Night riders fire on man in Trigg County
Night riders with a 25 to 30 member band invaded Golfien Pond in Trigg County and dragged Tom Weaver from his bed to the road. They shot him as he ran, two bullets piercing his body. He was found this morning dying. Crenshaw and another man charged with night riding were arrested and granted bond after grand jury indictments. The motive remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crenshaw
Golfien Pond
Trigg County
Tom Weaver
Tobacco Association
Kentucky judge declines reward for night riders
CARLI Ky March 24 Judge McNeal County Judge of Nicholas County refused to offer a reward for the arrest and conviction of any night riders from Friday night unless sanctioned by a meeting of the Fiscal Court in session He said on Saturday the county would offer a reward in response to a query from County Attorney John F Morgan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carli
McNeal
Nicholas Couny
John F. Morgat
Peacekeeping Posse to Patrol Montgomery County
Colonel Gracy Childers will command a forty man posse stationed in Clarksville to preserve peace in Montgomery County after a night rider raid and fatal shooting on a roadway near Vaughn Bennett. Governor Patterson issued orders following his investigation and intends the force to mimic military effectiveness without troop presence. The posse will recruit from Clarksville military organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Gracy Childers
Philippines
Clarksville
Montgomery County
Patterson
Vaughn Bennett
Fom
Supreme Court Decisions Listed in Ohio Special Dispatch
The Commercial Tribune reports today on the Supreme Court rulings from Franklin to Cuyahoga and other counties. Several cases affirmed judgments while others reversed circuit or probate decisions, with several dismissals by consent and remands for resentencing or asset action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Supreme Court
C. C. Walcutt
H. C. Slabaugh
Franklin County
Ruth Marsh
Levi Koons
Logan County
Michael Stendell
John Thrumm
Cuyahoga County
E. M. Burt
C. S. Owens
Licking County
Benton Grimes Et al
A. L. Grimes
Paulding County
J. M. Kizer
J. Seeman
J. M. Shrader
Amanda M. Bline
James H. Webster
P., C. &T. Railway Company
Trumbull County
Circuit and
Common Pleas
A. J. Weatherhead
Charles Ettinger
Circuit Court
Frank W. Bloor
Almira H. Platt
Richland County
George Wiedemann Brewing Company
Rachel Maxwell
Clark County
Charles H. Kilgour
Thomas S.,taylor
Superior Court of Cincinnati
The
Pennsylvania Company
Imbrie Wright
By Etc
Mahoning County
Hart Clarke
State of
Court of Common Pleas
Credit Minier Closed in France Amid Fraud Charges
A court order shut all Credit Minier branches in France run by Henri Rochette. Rochette was taken into custody on fraud charges and the Examining Magistrate seized 1.8 million dollars deposited in the Bank of France and other institutions. Additional complaints were filed as reports indicate thousands of savers with limited means will lose their savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Credit Minier
Henri Rochette
Bank of France
Credit Minter
Rochette
Heir to Erect Tombstone in Indiana Will
Martha Longacre may inherit several thousand dollars if she erects a tombstone over her sister Elizabeth Longacre per Elizabeths will filed today in South Bend Indiana. If she fails the executor will distribute the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Ind
Martha Longacre
Elizabeth Longacre
Martha
Elizabeth
Tobacco Peace Rumor Denied by Cincinnati Tobacco Men
Cincinnati and Louisville tobacco workers debunk rumors of a settlement between the American Tobacco Company and the Society of Equity. Officials deny any deal while some growers suspect possible action. prices cited range around fifteen to eighteen cents per pound for Burley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
American Tobacco Company
Society of Equity
D. H. Gale
The
Globe
M. L. Kirkpatrick
W. D. Spalding
Cincinnnati
Equity Society
R. T. Boyd
Berry
Louisville
C. A. Brooks
Winchester
Wilket
Campbell
W. C. Campbell
Palace Hotel
Brooks
Clarence Lebus
White Burley Tobacco Board of Control
Gay Lebus
Stanly Prewitt
Equity Executive Committee
Currency Bill Holds Narrow Senate Path Amid Debates
Washington report notes currency bill near passage with Senator Aldrich planning to push for official status. La Follette completes third installment while a joint Senate House commission for currency reform is proposed. In the House, Williams of Mississippi threatens filibuster to force employers liability and other measures, Democrats cheer. Sulzer’s expungement motion against Dalzell fails as debate continues.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
la Follette
House
Congress
Williams
Mississippi
House of Representatives
Sulzer
New York
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Detroit trolley wreck injures many in dense fog
An interurban car on the Detroit United Railway jumped the track in Michigan Avenue near Thirty first street, crashed into a building, splitting the car and injuring forty one passengers. Ohioans Walter Hubbard and his son were hurt along with Mrs Haifladay and Mike Rohowska in serious condition. Motorman Miller is critically hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Silverstein
Miller
Indiana and Worth Dakota For Bryan Taggart Victory
Indiana and North Dakota Democrats rally for Bryan in March primaries. Indianapolis delegates mostly uninstructed as Taggart forces claim city wards. Grand Forks and North Dakota delegates lean toward Bryan with resolutions favoring his nomination.
