Senate Debates Merchant Marine Bill Amid White House Clash
In Washington on January 26 1920 senators pressed the merchant marine bill despite White House opposition and discussed government ship sales to the Dollar Steamship Company. The Elections Committee backed a recount in the Wilson Ware Pennsylvania race, while House members sparred over censorship and naval policy with Rear Admiral Plunkett defending military readiness against critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Elections Committee
Reed
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Wilson
Dollar Steamship Company
Shipping Board
Lord Beaverbrook alias Whitman’s bold con poses as aristocrat to steal jewels
New York trial details the Austrian impostor Charles Renee alias Charles Whitman known as Lord Beaverbrook swindling women. He beguiled Mrs Virginia Martin at the Wardman Park Hotel then allegedly stole jewels valued at about 90 000 dollars from Mrs Rose Burken by claiming to arrange insurance appraisal. The testimony came as evidence of his pattern of deceit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Charles Renee
Charles Whitman
Lord Beaverbrook
England
Allen
Court of General Sessions
Virginia Cameron Martin
Wardman Park
Washington
Rose Burken
West 111Th Street
Martin
Unger
John Booth
Nnt
Burken
Beaverbrook
Indictments Filed Against Officials and Bootleggers in U S District Court
Federal Grand Jury returned true bills charging two former Internal Revenue field agents with demanding and taking a $300 bribe, a former Cincinnati councilman with liquor possession, and numerous bootleggers and dope peddlers. The cases involve Brann and Schubeler and a bribery scheme linked to tax matters. Dr. Burke testified that agents promised no penalties if given $500, while intelligence agents observed the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Cincinnati
Federal Grand Jury
Hickenlooper
Roscoe C. Brann
Blanchester, C
William H. Schubeler
Rapid Runpike
Smith
Peter Burke
Central Avenue
Boike
Internal Revenue Department
Washington
Burke
Brann and Schubeler
Four Volcanoes Become Active Across World
On January twenty six reports state Shevel Kuch volcano on Kamchatka’s east coast revived in intense activity while three other distant volcanoes erupted. Omar Tepé near Lake Nicaragua villagers fled inland as Ome Tepé crater erupted. Java’s Krakatoa increased activity, recalling 1883 disasters that killed twenty thousand. Santorin in the Grecian archipelago also awakened after a long quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kamchatka
Shevekatch
Nicaragua
Ometepe
Java
Krakatao
Lindbergh Lands in Cartagena on goodwill tour
Lindbergh, returning from a Panama vacation, inaugurated a goodwill tour to the Pan American Conference in Havana. He flew from France Field Colon to Boca Grande near Cartagena a 400 mile hop. Crowds greeted the Spirit of St. Louis with cannons, bands, whistles and cheers as he landed at 1:45 p.m. local time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartagena
Colombia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Panama
Havana
France Field
Colon
Boca Grande
South America
North America
Entral America
Europe
St. Louis
Hill testifies in Illinois murder case amid alleged police mistreatment
In Ottawa Illinois Harry Hill took the witness stand in county court to recount alleged abuse by Seattle officers after his arrest last fall. He described being starved and mistreated for hours while investigators questioned him about killings and the September calendar they pointed to in his testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ill
Harry Hill
Little County
Joseph Davis
Seattle
William Kent
Hill
Davis
Kent
Stepdads shave sparking divorce in domestic case
In a Domestic Relations Court hearing Judge Hoffman granted Lena Geiger a divorce on her cross petition from William Geiger a 60 year old brass worker. Witnesses described Geiger leaving home after his stepson Anthony Wondrack shaved in the kitchen against his wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Geiger
Dayton Street
Co. W. Hoffman
Geiger
Lena Geiger
Klotter Street
Anthony Wondrach
Hughes High School
Wondrack
Hoffman
Eastern Dairies Merger With General Ice Cream Approved
Eastern Dairies Company of New England with president Charles G. Morris merged with General Ice Cream Company of Schenectady New York. The stockholders approved the $20,000,000 merger at Springfield meeting as disclosed today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New Haven
Pershing Visits Hometown Laclede in Warm Homecoming
Gen John J Pershing returns to his Missouri home town of Laclede for a crowded sequence of greetings at the station, lunch, school speech, court visit and a dinner. He talks with old friends and revisits his boyhood home amid honors from local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laclede
John J. Pershing
France
Pershing
Johnny” Pershing
Edmund B. Allen
Mattie Packer
Henry Lomax
Lacledebank
John F. Pershing
Mose Stevens
Black Jack
Gen. Pershing
Laclede High School
Linneus
Meadville
Prairie Mound School
Methodist Church
Hickman Ant Trial Judge Uses Rapid-Fire Tactics
A veteran bailiff and judge Hickman of Ant preside over jury selection, using rapid-fire questions to speed the process. Alienists peer from vantage points as the trial nears an hour long, with observers noting efficiency and courtroom tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickman
Ant
Bogus Baron in Jail Again
George Gabor alias Baron von Krupp, an American tour fraudster, was arrested at the Harvard Club for entering the United States on a fraudulent passport. He failed to post 2500 bail and was held for the Federal Grand Jury. He previously served nine months for passing a worthless check in Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Gabor
Baron ‘von Krupp
Gabor
Harvard Club
Federal
Albuquerque
N. M
von Krupps
Germany
Henry Ford
Thomas Todarelli
United States
Berlin
Herman Schwarzenbach
