The Public Ledger, 1922-12-30
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LOCALLICtllSETAGS License Plates Stolen From Prof. Tur Tur-ipseed's - ipseed's Tur-ipseed's Or Found on Mysterious Ford Now In Ft Thomas Garage Unclaimed. Sheriff C. M. Devore waa advised by authorities at Ft. Thomas Saturday scorning that a new Ford Sedan bear bear-lnyr - lnyr bear-lnyr license plates of the numbers as assigned - signed assigned to. Mason county, had been In nubllo nraee In that city for several dayp and that no one having called tor the nachlne, the garage men had re reported - ported reported it to the authorities suspecting that the car had been stolon. Referring to the county records, the sheriff found that the plates on the car atl Ft Thomas had ben assigned Prof, deorge H. Turnlpseed, Superin tendent of the Mason County Schools. The sheriff at once got In touch with Prof. TurnlpBeed, who has not seen his car for several daye but who went Immediately to his garage and found that the license plates on his car had been torn off. Prof. Turnlpseed's car had just been returned home from tho Butck garage and an Investigation was made there by the officers. They found from the garage men that on last Thursday a new Ford sedan In which three young men and a young woman, all of whom were suspicious Jooklng characters were at the garage. They said they had come from Lexington and had been directed through Maysvllle en route to Louisville. This caused the garage men to suspect that the new car had been stolen. It is thought that while at the Bulck garage, the young men stole the tags from Prof. Turnip- deed's car and discarded the original tags on the machine. These facts have been given the Ft. Thomas authorities by Sheriff Devore. KIDNAPED CHILD IS - RETURNED TO PARENTS. Detroit, Mich., Dec. 30. Eight-year old Mary Glovannangell, kidnaped eight days ago and held tor a ransom of $20,000, was returned to her home this morning, less than 12 hours after ber father, Nicola GlonannangeU, East Side banker, had reported her disap pearance to the police. The child's return was almost a daring as her leisure, more than I week ago. Despite a police guard sto tloned at her father's bank and home to block any attempted reprisals for his action in reporting the demand for ransom, she waa brought to within half a block of her home. There man helped her from an automobllo and directed her to "hurry homo, and don't be afraid of tho dark." She had not been harmed, and Informed her parents she had ben taken to a farm. house. She bad been well cared for, land even feted on Christmas day, she Vald 9R0TVNIKO THEQBT COKFIBXED, The theory that Mr. Fred Schnelle, lctcal shoemaker, had drowned was ;actloally confirmed late Friday af ternoon when a hat idontlfled as one wore when last seen, was blown the bottom of the Ohio River witth dynamite near the old gas works. Thiis far Mr. Schnello's body has not been recovered but a search of the river continues. As there was an artificial rise in tho river Thursday night. It Is thought that the body has boon (carried down stream quite a dis tance' PAYROLL ROBBERY. . Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 30. Armed men, tnts morning held np the pay paymaster - master paymaster lot the Ferry Cap Screw com company, - pany, company, tend escaped with the $20,000 weekly kayroll. Robbers entered the office of the company! with pistols drawn. The paymaster, just returned from a bank with the money, heavily guard ed by an fcrmed escort, was caught oft his guard Ihy the sudden raid. WATtl'H NIGHT MEETINGS, Soveral ivatch night meetings will be held Sunday night to watch the old year out anil the new year In. A very special senllce will be held at the Third Street I M. E. church. New Year's prayer meetitngi will be held at 7 a m. Monday rt sevorol'of the local ohurchee. BIG RUSH F! PR ATJTO LICENSE TAGS. , The office of t ounty Clerk A. M. Jan- uary was filled all day Saturday with nutomoblle own until the last rs who bad postponed ay the obtaining of their 123 Boons the last ehsnce I tags. Saturday was obtain tags and li censee before the fcew year,
