Judge Roettinger Cracks Down on Criminals in Cincinnati
Judge Roettinger of Criminal Court yesterday sentenced two Black defendants to life in the Ohio Penitentiary and imposed lesser terms on others. The judge asserted that most local Black offenders came from the South and vowed to drive criminals out of Cincinnati. Additional sentences included 15 years for robbery and 60 days plus a fine for possessing a foot-long revolver.
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Cincinnati
Roettinger
Criminal Court
Ohio
South
Judge Roettinger
Taltom Macom
Richmond Street
James Henderson
Macom
Charles Allen
Vogt Street
Allen
Henderson
Elmer Thorpe
James Smith
Philadelphia
Albert Wilson
Detroit
John Schwarte, Jr
Mound Street
Mansfield (O.) Reformatory
Harry Smith
Smith
Terrence Casey
Nannie Casey
Herbert Graham White
Covington
L. L. Manson
Roy A. Wetheral
Ernest Whitson
Ohio Penitentiary
Edward M. Hurley
Mainey Contractor Sued for Divorce by Gertrude Rainey
Mrs. Gertrude Rainey filed for divorce from Claude Lewis Mainey alleging he had a former wife living when he wed her. The couple married in Marion Indiana on January 31 1925.
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Claude& Lewis Mainey
Gertrude Rainey
Marion
Ind
Toledoan Elected Head of the Laundry Owners
Adolph Wunderlich of Toledo was elected President of the Ohio Laundry Owners Association at the close of the twenty ninth annual convention. Officers include T O Speck Newark First Vice President Robert Snyder Dayton Second Vice President D S Hunter Cleveland Secretary W F Lapham Cincinnati Treasurer J L Brown Lebanon Sergeant at arms W A Stonebarger Dayton Regional Director. Toledo chosen as site of 1926 convention. W A Johnson president of the Laundry Owners National Association lauded the event and Cincinnati as a convention city.
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Adolph Wunderlich
Toledo
Ohio Laundry Owners’ Association
T. O. Speck
Newark
Robert Snyder
Dayton
D. S. Hunter
Cleveland
W. F. Lapham
Cincinnati
J. L. Brown
Lebanon
W. A. Stonebarger
John Meister
W. A. Johnson
Laundry Owners’ National Association
Coolidge backs women in federal offices and more to come
President Coolidge states he supports appointing women to federal posts and has already named some with plans to fill more high level positions. He has not decided on appointing a woman to the Cabinet.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Coolidge
Denial of Woodlawn Inn Ownership Ties Indicted Pair
Frank DeSilver and John Bentz face nine liquor and gambling charges after a Hamilton County Grand Jury action. DeSilver denies owning Woodlawn Inn on Springfield Pike and seeks immediate trial bond. A calendar of trials for other indicted defendants is set through March 18 in Judge Roettinger’s court.
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Woodlawn
Springfield Pike
Frank DeSilver
John Bentz
Hamilton County Grand Jury
John F. Herget
DeSilver
Roettinger
Woodlawn Inn
Charles S. Bell
H. B. Wessell
Greenlee Gardens
Greenlee Avenue
John Marx
Center Cafe
Main Avenue
Elmwood
H. Scissor
Scissor’s
Harry Rimpler
William F. Herman
the Pines
Wooster Pike
Jack Runyan
Chapel Street
Jack Weiss
Walnut Street
Steve G. Radhel
James F. Morgan
Radel’s Inn
Delhi Pike
John L. Matz
Terrace Inn
Reading Road
Harry Pfalzgraf
Price Hill
Samuel Stern
Ben Fegleman
Blue Mill
Frank J. Nolte
Jimmie Patterson
Kerper Avenue
Frank de Silver
Levin asks drop citizenship suit in naturalization case
Meier Levin of Petach Tikva Palestine asks District Attorney Robert A. Kramer to dismiss the government suit seeking cancellation of his American naturalization. Levin says he plans to return to the United States, admits leaving in 1904 but has since visited. He cannot obtain passports while the government pursues cancellation, citing an almond orchard he bought before coming to America as a reason to stay.
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Robert A. Kramer
United States
Meier Levin
Petach Tikva
Palestine
Levin
America
Federal court transfers Weigand suit against Baltimore & Ohio
The Hamilton County case of Charles Weigand versus the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was moved to the U S District Court. Weigand seeks 10000 dollars for injuries from a loaded car bumping his body during unloading in Lockland. A separate note reports a patent case outcome for Cowan Truck Company.
