Magee Indicted on Embezzlement of Mission Funds
Carl A. Magee an attorney and former Baptist minister and lieutenant governor candidate is indicted for embezzling 3109 from the Willard Gospel Mission. He allegedly kept the funds instead of paying a property balance and fled to Newport Kentucky. The case joins other indictments from the Hamilton County Grand Jury’s April term.
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Willard Gospel Mission
Freeman Avenue
Hamilton County
Carl A. Magee
Ohio
Magee
Iha
K. Widing
Newport
Burnet House
Anti-Saloon League
Cincinnati Bar Association
Grand Jury
Ben Watelsky
Central Avenue
John Maas
Will Bennett
Clifton Massenberg
Electric Service Company
Walnut Street
Mass
Bennett and Massenberg
John Kelly
Ida May Kelly
Plum Street
William Palmer
Theilon Hamilton
Helen Joyce
Sam Boland
Thomas E. Payne
Howard Kent
J. Burnet Wilson
Russell Freeman
Eugene Walton
Miton Walton
Kenneth Deal
Richard B. Witt
Witt
Roadhouse
Charles 8. Bell
Dennis J. Ryan
Mussolini Joins Arena and Defeats Fencer
In Rome on July 3 Premier Mussolini joined cadet exercises for officer candidates in the Fascist militia. He entered the arena and challenged a top fencer, trapping the opponent on the defensive and forcing a defeat amid praise from military leaders.
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Rome
Mussolini
Lini
Heat Wave Drives Records Across Midwest on Independence Day
Temperatures surged across the Middle West with Chicago hitting 98 degrees and Milwaukee at 93 as heat records fell. A cooling trend was forecast for the Fourth amid thunder storms. prostrations and one fatality from lightning were reported in several states including Indiana and Kentucky.
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Chicago
Middle West
Mercury
Milwaukee
Springfield
Ill
Peoria
Canton
Northwest
Middle States
Mississippi Valley
Kansas City
Kansas
Indiana
New Castle
Donald Kirkling
Brazil
Ind
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
Des Moines
Louisville
Darrow Seeks Federal Stay in Scopes Trial Fight
Clarence Darrow announced plans to file two federal injunctions to halt the Tennessee Scopes trial, aiming to present constitutional questions and reduce sensationalism. He said the case should focus on law, not publicity, and warned of broader battles against teaching evolution and other sciences.
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New York World News Service
Chicagq
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Scopes
Tennessee
Neal
Knoxville
Nashville
Chattanooga
Dayton
New York
Evolu
Umbrellas and Raincoats May Be Popular on Holiday
Cincinnati weather forecasters warn of unsettled but not dangerous conditions for Fourth of July observances. Heat wave causes five people to collapse, including detective Fred Seebohm. several others, identified as Walter Davis George Tucker Martin Morten John Meyer, were treated for heat-related problems at local hospitals.
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Fred Seebohm
West Fifth Street
Cédar Avenue
Walter Davis
Birmingham
Ala
General Hospital
Poplar Street
George Tucker
Linn Street
Fifth and Vine Streets
Martin Morten
St. Bernard
John Meyer
Phillips and
Main Avenues
Teapot Dome Counsel Returning to Cheyenne
Federal oil cases special counsel Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts will arrive in Cheyenne tomorrow. The reason for their coming was not stated in the notification to federal District Attorney Albert D. Walton.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Fedral
Albert D. Walton
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Elk Hills
Teapot Dome
Cheyennne
Langley Acquitted of Drunkenness Charge in Ikeville Trial
Congressman John W. Langley of Kentucky was cleared of a drunkenness charge after testifying his weak condition and medical treatment caused dizziness. Witness Mrs. Henritze had sworn out the warrant. Langley had been fined and jailed briefly before release on health concerns.
