Indianapolis Bishop Appointed Cincinnati Archbishop Leader
The Pope named Rt. Rev. Joseph Chartrand of Indianapolis as Archbishop of Cincinnati to succeed the late Henry Moeller. Installation is likely within two months at St Peter’s Cathedral with a simple ceremony and a pontifical mass. Chartrand, born in St. Louis in 1870, is noted as an educator and descendant of early French settlers in the Mississippi Valley.
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Rome
Joseph Chartrand
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
MacNicholas
Duluth
Chartrand
Henry Moeller
Kartrand
Moeller
Pope Pius
Congregation of the Consistory
Sacred College of Cardinals
Vatican
Mer
Louis Nau
Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary
St. Peter's Cathedral
Eighth
Plum É Streets
Mississippi Valley
Ft. Kaskaskia
St. Louis
St. Meinrad Abbey
Indiana
Innsbruck University
Austrian
Tyrol
Ind
Joseph
Margaret Chartrand
Silas Chatard
Cardinal Falconio
Death Sentence for 16 Year Old in Pennsylvania Murder
Sixteen year old William Cavalier received a death sentence for the murder of his grandmother last September. Judge R H Koch ordered he be taken to Rockview prison and executed by electric chair after a Governor fixed week. Attorneys plan immediate appeal for a new trial under a law granting juries sentence fixing power.
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New York World News Service
Pottsville
William Cavalier
R. H. Koch
Western
Rockview
Cavalier
Staudenmeier
Roads
State Supreme Court
Ashe
Koen
Im Nis
Casey
Harry Olson
Shepherd
Olson
Young McClintock
McClintock
Isabelle Pope
Pacific Coast
Weeks Suffers Gall Bladder Colic After Thrombosis
Washington May Weeks, recovering from an April thrombosis, has suffered a gall bladder colic. Doctors report his general condition remains good though the new complication slows progress. If pain persists, an operation for relief may be considered. He is up in his room and recently went out for short car rides.
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Washington
Tary Weeks
Weeks
Margaret Spencer Runs Ashore Off North Carolina Coast
Four masted American schooner Margaret Spencer carrying lumber from Georgetown to New York went ashore five and a half miles east of the Chicama comico Coast Guard station. Coast Guardsmen reached the vessel but the crew refused to desert, believing no immediate danger. A cutter is en route to assist.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Margaret Spencer
Georgetown
S. C
New York
Chicamacomico Coast Guard
North Carolina
Coast Guard
Suitor Kidnaps Girl in Office in New Orleans
Miss Corrine Walter a 20 year old stenographer was abducted from her downtown desk by William Rumsey 35 a former office employee. He entered with a revolver and forced her to accompany him and marry him before fleeing to a waiting automobile. Police in Southern Louisiana and Mississippi hunted for both.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Corrine Walter
William Rumsey
Miss Walter
Rumsey
Cincinnati Catholics React to Archbishop Appointment Rumor
Catholic leaders in Cincinnati stressed that an Archbishop appointment would be a formality and not publicized to avoid implying a church schism. They noted appointees normally confirm with the Pope via messengers or special mail, with time for discussion before taking office. Bishop John T. McNicholas was notified of a move to Indianapolis, making a decline unlikely and prompting reshuffles.
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John T. McNicholas
Duluth
Chartrand
Indianapolis
Cheaper Sugar Formula Found From Jerusalem Artichoke
Chemists at the Bureau of Standards report a new sugar substitute by extracting levulose from Jerusalem artichokes. Claimed to be 50 percent sweeter than cane sugar and twice as sweet as glucose, the method is credited to Drs. R. S. Jackson and F. J. Day. Jerusalem artichokes grow in the United States and require little care, offering a potential inexpensive sugar source.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Bureau of Standards
Jerusalem
United States
Holy Land
Heh
Four Drown In Cumberland River Steamboat Sinking
Four men and women from Nashville drowned when the steamboat Fisk sank on the Cumberland River near Wooddale Grove ten miles from Nashville at 10 30 tonight. Five others swam ashore. Drowned are Captain Ed Bell pilot Emma Phillips wife Lee Brown and a negro woman.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cumberland River
Wooddale Grove
Fisk
ED Bell
Phillips
Emma Phillips
Lee Brown
New Australian Governor Named by Melbourne
Melbourne May 18 Sir John Lawrence Baird has been appointed Governor General of the Australian Commonwealth succeeding Lord Forster who has held the post since 1920.
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Melbourne
Mter Bruce
John Lawrence Baird
Lord Forster
Covington Fireman Kills Wife Then Self in Separation Case
Otis Wilkens 32 a Louisville and Nashville fireman shot his estranged wife Zora 80 at their Covington home on Madison Avenue then killed himself. She survived. daughter Edith witnessed the event. Police suspect liquor influenced the tragedy amid a pending divorce and alimony case.
