Death and legal battles swirl around Charles W Morse
Bath Me July 15 Charles W Morse former financier and ex steamship promoter faced a double blow as his wife Mrs Morse died after two strokes and Morse was ordered to plead to a five year old indictment charging him with using the mails to defraud. The couple had a long legal history over their marriage and wealth once valued around 20 million dollars. Morse, described as a helpless invalid, had been released from Atlanta Penitentiary during Taft's administration due to illness and faced renewed pressure from the government to plead.
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Bath
Charles W. Morse
Morse
Mr. Morse
New York
Holmes
Charles Foster Dodge
San Francisco
Hattie Bishop
Dodge
Abe Hummel
Steamship Company
Fletcher Dobyns
Socias
Chicago
Atlanta
Taft
Leaps as Bomb Explodes in New Jersey House
In Perth Amboy New Jersey on July 15 a 15 year old, Vincent Ferraro, leaped through a window to safety as a time bomb exploded destroying a two story frame house. Police blamed an old feud for the blast and the ensuing fire.
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Perth Amboy
N. J
Vincent Ferraro
Less Guesswork in Employment Helps Hire Efficient Workers
A Cincinnati publication touts Commercial Tribune Employment Advertising Service to craft ads that attract desirable applicants. It promises savings of time and money by targeting the right man or woman and suggests calling Classified Employment Adtaker at Canal 6300.
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Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Commander Klein resigns from Navy after 24 years
Commander Jacob Henry Klein Jr a Cincinnati native and famed U S Navy flyer resigns to start a New York business after twenty four years of service He led Lakehurst New Jersey station and taught submarine operations at New London Conn He commanded the torpedo boat Smith and helped rescue ship survivors during World War I and earned French decorations.
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Jacob Henry Klein, Jr
France
Atlantic
Adoah
Los Angeles
Germany
Woodward High School
Congressman Longworth
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Rhode Island
Navy
Inquiry Opens Into Arsenal Blast At Lake Denmark
The Naval Board probes civilian damage from the Lake Denmark arsenal disaster hearing testimony from Augustus Fichter A J Sickles and Chief Gunner W A Gerdts in a makeshift courtroom olive drab tent. Replogle Steel reports Mt Hope mining property loss at 150000 in the same incident.
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Dover
N. J
Naval Board
Lake
Denmark Arsenal
Augustus Fichter
A. J. Sickles
Arsenal
W. A. Gerdts
Replogle Steel Company
Mt. Hope
Park Board values land for stadium at 31250 per acre
The Park Board set a price of 31250 an acre for sixteen acres of House of Refuge property on Colerain avenue, aiming for a 500000 sale to the Cincinnati Baseball Club. City officials seek fair appraisal from real estate men and reserve about ten acres for a park site while pursuing a municipal athletic stadium and expanded playfields. The deal hinges on council approval and potential use of proceeds for playground improvements.
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House of Refuge
Colerain Avenue
Park Board
Memb
Cincinna Baseball Club
Seasongood
Fred Schneller
Stanley Matthews
Walter Schmidt
Acr
House of Refugee
Mr. Ault
Irwin Krohn
Frederick Hinkle
Hamilton County Officials To Decide On Coney Island Betting
In Columbus on July 15 Attorney General Crabbe and Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Charles S. Bell agreed that plans to prohibit pari mutuel betting at the Coney Island race track should be set by local authorities. Crabbe, busy with other matters, handed the issue to Bell for action. Bell, returning from Norwalk after Crabbe testified on graft in site selection for a state institution, did not reveal steps but implied criminal actions could be pursued against those running the race course.
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Columbus
Crabbe
Charles S. Bell
Hamilton County
Coney Island
Cincinnati
Bell
Norwalk
Huron County Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Standard Oil of New Jersey Plans Big Stock Retirement
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey will retire its 200 million dollars of 7 percent cumulative preferred stock. To do so it must raise about 230 million dollars, calling the issue at 115. Two plans are under study, including offering new common shares to current holders at 30 dollars in a one for three ratio or issuing convertible bonds equal in size to the preferred stock. The move aims to harmonize with major stockholder groups and restructure capital.
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New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Andrews finds British willing to aid his work
Briga dier General Lincoln C. Andrews, American prohibition enforcement chief, told British authorities that conferences begun in London would hinder international rum running. He praised the opening discussions at the Foreign Office and expected completion within a week as British representatives showed strong cooperation.
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London
Lincoln C. Andrews
Andrews
Foreign Office
Edwards Heirs Rally For Eight Trillion Downtown New York Claim
About 300 Edwards heirs gathered in Kansas City to discuss their claim to half of downtown Manhattan valued at eight trillion dollars. They traced lineage to 1737 wills and sang while vowing to pursue the estate through courts after two centuries of litigation.
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Edwards
New York
Kansas City
Thomas
Robert Edwards
Robert
Fairmount Park
Ma’m
Anna Kaye
Jan Cornelius
Bogardus
Hamilton Man Held In Killing At Farmhousenear Independence Ky
Chesley Thomas of Hamilton charged as accessory in the murder of George Whitey Woodruff 24 at a farmhouse along Madison pike near Independence Kentucky. He was arrested by Kenton County deputies, brought to Covington and jailed without bail pending a hearing before County Judge Read.
