Kentucky Lottery Case Ends with Guilty Pleas and Fines
Indicted men in Covington, Richmond Ky, pleaded guilty in U S Court Covington and were fined 27 347 49 including costs. Fines ranged from 250 to 10 000 with all defendants agreeing to stop policy and lottery activity in Cincinnati and Kentucky. District Attorney Mc Pherson and Secret Service agents led the probe confirming the policy game’s demise in the region.
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Commercial Tribune
United States
Richmond
Kentucky Lottery Company
Covington
Maurice Richmond Covington
J. R. Jameson
Charles Wells
Laney Long
Louis Gatto
Cincinnati
Charles Williams
Cogan & Williams
J. H. Tinsley
John Weidner
New York
Thomas Dawson
Indianapolis
United States Secret Service
Kentucky
Queen City
Grand Jury Indicts Distillery Operators in Kentucky Case
The United States Grand Jury in Covington returned indictments against John R. Ball and John B. Hirst of Middlesboro for internal revenue violations. Co defendants include storekeeper gauger John W. Hemphill and M S Overton. Ball faced seven counts for tax evasion and book manipulation. Hurst and Overton charged with removal of five hundred gallons of spirits. A contempt rule was sought against Hurst. he was fined five dollars after intimidation allegations. Trial set in London. two others indicted for failing to literate revenue stamps. Dismissals followed for two civil cases due to lack of prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Grand Jury
Covington
United States
A. M. J. Cochran
Aga T
John R. Ball
John B. Hirst
John Ball Distillery
Middlesboro
John W. Hemphill
M. 8
Overton
Ball
Hemphill
Ball’s
Ball, Hurst
Hurst
Cochran
W. H. Hundley
Dawkins Gap
Tenn
Woods
Hundley
Revenue Agent
Short
Storney Tinsley
Elks Give Token Tomas to Lieberth Widow
The Newports presented Mrs. Lieberth, widow of George W. Lieberth former Internal Revenue Collector of Kentucky Sixth District, with a solid gold locket set with diamonds. The locket bears the lodge resolution, the decedent’s picture, and date of demise as a new lodge custom replacing memorial cards.
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Newports
Lieberth
George WW. Lieberth
Internal Revenue
Sixth District
Kentucky
Covington Public Works Report Details Crews and Spending
Superintendent Ellsworth Woods submitted the public works report noting staff and vehicle counts, street cleaning and sewer crew details, and crematory and stables roles. It lists 116 catch basins cleaned, 12 miles of macadam streets swept, 1 500 perch of stone laid, and expenditures totaling 12 434 90 across cleaning sewer and improvement funds. The city accepted the American Auditing Company contract, authorized bids for garbage disposal, and approved $22 720 66 in claims.
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Covington Board of Aldermen
Department of Public Wark
Ellsworth Woods
American Auditing Company
Covington Officials To Be Reappointed and Retire
Mayor John J. Craig announced reappointment for Joseph Noterman to the Water Works Commission and Vicar General Ferdinand Brossarty to the Park Commission as their terms expire next month. John P. Harbick of the Police and Fire Commissioners will retire after four years, having been appointed by former Mayor George T. Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Noterman
Covington Board of Water Works Commissioners
Ferdinand Brossarty
Board of Park Commissioners
John P. Harbick
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Harbick
George T. Beach
John J. Craig
Covington
Local Man Killed in Covington Shafting Accident
James Meyers aged 23, boarding with his sister Mrs Verner Bailey at 1425 Spring Street Covington, died instantly in C and O Railroad shops from being caught in shafting while oiling machinery. Clothing torn, skull fractured, limbs broken. Coroner W W Tarvin ruled accidental death. Body to be shipped to Falmouth for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Meyers
Verner Bailey
Spring Street
Covington
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Meyers
Linneman & Moore
W. W. Tarvin
Falmouth
Covington Real Estate Transfers Reported
Real estate transfers listed include Fred and Julia Bartel to Otto L Knupfer for 30 by 100 feet on Crescent avenue. William and Jerinie Goetz to Thomas Shaler for 25 by 100 feet on Livingston street. Kale James and Ollie Woods to Mary and Frances Linstead for 25 by 100 feet on War Wotton. Peter and Margaret Binder to Jacob Binder for Lot 66 Block 5 John Rohmann's Bromley estate. George and J C executors to J H Mersmann for 63 by 148 feet at Court Avenue Park Place and North Bourth street. A Ritter to Rosa by Nie for 3 feet at Seventh and Willard streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred
Julia Bartel
Otto L. Knupfer
Crescent Avenue
William and
Jerinie Goetz
Thomas Shaler
Livingston Street
West Covington
Kale
James and
Ollie Woods
Mary and
Frances Linstead
War- Wotton Closs
Cn Andar Sesdeionsdentie Ane
Peter and Margaret Binder
Jacob Binder
John Rohmann
Bromley
George
J. H. Mersmann
Court Avenue
Park Place
Nt Bourth Street
A. Ritter
Rosa
Nie
Seventh and
Willard Streets
Newport board rejects ordinance naming a delinquent tax collector
The Newport Board of Aldermen rejected an ordinance empowering the Mayor to appoint a delinquent tax collector after asserting the city charter requires reporting delinquencies to the General Council and advising the City Solicitor. The vote was unanimous.
