Bomb Planted at Grand Hotel By Suffraget Caught
London report says Ada Ward a suffraget was arrested after a bomb with a lighted fuse was placed at the Grand Hotel entrance at 2:50 am tied to a votes for women placard. She was held without bail. The flame and other attacks blamed on suffragettes spurring government crackdown.
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London
Grand Hotel
United Press
Ada Ward
Miss Ward
St. Catherine Church
Newcross
Thief Breaks Window at Miller Jewelry. $600 in Jewelry Stolen
A thief used a diamond to cut a six inch square hole in the plate glass window of RE J Miller jewelry on North High street in Columbus. About $600 worth of jewelry, including three rings and seven watches, was taken while a private watchman saw the store shortly before 4 AM. No clue yet.
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United Press
Columbus
RE .J. Miller
North High Street
Ohio Supreme Court rules home rule amendment not yet effective
United Press Special. Columbus May 6. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the home rule amendment is not currently operative and requires legislative action to take effect. The decision denied a writ of mandamus to Toledo city auditor to earmark $1000 for construction and maintenance of a municipal moving picture theater.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Supreme Court Today
Ohio
Toledo
England orders 300-ship reserve fleet for possible war
Fifty years ago today on May 6 the British ordered a reserve fleet of 300 ships to be ready. First news reports of the battle in Virginia on the 2d appeared in the great dailies. Twenty-five years ago today another abscess broke in the throat of the German emperor.
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United States
England
Virginia
Sister of Cambridge Woman Drowns in River Steamer Sinking
The steamer Sonoma struck a log and sank in the Kentucky river at Glen Mary, drowning four, including Mrs. Frank Kidwell, 57, of Marietta, sister of Captain E. W. Webster of Beverly. Twenty rescued. the boat valued at 12 000 dollars and recoverable.
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Zanesville
Kentucky
Glen Mary
Frank Kidwell
Marietta
E. W. Webster
Beverly
Solons Witness a Prize Fight
A special train carried six noted prize fighters and Chicago fans to Springfield to stage a boxing exhibition before the Illinois legislature. The event aims to drum up support for a bill legalizing boxing and creating a state boxing commission with Governor Dunne Lieutenant Governor O Harra and Speaker McKinley expected at ringside. Representative Hilton, a sponsor, will spar four rounds with an amateur fighter during the program.
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Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Dunne
O’harra
McKinley
Hilton
French police arrest 2 more anarchists in king assassination plot
Bordeaux and Paris dispatches report two anarchists arrested over an alleged plan to assassinate King Alfonso during his visit to France. Four conspirators are detained in Barcelona, Paris as authorities brace for the royal arrival and tighten security from frontier stations to Paris.
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Bordeaux
France
Alfonso
Spain
Poincarre
Barcelona
Paris
Donnenworth Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Tiffin Ohio Edward Donnenworth was found guilty of first degree murder in the February death of his wife. The jury, after a single ballot, recommended mercy. Donnenworth had contended the shooting was accidental as he tried to take a shotgun from his three year old son who was playing with it.
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Edward Donnenworth
Donnenworth
Miners Strike Near Bridgeport Ends. Pay Arranged
In Wheeling on May 6 the Lorain Coal and Dock Company strike by 2000 miners in Bridgeport ended. Workers return to duties after agreeing to pay for the stoppage. Fred Nowell had left for Bellair to continue employment on Tuesday.
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United Press Special
Wheeling
W. Va
Lorain Coal & Dock Company
Bridgeport
Ohio
Large two story brick building planned on Turner Avenue
W A Blackburn buys Simons property on Turner avenue Cambridge for 3800 dollars. He plans a large two story brick building with a garage on the first floor and a skating rink on the second. Construction to start soon and finish by September 1. The site has 108 foot front and 120 foot depth.
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Cambridge
E. D. Shively
W. A. Blackburn
Simons
Turner Avenue
Blackburn
Guernsey County
Harry Simons
Springfield
First Lobbyist Files Statement in Ohio
Prosecutor Edward C. Turner of Columbus became the first legislative lobbyist to file a sworn expense statement with the secretary of state under the new anti-lobby laws. He says he spent 39 dollars in the debate over a concealed weapons ban.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Edward C. Turner
Secretary of State
Turner
California anti alien land law challenged in house
Representative Britten of Illinois introduced a resolution urging the state department and attorney general to obtain a test in the court of the California anti alien land law. He asks the house judiciary committee to report the resolution, stating California has exceeded its authority in enacting the legislation.
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Washington
State Department
Attorney General
House
Britten
House Judiciary Committee
California
Miller and Dawson Fail to Recover 124.5 Acre Farm
The Supreme Court in Columbus on May 6 holds in a Guernsey county case that Charles E. Miller and Laura Dawson fail in their bid to recover possession of a 124.5 acre farm from Jennie B. Miller.