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George (Whitey) Woodruff
Madison Pike
Independence
Chesley Thomas
Kahn Avenue
Hamilton
Elaine and
Ligler
Kenton County
Covington
Read
Rodney Bryson
McPherson Identified in Salinas Car Case Mystery
Los Angeles July 15 Aimee Semple McPherson evangelist identified by Dennis Collins as the woman who rode with Kenneth Ormiston to a Salinas garage after her disappearance. Grand jury hears witnesses while District Attorney Keyes says no new evidence is needed to decide the case.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Temple
Salinas
Santa Monica
Joe Ryan
Ryan
McPherson
Dennis Collins
Keyes
Ormiston
North Carolina
San Luis Obispo
Ana
Frank Gibson
Santa Barbara
Grand Jury
C. E. Pape
Tucson
Ariz
Agua Prieta
O. A. Vick
Culver City
Vicks
Hartford Woman Holds Highland Lake Cottage Amidst Ousting Bid
Mrs. Marion Hemming of Hartford remained in possession of the Highland Lake cottage after three men with crowbars forced entry and injured her. A motorcycle officer and warrants for breach of peace followed. Griffing and his guards were ordered to Hartford. Hemming said she would stay, asserting joint ownership of the furniture as guards moved to remove items.
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Louis S. Griffing
Hartford
Samuel A. Herman
Hadleigh Howd
Griffing
Hemming
Convict Leader Captured in Arizona Telegram
Illinois dispatch reports Charles Duschowski, leader of seven Joliet Prison escapees who killed Deputy Warden Peter N. M. Klein on May 65, was captured in Nogales, Arizona. Will County State's Attorney Rehn received the telegram via James Robbins. The remaining six fugitives were captured.
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Liet
Ill
Rehn
Will County
James
Robbins
Nogales
Ariz
Charles Duschowski
Peter N. M. Klein
Joliet Prison
Coast Guard crew turned cutter into rum runner for Christmas money
In New York court today Paul Louis Crim testified about a Coast Guard crew that converted its government boat into a rum running craft to obtain money. Crim, among six teens named with William V. Dwyer in a $40 million ring, appeared as a government witness and identified CG-203 under Capt. Edgard Gallagher as the vessel. He said money was received.
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New York
Coast Guard
Paul Louis Crim
William V. Dwyer
Dwyer
Crim
CG-203
Edgard Gallagher
Cutt
Gallagher
Ellis
Ambrose Light
Christopher Street
Cri
Rum _ Row
Coast Guard Service
Coolidge Demonstrates Fishing Prowess at White Pine Camp
President Coolidge fished in Fondsby Jr. Pond near White Pine Camp catching ten pounds of brook trout with his Secret Service party. He landed thirty-one trout and two large ones while Mrs. Coolidge joined but did not fish. The same day he also caught a three pound pike at Lake Osgood. Governor Alfred E. Smith and Mrs. Smith will join them tomorrow.
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Paul Smith
N. Y
President Coolidge
Fondsby
White House
Coolidge
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Marine Guards
Everett Sanders
Wilson Brown, Jr
Lake Osgood
White Pine Camp
Fred E. Stack
Kresge Divorce Case Opens In Detroit Circuit Court
Sebastian S. Kresge, famed five and ten cent store magnate, sues Doris Mercer for divorce in Detroit Circuit Court. The bill is sealed, with wife a New York resident. Kresge and his first wife Anna Harvey Kresge divorced in 1923. He separated from Doris in May 1925 amid prior New York stock and prenuptial disputes.
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Detroit
Sebastian S. Kresge
Tennessee
Kresge
Doris Mercer
Paul W. Vorhies
Doris Mercer Kresge
New York
Anna Harvey Kresge
Ruth
Voorhies
Tri-State Postmasters Elect Behymer President
Arthur L. Behymer of Cincinnati elected first President of the new Tri-State Postmasters Association at the second day of its inaugural convention held in Gibsons. The organization will include Ohio Kentucky and Indiana postmasters with Cincinnati planned as air mail hub linking Cleveland and Louisville.
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Arthur L. Behymer
Cincinnati
Tri-State
Postmasters’ Association
The
Gibsons
Behymer
New
Tri-State Postmasters’ Association
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Frank Ellis
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
John H. Bartlett Washington
New Hampshire
G. A. Seiler
Covington
M. A. Schutt
Michigan City
Ind
Harry B. Carver
Troy
James J. Patchell
Union City
E. C. Anderson
Blanchester
Fred H. Tibbitts
Columbus
W. T. Huntsman
Toledo
S. A
Lovelace
London
Maude Garrill
Midway
David Johnson
Clinton
W.H. Jones
Logansport
Charles F. Porter
Hagerstown
E. W. Showalter
Brookville
Indianapolis
Resolutions Committee
Mr. Behymer
Robert Bryson
Captain Clough Dies Recalling Twain Inspired Sea Epic
San Francisco dispatch reports Capt. Fred Clough aged 80 died in a Kerney Street lodging house. Sixty years earlier he survived with 15 others after the clipper Hornet burned in the Pacific. Henry Ferguson, a Bible student, perished days later while Clough cared for him amid a 43 day drift. Mark Twain later told of Clough's heroism, and Ferguson’s brother funded a lifelong annuity to the sailor.
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San Francisco
Fred Clough
Kerney Street
Hornet
California
Henry Ferguson
Clough
Ferguson
Mark Twain
Hawaii
Twain
Maine
Flyers Establish New Siberia Paris nonstop flight record
Capt. Giriere and Lieut. Cordilly left Le Bourget and landed at Omsk Siberia at 1 50 pm covering 2937 miles to set a new nonstop straight line flight record.
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Siberia
Paris
Giriere
Lieut
Cordilly
le Bourget
Omsk
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Klein
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Standard Oil OF
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Companion of Temple
U. S
Lake Cottage
Cooldge
Mr. Coolidge
Homer P. Snyder
Dehymeh
Association OF Postmasters
Tri
Willis
AIR Lines
Cleveland
Louisville
Aviation Department
United States Senate
Post Office Department
America
Bartlett
Washington
Birdseye
G. F. H. Birdseye
Col. M. C. Cox
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Mt. Sterling
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