Gerlach Resigns as Lancaster Boys' Industrial School Head
The Ohio state board of administration requested Major F C Gerlach resign as superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School at Lancaster after a board review of cruelty charges. Gerlach complied, with a successor to be appointed who will overhaul staff and policies including abolishing corporal punishment. The board supports new inmate classification and warns of a broad employment sweep. Captain R A Hastings is tipped as likely next superintendent, compatible with Governor-elect Cox.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Boys’ Industrial School
State Board of Administration
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Gerlach
Harmon
Lancaster School
Girls' Industrial School
Delaware
Allen W. Thurman
Tate
R. A. Hastings
Mansfield Reformatory
Hastings
Cox
Ross county finances flagged in state accounting report
John Kelihoffer claims 13 cents against Ross county as added taxes. The report cites improper charges by W. J. Seney for $7.95 meals at Chillicothe and excess fees by several county officials. Corrections urged include refund or collection of small excesses from multiple officials.
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Columbus
John
Kelihoffer
Ross County
M. K. Patterson
State Bureau of Public Account
W. J
Seney
Ross
Chillicothe
B. Walker
R. Lee Riley
J. I
Vance
Franklin
Schweitzer
Swope
Stoller
Wiley Renames Baby John Harvey Wiley Jr
Dr Harvey W Wiley former chief of the government bureau of chemistry and pure food authority has renamed his infant. The boy, initially named John Harvey Wiley, is now Harvey W. Wiley Jr, as friends urged to keep the exact father’s name.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Harvey Www
Wiley
Government Bureau of Chemistry
Eminent Pure Food Authority
John Harvey Wiley
Harvey W. Wiley, Jr
Mines Worthless Testimony in Fraud Trial of Four Men
government testimony in federal court refutes claims of mining properties promoted by Julian Hawthorne Josiah Quincy Dr William J Morton and Albert Freeman asserting Temagami Elk Lake Cobalt properties have no commercial value John W Finch former Colorado geologist testified no outsized silver deposits found and minimal silver splashes noted at Elk Lake Cobalt mine
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Julian
Hawthorne
Josiah Quincy
William J. Morton
Albert Freeman
John W. Finch
Colorado
University of Chicago
Temagami
Elk Lake Cobalt Company
Elk Lake
Finch
Sir Francis Fox Opposes Underground Tramway Near St Pauls
Sir Francis Fox, eminent engineer, condemns the proposed underground tramway near St Pauls cathedral. After reviewing reports he finds the catche G overloaded and moving, with cracking risk. He warns the project could cause serious injury and should not be permitted.
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Lodon
Francis Fox
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's
Goose is not a goose when too tough to cut
Chicago court finds for Elizabeth Smith after she returns a Christmas goose bought for 1.92. Knutson, a butcher, is ordered to refund the price as the judge rules a goose is not a goose if it cannot be cut.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Smith
Knutson
Christ
Knut
Castro 10 Return to European Shores
New York December 31 General Cipriano Castro former president of Venezuela reached quarantine on the La Touraine but declined to land declaring he would return to Hamburg on the first available liner Immigrant officers and Washington officials sought to bar his entry but could not find any valid ground He chose to leave and booked passage through a steamship agent.
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Venezuela
la Touraine
Inqury
Hamburg
Ellis Island
Washington
Amerika
Genergl Castro
Immigration Bureau
Treasury Department
United States Public Health Service
Department of Commerce and Labor
State Department
Castro
Prison Demon Hurley Trapped In Lie. Guard Reinstated
At Columbus Ohio the penitentiary warden exposed Gus Hurley the demon by a veracity test. Hurley recaptured after a daring escape hid in a box car and lied about climbing a wall with a hook. Matthee claims Hurley sought revenge for a past shooting and Brennan’s death followed last year.
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Columbus
Jones
Gus Hurley
Demon
Henry Cgc
Hurley
Warden Jones
Matthee
William Frennan
Cape
Brennan
New York Receives Massive Scotch Whisky Shipment
The Cameronia brings 1,440,000 drinks of Scotch whisky from Glasgow to New York. The load includes 72,000 bottles or 6,000 cases valued at about 285,000 dollars, one of the largest consignments in a single ship.
