Beazell and Chatfield Embezzlement Trial Details Debts and Profits
Testimony shows George H Beazell owed his father $76079.81 at the BeazellChatfield formation in 1918. Witness Thomas L Donaldson testifies to profits of $576148.79 for BeazellChatfield over 4.5 years, with debts to H M Beazell and August Steinkamp among creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Beazell
H. M. Beazell
Beazell & Chatfield
William H. Chatfield, Jr
Thomas L. Donaldson
Department of Justice
Donaldson
Beazell
Beazell & Chatfield Books
H. M
Chatfield
Mueller
Eee Vem
Peter G. Thomson, Jr
Thomson
Shorts
Steinkamp
Thomas L. Pogue
Charles Sawyer
Pogue
Bell
Darby
Beazel]l
Christian to Succeed Murdock on Trade Commission
President Coolidge virtually names George B. Christian Jr. to replace Victor Murdock on the Federal Trade Commission. Christian, Harding's former secretary, will serve until September 1925. Murdock resigns effective February 1. The FTC salary is ten thousand dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian
Murdock
Washington
George B. Christian, Jr
Harding
Coolidge
Victor Murdock
Federal Trade Commission
Harding Memorial Association
Ohio
Teapot Dome Lease Bribery Charge At Senate Hearing
Senator Caraway denounces Albert B. Fall over the Teapot Dome naval oil lease to Sinclair interests. He cites press and White House connections and accuses the Daugherty Justice Department of immunity for corrupt acts. He accuses Fall of selling national defense oil reserves for personal profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hd. F. Sinclair
Caraway
Associated Press
Washington
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Sinclair Interests
Senate
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Caraway Dem
Ark
Denby
Roosevelt
Daugherty
Department of Justice
White House
Mr. Fall
Edward B. McLean
Fall
New Mexico
America
Harding
Navy Department
Interior Department
Senate Public Lands Committee
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Texas
Dick’ Addicks
Delaware
San Francisco
Wife’s Suicide Attempt After Secret Elopement
At General Hospital a young woman identified as Mrs Helen Faragher 18 lay on a cot in critical condition after draining poison. She had secretly wed Edward Faragher on March 1 and said they separated six weeks ago as his attitude changed. Police found the empty bottle and Edward Faragher rushed to the hospital as doctors warned of a slim chance of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Hospital
Helen Faragher
Baum Street
Edward Faragher
Edward Fadaragier
Trenton Avenue
Woman Swallows Poison After Quarrel with Husband
Mrs. Hattie Faragher aged 36 of 331 Baum Street was taken to General Hospital last night after ingesting poison following a quarrel with her husband. Doctors report her condition as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Faragher
Baum Street
General Hospital
Serum for scarlet fever announced by Dr Dochez
New York January 16 Discovery of a scarlet fever serum was announced by Dr A R Dochez associate professor at Columbia University Other doctors noted limited promising results at New Haven Hospital with Yale University School of Medicine in a small number of cases The serum is not yet established as a cure
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. R. Dochez
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
Cornell University Medical College
Dochez
New Haven Hospital
Francis G. Blake
Yale University School of Medicine
Snow and Cold Wave Predicted This Day
Weather forecaster William C. Devereaux predicts snow and a cold wave for today. The low will be about 20 degrees this morning and possibly lower tonight. Temperatures in the Canadian Northwest yesterday dropped 30 to 40 degrees below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Devereaux
United States
Canadian Northwest
Petition to Free Griffis Draws Record Length
A twenty three mile long petition with 2 086 764 signatures was wound on a mammoth reel in Chicago to be delivered to the German government. It seeks the release of Lieutenant Corliss Hooven Griffis held in Germany for allegedly attempting to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergell a draft evader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Germany
Corliss Hooven Griffis
Grover Cleveland Bergell
Nurse Seeks Fifteen Million Damages From County
Mary Keister a trained nurse claims 15000000 damages in a civil suit filed in Work Pa alleging nerve damage from blasting while road improvements near her residence. The incident prompted the lawsuit against the county citing injuries and suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Work
