Publisher Maxwell denounces reprisals after letter scandal verdict
In New York on July 25, Judge McIntyre dismissed indictments against George Maxwell President of the American Authors Composers and Publishers Association for forging poisoning letters. Maxwell vows to fight and hints at further moves while Beatrice Gallatin defends him claiming no knowledge of letter authorship as Ryan and prosecutors push for retrial.
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New York
George Maxwell
American Association of Authors, Composers and Publishers
Allan A. Ryan
Maxwell
Maloney
Ryan
England
United States
Beatrice Gallatin
Albert Gallatin
Gallatin
Mrs. Gallatin
Emma Goldman’s Mother Dies in Rochester at 86
Mrs. Toby Goldman, 86, mother of Emma Goldman the deported anarchist leader, died last night at her Rochester home. She was a prominent figure in local Jewish circles for years noted for philanthropy.
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Rochester
N. Y
Toby Goldman
Emma Goldman
Ohio stock collapse prompts full Dollings probe
Ohio officials demand a thorough inquiry into the R L Dollings Company and six subsidiaries now in receivership. Attorney General Crabbe urges prosecutions for securities fraud and asks for investigations into stock salesmen while securities officials accuse the state of lax oversight. Burton Townsend Company also placed in receivership with $3.5 million capitalization.
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Columbus
State Securities Department
Crabbe
Dollings
Norman E. Beck
Securities Department
Beck
Mr. Beck
Dollings Company
Ohio
John A. Bushnell
Bushnell
Burton-Townsend Company
Zanesville
A. Kinnear
A. M. Crumline
Matthews Engineering Company Put In Receiver’s Hands
Sandusky Ohio July 25 The Matthews Engineering Company a subsidiary of the R L Dollings Company was placed in receivership by Judge Williams in Common Pleas Court on application of local preferred stockholders to block Franklin County action J W Wellington president of the Matthews Company named receiver
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Sandusky Dolling
Sandusky, CO
Matthews Engineering Company
Sandusky
R. L. Dollings Company
Williams
Common Pleas
Franklin County
J. W. Wellington
Matthews Company
Widow Who Shot Husband at Home Funeral of His Death
Mrs. Bessie B. Bush sobbed at her husband William Edward Bush's funeral after she shot him the previous day in Newport. The court had freed her a day after the killing, and the bereaved widow, with her two daughters, attended the service and burial at Evergreen Cemetery. The tragedy followed a Sunday morning dispute over worship and the stepdaughter Anna's Sunday school refusal.
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Bar of Justice
William Edward Bush
Cutter Street
Bessie B. Bush
J. J. Rachel
Ninth
Patterson Streets
Newport
Paul Reikow
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Anna
Evergreen Cemetery
Bush
Rather
Man killed as wall collapses burying reader of tragedy
George Allingham, 65, reading aloud to his landlady and a boarder, was killed when a warehouse loading caused a brick wall to topple onto the Oswald home. The crash followed by a warehouse collapse left a second boarder and the landlady injured. the company cited overloaded iron work as the cause.
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Commercial Tribune
George Allingham
Plum Street
Mary Oswald
Allingham
Arnold Broening
E. K. Morris Steel Company
Oswald
James Kelly
Dayton
Ohio River
Jimmie
Mrs. Oswald
Broening
Fire Company 82
Marshal Schraffenberger
General Hospital
Reed Couple Drown Together at Lake Erie Picnic
Mr and Mrs C E Reed of Columbus Ohio were visiting relatives in Cleveland and drowned in Lake Erie near Rocky River while swimming. The pair walked out from shore hand in hand and were carried beyond their depth by a heavy undertow before help arrived. both bodies were recovered.
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Cleveland
C. E. Reed
Columbus
Lake Erie
Rocky River
Fourth man held in Morris murder case near Otway
William Cooper twenty five year old of Portsmouth was taken into custody by Adams County officials in the Morris murder investigation. He is the fourth suspect held, with a preliminary hearing set for tomorrow before Justice William Cooper. The case centers on the May 26 shooting of Robert F. Morris near Otway Ohio.
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Commercial Tribune
Portsmouth
William Cooper
Adams County
Robert F. Morris
Cincinnati
Otway
Ohio
Cooper
W. W. White
Portsmouth Street Light and Power Company
West Union
Justice of the Peace
Moore
Frank Moore
Walter Gulley
H. W. Bond
White
Morris
John Spires
Seventeenth Street
J. B. Kessler
C. E. Roebuck
Spires
King of
Scioto County
Adams
Gulley
Childsburg
Bootleg Raids Hit Columbus Hotels During Grand Circuit
Five state prohibition officers raided the Deshler and the Chittenden hotels in downtown Columbus aiming to trap bootleggers. They found two cases of whisky, a suitcase of gin, fourteen quarts of whisky, grain alcohol, and two flasks in eleven Deshler rooms. A man named Frank Smith was fined 100 dollars. A J Patterson pleaded not guilty. A second arrest, W A Cary of Pittsburgh, sparked a near riot as officers led him away.
