Jury Disagrees in Trial of Remus Associate
In United States District Court Fred Kaucher, head of the Fleischmann Distillery staff, faced charges of conspiracy to violate prohibition. After more than five hours of deliberation and two rounds of legal instructions, the jury reported they could not reach a verdict and Judge Peck discharged them. Kaucher testified he knew little about the whisky operation and signed distillery reports without understanding them. The case is tied to a broader series against George Remus and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States District Court
Fred Kaucher
Armand Cartes
Cleveland
Troy
Cartes
Armand Drug Company
Remus and Associates
Peck
Igoe
Edgewood
Indiana District Court
Indianapolis
Remus
Flora
Cincinnati
Death Valley Farm
Index to Advertisements and Classifieds Highlights
Index to Advertisements from a historical newspaper page listing the College of Mirsle Burkhardt Bros. Company and various ads. Includes entries for Continental Radio Supply, Savings Banks, hotels, shops, and multiple local businesses with page numbers and brief references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Mirsle
Eesees
AGS
Burkhardt Bros. Company
Continental Radio Supply Oitaveskones
Tag
Gigaing
Bevis
Sncdnaeyss Ean Seta
Sn Miller School of Business
Milner Musical Ca
Prats Ia
Cincinnati Boot
The
Cincinnati Telephone Company
Dunlevy Company
John Shillito Co
EIG Compary
cVbpestseceesss
Ee Deeb
Manhunt for Barn Gunman After Mass Shooting in Moosup
State police and local officers hunted Ed ward Spalding who took refuge in a barn after shooting six people near Moosup Connecticut. Five men and one woman were wounded. one man was seriously hurt. Spalding, a crossing tender for the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, fled with two shotguns after the incident.
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Moosup
Conn
Edward Spalding
Spalding
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Glen Falls Crossing
Willimantic
Danielson
Auto Collides With Street Car Injuring Couple
Morris Polakoff and his wife Mrs Rose Polakoff were seriously hurt when Polakoff lost control on Reading road and struck a southbound Norwood street car. Both were taken to General Hospital with the woman in a brain concussion and facial injuries. The incident delayed traffic for miles as wreckage was cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Polakoff
Rose Polakoff
Reading Road
General Hospital
Elsinore Avenue
Polakoff
Norwood
Kate Gags
Olive Branch
Ohio
Auburn Avenue
Joseph Gass
Thirteenth Street
Matt Egner
East
Clifton Avenue
George Metzger
Feldman Avenue
Race Street
Elder Street
Gustave Hobelman
Fred Zinke
van Voust Avenue
Bellevue
Hobelman
Fourth Street
William Schoffel
Markbreit Avenue
Oakley
Lower River Road
Coney Island
Schoffel
Leonard Drexilius
West Eighth Street
Arthur Sallfield
Banklick Street
Drexilius
Madison Avenue
Sallfield
Arthur Fields
West Sixth Street
Alberta
Paris Makes' Em Longer But Dressmakers Say Flappers Will Decline
New York May 20 The Associated Dress Industries of America plans to push knee length skirts out of fashion but will still serve flapper shoppers. Executive director David N Mosessohn says fashionably dressed women will wear garments eight inches from the ground as Paris decrees longer he predicts Paris dictates current style here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David N. Mosessohn
Associated Dress Industries of America
Mr. Mosessohn
Paris
Wheeling Editor Announces Senate Candidacy
Wheeling editor H C Ogden of The Wheeling Intelligencer announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate in Wheeling West Virginia on May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
H. Cc. Ogden
Wheeling Intelligencer
United States Senate
Majestic Man Overboard Near New York Harbor
