Confidence men drug and rob saloon keeper at Grand Hotel
George Yaffe, a saloon keeper, was drugged by two men posing as investors at the Grand Hotel. He awoke to find $163 and a $75 diamond ring missing, after sleeping through a knockout-drops ordeal. Police connected the pair to bunko schemes and cited their target planning and hotel room access.
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Grand Hotel
George Yaffe
Yaffe
Longworth
Elm Streets
Jones
Tucson
Nevada
Corbin
Kelly
Hueftlein
House
the Commercial Tribune
Darlington Oil Executive Keith Dargan Dies by Suicide
R Keith Dargan former president of Independent Cotton Oil Co and Darlington Trust Co killed himself with carbolic acid about 8 pm He left a note citing financial troubles amid mill failures and receivership of oil properties with a rumored 700000 deficiency linked to the $1 000 000 capitalization.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
8. C
Darlington
R. Keith Dargan
Independent Cotton Oil Company
Darlington Trust Company
Dargan
Welsh colliery disaster claims 126 lives at Wattstown mine
Fire damp explosion at United National Colliery No 2 in Wattstown Rhondda Valley traps 150 workers. Rescuers recover 9 bodies by nightfall while 59 additional corpses found later, as authorities warn death toll could reach 126. Hope fades after hours of frantic effort amid foul air and collapsing earth.
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No. 2
No. 1
Former Officials Held for Bribery
Milwaukee indictments total 105 across 25 individuals many former county officials charged with bribery tied to county hospital contract awards. Names include Klefisch Schultz Weisenthal Engel Pomrening Kauffman Mead Green Fowle Oeflein Bade Wegner Puls Bottenberg Desfield Reichert Hasche Baden Burkhart Armstrong Galewski Hartung Dittmar O’Keefe Reinwoldt.
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Commercial Tribune
Milwaukee
Anthony V. Klefisch
Board of Supervisors
Fred C. Schultz
J. H. Weisenthal
Theodore Engel
H. J. Pomrening
P. J. Kauffman
Coro
P. J. Mead
A. S. Green
Frank M. Fowle
Fred G. Oeflein
Albert C. Bade
W. C. Wegner
August Puls
Charles Bottenberg
Charles Desfield
G. F. Reichert
Herman Hasche
Benjamin Baden
Frank Burkhart
John Armstrong
J. J. Galewski
Fred Hartung
John F. Dittmar
W. H. O’keefe
Max Reinwoldt
Otto Seidel, Jr
Edward F. Strauss
Editor Criswell Arrested for Libel in New Yorker Case
New York July 11 Robert C Criswell editor and publisher of The New Yorker was arrested on a criminal libel charge filed by Congressman Joseph L Rhinock of Kentucky. The article headed An Insult to Miss Roosevelt published June 21 alleged Longworth used Miss Roosevelt's Cincinnati visit to boost his political standing.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Robert C. Criswell
The
New Yorker
Joseph L. Rhinock
Kentucky
Rhinock
Covington
Kry
Criswell
Alice Roosevelt
Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Longworth
McAvery
Rescue Efforts Fail to Reach Stranded Borussia Miners
Dortmund Prussia July 41 Efforts to rescue thirty nine men cut off by fire in the Borussia coal mine yesterday have been without success and it is feared they perished.
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Dortmund
Prussia
Borussia
Elk Declines Honor for Friendship at Buffalo Convention
The text notes a nomination for Grand Lecturing Knight and high demand for badges during the Buffalo Convention. It highlights the Queen City delegation as the life of the antler locking event.
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Ginginnat
Queen City
Antler
Buffalo
Notable Grand Lodge Officers Elected by Acclaim
The Grand Exalted Ruler Robert W. Brown of Louisville and other 1911 officers were named with C F Tomlinson Wins ton Charles W Kaufmann Edward McLaughlin Fred Robinson John K Tener W W McClellan John D O'Shea and W Haviland. All but Kaufmann and Haviland were elected by acclamation.