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Grand Forks
N. D
Denver
North Dakota
Bryan
Johnson
Cashell
Democratic State Central Committee
Minnesota
Democratic Party
State Central Committee
John A. Burke
Bank Suspensions Amid Depositor Panic in New York
Pasquale Pati and son bankers and real estate agents in Elizabeth Street suspend business after a depositors’ run. Police guard premises as up to 3,000 depositors agitate. Pati firm solvent and to resume payments in two weeks. Nearby F Acritelli & Son bank also suspends citing Pati panic, plans to pay within two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pati
F. Acritelli & Son
Pati Bank
Vice President of Queen & Crescent Refuses Comment on Wreck
W. J. Murphy, vice president of the Queen & Crescent, declined to discuss the High Bridge wreck, saying officials will issue a full report after an investigation. The collision between the Blue Grass special and Freight Train 616 near High Bridge, Kentucky, killed John Lurber, who died at home in Ludlow leaving a widow and newborn. Three injured trainmen arrived in Ludlow and were taken home. all are married and expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Murphy
The
Queen & Crescent
Burgin
High Bridge
John Lurber
Leapete
Ludlow
John Idol
Butler Street
Idol
Lexington
John G. Lewis
Pasenger
George Helms
E. R.hostetter
Oak Street
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Brigham Young
West Covington
Arrested After Finding Sister at Majestic Hall
David Morgan, 28, of 1621 Kemper lane, was arrested by Patrolman Kiem near Sixth and Walnut on carrying a concealed weapon. He claimed he went to Majestic Concert Hall to fetch his sister, who refused to leave. he drew a revolver and was disarmed by waiters before arrest. He was taken to a cell as he wept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Morgan
Kemper Lane
Kiem
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Morgan
Majestic Concert Hall
Lodge Alley
Man Prays and Stops a Show at Ma jestic Cafe
Vincent Fazio 37 Sicilian halted a vaudeville performance at the Majestic cafe last night brandishing a crucifix and praying. A fight broke out injuring Night Chief Corbin, who broke a bone in his right hand. Fazio, wealthy fruit businessman from Mt. Savage Md., was arrested and held at First District Station with $129 on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Fazio
Majestic Cafe
Corbin
Fazio
First District
Kroilman’s
Mt. Savage
Frank Fazio
Krollman’s
Russian boxer stabbed during attack on escort near Vine and Garfield
Harry Burns a 24 year old Russian boxer was stabbed in the right leg twice after midnight by a man named Dressing or similar. The incident occurred near Eighth Street and Vine when Burns tried to protect May Jordan who had asked him to escort her home. Jordan, a worker at the Majestic Concert Hall in Vine Street, fled to summon police as Burns pursued Dressing. Burns received two leg wounds and notified Lexington theater of possible next week cancellation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Burns
Charles
Ray
Eighth and Vine Streets
May Jordan
Jordan
Majestic
Vine Street
Burns
Garfield Place
Eighth Street
Corbin
Fifth and
Vine Streets
Lexington
Gould
Ward
Brown
London
England
Battle Creek
Mich
Dr Shaffer Acquitted By Philadelphia Conference
The Rev William H Shaffer former presiding elder of the West District in the Philadelphia Conference was acquitted of a charge of conduct unbecoming a minister The ecclesiastical court had suspended him pending trial and a committee of fifteen chaired by Rev C W Smith handled the case The accuser denied authorship of the letter and the document was ruled out leading to a unanimous verdict of acquittal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William H. Shaffer
West District
Methodist Church
Shaffer
Youngstown Cashier Dewitt Found Dead in Bed
Chauncey Dewitt cashier for Wells Fargo in Youngstown Ohio was found dead in his room from a bullet wound. A NY-born 20 year old, he was nephew to Thomas M Dewitt Wells Fargo district superintendent and reportedly feared consumption and had threatened suicide two years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Chauncey Dewitt
