Indictments in Franklin county graft probe charge Gale and Ruggles
Six men were indicted by the Franklin county grand jury in a graft probe tied to the Gale and Ruggles-Gale companies. Indictments name Joan T. Gale, former probate judge. L. Ruggles, retired capitalist. John McCafferty, former county clerk. George Wood, stationery clerk. Layli Payne, former sales agent who testified for immunity. and a deputy in a dissolved state office. Bonds range from 500 to 95,000. arraignment set for the next term commencing April 18.
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Rreson Bros
Ines
Franklin County
Iselosires
Prats
Joan T. Gale
Pir
Ruggies-Gale Company
Ige L. Ruggles
Imer
The
Ruggies
Gale Pany
John McCafferty
George *Wood
Eec
Lewis
Layli T. Payne
Ruggles-Gale Company
Payne
Legislative Probe Committee
Nolle
Adeputy
W. ‘Eb, Knoderer
A. ‘Haines
Charles Brown
Matthew — Irkenbach
Matilda Lbthierelle
Maude Platt
Charles Hiland
Angeles-Gale Company
Judge Gale
Ruggles
McCarf- Terry
Wood
Ohio
Co. J. Mattern
Mark &Later
Slater
Mystery at Starr Piano Store Stirs Police Action
A clerk reports hearing noises from the second floor of the Starr piano store at 189 West Fourth Street. Night Chief Corbin dispatches Detectives Graman and Forrester, joined by Detective Boulton and a patrolman, to investigate late at night but the case remains unsolved.
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Starr Piano
West Fourth. Street
McGinnis
Corbin
Graman and
Forrester
Iny
Boulton
Miss Constance Hoyt Marries German Diplomat in Washington
Miss Constance Hoyt daughter of Henry M Hoyt counselor of the state department wed Ferdinand Von Stumm third secretary of the German embassy at the Hoytress on Rhode Island avenue. Attending were Taft Count Bernstorff and the Countess Bernstorff along with embassy staff and family members.
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Washington
Asso
Elat Press
Constance Hoyt
Henry M. Hoyt
State Department
Ferdinand von Stumm
Wolter Indicted by Two Juries for Ruth Wheeler Murder
New York March 30 two juries paved the way for the Wolter murder trial. A coroner's jury held him for the grand jury which returned an indictment for murder. The true bill names additional defendants. The trial is set for next Monday with police confident of a quick conviction.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Wolter
Ruth Wheeler
Walter
Bing
Wallace D. Scott
Bucket Shop Men Fined in Cleveland Raid
Brokers R H Parker and A L brothers were fined 200 each after police raided their brokerage office in Cleveland on Monday for operating a bucket shop scheme. Elan O marked report notes the seizure and charges.
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Bucket Shop
Cleveland
Elan O
Ausso- Press
R. H. Parker
A. L. Brothers
Vicar General Father John B. Murray Receives Appointment
Father John B. Murray, named Vicar General, secures appointment role. The announcement confirms his new duties and leadership position within the diocese.
Father Murray Appointed Vicar General by Archbishop Moeller
Right Reverend Monsignor John B. Murray, longtime pastor of St Edward’s Church, Cincinnati, was named vicar general of the Cincinnati archdiocese by Archbishop Moeller to take effect April 3. The appointment comes after the resignation of Very Rev. John F. Schoenhoeff D D and includes administrator duties during Moeller’s European absence. Father Murray, 69, educated at St Thomas Kentucky and Mount St Mary’s, has long served in the archdiocese and was president of Mount St. Mary’s Seminary from 1894 to 1904.
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John B. Murray
J . Edward's Church
Moeller
Fa Murray
John
BR. Schoenhoeft
Sela
Cincinnati
J. B. Murray
Moi
John F. Schoeft
Albrinck
Alreed
Joo
Ainet
Archdiocese of
Europe
Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Murray
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
St. Thomas
Kentucky
Mount 8St. Mary's
St. Patrick’s
Columbus
St.Mary's
Chillicothe
St. Mary's
Urbana
St. Edward’s
Mount St. Mary's Seminary
Sisters of Notre Dame
Dayton
St. Edward's Church
J. A. Murray
Princess Louise Sues Over Ostend Villas Ownership
The court authorized Princess Louise to sue to nullify Baroness Vaughan ownership of two Ostend villas built on land bought by the late King Leopold. The princess contends the funds used belong to her father's heirs.
