Sherrill Signals Independence in City Solicitor Pick
Colonel Clarence O. Sherrill, Manager-elect, indicates he will choose the City Solicitor himself among six candidates Alfred Bettman Charles Taft II John Ellis Frank Bowman Edward Alexander and Judge Joseph Kelley The nine councilmen back his autonomy and plan to avoid political appointments while reviewing next steps in Cincinnati city administration.
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Clarence O. Sherrill
Linton
Sherrill
Alfred Bettman
Charles P. Taft II
John D. Ellis
Frank Bowman
Edward F. Alexander
Joseph B. Kelley
Ellis
Fred Schneller
Colonel Sherrill
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Schneller
W. J. Kuertz
Civil Service Commission
Andrew H. Foppe
Civil Service
Court calendar for today at Common Pleas and Criminal courts
Multiple cases scheduled across rooms under Judges Caldwell Le Blond Roettinger Darby Ryan Hurley Struble Hoffman. Dockets list case numbers names and times including Niehaus vs Jacobson Becker vs The Zumstein Taxicab Co Cain vs The Matthews Selected Dairies and State cases Kinchlow Merritt Mayfield Dillard among others.
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Common Pleas Court
Caldwell
Niehaus
Jacobson
Goldberg
le Blond
Becker
Zumstein
Cain
Matthews Selected
Dairies Company
Roettinger
McCutcheon
Harig
Judge Darby
State
Harvey & Godfrey
West
Mayer
City
Schwartz
Ryan
Parry
Mullen
Thomas
Thompson
The
Cleveland Finance Company
Kipler
Bader
Barrett
Judge Hurley
Rockwell
Younger
Meyer
Silbernagel
Criminal Courts
F. L. Hoffman
Merritt
Mayfield
Dillard
Colonel Sherrill’s Washington Trip Cuts Rules Committee Meeting
The commission noted by Colonel Sherrill said he cannot stay past today due to urgent appointments in Washington Friday morning. The Rules Committee meeting of the new Council set for this afternoon was postponed to an undetermined later date.
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Sherrill
Washington
Rules Committee
New Council
Wife's Love Breaks Home, Man Sued in Alienation Case
Judge Roettinger awards Robert Kraus 3500 in alienation of affection suit against Roscoe Ferdon of Hamilton Ohio. Kraus sought 18000 after wife Alice Kraus left home in 1914 following a chance meeting with Ferdon. Ferdon did not appear and Mrs Kraus declined to testify. The couple married in 1914. she is 29.
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Alice Kraus
Ferdon
Kraus
Hamilton
Court notes detail robber case and municipal suits
Debated trial of Daniel Rowan who received a deferred sentence after pleading in a case involving a 152 dollar grocery store robbery. William De Night died before hearing. Also in Cheviot, lawsuits against the village over sewage affecting two farms. Other cases include manslaughter plea, a car vs streetcar injury suit, a promissory note dispute, and a divorce filing by Helen Vearil against Cassius Vearil.
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Daniel Rowan
Er UK 5
Rowan
William de Night
Republic Street
de Night
Struble
Ruwan
William Cleary
B. J Gilday
Cheviot
Frank Schnur
John Endres
Schnur
Endres
John Jones
Roland Hill
Jones
Hoffman
Reformatory
Common Pleas
Cincinnati Traction Company
Elsie Weatherford
Montgomery Road
Illiams Avenue
Hurley
Har
Elizabeth Richies
Ter Electric Company
Post Glover Electric Company
Helen Vearil
Cassius Vearil
Rose Street
Vearil
New Suits Filed List Broad Civil Actions
Court filings show numerous new suits including Parchman against Veith for $125, Balz vs Williams for real estate sale, Post Glover Electric against Richter for $2,500, East Clifton Saving and Loan against McDonald for foreclosure, Schwartz vs Jeanette for $518, Rosenbaum vs Schmidt for $10,260.50, Herman vs York for $10,500, Endres vs Cheviot for $2,500 damages, Schnur against Cheviot for $3,500, Dowling vs Smith for partition, Hock vs Klotter for $48.71, Wickham vs Wickham for divorce custody, Johnson vs Fourth and Central Trust for $2,202.70, Vearil vs Vearil for divorce and alimony, Johnson vs Johnson for divorce and alimony, Klertz vs Ohio Savish for $354, Porter vs Eliza for sale of real estate, Gentile Co. vs Atlantic Coast Line for $486.90, Mercurio vs Boring for $10,500 damages.
