Murder Mystery Involving Lizzie Fulhart Found In Cistern
Special dispatch from Dayton reports the 18 year old Lizzie Fulhart of Vandalia was found dead in a cistern behind a vacant house on North Jefferson Street. A coffee sack wrapped her head and she was tied to indicate an attack and possible poisoning prior to the killing. Police identify the victim as Lizzie after a reporting chain through Vandalia, with suspicion of a second similar killing within a week linked to Mary Forschner. Albert Wilkie, a Davis factory worker and former sweetheart of the victim, is detained on suspicion as investigators pursue leads in the case.
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Commercial Tribune
Dayton
Mary Forschner
Lizzie Fulhart
Vandalia
Dayton & Troy Traction
KB. P. Matthews
North Jefferson Street
Ted
John Pulhart
Sarah Dieter
Linden Avenue
Liggie
Safire
Albert Wilkie
Davis
Wilkie
Life of Browne shadowed by mysterious woman sightings
Springfield dispatch reports Ottawa representative Lee ONei Browne facing two dramatic episodes with a mysterious woman. In October a tall blonde woman named Ellen Chrystie attempted suicide outside Browne’s Ottawa office after a stormy talk. The latest event had a woman at the doorway of the house chamber demanding Browne and menacing his life, suggesting they may be the same person.
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Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Til
Lee
O'Neil Browne
Ottawa
State
la Salle County
Browne
Carroll D. Wright
Census Bureau
Classified Service
Civil Service
Postponed action on anti Japanese bill after speaker plea
In Sacramento California speaker Philip A. Stanton obtained unanimous consent to delay further action on the Japanese school segregation bill until next Wednesday. Governor Gillett sent a special message urging consideration of treaty rights and constitutionality, with debate over referral to judiciary and attorney general for opinion. Senator Caminetti introduced the bill in the Senate as both houses adjourned until Monday.
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Sacramento
Cal
Philip A. Stanton
Grove
Johmson
House
Committee On Judiciary
Attorney General
A. Caminetti
Senate
Gillett
School Board of
San Francisco
Root
California
United States
Pittsburg Riots Escalate After Attacks on White Women
In Pittsburg on February 6, further assaults by Black men inflamed race tensions as police struggle to prevent riots. Rose Secock and Blanche Smith were attacked but escaped amid screams. Two suspects were jailed for three months. John Stokes, 32, faces a hearing after charges filed by Mrs Jane Thompson.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Rose Secock
Blanche Smith
John Stokes
Jane Thompson
Negro Attacks Aged Woman In Johnstown Area
In Johnstown Pennsylvania Mrs Mary Kruise aged 84 was attacked at her home by a negro. The screams drove the assailant away and she is in critical condition. A negro named Arthur Cochran was arrested shortly after the assault.
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Johnstown
Mary Kruise
Arthur Cochran
Sicca Held for Wilhelm Murder in Newark
Newark crime story reports Nicholas Sicca Italian architect arraigned for first degree murder in the death of contractor Frank Wilhelm found shot in his cellar. Judge Simon Hahn held Sicca without bail. Mrs Wilhelm detained as material witness. next court date on habeas corpus writ.
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Newark
N. J
Frank Wilhelm
Nicholas Sicca
Simon Hahn
Sicca
Wilhelm
Hahn
Sic
Riot at Tailors Shop Leaves One Dead in New York
In a riot by walking delegates of a garment workers union at Jacob Greenfield’s tailoring shop on Past Second Street, one striker Samuel Kann died from a fractured skull. Jacob and Wolf Greenfield and Baego Cassello were badly injured, while several others were injured as rioters wrecked the workrooms and attacked workers. Police dispersed the mob after calls for help.
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New York
Jacob Greenfield
Second Street
Greenfield
Wolf Greenfield
Samuel Kann
King Ignites Funeral Pyre in Bangkok
The body of Edward Henry Strobel American and former Bemis professor of international law at Harvard was cremated in Bangkok with King Chulalongkorn lighting the funeral pyre. Strobel born 1855 in Charleston died Jan. 15 1908.
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Bangkok
Siam
Edward Henry Strobel
Chulalongkorn
Bemis
Harvard
Strobel
Charleston
D. C
Nevada Senate Rejects Dodge War Fleet Resolution
The Nevada senate tabled the Dodge assembly resolution calling for a Pacific war fleet and labeling Japan a menace to peace after prior assembly approval. Earlier, the assembly passed the Giffen antialien land bill barring Asiatics including Japanese from owning land or mortgages in the state.
