Man Charged with Bigamy in New York Court
John F. McWelty former naval lieutenant held in $10,000 bail on indictments for bigamy and forgery. He allegedly married Barnard College student Martha R. Finkler while already married to Ruth Ennis of Crisfield Maryland and previously wed Ennis in 1911. Finkler’s marriage has been annulled as details emerged in court.
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Etew York
John F. Mc Welty
Barnard’ College
Court of General Sessions
McNulty
Baltimore
Martha R. Finkler
Brooklyn
Ruth Ennis
Crisfield
Attorrey Ryttenberg
Miss Finkler
Barnard
Women’s Motor Corps of America
New York Navy Yard
Bigamy Charge Filed in Local Case Involving Mc Nulty
The proceeding resulted in a bigamy charge preferred. Witnesses name Mc Nulty as a manufacturers agent in Baltimore a car conductor and a sailor on the steamship Apachte and Heeman in Washington.
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Mr. Ryttenberg
McNulty
Baltimore
Apachte
Po- Heeman
Washington
Sky High Scores at the Shubert
The three act musical comedy Sky High at the Shubert Theatre scores another hit for the YC club house. It draws praise from Mrs. Victor Loring Rear Admiral Dunn Major-General Edwards and others. The show runs nightly through the week with American Legion night tonight featuring Cols Keville and Osborne. Tickets are available at the theatre box office the YC clubhouse and regular agencies.
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Sky High
Shubert
YC Club
Victor Loring
Robert M. Basker
Dunn
Edwards
Mann
American Legion
Willam Keville
Osborne
102D Infantry
Forced marriage not sole answer for illegitimate child
Mrs Mary Burnham deputy sheriff of Portland Maine argues forcing marriage does not solve the problem and may spur other crimes. Cecil Carstens of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children favors absorbing the child into family life via the mother marrying the father or another man adopting the child, with removal from the mother as last resort.
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Mary F. Burnham
Portland
Tri- State
Social Workers
New England
Little Wanderers
Cecil Carstens
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Pettibone pleads not guilty in murder case
Byron M. Pettibone of Benningtonpleaded not guilty to the murder in the first degree indictment related to his wife’s death on April 6. A July 18 trial date was set by the court after his arrest earlier this month. he had earlier repudiated a claimed confession of poisoning.
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Manchester
Byron M. Pettibone
Bennington
Pettibone
Lever Act Legality Goes to Supreme Court
Appeals filed today in the Supreme Court by the G. L Willard Company of Cleveland Ohio from Federal Court decrees upholding the Lever act. An injunction to restrain enforcement pending final decision will be heard by Associate Justice Pitney. The question will be argued when the court reconvenes next fall.
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Washington
Supreme Court
G. 8. Willard Company
Cleveland
Pitney
Indictment of Tammany Hall Leader Murphy
New York, June 23. Charles F. Murphy head of Tammany Hall and five others indicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States by falsifying income tax returns and attempting intimidation of Louis N. Hartog, a wealthy manufacturer. Indictments secreted by a special grand jury were announced today as Murphy heads to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
United States
Louis N. Hartog
Murphy
San Francisco
Indictments Link Murphy to Sugar War and Hartog Case
The report names Murphy and associates including ADA James E. Smith and John A. McCarthy among those indicted. Hartog, linked to a $7 million wartime British glucose order, accuses Murphy of threatening and coercion to settle a $10 million suit and to leverage glucose access from Corn Products. Hartog’s disputes with Murphy and the firm center on glucose supply and profits, with broader sugar profiteering ties and a federal fine to Hartog’s brother.
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Murphy
James E. Smith
District Attorney’s Office
Police Department
John A. McCarthy
John Murphy
Tammany
Arthur J. Baldwin
Ernest B. Walden
Corn Products Company
Hartog
Baldwin
Smith
Bates Honors Gov Coolidge at Bates College Dinner
Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts addressed Bates College alumni in Lewiston Missouri at the June 23 dinner. He urged increasing production to cover war costs and self sufficiency, and capital support to develop resources. He received a doctor of laws degree at the Bates commencement and returned to Boston that night.
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Lewiston
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Bates College Today
America
Bates
Boston
Lumber prices decline nationwide after month of drops
A major Chicago lumber company reports prices across the country fell from 2 to 15 percent over the past month. The firm owns its own forests and mills, signaling broader market softness.
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Chicago
Autopsy Ordered In Poison Death Of Foreman Frye
Walter H. Frye 26 who drowned while working under a bridge near Newcastle on June 11 will be exhumed by County Attorney George A. Cowan. An autopsy will determine if poisoning caused the death amid bystander attempts to save him with planks. Frye was a known good swimmer but made no effort to escape. No water was found in the lungs, and poisoning symptoms were noted.
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George A. Cowan
Prye
Japanese Cruiser Kasuga To Visit Boston In July
Captain Yoshitake Uyeda met Rear Admiral Dunn to discuss the Kasuga voyage to Boston. The cruiser will pass through the Panama Canal as the first Japanese navy vessel, stopping at Portland on July 3 and arriving in Boston on July 7 for a four day visit.
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Yoshitake Uyeda
Washington
Herbert C. Dunn
Charlestown Navy Yards
Kasuga
Boston
Panama Canal
Portland
Spanish War Veterans' Membership Drive Opens in Dorchester
The Captain John Drum Camp No 1 W V moved to new quarters in the Municipal building on Columbia road Dorchester and opened its membership drive. The camp asks all Spanish War veterans who are not members to enroll at once and requests relatives of buried veterans in New Calvary Cemetery West Roxbury to provide names and service organizations for grave identification.
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John Drum
W. V
Columbia Road
Dorchester
New Calvary Cemetery
West Roxbury
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