Rotterdam
Patrolman Near Death in Poolroom Quarrel Turmoil
Patrolman William N. Roberts is critically injured after a chase with Chester Mason and an armed confrontation in a Negro poolroom on Central Avenue. Auto driver Paul Witschger is charged with reckless driving after striking Roberts. Mason and Washington are tied to the gun incident and at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Destiny
William N. Roberts
Hampton Place
Roberts
Pistol Point
Central Avenue
Paul Witschger
East Front Street
Witschger
Chester Mason
Providence Street
Mason
Fourteenth
Providence Streets
Fifteenth Street
Wilschger
General Hospital
de Camp
Elbert
Wade Street
Clarence Washington
Washington
Larceny of Airplane Charged to Bert Acosta
Bert Acosta, transatlantic flyer, faces larceny of an airplane charge in New Jersey after landing at Bethany Field, while serving a five day jail term in Naugatuck for violating aviation laws. He claims the plane was meant for an endurance flight with Clarence Chamberlin. authorities seek his detention via a Bergen County warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Acosta
New Haven
Conn
New Jersey
Trans- Atlantic Flyer
Naugatuck
Acosta
Guyas Cerignes
Clarence Chamberlin
Chamberlin
Bergen County
N. J
Bethany Field
Splitdorf
Splitdorf Electric Company
U S Can stockholders seek injunction against merger
Maurice J. Freiberg and other preferred stockholders filed suit in Common Pleas Court to block United States Can Company dissolution and its takeover by Continental Can Company of New York. They seek redemption at 115 dollars per preferred share plus accrued dividends instead of par value plus accrued dividends. Directors approved January 10 the plan to reorganize and transfer assets to Continental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Can Company
Maurice J. Freiberg
Common Pleas Court
Continental Can Company of
New York
Freiberg
Norwood Corporation
New York Corporation
Continental Company
Maxwell & Ramsey
Paxton & Seasongood
Cosgrave Receives Honorary Law Degree in Washington
William T. Cosgrave, head of the Irish Free State Executive Council, is awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the Catholic University in Washington. Archbishop Curley officiated as chancellor. Cosgrave met U.S. labor leaders and planned travels to Philadelphia and Canada after a dinner at the British Embassy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free States Executive Council
Catholic University
Ireland
United States
Cardinal Mercier
Albert
Belgium
Curley
Davis
Philadelphia
Canada
Ohio Bars Discuss Plan to Modernize State Criminal Code
Ohio's criminal code and jury system may be revised to speed justice. Judge Thomas H. Darby outlined proposals from the reform committee, including ditching the grand jury in favor of prosecutor based information, allowing nonunanimous verdicts, and stricter control by courts over insanity defenses. The plan draws on Michigan New York California and Minnesota reforms and aims to curb delays while preserving defendants rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Howe
New York World News Service
Los Angeles
William Edward Hickman
Trabucco
Hickman
Paul Bowers
Frank Mike
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Bar Association
Ohio Association of Common Pleas
Thomas H. Darby
Cincinnati
Michigan
Darby
Coneem
California
New York
Minnesota
Robert M. Toms
Detroit
C. T. Marshall
State Supreme Court
Lewis B. Houck
Vernon
Marshall
John J. Sullivan
Abram W. Agler
Stark County
Pat” McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Canton
Marines Overrun Sandino Stronghold El Chipote Mountain
Marines reported to have wiped out Sandino's last stronghold on El Chipote. A 400 man column under Maj. Archibald Young reached the crest, destroying fortifications as Sandino fled toward El Chipote after Quilalai fell December 30. No Marine casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
Augustino Sandino
el Chipote
Archibald Young
Sandino
Quilalai
Marine
Young
Maj. Young
Jmarines
Locomotive Radio Control Demonstrated On NY Central Train
A 111 car Selkirk to Utica freight run on the New York Central used radiophone control with constant caboose to engine contact. GE engineers and NY Central officials hailed the test as a first two way link between moving train and a station, until now limited by signals and visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
N. Y
Selkirk
Albany
Utica
New York Central
E. W. Rice, Jr
E. P. Edwards
W. B. Potter
General Electric Company
South Schnectady
D. B. Fleming
New York Central Railroad
Representative Sentenced In Detroit Private Home Case
Detroit on January 26 Representative Chester A. Good of Highland Park was sentenced in circuit court to four to fifteen years in the Detroit House of Correction for complicity in a private home burglary there in May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Chester A. Good
Ighland Park
Detroit House of Correction
Bual
Remus Habeas Corpus Plans Delayed in Ohio
Special Dispatch to The Commercial Tribune reports George Remus’s counsel postponed the habeas corpus hearing after failing to secure an immediate court date. Cincinnati lawyer Charles Elston and Lima attorneys Francis W. Durbin and D. C. Henderson said action would wait until early next week as Judge F. C. Backer remains tied to a three day court case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Tribune
Lima
Also Mentioned on This Page
Surren
Ders
Ware
Coolidge
Plunkett
Congress
Tillman
Dem
Ark
Bih
Virginia Reef
Brooklyn Navy Yard
White House
Representative McClintic
Okla
Naval Committee
Admiral Plunkett
Representative Black
McClintic
la Guardia
Rep
Hoover
Black
Lord
GRAND
Fed
Eral
Mr. Whitman
Baltimore
Mayflower Hotel
Russia
Greece
Lindy
Link
A. E. F. Thaws
Laclede, Mo
Perotlngeld
von Krupp
Auto
Ford
Flyer
Wichita
Kan
A. F. Sims
Bsertacosta
Tero
U.S
Cosgrave
Imous
Cincinnati Jurist
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!