Thaw Trial Opens With Sensational Insanity Claim
New Chief Counsel for Harry Thaw outlines a defense plan promising new evidence of hereditary insanity and strange childhood acts. He asserts Thaw was insane at the time of the Stanford White killing, while detailing Thaw’s life history and alleged self destruction after Evelyn Nesbit story. The judge sustains objections as Jerome fights to exclude parts of the narrative.
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New York
State Ad
Garvan
Stanford White
Martin W. Littleton
Jerome
Littleton
Harry K. Thaw
Mr. Littleton
Europe
Mr. Jerome
Thaw
Justice Dowling
Rheumatism Strikes Naval Leader During Rio Visit
In Rio de Janeiro the American battleships rest offshore while thousands line the waterfront to view the fleet. Rear Admiral Evans, commander of the fleet, is ill with rheumatism and may miss planned entertainments, disappointing Brazilian officials who hoped for a grand welcome.
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Rio Janeiro
Trinidad
Rio
Mount Corcovado
Evans
Acheson House Damaged by Bottle Prank in Washington Pa
Early Sunday a mess of empty beer bottles covered the front lawn of Congressman Acheson of Washington Pennsylvania amid a local option fight. Residents wonder if a practical joke or opponents to his temperance stance were responsible for the act.
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Washington, Pa
Congressman
Ace
Yoesherton
Acheson
Lawson Emerson Austin Must Serve Short Jail Sentence
Columbus Ohio January 14 1928 former Belmont county clerk Lawson E Emerson and former Toledo senator L L H Austin were ordered to ten days in jail for contempt of court and Austin must pay a $100 fine. The case involved alleged falsifying records to obtain a law certificate. Austin could not recall details of the bar exam or oath.
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Austin A. Lawson Emerson
Columbus
Lawson E. Emerson
Belmont County
Supreme Court
L. L. H. Austin
Toledo
Austin
Ohio
Boy Falls To Horrible Death in Elevator Shaft
A fifteen year old boy, Marty aerreis, died in the elevator shaft of the Commercial Cable building on Broad Street in New York. He fell from a top story after an elevator failed to start properly, triggering a grim discovery as bankers and brokers in the skyscraper learned of the accident.
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New Yor
Marty Aerreis
Broad Street
Liquor license drive underway in Cleveland area
Cleveland on January 14 reports liquor dealers and brewers in the district joined the Heebel License league to back a national campaign for an model license law. In Welch West Virginia on January 14 more than 2000 miners in Elkhorn and Thacker coal fields resumed work after two months idleness.
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Cleveland
Iebel License League
Ohio
Enael
Welch
W. Va
Elkhorn
Thacker
Tedeys
Norfol and Western Railway
Change Front onces Again In Sandusky County
In Sandusky Ohio on January 14 the Republican county central committee reconvened after Representative Grant W. Mouser’s visit. Carl B. Clark was reinstalled as chairman, Joseph Gibbs was reelected secretary, and Taft loyal resolutions endorsing Secretary of War for the committee were adopted, arguing county sentiment favored Taft.
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Sandusky
Grant Wb. Mouser
Thirteenth
Republican County Central Committee
Carl B. Clark
Joseph Gibbs
Taft
Secretary of War
New Eldorado Is Discovered In California Mining District
A San Bernardino Cal district near the Nevada line attracts a rush after prospectors in Searchlight Manuel and surrounding towns report ore assays up to 20000 dollars per ton. Several thousand prospectors converge and the area rapidly grows from the sudden discovery.
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San Francisco
Searchlight, Nev
Manuel
San Bernardino County
Cal
Nevada
Serchlight
Radical overhaul urged in Ohio tax report
Governor Harris released the tax commission report calling for abolishing the general property tax and creating a state board of taxation. It cites wide evasion of tangible and intangible property, proposes real estate appraisal reforms, and highlights confusion from multiple tax boards and outdated corporate taxation. The legislature opened after recess with primary reform bills reintroduced and state and local revenue conflicts noted.
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Columbus
Huffman
Boards of Elections
Johnson
Cuyahoga
Harris
Tax Commission
State Board of Taxation
Rose
Committee On Temperance
Fire Disaster at Boyertown Opera House Tragedy
A January 14 blaze at the Rhoads Opera House in Boyertown Pennsylvania followed a tank explosion during a benefit show. Oil lamps at footlights fed the flames causing a deadly stampede. Between fifty and seventy burned and many killed or maimed. assistance from neighboring towns arrived too late.
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Boyertown
Rhoads Opera
John's Lutheran Sunday
Senators Foraker Nick to establish headquarters in Columbus
Columbus Ohio January 14. It was announced that Senators Foraker Nick will come to Columbus in a few days and set up headquarters. The purpose remains unnamed but hints point to a campaign not aimed at electing delegates by direct primary or state committee rules, while Foraker has said he will not be bound by the call.
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Butler
Elmer E Bell
Harry H. Hogan
Hogan
Columbus, O
Foraker Nick
Columbus
State Central Committee
Foraker
Great Gold Camp Fire Destroys BY Oro Mining Camp
Mexico City Jan 14 The great gold mining camp of BY Oro once one of the republics largest is burned. Fire destroyed the camp as a blaze swept the principal hotels and key businesses, reducing the area to ruins.
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Mexico City
BY Oro
The
Republic
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