Divorce suit follows raid led by Mrs Lawrence in Chicago
Mrs Thomas P F Lawrence plans to file for divorce after leading detectives in a raid on a Lake Shore Drive hotel room where her husband Thomas Fisher Lawrence of St. Louis and society widow Julia Gruner were found. They were arrested on morals charges and held on $1,500 bonds each as their case moved toward August 26 court dates.
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Chicago
Thomas PF. Lawrence
Lake Shore Drive
St. Louis
Julia Gruner
Lynne Fernald
Lawrence
George M. Pull
Thomas Fisher Lawrence
Gruner
Suit Over Jewels Sues Marquise for One Million
H J Brennan a grocer clerk sues the Marquise for one million dollars claiming she accused him of stealing her jewels and clothing and forced him to sign a repay agreement. He says policemen witnessed the agreement and that his weekly salary is 25 dollars. The suit seeks 1,000,000 and a hearing is set for October 5.
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Chicago
H. J. Brennan
Ellingson Girl to Be Held After Not Guilty Verdict
Dorothy Ellingson aged 17 faces continued custody after a jury found her not guilty. Her father Joseph Ellingson asked a probation officer to place her under juvenile court ward and send her to a reform school pending further defense testimony.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Joseph Ellingson
J. ©. Antredo
Dorothy
Lincoln's Press Agent Died Obscure in Civil War Era
Chicago reports Abraham Lincoln had a press agent J A Walker whose flair drew loans for the Union. He rode through London in a stately equipage to show wealth, yet he never was reimbursed for personal losses and died in poverty, an obscure figure in history notes Professor W E Dodd.
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Lincoln
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Ae Brew J. A 2S
Mi A
London
Japanese Girls Choose Death Over Loveless Lives At Volcano
Tokyo August 16 A P Correspondence three young Japanese women believing marriageable age elapsed without a husband journeyed to Asama volcano and perished together in its crater. Takeji Kobayashi 25 Sema 24 and Kyo Maruyama died after expressing despair over loveless futures and choosing suicide rather than remaining single.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Japan
Asama
Takeji Kobayashi
Sema
Kyo Maruyama
Funeral for Edgar A Bancroft in Chicago Aug 27
Funeral services for Edgar A Bancroft veteran to Japan who died in Tokyo two weeks ago will be held in Chicago August 27. The body will be taken to Galesburg for interment, the old family home.
President Coolidge Resting at Father's Home in Plymouth
President Coolidge, back with his father in Plymouth after a long trip from Swampscott, plans a quiet stay to rest before Monday talks with Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot on emergency Belgium debt negotiations. The visit included a welcome from Colonel Coolidge and a stop in Practorville for a visit with an aunt.
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Plymouth
Coolidge
Mellon
Smoot
Belgium
Practorville
Barth Pollard
Mathe Rae Davi
Trains Derailed in Three Incidents Across North America
Reports from Calgary Decatur and San Francisco detail three separate derailments. The Kootenai Lethbridge local on the Canadian Pacific derailed near cone Alberta with initial word of fatalities and injuries. An Indianapolis to Decatur excursion on the U I and W derailed near Marshall Illinois, injuring several as five cars left the track during a picnic run. In Sausalito near San Francisco a Northwestern Pacific train hit an electric train at Waldo Crossing injuring about a dozen people including some seriously hurt.
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Calgary
Albert
Kootenai-Lethbridge
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Cone
Alberta
Decatur, II
U. I. and W
Indianapolis
Decatur
Marshall
Ile
Eane
San Francisco
Northwestern Pacific
Waldo
Sausalito
Ross
Lyons Contests the Nomination for Mayor
New York August 15 Former Secretary of State John J Lyons announced he would contest the nomination for mayor. He faces Republican Frank D Waterman and Independent Wa Bennett in the race. Lyons, elected secretary of state in 1920, gained the greatest plurality ever for a state office.
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New York
John J. Lyons
Frank D
Waterman
Wa. M. Bennnett
State Vfce
Indiana Klan group posts reward for arsonists
Thomas N. Robinson, president of the Indiana Klan Home Association, announced a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible for the fire that destroyed the new $35,000 Home of the Night. Pence stated one of the fires they believe was intentional.
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Indiana
Penn
Aig 15
Thomas N. Robinson
Indiana Klan Home Association
Salt Lake Man Bungles Bandit Job in Grand Forks Shootout
Bill Jones of Salt Lake City robbed a Crookston residence taking a gold watch and $10 then held up a police officer before a pistol duel in the east Grand Forks railroad yards. Jones was shot three times and likely fatally wounded by Grand Forks officer A. E. Selberg as a freight train pulled into the yards. Authorities traced him from Crookston to the Great Northern yards where the train stopped and the confrontation occurred.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Crookston
Bill Jones
Salt Lake City
Utah
A. E. Selberg
East Grand Forks
Jones
Frank Williard
Great Northern Railway
Varia
Weather Outlook For Week In Northern Rocky Mountain Regions
Washington weather report for the week beginning Monday indicates mostly fair skies in the Northern Rocky Mountains and plateau. Local rain is possible midweek with temperatures expected to be normal or slightly below average.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Mrs Morgan Led Home Life and Philanthropies
Mrs J Morgan, widow of a prominent international banker, died at her palatial home after a long battle with sleeping sickness and a heart collapse induced by indigestion. She kept a private life devoted to her children and flowers, supported by vast funds and anonymous philanthropies. Her husband, Henry Sturgis, mill owner, had supported archaeological gifts in Greece.
