Covington School Board Probes Spiral Fire Escape Lock
Covington School Commission investigates who locked the spiral fire escape at the First District School during a fire prevention check. Chief Deputy Hite and Chief Griffith found a padlock on the exit while clerks blamed the janitor for locking doors during breaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington School Commission
First
Edward Hite
State Fire Marshal's Office
Teddy Griffith
Covington Fire Department
School Commission
Frankfort
Rush to secure licenses before penalty Ends
In the City Office of Cashier William Macke a rush to obtain business and professional licenses ended with nearly 50000 dollars collected. About 600 persons were delinquent and face a police court fine of 5 to 25 dollars for evading the new law. Commissioners may remit the penalty if failure to obtain a license was an oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Macke
Macke
Man Fined and Woman Held After Corbin Disorderly Charge
James Cavanaugh, 28, Corbin Kentucky, fined 100 dollars and jailed fifty days by Judge Lew L. Manson in Police Court for disorderly conduct. Mary E. Phillips, 19, Corbin, arrested with him, ordered held in jail awaiting police parent communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cavanaugh
Corbin
Lew L. Manson
Mary E. Phillips
State District Court Convicts 53 in Week at Catlettsburg
A federal court session in Catlettsburg closed Friday with 53 convictions for the week. Seven defendants received penitentiary sentences for violating federal anti distilling statutes. The docket includes cases against Jacob Zakem and Ferdinand Moeller of Newport charged with cigar thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UN States District Court
Catlettsburg
Jacob Zakem
Ferdinand Moeller
Newport
Two Suspects Held on Stolen Cigar Case Headed for Covington Trial
Zakem and Moeller were bound over for the October term of court on charges relating to possession and sale of stolen goods. Zakem's bond was set at 2000 dollars and Moeller's at 500 dollars. Zakem claimed he bought 10,000 cigars from Moeller for 150 dollars. The cigars are alleged to have come from Joseph Knecht's Cincinnati cigar factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Zakem
Moeller
Joseph Knecht
Cincinnati
Mor tality list reported in Covington week ending May 31 1919
Health Officer Dr James M O Maley releases Covington mortality list for the week ending Saturday May 31 1919. Names include Harry L Koch 34 John Delahanty 52 John Dewey 50 Lena Haley 7 months Bernard Etler 13 Barbara Menninger 72 Janie McDonald 47 Charles Littlefield 74 Bernard Pieper 50 Mary Catherine King 70 Robert Thornton 6 months Anna Mullen 58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. O'Maley
Covington
Harry L. Koch
John Delahanty
John Dewey
Lena Haley
Bernard Etler
Barbara Menninger
Janie McDonald
Charles Littlefield
Bernard Pieper
Mary Catherine King
Robert Thornton
Anna Mullen
Local Democrats Name Otto Wolff to Fill Rouse Vacancy
Members of the Sixth Congressional District Democratic Committee met in Covington to fill the vacancy created by Shelly D. Rouse. Judge Otto Wolff of Newport was elected by unanimous vote to fill the seat, with G F Webb Campbell County and others from Kenton Grant Boone Carroll Pendleton and Trimble counties among the participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Congressional District
Democratic Committee
W. N. Hind
Covington
State Central Democratic Committee
Shelly D. Rouse
L. & N. Railroad
National Railroad Administration
Hind
Elmer Stansifer
Independence
Otto Wolff
Newport
Rouse
G. F. Webb
Grant County
William Schleuter
Fred Betz
Campbell County
George Lohre
Ed. Kelley
Kenton County
B. B. Hume
Boone County
C. TP. Scott
Carroll County
Robin C. Dills
Pendleton County
F. W. Hancock
Trimble County
Court session tightens as eleven face judge for intoxication
Covington Police Court yesterday morning heard eleven offenders before Judge Lew Ju Manson. Defendants included Gus Kiguck of Cincinnati fined five dollars plus costs for intoxication and W K Coy of Cincinnati with the same charge. Roy Martin of Columbus received twenty five dollars plus costs and ten days in jail for disorderly conduct. Joe Tuttle of Covington, age eighteen, threw a brick through a saloon window and was held for further liquor source inquiry. Three negro girls cited for disorderly conduct were lectured and placed on open docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Lew Ju. Manson
Gus Kiguck
Cincinnati
W. K. Coy
G. E. Lunsford
Corning
Ark
Roy Martin
Columbus
Jal
W. J. Cunningham
Newport
Drew
Joe Tuttle
United States Clerk to Hear Rail Telegraph Case
Special Commissioner John W. Menzies, Covington, will return to Louisville to hear testimony in a case where the L and N Railroad sues Western Union Telegraph for 4,000,000 dollars in rentals. The dispute arises from poles and wires laid along the railroad right of way under a contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John W. Menzies
