Trading firm embezzlement case details fictitious accounts
Testimony shows profits from trading accounts carried under fictitious names and paid to brokers. George H. Beazell and William H. Chatfield Jr. linked to losses moved to trading accounts while collateral and firm capital were lacking. Insolvency figures through 1923 cited. prosecutors argue no real collateral backed trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Beazell
William H. Chatfield, Jr
Harry Mueller
Mueller
New York
Charless. Bell
Bell
John Weld Peck
Cording
Eft
Beazell & Chatfield
British Cruiser Sent to Port in Mexico Rebels to Blockade Tampico
A British cruiser has reached Puerto Mexico in Vera Cruz to safeguard interests, as Americans refugees report. Rebels hold the town and say they can bottle up Tampico with their ships. An American party aboard the Yamahi recounted fleeing de la Huerta territory and details of local troop and native reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Tampico
Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Puerto Mexico
E. S. Reynolds
Reynolds
de la Huerta
Dallas
Tex
el Amuila Oil Company
Dutch Shell
Obregon
Huertists
Port Arthur
Texas
Pursuit Ends in Shootings on Seventh Street
Andrew Kelley 22 at L. B. Harrison Hotel was shot in the right leg after a chase by Elmer Claspie 83 who pursued him with a brick. Claspie, wounded after a confrontation with Alma Braden, fled as Braden’s brother Andrew Braden pursued and fired. Clarke is hospitalized. Braden arrested on suspicion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Kelly
L. B. Harrison
West Seventh Street
Kelley
George Ebbers
William Stath
Elmer Claspie
West Sixth Street
George and
Central Avenue
Claspie
Alma Braden
Andrew Braden
Braden
Seventh Street
John Evert
George Street
Col Brees
Man acquitted after claiming liquor theft defense
In Wilmington a young Negro, J Wigging, was tried for larceny of a tool chest from Isaac Boyle. He argued he paid $2 to buy whisky and the remaining liquor was inside the chest. the jury acquitted him after the unusual defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
J. Wigging
Isaac Boyle
Boyle
Wiggins
Police raid Cleveland race gambling offices and court wins
Cleveland police raid the Ohio News Bureau and Wheatman News Service seizing telegraph gear and phones amid the citys ongoing gambling crackdown. Frank Race pleads guilty to possessing a slot machine, fined $50 with $40 suspended as authorities vow further action on pinochle games and late-night dancing near liquor venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio News Bureau
Cleveland Produce Exchange
Wheatman News Service Company
Frank Race
Moylan
Barry
East End
Cgar
Civilian Pilot Raymond Fields Injured in Dayton Field Fall
Dayton observer Raymond Fields, a civilian pilot, was seriously injured when his aircraft crashed at a local commercial field in Dayton Ohio. He was hospitalized unconscious with the cause of the accident still under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Field
Dayton, O
Raymond Fields
Dayton
Fields
Democrats and Insurgents Topple Underwood Rule in Aques.
Washington January 14 Republicans and Democratic insurgents form a coalition to repeal the 1911 Underwood rule easing floor amendments on revenue and tariff bills. The vote was 208 to 177 with 24 Republicans joining the repeal. The fight shifts to discharge petitions and future rules changes as the 30 day truce ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Representative Garrett
Longworth
Sneil
Rules Committee
Crisp
Dem
Fish
Rep
N. Y
Gillett
Six Die in Texas Oil Plant Blast at Port Arthur
Six men were killed and five seriously injured when sixteen high pressure stills exploded at the Texas Company oil refinery in Port Arthur Texas. Two workers were missing and twenty two sustained minor injuries as flames spread to other stills in the blast estimated to cause 600000 to 800000 dollars in damage. Still No 28 blew during maintenance and triggered the chain reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Tex
Texas Company
Selection of Jury In Emmaee Paducah Murder Trial Begins
In Paducah Kentucky jurors begin selecting a panel for the murder case of Mrs Emmaee of Paducah charged as accessory in the dynamiting that killed Mrs Rosetta Warren and her unborn child in May 1923. Prospective jurors hesitate on imposing the death penalty on a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Emmaee
Rosetta Warren
Neglect of Health in West End Shocks Cincinnati
Cincinnatians pay just 83 cents per capita yearly for the Health Department says C M Bookman executive secretary of the Community Chest at a semi annual meeting. He cites dire health and housing in the Eighteenth Ward and links neglect outside the West End to citywide health. He notes racial mortality disparities and criticizes social legislation as undermining public will. He calls for education before new laws and outlines plans for steady building funding for social work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End
Bookman
Community Chest
W. J. Schrader
Cincinnati
Severe Earthquake Strikes Tokyo Cutting Outside Communications
A severe earthquake at 5:50 am near Tokyo cut telegraph and telephone lines, with Matsumoto identified as the center. Reports from Osaka and Peking note Tokyo Yokohama communications outages, while Yokohama tram service paused and clocks halted at Funabashi and Choshi.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Matsumoto
Nagoya
Kyoto
Kobe
San Francisco
Radio Corporation of America
Tomokia
Japan
Yokohama
Funabashi
Chosi
Tomokin
One Vote Questioned in New Middletown Mayor Race