Mary Keister
Two Boys Involved In Accidental Shooting
Lester Panzero a twelve year old boy son of Jacob Panzero was shot in the hip while playing with an automatic pistol at Alton Kramer ten years old living at the Pantera home since his father's death. Alton Kramer fled and later confessed. police will make no prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Panzero
Jacob Panzero
Henshaw Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Alton Kramer
Pantera
Alton
Colerain Avenue
Kramer
Lester
Panzero
Pantero
German Finance Expert Arrives in Paris for Reparations Talks
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of the Reichsbank, is due in Paris tonight to meet the First Committee of Experts. He will discuss Germany’s economic situation and be joined by senior advisers and Karl Bergmann, with Hugo Stinnes possibly summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Associated Press
Dr. Schacht
Reichsbank
Schacht
Karl Bergmann
The
Treasury
Hugo Stinnes
Wife Slayer Insane, Grand Jury Finds in Lima
William Mohler 78 confessed to murdering his wife Katherine 68 in Lima Ohio and the Allen County Grand Jury ruled him insane. He will be examined in Common Pleas Court January 23 and, if still insane, committed to Lima State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima, O
William Mohler
Katherine Mohler
Allen County Grand
Common Pleas
Lima State Hospital
Negro undertaker Sam Ware jailed for coffin theft
A Georgia court today affirmed a prison term given to Sam Ware a Negro undertaker for stealing coffins from a local graveyard and reselling them in Atlanta on January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Sam Ware
Death of Miss Edith Lavoy Feature of Creasy Trial
In Mineola New York on January 16 jurors heard a demonstration in William Creasy's second trial over Miss Edith Lavoy's death. Creasy claims she killed herself with his pistol while he slept beside her. the state contends the wound was not self inflicted and exposed inconsistencies in the defense as expert testimony and a courtroom demonstration unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lavoy
Otto H. Schultz
Uterhart
Schultz
William A. Jones
Srete Sabot
Labor party faces decisive vote on non confidence amendment
London dispatch reports a division on Labor's non confidence amendment set for Monday night, signaling Baldwin's resignation on Tuesday and Ramsay MacDonald forming a new cabinet. Debates focus on foreign policy and education, with Miss Susan Lawrence urging attention to schooling and Leif Jones urging anti smuggling measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Baldwin
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Commons
Labor
France
Germany
John Robert Clynes
New House
Susan Lawrence
Leif Jones
Cornwall
America
Greeks Seek U S Recognition Amid Greece Britain Move
Athens reports Vatucule newspapers celebrate Britain resuming relations with Greece and urge Washington to follow. The Greek minister in Washington has been instructed to push the United States toward recognition on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Associated Press
Athens
Vatuxelce
Great Britain
Greece
Washington
Shenandoah airship first U S rigid craft at 680 feet long
The Shenandoah, also named ZR-1, is the first rigid airship built in the United States. It is 680 feet long, 93 feet from engine cars to top observation post, cost $2,000,000, and was designed by Commander R D Weyerbacher using German Zeppelin concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
America
R. D. Weyerbacher
Washington
St. Louis
Shenandoah
Daughter of the Stars
Edwin Denby
Secretary of the Navy
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Boston
Paris
Santos Dumont
Lakehurst
General Butler Arm Firemen in Grime Drive
Philadelphia January 16 Volver ers of .45 caliber arms for 1600 firemen and 100 motor cycles for police were announced by Director Smedley D. Butler as a plan to curb banditry. Week long drives against vice will replace forty eight hour drives. Firemen gain broader police powers and a new secret service will replace the plainclothes detectives with Captain Alfred I Souder heading the unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Director of Public Safety
Smedley D. Butler
General Butler
Secret Service
Plainclothes
Scotland Yard
Alfred I. Souder
Shenandoah Near Hangar as Preparations Begin