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Columbus
Deshler
Chittenden
Frank Smith
A. J. Patterson
W. A. Cary
Pittsburgh
Cary
Ciry
Kirkwood and Lee Marry in Los Angeles
James Kirkwood and Lila Lee wed in Los Angeles as Augusta Appel is named bride. Lee, age 18, and Kirkwood, 40, mark Kirkwood’s third marriage. Lee formerly vaudeville performer Cuddles Edwards before entering films five years ago.
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Los Angeles
Cal
James Kirkwood
Lila Lee
Augusta Appel
Kirkwood
Miss Lee
Cuddles Edwards
Underwood Urges U S Role in European Trade
Senator Oscar W Underwood warned in Birmingham that the United States must engage in Europe to avert economic disaster at home. He cited wheat and cotton markets, European debt and armament costs, and the need for a stable export market. In Mississippi the Anti-Saloon League opposed Underwood as a Democratic nominee, accusing him of pleasing liquor interests.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States
Oscar W. Underwood
Europe
West
Underwood
League of Nations
South
France
Africa
Asia
South America
Mississippi Anti-Saloon League
Jackson
Miss
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
T. J. Bailey
Miller Convicted of Manslaughter in Pomeroy Case
James B. Miller a Pomeroy coal miner was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Edward Reynolds a West Virginia miner who had come to Miller to discuss testimony in the armed march case. Jury recommends mercy. Sentence to be passed tomorrow.
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Pomeroy, O
James B. Miller
Pomeroy
Edward Reynolds
West Virginia
Miller
From Heart Sobs to Happiness Help Wanted Ad Appeal
Classified column urges job seekers to read the Help Wanted listings for opportunities and to place a situation ad if none fit. It invites capable workers to call the classified department for details and emphasizes potential openings.
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Help Wanted
Poincare Dismissed as Ruhr Failure Sows French Doubt
Special correspondent David Lawrence argues Poincare dangers collapse as French voters learn Ruhr occupation failed to yield reparations. He notes Britain and the U S differ on aims, predicts April elections will test leadership, and cites rising coal imports from Britain as sign of Ruhr futility.
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Poincare
Ruhr
France
Germany
Great Britain
Berlin Flood of Small Mark Notes Strains Banks
Berlin faces a currency crunch as 10 000 and 20 000 mark notes flood in due to Reichsbank shortages. Bank clerks scramble to move bundles to private banks while prices rise and tourists hand out wads of small bills. A government loan plan and new high denominations are discussed as New York reports record low marks.
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Berlin
Reichsbank
New York
German spies list demanded from Berlin on wartime networks
Washington reports that Germany may be forced to disclose names of wartime agents and sympathizers in the United States. The Kentucky Public Elevator Co of Louisville seeks a $1,000,000 claim against Germany, linking a 1917 elevator fire to German spy plans. Cincinnati is cited as a hub for pro German activities and spy operations across Kentucky and nearby states.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
Ohio
Mixed Claims Commission
Kentucky Public Elevator Company
Louisville
Kentucky
Germany
Versaille
Cincinnati
Department of Justice
Governor Donahey Threatens Special Session Over Slot Machines
The Cleveland Municipal Court ruled slot machines paying mint packages legal, prompting Governor Donahey to consider appealing to higher courts and possibly calling a special legislative session to enact laws to stop the gambling. He warned arrests could follow if law directors resist pursuing the cases to establish a precedent.
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Columbus
Cleveland Municipal Court
Donahey
Lamb
Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
8Yfield
Zanesville
Clev
Common Pleas
Johnson Attacks World Court at New York Dinner
Senator Hiram Johnson denounced America joining the World Court saying European nations want American gold and manpower, not wisdom, to settle European affairs. The event was billed as nonpolitical and drew guests from across the country, with boosters shouting “Hiram in 1924.”
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New York
Hiram Johnson
California
America
Hiram
Johnson
George Henry Payne
Payne
Europe
George Harvey
Great Britain
Harding
Ambassador Harvey
World Court
League of Nations
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
J. T. Williams
Boston Transcript
Hylan
Rhinelander Waldo
Roosevelt
William Randolph Hearst
John J. Byrne
Marcus Loew
Charles M. Schwab
Louis Evan Shipman
A. B. Rossdale
Walter S. Dryfoose
August Heckscher
E. F. Albee
International Court
United States
France
Italy
Japan
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