Grand Jury Probes Melon Trade Ring in Chicago
The grand jury investigates alleged fruit market manipulation by firms tied to The Big Five in Cincinnati Evansville Vincennes Albany and Thomasville. W M Espy of Pansey Alabama flags practices keeping melon prices high for consumers. Officials plan expert help to map the interlocking network behind the farm to consumer path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
W. M. Espy
Melon Grower
Pansey
Ala
Louis Capelle
Irs
Epsy
Mauch
Cincinnati
Water Melon Trust
Front Street
Evansville
Ind
Vincennes
Albany
Thomasville
Associated Frees
Chicago
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Clyne
Weather summary for Ohio to Indiana and national temperatures
Weather notes show fair to partly cloudy conditions across Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Indiana with minimal temperature changes. Regional highs for July 17 1919 include 84 to 90 degrees across cities while several stations report no precipitation and a few show trace rainfall.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ature
Indiana
Boston
Kansas City
New Orleans
Omaha
Galveston
Denver
Nashville
San Francisco
Memphis
Winnipeg
Cincinnati
State Examiner charges Bellamy grocer with inflated quarantine prices
In Portsmouth Ohio during May to July 1918 Judge Bellamy and Son grocers face charges of charging excessive prices for groceries to quarantine residents. A $600 finding against Bellamy is cited. city payments show Bellamy received 63 percent of groceries though supplying 44 percent. The report orders funds adjustments including county repayment to Portsmouth and reallocation of costs.
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Columbus, O
Bellamy & Son
Portsmouth
State Bureau of Accountings’ Examiners
Bellamy
Beens
Cline
Scioto County
Election Board
L. A. Zucker
Henry Clark
Portsmouth Cemetery
J. L. Cline
Dayton Business Man Flies To Engagements
Dayton inventor C. A. Kettering plans a daylight flight from Wichita to New York to attend a business engagement tomorrow evening. He flew his plane from Dayton to Wichita for a national tractor demonstration before the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Business
Wichita
Kan
C. A. Kettering
Dayton
Here
New York
Kettering
Bride Locked Up by Mother Sparks Habeas Corpus Suit
Robert M. Rhone filed habeas corpus in Common Pleas Court Columbus seeking access to his wife who his mother‑in‑law Mrs Della Woodcock allegedly imprisoned at her Columbus home since their secret July 7 Newport Ky marriage. Mrs Rhone, former Ohio State student, is at Sheriff Slack’s residence after the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
Della Woodcock
Robert M. Rhone
Common Pleas Court
Blasted Love Affair Ties to Murder Case
Albert Donavan of Pittsburg was tried for the murder of Baltimore & Ohio detective George Slavens in Midland City on April 30. He pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received a life sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary after explaining his Navy discharge and ensuing hardship. The 19 year old, epileptic suspect was captured hours later in a straw stack near Branchester. his mother attended the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Wilmington
Albert Donavan
Pittsburg
George Slavens
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Midland City
Here
Donavan
Frank M. Clevenger
Ohio Penitentiary
Navy
Branchester
Boy Bandits arraigned in Cleveland court
Andrew and Patrick Robert, youths linked to a deputy marshal slaying near Willoughby, faced first degree murder charges in Lake County jail. Andrew waived examination and bound over to the grand jury while Patrick pleaded not guilty and awaits a Saturday hearing. Bernard McCarey remained near death and George Gilmore showed signs of recovery.
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Cleveland
Andrew
Patrick Robert
Ernest Gray
Arl
Pcesse
Willoughby
B. E. Calaway
Lake County
Painesville
Andrew Robert
Patrick
Bernard McCarey
George Gilmore
Alabama Senate Rejects Federal Woman Suffrage Amendment
The Alabama State Senate voted 19 to 13 against ratifying the federal woman suffrage amendment after a three hour debate including a reading of President Wilsons support message.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama State Senate
Wilson
Daring Robbery Attempt on Ninth Street Ends in Capture
A thief attempted to rob Catherine Doran on Ninth Street between Sycamore and Main. He knocked her down and fled with a bank book containing checks and cash, but was chased by police and bystanders and caught near the County Morgue. He gave the name Charles Brown, later admitting Charles Wallace of Huntington, West Virginia, and was charged with assault with intent to rob.
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Ninth Street
Sycamore
Main Streets
Catherine Doran
Weibel-Warren Automobile Company
Second National Bank
Schiear Auto Company
McGeehan
Dressing
Shearwood
Cheapside
Charles Brown
Charles Wallace
Huntington
West Virginia
Wallace
Miss Doran
Mayor Galvin Wins Backing to Boost City Payroll
The Ohio Valley Banking Association backs a plan to loan the city $99,000 monthly through end of 1920 to fund a 15 to 20 percent raise for police, fire, and other staff. A special City Council meeting will seek authorization for necessary legislation as Cincinnati Clearing House lenders pledge support.
