Covington Whisky Trial Ends in Split Verdict
A federal jury found eight defendants guilty on all six counts in a Covington whisky theft case while two, L. E. Bullock and Logan Goodson, were acquitted on two counts. Chief Bullock shed tears as the verdict was read and the court scheduled new-trial motions for morning.
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Covington
L. E. Bullock
Logan Goodson
J. J. Geisen
R. B H. Goodenough
Richard Edmonds
Marty Donnelly
William Slomer
Ben Boemker
George Gates
Roscoe Rich
Laurel Street
Thomas Ratcliff
Fleming County
John W. Menzies
Bullock
Menzies
Chief Bullock
Goodson
John B. O’neal
Cochran
O'Neal
Internal Revenue Office
O’neal
Stricklett
Brown
United States District Court
Geisen
Goodenough
Edmonds
Donnelly
Slomer
Gates
Rich
H. M. Cox
United States
Marshal Cox
Phillips
Stubbs
West
Edward Konerman
Boemker
Federal Building
Bullock- Goodson
Maysville
Kye
Cox Calls Golden Gate Exit Moore’s Golden Nap
Governor Cox forgot the time difference between San Francisco and Columbus and telephoned his campaign manager E H Moore in the middle of the night. Moore answers with sleepy humor as Cox explains he wanted an update on campaign progress.
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Cox
Golden Gate
Moore
Golden
Columbus, CO
San Francisco
Columbus
E. H. Moore
Wee Babe Foils Navy Enlistment Weigh In Hoax
Maurice Carter aged 18, living at 2372 Fairview Avenue, failed enlistment at a navy recruiting station after weighing 108 pounds against his height. He returned the next day weighing 121 pounds, but investigators found a hidden hammer and string had manipulated the scale. A baby weighing 35 pounds revealed the trick, leading to Carter's disqualification.
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Maurice Carter
Fairview Avenue
Navy
Fourth
Main Streets
Carter
C. L. Dumont
Maid Pulls Fire Box Trigger While Mailing Letter
Frances Meyer a fifteen year old girl from Mt Hippe Avenue pulled fire box 327 at Eighth street and Matson place yesterday believing the box was a letter box. She moved from Cold Springs Kentucky and did not know city fire alarm procedures. When the alarm sounded she explained to the captain she mistook the box for a letter box and opened it by accident.
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Hbox
Frances Meyer
Mt. Hippe
Eighth Street
Matson Place
Cold Springs
Dayton Street Car Service Resumes After Fare Increase
Dayton City Commission approved a fare hike from five to seven cents with eight tickets for fifty cents and free transfers. The settlement funds enable car companies to meet Carmen’s demand for a 40 percent wage increase, ending a strike that halted service since Sunday.
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Dayton
Carmen
Londonderry Slips Into First Lull After Week of Terror
Londonderry reports a near cessation of firing since midday amid civil warfare. Magisterial meeting notes government will provide troops for protecting citizens. A curfew from 11 PM to 5 AM is proclaimed. Seventeen killed and twenty nine wounded in the fighting per police.
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Londonderry
Campbell
Struthers Banker Sentenced to 30 Years for False Report
Bruce R. Campbell former Secretary and Treasurer of Struthers Savings and Banking Company was sentenced to up to thirty years in the State Penitentiary and fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to one indictment alleging a false report to the State Banking Department.
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Youngstown, O
Bruce R. Campbell
The
Struthers Savings and Banking Company
State Penitentiary
Jenkins
Campbell
State Banking Department
Wide Oil Stock Fraud Indictments Sweep Brokers
Fortyteen concerns and fifty individuals face federal charges in a nationwide sweep over alleged wildcat oil stock promotions. Indictments accuse mail fraud through misrepresentations and inflated dividends, with Crown Oil and Ranger Oil figures highlighted. Bail set at $20,000 for Louis Van Riper as he fights ties to Ranger Oil schemes.
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New York
Wildcat Oil Company
Crown Oil Company
Roosevelt
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Louis C. van Riper
Atlantic City
Boston
van Riper
Martin W. Littleton
Involv
Ranger Oil Company
We. Wiliams Oil Company
Great Western Petroleum Corporation
The
Stickney, Rawlinson and Colclough
Boston and Curtis, Packer & Co
United Securities Company
H. Kent Holmes & Co
H. Morgan Pollock & Co
Thompson, James & Co
Crossman, Sherman & Co
George A. Lamb & Co
BE. M. Fuller & Co
Greenbaum, Bigelow & Greenbaum
Charles United Oil and Gas Company
Kansas
Oklahoma
Howard B. Mayhew
Post Office
Clairchan
Schwab
Williamson
Toughest Kid Libel Suit Backed By Court Ruling
A New York Supreme Court jury cleared William McCue of being the toughest kid in Hell's Kitchen and awarded him 3500 damages against the Russell Sage Foundation and publishers of Boyhood and Lawlessness. The judge condemned the libel as wicked and criticized class prejudice in labeling impoverished residents as criminals.
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New York
Supreme Court
William McCue
Hell's Kitchen
Russell Sage Foundation
Hell’s Kitchen
McCue
St. Ambrose’s Church
Ford
Fifth Avenue
Cox Asked to Fly to San Francisco for Democratic Convention
In Columbus on June 24 Governor Cox received a telegram from Harry Newman of Chicago offering a nonstop Dayton to San Francisco flight for the Democratic Convention address. Newman, son of State Librarian John H. Newman, also repeated the invitation by long distance call.