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Dawson
Governor Cox Declares War on Workmen's Compensation Referendum
Columbus May 6 Governor Cox announced a battle against interests pushing a referendum to repeal the compulsory workmen's compensation law. He blamed firms earning millions from Ohio widows and orphans and said the fight would prove to the liability companies that public opinion will determine the poll outcome against the Green bill.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Cox
Ohio
Supreme Court
Greek King’s Assassin Dies by Leap in Police Station
Greek assassin Schines, who killed the late King George, suicides by leaping from a hospital window in Salonika while confined at the police station. The incident is reported in London dispatches dated May 6.
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London
Schines
King George
Greece
Salonika
Cincinnati Mayor Finds No Evidence in Franchise Probe
Columbus May 6 Mayor Hunt of Cincinnati says he found nothing incriminating in the interests that defeated the indeterminate franchise bill and writes Prosecutor Turner he cannot provide evidence for the legislative probe. Turner reports no violations found yet but threatens prosecution if any appear.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Hunt
Cincinnati
Turner
Preventing Breeding in Stable and Waste Areas
Do not allow manure to accumulate in a stable. Remove manure twice daily to a closed pit and weekly from this. Treat dug outhouses with chloride of lime and keep garbage cans covered with a fly trap to catch flies. Green vitriol diluted in water kills maggots in manure.
No Southener Wanted On Jury
Chicago May 6 Jack Johnson's claim that admirers of James J Jeffries harassed him since the Reno fight and that smuggling and white slave indictments caused his troubles was aired in federal court as trial resumed. Johnson sought to exclude southern-born veniremen and pressed each juror on their views. One venireman admitted the death of Johnson's white wife could influence his vote.
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United Press Special
Chicago
Jack Johnson
James J. Jeffries
Reno
Jeffries
Johnson
Prisoner Walks Away From Columbus Hospital
Grant Sloan, 40, serving 20 years for assault from Scioto county, escaped from a Columbus hospital during the night. He is the first inmate to flee under Warden Thomas’s regime after word came from Dayton of the escape.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Grant Sloan
Scioto County
Thomas
Dayton
Sloan
County Officials Approve Bond for Recorder-elect Squire Henry
In a Tuesday session the County Commissioners approved a $2000 bond for Squire Frank Henry, the recorder-elect, securing his duties and official responsibilities.
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Frank Henry
Seven Italians Shot During Riot in Syracuse
In Syracuse on May 6 rioting by striking dock workers and laborers led to seven Italians shot and six policemen injured. Police fired on stone-throwing crowds near Bishop Grimes residence as 300 to 400 strikers clashed with officers. A bystander and several firemen were hurt. fire hoses and full police mobilization followed.
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United Press Special
Syracuse
N. Y
Episcopal
Grimes
Officers Catch Man With The Goods In Madison Township
James Vorhies a 35 year old resident of the Bert Caldwell farm Madison township was arrested Tuesday by Sheriff Berry and Deputy Sheriff Heskett on a warrant from H P Conway. He is charged with breaking and entering a building in the daytime and is held in Cambridge county jail. Police found a coat trousers under shirt over shirt drawers shoes and a half shoulder of meat at his home after a search warrant.
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James Vorhies
Bert Caldwell
Madison Township
Berry
Heskett
H. P. Conway
Squire Reasoner
Vorhies
Cambridge
Conway
Referendum Petitions Sent to Ohio Manufacturers
Cleveland Ohio May 6 Referendum petitions were sent out to 2000 Ohio manufacturers on the Green compulsory workmen s compensation law with an initiative substitute measure. The Equity Association backed by the Ohio Manufacturers Association distributed the petitions. Three other measures will be voted on by referendum including debt limits on municipal bonds for self sustaining utilities and a deputy state tax commission law. Governor Cox plans to defend the Green law.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Equity Association
Ohio Manufacturers' Association
State Tax Commission
Cox
Forest Fires Ravage Altoona Area Threaten Towns
Fire sweeps mountains near Altoona Pennsylvania destroying several square miles of second growth timber. Several hundred men heroically defend the town of Lloydeville on the Bellwood division of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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Altoona
Lloydeville
Bellwood
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fight Ends As Wool Provisions Vote Rejected
Washington May 6 The House rejected Representative Sharp’s amendment to place free raw wool on the dutiable list ending the wool provisions in the Underwood tariff bill. The decision came by a large voice vote, and the section on duties was concluded. Consideration then began on the income tax provision.
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United Presa
Bread and milk delivery hit by express workers strike
Five hundred drivers and depot workers for express companies struck after sixty were discharged for wearing union buttons. The walkout disrupts bread distribution to nearby towns and milk deliveries to Buffalo. Picketers blocked a bread wagon, and department stores dispatched extra drivers as a mob attacked a carpet delivery truck.
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United Press Special
Buffalo
N. Y
Express Companies
Weather Tonight and Wednesday Cloudy and Cooler
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with cooler temperatures tonight and into Wednesday. West winds are expected across the region.
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