Five Entombed in Mine Blasts Across Two States
In Dillonvale Ohio a mine motor car was buried by rock and slate at H Walker Mining Company mill killing foreman William Maieski and injuring six others including John Bifle and Alex Travis who died soon after. In Spring Canyon Utah five Carbon Fuel Company workers are entombed after an explosion. crews fear for their lives as rescue teams race to reach the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
H. Walker Mining Company
Dillonvisle
William Maieski
John Biffle
Alex Travis
HB. Gowrie
Joseph Sundora
Henry Anderson
Joseph Blazer
William Henry
Radio Men to Make New Laws
Washington aims for voluntary radio agreements at the October conference to improve broadcasting efficiency. Hoover and 530 stations, amateurs, manufacturers, publishers, scientists, and experts expect debates over licenses and short wavelength regulation. The conference follows reliance on 1323 voluntary accords and foresees large audiences for the World Series broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
National Radio Conference
Congress
Department of Commerce
Ias Tetary of Commerce Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Weekend Injuries Prompt Multiple Hospital Arrivals
Several people were treated after weekend accidents. W L Thatcher of Adelbert Avenue was admitted after a Ford struck him near a streetcar. Paul Herbert of Fifth Street injured his eyelid in a ditching crash blinded by bright lights. Ruth Burilla of West 108th Street sustained minor head cuts when her car ditched two miles west of LaGrange. James Eddy, 30, son of L H Eddy, died from a disease complication, survived by wife and child. funeral Wednesday at 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. l. Thatcher
Adelbert Avenue
Louis Pencina
Lorain
Penkina
Paul Herbert
Fifth Street
Ruth Burlla
West 108Th Street
Cleveland
John F. Rogers
la Grange
Ames Eddy
James Eddy
L. H. Eddy
Prisoner Dies En Route To Hospital In West Virginia
Potson Bootle Kells Wheeling reports that Harry Coch died in an ambulance while being moved from jail to hospital. Coroner Hobbs rules death due to acute alcoholism. In Tiffin Ohio, the Farmers Exchange office safe yielded 350 dollars when blown open early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potson Bootle Kells
Wheeling
W. Va
Harry Cochran
Hobbs
Tiffin Farmers’ Exchange Company
Darrow Urges Mental Health Hospitals to Prevent Crime
Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for Leopold and Loeb, backs nationwide hospitals to treat incipient mental disorders to curb crime. A Neuropathic Hospital statement quotes him urging diversion of funds from prosecutions to prevention, claiming it would spare misery and save money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Clarence Darrow
Nathan F. Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
Chicago
Bobby Franks
The
Republic
Neuropathic Hospital
Darrow
British tanker Ivor lost by fire near Nova Scotia
The British tanker Ivor en route from Cardiff to Philadelphia caught fire five hundred miles off Cape Lunen Nova Scotia. The crew abandoned ship as flames leaped hundreds of feet and a smoke pall rose. The Lithuania rushed to aid and picked up all crew members from lifeboats.
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Halifax
N. S
Ivor
Lithuania
Bng
Cardiff
Wales
Philadelphia
Cape Lanel
Nova Scotia
Earthquake Shocks Hit Geneva Seven Times
London dispatch reports seven severe earthquake shocks felt in Geneva with considerable damage but no casualties. Panic led many families to flee. In Cleveland a five year old girl, Sylvia Zimmerman, helped recover her father’s car after thieves took it while the family bought soda water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Geneva
Cleveland
Sylvia Zimmerman
Means Denies Repudiation of Daugherty Statement
Washington dispatch reports Gaston B. Means, central figure in major investigations, partially disavowed a statement to former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty though admitting he signed it. He said he did not swear to it, and warned of possible further disclosures if Wheeler Committee reconvenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daugherty
Washington
Gaston B. Means
Harry M. Daugherty
Department of Justice
Wheeler-Brookhart
Means
Wheeler Committee
Senate Committee
Wheeler
Senate
Jesse Smith
Standard Aircraft Company
Smith
Harding
Digherty
HoldUp at Kaufman Hat Store Netts 32009 Loot
In Detroit on Sept 22 two bandits outside City Hall robbed Sam Margolis assistant manager at the Kaufman hat store. They looted the store safe of 32009 and struck Margolis on the head with revolver butts during the hold up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mien
Sam Margolis
Kaufman Hat Store
Margolis
Lorain church launches eight day building campaign
First Congregational church members start an eight day drive aiming to raise $80,000 to rebuild the church. The Lorain Ministerial Association resolves that no members of other tornado-struck churches will be asked to contribute to rebuild another church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
First Congregational Church
Western tornado toll tops 29 dead a list of victims rises
Tornado swept the mid west Sunday causing twenty nine deaths and two missing. Hundreds were injured and property damage is expected to run into millions across Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas and Minnesota. Reports from Thorp Wisconsin Ashland and other ravaged areas recount multiple fatalities.