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Columbus
San Francisco
Dayton
Cox
Harry Newman
Chicago
John H. Newman
Newman
Missouri Republicans move to oust Babler and Cole
At Sedalia Missouri on June 4 Republicans adopted resolutions demanding the resignations of National Committeeman Jacob L Babler and State Chairman W E Cole after both admitted taking money from Lowdon campaign managers. The meeting called for committees to present the resolutions to Will Hays and seek aid to remove the leaders. Former Governor Hadley expressed sympathy with the effort and noted such practices were long known in Missouri politics.
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Sedalia
Jacob L. Babler
Missouri
W. i Cole
Senate
Lowdon
Babler-Cole
Babler
Cole
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Herbert S. Hadley
Hadley
University of Colorado
Hadly
Ryan to Seek Legal Redress After Exchange Expulsion
Allan A. Ryan, expelled from the Stock Exchange over the Stutz Motor corner, vows court action. The Governing Committee sentenced him for conduct inconsistent with fair dealing. Ryan hints at multi million suits against the Exchange and its officers.
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New York
The
Stock Exchange
Allan A. Ryan
Ryan
Institution of New York Stock Exchange
Stutzmaster
Star Chamber
Exchange
Matter Bride Marries Eastman in Chicago Ceremony
Miss Catherine M. Matter daughter of Mr and Mrs Philip Matter of Marion Indiana wed John C Eastman publisher of The Chicago Journal in Chicago on June 24. The ceremony joined a Marion IN family with a Chicago media figure in a formal city wedding.
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Chicago
Catherine M. Matter
Philip Matter
Marion
Ind
John C. Eastman
Chicago Journal
Democrats Eye Deadlock and Dark Horse Factor
Democrats anticipate a convention deadlock with a dark horse option. McAdoo remains a convention factor as front runners clash over selection. A fight for the nomination could unfold on the floor with wet and dry battle lines forming.
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Mcadoo
McAdoo Loyalists Rally as Wet Dry Debate Shapes Convention
William Gibbs McAdoo strengthens support among backers in San Francisco who view his health denial as strategic. Sentiment shifts toward a pro wet plank and a compromise approach amid debate over liquor policy and the platform at the Democratic National Convention.
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San Francisco
William Gibbs McAdoo
McAdoo
White House
Burris Jenkins
Kansas City
Carter Glass
Wilson
Chicago
League of Nations
Bryan
Johnson
Harmony
Homer Cummings
Mr. Bryan
Cummings
Platform Committee
New York
New Jersey
Indiana
Illinois
Massachusetts
Forest Fire Sweeps Cococino National Forest Area
A large forest fire was reported to the District Forestry Office sweeping the Cococino National Forest and adjoining lands near Flagstaff Arizona. The blaze affected a logging camp in the district with property losses noted in the report.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Coconino National Forest
Flagstaff
Ariz
Women's Campaign Support Indorsed by Harding in Pittsburgh
Senator Warren G. Harding issued a message to the Women's Republican Committee of Allegheny County urging active participation in the campaign and pledging support for suffrage in time for women to vote in the presidential election. Mrs Medill McCormick and ex Governor Frank B Willis spoke at the luncheon attended by about 500 women.
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Pittsburg
Warren G. Harding
Women’s Republican Committee
Allegheny County
Harding
Senate
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Willis
Protest Denounces Harold C. Smith Candidacy for Secretary of State
Columbus Ohio June 24 protest filed with Secretary of State by O K Shimansky of Lakewood a Republican official alleges Harold C Smith Elyria lacks eligibility and would mock Ohio primary law claiming he is 21 and not an elector. The move aims to keep his name off the Republican ballot amid a Cleveland rumor of Judge Harvey C. Smith’s rival Harry Clay Smith possibly withdrawing.
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Columbus
Harold C. Smith
Elyria
Harvey C. Smith
O. K. Shimansky
Lakewood
Cleveland
Ohio State Board of Commerce
Shimansky
Ohio
Elyria, O
Smith
Harry Clay Smith
Tennessee May Ratify Suffrage Without Referendum
Assistant Attorney General Frierson advised Governor Roberts that Tennessee Legislature could ratify the federal suffrage amendment without a popular vote. He based this on the U S Supreme Court Ohio referendum decision and noted Tennessee provisions attempting to require a referendum would conflict with the federal constitution. The exchange includes President Wilson seeking the view and Frierson asserting national power rests with the people through the Constitution, not state rules.
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Washington
Frierson
Roberts
Tennessee
United States Supreme Court
Ohio
Wilson
Supreme Court
United States
Congress
Newport Teachers Refuse to Sign Contracts Over Salary Dispute
The Citizens' Committee urged the resignation of all School Commissioners after alleging autocratic conduct. Newport Teachers’ Association voted not to sign contracts until the $300 raise is granted and Professors King, Little, and Ihrig are reinstated, threatening a teacher shortage for fall.
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Newport
Citizens’ Committee
Civic Associations
Board of Education
Newport Teachers’ Association
Newport Public Schools
America
W. P. King
C. R. Little
Chester
A. Ihrng
Expect Owning Rum Favorites in Late Voting
San Francisco June 24. Democratic presidential prospects center on McAdoo who has not ruled out nomination despite saying he would not run. Supporters weigh deadlock balloting and possible swing to Davis or Marshall, with Palmer and Cox also in motion as delegates realign for a two thirds tally.
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San Francisco
W. G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
McAddoo
Cox
MccAdoo
Ohio
Davis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Palmer
John W. Davis
Glass
Virginia
Wilson
Mr. McAdoo
Marshall
Ees
California
Owen
Oklahoma
C. C. Carlin
Carlin
Edwards
New Jersey
Walker Vick
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Maid of Kentucky Hills
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W. P. Williams
Great Western Companies
Sage Foundation
New York Supreme Court
Victor
Frisco
Babler and Cole
London
Stutz
New York Exchange
Corner
David Lawrence
Evis
Walsh
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