Premier Campbell-Bannerman Moves Lords Power Reform
London June 24 Premier Campbell-Bannerman proposes a measure to curb the Lords and secure final Commons authority within a single Parliament. The plan envisions conferences, re introduction of bills, and if needed passing over the Lords. A. J. Balfour defends the Lords while Liberals call the plan too complex and slow.
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London
Camp‘bell-Bannermann
House of Lords
House of Commons
Lords
Jett Suit Postponed in Bourbon County Court
Samuel Jett suing Alexander Hargis for 10000 damages saw the case continued to the November term in Paris Circuit Court after a venue change from Breathitt to Urban County. Jett has prosecuted Hargis and Curt Jett in related murder cases and helped secure convictions in the Breathitt killings.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Samuel Jett
Alexander Hars
Paris
Bourbon County
Breathitt County
Jett Hase
Hargis
Curt Jett
Cathitt
St Jett
Thomas White
New Catholic Church Planned in Hamilton Fourth Ward
A new Catholic church project in Hamilton Ohio's Fourth Ward advances as an option is secured on a lot at East avenue and Buckeye street. The plan awaits Archbishop Moell Jer approval amid opposition from existing churches likely to lose members.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
East Avenue
Buckeye Street
Fourth Ward
Moel Jer
Loving on Stand in Own Defense in Virginia Trial
The trial of former Judge W. G. Loving for the murder of Theodore Estes moved swiftly in Nelson County court. The prosecution rested its case and Loving took the stand amid questions over the unwritten law as jurors, mostly farmers, were seated and the court debated admissibility of testimony.
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Houston
W. G. Loving
Theodore Estes
Estes
Loying
Commonwealth
Loving
Young Estes
Oak Ridge
Foraker’s Friends Press Taft Fight in Columbus
Senator Charles Dick arrived in Columbus to bolster the opposition to Secretary Taft. Akroan Foraker allies and Dick backers push hard, while Taft supporters hedge and delay. Observers say a structural shift hinges on Foraker declaring a presidential bid.
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Burzac
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Taft
Charles Dick
Foraker
Akron
State House
Waddington Goes on Trial in Balmaceda Murder Case
In Brussels on June 24 Carlos Waddington sixteen son of Senor Luis Waddington faced trial for the murder of Balmaceda secretary of the Chilean legation. The defense claims Balmaceda refused to marry Miss Waddington and wronged her. the prosecution notes Balmaceda’s decision to withdraw from marriage. About sixty witnesses are to be examined and the trial may be lengthy.
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Brussels
Carlos Waddington
Senor
Luis Waddington
Chile
Senor Balmaceda
Legation
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Brusselston
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Carlos
Partial confession in Mary Newlin case at Westchester
Irwin Lewis, stepfather of 5 year old Mary Newlin found buried at his Westchester farmhouse, made a partial confession to District Attorney McElree. He does not admit killing the girl, says she died accidentally and he buried the body, placing a burlap bag over the head and covering it with barnyard refuse.
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Commercial Tribune
Westchester
Irwin Lewis
Mary Newlin
Here
McElree
Lewis
Boiler Makers End Strike at Southern Railroad
Princeton Ind June 24 The strike of the Boiler Makers of the St Louis and Louisville divisions of the Southern Railroad was settled at a conference with President Dunn of the Boiler Makers Union and Southern officials. Workers in the boiler making department will be discharged and will return to work tomorrow. Boiler makers at other points along the division will also resume work.
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Commercial Tribune
Princeton
Ind
St. Louis
Louisville
Southern Railroad
Dunn
Boiler Makers’ Union
Southern
Trade Threatened By The Japanese
Tokyo delegates from the Chambers of Commerce of Tokyo Osaka Kobe Kyoto and Yokohama met to draft a resolution warning of danger to U S and Japanese trade from anti Japanese sentiment on the Pacific coast. They urged swift measures to remove the obstacle and plan to formalize the resolution and wire it to principal U S chambers for cooperation.
