Thaw to Buy Bungalow for Evelyn Nesbit and Son
Atlantic City reports Harry K. Thaw plans to buy a bungalow for Evelyn Nesbit and her son Russell Thaw with a trust deed reading in trust for Russell. Nesbit says she remains legally married to Jack Clifford and not free to remarry Thaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Harry K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Bunalow
Harry
Evelyn
Miss Nesbit
Russell Thaw
Thaw
Pittsburgh
Frank K. Johnston
New York
Burton Gaskill
Russell
Northfield
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Clifford
Taxi Driver Holds To Fare After Wedding Flight
New York June 6 A taxi driver from Albany John Altman testified in Jefferson Market Court that he chased Roy L Clark claiming to be a Tampa millionaire's son after the pair were found sleeping in Pennsylvania Station at 6 am Clark had hired the taxi to speed from Gov Smiths daughters wedding to the Waldorf Astoria but Clark said he possessed unchangeable hundred dollar bills Altman paid for food and cigars then discovered his own money was left behind Clark admitted temporary financial embarrassment and was held for examination tomorrow on disorderly conduct with $100 bail default
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
John Altman
Albany
N. Y
McKinley
Jefferson Market Court
Roy L. Clark
Tampa
Fla
Aktman
Clark
Pennsylvania Station
Akman
Gov. Smith
Waldorf-Astoria
Aslark
Altman
Smith
Classified ad idea for furniture sale and job posting
A reader describes making a household inventory to sell and replace furniture and suggests placing a classified ad on Canal 6300. The note advises submitting the ad to the Commercial Tribune for broad local reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canal 6300
Jilted athlete slashes wrists over Clara Bow affair
Robert Savage, a former Yale football player, cut his wrists in a suicide attempt after a romance with film star Clara Bow failed to materialize into a marriage license. Bow and her fiancé Gilbert Roland had quarrelled over the trip. Savage recovered at General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Gilbert Roland
Los Angeles
Cal
Robert Savage
Clara Bow
General Hospital
Savage
Genevieve Mitchell
Scrub
Miss Bow
Roland
Wheeler warns on adjournment over Prohibition bills
Washington June 6 The Anti-Saloon League vows no adjournment until key dry bills pass including the Goff home search warrant measure and the civil service reform for prohibition agents. Wayne B Wheeler threatens cloture to force votes as dry Senate and House majorities dominate. Wet Senators may filibuster while lawmakers seek re election priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Washington
Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Senate
Wayne B. Wheeler
Andrews
Lash
Wheeler
House
Reed
Missouri
Bruce
Maryland
Lomb, Ohio designer and inventor, dies at 75
G W C Lomb 75 of 2134 Alpine place inventor of the floating axle and four wheel drive system for trucks died at Christ Hospital after a heart illness. native of Richmond Virginia educated at Oberlin and Ohio Mechanics Institute. leaves widow two daughters Esther Lomb and E V Jotter. funeral at 3 pm tomorrow at home. burial Highland Cemetery Covington.
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G. W. C. Lomb
Alpine Place
Christ Hospital
Esther F. Lomb
Hamilton County
Highland Cemetery
Covington
Train Hits Auto In Indiana Killing Two Women
Two sisters died and three others were seriously injured when a Pennsylvania Railroad train struck their car at a Gosport crossing near Bloomington Indiana. Victims include Mrs Marvin Drye 23 of Detroit and Miss Ella Parsons 36 of Herrin Illinois. Violet Parsons remained unconscious tonight. Marvin Drye 24 and Thais Drye 1 were among the injured.
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Bloomington
Ind
Gosport
Here
Marvin Drye
Detroit
Mich
Ella Parsons
Herrin
Ill
Violet Parsons
Thais Drye
Prominent NY Man Killed Returning From Prince Residence Dance
Heyward Cutting 36, of a well known New York family, died from a fractured skull when his car struck a tree while returning from a dance held at Locust Valley Long Island hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George F. Baker Jr in honor of Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden. Companions H Nelson Slater and Austin Gray suffered bruises and scratches.
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Glen Cove
Nik. Y
Heyward Cutting
New York
George F. Baker, Jr
Locust Valley
Long Island
Gustavus Adolphus
Crown Princess
Louise
Sweden
Record shows costly ocean-spanning telephone call
William B Leeds Jr heir to the Tin Plate fortune engaged in a long transcontinental call with his wife Princess Xenia from a San Francisco hotel. The one hour twenty four minute chat, billed at $586, prompted remarks and a casual operator charge. The Leeds marriage had faced rumors of discord amid their South Seas and Greece travels.