Wells-Fargo Company
Dewitt
New York
Thomas M. Dewitt
Wells Fargo Company
Plead for a Mother in Susan B Anthony Club Meeting
The Susan B Anthony Club met at Dr. Sarah Sievers home 920 Nassau Street Walnut Hills and adopted resolutions urging the Pardon Board in Columbus to release Marie Bernardo who last Sunday became a mother. Preparations were made for welcoming Miss Laura Gregg National Organizer. Additional plans were made at the Twentieth Century Club at the Palace Hotel for Laura A Gregg the national suffragist lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan@B. Anthony Club
Sarah Sievers
Nassau Street
Walnut Hills
Pardon Board
Columbus
Marie Bernardo
Laura Gregg
Susan B. Anthony Club
Twentieth Century Club
Palace Hotel
Laura A. Gregg
What Causes Headache From Cold to Box Remedies
From October to May colds are cited as the most frequent headache cause. The note lists Laxative Bromo Quinine as a remedy and references W. Grove on box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grove
Dayton Woman 15 Drowned in River
In Dayton Ohio Miss Mary Palmer 23 drowned when a boat capsized during a river outing with her father Dr H E Palmer. They searched two hours but could not revive her. The swollen river and a snatched oar likely caused the accident. She recently graduated from high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Commercial Tribune
Mary Palmer
H. E. Palmer
Punishment Of Convicts Probed In Penitentiary Hearing
Warden Gould testified as the penitentiary inquiry opened in Columbus about corporal punishment and inmate treatment. The panel discussed Ralph Little’s insanity finding, solitary confinement, paddle use, and classification of prisoners from first to fourth grade, with Deputy Warden Woods and Assistant Deputy Warden Jewell cited on punishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Gould
Ward
Ralph Little
Vanscoy
George Woods
Jewell
Pollock Free Book Bill Killed in Ohio Senate
In Columbus on March 24 the Pollock bill to provide free textbooks and supplies to all public school pupils was defeated 24 to 5 after a heated debate. Catholics opposed the measure, while Senator Ward attacked the idea and Senator Pollock defended it. The session also discussed repeal of the Longworth act, a limiting resolution on attorney fees for Cincinnati brokers, and initiatives on city referendums and highway access over Cincinnati wharfs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Senate
Pollock
Ward
Spicer
Senate Committee On Judiciary
Howe
Patterson
Cincinnati Brobers
Yeas
Atwell
Crist
Hypes
Lauman
Sawyer
Mather
Rathburn
Rose
Sites
Beatty
Berry
Boehmer
Brandt
Denman
Drake
Duvall
Gayman
Hafner
Harper
Huffman
Hunt
Cincinnati
L. & N. Railway
West
Williams
Committee On
Roosevelt Orders Speed Limits In Canal Zone
The President issued an order prohibiting reckless auto driving in the canal zone. Vehicles exceeding fifteen miles an hour on straight roads or eight miles an hour near curves or intersections face fines from five to one hundred dollars or up to thirty days in jail, or both.
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Canal Zone
Washington
Prison Officials Do Not Exercise Jurisdiction in the Shop
A procedural note states that the best prisoners are consulted and final decisions rest with the Warden. Prison officials have no authority over the men in the shop beyond maintaining order.
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Tennessee Posse
Qupreme Court
Ohio
Attorney General
Imperial Savings Company
Farmers’ Mill and Grain Company
Antonia de Franco
Charles Wallace
M. Spellacy
Isaac D. Pugh
John Doelker
Indiana
Trust and Equity Society
Officigls
Kentucky
Detroit
New South Memphis
Nic Matlock
George Bibbs
Foreman
Pete Meyers
John Sanger
John Mahon
Joseph Zarger
John Roddick
Indiana and
Worth Dakota
Taggart
Indianapolis
Indigha
Cohu Witie
William Jennings Bryan
John Kern
Robert W. Miers
Bloomington
Marion County
Thomas Taggart
Democratic National Committee
Fogarty
Committee On Resolutions
Grand Forks County
Resolutions Committee
Spoonheim
Murphy
DR. Shaffer
Agent
Wells-Fargo
the John Church Company
Warden Gould
Gould Apologizes
Bill
Roosevelt
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