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Osaka
Kobe
Kyoto
Yokohama
United States
Pacific
Detective Peabody Fired Over False Testimony
New York police detective William E Peabody was dismissed after a trial on charges of giving false testimony being absent without leave and disobedience. The case stemmed from actions in the divorce suit of Mrs Howard Gould against her husband. He had been sent to Baltimore to verify a report of Mrs Gould prior to marriage but failed to obtain evidence.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
William E. Peabody
Peabody
Howard Gould
Baltimore
McLaughlin
Gould
Police Department
Odd Fellows Home Children to Visit Cincinnati Zoo
The children from the Odd Fellows Home in Springfield Ohio will visit Cincinnati on Saturday. They will ride a trolley to the Zoo, perform a short program and drill for their hosts, have dinner at the Zoo, and be served supper on the train during the return trip. The group has previously visited Toledo Columbus and Dayton.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
The
Odd Fellows’ Home
Odd Fellows
Hamilton County
Cc. E. Verges
Cincinnati
Home Board
Zoo
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
Construction Workers Strike in Louisville
All union construction workers in Louisville walked off the job in sympathy with carpenters who struck two weeks earlier. About two thousand men are idle as the action spreads through the trade.
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Louisville
Commercial Tribune
Secret marriage disclosed in Indiana
Madison Ind June 24 it is just made public that Miss Nora Reed of Brooksburg this county was secretly married April 14 to Dr Harry Gottman of Louisville Ky The bride is the daughter of former County Commissioner James K Reed and sister of Fred T Reed secretary of the Union Trust Company Indian apolis Dr and Mrs Gottman will reside at Memphis Tenn
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Madison
Ind
Nora Reed
Brooksburg
Harry Gottman
Louisville
James K. Reed
Fred T. Reed
The
Union Trust Company
Indianapolis
Gottman
Memphis
Tenn
Three Cincinnati Men Are Elected Saengerbund Leaders
A Southern Ohio branch of the Saengerbund of North America formed in Hamilton at Pabst Hall with delegates from sixteen societies across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Otto Schirmer was elected president Caspar Haberstreit and John Hoffman named first and second vice presidents Max Henning secretary Charles Meter treasurer. Delegates plan to send singers to the Toledo state meeting August 3 and 4 with about one hundred attendees. A motor tour followed and a banquet at Lindenwald closed the day.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Ohio
Saengerbund of North
No Funds to Move Ohio National Guard to Canton Monument
Senator Dick former Governor Herrick and Prosecuting Attorney Upham urged Governor Harris to summon the Ohio National Guard for the McKinley monument dedication in Canton next September where the President will speak. Harris said funds are exhausted and suggested appealing to the State Board of Emergencies. The estimated cost is about 55 000 dollars.
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Commercial Tribue
Columbus
Herrick
T. C. Upham
Stark County
Harris
Ohio National Guard
McKinley Monument
Canton
State Board of Emergencies
Woman Hangs Self in Tobacco Barn Near Cerulean
Special Dispatch from Hopkinsville Kentucky reports Eva L. Ladd of Cerulean Springs killed herself by hanging from a barn rafter while husband and children were away at church. Ill health is believed to have prompted the act.
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Commercial
Tri Ne
Hopkinsville
Eva L. Ladd
Cerulean Springs
Coal Miner Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
In Bridgeville area near Pittsburgh on a June day, 38yearold coal miner Joseph Motcovich shot and killed his wife and then killed himself with a bullet to the heart. The sole witness was their two year old son found crying beside the mother. Jealousy is given as the motive.
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Commercial Tribune
Pittsburg
Joseph Motcovich
Bridgeville
Canton Woman Is Killed In Breakfast Tragedy
Elizabeth Halmage was shot and killed at breakfast in Canton Ohio. Police seek Achim Fatu, her husband by contract from Hungary, who is at large as investigators search for the man accused in the slaying.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
Elizabeth Halmage
Achim Fatu
Hungary
Death of J Warren Shelby in Kentucky Crisis
A telegram from Jeanerette Louisiana reports the sudden death of J Warren Shelby believed to have been caused by carbolic acid taken during a personal crisis. He was the son of Major Isaac Shelby and a great great grandson of Kentucky's first governor.
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Commercial Tribune
Danville
Jeanerette
J. Warren Shelby
Isaac Shelby
Kentucky
Obituary Notice for Captain Jack Thorington and Bertin Ramsay
Captain Jack Thorington aged 63 died in Montgomery Alabama Sunday after twelve years as Vice Consul to Colombia. He previously served as an officer in Forrest’s cavalry during the Confederate army. Bertin Ramsay of Appleton Wisconsin died Sunday in Chicago at Presbyterian Hospital. A renowned Wisconsin master, his fortune was estimated between 1 and 2 million dollars. he was nephew of Lord Ramsay the English chemist.