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Newport Board of Council
Krieger
Board of Aldermen
General Council
Reusch
Death of Mrs. Lester Henson Reported in Chicago
Word was received yesterday of the death of Mrs. Lester Henson in Chicago. The cause was ptomaine poisoning. Mrs. Henson formerly lived in Dayton.
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Lester Henson
Chicago
Henson
Dayton
Dietz Divorce Case Reply Denies Cruelty Allegations
Sarah A. Dietz replies to former Newport Ky councilman Fred A. Dietz's divorce suit by alleging he beat her. She denies practicing Zoism and says the cruelty made living with him impossible while reiterating her general denial to his accusations.
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Fred A. Dietz
Dayton
Sarah A.dietz
Newport Circuit
Dietz
Newport official undergoes operation after illness
Daniel Shea a member of the Newport Board of Police and Fire Commissioners is confined in Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati in serious condition after straining himself while attending his saloon at Sixth and Brighton streets. He was removed to hospital for an operation and was reported last night to be resting easy.
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Speers Hospital
Reusch
Newport
Tennessee Alley
Sixth Street
Ohio Avenue
Linden Avenue
H.C. Spinks
Thiele Alley
Sixt and
Chestnut Streets
General Council
East Tenth Street
Daniel Shea
Newport Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Good Samaritan
Cincinnati
Sixth
Brighton
Welker
Senate
Woods
Burckhardt
Paxton
Harry Hunt
Cincinnati University
Spangler
Henry County
Wertz
Huffman
Howe
Mather
Pollock
Judiciary Committee
Newport News In Brief Highlights Local Notices
Campbell County Welfare Association to form a permanent group after Monday meeting. Newport pioneer Mrs. Caroline Stegner dies at 74 in Coke Brilliant residence. funeral at Salem M E Church with Evergreen Cemetery burial. survived by two sons and three daughters. Butter theft reported as 21 pounds from a market wagon on Hamlet Street. Southgate trustees award J R Morris contract for a schoolhouse on Garnet Avenue, Glen Park. Mrs Sophia Zimmerman dies at 45 in Villa Place Ft Thomas. active Eastern Star member and related societies. husband, son, and daughter survive. Post Graduate Medical Association meets in Carnegie Library Hall. Dr Grieve of Cincinnati to lecture on Chemical Diagnosis of Blood.
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Campbell County Welfare Association
Caroline Stegner
Newport
Carrie Schnake
Coke Brilliant
Salem M. E. Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Joseph Wolbert
Cold Springs
Hamlet Street
Board of Trustees
Southgate
J. R. Morris
Garnet Avennue
Glen Park
Sophia Zimmerman
Otto Zimmerman
Villa’ Place
Ft. Thomas
Eastern Star of
Post Graduate Medical Association
Carnegie Rary
Fourth
Monmout Streets
Grieve
Cincinnati
Campbell County Court Actions Include Damages Suit and Will Probate
In Campbell County Circuit Court actions filed yesterday Robert L. Nierstheimer sues W L Sarret and Lawrence Rust Sr for 250 damages after roofing work caused a fall in Maple Avenue. Richard Hoops wins 250 in a 10 000 damages suit against Newport Foundry with a motion for new trial. The will of John Boehmer is probated naming Sarah E Boehmer executrix. Tony Bonero poolroom case set for trial with delay requested due to missing witness J R Morris. Krug guardians sue over property title claiming Ida Krug had no right to dispose of Newport property as owner of Julius Krug seeks sale and division of proceeds.