in sivi::as accou JTf Bank of Mays. Ills Toys More Mm $30,000 a l'earlln Savings Across 8oa Xelo to Begin Saving-. This la the tlnl of the year to ataft savings aoco: it No mater how small the sum lay be the Bank or. Maysvllle will bl glad to have you come In and get a savings book and aid you In savlng.V This bank wants to help you and wild pay you compound Interest on your savings. They pay It twice a year, Janulry and July. They pay out over thtrtytthousand dollars a year to their more khan five thousand savings customers. Uf you are not one of them, you should become one at onoe. It will surplus you how fast your savings will grow, If you Just get started and keel trying. It will cost you nothing to tfr. They will give you a book and show ou how, and you can deposit large or small sums at any time you wish. If you wsnt your money to be absolutely safe and make yon something, put It 'tin the Bank of Maysvllle. They are glad to divide their profits with their customers. 30-3 THE GBEAT ALONE." The Pastime Theater presents an exceptional big feature New Year's Day. Monday, January 1st featuring Amorlca's greatest emotional actor, Monroe Salisbury In "The Great Alone." A atory of the giant of the gridiron of Stamford University In California, and the land of snow and ioe In Alaska. This Is a companion picture to "The Storm," Start the New Year right by aeetng this masterpiece You will sure have a happy New Year It you see this picture. See the big mow storm, the greatest fight ever staged Id the great alone. !. DUG L1CEJK3ES. , rhe Dog licenses for 1923 are now my hands for Issue, and Kentucky JMutoi" that all dogs, regard (ess op. shall De duly licensed on I or beftlxnuary 1st 1923. 1 Lice; for first male S100, and leach 0 thereafter $2.00; to first I (lialst.OO and each female there- ( after M. ' SDec-tf if. JANOABY. County Clerk. iroiriN'g CASE COMISlKDi ! . .jTAKSANT HEAVILY TIN ED. Carlflie. Ky. The case against Mrs Bessie Dunn, charged with having liquor in her possession, was contin continued - ued continued on account of the Illness of the defendant Roy Vansant was tried the charges of transporting and p easing liquor. Vansant was arrest following the finding of about 20 ga Ions of whisky at the home of Mn Dunn. The maximum penalty, ' $30(1 fine and 60 daya in Jail, was given In' each case. Vmaant will appeal. The Liberty M'arehoase Is open to receive tobacco for the first sale te be held on January 2nd. 26Dec6t OYSTERS BEST QUALITY and know cleanliness. trying, quart 85 cents loping and itewi, qt. 70 cenU some of our ' OXLEBY : ' ' ' CRACKERS KKTAHJaS JUST THE toti of thaoki for your
SHOOTS SELF III AT AT-TEMPT - TEMPT AT-TEMPT AT SUICIDE Fred Hays, Slaysrllle Boy, on Visit to Sister In Angasto, RJres Rifle Into Abdomen Little,. Chance for Recovery. Frod Hays, well known Maysvllle boy, ilea at the point of death at Hays- wood hospital Buffeting from a rifle shot Wound in the abdomen. Attending physicians say there is little chance for his reccvery as the ball has pierced several entrals and the liver was struck. The young man has for the past sev eral weeks made his home with his sister, Mrs. Ida Case, at Augusta and v.hllo at his sister's home in the Bracken county town Friday evening at about 8 o'clock, he shot himself with a small .22-caliber rifle. At first it was thought that he had shot him. self accidentally but nt the' hospital le told relatives and the physicians that he had planned to take his own life. The cause for the rash act is as signed sb worry over numerous troubles. Although a native of Maysvllle, Hays iad not been living here for several years but had resided In several of the larger cities. " ' ' Reports from his bedsire at the hos pital Saturday afternoon were to tho ffect that hl3 condition was very crit- 'cal and that his death might be ex ex-nected - nected ex-nected nt. any time. Hays Is about 23 vcarg of age. SLATING WAS NOT JUSTIFIABLE, SAYS CORONER. