Elevated Train Crash Smashes Brooklyn Cars To Matchwood
Ten people died and about 45 injured when a two car Brooklyn elevated train plunged from the Brooklyn Manhattan structure at Fitch and Flatbush, dragging its mate and ripping down high tension wires. Firemen and police battled flames and crowds as Mayor Hylan and District Attorney Hoyt arrived to oversee the inquiry.
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New York
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Fitch and
Flatbush Avenues
Brooklyn
Alexander Lowsky
Louise Wright
Hylan
Hoyt
Jealous wife stabs woman in Kansas City
In Kansas City Missouri on June 26 a jealous wife Mrs Carl Darling 37 stabbed Mrs Julia Feldheger 28 near a park bench with a folding knife the right breast and arm were damaged Darling claimed his husband was involved with Feldheger and tried to attack both women Feldheger is mother of two boys aged 7 and 9 and Bevis J Feldheger is a clothing store doorman here
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Julia Feldheger
Carl Darling
Feldheger
Darling
Railroads Win Ten Percent Freight Increase on Coarse Grain
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized a ten percent rise in freight rates for coarse grain shipments on railroads serving the Mississippi Valley to the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast area. The decision, tied to western railroad appeals, confirms higher rates for corn and cereal products excluding wheat.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain and
Pacific Coast States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Missippi Valley
Rocky Mountain Pacific Coast Area
Western Railroads
Commission
Mississippi Valley
Territory
Grain rate standard extended toward Rocky Mountains
The text notes railroads may raise coarse grain rates to match wheat pricing, applying a single standard for grain rate schedules from the Mississippi Valley to the Rocky Mountain Pacific Coast area, with factors nearing the Rocky Mountains preserving corn and other coarse grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi Valley
Rocky Mountain Pacific Coast Area
Charge Against Dr Feaster Dismissed by U S Commissioner
The charge against Dr J J Feaster of Warsaw Missouri a physician and drug store proprietor arrested for alleged sale and possession of intoxicating liquor has been dismissed by U S Commissioner E S Shortridge due to lack of evidence. Warsaw residents testified for him and letters of support were sent to the commissioner. A revocation hearing in Kansas City questioned his alcohol sale permit and the case was sent to Washington for decision.
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T. J. Feaster
Warsaw
United States
E. S. Shortridge
Shortridge
Feaster
W. C. T. U. of Warsaw
Kansas City
Allen
Dr. Feaster
Washington, D. C
Five appointments to Missouri board of charities and corrections
Governor A M Hyde announced five appointments to the state board of charities and corrections under the new act effective yesterday. Terms run to 1925 1927 or 1929, with one seat still to be filled. most appointees were former members of the old board.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
State Board of Charities and Corrections
A. M. Hyde
Board of Charities and Corrections
C. A. Braley
Kansas City
Sugg
Big Loss From a Heavy Downpour in Western New York
A severe June storm swept Western New York causing hundreds of thousands in damage. Crops and farm buildings washed away, hundreds of trees uprooted, and a two story Flower City Sportsmen Club building destroyed by lightning that triggered 70,000 pounds of ammunition for trapshooting.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N. Y
New York
Flower City Sportsmen Club
Capitalist Takes Option on Santa Cruz Island
Edward Doheny, noted capitalist and petroleum producer of California and Mexico, has acquired an option on Santa Cruz Island located 30 miles off Santa Barbara in the Santa Barbara Channel. The island, among the first Spanish exploratory lands in the 16th century, is currently owned by the Santa Cruz Island Company led by A. J. Cario and associates of Los Angeles. Oil shale indications have been reported on the property.
