Ruins blast toll rises near Pittsburgh plants
The death toll from yesterday's gas tank blast on the lower North Side rose to 22 with rescuers still digging through the debris of homes factories and warehouses. One worker was killed and two injured in further accidents as officials warned many bodies remained buried and the search would last days.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Frank Kuepferle
Anthony Cayne
John Wise
Department
Lower North Side
Only Woman Victim Left Big Family
Five grief stricken children lingered about a casket in a north side home, looking upon the body of their mother Marie Congelier, the only woman victim of yesterday's gas explosion. She was killed while working over a wash tub in the kitchen of her home, a block from the gas tank, when a flying piece of glass severed an artery in her leg. Relatives will care for the children.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
Marie Congelier
Historic Chancellor House Burned At Chancellorsville Battlefield
Frederickstown dispatch reports the historic Chancellor House at the Chancellorsville battlefield burned last night. The clearing around the house saw heavy gunfire on May 3 1863 and 1863 repair scars remain visible. It was noted as the site where General Lee rallied his troops after the May 4 action.
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Fredericksburg
Chancellor
Chancellorsville
Lee
Harry Lauder to Return to Stage This Winter
Sir Harry Lauder, retired in Scotland after his wife’s death last summer, plans a return to the stage this winter. In other news, Lewis Gardner, a baseball player shot during a hunt on Braddock Mountain, is reported improving at Frederick Hospital.
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York
Harry Lauder
Scotland
William Morris
Lewis Gardner
Braddock Mountain
Frederick Hospital
Fate saved workers from death in Pittsburgh blast
In the North Side gas explosion at a tank site, 3 of 18 workers failed to report for repairs, 13 companions were believed killed or injured, and a late employee missed the blast by 18 minutes. A 2 1/2 month old boy survived amid wreckage, found uninjured aside from dust. Relief collections will be taken in Pittsburgh theatres affiliated with the local motion picture owners association.
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Pittsburgh
North Side
Thete
Pittsburgh Clap Pot Company
Omeiala
Gray Pot Company
Ateghon General Hospital
Motion Picture Theatre Owners’ Association of Western Pennsylvania
Chit
Cod Found Traveling From Norway Near Galilee
Frederick A. Gook, a fisherman of Galilee, nets two ten-pound cod bearing the Norwegian Fisheries Department stamp. The fish appear to have swum about 3,000 miles from Norway and were caught off Galilee.
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Galilee
Frederick A. Gook
Norway
Norwegian Fisheries Department
Durant linked to 100 million auto merger rumors
Wall Street reports that William C. Durant, head of Durant Motors, fronts a 100 million dollar automobile merger with Hupp Motors. Trading surged as 30,000 Hup shares moved at 25 dollars, rising 118 points, with Moon, Chandler, Jordan, Peerless and Star also cited in the deal. Durant largely led General Motors' creation.
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New York
Wall Street
Willian Co. Durant
Durant Motors
Hupp Motors
Stock Exchange
Hupy
Moon
Chandler
Jordan
Peerless
Star
Durant
General Motors
Public Stock Auction Near Court House
Nearly 218 shares totaling about 10 000 dollars were sold in front of the courthouse this morning at public sale. Maryland Surety and Trust Company stock sold at 48 1/4 to 49 a share, Williamsport bridge stock at 27, Hagestown Bank at 7.50, Kirst National at 47, with J. Cy Snyder serving as auctioneer.
