Illinois Official Defies Transfer of Battleship Dorothea
Adjutant General Weybrecht reports Captain Purdy of the Illinois reserves resisted orders to move the battleship Dorothea to Ohio. The ship was dismantled during the delay, with guns and furniture removed. Governor Deneen threatened Purdy with removal, prompting a partial surrender and possible dismissal. A full report to the Navy is planned.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Weybrecht
Dorothea
Illinois
Cleveland
Ohio
Purdy
Tllinois
Secretary of the Navy
Deneen
Navy Department
Pardon Board Frees and Commutes Prison Terms
The pardon board released George K. Young and J. E. Halderfield, with full pardons and commutations granted for several cases. John Dureeka, Thomas Mooney, B. C. Holcomb, and William Watkins had term reductions, while Frank Post, John Fauet, and Bushrod Kelch had life sentences or long terms left unchanged. Hamilton County cases heard for pardon included Klein Huntington and Wagner.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
George K. Young
Ofesby County
J. E. Halderfield
Warren County
John Dureeka
Cuyahoga County
Thomas Mooney
Montgomery County
B. C. Holcomb
Fayette County
William Watkins
Frank Post
John Faucet
State Auditor Reports Sharp Drop for Hamilton County
Columbus July 15 The state auditor received Hamilton county semiannual settlement under the Dow law. There are 1 684 saloons in the county paying the state 282 678 05. Last year the county had 1 788 drinking places showing a sizable decrease in licensed establishments.
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Hamilton County
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Auditor of State
Nine New Inspectors Appointed for Miami and Erie Canal
The Ohio state board of public works named nine inspectors for the Miami and Erie canal from Cincinnati to Toledo. Starting salary is 100 dollars monthly plus traveling expenses. Appointees include B. C. Booth Middletown D C Esterbrook Dayton Bruce Watkins Circleville Wesley McDonald St Marys William Myers Defiance Ed Groney Defiance William Smith Delphos Thomas Wayne Dayton and Sol Sawyer Toledo.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
State Board of Public Works
Miami and Erie Canal
Cincinnati
Toledo
B. C. Booth
Middletown
D. C. Esterbrook
Dayton
Bruce Watkins
Circleville
Wesley McDonald
St. Marys
William Myers
Defiance
Ed Groney
William Smith
Delphos
Thomas Wayne
Sawyer
Automobile aristocrat survives mysterious St Louis assault
Thomas W. Benoist a wealthy manufacturer and clubman was shot at close range on a dark road between Washington University and Clayton in St Louis county The motive remains a mystery as no robbery occurred The attacker fired three shots as a second figure lured Benoist to a car then fled into the woods leaving him unharmed but marked by powder on the temple and hat.
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ST. Louis
Thomas W. Benoist
Washington University
Clayton
St. Louis County
Benoist
Mr. Benoist
Colored boy drown near Woodsdale island in canal
William Pearson eight year old son of Mrs Georgia Pearson of Carlisle avenue Cincinnati drowned in the Miami and Erie canal at Woodsdale island during a picnic by colored Baptist churches. He dropped a baseball into the water while crossing a foot bridge and fell in while trying to retrieve it. The body was recovered shortly after.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
William Pearson
Georgia Pearson
Carlisle Avenue
Cincinnati
Miami and Erie Canal
Woodsdale Island
Detroit Chosen as Next Year’s Catholic Educational Convention
Boston July 15 Detroit selected as convention city by the executive board of the Catholic Educational Association. Dates fixed for July 5 6 and 7.
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Straits City
Convention of Catholic Educational Association
Boston
Detroit
Catholic Educational Association Today
Pittsburg Socialite Miss Mellon to Wed Philadelphia Man
Miss Sarah Mellon of Pittsburg, heiress and niece of A. W. Mellon, will marry Alexander Grange of Philadelphia. Daughter of J. R. Mellon, she gained fame for coolness during the Republic disaster. The Mellons divide their time among Wellwood Florida, Rachelwood Allegheny mountains, and Pittsburg homes. She will visit Grange relatives in the East before the wedding.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Sarah Mellon
Alexander Grange
Philadelphia
J.R. Mellon
A. W. Mellon
Mellon Bank of
Mellon
Republic
Atlantic Ocean
Mellons
Wellwood
Fla
Rachelwood
Allegheny Mountains
Hast
Grange
Women Injured in Auto Wreck in Hammond
In Hammond Indiana Mrs Fred R Mott and Mrs Mary Freitag were injured in a collision on Columbia avenue the highway between Chicago and South Bend. Their car hit another driven by William Ahlbern of Ahlbern contractor at high speed and they faced possible fatali ties. Two drowned in Richmond Virginia when a gas powered launch carrying a picnic party caught fire on the Rappahannock river five miles below Urbana. Thirty two other youths aboard suffered injuries and burns.