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Associated Press
Santa Barbara
Calif
Edward Doheny
California
Mexico
Santa Cruz Island
Santa Barbara Channel
The
Frank Carey Arrested in Missouri Slaying Case
Frank Carey aged 36 is in custody after a fatal shooting near Hold en Missouri that left farmer George McCormick dead. Carey denies involvement and offers to return to Missouri without extradition. He was found living at 912 South Twelfth street in Kansas City Kansas after being arrested last night. previously linked to a four year old hold up case in Sedalia. The Knight family, frequent Sedalia visitors, is mentioned with past kidnapping allegations involving a Knight son and family ties to Pettis county jail.
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Kansas City
Frank Carey
Holden
George McCormick
South Twelfth Street
Kas
East Second Street
Warsaw
Knight
Sedalia
Ben Knight
Pettis County
Atmospheric storm toll hits Dakota region and Midwest
A Monday storm centered near Dakota Minnesota and La Crosse Wisconsin caused nearly twenty deaths and extensive property damage totaling hundreds of thousands. It knocked down hundreds of telephone and telegraph poles, hampering district communications, with heavy hail reported in La Crosse. No injuries or fatalities had been confirmed early today.
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Dakota
Minnesota
la Crosse
Wis
Iowa
Marquette
May Take Over Part of Hearst Ranch
W M Ferris, manager of the Babicora ranch in Chihuahua state owned by W R Hearst, reports to Governor Ignacio Enriquez that the Chihuahua agrarian commission plans to use agrarian laws to seize part of the 100000 acre ranch for restoration to villages. He says no action has been taken yet.
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Mexico City
W. M. Ferris
Babicora
Chihuahua
W. R. Hearst
Ignacio Enriquez
Chihuahua Agrarian Commission
Ferris
Agrarian Commission
Holdens Hold Meeting Over Knight Family Killings
Citizens in Holden Missouri called a mass meeting after a local gang attack left George McCormick dead and Benjamin Knight wounded. The Knights and their kin are linked to a Kansas City based crime chain involving Harry Knight Frank Carey and Chester Kerr with a Warrensburg jail connection. A coroner inquest is planned Wednesday as authorities consider bringing Guy Knight to attend Benjamin Knight funeral.
Grand jury to probe fatal Fifth Avenue wreck
In New York on June 26 seven people died and more than eighty were injured when two Brooklyn Manhattan Elevated trains derailed onto the street. District Attorney Dodd announced an immediate grand jury probe into the crash and referenced suspected neglect of guard beams caused by dry rot.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Transit Commission
Grand
Maldon Street Tunnel
Brooklyn- Manhattan Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Dodd
Hylan
Prison Band Leader Seeks Life Beyond Gates
Virgil Combs, 27, director of the Missouri State Penitentiary band, who had a life sentence for murder commuted to twelve years, plans to leave the state to pursue music after a month with his mother. He praises governors and prison officials, expresses no grudge, and expects offers for music positions as he nears freedom.
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Jefferson City
Missouri State Penitentiary
Virgil Combs
Hyde
Combs
Fredericktown
Missouri
Carey waives extradition in Holden beating case
Frank Carey, 26, arrested in Kansas City for the Holden Mo. beating death of George McCormick. He says he will waive extradition and admits being in Holden but denies involvement. Benjamin Knight was fatally shot by McCormick's son Lowell during the fight. Harry Knight is jailed in Warrensburg. A group of five men, including the Knights, attacked McCormick in his front yard.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Frank Carey
George McCormick
Holden
Carey
McCormick
Benjamin Knight
Lowell
McComick
Harry Knight
Warrensburg
Knights
Colossal Minerva Alabaster Statue Found Near Tiber
A massive seated Minerva statue carved from colored alabaster was unearthed at Emporium on the Tiber, once a marble landing site. The find sits among marble cutters schools and Hellenistic art groups, and the law divides treasure ownership between the government and landowner.
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Associated Press
Rome
Minerva
Emporium
Tiber
Reports of storm over shaky wires span region
Reports of a severe storm in Southwestern Minnesota, Southeastern Wisconsin and Northeastern Iowa filtered in today over shaky wires as other Northwest advisories described clear cool weather easing conditions in areas still recovering from Sunday’s damage.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Northwest
Mystery Lifts as Call Money Jump Cited by Banks
New York banks report large interior withdrawals by country banks to strengthen finances for July 1 requirements, lifting the call money rate to six percent, the highest in eight weeks and ending yesterday's mystery.