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 29 Clifford L. Bleckerhy, tobacco broken, was charged with having killed Dr. Charles E. Heavrln, dentist, without justifica justification, - tion, justification, by a verdict returned today by a coroner's Jury. Dr. Heavrln died De De-lembsr - lembsr De-lembsr 25 of wounds Inflicted Decem December - ber December 18. He was found to be uncon unconscious - scious unconscious In the building In which he has his office shortly after the shot is sup sup-nosed - nosed sup-nosed to have been fired. FORMER RESIDENT DIES AT CINCINNATI HOME. Relatives here have been'advlsed of he dcntl'i Friday nt hor home in Cln Cln-Mnnr.tl - Mnnr.tl Cln-Mnnr.tl of Mies Elizabeth Driscoll, twenty years of ape, daughter of Mr. ;ind Mrs. Joseph Driscoll, formerly of this city. Funeral will be hold Tues Tues-Ony - Ony Tues-Ony at Cincinnati. Miss Nellie Grant is spending the holidays with her brother Dr. John B. Grant of New York City. 2 THE HOME
Ill PARiS IIOTL, WITH FOUR 01 Han Who Escaped From Clnft General Hospital Is Located! Paris Hotel Wanted . Several Charges. John Ross, 28, alias Turner, of tngton, Ky., was run to earth and ca tured lu a hotel in Paris, Ky., ab daylight Saturday by -W. F Link, Pari police chiul, aftur one of the most In tensive searches ever started, by Cln4 clnnatl police. Two men a id two women who were In the part with Ross also were cap tured. ' Tho search bcgai i.rter Ross escaped . from the Clnciiiac.i General Hospital two weeks cu t cutting leather : shackles which bound him to bed and climbing down a ladder and Into a waiting auto. He was suffering from a wound in the groin which he had . received In a pistol battle with de detectives - tectives detectives there soveral days earlier. . Ross is wanted on several charges, some state and some federal. Among them were allegations of shooting at . to kill and auto theft Police charge he was the head of a big ring of auto thieves. At' the Wlndson Hotel in Paris, where they were captured, one of the women was registered as Ross' wife. The others registered as Harry Zing and wife and Harry Carson. They were captured, police learned, through a 'phone call which someone :n the party put through to Lexington when they arrived in Paris, about 0 p. m. Friday. The woman who regis tered as koss who, ponce say, may be Miss Dorothy Tingle, . 22, of Lex Lexington, - ington, Lexington, who was released on bond after her arrest at tho same time gaps was arrested. i. ' LOYALTY REWARDED. LoulBvme, Ky., Dec. 29. Formal an. nouncoment of tho distribution - of) checks equivalent to an extra month's salary among employees of the vari various - ous various lines of the' Louisville and Nash Nashville - ville Nashville Railroad for meritorious service rendered during the shopmen's was made at the ofE :e of the Gene Superintendent hc-e today, awards ranged from $150 to $350. total amojint disbursed was not stat CRAWFORD-MORGAN. Marriage license was issued Saturt day by County Clerk A. M. Januar I to George Albert Morgan, aged 27, and Miss Edith Pauline Crawford, aged 21,1 both of Mason county. U D k
the January Week of Prayer, begin beginning - ning beginning on New Year's evening. Every ' member of the church is urged to attend these meetings. The services begin each ' evening at 7 o'clock. Be on time and bring 'some 'someone - one 'someone wfth you. All visitors are welcome. Following Is the program for Mon day evening: Leador Mrs. L. H. Veale. Subject Japan. W. M. U. Hymn. Scripture Reading. Prayer Rev. John A, Davis. "The Voice Out of tho Darkness". Mrs. Fred Jones. "Saving the Children" Mrs. Riley Oalther. Prayer Mr. C. N. Dollnger. "BaptlBt Schools In Japan." Mrs John A. Davis. "Tho Japanese Missionary in Japan Mrs. J. P. Moore. Solo '"Open the Gates of Brayer" Mr. U H. Veale. "Keeping Touch With Mission Study" Mrs. C. N. Bollnger. Closing Prayer Prof. W. T. Berry. HOLIDAY REGULATION AT THE POSTOFFICE January 1, 1923, New Years Day. All departments at the postofflce will be open from 8 to 11 a. m The City Carriers will observe their regula schedule of two deliveries. T'i?re will be no rural delivery. ZORAYDA W. COCHRAN. T. M. NOTICE. All persons having claim? n-Inst the estate of Patrick Gantlcy. dc-nsed will please present same at or.