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Hammond
Ind
Fred R. Mott
Mary Freitag
Columbia Avenue
Chicago
South Bend
William Ahlbern
Ahlbern
Richmond
Clarence Gray
Saluda
Jeanette Dudley
West ’Point
Rappahannock River
Urbana
Two Sioux River Drownings Claim Meisenfelder Sisters
Mabel Meisenfelder aged 28 and Pearl Meisenfelder aged 20 drowned while boating on the Sioux River in Sioux Falls last night. The incident occurred during an outing and authorities investigated the likely accident under local safety norms.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Mabel
Pearl Meisenfelder
Sioux River
Senator Bayles Shot Over Pardon Efforts in Alabama
State Senator Oscar O. Bayles was shot and killed in Monroeville by David K. Smith. The slaying follows Bayles’ push to obtain pardons for Isaac and Jesse Shirley, who are imprisoned for killing Jim Smith, David Smith’s brother.
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Montgomery
Ala
Oscar O. Bayles
David K. Smith
Monroeville
Bayles
Isaac
Jesse Shirley
Jim Smith
David
Two Sisters Rob Elder Man Then Laugh About It
In South Chicago last night two sisters aged 16 and 18 held up Charles Natel with an empty revolver demanding 10 cents. Natel fled to a police station with a escort, and the sisters were captured. They admitted the theft saying they wanted an ice cream soda after a Wild West show inspired them.
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Chicago
Charles Natel
Natel
Helen’ Derowska
Bertha
Police uncover school of crime in Mishawaka raids
Mishawaka police report a local gang led by 27 year old Louis Carter who allegedly mentored robberies at Rossi & Fabri candy store Lang hardware Albert Huntsburger hardware and Walterka bakery. Teens Raymond Carter 18 William Meyers 18 John Krillenberger 15 John Meyers 19 Earl Beard 12 Tiubert Leyes 13 implicated. several arrests made. Carter charged with receiving stolen property.
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South Bend
Ind
Mishawaka
Raymond Carter
William Meyers
Carter Place
Hich
Rossi & Fabri
O. E. Lang
Lang Hardware
Albert & Huntsburger Hardware
Walterka Bekery
John Krillenberger
John Meyers
Earl Beard
Tiubert Leyes
Louis Carter
Carter
Depoy
Vorys Advocates Federal Insurance Department
Arthur I. Vorys former Ohio state superintendent of insurance spoke at the International Association of Accident Insurance Underwriters session in Niagara Falls Ontario. He urged a federal insurance department with exclusive power to regulate all interstate companies, arguing it would increase public confidence in insurers’ stability and character.
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Arthur I. Vorys
Ohio
Ses
Federal Insurance Department
Vorys
Department of Insurance
World Hay Market Faces Competition From Eastern Cities
Cincinnati hay men allege discrimination as receipts fall from 75 to 20 cars daily while Eastern markets and Southern dealers reconsign heavy hay shipments. Proposals mix St Louis bulk pricing with Cincinnati grading to simplify kinds and set average prices per car for timothy clover and other types.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore
Tampa
Fla
St. Louis
Inbevn
Ohio rural letter carriers named by department
Washington July 15. The following Ohio rural letter carriers were appointed today George W. Ricketts Shawnee Rayland Will F Page and substitute Harry O Shannon Orders were issued today for the discontinuance of the post offices at Dango Kentucky and Robbins Breathitt Kentucky
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Shawnee
George W. Ricketts
Rayland
Will F. Page
Harry O. Shannon
Dango
Jackson County
Robbins
Breathitt County
Ohio Pharmaceutical association chooses officers
The Ohio Pharmaceutical association elected officers this afternoon. C. S. Ashbrook of Mansfield was chosen president Theodore D Wetterstroom of Cincinnati secretary and John Von Stein of Upper Sandusky treasurer. The travelers' auxiliary elected Fred Diebel of Toledo president Charles Diehl of Cincinnati first vice president and Albert J Schwartz fourth vice president. C. D. Lammert of Cincinnati was named a council member.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky
Ohio Pharmaceutical Association
C. S. Ashbrook
Mansfield
Theodore D. Wetterstroom
Cincinnati
John von Stein
Upper Sandusky
Travelers’ Auxiliary
Fred Diebel
Toledo
Charles Diehl
Albert J. Schwartz
C. D. Lammert
Defendants Take Stand in Berry Simpson Case
The Richmond Kentucky prosecution ended its testimony and four defendants testified in support of Simpson including Simpson himself. They denied most of the prior testimony while facing tough cross examination.
