Indicted at Coney Island track for racing bets
Hamilton County Grand Jury returns two indictments against the Queen City Driving Club and eleven officials over betting at the Coney Island track. Officials Thomas Duggan William Halpin John Rodgers Frank Sullivan Joseph Pullam Albert Behle Max Daake Joseph Harner William McDonald Omar W Bird and Philip L Leydecker face nine counts each for pool selling recording and handling bets. Arraignment set for 9 a m Saturday with bonds at 1000 each.
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Queen City
Thomas J. Duggan
William Halpin
John Rodgers
Frank Sullivan
Joseph Pullam
Albert Behle
Max Daake
Joseph Harner
William E. McDonald
Omas W. Bird
Philip L. Leydecker
Behle
Daake
Harner
McDonald
Bird
Liberty
Mose Goldblatt
Carl J. Basler
Coney Island Jockey Club
Queen City Driving Club
Basler
Frank Silivan
Thomas Duggan
Mr. Basler
Bell
Crabbe
Mr. Bell
Sheriff Witt
Hamilton County
France forms strongest cabinet since war faces financial task
Premier Raymond Poincare unveils a nonpartisan government aimed at placing France on a sound financial footing. The new cabinet prompts a rally in the franc to above the dollar, and Poincare seeks talks with US Treasury Secretary Mellon on debt settlement terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Senate
Chamber
Mellon
Poincare
Elysee Palace
Doumergue
Andrew W. Mellon
United States Treasury
United States
M. Poincare
Coolidge Sees U S Dominance In World Markets
President Coolidge believes the United States holds firm in world markets despite European anti American sentiment and debt concerns. He says the nation will retain a larger world advantage and better service for buyers, staving off foreign raids on exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Tucker
New York World News Service
White Pine
Coolidge
United States
Rome
Italy
America
Istant
Lincoln C. Andrews
London
State Department
Dwyer Rum Ring Trial Closes As Jury To Hear Case
Summation concluded in New York in the Dwyer rum ring case involving eight defendants. Defense lawyers charged witnesses were bribed informers while Federal Attorney Buckner argued immunity covered self incrimination. Charles Augustus Smith, key government witness, was later charged with perjury and held on ten thousand dollars bail.
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New York
Buckner
Irons
Charles Augustus
Henry) Smith
Witnesees
Smith
Congress of the United States
Dwyer
United States
City plans 60 million bond to fund ten year improvements
Col Sherrill city manager presented a 60 million bond program to Cincinnati Council for ten years covering 39.2 million for Highways and 47.2 million across all city departments plus allocations for the University Park Board and Library. Council debated over two hours and postponed action.
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Sherrill
Cincinnati
Col. Sherrill
Aafternoon
Highways Department
University
Park Board
Library
Soatoneoor
Third Street
General Hospital
Col
Council
Nast Third Street
Pike
Martin Streets
Fifth Street
Columbia Avenue
Vine Street
Broadway
Liberty Street
Highland Avenue
Taft Road
Harrison Avenue
Observatory Ane
Blair Avenue
Dixmuth Avenue
Den
Priests Prepare to Leave as Mexican Churches Face Closure
A semi official dispatch from Mexico City says Secretary of War orders all federal troops to be ready by August 1 when Catholic churches nationwide will be closed under new religious measures. More than forty priests seek government passports for safe passage, including leaders of major cathedrals in the capital.
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Nogales
Ariz
Herald
Mexico City
Calles
Republic
Mexico
San Felipe
San Francisco de Loreto
Exho Cy
Mexican Officials Deny Army Ordered Ready for Aug 1
Mexico City officials deny reports that federal troops are ordered to be ready for instant action on August 1 when new religious regulations take effect. They say such orders may be issued if necessary but were not issued at this time.
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Mexico City
Shipping Board Probes Liquor Sales on Government Ships
Washington officials announced a probe into charges of liquor being sold on U S government vessels. Ship crews are under captain control, with standing prohibitions stated and agents already inspecting ships, as federal investigators in New York begin to gathering evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shipping Board
New York
W. H. Slayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Department of Justice and Prohibition Unit
The
Frank Dow
Prohibition and Customs Services
Gas Well Struck in Ohio Second Cow Run Sand
Pure Oil Company struck a two million foot gas well on the Capehart farm near Syracuse Ohio in the second Cow Run Sand. The discovery was announced at Gallipolis and adds a sizable new natural gas source for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Gallipolis
Pure Oil Company
Cow Run
Capehart Farm
Syracuse
Mussolini Says Italy Must Expand to Prosper
Premier Mussolini declares Fascist Italy must expand or suffocate but that expansion poses no threat to world peace. He speaks of a drive for power, wealth, and national prosperity in Rome.
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Italy
Mussolini
Rome
Associated Press
United States
Europe
England Signals Help to Curb Flow of Liquor
London July 23 United States and British officials near an accord on rum running controls. No new rights for the United States but measures include U S revenue cutters entry on short notice, immediate vessel registry information, stricter clearance papers, and prompt fraud warnings to federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Treasury
Andrews
United States
United States Revenue
N. Y
World News ‘Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub
Cox
Budlong Granted Separation in Newport Divorce Case
Milton J. Budlong, wealthy New York Newport resident and former Packard official, wins a separation decree from Jessie Margaret Budlong in Newport Superior Court. The ruling grants custody of three children to Budlong and cites extreme cruelty by Mrs Budlong, noting public notoriety and his health impact, while keeping them legally married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R.I
Milton J. Budlong
New York-Newport
New York
Packard Motor Car Company
Jessie Margaret Budlong
Newport Superior Court
Edward W. Blodgett
Actress Louise Pazenda files suit for divorce
Los Angeles reports screen actress Louise M. Pazenda has filed for divorce from Noel M. Smith alleging desertion and no support. They married March 1 1917 and separated August 1 1923.