In New Middletown the election for mayor raises doubts as K C Flickinger may have won with only one vote his own. The board will decide if Flickinger’s opponent’s failure to file an expense account affects the result. Flickinger has filed an account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Jans
K. C. Flickinger
New Middletown
Flickinger
Doctors and crooks face federal sentences in Atlanta trial
Dr Clarence A Meeker received sixteen months for Harrison anti narcotic act violations after pleading guilty on eleven counts. Byron Roberts Federal Narcotic Inspector testified to dope purchases. Robert J Stockton of Los Angeles got fifteen months for transporting and selling stolen autos. Edna Wiley of LA got sixty days in jail after leniency recommendation. John W Wilcox former US Veterans Bureau attorney pled not guilty to indictments for conspiracy theft counterfeiting forging and passing government checks. Babe Saeeeee bound for trial weeks later in Dr William Seitz narcotic case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hickenlooper
Clarence A. Meeker
Beechmont Avenue
Mt. Washington
Meeker
Louis H. Capelle
Byron Roberts
Robert J. Stockton
Los Angeles
Cal
Stockton
Edna Wiley
Hamilton County
Harry Abrams
United States District Attorney
John W. Wilcox
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Pioneer Street
Babe Saeeeee
William Seitz
Portsmouth
Sought Months In Cafe Killing Hogan Surrenders
George Red Hogan Milton Street former dry agent of the Loveland liquor court walked into Sheriff Richard Witt’s office and surrendered after a nationwide manhunt for the killing of Van Powers at the Grandview Inn Mt Healthy roadhouse. He refused to speak and may be arraigned in Criminal Court for bond. The case links Cyril Mullarkey Clyde Kirkpatrick and Hogan to Powers death.
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George ‘Red’ Hogan
Milton Street
Loveland Liquor Court
van Powers
Muncie
Ind
Grandview Inn
Mt. Healthy
Richard Witt
Hogan
Cincinnati
Cyril Mullarkey
Jonathan Avenue
Clyde Kirkpatrick
Paxton Road
Hyde Park
Powers
Chicago
Witt
Indiana
Mullarkey
John Mullarkey
John
Gahan
Beall
Dr L E Holt Dies in China Peking
Dr Luther Emmett Holt a professor at the Rockefeller Institute dies in Peking China from heart failure after illness. He was a noted physician with international standing and contributions to pediatrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Holt
China
Associated Press
Peking
Luther Emmett Holt
Rockefeller Institute
French Francs Dip as Reparations Talks Open in Paris
In Paris on January 14 the expert reparations committee held its first meeting as the franc suffered its sharpest drop in memory. Sterling fell to 96.10, the dollar rose to 22.08, and the franc underperformed against the lire and other currencies. The scene reflected market panic and public fear of socialist gains influencing relations with England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Experts Committee
la Liberte
England
France
Love Will Find a Way Mrs Pollard and Professor Wed in Louisville
Miss Virginia Pollard an eighteen year old music student and Garnett Rowell a twenty seven year old Conservatory of Music professor wed in Louisville after eluding her irate father J R Pollard of Clarksburg West Virginia. The couple fled Cincinnati after a note announced their marriage and left for Clarksburg where Mr Pollard later blessed the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnett Rowell
Conservatory
Virginia Pollard
Clarksburg
The
Conservatory of Music
Miss Pollard
J. R. Pollard
W. Va
Mr. Pollard
Cithele Nati
Louisville
Pollard
Crim & Ryan Detective Agency
Rowell
American missionary Juliaa Kilen rescued after bandit raid
Advices from Peking report Juliaa Kilen an American missionary held by bandits who raided Tsao yang in Hupeh Province has been rescued. Major John Magruder at the American Legation led a mission to stress action against the kidnapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Peking
Juliaa Kilen
Tsaoyang
Hupeh Province
John Magruder
Legation
Magruder
Teapot Dome Oil Lease Is Scandal Warns Heflin
Senator Heflin calls the Teapot Dome oil reserve lease the worst government scandal and says there will be no whitewash. He faults Sinclair and associates for allegedly profiting millions and urges canceling the deal and restitution. Senate debate notes responses from Smoot Walsh Norris on the ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teapot Dome
Heflin
Washington
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Senate
Rep
Neb
Pride in Strength Costs Weightlifter His Life
In Strain, Marcial Rodriguez dies after attempting to lift steel billets on a wager in Jan. 14. Hospital authorities cite strain as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strain, CO
Marcial Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Strain
Dawes Outlines American Plan For German Stabilization
Brigadier General Dawes told the Reparations Commission the American plan focuses on stabilizing German currency and balancing its budget. He urged unity among Allies and practical cooperation to restore Germany’s productivity and payment capacity. The Dawes speech drew favorable reactions from British and French delegates despite nationalist critiques. The committee hopes to press three sessions daily and proceed to Berlin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Charles G. Dawes
Reparation Commission
Germany
United States
Dawes
Lves
M. Barthou
General Dawes
James A. Logan
Europe
St. Quentin
Great Britain
France
Berlin
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Wapakoneta
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Auglaize
Allen County
Mohler
Fhlis
Karl Timmermeister
Robert Ewing
Auglaize County
Lippencott
Harvey Crosson
Lima
Mahler
Fostoria
Mohlers
General
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