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Berry Simpson
Richmond
Simpson
Lake Cen
Cuban heir Juan Balsinde ends suicide after love affair
New York July 15 death by his own hand ends the gay career of 26 year old Cuban Juan Balsinde. He shot himself in his East Fourteenth Street apartment after following an actress from Cuba to New York. A letter to a woman named Louisa explains he will return to his mother in Cuba. His father owns sugar plantations. the actress Louisg Von Oeston visited the morgue.
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Sinde
East Fourteenth Street
Fair
Balsinde
Poughkeepsie
Cuba
America
Bellevue Hospital
Louisa
Havana
New_York
Juan
Hotel America
Balsinde & Co
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Ritesh
Burley Tobacco Society Plans Suit Over Undelivered Tobacco
The Burley Tobacco Society, meeting in Winchester, announced it would sue all independent tobacco manufacturers who buy tobacco but refuse to take or pay for it. The society also arranged to take over undelivered tobacco, involving about 1,000,000 pounds.
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Lexington
Burley Tobacco Society
Winchester
Roosevelt on Poverty and Riches in Outlook Essay
Theodore Roosevelt argues against wealth worship and for oversight of fortunes. He praises service over wealth, urges progressive inheritance taxes on fortunes passed to non-contributors, and favors heavier taxes on absentee holders. The piece frames wealth as dangerous if ill-gotten and endorses targeted taxation to curb inequality.
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New York
The
Outlook
Out
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt party hunts hippo near Naivasha
The Roosevelt party, after leaving Attenborough Ranch, continues a hunting trip near Naivasha on Lake Naivasha's south shore. Kermit Roosevelt yesterday bagged a cow hippopotamus as part of the expedition.
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Attenborough Ranch
British East Africa
Taint of Prevente Him Securing Right To Voto
New York July 16 report notes a man hindered from voting. mentions his prior bravery and a Medal awarded on Admiral Dewey's recommendation. The fragmented text references Manila Bay and valor in battle.
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New York
Dewey
Manila Bay
Congress
Mystery Veils Alleged Assault
Lexington hearing outlines a alleged murderous assault on Miss Mary Ryan. Katherine H. Phipps is charged as the suspect after Ryan testified she attacked her with a knife and sprayed carbolic acid. Evidence includes a torn mask, threats letter, and sightings of other women at the scene.
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Lexington
Katherine H. Phipps
Mary Ryan
Michael Dunleavy
Miss Ryan
Mrs. Phipps
Union Agent 15 Held by Police in Chicago Bomb Case
Vincent Altman ex-policeman and union official was held to the grand jury on a charge of throwing a bomb that wrecked the Chicago Telephone central exchange. Bond set at $20,000. His brother Joseph Altman, a barber, is under arrest amid bomb outrages across the city in the past two years.
Big fight on by miners to depose Moyer
Butte delegates to the Western Federation of Miners convention in Denver move to depose Charles H. Moyer as head of the union. Moyer’s Boise imprisonment tied to the Haywood trial is seen as strengthening his position. Debate continues on affiliation with the Industrial Workers of the World.
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Moyer
Boise
Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Socialist Organization
Denver Teacher Found Dead in Chicago Hotel Poisoning Suspected
Clarence B. Rugg les a Denver Colorado schoolteacher died at county hospital in Chicago. He was found unconscious in a downtown hotel room last Tuesday. Police treat the death as a possible poisoning.
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Chicago
Clarence BH. Ruggles
Denver
Col
Ruggles
Diaz Plans to Receive Taft in El Paso Bridge Banquet
President Diaz of Mexico will visit El Paso to confer with President Taft during his fall tour. The plan is to convert the international bridge into a banquet hall decorated in Mexican and American colors. The seating would place the two presidents on the bridge center over the boundary, with American guests on the American side and Mexican officials on the Mexican side.