Covington
Louisville
L. & N. Railroad Company
Western Union Telegraph Company
Con
Right of Way Case Covers L. and W. System in Kentucky
A tract dated about twenty five years ago extends from 1912 to 1918. Commissioner Menzies will determine the number of poles and miles of wire on the railroad company's right of way. The case encompasses the entire L. and W. system in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menzies
Kentucky
Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Initiation in Covington
One hundred sixty five candidates will be initiated into the Fourth Degree at K of C Hall Covington on East Eleventh Street marking its first conferment in this part of the state. A banquet for 400 will follow at the Linton Hotel Cincinnati with leading knights from across the country and Colonel P H Callahan of Louisville delivering the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. OF C
Knights of Columbus
Kentucky
K. of Co. Aiall
East Eleventh Street
Covington
Linton Hotel
Cincinnati
Ep Peak Knights
P. H. Callahan
Louisville
Decoration Day Pickpocketing Spurs City Police Probe
Crowds on Decoration Day saw multiple thefts as Alvin Ridge found eleven empty purses on a vacant lot near the Lagoon. Police report two victims felled by pickpockets on a Covington Ludlow car returning from the Lagoon and a mink fur collar valued at $500 stolen from Frank Ludbeck's Cincinnati home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Ridge
Oak Street
Ludlow
Covington
Covington City Building
Walter Conley
Orville Walker
Frank Ludbeck
Elberon \partments
Cincinnati
Dixie Highway
Judge Rules On Reed Amendment Shipping Whisky Case
Federal Judge A M J Cochran of the Eastern District of Kentucky decides in Catlettsburg that whisky shipped from Ironton Ohio to West Virginia cannot be intercepted or seized in Kentucky. Seizure occurs once liquor enters dry territory in West Virginia, making prosecution possible where seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. J. Cochran
District
Kentucky
Catlettsburg
Ironton
West Virginia
Cochran
Consignee
Consignor
Governor Black to Speak at Kenton Knights Memorial Service
Governor James D. Black will be the principal speaker at memorial services today at 2 30 p m by the Knights of Pythias of Kenton County at Scott Street M E Church A parade will precede the service John J Howe Grand Vice Chancellor of Carrollton Ky will preside
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Black
Knights of Pythias
Kenton County
Scott Street
M. E
John J. Howe
Carrollton, Ky
State orders Covington depot. one year to finish
Tours ville reports the State Railroad Commission has ordered a new Covington depot to be completed within one year with railroad payment of expenses. Bert Glenn of Fowlersville Michigan is fined 25 dollars and costs and given ten days in jail for loitering after threatening arrest. Covington School Commissioners renew weekly fire drills in all schools that had lapsed in earlier years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toursville
State Railroad Commission
Covington
Federal push for permanent Public Employment Service
Labor Secretary Wilson urged Congress to enact a permanent Public Employment Service. He attached a bill outline aligning with an agreement from state governors, proposing a Director General in the Labor Department, state run offices, and federal funding to sustain local services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Congress
Wilson
Smith
Kenyon
House
Senate Labor Committees
Federal Employment Service
Department of Labor
Pocket Picked on Car in East End Rush Hour
A pickpocket ripped a purse from John H Bodley of 3575 Linwood Road on an East End car yesterday afternoon. The thief escaped with sixteen dollars in cash and three receipts for fifty dollar Liberty Bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East End
John H. Bodley
Linwood Road
Hartwell Locker Robbed of Jewelry at Lawson & Co Building
A gold watch and chain valued at 40 dollars belonging to Adolph J. Bludau of 8359 Woodbine avenue Hartwell were stolen yesterday afternoon from a locker in the Lawson and Co building at Eighth and Evans streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartwell
Adolph J. Bludau
Woodbine Avenue
Lawson & Co
Eighth
Evans Streets
Newport Grand Jury to Probe Newport Police Manipulation Claims
Campbell County grand jury, to be impaneled tomorrow by Judge Otto Wolff in the circuit court, will hear charges that politicians direct the Newport Police Department and that department heads are powerless to stop gambling operations at various Newport resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell County
Otto Wolff
Wolff
Newport
Brewing firm counters suit over bottle quality
