Fire destroys Rich Pump Works and Standard Hay and Grain plant
An early morning blast gutted Rich Pump Works at 625 Carr street and damaged the adjacent Standard Hay and Grain plant, with total losses estimated around 50 000 dollars. Fire Chief Bunker and officers battled the blaze as telegraph and electric lines fell, delaying efforts while crowds watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Miller
Townsend Dairy Company
Seventh and
Carr Streets
Kanu
Bunker
Albany Roast Pokes Fun At Hughes and Leaders
At the Albany dinner of the Legislative Cor respondents' association Governor Hughes and prominent party figures faced a roast with satire about the political scene. A mock Elba return and impersonations punctuated the program as chores of state leadership were lampooned and a mock departure warned for those in power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Correspondents’ Association
Hughes
Timothy L. Woodruff
Republican State Committee
William J. Conners
Democratic State Committee
Ten Eyck
Deacon “Hi” Moo
Groton
Old Covington poolroom burns to ground
The Respess Bollinger poolrooms at West Covington were gutted in an early morning fire. Firefighters lacked a local department and Covington sent chemical apparatus, but the building burned completely. Occupants Aeronaut Haddock and wife escaped with no belongings or airship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Covington
Ol Respess-Bollinger
Covington
Aeronaut
Haddock
Cincinnati
Rome Respess
Charles Bollinger
Fire destroys Gazette building at Main and Harris
The Gazette building at Main and Harris avenues burned this morning. It had been unoccupied for over a year and contained nothing of value. The origin of the blaze remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Main and
Harris Avenues
Cincinnati Dentist Weds Venice Woman in Hamilton
Dr. Fred Iver Hage, a Cincinnati dentist, married Miss Carol Wilhelmine Brown of Venice in Hamilton County on April 7. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. R. C. Hartman, with coverage by the Commercial Tribune special dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Fred Iver Hage
Cincinnati
Carol Wilhelmine Brown
Venice
R. C. Hartman
Raid on Wheeling Turf Exchange
Police Chief Howard Hastings led a raid on the Wheeling Turf Exchange with twenty officers. Thirty-two people were arrested, including nine housemen with $200 bonds each and players with $100 bonds. The pool hall, operating for twenty years, paid a $3,000 annual city license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Associated Press
Wheeling Turf Exchange
Howard Hastings
Exchange
High School Lads Fight Over Girl Leads to Fatal Blow
In Passaic New Jersey twenty high school boys were arrested and warrants issued after a prize fight between Gilbert Trehon and Frank Keiser two 19 year olds. Trehon was knocked out in the seventh round by a solar plexus blow and is believed dying in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Passaic
N. J
Associated Press
Gilbert Trehon
Frank Keiser
Trehou
Philadelphia Transit seeks 2.5 million loan approval
The Philadelphia Rapid Transit company asked the city for permission to float a 2.5 million dollar loan. President Kruger said extraordinary expenses reduced reserve capital needed for line improvements and equipment, leaving insufficient funds for future power and expansion.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Kruger
Receivers Named for Beef And Cold Storage Company
Receivers were appointed for the American Dressed Beef and Provision company and the Interstate Ice and Cold Storage company both controlled by the same man. Stockholders disputed management. Beef assets listed at 450000 with 180000 liabilities. Ice company assets 400000 and liabilities 40000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Dressed Beef and Provision Company
Interstate Ice and Cold Storage Company
Ice Company
County Ticket Completes From Republican Ranks
The Republican ticket fills key posts with Albert Darker as treasurer and Charles Cooper for sheriff. George Lippelman joins the lineup in the vacancy from the old board of control. The slate also lists Nicholas Longworth, Herman Goebel, William Giffen, A M Warner, Oliver Coe, Thornes Darby, A E B Stephens, Clinton Cowen, and commissioners Stanley Struble WJ Tanner George Lippelman.