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United States Court
Charles Weigand
Lockland
Baltimore & Gio Railroad Company
United States District Court
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Weigand
Stucking Truck Company
Hickenlooper
Cowan Truck Company
Holyoke
Mass
Cowan
Cincinnati
Cowan Company
Walter Blevins
Carpenter
Dayton
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Gregory
Secret Service
Blevins
Glyndon Logsdon
Hamilton
Cincinnati Traction Company
Vernment
Hubert S. Wilson
Vernon Ner
Regory
H. 8
Tullis
Postoffice
Wilson
LaRose
Pine Institute of America aims to reseed Southern cut-over lands
O H L Wernicke of Pensacola Tar and Turpentine Company announces a plan to coordinate reforestation efforts across agencies. The institute seeks 650000 acres for experiments and $250000 to start, targeting Texas to Virginia along Gulf and Atlantic coasts to restore pine forests and support naval stores and lumber industries.
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Pine Institute of America
Savanameh
Naval Stores
O. H. L. Wernicke
Pensacola Tar and Turpentine Company
Gulf Point
Fla
Wernicke
Cincinnati
Wilmer H. Crawford
Isaac Winkler & Bro. Co
Globe-Wernicke Company
Norwood
Washington
W. M. Jardine
Virginia
Naval
Texas
Gulf
Atlantic
United States
Busy Atlantic season seen for steamship lines
London dispatch notes a busier spring and summer for transatlantic liners led by American travelers in first class. Leviathan Homeric and Mauretania resume regular crossings, boosting tourist traffic as Wembley Exhibition and Rome Holy Year draw crowds, while King George displays fade from last year’s exhibition lineup due to England’s climate.
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London
Mediterranean
Rome
Paris
Wembley
George
Dominions
England
Authorities on Politics to Speak at Institute
National authorities on political science will speak at the Institute of Political Education in Sinton on Tuesday under the Cincinnati League of Women Voters. Speakers include Dr. John A. Fairlie of Illinois, Dr. Thomas H. Reed of Michigan, Harold W. Dodds editor of National Municipal Review, and Mrs. Maud Wood Park past president of the National League of Women Voters. There will be morning and afternoon sessions.
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Institut of Political Education
The
Sinton
Cincinnati League of Women Voters
John A. Fairlie
University of Illiois
Thomas H. Reed
Universtts. of
Michigan
Harold W. Dodds
National Municipal Review
Maud Wood Park
National League of Women Voters
Baby Abandoned on Doorstep Leading to Arrest
Mrs Esther Starks aged 19 was arrested by Detective Sunderman on a charge of abandoning her year old son. The Gib son employee reportedly left the infant in the hallway of Lafayette Goins home at 947 John Street waking him at 3 30 in the morning with the baby's cries.
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Esther Starks
Sunderman
Gibson
Lafayette Goins
John Street
Goins
Scalded Cleaner Injured At Norwood Card Plant
Dominic Farrell age 45 of 4114 Thirty-first Street Oakley suffered serious burns to his legs and body when hot water scalded him while cleaning a boiler at the Norwood Playing Card Company plant in Norwood yesterday. He was taken to General Hospital in serious condition.
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Dominic Farrell
Thirty-first Street
Oakley
Norwood Playing Card Company
Norwood
Farrell
General Hospital
Reagan
New Suits Filed in Commonng Court No 194
Listings show multiple filings in Common ng Court case 194. Andrew Coon sues John Claude Teake for part 194 158. Joseph Zobay petitions in error for 194 159. Christian Heinss Jr sues John H Crooke for sale of real property 194 160. Alice Foote seeks divorce from Ellis Foote.
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Ng Court
Andrew ‘Coon
John Claude Teake
Joseph Zobay
George R
Christian F. Heinss, Jr
John H. Crooke
Alice F. Foote
Ellis B. Foote
Criticism by Consumers' League Officer on Wage Fact-Finding
Annette Mann, executive secretary of the Consumers' League of Cincinnati, denounced the Ohio General Assembly Fact-Finding Commission for lax hearings on a proposed women’s minimum wage bill. The league reelected Fred W. Dearness as president as officers and directors were named, while Harriet Taylor Upton urged perseverance after defeats in child labor and wage reform efforts.