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Brussels
Associated Press
Louise
Vaughan
Ostend
Leopold
Belgium
Supreme Court Opens Monday with Hearings and Decisions
The Supreme Court will convene Monday and likely stay in session all day to issue rulings and hear arguments in the Hert inheritance tax case. Memorial services will later honor the memory of the late Justice Brewer.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Herts
Jus Uce
Woods Public Utilities Bill Passes by Large Margin
The Woods bill to place public utilities under state control passed the Ohio House by 798 to 16 with amendments only. It preserves municipal franchises while creating a public utilities commission with salaries limited to 65000 and expenses capped, and allows rate appeals with court reviews pending.
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Harrison
Columbus
the Woods Public Utilities
Angereas
Beaschler
Noble County
Woods
Brenner
Clark County
Ohio
Schaibley
Cuyahoga
Sixteen More Indicted For Taking Graft In Pittsburg
The grand jury in Pittsburg indicts Dr E R Walters former president of select council now director of public health and charities as recipient of 1000 dollars in bribe money. Fifteen other select men are indicted for bribes ranging 500 to 250 dollars. The total indictments reach ninety one in two weeks with more expected. The panel also questions thirty bank officials and four express agents in a probe of 45000 dollars moved to New York to influence city finances.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Pittsburg
E. R. Walters
Select Council
Public Health and Charities
William ‘A.’ Blakeley
Grand Jury
New York
Charles Stewart
T. H. Given
Night Rider Case Ends in Guilty Verdict in Marion County
A Marion County jury convicts Tom Jones in the first of eight night rider cases on the docket. Witness H B Bennett, aged 80, testified about the beating and a factory arson, while his wife described alleged plots involving the defendants. The report references Countess Tarnowska in a Venice murder trial and linked conspiracies, including a Russian heir and a life insurance payoff of £20,000.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion
Tom Jones
H.B. Bennett
Oinnes
Bennett's
Countess Tarnowska
Venice
Mure
Naumoft
Count Kamarovski
Bribe Probe Opens In Bilbo Case Groundwork Laid
Mississippi senate completes groundwork for bribery probe into Senator Theodore Bilbo during a caucus. District Attorney McNeill confesses amid grueling Senate session. Witness list and grand jury ties emerge. A lobby scuffle at a hotel ends with a pistol seized by lawmakers.
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Jackson
Miss
State Senate
Theodore Bilbo
McNeill
Capiah County
Streit
Hinds County
Pinchot Not on List of Grant's Passengers
Cuxhaven Germany March 30 Associated Press If Gifford Pinchot former head of the U S forest service sailed on the President Grant to meet Roosevelt in Europe the fact could not be confirmed at the dock The purser private passenger list does not show Pinchot abroad Stewards at the customs house called his name but no one answered Many telegrams and letters awaited the ex forester
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Associated Press
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
United States Department, of Agriculture
President Grant
Roosevelt
Europe
Pinchot
Custom House
Wealthy widow found nude and dead after injuries
Mrs. Mazie Hilgerman, a wealthy Webster Groves widow, was found nude and mutilated in her home last night and died tonight at Missouri Baptist sanitarium. Physicians cite more than a dozen wounds and exposure as causes, with an inquest planned to assess if the wounds were self inflicted or not.
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ST. Louis
Associated Press
Mazie Hilgerman
Webster Groves
Missouri Baptist Sanitarium
Shackleton Seeks Credit for Dr Cook Pole Claim
Sir Ernest H Shackleton urged a full clearing of the Cook North Pole controversy at a New York Transportation Club dinner in Manhattan. He indicated belief that Dr Cook deserves credit for his expedition work regardless of reaching the pole.
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New York
Associated Press
Dr. Cook
North Pole
Sir Ernest
H. Shackleton
New York Transportation Club
Hotel Manhattan
Ernest
North
Rich eccentric found by Roy in Mansfield mystery
Hugh McFall wealthy Mansfield businessman was found dead on his back steps with a deep head wound. He had lived alone and was seen alive mid Tuesday night placing his car in the rear garage. Robbery motive unclear as lights were on and no relatives nearby.
