Murder Confession From Chung Sin Links Ling in Sigel Case
Chung Sin, once Leon Ling's roommate, testifies under police pressure about Elsie Sigel's murder. He says Sigel was drugged and choked, Ling prepared the trunk for disposal, and he touched the warm body before the trunk was moved. He is jailed in $19,000 bail awaiting inquest.
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New York
Chung Sin
Leon Ling
Elsie Sigel
Harburger
Leon
Chu
Amsterdam
Chung
Chinatown
Chu Gain
Port Arthur
Jaelae
Ling Jee
Leon Ling Sought in Chinese Murder Case
A warrant seeks Leon Ling in connection with a Chinese murder case. The victim is identified, and an unidentified photo was found in a room, with Slip Sigel listed as related.
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Leon Ling
Kirk Defeats Equity Society in Tobacco Case
Arbitrators in the Equity Kirk tobacco dispute ruled for T. H. Kirk. The decision orders immediate sale at auction of 132 hogsheads of 1977 Burley tobacco bought from J. W. Jameson. Kirk receives the sale proceeds plus an amount reflecting the difference from his planned sale last winter, with the agreement to be signed today.
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Cincinnati
Equity-Kirk Tobacco
T. H. Kirk
Mr. Kirk
J. W. Jameson
Stamping Ground
Burley Tobacco Society of
Kentucky
H. H. Hoffman
James Ellis
W. G. Walker
Burley
Burley Tobacco
Spain's Queen Mother Welcomes Daughter Princess
Queen Victoria announces the birth of a daughter at 6:26 a.m. The newborn is the third child after princes Alfonso born May 10, 1907, and Jaime born June 23, 1908. The heir is fair, while the younger son shows a dark complexion.
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Lagranja
Spain
Victoria
ciHd
Alfonso
Jaime
Nana
Borshen
German Methodists Meet in Hamilton District Convention
The Cincinnati district of German Methodist ministers opened its annual convention in Hamilton. Rev J H Schimmelpfening of Covington Ky called the meeting to order and Rev Albert Cramer of Cincinnati delivered an address on Francis Asbury. The session continues through Thursday.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Jung
Cincinnati
J. H. Schimmelphening
Covington
Albert Cramer
Francis Azbury
Rumors Circulate on Don Carlos Illness in Madrid
From Madrid June 23 The Imperial reports that Don Carlos the Spanish throne pretender living in retirement at Varese Italy is suffering from cerebral paralysis despite official denials.
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Madrid
Don Carlos
Varese
Italy
Mad Gould Wins Additional Counsel Fee in Suit
In New York June 22 Justice Geigerich awarded Katherine Clemmons Gould an extra counsel fee of 10000 dollars at her husband Howard Gould’s expense. A prior 5000 dollar allowance for prosecuting the suit was noted. Dowling continued the case with testimony from hotel staff and crew denying any undue relations with Dustin Farnum. The court plans to sit again tomorrow night until the case concludes.
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New York
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Supreme Court
Howard Gould
Woman Seriously Hurt As Train Hits Auto
In Toledo Ohio on June 22 Mrs Levi Tyson of Helena Ohio sustained probable fatal injuries when a Big Four freight train struck an automobile on the Hock Valley railroad at Bradner about thirty miles away. Ey D Hand of Ann Arbor Michigan an agent teaching Tyson how to operate the car was among four hurt. Levi Tyson and two daughters aged 20 and 8 were in the party.
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Toledo
Levi Tyson
Helena
Hock Valley
Bradner
Ey .D. Hand
Ann Arbor
Mich
Tyson
Kenyon Trustee Donates Salary Fund Increase
Samuel G. Mather, a Kenyon College trustee from Cleveland, announced a $100,000 fund to provide income to raise faculty salaries. The endowment was revealed at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
Official Opening of Turnfest Tonight in Cincinnati
Tonight marks the thirteenth Bundes Turnfest opening with a grand reception at Music Hall after a packed day. Turners arrive by train, march to headquarters at Eighth and Vine, then to Government Square and Carthage Fair grounds for races and exhibitions. Prominent speakers include August Herrmann and John Galvin as celebrations unfold with a Festival band overture and a formal ceremony.