-c prop erly proved according to law; r.:; 1 all persons Indebted to the said es tate will please make Immediate se'tl. :.:en of same 29Dec3t KATIE R. GANTLEY, Admx, ON TRIP TO EUROPE. Mr. and Mi. J. R. Kirk left for York Saturday afternoon, where tV. will spend a month!. They will t joined February 1 by Sir. and M: Robert A. Cochran. On February "3 tl' party will leave for a three months stay in Europe. 1 IMPORTANT NOTICE. All persons having claims ngalnst the estate of M. F. Coughlln, deceased are requested to bring them properly proved, and all owing the estate are asked to call and settle by January 1923, MRS. M. F. COt'GHLIN, 28DecSt Executrl WE DO IT EIGHT. We are willing that you should be the judge of the quality of our work. Let your sight direct your judgment. Send us one order and examine our work carefully. The Modern Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. SI East See! Street 'Phone 163
fourteen men and boys who had been arrested on Thursday at Concord by himself and Special C. ' & O. Officer Jos. Webb on charges of "coal heav ing" and train riding. OfDcor Brown' reports that for sev eral months there has been much com. plaint about the wholesale theft of coal at the Concord station and the two officers stationed themselves there with the Intention of making an effort to break np the practice which had cost hundreds of dollars. Among the fourteen arrested were three Maysvllle boys, Dale Bryant, 15 Willis Martin, aged 13, and Arnold Ad kins, aged 18, all of whom were charged with train riding. They arc now being held nt Vanceburg. Those arrested for coal heaving were Alvie Solster, Ansel Ward, Omar Kennedy, Wilbert Caseman, W. M. Burrows,. Wm. Flgglns, Geo. Hender son, Perry Dickson, Kdw. Baker all of whom were fined $10 and costs by Judge Stone of Vancehurg. Floyd and Fred Henderson, Juveniles, were given a suspended reform school sentence. YOUNG LAD DIES AT HAYSWOOD HOSPITAL, John William Ammer, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ammer, of Minerva, was brought to Hayswood Hospital Friday suffering from locked bowels. The boy died late Friday af afternoon. - ternoon. afternoon. The body was Saturday re. moved to the' home of the parents at Minerva and funeral will be held Mon day morning at. 10 o'clock at St. James church. Burial will bo made in the St Patrick's cemetery at Washington. "SMTLIN' THROUGH" IS WONDERFUL PICTURE Norma Talmadge in "SraiHn' Through" attracted very large audi ences. at the Washington theater Fri. day evening. This featuro was unques tionably one of the best pictures shown in Maysvllle in months. Everyone who saw t praised it The picture will -be shown again Saturday night at the Gem. BUYS NEW LEXINGTON. Mr. Scott Osborne, of Court street, has purchased of Keith & Keith . beautiful new Lexington car which was driven through Friday from the factory at Qonnersvlllo, Ind.
GREAT MASS OF ' MAIL HANDLED I low, poster I and Local Postal Force, Working D XlffhL Handled Christmas ; 'Quickly Over $1800 Wori ' Of Stamps Sold. Mrs. Zorayda ' W. Cochrane local postmistress, made a most intiftrhstlng report of the Christmas rush If t the local poctofflco for the two wrt fi be fore Christmas which ahowi I jo fol- towlnr: , (93 Money Order amount lis to 13,71199 were taeued. 1,907 parcels wore Insured. Stamp sale amounted to $1, W.00 700 8peolal delivery letters d par- tela war reoelved and dellveil v Thar waa no count kept! if the Is that thousands of packages and lot -were not Insured but were for dispatch and delivery as 1-celved egular The local postal (ore 1 tof aratulated for the efficient m which the heavy work;wasI during the Christmas tetsonf thing moved off with ease ahtlf and there waa little troub quick dispatch of mall and plaint on the delivery. ' . Special compliment are Chris Hunalcker, the ever prd messenger, for his special and ejetxa hard work during on In dollverlng mall to ancf trains. Many days be was . to work until far after ml
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