18 Jan 1923
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1923
Page
1
Fred G. Pfaff retired candy manufacturer aged 60 and Kathryne Koop aged 41, divorced three months earlier, remarried in the New York Municipal Building marriage bureau with Deputy City Clerk James J. MacCormick officiating.
Fritzi Mann a twenty year old Oriental dancer was found dead on Torrey Pines beach in San Diego under foul play suspicion. Chief James Patrick said she secretly married months ago to a Hollywood actor whose name is known. Mann had recently signed a contract with a major Los Angeles studio and several men are under surveillance.
In Maha Neb on January 7 Prohibition Director U S Ohrer seized a case of whisky shipped from the U S Army Intermediate Depot St Louis to the Medical Supply Attending Surgeon's office in Nebraska. He wiring Washington for orders and questioned why army hospitals would exchange whisky.
Cincinnati civic and welfare workers gathered at the Hotel Linton for the semi annual Chest meeting and dinner to rally support for the April Community Chest campaign. James P. Orr and Tyler Field accepted leadership roles as chairman and vice chairman and were welcomed with cheers.
Livingston Dromond, a Black man, was convicted on seven indictments for highway robbery and related crimes. He received sentences ranging from 60 to 100 years on each indictment, totalizing a lengthy prison term.
Police hunted a crazed thief blamed on cocaine as he entered six Cleveland homes on Woodland avenue and East Fifty-fifth street, shot one man, robbed residents, and fled into Kingsbury Run. Victims included Isaac Shindler who was wounded, and multiple homes reported robberies totaling about $45 plus clothing.
W. C. Kennedy, 54, Ottawa born Liberal politician and former Windsor Gas Company president, died suddenly in Naples Florida from heart disease after traveling from Montreal to recuperate from an operation. He served as Minister of Railways and Canals beginning in December and was married to Glencora Bolton in May 1907.
Two black men robbed Louis Bollinger on Pea street near Kilgour, demanding his money. They briefly ordered him to surrender but let him pass the cash to them, taking $6.40 after he complied and he kept his resistance minimal.
Marysville Ohio January report states Rev. H C Tervehn pastor of First English Lutheran Church vanished December 27. A telegram from Allegheny General Hospital says he is a patient in Pittsburgh. His wife hastened there. the illness is not detailed and he left in his automobile. He is father of four children.
The Rev. H. C. Troehn Lutheran minister who vanished December 27 from Marysville Ohio has been a patient at Allegheny General Hospital since last Sunday. Hospital officials say he suffers hysterical amnesia and has refused to provide any information about himself. He entered as an unknown and his condition is not serious.
Internal Revenue Collector Charles M. Dean warns that tenants paying $1,000 annually in rent must file information returns under income tax law. He says many tenants fail to report rents, hampering tax collection and allowing some high earners to evade salary or commission reporting. Last week eight delinquents with no prior filings were rounded up.
The estate of William H. Moore known as Judge Moore, died last week, is estimated by an executor at 10 to 30 million dollars and was left to his widow Ada Small Moore and two sons Edward Small Moore and Paul Moore who are executors with Francis L. Hine. The will was filed for probate in New York. Moore and his brother organized major corporations and were connected with William B. Leeds, tin plate king, and Princess Anastasia of Gr.
Prohibition officials believe bootleg alcohol comes from stocks denatured with quinine to make the solution nauseating. A simple reagent precipitates quinine, allowing clear alcohol to be siphoned for use. A second denaturing method involves a formula used to produce industrial alcohol known as aso proctyl. Careful distillation yields drinkable alcohol from medicated residue.
Twenty strikers were severely whipped by citizens at Leslie Arkansas last night. Two strikers linked to bridge burnings head to the state penitentiary in Little Rock. A bond forfeited, an alderman resigns, the city marshal departs, and a demand for Mayor Clute’s resignation is received at Harrison.
The Associated Press reports New York on January 17 that 50 US dollars buys 1 000 000 German marks at the time. The mark trades at .005 cents, a record low, with prior rates and prewar value noted. Banks limit dealings to million-share lots, and German business shifts to foreign currencies as stability remains elusive.
Negotiations between American and British Debt Commissions on refunding Great Britain's war debt show progress with a likely personal report by Stanley Baldwin to the British Cabinet before resumed talks. A joint session ends soon. British and American sides foresee a speedy settlement, though details remain disputed.
A. V. Coco announces start of a state inquiry to identify members of a black hooded gang linked to the kidnapping and gruesome deaths of Watt Daniel and Thomas Richard near Lake Lafourche. Testimony cites threats and a letter warning a farmer to mind his own business as the probe widens.
London reports say British experts deem bayonets useless and mines fail to deter. Occupation has driven a 40,000 point decline amid talk of Italy mediating. Riga Times correspondent cites Russian plans to mobilize for aid if Germany resists French action.
Luther Wise of Harrison and Red Orr of Everton Arkansas, striking employees of the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad, were sentenced today to seven to ten years in the State Penitentiary after pleading guilty to arson charges connected with the burning of an M N A railroad bridge Thursday night. They were immediately taken to the State Penitentiary at Little Rock.
Fred C. Slater and Russell M. Brooks former American Consul and Vice Consul at Newcastle-on-Tyne have been sent to Corunna Spain and Dresden to await new assignments as the Newcastle dispute with Britain drags on. The latest British note shows no new concession and the U S government seeks replacement officials at the consulate.
Special Correspondent reports President Harding delays sending Judge E T Sanford Tennessee to the Senate for Associate Justice. Taft’s influence on nominations sparks cross party debate about executive versus legislative control and the balance of the Supreme Court.
Special Dispatch reports Colonel Benson W. Hough of Delaware and Columbus as a leading possibility to fill the Federal District Judgeship vacancy created by Judge John Weld Peck of Cincinnati. The resignation takes effect April 3. Daugherty's return to Washington could delay action.
Judge John Weld Peck yesterday refused to amplify his Tuesday statement announcing his resignation as Judge of the United States District Court. He said only that his reasons for resigning remain as stated before and that he desires to resume other duties.
Paris reports the French Government begins Ruhr requisitions, diverting 5800 tons of coke and 600 tons of coal from German cars for Allied distribution. Belgian and Italian authorities authorize actions on Rhine left bank as penalty for Germany’s timber delivery default per Refara tions Commission decision of December 26.
Italian efforts to modify Germany reparations enforcement draw careful interest in Washington. The U S government seeks allied solutions while avoiding direct involvement, urging financial authorities to advise and aiming to avert a rupture in the Franco Belgian Ruhr policy. American observers report cautious or pessimistic views on the occupation’s effects on living costs and mining.
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