Supreme Court Reverses in Commodities Clause Case
Both sides claim victory as the Supreme Court reverses a circuit ruling on Hepburn rate law. The decision affects the coal carrying railroads and allows stock ownership in transported commodities, with Attorney General Wickersham suggesting Congress could reinforce the statute if needed.
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Wickersham
Congress
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Circuit Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Father exonerates son slayer in Detroit shooting
Hagod Gastanian of Lynn Mass travels with his son’s body after a fatal shooting in the Detroit police court. He defends Dr. Garabed Boyajian, his son’s killer, saying he bears no blame and vows to help free him, asserting harsh punishments for offenses against the home.
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Detroit
Mich
Hagod Gastanian
Lynn
Mass
Haroteon Gastanian
Garabed J. Boyajian
Carnegie Hero Awards 24 for deeds of valor in Ohio and beyond
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded 24 medals at a Pittsburgh meeting. Southeastern Ohio recipients include Elizabeth McGee of Hoskinsville who received a silver medal and mortgage funds, and Irvin R. McGee who died while attempting a gas rescue. Philo residents John A. Koontz and J F A Lautenschlager received bronze medals for ice rescue efforts involving Leah Lautenschlager and others. Lehmann Lautenschlager and Barbara Kussmul drowned in the incident.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Ohio
Elizabeth McGee
Hoskinsville
Irvin R. McGee
Willis Leonard
Leonard
McGee
John A. Koontz
Philo, CO
Leah Lautenschlager
J. F. A. Lautenschlarger
Philo
Lehmann D. Lautenschlager
Lehmann
Barbara Kussmul
Lautensehlager
John Koontz
Koontz
Miss Lautenschlager
Lehmann Lautensehlager
Miss Kussmul
Missionary killings spark protests over Turkey safety
Critics blame Ambassador Leishman for inadequate protection of American missionaries in Turkey after two slain workers at Adang while battling a fire from Moslem rioters. Demonstrations erupted at Marash, Aleppo, Mersina and other points as anti foreign feeling attributed to Abdul Hamid’s followers grows. The Young Turks had generally viewed missionaries as agents of progress.
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Leishman
Turkey
Adang
Marash
Aleppo
Mersina
Abdul Hamid
Federal Judges in Missouri Face House Resolution Inquiry
Representative Murphy introduces a resolution in Washington calling for an investigation of Federal Judges John F. Philips and Smith McPherson of Missouri. Claims allege fishing trip with railroad lawyers and rulings favoring railroads against Missouri law, including max freight and two cent passenger rate cases.
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Missouri
House of Representatives
Washington
John F. Philips
Smith McPherson
Murphy
Philips
Judge Phillips Demands Immediate Investigation
Kansas City judge John F. Phillips voiced indignation after reading a Washington dispatch about Representative Murphy's resolution. He pledged to push for swift action and not let the charges hang fire indefinitely if it can help it.
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Phillips
Kansas City
John F. Philips
Washington Dispatch
Murphy
Public Needs Discussed As City Council Sits Briefly
The council met for under an hour with little business. City Auditor S. R. Heade reported nine bids for $60,761.00 four and one half percent paying and severing bonds. Western German Bank Co. of Cincinnati submitted the highest bid plus premium and accrued interest. The bid was accepted under suspension of the rules. Demination of bonds fixed at $500 each where possible as cash payments of assessments came from adjacent property owners. Of the paying assessments $5,046.81 had been paid.
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R. Heade
Western German Bank of Cincinnati
Western German Bank Co
Seven Miners Hurt in Arena Mine Explosion
A Powder explosion two thousand feet underground at the Arena mine owned by Keystone Coal Co in Arena injures seven workers seriously. Witnesses report an underground blast halted work and emergency crews rushed to the scene.