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Chicago
Mid-West
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Minois
Thorp
Wis
Ashland
Seattle
Wash
One Dead Two Dying In Northeast Ohio Accidents
Newark reports Charles Dotson and his wife Cora seriously injured when their car collided with an east bound train at Broad street crossing near Pataskala. The crash sent the vehicle 100 yards onto tracks. both occupants sustained severe head and upper body injuries. Wooster notes Edwin Lint, 18, killed instantly when his Ford speedster veered off road and was impaled by barb wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Charles Dotson
Cora
Columbus
Dotson
Wooster
Edwin Lint
Police hunt for Harry Garbutt in Los Angeles slaying
Detectives hunted for Harry Garbutt, ex convict from Joliet, Illinois, in Los Angeles following the hammer beating and shooting death of Mrs. Clifton R. Hunn. Police suspected Garbutt fled toward the Mexican border after the crime and may be hiding in a rendezvous set for his escape. A second item notes Bowdoin crew returning from Arctic exploration with Donald B. MacMillan staying with his sister as the schooner undergoes two weeks of drydock repairs.
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Los Angeles
Harry Garbutt
Jolist
Illinois
Convic
Clifton R. Hunn
Garbutt
Mrs. Hunn
Chicago
East
Hunn
Wiscassett
Maine
Bowdoin
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
MacMillan
Polar
Busick Opens La Follette Campaign in Amherst
W. W. Busick Jr of Elyria launched a stamping campaign for Robert M. La Follette before 200 supporters at Church Street and Park Avenue. He highlighted La Follette’s record, urged October registration and a November 4 vote, and distributed La Follette buttons and literature.
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Amherst
Church Street
Park Avenue
W. W. Busick, Jr
Elyria
Robert M. la Follette
Busick
LaFollette
Bob
Coolidge
Bob LaFollette
Wall Street
Lorain County
Oberlin
Wellington
LaGrange
Grafton
Lorain
la Follette
Farmers’ Grange
Merchants Protest Bright Way Delay In Lorain
The Lorain Chamber of Commerce now housed at Hotel Antlers block plans an indignation meeting to protest delays in building and installing the Bright Way street ornament. Ohio Public Service Co. has the contract and is ready to start, but B and O Railway has not supplied ornamental poles, delaying progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Chamber of Commerce
Honecker Block
Stolen Jewelry Report From Chestnut Ridge Home In Ridgeville
Agnes Kruzer of Chestnut Ridge reports two men entered her Ridgeville home Saturday after noon and stole a gold fifteen jewel watch a suit of men s clothes and several dresses and sweaters. They fled in a Ford roadster seen leaving the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes ‘Kruzer
Chestnut Ridge
Ridgeville
Mussolini Takes Part in Vent Settembre Celebration
Rome reports Mussolini’s participation in the Vent Settembre ceremony marked the first time in fifty years a Italian premier attended. The event signaled a historic royal occasion with political ceremony across Italy.