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New York World News Service
San Francisco
Cal
William B. Leeds, Jr
Young Leeds
South Seas
Xenia
Greece
Leeds
New York
Matsonia
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Overman Leads in North Carolina Democratic Senate Primary
With returns from less than half the state, Senator Lee Overman held a substantial but reduced lead over Robert R. Reynolds of Asheville. In 772 of 1,717 precincts Overman had 71.77 percent to Reynolds's 45,468 votes, while Representatives Zebulon Weaver and A. L. Bulwinkle led their congressional races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Lee
Overman
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
Reynolds
Zebulon Weaver
A. L. Bulwinkle
Gastonia
Congress
Deposed Civitan Traffic Board Defends Its Record
The Civitan Traffic Commission, ousted by a City Council vote, mails a report defending its stewardship. Members led by Chairman Wilmer H. Crawford contend plans relied on public input and federal style representation to expedite traffic while protecting life. They credit regulations aimed at safety and efficiency, noting later actions by city departments extended credit for controls such as restricted parking, signal timing, and red-light turning allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civitan Traffic Commission
Wilmer H. Crawford
E. H. L. Haefner
Bert L. Baldwin
John Clark
A. S. Prince
F. E. Rosake
C. Edythe Cowie
Cincinnati
Pomerene Seeks Ohio Senate Nomination. Genetsch Withdraws
Atlee Pomerene, Ohio senator for twelve years before 1923, announces a Democratic bid for U S Senate in Columbus. He says he will campaign little in primaries to focus on naval petroleum reserve cases, while Cleveland lawyer Frank Genetsch withdraws, praising Pomerene as a statesman and other candidates remain uncertain. Locher declines comment as candidates weigh the race.
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Cleveland
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
United States
Ark
Naval Petroleum Reserve
Pomerene
Frank F. Genetsch
A& Wet
Edihariwis
Florence E. Aot
Supreme. Ge
Cyrus W. Locher
Columbus
Senate
Carrolls Bathtub Party Blamed On Modernism Sermon
Dr. John Roach Straton linked Earl Carrolls bathtub party to modernism in religion in a Calvary Baptist Church sermon. He named a principal guest from a famous modernistic church and noted Carroll faced a year and a day in prison for perjury tied to the event. W. R. Eddrington was cited as Carrolls backer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll
New York
Earl Carroll
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Atlanta
W. R. Eddrington
American Must Face Firing Squad in French Legion Mutiny Case
Bennett J. Doty, 25, son of Memphis attorney, faces a firing squad after a court-martial for mutiny in the French Foreign Legion in Syria. Reputed as the only American in the Legion at Villers Cotterets, he enlisted as Gilbert Clare and asked Memphis friends to know he seeks adventure. His father reports the verdict and Doty is to be executed near the Palestine frontier within two days, prompting Memphis telegrams to Senators McKellar and Harrison urging intervention.
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Foreign Legion
Memphis
Tenn
Bennett J. Doty
Frenc Foreign Legion
Syria
Lemuel H. Doty
Doty
Gilbert Clare
Legion
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Villers Cotterets
French Foreign Legion
Carch
Hem
Bennett Doty
University of Virginia
115Th Field Artillery
Bennett
Palestine
Memphians
McKellar
Tennessee
Harrison
Mississippi
New York Prohibition Referendum Viewed as State Issue
Assemblyman Phelps Phelps told Senator Borah in a letter the New York prohibition referendum is a state matter not Borah’s concern. He defended the measure’s legality, urged state rights, and warned outsiders meddling in the debate rarely helps politically or personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Borah
New York State
Phelps Phelps
Earle
Idaho
Phelps
Baltimore
Mr. Phelps
Fight to Death in Bucket Beneath Chicago Street
Chicago workers witnessed a fatal struggle in a caisson 100 feet underground during a building near the lake. Michael Naughton and Thomas Loftis fought in a steel bucket, ending with Naughton dead and Loftis dying later in hospital. both men left widows and several children.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Lake Shore
Michael Naughton
Thomas Loftis
Naughton
Loftis
Jack Horan
Smith to Run Again Belief of Democratic Leaders
New York report says Gov. Smith will seek reelection despite public statements against running again. Democratic leaders expect him to be a candidate, according to the New York Times set to publish tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Smith
New York
New York Times
Father of boy abducted seeks identity in family search
The report details a family in Philadelphia pursuing the true name of a boy raised by an abducting guardian in Georgia. The child was brought to New York by a relative after a long and "ridiculous" search, as members of the family recount the ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadel
Mystery of Charley Ross Kidnapping Solved at Last
Dudley Nichols reports that new genealogical evidence gathered by Mrs. Pierre C. Starr and the Starr Service Corporation claims Charley Ross, abducted in Germantown in 1874, has been identified in New York. The widowed father Christian K. Ross spent years seeking his son, offering rewards and publishing Charley Ross the Kidnapped Child. the case drew national attention and spawned numerous impostors and false leads as police pursued suspects Mosher and Douglas and the Westervelt indictment.
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Dudley Nichols
New York World News Service
New York
Charley Ross
New York World News Service Today
Pierre C. Starr
South
Canada
England
Starr Service Corporation
Brokaw
Christian K. Ross
Charley
Sarah A. Lewis
Kasper Hauser
Germantown
Philadelphia
America
Charley Rosses
Ross
Charley. Ross
Cuba
Scotland
Germany
William H. Mosher
Joseph Douglas
Mosher
William Westervelt
Douglas
Bay Ridge
Justice van Brunt
J. Holmes van Brunt
Albert
Shotuns
van Brunt
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Genetsch
Florence Allen
Locer
Coolidge
Naval
Rah
Phelge
Gaisson
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Mem
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Hale
Georgia
Phia
Westervelt
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