The Shenandoah reached the Lakehurst vicinity at 2:20 a.m. and hovered while ground crews gathered to land. Winds may force an aloft stay if conditions worsen, with storm expected to end later today. Navy orders urged nearby ships to stand by for possible aid, and aviators were told to be ready at Philadelphia and Anacostia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakehurst
N. J
Washington
Eberle
Naval Operations
New York
Boston
Newport
New London
Shenandoah
Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Philadelphia
Anacostia
D. C
72-Mile Gale Strikes Atlantic Coast and City Storm Toll
A seventy two mile gale hit the Atlantic coast causing widespread damage and injuries. The Shenandoah dirigible was torn from its mooring at Lakehurst. Three steamships and a barge were in distress including the Normannia sinking off Frying Pan light. Corsica sought refuge in New York harbor as New York suffered broken windows uprooted trees and damaged autos. Eighteen people were hurt in traffic accidents. A hotel flagpole fragment injured a man near Broadway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
New York
Lakehurst
N. J
Virginia
Navi
Bayhead
Long Beach
N. Y
Hampton Roads
Boston
New York Harbor
New York City
Woodward
Broadway
Fifty-fifth Street
Bandits Rob Gewert in Tire Company Heist
Bandits entered the Insured Tire Company on Sycamore Street and forced Louis M. Gewert to test a tire before tying his hands and piling tires on him to prevent an outcry. They took $170 cash plus his clothing and personal items totaling about $335 before escaping. Gewert freed himself after ten minutes and alerted police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis M. Gewert
Reading Road
Tire Company
Sycamore Street
Gewert
Mary Crellin
General Gomez Announces Firing Squads for Order in Mexico City
General Arnulfo Gomez, military commander of Mexico City, imposes immediate execution for attempts to cut Necaxa power lines and creates a special patrol to protect cables. He also ends radio broadcasting to curb rebel news, as federal troops push in oil regions near Tuxpam and report rebels confined to Vera Cruz and Jalisco districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomez
Mexico City
Tepeaca
Associated Press
Arnulfo Gomez
Necaxa
Federal District
Tuxpam
Vera Cruz
Jalisco
Strong Rebel Element Reduced to Impotence
Mexican federal forces claim a decisive victory at Tepeaca driving rebels under Generals Maycotte and Villarreal from Tepeaca after routing them at Tehuacan. Federals push advance on the Jalisco front as they seek to weaken the rebel army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tepeaca
Mexico City
Maycotte
Villarreal
Rebels seize Guerrero as Figueroa defeats federals at Loman Puente
General Romulo Figueroa defeats federals at Loman Puente Xocite, capturing 111 prisoners and seizing arms, ammunition, and many horses. Rebels reportedly control Guerrero and march toward the state of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Romulo Figueroa
Loman Puente Xocite
Guerrero
Mexico
Cooper Reelected President Of Ohio Fair Boys Association
Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati was reelected for the eighth consecutive year as president of the Ohio Fair Boys Association at its annual Columbus meeting. He urged county fair boards to convert agricultural exposition buildings into community centers to improve farm social conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Ohio Fair Boys’ Association
Cooper
Shenandoah Battles 72 MPH Gale to Reach Home
The Shenandoah dirigible broke from its mooring in a 72 mph gale along the Atlantic coast and fought to return to base. Officials at Lakehurst and the Philadelphia Navy Yard reported tense hours with limited hope, then later confirmed the ship was under control and riding out the storm as searchlights scanned the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lakehurst
N. J
Navy
Atlantic
Naval Air Station
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Maurice G. Pierce
J. L. Deam
E. H. Kincaid
R. G. Mayes
J. L. Robertson
Anton Heinen
Mr. Burgess
Bureau of Aeronautics
Charles H. Broom
Lester K. Coleman
Frank K. Moorman
J. C. Sanderson
Jersey
Newarrk
Staten Island
N. Y
New Jersey
North Pole
Pierce
Heinen
O. K
McCrary
Weyerbacher
Gale
Shenandoah
Westfield N. J
Nouseco 5
Newark
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Peter G. Thomson
Rink Potoon
Aomange
Griffis
GRAND
Ft. Thomas
Trigger
MacDonald
Dirigible
Friedrichhaven
Keyport
State of Mexico
M. Y. Cooper
Fair Association
Jersey Cities
Landing Field
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