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Common Pleas Court
John F. Parchman
Katie
Adam Veith
George Balz
Robert Willams
The
Post Glover Electric Company
Harry Richter
East Clifton Saving and Loan Company
Ada McDonald
Joe Schwartz
Jeanette
David Rosenbaum
William H. Schmidt
Abraham Herman
Clarence H. York
John Endres
Cheviot
Frank Schnur
Same
Martha K. Dowling
John A. Smith
George Hock
Eugene Klotter
Henrietta Wickham
Aloa
Wickham
R. C. Johnson
Fourth and Central Trust Company
Helen Vearil
Cassius Vearil
Helen L. Johnson
Oscar Johnson
Eloise Klertz
Ohio Savish
Dar Nent H. Porter
Eliza
Bee. Etter “Line
Joseph Gentile Company
I. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Prudencio Mercurio
Winona G. Boring
Gas company extension promises wider service in West Hamilton
W. W. Freeman of Union Gas and Electric announced plans to extend gas lines from Andersons Ferry to Fernbank in spring and possibly to Ft. Miami for summer plant use. West Hamilton County Gas Company counters with coke plant at Trautman Station and protests franchise changes while Mayor Carrel weighs two ordinances.
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W. W. Freeman
Union Gas and Electric Company
Anderson's Ferry
Fernbank
West Hamilton County Gas Company
Trautman
Freeman
Ft. Miami
Graham P. Hunt
West Hamilton
Delhi
Sayler Park
Mr. Hunt
Hunt
Carrel
Anderson’s Ferry
Indiana State Line
R. G. Patterson
Stanley Struble
Morgan Wamsley
Major S. Deed
Walter Ludlow
Flat Tire Nemesis Forger Faces Guilty Plea
Elmer Basham an 18 year old coalminer from Thornton Kentucky pleaded guilty to forging and passing postal money orders. He said a flat tire helped him evade capture and confessed to possessing forged money order blanks stolen from the Thornton post office. He was jailed in Hamilton County on a $5 000 bond awaiting further action.
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Elmer Basham
Thornton
Gregory
Basham
Joseph Basham
Hamilton
Callahan
Arata and Sons Deny Bankruptcy in Federal Suit
In a United States District Court answer the firm James Arata and Sons a commission merchants deny an act of bankruptcy and contest the partner ships solvent status They say further action by plaintiff is barred by a creditors agreement offering 52 cents on the dollar The answer cites a pending action in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court and requests dismissal of the suit Sanzone Palmisano Seat seeks adjudication of bankruptcy
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United States Court
James Arata & Sons
Commission Merchants
United States District Court
Sanzone-Palmisano
Arata Company
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Commercial Teachers Plan Cincinnati Convention at Gibson Club
Hundreds of public and private commercial teachers will gather December 28 to 30 at the Gibson in Cincinnati for the National Commercial Teachers Federation annual meeting. Speakers include Dr. Randall J. Condon C M Yoder and Herman Schneider with events such as a reception dance and a roof garden banquet featuring Edward D. Roberts.
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National Commercial Teachers’ Federation
Cincinnati
Gibson
Randall J. Condon
C. M. Yoder
Federation
Herman Schneider
College of Engineering and Commerce
University of Cincinnati
Culp
Ardon W. Welch
Commercial Education
East Orange
N. J
Charles M. Hay
St. Louis
Edward D. Roberts
Winter Plattsburg Plans First Cincinnati Meeting
The Cincinnati Winter Plattsburg group schedules its inaugural gathering at the Chamber of Commerce on East Fourth Street tonight at 8. Quartermaster officers and members are urged to attend as officers will be elected and unit plans reviewed.