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Court House
Maryland Surety and Trust Company
Williamsport Bridge
Hagestown Bank
Kirst National
J. Cy Snyder
I. C. C. Denies Right To Cut Fruit Rates
Washington November 15. The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to allow transcontinental railroads to raise rates on canned goods from 1.00 to 10 cents per 100 pounds between California and the Central States. It did authorize a reduction to 98 cents per 100 pounds once schedules are revised.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Trans-Continental
California
Central States
Milk Industry Fast Reaching Leading Class
Reorganization of the Keedysville Milk Producers Association is set for Wednesday night at the town school house at 7 30. Middletown locals may join Keedysville for convenience. Next Tuesday November 22 Clearspring locals will elect officers and name delegates for the Philadelphia meeting. Five county locals will send delegates to the Nov 25 and 29 gathering. County milk producers, 310 members, shipped about 1 000 000 dollars of milk this year, up a million since five years ago. Franklin and Frederick counties nearby ship about two million annually, suggesting Washington county can double its dairying. The main obstacle is the lack of recognition from banking and business interests, says County Agent M D Moore, a view echoed across farming, the county’s largest industry.
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Keedysville
Philadelphia
M. D. Moore
Franklin
Frederick
Washington County
Moore
Club forced to move up town New York
Nov 15 The Union Club, 91 years old, plans a Fifth Avenue relocation as trade on the famed street advances. It has sold its home for 000,000 to Jeremiah Milbank, a realty holder valued at about 55,000,600. William J. Ste Mullin, an informer, arrives in Washington from Philadelphia amid speculation of a grand jury witness and talks with federal lawyers, then leaves with an injunction and a threat to talk.
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New York
Union Club
Fifth Avenue
Parks Avenue
Jeremiah Milbank
William J. Ste Mullin
Washington
Philadelphia
Sawed Him Out To Stand Trial
CHICAGO Nov 16 Harry J. Lefty Lewis a trade organizer faced a murder charge and was kept in court after a bailiff lost the key. The judge ordered Lewis produced even if bars had to be sawed. Responding to the crisis, officers sawed the cell bars to bring him to trial.
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Chicago
Harry J
Lefty) Lewis
Lewis
Ford Sued by Leland Seeks Six Million
Henry Ford named defendant in a chancery suit in Pontiac Michigan seeking 6 000 000 on behalf of nearly 2 000 Lincoln Motor Company stockholders. Henry M Leland and Wilfred C Leland allege Ford failed to honor a verbal agreement to buy outstanding stock, seeks trust and personal liability against Ford for invested amounts with 5 percent interest.
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Pontiac
Mich
Henry Ford
Henry M. Leland
Wilfred C. Leland
Lincoln Motor Company
Ford
Lelands
Wilfred G. Leland
Lincoln Company
New
Lincoln Motor Company Incorporated
Fords
Mother of Four Pickpocket Arrested in Baltimore
In Baltimore a mother of four, Anna Douglass, 30, Belair Road, said she joined pickpocketing after watching two men and a woman target purses. She was held on $1250 bond as Rose Casey of a protective association led the investigation. Five women reported purses looted totaling $110. Lucinda J. Beard’s will was admitted to probate in county Orphans Court this morning.
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Baltimore
Rose Casey
Protective Association
Anna Douglass
Belair Road
Phi
Lucinda J. Beard
Orphans’ Court
Miss Casey
Will Probed Mr Detrow Recovers From Apple Picker Accident
Mr M Detrow of Smithsburg who fell from a ladder while picking apples and was then critically ill is now on the road to recovery. Visitors Sunday included Mr and Mrs J M Datrow and daughter Mrs B S Buchanan, Mr and Mrs R C Reed, Mr and Mrs Carsall and two grandchildren Myr and Mrs Clayton Reese and Miss Ray Reese of Hagerstown, and Mr and Mrs J E Cantner and two children of Halfway.
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M.,. Dotrow
Smithsburg
J. E. Cantner
Halfway
Tariff Cut Won't Help Out Farmer
Washington reports that President Coolidge believes reducing tariffs would not aid agriculture. He has not fully reviewed a Nagel committee plan proposing tariff and railroad rate cuts to help farmers buy and move products, and still thinks any tariff change would hurt farmers rather than assist them.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Charles Nagel
Fall of Mussolini Forecast Within Five Years
New York reports Dr. Vincenzo Nitti, arriving from Italy to lecture against Fascism, predicts Mussolini's regime will collapse within five years due to an unsound financial base. He cites 500,000 Italians leaving the country and warns that loans and currency manipulation will lead to a debt crisis, ending the government and its militia.
