Tragedy at Mayfield Farm Ends in Charred Burials
In Mayfield Kentucky Ernest Lawrence 31 and his wife 25 and seven others including Otis Drew and family were slain and the house burned. Sheriff McCain believes a sudden insanity motive, while investigators found no bullets or other wounds. Bodies cremated in one coffin laid to rest at Maplewood Cemetery as doubt and mystery linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayfield
Iers
Earnest Lawrence
Mrs
Earnestwrence
Fred Lawrence
Athlyn Lawrence
Ralph Lawence
Otis Drew
Harry Drew
Tis Drew, Jr
Drew
Elmer Drew
McCain
Joay
Lawrence
Index to Advertisements and Classified Listings Fragment
A continuation page shows grouped business names and services in a dense classified layout. Items include tobacco, financial firms, hotels, drugstores, hotels, motion pictures, gas and rubber goods, cleaning, garden products, and various eponymous firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Tobacco Burger Bros
Cunard-Anchor
Nationa Financial
Baldwin Plane Co
Breed, Elliott & H Henry L. Doherty Patten & Co
Sibley .& C. Nationst City Co
Teee Savings Bk
Shippin
Weil, Roth & Ite
Sincti
Dunham Hotel
Gordon
Kotte
Morand
Motion Pictures
Northern Pacific
Ohio Truss Co
Pinkham
Vegetah Pogue
Hmond Bros
W. Pettis Co. Sree
Ecaeee Amusements
Canmeroge
Csice Lade’s
American Finance Channel & Lawyer
Tms Auction Co
Kolbe &Co
Mixe Mullane—Candy
Nia Fe R. R
Ala Cigars
Grain Dealers Rally Against Farmers Co op Movement
The Grain Dealers National Association met at the Hotel Linton and adopted two resolutions. They plan a central Chicago organization funded by at least $250000 to promote dealers distribution systems and to oppose class legislation. Delegates from exchanges, state associations and various trades attended. President E B Clement presided. Charles Quinn was secretary. The group aims to counter farmers groups like the Nonpartisan League with a push for anti trust exempt legislation and a broader campaign to defend dealer interests for producers and consumers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain Dealers’ National Association
Hotel Linton
Chicago
United States
Toledo
E .B. Clement
Waco
Tex
Charles Quinn
Chambers of Commerce of
Quinn
Farmers’ Associations
League of North Dakota
National Grain Growers, Incorporated
Congress
Clement
Procam
Boyle
Farmers’ Co-Operative Movement
Indiana
Percy E. Goodrich
Leicester
Ind
National Grain A
Wessociation
Ganisellone
Co-Operative
Bolshevistic
R. I
John G. MusGee
Stary
Mie
Messrs. 1
cHugh
J. A. Moffett
St. Louis
Physicians Urged To Unite For Repeal of Volstead Act
Atlantic City June 27 doctors urged to unite against the Volstead act. Dr W Wallace Fritz of Philadelphia, president of the Allied Medical Association of America, called prohibition a curse and said it restricts medical practice and increases drunkards. He urged a stand for therapeutic liberty and questioned the public benefit of prohibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
W. Wallace Fritz
Philadelphia
Allied Medical Association of America
Chicken thief leaves name and address in hat
Louis Clark, a Black man, confessed to several chicken house thefts near Lexington Kentucky after a hat bearing his name and address was found at the farm of Jack Harnett. Police report he will not leave his hat at home next time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Louis Clark
Clark
Jack Harnett
Harnett
Obregon policy stirs U S on Mexico treaty stance
The State Department weighs Obregon's New York World statement promising no retroactive Article 27 effects. Officials seek a binding formal treaty to prevent future retroactive changes, while noting prior decrees under Carranza could be cited by any Mexican president. Await law declaring Article 27’s meaning before recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lawrence
Washington
Mexico
Obregon
New York
United States
Department of State
Carranza
Hughes
State Department
Louisville Judge Attacks Police Court as Contemptible
Judge Harry W. Robinson denounced Louisville Police Court as a contemptible plague spot. He urged enforcing laws, warned of corrupt practices, praised women on juries, and condemned politicians and perjury in a speech at a church lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Police Court
Robinson
Louisville
Harry W. Robinson
Criminal Court
Court of Appeals
M Robinson
Comet Changes Route No Meteoric Showers Expected
Harvard Observatory reports the Pons-Winnecke comet has altered its orbit due to planetary influences. No meteor showers are likely as the comet heads outward, according to acting director Solon I. Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University Observatory
Solon I. Bailey
Observatory
Mr. Bailey
Theomet
Naming of OCAN Ad Collector Expected Soon