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Rome
Mussolini
United States Air Cruisers Complete World Ring Flight
Three U.S. cruisers launched March 17 from Santa Monica completed a 375 mile leg to San Diego. Lieut Lowell Smith led the group landing at 10 30 with Lieut Nelson and Lieut Wade following aboard the New Orleans and the Boston fluttering. They plan to proceed to Clover Field Santa Monica for final removal of the air loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell Field
North Islane
San Diego
Calif
America
Clover Field
Santa Monica
United States
Tucson
Ariz
Fiers
Lowell Smith
Lieut
Nelson
New Orleans
Wade
Boston Fl
Canest Davidson Sued for Divorce
Divorce proceedings were begun by Gertrude Davidson against Ernest Davidson. She accuses him of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty including denying food and clothing, forcing her to work as a farm hand, and having heated her on several occasions. She says he has been in county jail for three months and seeks alimony and custody of the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Davidson
Ernest Davidson
Burglar Breaks Into Several Homes In Weekend Scoot
County treasurer Walter Ludwig’s home at 249 Eighth St was entered Saturday night with a skeleton key. Desk drawers overturned and $30 stolen. A. H. Funk at 235 Wooster St reported a Sunday morning intrusion. a man fled unseen. No other loot taken. Three other nearby homes were targeted. residents vow to confront the prowler if he returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Ludwig
249 Eighth Sr
A. H. Funk
Wooster Street
John Gagen
Marshall
Bissell
Two Thousand Soviets Tow Georgians in Uprising
A dispatch from Batoum reports Bolshevik forces executed about two thousand Georgians during an uprising suppression. Fresh Red troops are seen arriving at Batoum as the conflict broadens in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Constantinople
Batoum
Disorderly conduct and intoxication cases heard in police court
Several disorderly conduct cases were heard with no serious charges. Earl Welch Charles Davis and John Stoney were each fined five dollars and costs. Mary Christman was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication and sent to the county jail for nonpayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Welch
Charles Davis
John Stoney
Mary Christman
Minister Confesses to Poisoning Wife and Suspected Second Death
Rev Lawrence M Hight a Methodist pastor in Mount Vernon Illinois confessed to poisoning his wife with arsenic in her coffee to end her suffering and to killing Wilford Sweetin in water to relieve his illness He denied any love affair with Sweetin and prosecutors plan life imprisonment for both murders plus investigation of a Centerville High School girl death three years ago ongoing grand jury actions and further inquiries follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
William Sweeting
Lawrence M. Hight
Frank Thompson
Centerville
Illinois
Hight
Thompson
Rev. Hight
Wilford Sweetin
Hisse Sweetin
Ina
Sweetin
Ima
Lorain Red Cross Relief Totals 400
Henry M. Baker reports Lorain Red Cross receipts and expenditures through Sept 11 total 540,639.95 with 86,932.20 for family rehabilitation and 3,439.30 for business rehabilitation leaving a balance of 456,288.45 not including admin costs funded separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Baker
Red Cross
Lorain
American Red Cross
Two Personal Injury Suits Filed Over Auto Accidents
Eleanor Ruthkowski through her friend Joseph sues Clarence Hale of Lorain for 25000 claiming she was struck while crossing Long avenue July 13 causing permanent injuries and a leg fracture. Sophia Cohen of Cleveland sues Wade Williams for 10000 alleging August 19 collision on Oberlin Elyria road left her with a broken nose and facial bruising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Ruthkowski
Joseph Ruthkowski
Cleveland
Clarence Hale
Lorain
Long Avenue
Sophia Cohen
Wade Williams
Oberlin-Elyria Road
Imogene Wilson Landing Vote Sparks London Protest
Miss Imogene Wilson American actress sailed for England from New York. Home Office to decide after standard physical exam if she may land. Mrs Tinney protests, arguing she seeks to join Frank Tinney rather than pursue theatre.
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London
Imogena Wilson
England
New York
Home Office
Miss Wilson
Plymouth
Tinney
Frank Tinney
Wheeler criticizes Hill over apple cider party
Washington reports John Philip Hill of Maryland faced sharp reproach from the Anti Saloon League leader Generalissimo Wheeler who urged punishment for Hill after he hosted a party that allegedly involved intoxicants. Wheeler denounced Hill for violating the constitution and the alcohol laws.
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Washington
John Philip Hill
Maryland
Nature
Ever
Generalissmo
Anti-saloon League
Wheeler
Hill
Haynes
Congress
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RTS
Urun
Gaston
Lloyd Sweet
Memorial Hospital
Lake Washington
Grand Rapids
Mich
Matthew Statterly
Howe Rodres
Tangier
Milan
Emmanuel
Berlin
Francis Huttoen
Valpariso
Reamiorse
Balboa
Canal Zone
John Duvall Wallingford
District Court of the
Indiana
Iowa
American Legion
Canest Davidson
Green Line
Dennis Rafferty
Garvin Avenue
Bems
Rafferty
Maintyf
Lorain Grocery Co
God
Imogene Wilson
Gondresoman Fill
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