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Vine Streets
Ment Square
Carthage Fair
Music Hall
August Herrmann
Hon
John
Galvin
Cincin
Fair Grounds
Trial Halted as Italian Wavers Handkerchief in Black Hand Case
In Chicago on June 22 Judge Windes halted Joseph Bertucci's trial after an Italian man waved a handkerchief at state witness Bruno Mardi, then fled. Mardi and Bertucci face murder charges over Vito Umbrello's Jan. 23 alley killing, with investigators seeking broader conspiracy indictments. Detectives search for the fleeing man as prosecutors reassess witnesses and federal action.
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Chicago
Joséph Bertucci
Mardi
Bertucci
Vito Umbrello
Umbrello
March
Federal prosecutors to meet in Cleveland on black hand cases
Federal officials in charge of prosecuting the black hand will hold a conference in Cleveland tomorrow to plan testimony gathering and grand jury summons. Most cases developed by postal inspectors are in the northern district of Ohio.
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Cleveland
Toledo
McPherson
Department of Justice
Holmes
Columbus
Vincent Arrigo
Francisco Spadora
John Amicon
Dan Bauer
Inspector Holmes
Bauer
Post Office
Ohio
Will
Von Buelow May Be Forcibly Ousted Amid Tax Clash
Berlin June 22 The political crisis deepens as the Reichstag backs a tax measure Chancellor Von Buelow opposes while the finance committee rejects an inheritance tax. Observers say the chancellor may resign unless he can dissolve the Reichstag, a move deemed unlikely due to conservative resistance. Retirements of key treasury officials may follow.
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Bberlin
Reichstag
von Buelow
Finance Committee
Prince von Buelow
Herr Sydow
Imperial Treasury
Baron von Rhein Baden
Finance
Winchester High School Graduation Picnic Tragedy
Florence Conway an 18 year old Winchester High School grad drowned in the Kentucky river during a class picnic. Three classmates narrowly escaped death as they tried to rescue her after she fell from a log into the river. her body was recovered.
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Winchester
Florence Conway
Winchester High School
Kentucky
Seattle Show Portrait of Alaska Yukon-Pacific Exposition Leader
John Edward Chilberg, president of the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition, is noted for broad Pacific coast influence from Cape Barrow to Valparaiso. His business success and Northwest development work helped him lead the Seattle exposition, a project costing a large sum and underway.
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Commercial Tribune
Seattle
Wash
John Edward Chilberg
Cape Barrow
Arctic
Valparaiso
Chile
Alaska
Pacific Coast
Mexico
Central American Republic
South America
Northwest
Taft Tum To Corporate Tax Plan At White House Dinner
Washington details a proposed 2 percent tax on net earnings of corporations with $5,000 exemption. Key figures Taft Wickersham Root Knox Aldrich Burrows Penrose and Cannon review draft, with amendments suggested and rules on penalties and collection.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Wiersham
Root
Knox
Aldrich
Burrows
Penrose
Halse
Cullom
Flint
Smoot
McCumber Lodge
Senate Finance Committee
Cannon
Payne
House Committee On
Ways and Means
John D. Wight
New York
House
Wickersham
Ail
Senate
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
Congress
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Canton
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Elsie
Yage
Jon Ling
Kirk
Equity Society
Queen Mother
Queen Victoria
Hamilton
Gould
Kenyon
Eighth
Queen City Motor Cycle Club
Kee
Arstalols
Ieee Re Ok
North Turner Hall
Turnfest
Robert Nix
Nord - Amerikanischer Jurner
Bund
Ogoologo
Cleveland, O
Solomon Lewis
Gussie
John Chilberg
Corporation
Bill
Bar of Internal Revenue
United States
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