Washington reports strong confidence that Charles Dean of Cincinnati will be named Collector of Internal Revenue for the First District of Ohio, succeeding Stephen W. McGrath. Senator Willis released a letter endorsing Dean, praising his qualifications, Republican affiliation, and ties to Cincinnati business and public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Harding
Cincinnati
Ohio
Charles Dean
Internal Revenue
Dean
Stowaway Who Swam Ashore Gets Jail
Plymouth England June 27 John Karl Schedel a German stowaway who swam from the Rotterdam to reach New York was sentenced to one month imprisonment and deportation He arrived aboard the Frazer River from Norfolk claiming a wife and five children in Ft Wayne Ind Police describe him as slanted toward Holshevist propaganda and say he headed propaganda efforts in the United States Russia and Poland He vowed to finish the sentence but threatened hunger strikes if imprisoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
England
John Karl Schedel
Rotterdam
New York
Frazer River
Norfolk
Schedel
Ft. Wayne
Ind
United States
Russia
Poland
Pellees
Mt Adams Inclined Plane Resumes Service After Safety Review
City Engineer Bert L. Baldwin reports the Mt Adams Inclined Plane is safe to operate after tests. The line was halted a week ago following an accident at the Lock Street end. Baldwin notes cables are eleven times stronger than needed and that single truck loading on trips remains acceptable given schedule constraints. He also suggests using both boilers on high-traffic days for extra capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Adams
Bert L. Baldwin
William J. Kuertz
Mr. Kuertz
Lock Street
Kuertz
Baldwin
Flying Cadets Die in Visalia Plane Crash
Sacramento dispatch reports Flying Cadets Harold E. Page of Union City Michigan and Joseph W. Weatherby of Ft. Davis Texas were killed instantly when their aircraft crashed near Visalia California while en route from Visalia to Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Cal
Harold E. Page
Union City
Mich
Joseph W. Weatherby
Ft. Davis
Tex
Visalia
Here
Motor trouble ends non stop flight across country
Aviators David R. Davis and Eric Springer began a nonstop flight from Riverside California at 6 am toward New York. They landed at Fort Bliss Texas at 3 55 pm due to engine trouble. Major L G Heffernan said the forced landing stopped the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
David R. Davis
Eric Springer
Riverside
Cal
New York
Ft. Bliss
Texas
L. G. Heffernan
Ohio quota plea cites 2388 civil service jobs for state
Senator Willis and Ohio representatives pressed President Harding to allocate federal appointments by state proportion. They argued Ohio's entitlement was 2,388 civil service posts but actual figures showed Ohio under allotted share while other states exceeded their quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Willis
Ohio
Maryand
Viviani Sets Paris Meeting For Disarmament Panel
Geneva June 27 M Viviani president of the disarmament commission said the body will meet in Paris on July 16 to advance the disarmament talks and finalize arrangements for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
M. Viviani
Disarmament Commission
Paris
President commutes sentences of Turkey Tiller and Meninger
President Harding granted clemency to Turkey Tiller, commuting an eight month jail term, and to George W. Meninger, commuting a three year sentence for interstate theft. Both expirations set at once, instead of February 12, 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Tiller and Meninger
Washington
Harding
Tiller
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
George W. Meninger
Covington
Atlanta
Heat Forces Convict to Return to Prison
John Finkle, a penitentiary convict sentenced from Columbus for assault, walked away from an honor squad on the Three Cs Highway near Mt. Vernon but returned to the Columbus institution stating it was too hot to work outside. Four other escapees from Junction City brick plant and London farm remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John Finkle
Mt. Vernon
Thomas
Junction City
London
Pitch Tank Fire Threat Near Barrett Plant Contained
Firefighters halted a pitch tank blaze at the Barrett Manufacturing Company rear on Baymiller Street. Joe Brown spotted the fire and a still alarm was followed by a ten alarm. damage estimated at 2000 dollars. Fire Chief Barney Houston warns the block could have burned given nearby inflammable pitch and tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth
Baymiller
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Baymiller Street
Joe Brown
Barrett
Leonard Westcott
Barney Houston
Firemen's Union Chief Arrested in Quebec
Wilfrid Gariepy, president of the National Catholic Union of Employees of the Quebec Fire Department, was arrested amid a strike. Thirty others were ordered arrested and several motor trucks mobilized to rush troops to any scene of disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebe