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Ohio General Assembly
Annette Mann
Consumers’ League of Cincinnati
League
Business Men’s Club
Fred W. Dearness
the Sands Public School
Belle Loewenstein
Rosalie Phillips
Rs. Jacob Bloch
Frank Gorman
Julia C. Sword
E. Nelson High
C. R. Cham
Stock Exchange Marks 40th Anniversary in Cincinnati
Members of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange paused to mark forty years since the 1885 founding. The exchange grew from ten founders to forty five members handling millions in stocks and bonds yearly with about 500000 shares traded annually today.
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Cincinnati Stock Exchange
Exchange
Cincinnati
E. N. Laralde
Third Street
Mr. Laralde
A. C. Conklin
Adam Leper
Charles Rice
R. E. Dunlap
H. P. Boyden
A. E. White
L. K. Liebenstein
P. H. Burt
F. J. Wade
Boyden
Mr. Leper
State rests in Boggs murder trial in Ohio
The Dan Boggs murder case ends prosecution testimony as adjournment occurs. Defense to begin Monday with expectations the jury of nine men and three women will hear verdict by Tuesday evening. The defense may argue Magill was shot by authorities during a struggle to recover a pistol, not by Boggs or his brother John. The 20 year old Boggs has been identified as the shooter by Merchant Policeman Lemon. Witnesses include the Magill widow and mother, and the owner of the car where Boggs was found. The crowded courtroom signals high public interest in the outcome.
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Hillsboro
Dan Boggs
Boggs
Magill
Lemon
Springfield
Hulse
John
Harry T. Magill
Boggs Boy&s
Fire Chief Seeks Site for Engine No. 7
Fire Chief Houston seeks a new site for Engine Company No. 7 after Webster street engine house was condemned as unsafe. Built in 1844, the building walls bulged and cracked, prompting the Building Commissioner George Hauser to order its closure. The chief will try upper Main street locations or “squeeze in” at another firehouse if no site is found. Acting Safety Director George Crawford says there are no funds to build a new firehouse.
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Houston
Webster Street
Main Street
George Hauser
Hauser
George Crawford
New Ohio Day Chief Praises Ohio Prohibition Officials
Thomas E. Stone new Federal Prohibition Director of Ohio met Sidney O with Sylvester E. Davis in charge of the district Ha roth E. May U S District Attorney and Charles M Dean Internal Revenue Collector. He toured the Federal Building storage room and inspected confiscated whisky praising local enforcement efforts. Stone succeeded Russel after the latter was implicated in the Cleveland whisky permit inquiry.
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Thomas E. Stone
Ohio
J. Eadward Ussel
Sidney
Sylvester E. Davis
Haroth E. May
United States
Charles M. Dean
Internal Revenue
Federal
Stone
Russel
Cleveland
Taft to push action on state aided viaduct bill
Taft the Ohio House floor leader promised Mayor Carrel to accelerate consideration of a bill granting state aid to rebuild the Eighth street viaduct. City Engineer Krug urged the measure noting urban state highway designation would help federal rail plans for Mill Creek Valley freight terminals. The current structure is deteriorated and high water requires raising tracks, but city bond issues to fund the project have failed twice.
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Robert Taft
Ohio House of Representatives
Carrel
Eighth Street
Taft
Frank Krug
Leighth Street
Mill Creek
Mr. Krug
Rothschild Contests Deputies Power in Paris
Baron Mauricé de Rothschild, elected last May to the Chamber of Deputies, faces election contest over alleged liberalities to electors near corporate definition. An amnesty defense leaves questions whether the chamber or courts can act, as voters express displeasure and fear of retaliation.
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Paris
Baron Mauricé de Rothschild
Great International Banking
Baron de Rothschild
Chamber of Deputies
Ministry of Justice
de Rothschild
St Xavier and Marietta Debaters Meet Here
St Xavier College and Marietta College debating teams will face off on Friday evening at Hamilton County Memorial Hall Grant and Elm streets on the child labor issue. St Xavier, coached by Walter V. Gavigan, will be represented by Thomas J. Manion Frank A. Arlinghaus and Edward J. McGrath. The St Xavier team will argue against applying federal child labor amendments by individual states.
