Death Curve Scene Of Horan's Accident At Speedway
Indianapolis May 27 A Lozier driven by Harold Van Gorder hit the danger curve at 80 mph on the speedway during tuning for the Memorial Day 560 mile race. The car tore out a wall section and flipped over twice landing upside down, ejecting Van Gorder and W I Bardell over 100 feet. Both escaped serious injury though Bardell suffered a cut head and bruises. The machine, with wheels torn off, will start again Tuesday. Van Gorder blamed blowout of two luggage tires during the turn.
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Indianapolis
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Lozier
Harold van Gorder
Indianapolis Speedway
van Gorder
W I Bardell
New York
Speedway Accidents Prompt Race Start Change
Scene of recurring crashes at the home stretch of the speedway. Joe Horan in an Amplex broke his leg last Wednesday after his car turned over. Louis Chevrolet in a Buick and Ray Harroun in the Marmon Wasp were wrecked at the same point last season. Officials announced Tuesday’s race will start at 10 o'clock.
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Amplex
Joe Horan
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Buick
Louis Chevrolet
Ray Harroun
Schmucker Relieved as Ensenada Consul to Be Replaced
The State Department plans a temporary successor for consul Georges B Schmucker in Ensenada Mexico after a health report and a telegram from American citizens. Frederick Simpich, consul at Baghdad now in Missouri, will proceed to Ensenada to relieve Schmucker amid Lower California unrest. Conditions improving in China follow. Bishop William I McDowell returns from a trip.
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State Department
Georges B Schmucker
Ensenada
Mexico
Benator Perkins
California
San Diego
Cal
Schmucker
China says famine worst passed after steamer Mon golia voyage
Bishop Mc Dowell has toured missions in India and China while officials report that famine conditions in China have improved following the steamer Mon golia voyage.
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China
Mongolia
McDowell
India
Tile and Concrete Fire Test In New York Experiment
Smithsonian engineers join MIT and city representatives from London and Chicago to observe a fireproofing test comparing hollow tile and concrete. The study, debated by a building code committee, seeks a consensus on construction safety and insurance implications worldwide.
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New York
Smithsonian Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
London
Chicago
Aldermanic Committee
Stamps Cause His Arrest in Kentucky Robberies
Lexington police report John Tillman, who calls Cleveland home and Cincinnati his headquarters, confessed to robbing post offices at Hedges Kentucky near Mount Sterling and Junction City east of Lexington. He was arrested after showing a large roll of postage stamps in a saloon last night.
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John Tillman
Cleveland
Cincinnati Ag
Hedges
Mount Sterling
Junction City
Franklin High School grad sets 13 year attendance record
Lewis Ely, who graduated from Franklin High School, never missed a half day during thirteen years of schooling. He was publicly commended by school officials for his remarkable attendance.
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Franklin
Lewis Ely
Franklin High School
Policeman fined for contempt over service of summons
Judge DeLacy fined J T Gillott five dollars for contempt after witnesses Robert Thomas and Thomas Allen testified they were never served summons. The case involved a 14 year old in a cruelty to animals charge against Herbert Forrest of Anacostia. Gillott faces a possible trial board review. a druggist, J Herbert Wulme, was found dead in Mount Holly, death due to apoplexy.
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Eleventh Precinct
DeLacy
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Gilott
Trial Board of
Herbert Forrest
Forrest
Anacostia
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Thomas
Gillett
Lone Forrest
Richard Sylvester
Police Board
Mount Holly
N. J
J. Herbert Wulme
New York City
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Arcade Hotel
Open Air Dancing Pavilion At Glen Echo Park Opens
Glen Echo park opened for the season attracting about 15 000 visitors led by the Boston and Washington baseball clubs. The park features a 10 000 square foot open air dancing pavilion with a large orchestra shell and a remodeled amphitheater housing the new Midway amusements including a human roulette wheel giant slide and a marine sled ride with other novelties and illuminated grounds drawing crowds away from city heat and dust.
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