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Otis Wilkens
L. & N. Railroad
Zora
Madison Avenue
Covington
Henry Angell
Wilkens
Edith
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Kens
Knoxville
Tenn
Circuit Court
Wilkins
John J. Rachel Company
Ninth
Patterson Streets
Newport
Attempt to Fix Noose on Shepherd Faces Trial Delays
Three jurors tentatively seated in the William Darling Shepherd murder trial as the state pursues circumstantial evidence against the Chicago lawyer. Key witness C. C. Farman testimonies and the separate Farman trial loom, while the defense questions veniremen’s suitability for complex technical terms.
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Veniremen
Chicago
Wrteh
William Darling Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
C. C. Farman
Chicago School of Science
Farman
Veniceman
Stephen Shuben
Shuben
Widow accuses man to his face in jail confrontation
In Medina Ohio on May 18 widow Martha A Wise confronted Walter Johns of Cleveland in the county jail, claiming he urged her to poison her mother. Prosecutor J A Seymour and guardian Mrs Fred Roshon witnessed the meeting as Johns denied the accusation, insisting he knew nothing of the alleged crimes.
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Fred Gienke
Seymour
Johns
Tax ruling taxes bribe payments by bootleggers
The Internal Revenue Department ruled that bribe payments to police and village agents cannot be deducted as business expenses on income tax returns. Collector Charities M. Dean expects thousands in assessments against bootleggers tied to graft revealed in a national prohibition era case. The investigation covers 1922 to 1924 and targets liquor vendors who allegedly did not file adequate returns.
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Internal Revenue Department
M. Dean
Internal Revenue
Dean
Cincinnati
David Burnet
U S Agents Pressure Cincinnati Style Graft Probe in Detroit
Detroit police face a federal probe as agents from Cincinnati pursue graft cases amid Detroit Police Department corruption rumors. Officials cite 74 Cincinnati convictions and plan to gather evidence for a grand jury, signaling a national crackdown on liquor law violations and police corruption.
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U.S
Detroit
Ated Press
Tnereane
Enty-Fineteidke
Prohibition
Frank H. Croul
Cincinnati
Chicago
Washington
James R Davis
Michigan
Lansing
Allen Straight
Fire escape energized traps tenants in Chicago home
In Chicago on May 18 a broken trolley wire charged the fire escapes and window frames of a North Side apartment building trapping twenty five families. Electric flashes jumped from the charged metalwork as smoke filled exits. Firemen fought through the smoke to lead residents to safety.
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Chicago
North Side
Bromley Woman Choked to Death in Secluded Woods
Mrs. W Herbert Oskamp, living at 2358 Harrison Avenue, reported a robbery at her home after discovering unlocked cupboards and missing jewelry and clothing. Intruder used keys found on the third floor. a frame holding her mother in law’s photo was disturbed, and items including two revolvers, a diamond ring, fur coat, mink scarf, and other valuables were stolen. The case follows her $100,000 suit against her husband’s kin over alleged alienation of affection.
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W. Herbert Oskamp
Harrison Avenue
Adele Werk Oskamp
Henry C. Busch
Burnet Avenue
Oskamp
Couzens Committee Finds Enforcement Of Prohibition Flawed
The Couzens Committee reports that prohibition enforcement is a farce after a hurried inquiry. It cites poor conditions and says it cannot complete a full investigation now. The panel plans to publish testimony soon and consider next steps for stronger federal action.
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Couctzens
New York World News Service
Washington
Couzens
Mich
Watson
Ind
Ernst
Jones
N. M
King
Utah
Senate
Congress
Department of Justice
Lincoln C. Andrews
Maryland Drug Company Officials Plead Guilty
Jesse E. Baker president and William Cohn of the Maryland Drug Company pleaded guilty in U S District Court to conspiracy to violate the prohibition act and bribery of an enforcement agent. Sentence was withheld until after the trial of ten other co defendants, Baker and Cohn released on $1000 bail each. Prohibition agents raided the firm’s offices, with twelve men arrested in Baltimore Washington and Atlanta as the company allegedly disposed of illicit alcohol from government warehouses for lotion manufacture.
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Maryland Drug Company
Associated Press
Baltimore
Jesse E. Baker
William Cohn
United States District Court
Baker
Cohn
Prohibition
Drug Company
Washington
Atlanta
Indictments in Rhode Island divorce mill case rise
Providence May 18 twenty six indictments returned by the grand jury in the Rhode Island divorce mill inquiry target Leonard W Horton master in chancery and Francis P Dougherty prominent attorney with multiple counts including subordination of perjury forgery and uttering false certifications Dougherty and Horton arraigned in superior court and held on bail while indictments detail conspiracy charges and forged documents. A separate homicide case unfolds as Mrs Allen Williams 33 was found murdered near Sedamsville Kentucky with robbery suspected and a tying necktie indicating strangulation by unknown assailants. The scene description notes jewelry valued at up to eighteen hundred dollars missing and the victim identified by a Cincinnati water bill and household items.
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R. L
New York
Rhode Island
Leonard W. Horton
Francis P. Dougherty
Horton
Dougherty
Charles P. Sisson
New York State
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