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St. Xavier College
Marietta College
Hamilton County Memorial Hall
Grant and
Elm Streets
Daniel M. O’connell
S. J
College of Liberal Arts
St. Xavier
Walter V. Gavigan
Thomas J. Manion
McPherson Street
Frank A. Arlinghaus
Clay Street
Edward J. McGrath
Paradrome
Woman Admits $100,000 Theft in New York and Chicago
Mrs. Anton Wernitzer and companion Herman Lieberwirth were arrested in Brooklyn after she confessed to thefts totaling over $100,000 from three high‑income households in Chicago New York and Glencoe. She described jewelry furs and silk stolen from Mrs. Vehon Chicago and Mrs. Schamberg New York and other valuables.
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New York
Chicago
Anton Wernitzer
Herman Lieberwirth
Morris Vehon
Lucille Schamberg
Glencoe
Lieberwirth
Brooklyn
Wernitzer
Vehon
Schamberg
Spanish singer Raquel Meller wins papal blessing
Pope Pius XI and the Sacred College judged the Spanish artist’s song During the Procession and granted permission to perform. The pope listened to verses in a private audience and blessed the performers to continue in public.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Pius XI
Sacred College
Raquel Meller
Rome
Comoedia
Bell-bottom trousers gain U S fashion in British schools
London readers note bell-bottom trousers spreading from American colleges to Piccadilly. Oxford students favored gray flannel bags, but now some London men adopt trousers that cover the ankle and part of the shoe, while many stay conservative.
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London
Coolidge
America
Piccadilly
Oxford
Hogland
Harding's Picture On New 114-Cent Stamp
The late President Harding's portrait will reappear on U S postage stamps as rates rise April 165. The 10 cent stamp will reuse the memorial portrait from the 2 cent issue with a light brown print. New stamps include 15 and 20 cent special delivery and a 25 cent special handling stamp for faster parcel service.
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Washington
Harding
United States
Fishermen Lost as Ice Floe Claims 150 Victims
In Ekaterinoslav Russia on March 7 officials reported 150 fishermen and 60 horses perished in the Sea of Azov disaster. They were trapped on an ice floe when the ice broke while their horses and wagons were at sea.
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Ekaterinoslavv
Russia
Sea of Azov
Russian Prince Georgi Lyoff Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Prince Georgi Yevgenievitch Lyoff former Prime Minister of the First and Second Provisional Russian Governments from heart disease at his suburban Paris apartment last night.
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Associated Press
Paris
Prince Georgi Yevgenievitch Lyoff
Grant Junket to Hawaii Cancelled by War Department
The army transport Grant, slated to sail from New York on March 28 for Hawaii via the Panama Canal and San Francisco, is cancelled because only about one third of the available space was booked. The ship will instead follow its regular West Coast schedule with military passengers and freight.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Army Transport Grant
New York
Hawaii
Panama Canal
San Francisco
Secretary of War
Junket
Canal Zone
Panama
Cristobal
Port-au-Prince
Tropics
Boy Drowns Using Ice Shortcut at Wade Park Pond
In Cleveland on March 7, John Tomcik a 13 year old boy drowned under the ice at Wade Park pond after attempting a shortcut. His companion John Kline 14 years old narrowly escaped and was rescued by firemen and police after extended efforts in frigid water.
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Cleveland
John Tomcik
Wade Park Pond
John Kline
Tomcik
Kline
Art Museum
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Consumers’ League Officer
Wes
Miss Mann
Stock Exchange
Frank Leper
W. E. Hutton
W. E. Hutton & Co
Frank H. Ballmann
Irwin-Ballmann Company
J. M. Hutton
J. N. Roberts
Stanley Ashbrook
Kenneth Hill
Dennison Duble
Richard Leving
ST. Xavier and Marietta
Pope
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
U. S
Grant
Park Pond
Stout Coats
Atzel Brothers
Madison Rd
Madisonville
Steve & Lange
Warsaw Ave
Seiler Meter Car Co
Covington, Ky
William F. Harris
Lawrenceburg, Ind
William
Allan
E. Tenth St
Newport, Ky
Dodge Brothers
Dodge Brothers Motor Car
Mason Towle Company
Gilbert and Linton Avenues
Woodburn
S. Croswell
Williduehere
Fleck-Sintz Co
Spring Grove Ave
Northside
Harry Mathews
Carthage Pike
Hartwell
Demps Motor Car Co
MiErlanger, Ky
Bob Williamson Co
Harrison Ave
Westwood
R. W. Lemmon
Falmouth, Ky
Ray Lippert
Main Ave
Russell Reed
Cherry Grove, Ohio
Frank Jackman
Harrison
C. E. Vérkes
James Buckley & Co
Maysville, Ky
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