Tough steak escape attempt by Chicago theft gang leader
Chicago police held ex-convict Edward Thorpe leader of a ring accused of stealing furs and cars. He attempted to escape by breaking steel bars with a homemade saw and was found with a sharpened table knife. Police later raided a Gary garage finding three more stolen autos and reported further gang confessions.
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Chicago
Chicago Police Department
Edward Thorpe
Chicago Avenue
Thorpe
Pat Hamilton
Hamilton
Gary
Hudson Avenue
Private Ownership of Trolley Lines U K Report
In a brief to the federal electric railway committee Bentlay Warren for the American Electrical Railway Association argues for continued private ownership of electric street railways and protection of private capital. The committee, after studying street railway challenges, will report to President Wilson and proposes flexible automatic fare rates tied to cost of service with a fair return and efficiency rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Electric’ Railway Committee
Bentlay Warren
American Electrical Railway Association
Wilson
War Drive Lawsuit Heard at Algona
Mary A. Link sues Gottlieb Gronbach for 5000 damages alleging fright and assault at her home during a city drive last year. The case, in Judge Lee's court, occupied two days and resumed at 2 p.m. today with 15 witnesses called amid notable attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Mary A. Link
Gottlieb Gron‘bach
No Sunday Cars Hit Marshalltown Amid Coal Ban
Marshalltown Iowa braces for a Sunday shutdown as striking coal miners ban streetcar service and most businesses close. Only restaurants and newsstands open during restricted hours, with fuel administrator John I Bell reporting 10 coal cars in yards awaiting release and one 20 ton car not yet delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Fuel Administration
John I. Bell
Powdering Furor Sparks Divorce Suit in Chicago
In Chicago Edward Uywicki and wife quarrel over a powder puff dispute at home. She accuses him of striking her. the judge grants a decree, noting men do powder their noses. The story ends with a curious aside about Kotzebue Alaska cannery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward Uywicki
Edward
Rockford
Fae Utter
Orlando McCroskey
Grace Brown
Rochester
Wirs
Otto Huxohl
Waterloo
Clarence
Wood
Coast Artillery
Martin Squire
Ryan
Consumers’ Oil
Kock
R. Moore
Hazel
Santiago
Chile
Census Data Essentials for Waterloo Enumerator
The notice urges Waterloo residents who leave town for winter to provide census data. It lists required details: residence, names of all prior residents, relation to head, home ownership, mortgage status, sex, race, age, marital status, immigration year, naturalization, school attendance, literacy, birthplaces, parents' birthplaces, mother tongue, English ability, occupation, industry, and employment status. Data may be left with a neighbor or sent to supervisor Anson T. Hakill.
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Waterloo
Anson T. Hakill
U. S
Rockefeller fund spends over fifteen million in 1918
The Rockefeller Foundation reported expenditures of 15 050 202 in 1918 with 11 105 226 devoted to war work and 1 255 990 to public health. Other allocations covered medical education research, administration, and miscellaneous. The report notes more than five million for camp and community welfare work and 4 629 400 for the American Red Cross.
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New York
Rockefeller Foundation
Edwin A. Embree
United War Work Fund
M.C. A
Knights of Columbus
American Red Cross
New Agency Aimed at Cutting Divorces May Aid Courts
Judges and lawyers at a courthouse conference endorse a social worker led program to reduce divorce filings by about 25 percent. The plan envisions a qualified woman collaborating with courts and attorneys to ease home tensions and avert legal action, with funding a current obstacle. A broader call for an adult probation officer and enhanced case exchange also emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Welfare League
W. N. Birdsall
A.J. Edwards
League
F. W. Edwards
Bureau
Huskins Sues for Divorce Alleging Wife Adultery
Milton E. B. Huskins files for divorce from Etta Huskins after their Jan. 4 1916 Albert Lea Minnesota marriage and a separation the day before Christmas 1916. The record notes adultery allegations as the basis for the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Huskins
Milton EB. Huskins
Albert Lea
Minnu
Mantua Riots Kill Eight and Wound Forty-Two
Eight killed and 42 wounded in rioting at Mantua London over two days. Reports say German defense minister Noske refuses to sign the peaces terms and urges a firm stance. Other dispatches note Vienna and Paris talks on Austria’s peril and recognitions of the Austrian republic by Spanish and Hungarian fronts.
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Associated Press
Roano
Mantua
London
Gustave Noske
All
Vienma
Renner
Supreme Council
Paris
Berlin
New York
Senora Felipe Angeles
San Francisco
Cal
Siberia
Sheridan
Inter-Allied Naval Commission
Kiel
St. Helens
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U.K
Ene Melon
Kotzebue
Alaska
Aretic Circle
Rockefeller
Milwaukee Journal
Taft
Hare
Winthrop. Winthrop
Arley Braden
Dorothy Otto
B. W. Otto
KR. M. Bragen
California
Winthrop
J. L. Gaylord
Raith Gaylord
Eugene Dunlap
Pearl
Reo Baker
Wadena
Minn
Red Cross
Michael Collins
William McFarland
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
William J. Murray
John M. Blaine
Buckingham Flace
Roy B. Ashley
Standard Git Co
la Porte Citu
George BE. Tiolston
Forest Park
Grace W
William F. Close
Sely
Leavitt
Eaton‘s
Santos
Et al
Autrey O
Lyon
Nwiy Sol
Ney Sn
Hammoll
Davenport
John
Gdmmitt
Hancock County
Jos Wagner
Hammill
State Senate
Republican Party
Crean
John T. Houser
Association
Qhateau-Thierry
Yadam Junnel
Madam Journal
Monticello
Rogers Bros
Holmes & Edwards
Alvin Manufacturers
Reed & Barton Community
Pletas
Ewelers
United States Railroad Administration Director General of Railroads
Illinois Central Railroad
Dubuque Freeport
Sioux City
Omaha
Sioux Falls
Fort Dodge
A.m. Ly
P.m
Waverly
Charles City
Albert Lea Ly
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