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Associated Press
New York
Three Osceola Men Held for 1916 Murder
Osceola Missouri reports three former local residents Walter Lane Arthur Fuqua and Charles Carroll are jailed on a first degree murder charge in the 1916 assault and killing of Frank Husted assistant agent at the Frisco station. A witness Carrol testified to the attack and led to warrants. Husted died after being beaten with a stone and a motor axle in a pasture near the station. The motive linked to Husted refusing to surrender whisky found at the station. Lane Fuqua and Carroll were located separately, Lane in oil fields near Los Angeles Fuqua in Maryville Carroll jailed in Warrensburg.
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Osceola, Mo
Osceola Boys
Walter Lane
Arthur Fuqua
Charles Carroll
Frank Husted
W. W. Wright
St. Clair County
Husted
Frisco
Carrel
Wright
Carrol
Lane
Fuqua
Carroll
Osceola
Los Angeles
Maryville
Warrensburg
Monahan Named Head of Loyal Order of Moose
Elgin June 26 Frank Monahan head of the California Undertakers Association will be named supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose at the Mooseheart elections tomorrow He will succeed J W Pierson of New Orleans The elections accompany the 30th annual convention now in session
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Associated Press
Elgin, II
Frank Monahan
California Undertakers’ Association
Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart
J. W. Pierson
New Orleans
Order
New Head Named on Stock Exchange
William S. Silkworth retires as Consolidated Stock Exchange president after resignation accepted by a special committee. He sold his seat and leaves the exchange amid investigations into the Fuller bankruptcy. Lawrence Tweedy, on the board since 1900, expected to succeed him.
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Associated Press
New York
William S. Silkworth
Consolidated Stock Exchange
Special Exchange Committee
Silkworth
E. M. Fuller and Company
Exchange
Lawrence Tweedy
Missouri Enacts Stringent New Dry Law
The Fifty second General Assembly’s dry law took effect on July 25, with severe penalties for violations. It targets soft drink bars, imposes fines and jail terms for officials failing to enforce, and bans distilling equipment. The act also sets felony penalties for producing or selling moonshine and restricts alcohol prescriptions to medical use.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Fifty-second
General Assembly
A. L. McCawley
Carthage
Nick T. Cave
Fulton
David H. Proctor
Kansas City
Justices of the Peace
Prohibition
Silence Grows Over Tuskegee Negro Hospital Officers Controversy
A Tuskegee citizens committee returns from Montgomery with no statement on future action regarding the appointment of Negro officers and doctors for the new veterans hospital. Governor Brandon’s meeting is reported while calls for legal action and racial tension rise among local residents who insist whites rule and oppose Black leadership.
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Associated Press
Tuskegee
Ala
Citizens Committee
Montgomery
Brandon
Harding
Heflin
Pettis County Trader Sells Stock At Market
W. E. Taylor of Longwood via the Producers Live Stock Commission Association at National Stock Yards Illinois sold two loads of fat cattle totaling forty head at 9.50 per hundred. He also moved a load of 76 hogs at 7.45 per hundred and, for his son in law C. E. Hurt of Houstonia, twenty two head of cattle at 8.50 per hundred.
