Dick Wins Fight and Lands Clark Despite Kurtz
In Franklin County Republican convention General Dick secured the nomination of Thomas H. Clark for Representative on the first ballot. The Daugherty slate fractured. two of four candidates were nominated and Leo Hirsch was defeated. The committeemen backed Clark amid Hoff and Kurtz tensions as party harmony was aimed for.
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Columbus
Commercial Tribune
Charles L. Kurtz
Thomas H. Clark
General Dick
Franklin County
Clark
Daugherty
Representatives
Leo Hirsch
Hirsch
North End
O. H. Pond
John Wagner
South End
George G. White
The
Typographic
Labor
Pond
Eli W. Tulen
Cyrus Huling
Huling
Nash
Malloy
John R. Malloy
Kurtz
Senator Foraker
Hanna-Kurtz
County Central Committee
Ralph Westfall
P. J. Magly
C. R. Dixon
Richard Sinclair
W. O. Henderson
Charles Pearce
Common Pleas
Thomas M. Bigger
Zeleria E. Amlin
Reuben R. Marble
Morton Hayes
Ele W. Tuller
Ohio
William McKinley
George K. Nash
Joseph Benson Foraker
Greater
America
Morgan plans two billion dollar railroad trust to shadow steel group
Wall Street reports J. P. Morgan organizing the Railroad Securities Company with $2,000,000,000 in bonds to back railroad stocks. Western roads such as St. Paul and Union Pacific would join, with eastern lines added only after West proves workable.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Wall Street
J. P. Morgan
Railroad Securities Company
Steel
Morgan
St. Paul
Burlington
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Wisconsin Central
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Atchison and
Missouri Pacific
Gould Roads
Everett-Moore Syndicate Buys Interurban Lines
E H Moore of the Everett-Moore syndicate confirms to a Toledo reporter that full arrangements are made for major purchases. The deals reportedly include all Toledo electric lines for about 10 million dollars, routes between Detroit and Cleveland, and other interurban systems in Michigan. A grand union station with library facilities is planned for Toledo and connected lines.
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Commercial Tribune
Toledo
E. H. Moore
Everett-Moore Syndicate
Cleveland
New York
Lanier & Co
Toledo & Monroe
Michigan
Pomeroy
Lulu Kennedy Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Kansas City jury convicts Lulu Prince Kennedy of murdering her husband Philip H. Kennedy on January 10 and sentences her to ten years in a penitentiary. Her father C W Prince and brothers Bert and Will face conspiracy charges. an appeal may be filed.
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Kansas City
Criminal Court
Lulu Prince Kennedy
Philip H. Kennedy
C. W. Prince
Bert
Will Prince
Kennedy
Lulu Kennedy
Cc. W. Prince
Wofford
Bert Prince
Ridge Building
Mystery of Ellis Glenn Arouses Courts In West Virginia
The Parkerburg case unfolds with Ellis Glenn aka Murray Hall alleged to have posed as a man to swindle in real estate and note fraud. Authorities seek motive and origins as the criminal court begins proceedings and investigates her past in Butler and Williamstown.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ellis Glenn
Criminal Court
Murray Hall
William Richardson
Illinois
Williamstown
Legal blow to Philadelphia transit rights headed for Supreme Court
The Union Traction Company plans to appeal to the U S Supreme Court against new transit firms. Attorney John G Johnson will seek an injunction to halt rails in Broad Street, arguing civic rights under the Federal Constitution. A granted injunction could spark long, costly litigation.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Union Traction Company
United States Supreme Court
John G. Johnson
Broad Street
Johnson
Garrigus and Miss Thomas Set to Wed in Rural Feud
In Kokomo Indiana Captain Milton Garrigus 70 and Miss Marie Thomas 19 pursue marriage amid familial objections. Thomas, an orphan, left Edwards home after a guardianship intervened and took refuge with Ross in Newcastle. Garrigus remains determined, prompting anticipation of a sensational conclusion.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Garrgus-Thomas-Edwards
Milton Garrigus
Indiana G. A. R
Henry Edwards
Garrigus
Edwards
Marie Thomas
Miss Thomas
Allen Deputy Auditor Named for Post Office
Harrison Allen of North Dakota was appointed deputy auditor for the Post Office Department today in Washington. The announcement came June 16 as part of a broader administrative reshuffle.
City Decennial Board Rejects Mayor Johnson Tax Plan
Cleveland, O June 15 The City Decennial Board of Revision formally notified Mayor Johnson it would not adopt his system of equalizing tax valuations. It also said it would not attend further meetings and would continue valuations under the existing plan. The Mayor had urged a new basis for fixing valuations.
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Cleveland, O
City Decennial Board of Revision
Johnson
Washington plans to keep US authority in Cuba
Washington officials outline a note to the Cuban government asserting US rights under the Platt amendment to occupy key Havana Matanzas Cienfuegos Santiago and Guantanamo fortifications. The plan foresees American naval and military stations while preserving Cuban self rule, with troops only if revolution endangers peace.
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Washington
Commercial Tribune
Wood
Havana
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Santiago
Guantaramo
Senate
United States
Cuba
Washington Administration
Congress
Land Fertilized by Bones of Old Indians
A Bluefield West Virginia despatch reports a farmer in the New River bottoms planting corn on land formerly washed out and proven to be an Indian burial ground. About 130 graves are visible and plowing exposes many skulls and bones. The farmer proclaims the soil is thoroughly fertilized by the bones for a fine corn crop.
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Commercial Tribune
Bluefield
W Va
Kilbourne leads in delegate counts in early Ohio totals
Kilbourne managers issued a statement listing counties supporting Colonel Kilbourne and uncommitted delegates. They report 269 pledged delegates, plus 39% of totals tallied, with Zimmernan and Patrick receiving smaller counts. Judge Patrick plans to run, with Senator Hurst accompanying him.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Colonel Kilbourne
Ashland
Darke
Delaware
Fairfield
Franklin
Highland
Hockling
Knox
Licking
Meigs
Perry
Pickaway
Putnam
Richland
Vinton
Williams
Fulton
Defiance
Ross
Athens
Allen
Coshocton
Gallia
Holmes
Monroe
Muskingum
Noble
Paulding
van Wert
Wyandot
Wayne
Kilbourne
Clark
Logan
John Zimmerman
Tuscarawas
Patrick
Cuyahoga
Zimmerman
Hurst
New Philadelphia
Boy Aged 2 Fatally Burned in Coal Heap
In Delaware County on June 15 Marion Longwell and wife aided in soap making when a kettle boiled over. The two year old son, barefoot, jumped into a heap of live coals and both feet were cooked to the bone. The child fell on the fire and clothes caught, flesh burned in large patches. He was carried inside as doctors fear his death.
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Commercial Tribune
Delaware, CO
Marion Longwell
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OLD Company
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Interurban
Ellis
Glenn
Ella Duke
Limmerman
T. Johnson
Johnl. Zimmerman
Springfield
John C. Welty
Canton
Marietta
West
Missouri
Butler, Ill
Butler
Miss Duke
T. H Terry
McLean Brothers
H. Stanifer
Supreme Court
Board of Revision
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