Ex Navy Officer Accused of Fraud
The United States sues retired Lt Cmdr Virgil Baker to cancel a 999 year lease on ten acres of the San Geronimo reservation in San Juan Puerto Rico on grounds of fraud. Witnesses to be summoned include former Navy officials Josephus Daniels Theodore Roosevelt acting as secretary in 1921 and other officers stationed in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands during WWI. Trial set for April 20 1926 with depositions planned in the United States China and elsewhere.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
Virgin Islands
United States
Virgil Baker
United States Navy
Baker
CO B. Frazier
Frazier
China
Gay
San Geronimo Reservation
Congress
Annapolis
Tennessee
Navy Hydrographic Office
Cincinnati Automobile Club Urges Auto Tax Repeal
The club sent telegrams to Ohio and Kentucky congressmen asking for a vote to repeal the automobile excise tax. Directors also urged riveted license plates after many thefts and sought a traffic officer for Dana avenue and Montgomery road. Delegates attended the Good Roads Federation convention in Columbus.
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Cincinnati Automobile Club
A. E. B. Stephens
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Charles E. Kearns
Arthur B. Rouse
Kentucky
Grand
Frank Switalski
Dana Avenue
Montgomery Road
W. T. Callerdine
Joseph Gardner
Robert Taft
Columbus
Good Roads Federation
World Court Need Cited By Dr Tawney On Radio
Dr Guy Allan Tawney University of Cincinnati professor argues for a stronger World Court of International Justice on WSAI radio. He cites Carnegie gift 1907 to fund a court and notes difficulties in electing fair judges amid great and lesser powers. He says the world must support a competent international trial court.
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Permanent Court of Arbitration
Guy Allan Tawney
University of Cincinnati
World Court of International Justice
WSAI
Andrew Carnegie
Court of Justice
Tawney
Eeu
Prof. Tawney
Coolidge
Coal Men Hold Christmas Party for Cincinnati Exchange Members
More than 160 members and guests of the Cincinnati Coal Exchange gathered for a Christmas party and dinner dance at the Alms. Judge Joe Tuohy of the Coal Service Company played Santa Claus, awarding gifts to many, and spoke on coal’s role on WKRC. Harold Tildesley invited guests to tour the WKRC broadcasting station before dancing late into the night.
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Cincinnati Coal Exchange
Chamber of Commerce
Alms
Santa Cladus
Joe Tuohy
Coal Service Company
Harold Malmyard
Ohio and Kentucky Coal Company
Nolan Mahan
Sid Moss
Fred Legg
Johnny Emslie
Tuohy
WKRC
Harold Tildesley
Tildesley Coal Company
Kodel Corporation
Capper Proposes Uniform Law to Halt Divorces
Washington Dec 16 Senator Capper Kan introduced two measures to curb rising divorces. One calls for a constitutional amendment to empower uniform marriage and divorce laws. the other sets a two week notice for marriage licenses and raises ages to 16 for girls 18 for boys with parental consent and 18 and 21 without. It also bans marriage of the feebleminded, those with incurable diseases, and close relatives.
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Washington
Capper
Rep
Kan
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Hard Coal Strike Settlement Plan Split By Leaders
An elite panel of hard coal operators accepted a plan from Luzerne County legislators to end the strike, but John L. Lewis of the United Mineworkers rejects it as an operators’ scheme. Mayors and Burgesses meet Governor Pinchot at Harrisburg while Scranton talks loom for next Wednesday to resume negotiations.
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Lewis
Philadelphia
Luzerne County
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Scranton
Atlantic City
United States
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
House action on Langley awaits ruling by court
Washington December 16 The special committee investigating Representative Langley Republican Kentucky has decided to recommend the House take no action pending Supreme Court decision on his writ of certiorari related to his conviction under the prohibition law.
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Washington
Langley
Kentucky
House
Supreme Court
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