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W. E. Taylor
Longwood
Producers Live Stock Commission Association
National Stock Yards
Illinois
C. E. Hurt
Houstonia
Court Accepts Resignations and Plans for New Courthouse
Pettis County court accepted resignations of J T Montgomery George R Wilkerson and W L Jackson from the committee on the new courthouse project The resignations of G H Terbaugh and C W Schondelmeier road commissioners were received and Houstonia city council appointees Herman Renken and A H Kil lion appointed to succeed them The court approved 1400 annually for the county health department with 11666 monthly installments The Red Cross will distribute warrants to the health department and tuberculosis society Metropolitan Life Insurance and Red Cross add funds totaling 51000 to reach a 10000 public health unit Dr J W Boger will oversee quarantine work as well Architects W E Hulse and A R Barnes discussed courthouse plans in Sedalia
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J. T. Montgomery
George R. Wilkerson
W. L. Jackson
Court House
G. H. Terebaugh
C. W. Schondelmeier
Houstonia
Herman Renken
A. H. Killion
Pettis County Health Department
Red Cross
Tuberculosis Society
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
International Health Association
Pettis County
J. W. Boger
Sedalia
Third House Replies On Beautifying Court House Square
A letter-writer disputes a prior piece by a self styled Lover of Beauty arguing against Lamine Street as a back door to Ohio Street. He suggests widening the square realignments and linking streets instead of closing edges. He invites readers to Marshall Missouri to compare their square’s appearance.
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Democrat
Lamine Street
Ohio Street
Court House Square
Marshall, Mo
A. L. Smith
Ford Would Not Turn a Deaf Ear on Presidential Bid
Detroit June 26 Henry Ford would give serious consideration to a presidential nomination offer from a responsible person or party before deciding, E G Leibold says no such offer has been made. Leibold cautions about authenticity of a Savannah letter and notes thousands of letters arrive daily about Ford and the presidency.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
E. G. Leibold
Leibold
Ford
E. S. Fuller
Savannah
Seibold
Bandit Forcibly Steals Diamonds From Victim In Home
Mrs. Harry Blair reported a youthful bandit entered her St Louis home last night and at gunpoint removed three diamonds valued at 1800 dollars from her fingers. Police said the diamonds were taken from Mrs Blair's possession in the incident.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Harry Blair
National Championship Auto Races Set for Kansas City Speedway
Kansas City Mo June 26 With two drivers and one car ready for practice for the July 4 National Championship races fourteen entries are listed led by Ralph DePalma in the Wade Special and Tommy Milton and Earl Cooper from H C S. The Mercedes driver remains unnamed. DePalma’s car will be ready midweek.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Speedway
Jimmy Murphy
Los Angles
Mercedes
Ralph DePalma
Wade
Speedway
Tommy Milton
Earl Cooper
H.C. 3
Murphy
Hartz
Hearns
C. S
Earl Coper
Elliott
Frank Elliott
Durant
Eddie Hearne
Harry Hartz
Jerry Wonderlich
Decrease in Mob Victims Reported in 1923 First Half
The NAACP announced that lynchings in the United States fell to eleven in the first six months of 1923 from thirty-three in the same period of 1922. Florida had three cases, Georgia two, and Arkansas Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Missouri and Texas one each.
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New York
United States
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Renew Efforts to Capture Outlaws in Durango
Federal forces in Durango redouble efforts to seize the outlaw gang accused of kidnapping American R. A. Newman from a Gateimape ranch on April 25. Leader Jan Galindo reportedly slain by followers to force surrender. Lieutenant Leon Chavez now heads a rival faction demanding 30 000 pesos ransom. Newman letters claim fear of death.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Durango
R.A. Newman
Gateimape
Jan Galindo
Newman
Leon Chavez
Galindo
Marriage Licenses Issued in Missouri
Jack L. Hammond of Clinton and Marie Pohl of Pilot Grove Missouri obtained marriage licenses in the latest county notices.
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Jack L. Hammond
Clinton
Missouri
Marie Pohl
Pilot Grove
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ten Killer
Railroad News
J. J. Feaster
Hearst Ranch
Chester Kerr
Guy Knight
Lowell McCormick
Sam” Knight
John H. Murray
Gill Maloney
Monahan
Stock Exchange
Pettis Countian
County Health Bureau
W. E. Hulse
W. E. Hulse Co
Hutchinson, Kas
Pettis County Court
A. R. Barnes
Barnes
Mr. Hulse
Tommy Miller
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