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New York
Cameronia
Glasgow
Doomed to sadness of Enoch Arden in Ohio pardon tale
Columbus Dec 31 Louis Billow freed by Governor Harmons New Year pardon after twelve years in prison for murder hopes to marry his fiancée Cora Hess but learns she married six months ago to Louis Overmyer. Billow seeks wedding while James Manning pardoned for abandoning children. Milton Smith reprieved from electrocution to Feb 7.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Louis Billow
Harmon
Cora Hess
Sandusky County
Enoch Arden
Louis Overmyer
Lindsey
Billow
Miss Hess
Hess
James Manning
Scioto County
Milton Smith
Gallia County
Chinaman and White Wife Adopt an American Baby
Marion Teeter, an American boy of 2, became the legal son of Lute W. Jimmie, a wealthy Chinese merchant, and Mrs. Jimmie, his Caucasian wife, in a landmark adoption case in Los Angeles. Found abandoned on a neighbor’s doorstep at one day old, the child’s adoption was the first of its kind to reach a successful conclusion in the state. Juvenile court officers recommended the adoption after investigation, and Judge Conrey issued the final order.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Marion Teeter
Lute W. Jimmie
Jimmie
Impersonator Tries to Pupil Marshall Deceit
The Navy Department in Washington received a telegram from a South Carolina town signed Thomas Marshall vice president elect asking for a favor for Marshall's son in law. The bureau chief soon learned the signer claimed to be the vice president elect and that Marshall is not in South Carolina and has no son in law.
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Washington
South Carolina
Marshall
Navy Department
Thomas Marshall
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Marshal
Two Indicted for the Killing of Dr Knabe
Indianapolis discovers two indictments in the Dr Helene Knabé murder case. Dr William B Craig president of a veterinary college and undertaker Alonzo M Ragsdale face charges as conspirators after evidence removal. Craig released on fifteen thousand dollar bond. Ragsdale in Columbus Indiana and likely to appear in court. Indictments stem from a private detective report and probe of the mysterious death once ruled a suicide.
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Marion County Grand Jury
Helene Knabé
Columbus
Ind
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Laurier and
New Year General Strike Threat Hits Gotham Hotels
New York December 31. The waiters union votes a general strike on New Year’s Eve after demanding higher pay and better conditions. Six hotels signaled they will not strike if management agrees in writing, while others face possible action. The meeting at Bryant hall shows tensions as hosts delay decisions and hotel managers weigh potential penalties.
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Bryant Hall
Shandy's
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Murray’s
Imperial
Astor
Mr. Muschenheim
Defendants Harden Caird Murder Case as Conspiracy Evidence Grows
In Winchester Kentucky December 31 damning testimony emerged in the Caird murder conspiracy case as Lillian Gross and Asbury McIntosh linked multiple defendants to the killing. McIntosh confessed to conspiracy and named two shooters while Mrs Gross and others identified Smith and Johnson.
Beauty of Hub City Makes Skating Record
Eleanora Sears of Boston led a Marathon skating event at a local rink, outlasting most men and all but a few women as the only participant to skate over two hours. The race, a test of endurance, drew nearly fifty starters with speeds around six to seven miles per hour, estimating Sears covering roughly two to three miles more.
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Boston
Eleanora Sears
Miss Sears
Wife of Rich Toledo Man Dies in Rooming House
Denver dispatch reports Mrs. EB R Kline found dead in a Denver rooming house with her young daughter. James McLane, claimed husband of the deceased, could not be located. Mary Margaret Kline disputes his status and says her real father said goodbye. The body was taken to the morgue as investigators probe the death.
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Robert Neeley
Jim Deaton
Ne“ey Testi
Toledo
Denver
Col
EB. R. Kline
James McLane
McLane
Mary Margaret Kline
Toledo Man Admits Dead Woman Was Wife
R E Kline of Toledo a wealthy coal dealer acknowledged that the woman found dead in a Denver rooming house was his wife Mrs Kline who with their 6 year old daughter had vanished since December 4 He called their married life happy and said the affair is not a waste of time while he faced the tragedy.
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R. E. Kline
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