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Carson
Nev
Nevada Senate
Dodge
Assembly
Pacific
America
Senate
Woodbury
Rep
Archbishop Henrry Moeller Ill. Resting at Hot Springs
The health of Most Rev Arch bishop Henry Moeller worries Cincinnati Catholics. He is in Little Rock visiting Bishop Moore and taking baths at Hot Springs to ease throat trouble from a severe cold. Doctors say the ailment is not serious and care is being taken to avoid complications. If improved, he may return in several weeks.
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Henrry Moeller
Cincinnati
Little Rock
Ark
Moore
Hot Springs
Osage Indians Visit White House to Bid Farewell
Special Dispatch reports from Washington that Osage Indians led by Governor Big Heart visited the White House to bid farewell to the Great White Father, President Roosevelt. The party, including three squaws, wore traditional regalia and came to lodge protest during their visit.
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White House
Tribune
Washington
Osage Indians
President Roosevelt
Big Heart
Osage Council
Interior Department
Poppe’s Life Endangered by Hospital Visitors
Lieutenant of Police John Poppe remains in a city hospital ward with a high risk condition as visitors from his family and others continue to enter. Doctors had ordered strict limits on visitation to reduce noise and disturbance. Despite many present, Poppe’s temperature neared normal and his pulse stayed steady, with doctors noting potential complications could arise and recovery possible if he remains stable.
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John Poppe
Fifth District
City Hospital
Poppe
Ohio Republicans eye hot fight for governor
Washington dispatch reports a crowded GOP field to succeed Judson Harmon. Candidates named include Wade H. Hillis of Cincinnati and Arthur I. Vorys. Rumors link ex Governor Herrick and Secretary Carmi Thompson with the race. Congressmen Bannon and Mouser mentioned as possible contenders. Senator Dick urged as ideal by some, though he seeks only the Senate. Many anxiously await developments.
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Tribune Bureau
Munsey Building
Washington
D. C
Commercial Tribune
Judson Harmon
Wade H. Hillis
Cincinnati
United States
Taft
Herrick
Carmi Thompson
Congress
Bannon
Mouser
Jerome May Drops Libel Gate Probe
New York Feb 5 District Attorney Jerome received a reply from U S Attorney Stimson regarding Panama canal charges. Jerome said he would not publish or proceed with the probe unless granted precedence in prosecution if an indictment arises. Federal grand jury expected to continue its investigation Monday.
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New York
Jerome
H. L. Stimson
United States
Panama Canal
Federal
Federal Grand Jury
Gaouline Motors for Garg Planned
Plans for a traction line from Conneaut Ohio on Lake Eries to Smiths Ferry Pennsylvania on the Ohio river are under study by the Lake Erie Youngstown Railroad company. The $3,000,000 venture will use gasoline motor driven cars with John H. Ruhlman of Youngstown as president and capitalists from Toledo Conneaut New York and Berlin backing the project.
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Youngstown, O
Conneaut
Lake Erie
Smith's Ferry
Ohio River
Lake Erie & Youngstown Railroad Company
John H. Ruhlman
Toledo
New York
Berlin
Roosevelt Vetoes Census Bill Over Spoils System
President Roosevelt returns H. R. 16954 without approval, urging a merit based census staff. He cites noncompetitive exams as flawed and pressed for civil service lists. He warns that private printing and partisan pressure undermine efficiency and accuracy in the decennial census.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Civil Service Commission
Paris Agog Over Remy Murder Trial Details
The Remy murder case unfolds as Renard a steward and Courtois a footman face trial for stabbing wealthy banker August Remy in his Rue de la Peppiniere home. Courtois reiterates his confession while Renard claims a cold blooded plot by Courtois alone and denounces the testimony amid a crowded Paris courtroom.
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Remy
Paris
Steinheil
Renard
Courtois
Rue de la Peppiniere
Multistate Cyclones Kill Dozens and Cause Wide Destruction
A string of small tornadoes across the Dixie region from Tennessee to the Texas panhandle left about 24 dead and hundreds of thousands in property losses. Reports describe collapsed homes, demolished dwellings, and snapped wires as storms hit Stuttgart Arkansas Sulphur Springs Texas Hatherville Alabama Rolling Fork Mississippi Booth Mississippi Ennis Waxahachie Roscoe and nearby towns. In Alabama, Kayosa and Wire Road areas near Cullman and Montgomery saw fatalities and injuries as communications failed. Berlin floods add further casualties and widespread damage across German river districts, with over fifty killed as Danube rose and bridges collapsed.
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Louisville
Dixie
Tennessee Line
Texas Panhandle
Stuttgart
Ark
Garfield
Will Story
Storey
Sulphur Springs
Tex
C. Caldwell
Hatherville
Ala
Rolling Fork
Miss
Jackson
Booth
Ennis
Waxahatchie
Roscoe
Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
Knoxville
Berlin
Germany
Eulenberg
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Vorys
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Thompson
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Arthur I. Vorys
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