Fight film profits cited in Daugherty investigation
F C Quinby testified before a senate jury that Jap Muma William Orr and Ike Martin would receive shares totaling 134000 from a fifty percent cut on sales of fight pictures outside the state where the Dempsey Carpentier bout occurred. He said Orr represented Jesse W Smith and would avoid prosecution due to his contract with Muma Orr and Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F C Quinby
New York
Dempsey-Carpentier
Fight
Senate
Harry Daugherty
Muma
William Orr
Ike Marton
Cincinnati
Orr
Jesse W. Smith
Daugherty
Muma, Orr and
Martin
Daugherty Probe Narrows In On Prohibition Bribes
Washington March 18 witnessed a heated Daugherty probe with Wm A Orr of New York as a key witness and new subpoenas for War Secretary John W Weeks and Treasury Secretary Andrew W Mellon. The committee pressed liquor permit and Dempsey Carpentier film conspiracy angles as Orr testified owning 20 percent of film rights and Major Roy Haynes and others were issued subpoenas. In Cleveland Samuel Underleider confirmed hotel records suggesting Miss Stinson offered silence for 156000 then 50000 as discussions with A L Fink and associates unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Daugherty Investigation Committee
Wm. A. Orr
New York
Daugherty
Prohibition Bureau
Harry M. Daugherty
W. Wheeler
Montana
Prest‘oolidge
War
John W
Secretary of
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Gaston B. Means
Jesse W. Smith
Mellon
Means
Secretary of the Treasury
Harding
Gov. Whitman
Orr
Roy Haynes
Prohibition
David Blair
Internal Revenue Bureau
H. H. Wotan
President Harding
Elmer Dover
John W. H. Crim
Henry W. Anderson
Adna R. Johnston
Arthur Robb
Department of Justice
Alfred R. Urion
Henry K. Urion
Washington
Arthur Sixsmith
Treasury Department
James 4. Finch
Cleveland
Samuel Underleider
Brookhart-Wheeler Committee
Roxie Tinson
Jesse Smith
A. L. Fink
Buffalo
A. L. French and
Pittsburgh
Hollenden Hotel
Rowe Stinson
Statler
A. L Fink
N.Y
Miss Stinson
Samuel Ungerleider
James W. Holcomb
Cleveland Traction
Henry T. Wills
Mel S. Daugherty
D. C
Fink
Miss Stim
Eland Youth Charged in Murder Case After Stabbing
Police report that 16 year old Strempkowski killed a man and injured another after an incident on Har enue. The boy was arrested and held for juvenile court but later faced a murder charge when the hospitalized victim died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital
Bilwskis
Mastodon Jies Near Brighton Found by Trapper James Justice
Archaeologists near Brighton uncover mastodon bones during digging led by James Justice and his two brothers. Justice, a trapper aged about seventy, lives alone with a rare car collection and has built his own coffin for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Justice
Brighton
Trapper
Wandron 87 Brownhelm Native Dies After Illness
A Brownhelm resident aged 87 died in bed this morning from infirmities of old age. He is survived by his wife, sons William and Lester, and four grandchildren, all of Amherst. Arrangements have not been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andron
Brownhelm
Wm. Dangle and Ster
Grand
Amherst
Rites Held For Mrs. Ely At Local Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Ely will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock at the First Congregational Church. Rev. W L Burner of the ARP will officiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Islegational
Wedafternoon
W. L Burner
Trio murdered in Batavia as fugitive confesses
John Vetoski confessed to killing Mr and Mrs Whalley and Mabel Morse in Linden. He described entering the Whalley home from a rear cellar, shooting Whalley, then Mrs Whalley, and later killing Morse with a fist and a pickaxe handle. He burned the cottage to hide the crime and fled before being arrested while seeking farm work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Thomas Walley
Mabel Morsey
Linden
Sherif Ware
John Vetoski
Wetoski
Ware
Vetoski
Whalley
Whhalley
Vetoshi
Parole Authority Questioned Over Liquor Fines
Gov Donahey is cited as ruling county commissioners lack authority to parole prisoners jailed for liquor fine defaults. The article notes the state may claim the right to parole since part of the fines go to the state, and that commissioners legally can parole, with no exception for liquor offenders. Pending clearer instructions, commissioners will release prisoners as they deem fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Donahey
Council Tackles Water Testing and Building Codes
City chemist E G Curtis briefs council on daily water tests and a plant lab or daily samples hauled from the plant to the old city hall. A $25 monthly raise for extra work with tests is proposed. The panel also hears claims from Manhattan Laundry over grade changes at North and Lodi, and discusses Black River sewage pollution. Inspections planned at the water plant and calls for a city electrical inspector, building code, zoning, and improved Cheapside lighting. The fire protection outside city limits is restricted. Merchandise display on sidewalks forbidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Curtis