In Campbell Circuit Court Central Glass Co sues George Wiedemann Brewing Co for 337 gross bottles purchase price. Brewery answers with counter claim that part of 1,500,000 bottle order consisted of inferior defective merchandise and broke under bottling pressure, seeking $1,488 as offset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Glass Company
George Wiedemann Brewing Company
Campbell Circuit
Brewing Company
Land sale ordered in Stichling v Kaelin suit
In the suit of Barbara Stichling against Charles Kaelin and others the Campbell Court ordered real estate on the Licking pike to be sold by Master Commissioner John Barton and the proceeds divided among all party owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Stichling
Charles Kaelin
Licking Pike
Wolff
Campbell Court
John Barton
Bellevue Board of Equalization Announces City Valuation
The Bellevue Board of Equalization completes city valuation with Realty 1 076 950 improvements 1 926 200 personal 1 191 300 total 3 194 550. The total reported is 3 000 in excess of the Assessor. City Council to meet tomorrow night to fix the tax rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Board of Equalization
Dayton High School 1919 Graduation Events
Rev Ira P D Lang of St Johns P E Church to deliver baccalaureate sermon for the graduating class of 1919 at Dayton Baptist Church on Sunday June 8 at 8 pm. Class day exercises set for Tuesday June 10 in the high school auditorium and junior high commencement Friday June 14 in the school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton High School
Ira PD. Lang
St. John’s P. E
Dayton Baptist Church
Ft. Thomas Women to Attend State Federation Convention
Fort Thomas women named as attendees for the State Federation of Women's Club convention to be held in Ashland next week. Included are Mrs. Colbert Foulds Mrs. Louis Cramer Mrs. C. B. Southgate Mrs. John Opp Mrs. E. L. Hundley Mrs. John Thompson Miss Elizabeth Quinn Mrs. James Lane Miss Jessie Schriver and Mrs. B. F. Skees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Thomas
State Federation of Women's Club
Ashland
Colbert Foulds
Louis Cramer
B. Southgate
John Opp
E. L. Hundley
John Thompson
Elizabeth Quinn
James Lane
Jessie Schriver
B. F. Skees
Kentucky to Get Trucks
County Judge Caldwell received notice from the Department of Public Roads that Kentucky has been apportioned 155 trucks for counties that did State aid work. Federal authorities seek shipping instructions at once for rapid disposal, with a Frankfort meeting and a truck draw planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Caldwell
Department of Public Roads
Frankfort
United States
Delivery cost limited to freight and loading
The notice states the sole expense for delivery is freight and loading the trucks.
Frazier Charged in Newport Disorderly Conduct Case
Oscar Frazier of West Ninth Street Cincinnati faced Newport Police Court for disorderly conduct after a Friday night fight with his wife at Third and York streets. Judge Moore sentenced Mrs. Frazier to ten days, but suspended the sentence on condition the couple stay in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Frazier
West Ninth Street
Cincinnati
Newport
Third
York Streets
Moore
Bellevue Police Warn Bathers as Youths Detained for Nudity
Charles Egan Bellevue Police Chief warned Saturday against swimming on the Ohio River beach without proper clothing. Seven young Black boys were taken into custody Friday for bathing without proper clothes and released after a warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Egan
Bellevue Fiolce
Bellevue
Ohio River
Local Society and Club Meetings Advertised in Newport
Judge William Genghegan will speak at Holy Name Society meeting at Church of the Immaculate Conception Newport. Dayton Republican Club to hold meeting with luncheon and smoker. Ashman to introduce speakers. Newport Mutual Fire Insurance to hold annual meeting and election June 2 1919. Campbell County Humane Society to meet and discuss office openings. Campbell County offices to close early for summer. city offices shift July 1. Newport Kentucky June Taxes due now to avoid penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Genghegan
Cincinnati
Holy Name Society
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Newport
Rose Braney
Dayton Republican Club
Fifth and
McKinney Streets
Dayton
Ashman
Newport Mutual Fire Ins. Con
Fourth and
Monmouth Street
J. E. McCracken
Harry Schaeper
Campbell County Humane Society
Audubon Place
Fr. Thomas
Campbell County
Kentucky
Commissioner of Finance
Chas. D.mccrea
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Newport Area Sales
Real estate sales in Newport and nearby towns include Alma Burkert transferring to Katherine Butinger a River View avenue residence for 6000 dollars. Other transfers include George W. Shhwager selling a house and lot on Sixteenth street to J E McCracken for 5000 dollars and Emma Meyers selling Putnam street property to Nellie Meyers for 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Alma Burkert