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Associated Press
Ikeville
John W. Langley
Kentucky
W. C. Henritze
W. E. Flanery
Langley
Mrs. Henritze
Henritze
Marrs
Silence broken by Albert Fall letter to New York World
Albert B. Fall declines to comment on Doheny interview and Times defense while affirming his friendship with Doheny. He says he will speak when the proper time arrives and will prove his position, praising the World as fair and impartial though not friendly to him. He offers no further remarks now.
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Doheny
New York World
Albert B. Fall
Secretary of the Interior
Edward J. Doheny
Naval
Fall
Three Rivers
N. M
Times
Wall Street Financial
Drowned in Cloudburst Flood at Hay Junction Wyoming
Six people die when a cloudburst floods Hay Junction twelve miles north of Rock Springs Wyoming. An unidentified man and woman, a Mrs Fertig and her three children perished. Mr Fertig survived as driver. Rescue teams recover bodies from the water and floodwaters affect nearby Union Pacific tracks and a coal mine.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Hay Junction
Here
Fertig
Union Pacific Company
Union Pacific
America To Muster For Defense Test On Independence Day
Washington officials prepare for a second national defense muster as Major General John L. Hines leads the War Department on a simulated war footing. President Coolidge and Pershing will observe, with broadcasts nationwide detailing aims and results of the mobilization exercise.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
War Department
General Staff
John L. Hines
Pershing
Skelton
National Guard
Coolidge
President Coolidge
Swampscott
Mass
Dwight F. Davis
Hines
Dawes
Chicago
W.S. Gifford
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York
Mr. Davis
General Pershing
General Hines
Whip of Sheik Cracks Illusion
Miss Gizella Wattenberg, daughter of Bronx real estate magnate Philip Wattenberg, returns from Palestine aboard the George Washington recounting an attack by Arab horsemen near Nablus. She describes the assault and her perception of Bedouin life, noting being whipped while observing an animal sacrifice with a party of Americans.
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Associated Press
New York
Gizella Wattenberg
United States
George Washington
Miss Wattenberg
Philip Wattenberg
Bronx
Galician Federation
Epstein University
New University of Jerusalem
Palestine
Jerusalem
Nablus
Million Leiter Paid Father Ordered Divided
A Cook County court ruled a one million dollar payment by Joseph Leiter to his father Levi Z. Leiter’s estate as income and ordered it divided among the Leiter children. Beneficiaries include sisters Lady Marguerite Countess of Suffolk and Berks, Lady Mary Victoria Curzon and Mrs. Nancy Carver Colin Campbell.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph Leiter
Levi Z. Leiter
Franklin Conty Coal Mines
Leiter
Cook County Court
Marguerite
Countess of
Suffolk and
Berks
Mary Victoria Curzon
Nancy Carver Colin-Campbell
Freeing of four in wife trading case at Bloomfield
Four residents of Bloomfield Missouri, Mr and Mrs Otis Cravens and Mr and Mrs Curt Wallace, were released after completing their jail terms for trading spouses. They separated immediately and said they would not live together until divorces were finalized and each kept the other's wife.
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Bloomfield, Mo
Otis Cravens
Curt Wallace
Liberty
South Denver Faces Threat as Castlewood Dam May Break
Police warned residents along a forty mile Cherry Creek stretch from South Denver to the south of the city to flee at short notice as Castlewood Dam, a massive mountainside reservoir, risked breaching after a 3:30 cloudburst. Dam officials later said the dam was unlikely to fail, but rising waters kept flood danger high.