Elyria
Old City Hall
Curtis
State Board of Health
W. Gallaway
Manhattan
Art Council
Lodi Street
Coner Tataight
John E. Monger
Bia” Board of Health
Columbus
Black River
Cty
D A. Baird
Lorain
Muller
Fourth Street
East Avenue
Rawson
Ohio Public Service
Mae Friday
Council Fire and Water Committee
Cvty
Board of Health
American Not to Operate After Closure of Moving Theatre
The American moving theatre, one of the original in the city, has permanently closed. Workers take over the building to clear the audience room for remodeling into a large store room within three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Bonus Bill Passed By House In Quick 40 Minute Session
Washington March 18 The House approved the soldiers bonus bill despite White House and Treasury opposition and sent it to the Senate in a brief debate session praised by veterans as the best adjusted compensation measure yet. Fargo dispatch notes North Dakota voters shaping the national mood with midwestern Republican primary ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coolidge
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Congress
Fargo
WN PD
North Dakota
Oil stock dealings by federal officials loom
Washington reports eight federal officials including a cabinet member and two senators were found to have traded oil stocks, with names appearing on brokerage records in Washington Cleveland and New York. Details show transactions by Daugherty Slemp Curtis Elkins Rouse and others dating 1920s involving Sinclair Pan American and Mexican Seaboard stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bascom Slemp
President Coolidge
Cleveland
New York
Senate Oil Committee
Lewis D. Bond
Federal Trade Commission
Bond
Harry 4. Daugherty
C. Mascom Slemp
Davis Elkins
West Virginia
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Arthur B. Rouse
Kentucky
Thomas J. Ryan
Wells Goodykuntz
Joseph H Himes
Ohio
Congress
Slemp
Virginia
Daugherty
Spain
W. W. Spaid
William Hibbs
Hibbs and Co
Spaid
Jesse W. Smith
Smith
Curtis
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Pan -Amercan Petroleum Co
E. L. Doheny
Elk Hills Reserve
Mexican Seaboard
Sinclair
Elkins
J. P. Benkard and Co
Sinclair Consolidated
Harriman and Co
Will Kays
Ungerieider and Co
Stemps
John L Edwards and Co
Pan-American Petroleum
Price McKinney
Albert B Fair
Tesra
C. C
Cama
Fall
Slovony McKinney
New School Head To Arrive Here Within 2 Weeks
In a letter to the board president Sunt. R C Masten says the new superintendent expects to be in the city within two weeks and has subscribed to the Chronicle Telegram to become acquainted with the community. The Daily Times praises him as one of the best known educators in the state and notes an iron-bound two-year contract is not a barrier to his advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunt
R C. Masten
C J. Crehore
Board of Education
the Chronicle
The
Daily Times of
Martins Ferry
Elsha
Focal
Las
Man Kills Wife Then Fatally Shoots Self in Middletown
In Middletown on March 18 a carpenter fatally wounded his wife Elizabeth age 44 during a morning quarrel then killed himself with a 38 caliber revolver. Witnessed by son Raymond 8 the scene followed a dispute heard as breakfast prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ark Carpenter
T'S
Elizabeth
H.s
Raymond
Jage
Two Spanish Legionaries Killed In Moroccan convoy attack
An official dispatch from Mellta reports two Spanish Legionaries killed and eleven Spanish officers and soldiers wounded in an attack on a convoy returning from the Tuisziazza sector of the Moroccan front. The brief notes other war and political developments in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Tuisziazza
Mellta
Henry D Collins Dies After Illness At Home
Henry D Collins died last night after a long illness. He is survived by his husband daughter and two sons. Funeral services are scheduled Thursday at 2 PM at the family house with burial at Evergreen Cemetery South Amherst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry D. Collins
Garat An. T
Bural
Evergreen Cemetery
South Amherst
Grass Fire Responders Race Across City Blocks
Three still alarms answered by the fire department yesterday afternoon. First call reported a grass fire between Ninth Street and Tensiestreet, near Furnae Street. The blaze extended toward River Street. crewmembers moved to 220 EB River Street for precautionary measures. Exact units and personnel remain unclear.
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Furnaee Street
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F. C. Quinby
Bnger
Burton. L. Wheeler
EAD and Mellon
Daugherty Probe
Elyria Iron & Steel Co
Green Gate Co
Vic
Contesses
Dispute Donahes
Council
Buswell
LaGrange
Nous
Anghedty
Ullimn
R. C. Masten
Son
Papa
Moteer
Athens
Greer
London
Rome
Daily Express
Eee
Pope Victsmi
Faris
Tothio
Johw
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