Forgery case targets Denver physician over million dollar will
Dr. W. G. Fordham and J. H. Boutcher are among four charged with forgery and uttering forgery linked to a will naming Fordham sole heir to a roughly 1 million dollar estate. The case stems from a Hot Springs will after Fordham’s divorce and involves assertions of conspiracy by wealth oilman Eldridge Price and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
W. G. Fordham
J. H. Boutcher
Fordham
Hot Springs
Ark
Boutcher
Melisha Hogue
John Hench
Eldridge Price
Texas
Price
F. A. Montgomery
Memphis
Tenn
Elliott
Prisoners Seize Weapons In Jail Break Foiled By Deputy
In Youngstown Ohio three inmates hid in the jail showers and overpowered a deputy sheriff and a trusty before a deputy threw the jail keys away during the attack. Police and deputies formed a cordon and halted downtown traffic as the prisoners roamed the building seeking exit. Charles Conway captured deputy restrained the men and retrieved the keys after the escape attempt failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Charles Conway
Mio
Conway
Worth-while real estate deals in today’s classifieds
Worth-while buys in both improved and unimproved property are listed in today’s Real Estate for Sale classification.
Guardsmen Stricken Ill After Parade In Pennsylvania
Thirty six members of Company E, 112th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard, fell unconscious during a parade in Ease Pennsylvania on return from summer training. They were treated at a hospital with one in serious condition. Authorities suspect tainted meat sandwiches bought near the camp caused ptomaine poisoning.
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Ease
112Th Infantry
Pennsylvania National Guard
Government seeks Blackmer extradition from France
The United States asks extradition for Henry M. Blackmer, oilman and Teapot Dome witness, from France. A presidential warrant, signed by Coolidge and Kellogg, authorizes arrest in Europe and return to Denver to face perjury and tax indictment charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teapot Dome
France
Dhiner
United States
Henry M. Blackmer
George Stephan
Europe
Blackmer
Denver
Richard C. Callen
Coolidge
Frank B Kellogg
Cannon
Washington
United States of America
New York
Fred Stone Improves as Wife Stays by Bedside
Fred Stone the comedian remains in satisfactory condition after a solo plane crash at Groton. Doctors at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital New London say recovery depends on bone setting and time, with potential return to the stage in months or possibly a year. Mrs Stone rooms at the hospital while three daughters keep vigil through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New London
Conn
Fred Stone
Groton
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
Stone
Vee
Kirby
Drownings Reported in Central Shan Tung Flood
Chinese dispatches from Tsinan state say about 2,000 people in Ankin and Linchu towns in Central Shantung were drowned when the Tawen River overflowed its banks, flooding the area and causing heavy loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Tsinan
Ankin
Linchu
Shantung
Tawen River
Yellow River
International Life Insurance faces 3.5 million shortfall in securities
Inspectors found the International Life Insurance Company apparently short about 3.5 million dollars in securities. President Toombs barred access to books and securities during checks in Chicago. Rehabilitation or reinsurance plans are being considered to protect 160000 policyholders and 1100 stockholders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
International Life Insurance Company
Charles R. Detrick
California
Chicago
R C. Toombs
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
International
Missouri
Legal Reserve Life Insurance Company
Mississippi
Missouri State Life
W. F. Grantges
Looting of Manchu Tombs Reported in Peking
The Yishihtao says Northern soldiers ransacked Kwaichow tombs of Manchu emperors and empresses. Gems and gold valued in the millions were taken with over 5,000 soldiers involved. One pearl sold in Tientsin for 25000 gold. Chien Lung and Empresses’ tombs opened. guards now patrol sites. ringleaders to be arrested.
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Peking
Yishihtao
Kwaichow
Tientsin
Chien Lung
Tzehsi
Hot Week Predicted as Storms Move Slowly East
The Associated Press reports a heat wave extending across the Atlantic Seaboard with 102 in Limerock Illinois and 96.2 in New York City. Cooler air was expected to arrive from the western valleys as thunderstorms threaten some local relief. Deaths blamed on heat rose to 13, while Connecticut and upper New York state suffered property and crop damage from recent storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi
East
Limerock
R. IL
New York City
Boston
Albany
N. Y
New Haven
Short Spell of Cooler Weather Forecast for State
Cleveland reports that the anticipated storm crossing Indiana failed to materialize over Ohio. Weather offices say showers and cooler air were expected to arrive but did not, leaving state cities with unsettled conditions and variable temperatures.
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Cleveland
Indiana
Ohio
Thugs terrorize Cleveland business district with arson threats
Chicago led racketeers spread fear in Cleveland as they burned property across industries including cleaning and dyeing and moving vans. Funeral directors report arson destroying hearses and sedans, with $18,000 damage and life threats against owner Steve Kubu, amid a march toward a Chicago style racketeer regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Cleveland
Greater
Steve Kubu
Kubu
Anti-Saloon League Backs Cooper in Ohio Primary
In Ohio Columbus August 4 the Anti-Saloon League endorsed Myers Y. Cooper for governor over James T. Begg amid dry politics ahead of the August 14 primary. League leader Dr E J Moore defended the choice noting Begg had allied with the league previously, and argued Cooper has the best chance to defeat.