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Tex
Diaz
Mexico x
Taft
International Bridge
Independent phone firms fail to reach accord in regional talks
In Parkersburg on July 15 representatives from independent telephone companies across Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio Indiana and Illinois failed to agree. Observers say no agreement or developments are expected soon as talks continue aimed at consolidating independent firms nationwide.
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Parkersburg
W. Vae
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Officer Surpasses World Rifle Record At Camp Perry
Captain Emmett Eddy of the Eighth Ohio National Guard scored 333 out of 350 at Camp Perry. He led the Ohio small arms practice and will join the State team for the national tournament in August. A wind storm interrupted afternoon drills as First Regiment scores awaited.
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Emmett Eddy
Ohio
Camp Perry
Shreve
Ohio National Guard
Eddy
Strike Called Off in Pittsburg Coal War
Pittsburg district United Mine Workers executives declared the 18 000 miners strike ended after a conference with Pittsburg Coal Company officials. President Francis Feehan said all men would resume work tomorrow morning and notices would be sent to strikers while the local committee would contact President Lewis to settle the controversy.
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Pittsburg
The
United Mine
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Pittsburg Coat Company
Lewis
Feehan
Mrs Stirling Withdraws Appeal in Scottish Divorce Case
In Edinburgh on July 15, Mrs. John Alexander Stirling withdrew her appeal against the divorce decree favoring Mr. Stirling. Mrs. Stirling, formerly Miss Clara Elizabeth Taylor of New Jersey, had counter suits with her husband last year but her petition was denied. Her counsel said arrangements are being made to provide an annuity of 1250 dollars from her former husband’s estate.
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Edinburgh
John Alexander Stirling
Stirling
Lord Guthrie
Clara Elizabeth Taylor
New Jersey
Schumacher to enter Democratic primary for Hamilton mayor
Political circles in Hamilton were stirred as Dr Podgust W Schumacher former coroner of merged county announced his bid for mayor in the Democratic primary against incumbent Mayor Straub. A lively contest is expected as opposition emerges in the party.
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Hamilton
Podgust W. Schumacher
Merged County
Straub
Western Maryland railroad plan outlined for reorganization
New York authorities indicate the Western Maryland railroad reorganization is nearly complete with a plan to assess stock for exchange into a new company. The plan calls for a $50 million first mortgage and $20 million in common stock, with $10 million in preferred stock and an organized syndicate to take nonassenting shares. Discharge of receivership is hoped by December 1.
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Baltimore
the News
Western Maryland Railroad
Kreck Says Western Maryland Reorganization Plan Near Ready
Alvin Kreck, chairman of the bondholders committee, said the plan for reorganizing the Western Maryland Railroad is completed except for minor details and should be announced late tomorrow. No specifics on the plan's tenor were available.
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New York
Alvin Kreck
Bondholders’ Committee
Western Maryland Railroad Company
Miftor
Local business and travel notes from city yesterday
Livestock agent B B Stewitts from the Brie visited the city yesterday. P H Leonard of the Brie visited Chicago yesterday. C L Thomas of the C H D left for a Michigan vacation. General Passenger Agent Craig of the Great Northern attended the Byrth funeral in St Paul. John Simmons of the C H D Indianapolis was in the city on business. Railroad earnings: C N Q T P R R first week 140620, up 13606 from last year. C H D May earnings 655840.96, expenses 541128.07. balance 1127464.54.
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Brie
Buffalo
P. H. Leonard
Chicago
Co. L. Thomas
Michigan
Craig
Great Northern
St. Paul
William J. Byrth
John Simmons
Indianapolis
Banker's Packet Opens in Sayler Murder Case
Private documents from slain banker J. B. Sayler reveal startling contents tied to his death. W R Nightengale reports the papers have value for the prosecution of Dr L Miller and Mrs Sayler as accessories. The final bullet was found in the dining room and further details will be released to the grand jury in September. Golda Sayler and Thomas Sayler seek top counsel in Chicago to aid the case.
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J. B. Sayler
W. R. Nightengale
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Saylor
Patna Ba
Nightengale
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W Sayler
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Bly
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Thomas Sayler
Chicago
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