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Robert L. Nierstheimer
W. L.sarret
Lawrence Rust, Sr
Maple Avenue
Richard Hoops
Newport Foundry Company
John Boehmer
Sarah E. Boehmer
Tony Bonero
Commonwealth
Burkamp
R. Morris
Yungblut
William, Anna
Elizabeth Krug
Joseph W. Krug
William Riedlin
Ida Krug
Nellie Hamman
Newport
Julius Krug
Bellevue Obituary and Local Council Actions
John Stegman 81 a retired farmer died at 116 Foote Avenue funeral this morning interment in Alexandria. A tool theft valued at 25 dollars reported on Lafayette Avenue. Bellevue First Baptist Church elected officers Clerk George E Russell Deacons Youtsey Far rin Superintendent Elmer Yelton. City council ordered sidewalk repairs for property owners and planned Horseshoe fill repairs. Bid notice for fire alarm system and city reports discussed with an April 16 meeting for the Light Water and shine department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stegman
Foote Avenue
Alexandria
M. J. Hogan
Lafayette Avenue
First Baptist Church
George E. Russell
Youtsey
Farrin
Elmer Yelton
Bellevue Council
Eshelby Tobacco Company to Ware on Fourth Street
A fragment notes Eshelby Tobacco Company transferring property or right of water frontage at Fourth Street near Saratoga and related streets to an entity or person named Ware with a 30 by feet measurement context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eshelby Tobacco Company
Ware
Saratoga
De Sagan Dines with Anna Gould in New York
Prince Hele De Sagan dined publicly with Mme Anna Gould at the St Regis in New York for the first time since his arrival. They hosted Mr and Mrs Tyler Morse. no comment was given on the suit for Mme Gould's hand. He then visited the Morse home and prepared to depart the country, seeking a letter of credit from National City Bank and expressing hope never to return.
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New York
Prince Hele de Sagan
Mme., Anna Gould
America
Tyler Morse
St. Regis
Mme. Gould
Morse
Mrs. Morse
National City Bank
Paper Trust Suits Under Way
The House resolution on prosecuting the Paper Trust reaches Attorney General Bonaparte. He assigns the task to Purdy, who prepares a reply indicating the Justice Department has begun steps to bring the officials to trial and may withhold detailed information to avoid jeopardizing the prosecution.
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Washington
House
Cannon
Paper Trust
Bonaparte
Purdy
Department of Justice
Congress
Grover Blake Pleads Guilty to First Degree Murder
Grover Blake of Anderson Indiana pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree for the March 21 killing of his mother Mrs William M Blake with a hammer in their kitchen. He admitted the crime was to steal $125 from her.
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Anderson
Ind
Grover Blake
William M. Blake
Count Giuseppi Tornielle dies in Paris diplomat and Hague delegate
Italian ambassador to France Count Giuseppi Tornielle died in Paris from brain hemorrhage after influenza. Born February 12, 1836, he joined diplomacy in 1859 and served in Constantinople, St. Petersburg, Athens, Bucharest, London, Madrid and more. He led the Italian delegation at The Hague.
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Giuseppi Tornielli
Brusati DI Vergano
France
Paris
Count Tornielli
Turin
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Athens
Bucharest
London
Madrid
The
Hague
Charles Henry Parker
Harvard
Chestnut Street
Boston
J. W. Gore
University of North Carolina
Charlotte
N. C
South
Joseph Henry Taylor
Washburn
Ind
The Resilt of a Day's Fishing With Rod and Reel on Biscayne Bay
The Commercial Tribune's Illustrated Magazine will feature a fish story with jokes and incidents. A Cincinnati figure, General W. B. Shattuc, caught three large fish weighing 113, 101, and 85 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimrod
Mercial Tribune
Illustrated
Biscayne Bay
Florida
Eral
W. B. Shattuc
Kenton Court Notes Update on Civil and Juvenile Actions
Nanrnmle McAtee administratrix sues Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Rail road for 25000 damages in Kenton Circuit Court. Judge Shaw grants divorce for Jennie Stephens on abandonment grounds. Bond set in Reliance Textile case. peremptory instruction in Louisville & Nashville Railroad case. new trial motion filed. Raymond Fields faces harboring a vicious dog charge with $25 fine or dog kill option. progress toward payment expected by Saturday. Juvenile Judge Hemster sends John Koesfer and ter Eubanks to State Reform School. Clare nce Smith released after stealing two axes.
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Nanmrnle McAtee
John McAtee
Cincinnati
New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad
Kenton
W. McD. Shaw
Jennie Stephens
Austin
Stephens
Solomon Bentley
Reliance Textile and Dye Works
M. L. Harbeson
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Raymond Fields
Fields
John Koesfer
Ter Eubanks
State Reform School
Hemsterday
Clarence Smith
Smith
Covington Briefs: Weddings and Health Incidents
Mr and Mrs Joseph Finnell of Wallace avenue learned their son Joseph Finnell Jr married Miss Mary Hord Buckner in St Louis on Wednesday. John Ketchendorfer, a Coldspring farmer, died in Spiers Hospital after a suicide attempt at his home last Monday. A widow and several grown children survive him. Walter R Hinkey an attorney at 1842 Jefferson avenue was taken to St Elizabeths Hospital after appendicitis diagnosis yesterday for an operation by Drs Molloy and Murnan.
