Governor Harris Visits Loyal Legion in Cincinnati
Governor Andrew L. Harris visits Cincinnati for a Loyal Legion meeting. He attends a 7 p.m. banquet at the Linton Hotel with speakers including Senator Foraker and General Black. Ohio Commandery offices are voted at 3 p.m. in the Masonic Temple headquarters.
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Andrew L. Harris
Cincinnati
The
Loyal Legion
Samuel Flickinger
W. R. Warnock
N. B. Abbott
John Seibert
A. R. Foote
William Felton
Alexis Cope
L. , Woodruff
J. W. Overturf
W. L. Curry
Linton Hotel
Harris
Gettysburg
Joseph B. Foraker
John C. Black
Illinois
Ohio Commandery
Masonic Temple
Noyes
Paris
Legion
Balloon flight starts 48 hour long voyage from St Louis
Captain Charles DeF Chandler of the Signal Corps and Aeronaut J C Mc Coy launch from St Louis at 7 21 pm aboard the America for a 48 hour balloon flight toward Washington aiming to test altitude and speed instruments. McCoy seeks the Lahm Cup while weather conditions are poor with moisture and near freezing temperatures.
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Captain Chandler
J.C. McCoy
St. Louis
Commercial Tribune
Charles Def. Chandler
United States Signal Corps
J. C. McCoy
New York City
Washington
Chandler
Aeronaut
McCoy
St. Louis Aero Club
America
United Stat
Seaek
Mysterious Mr Smooth disrupts shoppers in Cincinnati stores
The Commercial Tribune tale follows the Mysterious Mr Smooth as he tests downtown security by purchasing a red ribbon at Shillito's and attempting to impress a clerk with a hidden cue. He narrates guarded encounters across several stores and notes near-misses with store staff and guards.
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Mr. Smooth
The
Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Ciy Guard
Tribune
Seventh Street
Shillito’s
McAlpin’s
H. &S. Pogue
President Cabrera Survives Guatemala Mine Attack
Estrada Cabrera, Guatemala’s president, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt when a mine exploded under a roadway near his carriage. The blast killed two horses and wounded several aides, but the president was unharmed and returned to his residence on foot after inspecting the area. Authorities allege a tunnel and device connected to a house rented by Rafael Rodil.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Estrada Cabrera
Seventh Avenue
Orellana
Rafael Rodil
Rodil
Reward of 310000 for a confession movement started
Dispatch from Brownsville Texas reports a community funded effort to raise 10000 by popular subscription as a reward to any soldier or officer of the Twenty fifth Infantry who confesses involvement in the Brownsville raid of August last. The reward will also go to anyone who provides names or evidence to convict the guilty.
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Pete
Commercial Tribune
Brownsville
Tex
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Arrests Ordered for Street Littering Enforcement
Superintendent Neave announces district superintendents in the Street Cleaning Department will begin arrests today for littering streets with store sweepings. May 1 is the enforcement date, with improverment associations and civic groups notified and superintendents empowered as police officers.
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Neave
New York Life Policy Holders' Committee Faces Ballot Fraud Charge
District Attorney alleges a conspiracy among International Policy Holders' Committee representatives to vote forged ballots in the New York Life trustees election. Three men, George R. Scrugham Charles Stirrup and C F Carrington, were arrested amid the probe. Irregularities were uncovered during the inquiry into forged ballots and voting irregularities.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
International Policy Holders’ Committee
New York Life Insurance Company
District Attorney's Office
George R. Scrugham
Cincinnati
Charles Stirrup
C.F. Carrington
William E. Corey Re-elected Head of U S Steel
William E. Corey was re-elected president of the United States Steel Company at the annual board meeting in New York. Other officers with expiring terms were re-elected. Reports say Corey will marry actress Mabelle Gilman soon after his re-election, with the wedding postponed until then.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
William Eee
Thenited States Steel Company
Corey
Mabelle Gilman
Bee
The
Steel Trust
Scrugham Arrested in Albany on Policy Holders Conspiracy
George Scrugham was arrested in Albany at the Hampton Hotel on a conspiracy charge tied to the Policy Holders Committee. The New York Life election allegedly involved altering ballots without holder consent to fit insurance law requirements. Carrington and Irup offered no statements until counsel arrived. Nicholas Longworth is committee secretary.