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Louise Fazenda
Los Angeles
Louise M. Pazenda
Noel M. Smith
Fireflies Stay Lit 24 Hours With Adrenaline
New York reports that Princeton graduate student William B. Crigh ton under Dr. Frank E. Lutz at the American Museum of Natural History station in Harriman State Park near Tuxedo used adrenaline injections to produce continuous firefly glow. Some insects stayed alight for a full day before dying from energy depletion. smaller doses yielded three to four hours of steady light and recovery afterward.
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Princeton
New York
William 8. Crighton
Frank E. Lutz
American Museum
Cof National History
Harriman State Park
Creighton
Norma
Jail inquiry hears of frequent jail hospital receptions with liquor
In Chicago July testimony by a former jailer at Judge McGoorty’s inquiry into jail conditions cited Frank McErlane and other Cook County inmates receiving alcohol in the jail hospital. Witnesses described repeated drunken episodes including McErlane being drunk during court appearances and guards alleged to be intoxicated on duty. A raid netted liquor sources and liquor smugglers. one guard, Moore, faced contempt charges after being found unfit in court.
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Chicago
Frank
McErlane
Cook County
John J. McGoorty
Indiana
James Castignano
Jules Portuguese
Castignano
Mere Moore
Moore
Young Mother Holds Five Day Mystery Near Covington
In a hilltop farmhouse south of Covington a 23 year old wife Nellie Taylor implausibly recounts being abducted by a white man and held captive for five days. Police and husband describe her distraught condition after she returned home to tell of a terrifying ordeal. The story includes claims of being drugged and moved to another city with a male assailant.
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Nellie Taylor
Covington
Luther Taylor
Taylor
Garfield Place
Sume
Thore Kluemper
Cincinnati
Kluemper
Candy Man Nearly Breezes To Death In Ice Box
During a July heat wave in Portsmouth Nick Stavros, owner of the Classic confectionery, slipped into an ice box to fetch cream. The door closed and locked him inside for about fifteen minutes until an employee found him and he was thawed.
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Candy Man
Portsmouth
Nick Stavros
Stavros
Subway Strikers Clubbed by Police After Meeting
FORK July 23 Striking subway motormen and switchmen were dispersed by police with clubs after a meeting at the strikers quarters. The action followed a resumed strike when the Inter borough Rapid Transit Company refused to deal with leaders or a large group seeking re employment. Many strikers were struck as they resisted dispersal.
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Fork
Subway
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
More Men Return as Subway Strike Reignites
Edward P. Lavin, leader of the Interborough strikers, reopened the strike after initially ending it. Within 24 hours, 85 motormen and switchmen returned, bringing total on duty to 486 of the old force. 250 remain out with many new hires among them. George Keegan refused to meet Lavin except as Motorman Lavin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Leary, JR
New York World News Service
New York
Edward P. Lavin
Interborough
Finnigan
Power House
Lavin
George
Keegan
Consolidated Railway Workers of
Greater New York
Tower Station
Manhattan Casino
James L. Quackenbush
Ae Entent
Pittsburgh Bootlegger Held for Investigation
Canton Ohio July 24 Heavily armed Ohio National Guard troops in plain clothes guarded the homes of Canton officials and probable witnesses in the murder inquiry into Don R. Mellett publisher. Guards were posted due to threats against officials unless the investigation halted. W. G. McClintock Stark County Prosecutor heads the inquiry. Officials planned to trace threats via mail from Cairo Illinois to New York.
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Canton
Ohio National Guard
Don R. Mellett
Canton Publsher
W. G. McClintock
Stark County
Cairo
Ill
New York
Ohio coroner arrives to study Canton News murder evidence
Coroner T C McQuate from Stark County Ohio brings the bullet and two other projectiles tied to the Canton News killing. He will confer with Winchester experts in New Haven seeking a rifle or pistol origin, caliber, and firing range details.
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New Haven
Conn
T. C. McQuate
Stark County
Ohio
Don R. Mellett
Canton (O
Winchester Arms Company
Canton police question four in Mellett murder probe
Investigators grilled Carl Studer and three others at police headquarters in Canton as they pursue a possible underworld conspiracy to murder publisher Don R. Mellett. A woman connected to the case is sought for information while authorities probe a Pennsylvania registered fleeing car and a threat tied to the shooting.
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Canton
Mellett
Carl Studer
Underworld
Studer
Max Levin
Bondsman
Morris Rudner
Massillon
Tne
Don R. Mellett
Fas
Lengel
Ed Swope
City
J. D. Cleary
Columbus
Gov. Donahey
Ben Clark
City Bertillon
Ora Slater
Cincinnati
Stark County
Cantor
Alliance
Pennsylvania
Mellegt
Forces of J
Cleary
Treasury Department
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Ingreade
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England
Budlong
Husband With
Gun
Company
Canton Trio
Mellett Slayer
Pittsburgh
Army of Sleuths
Blwood City
Walter Vail
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