a hot sealed chamber, and suspected spontaneous combustion from steam acting on X-ray plates before the explosion.
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Cleveland Clinic
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Reparations Conference Faces Final Report Before Plenary
The Paris experts' conference on German reparations prepared a sixty page sub committee report led by Sir Josiah Stamp. Dr. Schacht signaled acceptance of annuities figures, with German conditions on suspension of payments and possible revision if burdens rise. Uncertainty remained whether the sub committee's work would be approved or rejected at the plenary session.
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Paris
Josiah Stamp
Hialmar Schacht
Ernest
Owen D. Young
Dr. Schacht
Mr. Young
Governor Kohler signs Goodland budget measure
Governor Walter Kohler signed the budget bill late Wednesday and announced a new post, the budget director, to oversee state finances. Sen. Walter S. Goodland presented the bill. The measure, backed by the governor’s message, aims for balanced revenues, tighter appropriations, and public financial publicity to foster thrift and efficient state activities.
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Madison— LLP
Walter A Kohler
Walter S. Goodland
Racine
James B. Borden
Board of Public Affairs
Carmen G. Blugh
Physicians dispute gas responsible for Cleveland clinic tragedy
In Cleveland experts at the Cleveland Clinic cannot agree on the poisonous fumes that killed over 100 people amid a hospital blast. Bromine phosgene and nitrous gases are suggested with Nobel laureate Walter Straub backing nitrous gas from combustion, while others cite phosgene, bromine, or hydrocyanic gas as possible causes.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
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William E. Lower
M. B. Bland
Mount Sinai Hospital
H. L. Lockwood
A. J. Pearse
Marinette Man Fined After Police Stop
Adolph La Valley was fined 200 pounds in Justice Werner's court after Chief Fred Schultz arrested him for carrying a keg of liquor across the street without checking for the police. The incident occurred last week when La Valley was in town.
Banker Fisher Sentenced for Embezzlement at Leavenworth
Milwaukee reporter notes Harry A. Fisher former president of the First National Bank of Mepasha was sentenced to three years on each of five counts totaling 35 903 with sentences running concurrently. Prosecutors said defalcations began in 1904 and total losses reached about 200000 though indictments list 25000 due to statute limits. The bank board reimbursed the shortage and preferred no criminal action.
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Leavenworth
F. A. Geiger
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Neenah
Levi Bancroft
Federal
Grand Jury
Bancroft
Congress Works On Tariff Bills And Nominations
In Congress Today and Wednesday the House debated general tariff measures while Senate sessions continued census reapportionment work and considered nominations. The Senate approved four treaties, heard on power regulation, and discussed a $12 million agricultural diversification program in the South. Maine delegation met potato growers to push tariff talks, and summer recess plans were announced after farm and tariff bills.
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Detective in Disguise Slain by Gang in Chicago Street
A police detective died after being shot by extortionists he infiltrated by posing as their intended victim Moses Blumenthal. He confronted four gang members in a west side street. they fled under nearby police fire. Police arrested O Leary and the Fontana brothers in connection with the case.
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Martin O'Leary
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Martin
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Philip Blumenthal
Michael Meyer
Phillip Blumenthal
Blumenthal
West Side
Rescue Efforts Amid Clinic Catastrophe Highlight Local Heroes
Cleveland reports recount heroic rescue work after the land clinic catastrophe. Patrolman Ernest Staab braved toxic gas to carry victims from the ruin, collapsing from gas exposure after guiding twenty one people to safety. Charles H. Porter and W. H. Dickerson also aided victims despite injuries and danger.
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Cleveland
Ernest Staab
Staab
House split on farm relief debenture bill amid calls for recess
Washington dispatch reports Republican leaders agreed to receive the senate farm relief measure with the debenture provision to send to conference, hoping to remove the debenture clause. They cite executive emergency and seek a compromise while planning a six week to two month recess.
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Abandon Trial of Gov Huey P Long on Impeachment
Louisiana senate impeachment court abandons the trial of Gov. Huey P Long by unanimous consent without hearing testimony. Senators prepare a statement condemning fifteen senators and declare conviction impossible regardless of evidence, deeming continued impeachment a waste of time and money.
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Huey P. Long
Gladys Gibson Heroine of Cleveland Clinic Disaster
Gladys Gibson a Cleveland telephone operator at the clinic faced a lethal gas threat and kept the switchboard ringing to warn others. She collapsed and died in hospital after directing police, firemen, and ambulances to safety, praised as brave and noble.
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Graf Zeppelin returns with two broken motors
Friedrichshafen Germany The Graf Zeppelin left this morning and developed motor trouble heading back to its home port. Cable from New York said two motors broken and cannot go fast. The airship has five engines and can fly on three but speed drops with more failures.
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United Press
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Wisconsin Assembly rejects dollar resident fishing license
Wisconsin assembly votes 37 to 26 against a proposed $1 resident fishing license. Debates label the bill a tax rather than conservation, with plans to seek reconsideration next week. The roll calls show 37 opposed, 26 for concurrence, and 2 ballots indicating concurrence would pass.
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United Press
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Springer
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Log of Graf Zeppelin Flight Across Europe
The log records the Graf Zeppelin departing from Friedrichshafen at 10:57 p.m. CST, passing over Lyons France at 4:15 a.m. CST, then over Nimes at 3:40 a.m., over Barcelona at 1:35 a.m. and reporting over the Mediterranean near the Balearic Islands by 10:40 a.m. on May 16.
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Weather Synopsis Warns Warmer Temperatures Across Regions
The report notes fair and rising temperatures across Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Upper Michigan with frost unlikely. Northwest storm warnings extend over Lakes Huron Erie and Ontario while winds vary along the upper Great Lakes.
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