Wilfrid Gariepy
National Catholic Union of Employees
Quebec Fire Department
Quebec
Striking Britain Miners Resume Work Under Provisional Accord
London June 27 A provisional agreement ends a three month coal strike. The miners will resume work next week under the deal with mine owners, terminating the industrial action on provisional terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
London
Coroner Holds Mother for Killing Stepson with Axe
In Girard Illinois a coroner's jury found Mrs Katharine Harmon guilty of murdering her nineteen year old stepson Thomas Harmon with an ax. She remains in Carlinville jail held for grand jury investigation while her infant daughter is kept in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard, Jr
Katharine Harmon
Carlinville
Thomas Harmon
Storm Moves Inland From Caribbean Into Latin States
A Weather Bureau bulletin reports pressure rise over the Northwestern Caribbean Sea and the disturbance moving inland over British Honduras south of Belize. Fresh to strong easterly winds remain over the region but are expected to ease within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Caribbean Sea
British Honduras
Belize
House approves Willis Campbell beer ban bill amid heated vote
The House passed the Willis Campbell bill 250 to 93 to bar beer sales to the sick and sent it to the Senate. Debate stretched for hours as legislators clashed over procedure, Prohibition enforcement, and the influence of the Anti-Saloon League. Notable exchanges touched on Wayne Wheeler and Party line loyalties, with many Republicans voting against the measure and Democrats split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Representative Hill
Maryland
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Hill
Rules Committee
Representative Reavis
Nebraska
Judiciary Committee
Reavis
Campbell
Barkley
Kentucky
Gilbert
Cooper
Ohio
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Cochran
New York
Representative Burton
Burton
Kahn
California
Congress
Harding grants clemency in Covington espionage cases
President Harding commuted the five year sentences of C B Secober g Henry Kruse and Henry Feltman of Covington in the World War espionage case. Feltman’s $40 000 fine was reduced to $10 000 and all three are to be released immediately from Moundsville Federal Prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Feltman
Feltman
Harding
Moundsville
Covington men convicted under espionage act in 1918
Schoberg 69, cobbler of Latonia, along with Feltman and Kruse, were sentenced in August 1918 in Covington's Federal Circuit Court by Judge Cochran to ten seven and five years respectively plus fines. Appeals failed. Supreme Court and Presidents declined clemency. They were imprisoned December 10, 1920. Case stemmed from anti war talk in Schoberg's shoe shop aided by dictagraph. Local Citizens' Patriotic League funded the prosecution. notable officers and attorneys named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schoberg
Feltman
Kruse
Federal Circuit Court of
Covington
A. M. J. Cochran
Latonia
United States Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
United States Supreme Court
Wilson
Circuit Court
Harding
United States
Germany
Citizens’ Patriotic League of
Kentucky
John B. Read
Mabel van Dyke Bell
Stanley Bowdle
Sherman McPherson
O. M. Rogers
Bowdle
McPherson
Thomas D. Slattery
King George Welcomes Virginia Deputation in London
King George in Buckingham Palace receives a Virginia delegation led by Prof. Henry Louis Smith of Washington and Lee University. They present Britain with a bronze copy of Hendon’s statue of George Washington from Virginia’s Capitol rotunda. The visit signals friendly ties as Virginians—state leaders and citizens—tour England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Cated Press
George
Buckingham Palace
Virginia
Henry Louis Smith
Washington and Lee University
England
Hendon
George Washi
State Capitol
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Budden
Ernest Lawrence
Co. Irrison Eter Eeee Eet E Were
Eer
Tee
oFee Tees
Ween
National Association
Adyv
Ingline
AMT
Adam
Heat
West End
Latin States
Anserge
Bacharach
Penn
Beck
MacGregor
Brennan
Maddenn
Britten
Magee
Eenny Maloney
Burk Merritt
Chandler
N. Y
Nna Clason Orin
Connelly
Sfudd
Curry
Newton
Davis
Minn
Nolan
Dyer
Ogden
Fairchild
Diph
Fenn
Parker
Freeman
Porter
Gernerd
Radcliffe
Glynn
Ransley
Reber
Hogan
Rodenberg
Hukriede
Rogers
Huss
Ryan
Jeffereys
Snyder
Stafford
Keller
Stephens
Kennedy
Taylor
Kissel
Tinkham
Klecaka
Vare
Kline
Voigt
Lampert
Weli
Lee
Ward
Lehrbach
Watson
Longworth
Linthicum
Carey
Logan
Martin
Cullen
Meade
Deal
O'Brien
Favrot
O'Connor
Gallivan
Pou
Griffin
Riordan
Hardy Tex
Rouse
Hares
Sabath
Humphrey
Sullivan
Kindred
Tague
Kunz
Teneyck
Wargle Gomes
King George
Virginia Deputation
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