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Jack Thorington
Colombia
Montgomery
Ala
Forrest
Bertin Ramsay
Appleton
Wis
Presbyterian Hospital
Chicago
Wisconsin
Lord Ramsay
Man shot in saloon as wife helped by husband
W H Menke 44 of 1538 Linn street was shot in Pauley's saloon at Wade and Linn about 11:30 PM. He was taken to City Hospital in critical condition after a man forcibly took his revolver during a brawl involving his son Herman Menke and two unnamed brothers. Police hunt the brothers.
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Pauley
Wade and
Linn Streets
Menke
Minnie Menke
Herman Menke
B and C Control of Georgia Railroad Move Rumored
Atlanta June 24 A rumor framed as fact claims Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has acquired the Central of Georgia Railroad stock from a holding committee. The committee once directed policy under Adrian Joline and A R Loton owning 5,000 shares valued at about 5 million dollars.
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Atlanta
Central of Georgia, Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Southern
Central of Georgia
Adrian Joline
New York
A. R. Lawton
Telephone executive to face graft trial in San Francisco
Louis Glass vice president of Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company is slated to be tried on bribery charges. District Attorney Langdon announced that impaneling a jury was underway with a Special Dispatch reporting the development.
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Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Louis Glass
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Langdon
Lightning Kills Farmer in Parks ville Kentucky
Joseph Leffen, a well known Parks ville farmer, sought shelter in a hollow tree during a severe storm in Danville Kentucky. He was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning as the tree was torn from its roots. His wife found the mutilated body about thirty minutes later.
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Commercial Tribune
Danville
Joseph Leffen
Parksville
Leffen
Cincinnati Autoists Hurt In Ohio Wreck
Police said a touring car owned by L B Cahill of Cahill Holders & Co Cincinnati was damaged on infirmary hill east of Hamilton steering gear failed the car struck a pole Mrs Cahill and her two children were slightly bruised
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
L. “B” Cahill
Cahill, Holders & Co
Cincinnati
Infirmary Hill
Frank Whiting Sentenced to Life for Murder in Ohio
Sidney Ohio June 24 Frank Whiting alias Walker companion of Frank Earl in the Legg butcher shop murder pleaded guilty to second degree murder and received a life sentence in the penitentiary.
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Sidney, O
Frank Whiting
Walker
Frank Earl
William B. Legg
Three Tornadoes Hit Medicine Lodge Kansas Town
Three tornadoes struck Medicine Lodge Kansas injuring seven seriously and leaving one missing. Residents in the northern part of town suffered extensive property damage including the gypsum mill and Santa Fe roundhouse. Senator Chester I Long and his secretary Ralph Faxon survived with slight or no injuries.
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Medicine Lodge
Kan
Bell
Mary L. Lyle
United States
Chester I. Long
Long
Ralph Faxon
Senator Long
Santa Fe
Lyle
Man and Three Horses Die in Kalamazoo Tornado
A tornado hit Re Creation Park in Kalamazoo Michigan early today killing a man and three valuable race horses. William Wiedmayer, 39, was found dead two hours after the storm passed, reportedly from contact with a live telephone wire as stalls were lifted and carried over the fence.
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Commercial Tribune
Kalamazoo
Mich
Recreation Park
Wiliam Wiedmayer
Former Governor Campbell Decorates Father's Grave in Franklin
Former Governor James B. Campbell visited Franklin Delaware to decorate the grave of his father Dr. Andrew Campbell on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Dr. Campbell died in Franklin on September 5 1851, his birthplace.
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Campbell
Franklin
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
James B. Campbell
Franklin, D
Andrew Campbell
Postal firms report satisfaction with message flow
In San Francisco on June 24 General Superintendent Storer of the Postal Telegraph Company said no message was over half an hour old at the main office and the company was satisfied with the situation. Superintendent May of the Western Union reported business was disposed of promptly and expected a steady increase in the office force until all required men are at work.
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San Francisco
Storer
Postal Telegraph Company
May
Western Union
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