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Joseph Finnell
Wallace Avenue
Mary
Hord Buckner
Susan Buckner
Mexico
St. Louis
Percy Hord
Covington
John Ketchendorfer
Spiers
Walter R. Hinkey
Jefferson
Avenue
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Covington Marriage Licenses Listed Names and Residences
Marriage licenses issued in Covington include Marion McClelan from Richmond Indiana aged and residing there and Mary F Bratney from Bloomington Indiana aged and residing there.
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Covington
Marion McClelan
Richmond, Ind
Mary F. T.bratney
Bloomington
Ind
Japanese Thyth Minimize Affair In Mukden Incident
Peking April 9 the American Legation reports no information on the invasion of the American Consulate at Mukden and the clash with its native staff. An official Japanese inquiry is ordered by M Kato. Mr Straight the American Consul General is described as excitable and exaggerating trifles. The report details a postman attack on Straight and the Consulate staff defended by Chinese servants and guards. The incident deepens tensions with Japanese authorities and draws parallels to a prior German consulate trespass at Mukden.
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Peking
Mukden
Tegret
United States
Legation
Willard D. Straight
M. Kato
Washington
Mr. Straight
Straight
Ar. Straight
China
Japan
Convention Call Issued For Third District Meeting
Special Dispatch reports in Hamilton Ohio that a call was issued for a Dayton meeting of the Third District Congressional Committee to select time and venue for the Republican convention. Eaton is favored to lead with the convention likely in May. Harding supporters expect Dayton’s delegation to tilt toward him, while County and local leaders plan strategies amid a lively, unsettled contest.
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Cmmercial Tribune
Hamilton
Third District Congressional Committee
Dayton
Eaton
Friends of
J. E. Harding
C. W. Bieser
Montgomery County
Harding
Savantons
Delates
Cramery County
H. C. Catrow
Miamisburg
Sunday Baseball Bill 15 Defeated In Ohio House
Columbus dispatches detail a busy reform driven day as the Ohio House defeats Van Dusen’s civil engineer registration bill and passes Miller’s theft penalty measure. The Woods anti bootlegging act moves forward while debates over temperance and reform intensify.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
House
van Dusen
Huron County
Miller
Crawford County
Hill
Columbiana County
Holbrock to Appeal Case in Supreme Court
Hamilton Ohio April 9 Councilman at large Ford U Holbrock who was seated in favor of Aloie Egry by the Circuit Court yesterday announced he would carry the case to the Supreme Court Until finally decided City Auditor Grier will not pay salaries of any officials for employees of Couper involved in the controversy.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton,.c
Ford U Holbrock
Aloie Egry
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Grier
Couper
Billek to Hang April Twenty Fourth in Chicago
Herman Billek a Bohemian fortune teller faces execution by hanging in Chicago on April 24 unless clemency is granted. The Supreme Court denied a rehearing after the case involving alleged poison deaths of Uzral family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Deneen
State Board of Pardons
Herman Billek
Chicago
Supreme Court
Billek
Uzral
P. J. O’callaghan
Supreme Court ruling risks Billek’s execution date
Chicago April 9 The Supreme Court decision sets an April 24 hanging for Billek unless Governor Deneen or the Board of Pardons intervenes. The board will meet in Chicago on April 14 and Billek’s attorneys will present evidence at the same time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Supreme Court
Billek
Deneen
Board of Pardons
Mme Stein Waives Extradition as She Awaits Russia Trial
In New York on April 9 Mme Olga Stein, held in the Tombs on forgery and larceny charges, waived extradition rights before United States Commissioner Shields and ready to return to Russia. She claimed innocence but said she had no funds for local defense. If extradition papers are signed, she will be sent to Russia to face the case involving a raised 100 ruble certificate cashed for 100 000 rubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tombs
Mme
Olga Stein
St. Petersburg
United States
Shields
Russia
Washington Mine
Stein
Witnesses in Duke of Portland Perjury Case Guilty
Mrs. Margaret Hamilton, key witness in the Duke of Portland identity case with T. C. Druece, was found guilty at the Old Bailey. Druece was arrested March 7 on charges of perjury and conspiracy. sentence to be handed down tomorrow.
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London
Margaret Hamilton
Duke of Portland
T. C. Druece
Old Bailey
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