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Associated Press
Mansfield
Hugh McFall
McFall
Teenager shot at home by masked men in Kentucky
In Leitchfield Kentucky a 16 year old son of a prominent farmer identified as Carroll was assassinated at his home in Goffs Edmonson county by twelve masked men. He was lured to the door and shot in the back. The incident occurred early today and details remain unclear.
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Leitchfield
Associated Press
Char ‘Carroll
Goffs
Edmonson
County
Carroll
Twins and father’s graft trial shake Pittsburg past
A former Pittsburg councilman Captain Klein and his two twin sons faced penitentiary time after a graft trial. John Klein disclosed details about pressuring his wife and twins, exposing falsifications that shattered many reputations in Pittsburg yesterday.
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John Klein
Captain Klein
Pittsburg
Indictment in graft case targets sixteen ex‑selectmen
Deposit National bank and Emil Winter of Workingmen's Savings Bank testified briefly. The grand jury probes higher officials, with progress expected and broader names to come. Sixteen ex‑selectmen were indicted on a $12 000 vote‑buying scheme, tied to a bank ordinance. John F. Klein began a 3 1/2 year sentence at Western Pennsylvania penitentiary.
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Deposit National Bank
Emil Winter
Workingmen’s Savings Bank
Grand Jury
Stewart
John .F. Klein
Western Pennsylvania
Girl Fasts 45 Days And Insists on More
Cora Osek aged 22 was arrested after fasting forty five days. Taken to county jail she could not stand yet insisted she would fulfill a two month fasting oath even if it killed her per friends.
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Cleveland, O
Associated Press
Cora Osek
Etna Eruption Intensifies Lava Flows Reach New Distances
Mount Etna increased in violence as lava streams advanced faster today. Fra Diavolo reports lava about two miles from Nicolosi and under three miles from Belpasso, marking a fresh start in the eruption.
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Etna
Catania
Associated Press
Mount Etna
Fra Diavolo
Nicolosi
Belpasso
Taft Moves To Fast-Track Brewer’s Succession
President Taft signaled urgency in filling Justice Brewer’s vacancy, stating the court faces important business and the successor should be appointed promptly. The administration seeks to minimize delay in the Supreme Court lineup.
Leaf stemmers wage strike at Louisville factory
Four hundred white girls and women leaf stemmers at an American Tobacco company factory in Louisville marched to a nearby plant demanding the wage scale rise to one half cent per pound more. Police were called as more sympathizers gathered and attempts to recruit additional workers failed.
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Associated: Press Dispatch
Louisville
American Tobacco Company
Anet
Marshall Promises Labor To Investigate Steel Case
Governor Marshall told AFL President Samuel Gompers he would carefully consider evidence alleging United States Steel Corp violated Indiana law. If substantiated he would direct prosecution of the company.
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Marshall
Labor
Indianapolis
Ind
Associated Press
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Steel Corporation
Indiana
Asedeal
Root Lends Shoulder to Taft Wheel Court Feature
Washington March 30 Senator Root supports the administration railroad bill and favors amendments to allow shipper representation in cases involving their interests He argues for centralizing government law business in the attorney general and predicts a deputy will handle railroad cases if the bill passes
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Root
Taft Wheel
New York
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Senator Root
Court of Commerce
Cummins
Congress
inter= state commerce commission
Court of Claims
Hobson Demands Apology Over Mann Bribe Remark
On the house floor Representative Hobson accuses Representative Mann of implying a bribe in his peace fund proposal. Mann replies that Hobson should stay within parliamentary bounds and accepts the apology as the measure is defeated by a decisive vote.
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Mann
Washington
Associated Press
Representative Hobson
Alabama
Illinois
Merrimac
Santiago
Hobson
Hay's bill creates 15 member House committee selection
A bill by Representative Hay of Virginia would establish a fifteen member committee to select standing and special House committees. Nine members would be from the majority and six from the minority, all elected by the House, replacing Speaker appointment.
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Washington
Associated Press
House
Hay
Dem
Virginia
Democrats Impatient Pressure Publicity Bill Action
Democratic members of the House threaten to denounce Rep Gaines of West Virginia for not reporting the publicity campaign contributions bill. The bill was favorably acted by the committee about three weeks ago and could spark an election year clash. Representative Sulzer of New York warned he would take steps if no report within the next day or two.
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Washington
Associated Press
House
Gaines
West Virginia
Congress
Sulzer
New York
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