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New York
New York Life Insurance Company
Carrington
Irup
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
New York Life
Committee
Norman Fitzsimmons
Jerome
Albany
Scrugham
Hampton
Germany Will Not Join The Hague Arms Talks
In Berlin on April 30 the Reichstag debated foreign policy with criticism of Andrew Carnegie’s remark on war and peace. Chancellor Von Buelow said Germany would not participate in discussions on arms limitation at The Hague conference and would hold aloof, a stance welcomed by many speakers.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Germany
Andrew Carnegie
William
von. Buelow
Hague
Colonel Hodges Promoted to Brigadier General
President appoints Colonel Charles I Hodges of the Twenty fourth Infantry a brigadier general. Hodges serves with a negro regiment and is currently in the Philippines.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Charles I. Hodges
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Hodges
Philippines
Rescuers Snatch Miners From Death's Jaws at Foastwell
Seven miners trapped since last Friday noon in Berwind White Coal Mine No. 38 Foastwell near Town Pa were rescued at 10 pm after heavy pumping drained the flooded heading. Rescuers led by Stiney Rodon and Charles Ream reached them. one man swam back with news they were alive though exhausted.
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Commercial Tribune
Town
Berwind White Coal Company
Foastwell
Stiney Rodon
Charles Ream
John Boyle
Stiney
Rodon
Ream
Two Alleged Car Thieves Captured in Arkansas
Baltimore and Ohio Railway detectives captured George S. Shrock and Charles Elder in Ft. Smith Arkansas. The men, linked to an organized car-thief gang, had escaped from Chicago and were returned East under escort without requisition papers.
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Commercial Tribune
FT. Smith
Ark
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
George S. Shrock
Charles Elder
Chicago
Junction
Foreman Samuel Rittenour Takes Poison After Tragedy
In Georgetown West Virginia Samuel Rittenour a plant foreman at the West Virginia Brewing Company died by taking carbolic acid today. His companion Rose Spears had killed herself in the same room last Saturday after learning he had left her. Rittenour had returned from Kentucky on business.
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F ‘Gton
W. Va
Samuel Rittenour
West Virginia Brewing Company
Rose Spears
Rittenour
Kentucky
Police Break Door With Marlin Spike
Police stormed a third floor office at 144 West Sixth Street using a marlin spike. Lieutenant Poppe and detectives arrested John Miller, Joseph Holtz, William Walton, and Peter Edgar on promoting a game of chance. police seized printing gear and $110.80 in money.
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West Sixth Street
Poppe
Crim
Kuhfers
Allen
Reed
John Miller
Central Avenue
Joseph Holtz
Saratoga Street
Newport
William Walton
Lewisburg
Peter Edgar
Broadway
Second Street
Roosevelt considers clemency for prison escapee John William January
President Roosevelt told the Department of Justice he favors commuting or pardoning John William January of Missouri who robbed a post office in Oklahoma, served most of a five year Leavenworth sentence, escaped, then lived as Charles W in Kansas City before rearrest and return to prison.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Roosevelt
Department of Justice Today
John William January
Missouri
Oe Tan
Oklahoma
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Charles W
Libe
Brown asserts no faction controls state Republican committee
Walter F. Brown of Toledo, chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, declares no faction can control the panel. He notes the first two votes show independent judgment and that the committee acted in accord with personal discretion and party interests.
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Brown
State Committee
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Republican State Central Committee
Iiva
Repub
Bers
Dick Cause
Mr Phipps
C King
Senator Dick
Hitchcock to Visit Ohio on Roosevelt Ties Tour
First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock, described as the administration’s confidential political agent, plans a tour through Ohio and other central states including Cincinnati Columbus and Cleveland. He will inspect post offices but also assess Roosevelt sentiment and influence presidential renomination prospects.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune Bureau
Washington, D. c
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Hitchcock
South
Ohio
Columbus
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Taft
November Primaries Urged by Burton for Taft Faction
Representative T. B. Burton argues against State Chairman Brown's opposition and says Taft supporters will push for primaries next November aligned with municipal elections. The Washington Star notes Ohio Republicans view Brown’s stance as a blow to Foraker and a clash over national versus local issues.
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Taft
Commercial Tribune
Burbag
Munsey Building
Washington
D. C
T. BE. Burton
Brown
Friends of
Washington Star
Ohio
Foraker
Nagokean
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Ohio Loyal Legion
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Charles. H. Grosvenor
Theodore F. Allen
John Kiefaber
St. Hutchins
Charles D. Mitchell
W.R. Thrall
George M. Finch
G. G. Lott
A. R. Robinson
Henry Cook
William M. ‘Brown
Jacob Gano
P. B. Haskell
George A. Thayer
William V. Ebersole
Shillito
Race Street
State Department
Lee
NEW York Life Conspiacy
Cinginaatian
District Attorney’s Office
Irregu
George Scrugham
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von Buelow
Pany
Bolya
Arkansas
Flo
Marlin Spike
Middle West
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Aster
State Central Committee
W. H. Phipps
Paulding
Colonel King
Warren
Phipps
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