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Columbus
Anti- Saloon League
Wayne W. Wheeler
Diry
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Begg
Drys
Cooper
League
E. J. Moore
Dr. Moore
Oberlin
Auto crash on Three C highway leaves man dead
One man died and eight were injured when a van of nine Cincinnati Drive Away Co. workers struck by a high speed sedan on the Three C highway three miles west of Foster's crossing. Quatman survived as driver. Eddy died at General Hospital after skull fracture. Coroner Swing ordered county police investigation.
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Three C
Foster's Crossing
Jack Eddy
West Ninth Street
General Hospital
George Ernst
McCormick Place
Lawrence Quatman
Chapel Street
Milford Poe
Mason, O
J. Walters
Calhoun Street
Sam Mallick
Newport
Noah Hopper
Freeman Avenue
Walter Kennedy
1520
Martin Dempsey
Carthage Avenue
Loveland
Eddy
Ernst
Cincinnati Drive Away Company
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Quatman
Swing
Three Die In Beav er Falls Car Crash On Curve
Two killed and three injured when a car driven by Arthur Sable collided with a truck on a curve on the Darlington road. Victims include Mrs Justine Jaydon of Pittsburgh and Arthur Sable. Parents John and Mrs Sable in critical condition. truck driver John Donabyl lightly injured. Witnesses say speed was a factor.
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Beaver Falls
Darlington Road
Jaydon
Justine
Pittsburgh
Sable Arthur
Michigan
Sable
John Sable
Arthur
John Donabyl
Woman fatally shot on busy San Antonio street
On a crowded San Antonio street corner, 54 year old salesman W A McArthur shot and killed Ida Wilson 28 then killed himself with two bullets to the head. Witness Pearl Warren, sister of the victim, said they argued after a period of friendship.
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San Antonio
W. A. McArthur
Ida Wilson
Uninvited guests disrupt Italian wedding raid at Elm Street
Federal agents raided 1408 Elm Street amid preparations for a large wedding feast. They seized liquor on the second floor and arrested Nick Delle Cave, his son Mike, and Stephen McMahon, an ex-policeman, while Linda Delle Cave wed Jack Scahill on the first day of the ceremony.
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Elm Street
E. Davis
Rex A. Innis
Prohibition
Nick Delle Cave
Mike Delle Cave
Stephen McMahon
Highland Avenue
Nick _Delle Cave
Linda Delle Cave
Ing
Jack Scahill
Newport
Fenwick Chapel
Federal Building
Sam
First District
Smith
Delle
Clarence Wormald
Vine Street
Bud Woods
Cutter Street
British Flyers Saved By Ship In Nige Of Time
On August 4 aboard the steamship Minnewaska a dramatic mid Atlantic rescue saved Capt Frank T Courtney and three companions from a stricken airplane. The ship and its crew conducted a ceaseless search culminating in a mast top sighting of a faint speck and a timely rescue. Jack Binns, famed wireless operator, narrates the historic event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Binns
Republic
S. S. Minnewaska
Frank Courtney
New York World News Service
Binni
Minnewaska
Frank T. Courtney
mid-Atlantic
Seven Seas
Globe-Wernicke to acquire Steel Equipment Corporation
Beginning tomorrow H C Yeiser Jr president of Globe-Wernicke becomes owner of Steel Equipment Corporation assets of Avenel New Jersey. The merger centers Cincinnati as the office equipment hub with 2000 employees combined. The move aims at production and engineering economies while Avenel and its sales force continue business as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Yeiser, Jr
Globe-Wernicke Company
Steel Equipment Corporation of
Avenel
N. J
Cincinnati
United States
Globe- Wernicke
Washington, D. C
Globe-Wernicke Company, Ltd
London
England
New York
Rand-Kardex Bureau, Inc
Senator-elect Ware in serious condition in Atlantic City
Senator-elect William S. Ware of Pennsylvania remained critically ill in Atlantic City with a favorable but limited improvement after a prior coma. Doctors reported lingering risk, doubts about recovery, and potential for further decline through the night.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William S. Ware
Pennsylvania
Elwood J. Kirby
Philadelphia
Robbers Bind Pawnbroker in $6,000 Cleveland Heist
Three men tied Morris Grossman, a pawnbroker, hands and feet and taped his mouth in a Cleveland theft today. They forced open a safe and escaped with $6,000.
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Cleveland
Morris Grossman
Two Youths Confess To Series of Thefts and Hold-Ups
Two seventeen year olds arrested near Symmes Ohio admitted to five auto thefts and twelve hold-ups and an attempted shooting. The suspects Harold Fishwick and Charly Coffelder denied taking part in the Bishop Hartzell attack, which officials linked to the case after Jesse Thall named Charles Foote and Victor Westerbeck as the attackers.
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Symmes
Harold Fishwick
Kennedy Avenue
Kennedy Heights
Charly Coffelder
Bishop Hartzell
Blue Ash
Fishwick
Coffelder
Jesse Thall
Linden Street
Thall
Howard Williams
W. S. Taylor
Belvedere
Williams
Charles Foote
Marshall Avenue
Victor Westerbeck
Belvedere Avenue
Mystery phase for Marszalek Pilsudski flight over Atlantic
London reports the Polish trans Atlantic plane Marszalek Pilsudski in a prolonged mystery phase as ships Aztec and Amakura sight it far from the Azores and near Europe. Reports say the machine traveled east by north and then vanished after a distant encircling.
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Paris
France
Kubala
Idzikowski
le Bourget Air Field
Azores
Marszalek Pilsudski
le Bourget
London
Europe
United States
Marszalek Pilgsudski
Amakura
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