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Ohio Valley Banking Association
Galvin
Association
Business Men's Club
Cincinnati Clearing House
Seiter
E. A. Seiter
Ford Testimony Retold as Memory Fades in Libel Trial
Henry Ford on the stand amid repeated questions in the $1,000,000 libel suit against The Chicago Daily Tribune. He recalls terms like preparedness and militarism and clashes with counsel over whether his statements applied to Wilson. Publicists explain his courtroom conduct as he cites 1917 actions.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Henry Ford
Chicago Daily Tribune
Elliott G. Stevenson
the Tribune
Stevenson
Mr. Ford
Henry W. Wise Wood
New York
Ford
Wilson
Chamberlain Emerges A Smile On His Face
Senator Chamberlain met with President Wilson in a sign of renewed accord over the treaty and League of Nations. The Oregon senator predicted Pacific coast and California support for ratification and discussed a possible Portland visit on a Western trip.
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Chamberlain Emerges
His
Artist in Smiles and Dempsey Preview in Tribune
Charles D. Mitchell will present a half page of clever drawings. Robert Edgren, expert on sports, will discuss Dempsey's career up to his victory over Willard with accompanying drawings of the champion in action.
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Charles D. Mitchell
Dempsey
Robert Edgren
Dempsey-Willard
Commercial Tribune
Willard
Raynham Flight Delayed Again as Plane Wrecks
Frederick P. Raynham failed to take off in the rebuilt Chi mera transatlantic plane at St Johns Newfoundland. The 275 horsepower craft, carrying 375 gallons of fuel, rose only about thirty feet before crashing, though Raynham and Lt. Conrad H. Biddlecomb escaped unharmed. Doubt exists over a third attempt due to the heavy costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Morgan
Harry Hawker
Raynham
Morgan
England
Biddlecomb
Two votes beat trial by jury in liquor bill
Washington July 17 Prohibition forces blocked attempts to remove strict provisions from the general enforcement bill in the House. A later vote defeated an effort to allow jury trials for liquor injunction violations, 78 to 76, as quorum concerns and absences shaped the roll call amid clashes over the wartime act and constitutional prohibition enforcement measures.
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Washington
House
Prohibition
Representatives Reavis
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Volstead
Gard
Ohio
Clark
P'Ling
Igoe
Missouri
Wilson describes Versailles accords to three Senate Republicans
President Wilson met with Senators McCumber Nelson and Colt to explain how conference agreements shaped the peace treaty. Colt signaled doubts on Shantung and the League, while McCumber favored the league and urged action with other Republicans.
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Nelson
Wilson
Senator Sutherland Declines Wilson League Talk Invitation
New York July 17 United States Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee arrived to visit his son a captain in the army back from France. He said he would not attend a White House conference with President Wilson on the League of Nations, calling it bad form and insisting the President speak in the Senate chamber where the body could hear facts. The senator emphasized the Senate wants concrete facts rather than general philosophy.
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Colt
League of Nations
Senate
White House
Shantung
McCumber
Foreign Relations Committee
League
Wilson
Nelson
Kellogg
Minnesota
Kenyon
Iowa
McNary
Oregon
Capper
Kansas
Lodge
Congressional Committee
Whites House
Borah
Idaho
Bliss
Lansng
Henry White
England
France
Italy
Sherman
Ilinois
China
Tokyo
Japan
Europe
New York
Unite States
Howard Sutherland
West Virginia
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Washington
Whitehouse
Sutherland
Divorce Corresponent Marries Mrs Berdan in Toledo
Mrs Evelyn Osborn Berdan wed Trimble De Roode of New York here last night. De Roode was named correspondent in Berdan's divorce petition after Berdan died suddenly in Chicago amid autopsy and estate contest intrigue drawing wide attention.
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Toledo
Evelyn Osborn Berdan
Trimble de Roode
New York
Cores‘pondent
Berdan
Chicago
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Gapelle
Melon Trust
Espy
Columbus
J. Cay
Beecher W. Wa‘termire
State Public Utilities Commission
Waltermire
State Examiner
Bride
BOY
Alabama
Gil
Manufacturer
Arnold
Mr. Wood
Joseph O'Neill
William J. Cameron
Paris
Lawrence
David Lawrence
the Commercial Tribune
Wee
Senator Chamberlain
Capitol
Chamberlain
War Department
Portland
Pacific Coast
California
Johnson
United States
Rhode Island
North Dakota
Mrs. Berdan
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