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New York
Mussolini
Vincenzo Nitti
Italy
America
Car stripped of all parts in Cumberland street incident
Charles Graft, visiting Mr. Peck on Punks town pike, reported his car missing from in front of R. M. Peak residence. Police later found the vehicle at the bottom of a hill, stripped of tires and accessories. investigation ongoing.
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R. M. Peak
Town Pike
Charles Graft
Cumberland
Graft
Mr. Peck
Theft of corn linked to moonshine raids near Hancock
Reports trace corn thefts around Hancock to moonshiners making liquor. A second theft within a week led Wallace Barnhart to file a warrant for Smith. he was arrested then dismissed for lack of evidence. Officers suspect corn moved across the line to a Pennsylvania mountain still. A Indianapolis janitor Lonnie Cordon, held after a deadly fire, claims revenge motives. Harry Swink won a divorce from Elsie Swink. desertion cited, ordered to pay child support.
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Hancock
Wallace Barnhart
Smith
Charles Barnhart
Justice Huber
Pennsylvania
Harry C. Swink
Frank G. Wagaman
Elsie M. Swink
Swink
Bases Action on Statement in Affidavits
An investigation to determine if criminal contempt occurred in the District of Columbia Supreme Court in the Fair Sinclair trial surveillance scandal was ordered by Justice Frederick L. Siddons. Appointed to probe are Gordon, John E. Lasky, James E. Easby Smith, and others. If cause is found, charges may be filed in this court to vindicate court authority. The affidavits reference juror shadowing and related acts in the Burns Agency context. Continued on Page 10.
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Associated Press
Washinton
District of Columbia ‘Supreme Court
Fair Sinclair
Frederick L. Siddens
Gordon
John E. Lasky
Amt
James E. Easby Smith
District of Columbia War
Siddons
Ted’ Teapot
Dome
Case
Davits
Burns ’Agen
Remnz
Edward J. i
Neil Burk
Noisy Parties Spark Protest In Warburton Residence
In New York Navy case Barclay Warburton is accused of nightly loud parties at his apartment. Ludwig Carmer testifies that guests of both sexes create boisterous noise, depriving the defendant of rest. Warburton, recently divorced from Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, faces a rent suit after vacating another unit in the same building.
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New York
Navy
Barclay” Warburton
W. K. Vanderbilt
Ludwig Carmer
Barclay Warburton
Dry agents killed United States Senator Edwards
A New Jersey magazine article reports that prohibition officers estimate killings by enforcement actions may reach four figures, while Washington officials say the number killed is more likely around one hundred. The piece centers on dialogue about federal suppression efforts and their deadly toll.
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United States
Edwards
New Jersey
Prohibition
Washington
Murder charge issued for Alex Schreiber in Meisterknecht killing
Highlands New Jersey and Newark police issued a murder warrant for Alex Schreiber in the slaying of Herbert O Meisterknecht a German born inventor and former naval officer. The investigation followed gunshots heard over a telephone and a man seen leaving the workshop with another person after the shooting.
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Highlands
N. J
William Meade
Alex Schreiber
Herbert O. Meisterknecht
Newark
Highland
P. J. Olde
Elizabeth
Olde
J. He Rowland
Cound Meisterknecht
Irving Parker
Cleveland
Parker
Schreiber
Meisterknecht
Yonkers
Miss Schreiber
Melsterknecht
Schwolber
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Chancellor House
Gardner
Auto Merger
Hupp Co
Leland
Old Lincoln Motor Co
Nitti
R.H. Johnson, Jr
Culver Military Institute
Culver
Ind
Pelham Manor
Lonnie Cordon
Indianapolis
Supreme Court
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