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Arena
The
Keystone Coal Co
Honor Roll of the Graduating Class Selected
The board of education on May 3 approved the honor roll for this year’s graduates who will deliver orations at commencement. Named are Fred Moore John McBurney Melissa Forney Lewis Madison Bruce Criswell Alma Shafer Marjorie Rosemond Luther Tignor Helen Clark Eula Bell. Commencement at the Colonial theater June 3 includes six numbers by the high school chorus.
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Board of Education
Fred Moore
John McBurney
Melissa Forney
Lewis Madison
Bruce Criswell
Alma Shafer
Marjorie Rosemond
Luther Tignor
Helen Clark
Eula Bell
Colonial Theater
LaChat
Where Have They Gone A Nostalgic Verse by Frank Hoyt
A nostalgic poem recalls old village life and contrasting bygone characters with the present, asking where the familiar faces and simple ways have vanished. The speaker muses on days of sassafras tea, dried apples, and old fashioned girls, ending with a lament for memory.
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Frank Hoyt
Lookout for Earthquakes
Paris May 4 French scientist M Deparville warns seismic disturbances may occur at the principal declensions of the moon. He cites this year s earthquakes including Messina and Portugal and lists possible May dates 3 3 6 7 32 33 32 18 20 23 26 27 30 31.
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Paris
M. Deparville
Messina
Portugal
Cambridge Man Found Guilty Of Wife Murder
C. J. Jordan was found guilty today in first degree of murdering his wife in Cambridge Massachusetts. The verdict comes after closing arguments and jury deliberation.
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Jordan
Ohio Methodism Bishops Set Fall Conference Dates
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church met in Wheeling and outlined assignments and fall conference dates for Ohio Methodism. East Ohio gathers September 15 with Bishop Moore in Cincinnati. Central Ohio September 22 with Bishop Neely. North Ohio September 15 with Bishop Anderson. Ohio area Sept 15 with Bishop Wilson. additional dates noted for other districts.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Methodist Episcopal Bishops of the World
Ohio
East Ohio
Moore
Cincinnati
Wilson
Neely
Central Ohio
North Ohio
Anderson
Albert Forney Dies in Wichita Accident
Cambridge relatives report the accidental death of Albert Forney at his Wichita Kansas office on April 15. He was about forty, husband of a Belle Plaine resident, and the weapon discharged while he was removing it from a desk drawer. Interment will be at his parents home in Belle Plaine.
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Cambridge
Albert Forney
Isaiah Forney
Guernsey Station
Wichita
Kansas
Forney
Belle Plain
Wright Brothers Receive First Gold Medal in Britain
At the Institution of Civil Engineers in London on May 4 the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain awarded Wilbur and Orville Wright its first gold medal. The audience cheered as the Dayton brothers accepted the honor.
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London
Institution of Civil Engineers
Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Aeroplanists
Dayton
Wright Brothers
Katherine Wright
Hiram Maxim
Baden Powell
F. 8
Cody
West Virginia and Ohio Warm Up With Fair Weather Today
Weather today brings fair conditions in West Virginia with warmer temperatures. Western Pennsylvania and Ohio also stay fair and warmer today with increasing clouds and warm Wednesday, accompanied by moderate west to southwest winds.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Borah Defends Roosevelt Link to Republican Party in Tax Talk
In Washington on May 4 Senator Borah argued Roosevelt shaped the Republican Party and warned the party could fall from power without his enduring principles. He defended income tax ideas as a curb on the deficit and public spending, noting Taft also supported the concept. He challenged Carnegie's claim that an income tax would spur perjury.
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Republican Party
Washington
Senate
Borah
Roosevelt
Hamburg
Taft
Treasury
Carnegie
Plans for Major Massacre Across Constantinople Revealed
Constantinople officials uncovered documentary evidence of a planned massacre in the Adana district timed with political events. Conspirators at the palace reportedly acted in the sultan's name to provoke a military mutiny on April 13.
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Constantinople
Adana
Abdul Hamid
Yildiz
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