The Majestic halted after a man overboard report on its second transatlantic crossing. Lifeboats searched the sea for a 1,600 passenger voyage crew and pilots were warned to keep clear of stern suction as the liner proceeded to Craven Buoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Majestic
Atlantic
Sir Bertram Hayes
Cravenbuoy
Sandy Hook
Ilayes
Peterson
Queen of the Ocean
Marshall Field
Chicago
Martin H. Glynn
Real W. Elton
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
France
Poilu
Angier B. Duke
J. C. A. Everwijn
Netherlands
United States
White Star
Hayes
Robbers Hold Up Kroger Store On West Sixth Street
Four white men in masks and armed left two outside and forced clerk William R. Hastie and customers to raise hands. They rifled the cash register taking about $30, then fled in a waiting car. No money was taken from customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Kroger Company
West Sixth Street
William R. Hastie
Knox Street
Harding nominates Oklahomaan as envoy to Guatemala
President Harding named Arthur H. Geissler of Oklahoma as Minister to Guatemala. He becomes the first American minister to Guatemala City since the U S recognition of the present government. Geissler, a former Oklahoma Republican State Chairman, runs a lumber and insurance business in Oklahoma City. nomination urged by Senator Harreld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Arthur H. Geissler
Oklahoma
Harding
Guatemala
Geissler
Guatemala City
United States
Oklahoma City
Harreld
Mystery car with rotary engine aims to stun Indy 500 veterans
New York May 20 A secret racing car entered by Rudolph Wehr and J H Lehman promises a revolution in motors with a 120 cubic inch rotary engine and direct ignition system. The single seater, driven by Frank Davidson, could redefine internal combustion speed at Indianapolis, with claimed speeds near 110 to 120 mph. The project, prepared in a greasy West Side shop, spurs anxious anticipation among veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Indianapolis
Rudolph Wehr
J. H. Lehman
Wehr
Toat
Lehman
L. P. Come
Frank E. Davidson
Wehr, Lehman
Come
Davidson
Search of Liner Fails To Reveal Mme Petschenko Gems
A shipboard jewel theft aboard the Peninsula State leaves seven valued gems missing from Mme Bronislava Lamprecht Petschenko. A Chicagoan suspected by the passenger list is cleared after exhaustive on-board searches. Ship's officers and owners' detectives fail to recover the gems as the vessel docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Petschenko
New York
Mme
Bronislava Lamprecht
Petschenko
Peninsula State
New Tells Tourists How to Get Out
Washington May 20 Senator New Republican Indiana defeated for renomination in the recent primary told of meeting tourists in the Capitol corridors who asked how to get out He replied You bet I can Just stick to your job and run in a primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New
Indiana
Capitol
Marble Champ Seunid Galt Loses Intercity Marble Title
In Philadelphia on May 20 Red Stoddard loses the intercity marble title by two comies as Frank McQuade of Baltimore defeats him 57 to 55. Finalists hailed from Baltimore Newark and New York. Red and Frank showcased notable skill with agate marbles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mudville
Casey
Red
Wil
Frank McQuade
Baltimore
Frank
New York City
Newark
N. J
Marjorie Ruth
Micky Markoff
New York
Giant Tiger Shark Aboard Ship American Legion
Wireless from the steamship American Legion reported a huge tiger shark, about thirty feet long, picked up off South America and carried on the bow for hours. Captain Zearfoss said the fish was struck amidships and measured and photographed before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Legion
South America
Zearfoss
Two lynchings reported in Texas as mobs burn and hang
In Conroe Joe Winters a 25 year old Black man was burned at the courthouse yard after confessing to assaulting a white girl. In Columbus Mose Bozier a 60 year old Black man was hanged from a tree by a mob of about 300 after an alleged attack on a white girl.