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Albert Darker
Charles CC
Cooper
Robert Ed
Mondson
Clinton Cowen
Stanley
Struble
W. J. Tanner
George
Lippelman
Charles Cooper
George Lippelman
Old Board of Control
Newa
District Attorney Calls for Graft Information in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg April 7 District Attorney William A Blakeley issues a general invitation for any Allegheny county resident to appear before the grand jury tomorrow and share any information about grafting in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Dispatch
Pittsburg
William A. Blakeley
Allegheny County
Grand
Pears Reveals $100 Bribe Offer in House Probe
Howard W. Pears, Allen county representative, testified he was offered $100 by Simon Cronin, a Bell Telephone attendant in the Columbus House smoking room, to vote for the Elson merger bill. Pears finally named Cronin, denied prior interviews, and criticized the probes as a farce while recounting his Lima hospital site savings of $16,000.
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Hughes
Simon Cronin
Pears
Akron
Bell Telephone Company
Billy
Cronin
Elson
Lima Hospital
Lima
Wilber
Union County
Asa W. Elson
Smith
Marion County
House
Cyrus B. Huling
Columbus
Edgar Ervin
Ervin
Mooney
Ion
Karl T. Webber
Chicago
D. W Dinsmore
Mark Slater
Howard W. Pears
Allen County
A. A. Huber
Defiance County
George Wilbur
Ralph Leblonde
Toledos
House of Representatives
Franklin County
Third Degree Torture Claims Shine at Trial in New York
A man on trial for murder testified he was tortured by police during a confession in a sensational General Sessions Court hearing. Stephen Boehm admitted signing the confession but said he did so to escape further abuse after 24 hours of confinement with no food or sleep. He claimed officials promised leniency in exchange for confessing. The case and related testimony spurred further inquiry into police conduct and graft investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Court of General Sessions
Stephen Boehm
Jacob Wels
Homicide Bureau
Alexander P. Moore
Pittsburg
Allegheny County
A. P. Moore
Moore
Attornelakeley
J. S. Kuhn
First National Bank
J. M. Young
Secord National Bank
W. B. Rodgers
F. M. Hoffster
Hoffstot
Seidel Urges Cleaned Up Milwaukee City
Milwaukee April 7 Mayor elect Emil Seidel Social Democratic leader urged cleansing the city calling for removal of swamps cesspools and marshes He spoke at the Solomon Juneau Hall dedication in the Auditorium building and offered no detailed program yet stating a complete statute will be issued next week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Dispatch
Milwaukee
Wis
Emil Seidel
Social Democratic
Seidel
Solomon Juneau
East India convict pleads cruelty driven murder claim
Frank Shatira, an East India negro convict on trial for a Sing Sing prison keeper's murder attempt, testified he was driven to the act by guard cruelty. He described guards spraying ammonia into cells as a favorite torture, causing excruciating pain.
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White Plains
N.’N
Associated Press
Frank Shatira
Sing Sing
Minnesotan Defends Stand for Subsidy
Ex congressman McCleary argues in favor of a government subsidy program, defending its benefits for local industry and workers amid ongoing budget debates.
Former Congressman Barrage McCleary Faces Floor Access Limit
A former representative, McCleary, may be denied floor access after allegedly admitting he urged colleagues to vote for the ship subsidy. The house extends door admission to all former members of congress, but possible sanctions loom.
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McCleary
Congress
People pay for sane Fourth in Hamilton Ohio
The Hamilton city council voted to enforce the fireworks ban this year after a public subscription raised funds to buy all existing stocks. Fireworks will be disposed of at Krebs Park in a public display on July 4 with no other explosives used in Hamilton that day.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Hamilton
Krebs Park
Hoffstot Indicted in Pittsburgh Conspiracy Bribery Case
Pittsburg presentment orders the indictment of Frank N. Hoffstot president of the Pressed Steel Car company on charges of conspiracy and bribery. Counsel Adrian M. Larkin denounces the move as a hysterical screech.
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New York
Associated Press
Adrian M. Larkin
Frank N. Hoffstot
Pittsburg
Hoffstot
Pressed Steel Car Company
Giant merger proposed for Cincinnati civic groups
A plan to merge the Business Men's club with the Chamber of Commerce and include six other leading Cincinnati business bodies will be voted on by members. If approved the central organization would unite about 3,000 businessmen under one roof in the Chamber building while preserving each group's functions.
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Harmon
Pears
Tan
Hine'an
Bases
House
Toney
Elson
Chamber of Commerce and Business Men’s Club
Business Men’s Club
Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
New York
Boston
Business Men's Club
Manufacturer’s Club
Industrial Bureau
Receivers and Shippers’ Association
Lumbermen's Club
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association
Convention League
Declares He Sled Two to Defend Life
A brief report states a man declares he killed two to defend his life amid a tense courtroom scene. Authorities investigate the claim as part of a larger self defense argument.