Katherine Butinger
River View Avenue
Ft. Thomas
Home Loan and Building Association of
George
Goldie M. Rieder
Third Street
Feo Amelia Stein
Joseph Lanning
Thirteenth Street
Bellevue
George W. Shhwager
J. E. McCracken
Sixteenth Street
William B. Hall
Norah RB
Layne
Villa Avenue
Emma Meyers
Nellie ‘Meyers
Putnam Street
Ninth Street
Harry Rolsen
Maple Avenue
G. B. Riley
Edward Loebrich
Taylor Mill Road
Campbell County
Lawrence Riedinger
Charles Knecht
Ward Avenue
Mary Whittaker
Ellabel Speth
County Club
William H. Christman
Enos
Myrtle Thompson
Fourth Street
Overton
Park Avenue
William A. Caldwell
Verner Hodge
Clifton Suburban Building Company
Names Residence John W. Schreiber Newport Henrietta Meyer
John W. Schreiber and Henrietta Meyer are listed with residences in the provided record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Schreiber
Newport
British to pursue Enver Pasha and Talaat Pasha
In London on May 29 the British Government announced steps to bring Enver Pasha and Talaat Pasha to account. Under Secretary Cecil Harmsworth said a provision for their surrender would be included in the peace treaty with Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Wireless Service
Enver Pasha
Talaat Pasha
Cecil Harmsworth
House of Commons
Harmsworth
Enver
Talaat
Turkey
London Police Strike Threat Spurs Union Action Rumor
London faces a police union strike as General MacReady orders dismissal for any officer failing to report. Older officers resist demands for recognition and reinstatement while younger members push for a walkout amid preparations to deploy thousands of special constables and possibly troops at dockyards and government sites. The Derby race at Epsom proceeds with no cancellations planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
London
Liverpool
Manchester
MacReady
Metropolitan Police Force
Scotland Yard
Epsom
Epsom Heath
Dealers in Phonographs Meet in Regional Convention
A convention of phonograph and record dealers from Southern Ohio Eastern Kentucky West Virginia and parts of Indiana will be held in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. About 150 to 200 trade leaders are expected. Manager F F Dawson of the Cincinnati branch and assistant N R Smith organize the event with a banquet at the Linton Wednesday. George W Hopkins Columbia’s General Sales Manager and W A Willson Educational Manager of New York will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Columbia Company
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
F. F. Dawson
N. R. Smith
Linton
George W. Hopkins
Columbia
W. A. Willson
New York
Columbus Backs 324th Field Artillery in Final Home Welcome
About 1,100 men of the 324th Field Artillery, including 500 from Columbus, paraded in Col umbus to mark likely their last return parade. The unit, formed at Camp Sherman, served in France with the Thirty second Division, fought on the Meuse, joined the army of occupation in Germany, and wore overseas service chevrons and the red Thirty second insignia. Three special trains then took the troops to Camp Sherman for demobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbis
Columbus
324Th Field Artillery
Springfield
Urbana
Newark
Regi
Camp Sherman
Eighty-third Division
France
Thirty-second Division
Meuse
Army of Occupation
Germany
Colonel Ashburn
Milk Testing for Tubercular Germs in Flinn Cattle
City chemists inspect milk from three cows owned by Edgar Flinn of Madisonville for tuberculosis. Louis Drummond of the Ohio Humane Society says a letter from George Williams of Union Stock Yards alleges Flinn planned selling milk from diseased cows bought at the yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Flinn
Madisonville
Louis Drummond
Ohio Humane Society
Drummond
George Williams
Union
Flinn
Oil Vein Found in England at Chesterfield Derbyshire
Reports from England reveal a high quality mineral oil discovered near Chesterfield in Derbyshire. Drilling led by Lord Cowdray's firm, acting for the government, shows oil rising to 400 feet after an initial 50 foot rise, with deeper drilling expected to boost flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landon
British Wireless Service
England
Lord Sceckcay
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
Lord Cowdray
Window washer suffers fall from ladder in city
Connie Kinnan aged 82 of 32 East Court Street sustained injuries to both ankles and a possible fracture of the left foot after falling twelve feet from a ladder while washing windows on the Union Trust Building at Fourth and Walnut streets. He was taken to General Hospital yesterday afternoon for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
App
Connie Kinnan
Est Court Street
General Hospital
Union Trust Building
Fourth
Walnut Streets
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