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South
Denver
Associated Press
Col
Cherry Creek
Castlewood
Will of Leonard S. Smith Leaves Estate to Widow and Son
Leonard S. Smith a Cincinnati business man dies last Tuesday. His will filed in Probate Court on February 23 1923 leaves all property to his widow Mrs Mary Stanley Smith and his son Leonard S. Smith Jr to be divided equally. The estate valued at 1 750 000 consists only of personal property. Executors named are the widow and son with the son acting sole executors. Smith built wealth in laundry machinery and led the American Laundry Machinery Company and National Marking Machine Company while active in civic affairs and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Leonard S. Smith
Cincinnati
Mary Stanley Smith
Avondale Avenue
Leonard S. Smith, Jr
Lafayette Circle
John Weld Peck
United States District Court
Smith
American Laundry Machinery Company
National Marking Machine Company
Cherry Street
Chamber of Commerce
P&G rate protest upheld on bulk salt shipment
The State Public Utilities Commission upheld Procter & Gamble of Cincinnati in its protest against a proposed rate increase of 1 cent per 100 pounds for bulk salt shipped from Akron to Cincinnati. P&G uses about 8,000,000 pounds annually. the new rate would have started July 7.
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Associated Press
Columbus
State Public Utilities Commission Today
Procter & Gamble Company of
Cincinnati
Akron
Procter & Gamble Company
Protest Against Proposed Rate Increase
Residents protested against the proposed rate increase several weeks ago, arguing the measure is unreasonable and would raise costs for customers. Local officials have not specified a final decision date.
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Procter & Gamble Company
Asquith Bury Hatchet at London Dinner
Final peace gestures between Lord Oxford Asquith and David Lloyd George were shown at a Eighty Club dinner in London. The event aimed to reconcile the wartime coalition leaders and ease tensions within the government.
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Asquith
Associated Press
London
Lord Oxford
Herbert H. Asquith
David Lloyd .George
Eighty Club
Burglar Laughs At Neighbors Then Turns Up Brother Reveal
A Covington crime tale ends with a burglar entering Frank Jones's empty home on Bush and Garrard streets. Police corner him, only to learn the culprit is Rev. Henry Jones from Doniphan, Missouri, claiming kin to the homeowner. The scene unsettles neighbors and leads to a late twist as Mr. Jones seeks his sister Alma in Covington.
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Frank Jones
Bush
Garrard
Covington
Mr. Jones
Joneses
Henry Jones
Doniphan
Alma
Scott Street
Lin
Madcaps Troupe Leader Cissy Madcap Dies at 29
Cissy Madcap of The Four Madcaps died from chloroform narcosis after a minor operation in Dr Louis Lahn s office. She leaves husband John W Taylor and sisters in the act and will be buried from her Brooklyn home with services by the National Vaudeville Association. Burial in Kensico Cemetery.
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New York World News Service
New York
Cissy Madcap
John W. Taylor
Louis Lahn
Cassasa
Miss Madcap
Lahn
England
Gates Avenue
Brooklyn
National Vaudeville Association
Kensico Cemetery
Administration against calling extra Congress for revenue bills
Washington July 3. Administration plans to resist pressure from Eastern financiers to convene an October extra session to pass revenue legislation. Senators Smoot and Lemoot oppose rushing a tax bill before Christmas noting House Ways and Means will meet in October and Senate Finance will start in November.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Congress
Smoot
Rep
Utah
Lemoot
Wis
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House
President Coolidge Urges Europe Peace Pacts in Cambridge
President Coolidge, at Cambridge Common near Washington’s 1775 command spot, urged European nations to form mutual security covenants with moral support from the U.S. and arbitration for unresolved disputes. He praised Washington as a statesman and led the call for peace with justice as a global aim.
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Cambridge
Mass
George Washington
Cooliege
Europe
Cambridge Common
Washington
Coolidge
Swampscott
America
Old World
Continental Congress
Massachusetts
New England
Committee of Correspondence
Virginia
Ohio
Potomoc
Ie Impor
Captain Watkins and family drown when car plunges into river
Center, Alabama July 3 Captain C A Watkins of Fort McPherson Georgia his wife and two children were drowned tonight when their automobile plunged into the Coosa River at the Leesburg ferry near here. The bodies of Captain Watkins and his five year old daughter have been recovered.
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Associated Press
Center
Ala
C. A. Watkins
Ft. McPherson
Coosa River
Leesburg Ferry
Captain Watkins
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