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J. F
Ree
Africa
America
Henry Sturgis
Pratt Nunsel Harvard
Greece
Aerial Hobo Climbs Wing Helps Save Plane
A passenger plane carrying Major Moseley and Sergeant Wood escaped disaster when a naked hobo clung to the wing after Las Vegas takeoff. He crawled toward the fuselage and the crew steadied the craft for a safe landing at Griffith Park airport. The man lost his shirt in the wind but was later given an army shirt.
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Los Angeles
Jack Richman
Las Vegas
Jackee
O. Moseley
California
Ealensl Jet Air Force
Mosely
Chestnut Wood
Moseley
Jack
Griffith Park
Ay May
Beddin
Jack Tormen
Milwa
Drug Addicts in Chicago Reach Large Numbers
Chicago Aug. 15 AP investigation shows about 18 000 drug addicts in the city with several thousand more using drugs without trading with narcotic peddlers. Average addict uses 25 grains daily, some 50, one physician testified to 75 grains. One grain can kill many non users. Authorities seek loot tied to narcotics elder agent Will Gravy Beach as they raid his packing cases uncovering misc merchandise and a cache including a baby skull lampshades and opium pipes. Jewelry worth 50000 found in Kittie Gilhooley safe boxes linked to $100 000 drug seizure days earlier.
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Chicago
L. J. Ulmer
Ulmer
Will Gravy Beach
Beach
Kittie Gilhooley
Moon Makers Battle Ends in Moonshine Raid
Federal and county officers raided a moonshine operation 12 miles north of Divide Colorado. One man died from wounds after exchanges of fire. four others, including a woman, were jailed in Cripple Creek and Divide. Agents seized 300 gallons of moonshine and 100 gallons of mash at the retreat.
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Colorado Springs
Galo
Cripple Creek
Colorado
Colo
Rockies
W.lliams
Denver
William Risk
Divide
Risk
A. P. Fryslie
Daily Baseball Scores From Today’s Games Across Cities
Summary of baseball results from Philadelphia Boston New York Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis and Cleveland with team lineups and partial inning outcomes. Key players include Barnes O Neil Gibson Ring Couch Wilson Vance Snyder Hargraves Spencer Adams Sheehan Oldham Goouch Miller Cochrane Ruffing and He Sil.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Barnes
O'Neil
Gibson
Ring
Couch
Wilson
Rnbe
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Tien Ae
Hargraves
Spencer, Adams
Youth figure Kelen Loux lauded for community action
The report highlights Kelen Loux, a prominent youth, recognized for rescuing peers and leading social and sport activities at Pocat High School. Once a feared figure, Loux now inspires and directs youth in the school and local community.
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Kelen Loux
Pocat High School
Mount Shasta Growing Hotter Signals Possible Activity
Unusual conditions near Mount Shasta prompt speculation of possible volcanic activity. Investigations by the U S bureau of fisheries show McCloud river water four degrees warmer than normal, surface temperatures higher than usual, increased mud flow and premature grass die off in surrounding meadows. Heat within the mountain is suspected as the cause.
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Redding
Calif
Mount Shasta
United States Bureau of Fisheries
McCloud
Mounta
Suit Against Ford Charged Infringes Auto Transmission Patents
In St Louis on August 15 a suit was filed in U S district court by Park and Bohne of Stein alleging Ford Motor Co infringed on a patent for an automobile transmission. The complaint seeks injunction accounting of profits and damages claimed from 1916 inventor Thomas Locke White of Idaho City Idaho whose improve ment on transmission bands was assigned to the plaintiff.
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St. Louis
Ford For
Park
Mons
Ford
Borglum plans granite carving site in Black Hills
AP report from Custer notes sculptor Gutzon Borglum selecting a remote Black Hills site between Harney Peak and Keystone to carve busts of Washington Lincoln Jefferson and Roosevelt with a memorial project proposed nearby.
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Custer
Black Hills
Harney Peak
Keystone
Gutzon Borglum
Washington
Lincoln
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Mia
Borlan
Couple killed for testifying against bandit
In Indiana, Ben Hance and his wife were shot on the Anderson Muncie highway. Hance had testified against Gerald Chapman and associates in a Connecticut police killing case. George Anderson and Charles Wolfe were linked to the crime. Wolfe is in custody, silent.
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Ben Hance
Gerald Chapman
Muncie
Ind
Bansare
Connecticut
Hances
Anderson.Muncie
Hance
George
Dutch) Anderson
Chapman
Charles
Wolfe
Anderson
Atlanta
New Britain
Charles Cromer
Eawn
Sceme
Cromer
New Death Ray Claim Stirs Navy Dealings
Edwin Scott of San Francisco seeks Navy use of its equipment to test a so called death ray. Beatty proposes aircraft and ships but lack of information blocks action. Scott denies naming a death ray while suggesting ultraviolet or infrared rays could combat targets several miles away.
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Washington
Navy Department
Edwin
San Francisco
Department
Beatty
Scott
Naval Oil
Nest
Saint Marie Sinks in Dense Fog With Eleven Crew Lost
A cargo steamer Saint Marie struck rocks in dense fog near Brest Anglia. The ship foundered with eleven crew members killed including the captain and ten others. Rescue efforts continued as survivors faced a pitiable condition in rough seas.
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Brest, Ang
Saint Marie
Wholesale prices rise to highest yen level since 1921
The labor analytics bureau of the labor department reported wholesale prices in July rose to the highest yen level since February 1921. The increase is linked to the labor market data and reflects tension in commodity prices.
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Washington
Labor Araustics Bureau
The
Labor Department
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Moon Makers
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