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Robert W. Brown
Louisville
C. F. Tomlinson
Winston
N. C
Charles W. Kaufmann
Hoboken
N. J
Edward McLaughlin
Boston
Fred C.robinson
Dubuque
John K. Tener
Charleroi
Tyler
W. W. McClellan
Pittsburg
John D. O’shea
Lynn
Mass
W. Haviland
Butte
Mont
Mr. Kaufmann
Dr. Haviland
Louisville, Ky
Equitable Board Now Sufficient To Run Society
A sufficient number of directors was chosen to run the Equitable Life Assurance Society though vacancies from resignations remain. Names will be announced after board presentation. The Hendricks investigation testimony drew comment, with Odell calling for remedial legislation. Tarbell will stay on as Second Vice President per Chairman Morton. District Attorney Jerome has not received an official copy.
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Commercial Tribune
York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Hendricks
Odell
Gage E. Tarbell
Paul Morton
Jerome
Madden Files Counter Suit For Divorce in Lexington
John E. Madden filed a divorce and child custody suit in Lexington claiming abandonment and alleging his wife Annie L. Madden associates with Albert Simons and Louis V. Bell. The case involves custody of two boys and asserts his wife is improper to care for them. Attorney Dickson disputes the charges and says they will not affect her divorce case.
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Madden
Lexington
Turfman
Commercial Tribune
John E. Madden
Annie L. Madden
Albert Simons
Louis V. Bell
Isaac Bell
Joseph R. Megrue
Wi LL. Dickson
Dickson
Louisville
Simons Madden
Mr. Madden
Hamilton County
Moonshine Chief Killed in Battle in Kentucky
In Mayking Kentucky a raid on Elkhorn District moonshiners led by Calvin Centers ended in gunfire. Deputy US Marshal Albritton Potter commanded federal officers. Centers died, Henry Adams was fatally wounded, Tucker was wounded, and an officer was reportedly shot.
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Albritton Potter
United States
Calvin Centers
Centers
Henry Adams
Tucker
Bert Zimmerman Fatal Jump Amid Flag Rush at Ada
Bert Zimmerman a popular senior at Ohio Northern University Ada leaped from the second story of the largest college building during a flag hoisting incident to escape junior classmen. He was fatally injured.
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Commercial Tribune
Kenton
Bert Zimmerman
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Yacht Sunk by Steamer Near Dobbs Ferry in July Incident
Police report an unidentified yacht or houseboat, illuminated, sank near Dobbs Ferry after a steamer flying the Swedish flag struck it. Three crew from the steamer sought survivors but offered no identifications. Dobbs Ferry and Yonkers police fear drownings and indicate conflicting accounts of vessel type and boat involved.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Dobbs Ferry
Hostile Camps TN Newport Jail Anew Fight Over Powers
Newport holds tense mood as Mayor Helmbold surrenders on 1000 dollar bail after clash with Jailer Ploeger over Caleb Powers. Federal threats loom for contempt. jail and police offices lock devices amid hearings set for tomorrow and Friday with Powers likely to testify.
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Newport
Helmbold
Ploeger
Caleb Powers
J. O. Jenkins
George Herman
United States
Tinsley
United States Court
Ratican
Flynn
Leonard
Bernard Ploeger
Charles Wilson
William Fisher
John Adér
Plaeger
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Yaffee
Wales
Cardiff
Wattstown
United National Colliery Company At
Rhondda Valley
South Wales
N. Y
William Bodemer
Cincinnati Lodge
No. 5
Bodemer
McLaughlin
Kirschman
Niagara Falls
Frank Kirschman
Main
Court Streets
Mr. Kirschman
Lafayette
Philadelphia
John Griffin
Bellevue Lodge
Elks
Grand Lodge
Trek
Julius M. Mayer
Erastus C. Knight
Willard H. Ticknor
Buffalo Lodge
William J. O’brien
Baltimore
Fred ©. Robinson
Spokane
Charieroi
Bedford City
Rrinoge
Elks’ Grand Lodge
Charles W. Kauffman
Hoboken, N. J
C. F. Tomlinson, Winston
Equitable Board
Attorney Dickson
Moonshine
Mayking, Ky
Elkhorn District
Fred
Budd
Yonkers
Nosabenia
Dumont
Brooklyn
Peekskill
Tle
U. S
Maple Avenue
Campbell and
Kenton Counties
Thomas P. Carothers
Fisher
J. H.tinsley
George Davidson
Emmett Orr
Meyers
Cochran
Tristes
Powers
Georgetown
Taylor
Finley
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