Father-in-law revolver confession linked to Canton killings
Chicago police say Cletus Willaman, 26, son-in-law of the Koons family, confessed to killing Warren and Elizabeth Koons in Canton Ohio. He described a long feud with his wife’s parents and claimed self-defense after seeing a revolver, then beating them with a brick and his revolver before fleeing toward Lake Junction. He planned to return to Glasgow Montana.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
Associated Press
Cletus C. Willaman
Warren Koons
Elizabeth
Canton
Willaman
Koons
Schuettler
Gasgow
Montana
Lake Junction
Bar Women Workers on Baltimore and Ohio Road
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad will future bar women from roles as stenographers clerks and telegraph operators in Pittsburgh officials said. No women currently employed will be discharged but no new hires will be made for these positions.
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Baltimore & Ohio Road
Pittsburg
Associated Press
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Tobacconists To Put Negroes in Strikers Jobs
Louisville April 7 Thomas K. Manson superintendent of the leaf department of the American Tobacco company in Louisville announced the company would install Negro men and women in the places vacated by striking white stemmers as the strikers marched from plant to plant. No disorder was reported.
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Louisville
Associated Press
Thomas K. Manson
American Tobacco Company
Sulzberger & Sons Form $32 Million Meat Packing Firm
The Sulzberger & Sons company, meat packers, was incorporated in Albany with a capital of 32 million dollars. The principal office is in New York and the directors are Nathan Sulzberger Max J Sulzberger of New York and German F Sulzberger of Chicago.
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Albany
N. Y
Associated Press
Sulzberger & Sons
Meat Packers
New York
Nathan Sultzberger
Max J. Sulzaberger
Germaing F. Sulzberger
Chicago
Ballinger Faces Reopened Inquiry By Seattle Bar
A Seattle Bar association special meeting is scheduled for next week to address charges of unprofessional conduct against Richard Ay Ballinger. Ballinger was previously investigated six years ago by a bar committee and exonerated.
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Seattle
Wash
Associated Press
Seattle Bar Association
Richard Ay Ballinger
Collier's Weekly
Ballinger
Retirement Rumors Hit Knox And MacVeagh Cabinet
A dispatch from Washington reports rumored moves by Secretary Knox and Secretary MacVeagh to quit the Taft administration over cabinet discontent. The rumors predict further disruptions within the Taft cabinet and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
MacVeagh
Commercial Tribune
Washington, D. C
Knox and MacVeagh
Taft
French mayor shot dead in duel over deputy honors
In Algiers on April 7 the mayor of Orleansville, Robert, was killed in a duel with his rival candidate M. Hoube for a deputy seat. Robert did not fire.
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Algiers
Algeria
Associated Press
Robert
Orleansville
M. Hoube
Bér of Deputies
Lighter of Dynamite Causes Kobe Explosion
In Kobe harbor a dynamite lighter caught fire sparking an explosion. Three people were killed and many waterfront homes wrecked, inflicting substantial monetary damage. Police and rescuers searched the wreckage for survivors and assessment teams surveyed the damage.
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Tokyo
Associated Press
Kobe
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Rich Pump Company and Feed Concern
Carr Street
Pany
Standard Hay and Grain Company
Rich Pump Works Company
Ff. Company
Big Four
Corbin
JL. M. Rich
George Rich
Chester A. Rich
Henry Heile
W. H. Weber
Woodruff
Albany, N. Y
Bany
Old Guard
P. T. Relnhan
The
New York Press
Association
Bwana Tumobo
Elba
Root
Tim” Woodruff
Elihu Root
United States
Mr. Root
Cyrus B. Winters
Probe
Baker Photo
Blaze
Norwood
Butler County
Miss Brown
Beef and Cold Storage Company
Republican Committee
Nicholas Longworth
Second
Her
Man P. Goebel
William Giffen
A. M
Warner
Sieg
John Doyle
Oliver P. Coe
Thornes H. Darby
E. B. Steph
Ens
Elson Bill
Social
Democrat
McCcleary
Hamiltonians
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