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Conroe
Tex
Joe Winters
Winters
Leonidas
Columbus
Mose Bozier
Alleyton
Bozier
Fretzburg
Can't Raze House Cause He's in Jail
Building Commissioner George R Hauser admitted he was unsure how to proceed after a jail term delayed a demolition order. A letter from the jailed owner said the order could not be carried out until his release on June 16, asking to keep the family in the home until then. Hauser planned to seek city solicitor Saul Zielonka's advice as the dangerous house must be vacated immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Hauser
Hauser
Saul Zielonka
Olcott narrows Hall lead in Oregon Republican race
In Oregon May 20 unofficial counts from eleven counties including Multnomah reduce Charles Hall’s GOP governor lead over Ben W. Olcott to 269 votes. Hall 42,235 Olcott 41,946 with more county returns pending. Pierce leads Democratic gubernatorial field with 5,224 to Starkweather 3,408.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Multnomah
Charles Hall
Ben W. Olcott
Hall
Olcott
Ben
Belfast violence escalates as cabinet meets amid raids
In Belfast and surrounding counties violence worsens with arson, railway destruction, and multiple murders. Premier Sir James Craig and his Cabinet planned urgent actions as 23 killed in a week and authorities feared a chaotic weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Associated Press
James Craig
Counties Down
Antrim
County Down
Ballykinlar
County Antrim
Ulster Cabinet
Shanes Castle
County Tyrone
Coats
Gushendall
Ireland
Lawrencetown
Old Court Castle
Lord de Ros
Lady de Ros
Cushendun
Ronald McNeill
Premier Craig
Cushendall
Ballycastle
Roesbank
Copper Shoots Youth As He Dodges Traffic In Streets of Chicago
In Chicago a youth dubbed Louis Levine of Detroit dodged traffic as a crowd watched. A police pistol fired, bringing him down after a pursuit sparked by a man’s report of a stolen diamond ring offered for sale. Levine was hospitalized and expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copper
Chicago
Louis Levine
Detroit
Mutilated Boy Scout Found Dead in Dayton
Arthur Moore, 13, a Boy Scout, was found murdered in an open field near Soldiers' Home in Dayton Ohio. He had been strangled and his neck broken with his body mutilated. He had been missing eighteen hours. A woman's footprint and a woman's ring were the only clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Arthur Moore
Valentino Arrested On Bigamy Charge In California
Screen actor Rudolph Valentino was arrested in Los Angeles on a felony bigamy charge after marrying Winifred Hudnut in Mexicali. Bail set at $10,000 with bondsmen including June Mathis and George Melford. Hudnut traveled to New York amid ongoing public interest.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Rodolph Valentino
Valentino
Justice Bowser
Mexicali
Mexico
Winifred Hudnut
June Mathis
George Melford
Lasky Studio
Thomas Meighan
Biga
New Jersey
New York
California
Miss Hudnut
Earthquake Shakes Salvador Region Reports No Damage
A slight earthquake was felt in various parts of Salvador and in Guatemala and Nicaragua on May 20. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Salvador
Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Rail executives back voluntary rate cuts to spur prosperity
President Harding met with nineteen railroad presidents and top executives at the White House to seek voluntary rate reductions coordinated with the Interstate Commerce Commission. A special committee will study actions, with Hoover present, as rail leaders pledge to aid recovery and discuss equipment needs and future cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
White House
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoover
A. H. Smith
New York Central
Carl R. Gray
Union Pacific
W. H. Finley
Chicago & Northwestern
W. B. Storey
Santa Fe
H. Markham
Illinois
Central
H. E. Byram
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Hale Holden
Burlington
Charles Donnelly
Northern Pacific
Ralph Budd
Great Northern
F. D. Underwood
Eric
S. M. Felton
Chicago Great Western
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Fairfax
Railroad Labor Board
Weeks Urges Wood to Remain in Philippines
A cable from Weeks urges Wood to stay in the Philippines until December rather than take a leave. The University of Pennsylvania granted the General leave a year ago after naming him Provost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weeks
Philippines
Presing
University of Pennsylvania
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Raucher
Fleischmann
U. S. Senate
Alto Majestic
New York Bay
Kroger
PIGMY
Seunid Galt
Strawberry Shortcake
TEAAS
Oregon
Hudnut
Rudolph Valentino
Moving Picture Star
Rudolph
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