Fremont Mayor Demands Guards After Governor Refuses
Fremont Mayor Engles calls three guardsmen units after Governor Nash declines to deploy troops at Sheriff Mason’s request. No disorder yet but rioting warned if Clauss Shear Works resume. Local troops from Port Clinton Clyde and Sandusky clash with county lines and new code powers.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
George Engies
Fremont
NB. Mason
Sandusky County
Nash
Sandusky
Clauss Shear Works
Engles
N. B. Mason
Mischke
Satuday
Common Pleas
Fremont Company
Zanesville
Charles Perkins
State Board of Public Works
Allen W. Thurman
L. PD. Hamlin
Muskingum
United States
Vega
GA. R
Marietta
Gyger
Myron C. Cox
Sixth Infantry
Port Clinton
Erie County
Clyde
Cox
Engineer Kolb Located in San Francisco After Disappearance
George A. Kolb business manager of the Marine Engineers Association, long believed missing from New York, was found in San Francisco after an East to West trip via El Paso. He could recall nothing from New York to El Paso and contacted Coroner Leland before informing his wife and preparing to return home.
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San Francisco
George A. Kolb
Marine Engineers’ Association
New York
Kolb
el Paso
Leland
Fiala Sails for Norway to Start Arctic Cruise
Anthony Fiala, leader of William Ziegler's second polar expedition seeking the North Pole, sailed today aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm to Trondheim Norway. The America awaits the scientific staff who will join Fiala, with the remainder to report May 27 to William T Peters of the National Geographic Society, who will serve as second in command.
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New York
Anthony Fiala
William Ziegler
North Pole
Trondheim
Norway
Fala
Wm. T. Peters
National Geographical Society
Justifiable homicide in Owensboro woman shoots intruder
Mrs. Alex Lawton of Sacramento in McLean County shot Ross Rickards who forced entry after an indecent proposal. Rickards died from a chest wound. coroner ruled the death justifiable. Lawton, 33, defended in her home with four children present. Rickards, 46, was said to be drunk and had attempted assault.
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Commercial Tribune
Owensboro
Alex. Lawton
Sacramento
McLean County
Ross Rickards
Rickards
Lawton
Kaiser Is Defendant In Contested Railroad Suit
Berlin May 12 Emperor William appears as defendant in a lawsuit filed by a private railroad alleging passengers were barred from a highway crossing near Kadhenow West Prussia. The lower court ruled against the Emperor, the provincial court allowed no redress, and the high court at Leipzig sent the case back to the first court after reversing the second instance ruling.
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Berlin
Emperor William
Kadhenow
West Prussia
Court of First Instance
Leipsic
Court of Second Instance
Jealousy and Vigilante Fear After Kokomo Double Slaying
Two young men Louis Yeager and Francis Sutton were found dead near Kokomo Ind after bidding their fiances good night. Three Hemlock youths are under surveillance as investigators pursue murder theories linking jealous lovers and organized robberies. A double wedding was planned for Yeager and Sutton with their Oakford brides Myrtle Finley and Stella Peters.
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Commercial Tribune
Kokomo
Ind
Here
Louis Yeager
Francis Sutton
Hemlock
Sutton
Harrison
Kirkpatrick
Yeager
Stella Peters
Myrtle Finley
Oakford
Joe Silcocks
Peters
Jesse James
Fairfield
Logan Ingles
Ingles
Miss Finley
Miss Peters
Bulgarian Bands Battle Turks in Gabrovo Mountains Wounding Leader
Bulgarian mountain bands under Protogerof and Stojanof clash with Turkish forces led by German officers near Gabrovo. A Bulgarian leader is wounded, Protogoros is taken to Sofia, and Turkish losses include six officers and about 200 men. The encounter ends with Bulgarian victory aided by dynamite bombs.
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Protogerof
Stojanof
Gabrovo
Simeonos
Djumara
Pechtschewo
Gabrowo
Pechtschevo
Baltor
Protogeros
Dubnitza
Sofia
Ates
Alexander Hospital
Capture of Sokoto and Emir Expands Northern Nigeria
London reports British forces under Colonel Morland captured Sokoto on March 11 after a 100 mile march from Kaura. About 500 troops faced 6000 Fulani attackers, with the Emir installed by Commissioner Lugard on March 19. A new garrison remained near the coast.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Sokoto
Kano
Nigeria
Morland
Edlém Horse and Foot
Kaura
Alleah
Fulconis
Lugard
Mrs. Cont Refuses Texas Court Appearance
Mrs Estella Colt of Muncie is charged with four living husbands and murder in Texas and will not travel to appear in a will contest case on August 10. Her lawyers fear arrest if she goes, so she stays home and plans to let heirs push to oust her from the estate valued around 30000 dollars.
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Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Estella Colt
James T. Colt
Marshall
Tex
Texas
Knapp Confession Admission From Strangler Knapp
Alfred A. Knapp the so called strangler admits writing the confession to the five murders claiming police and reporters forced him to provide it. He says he knows nothing of the killings and expects acquittal due to lack of direct evidence. His wife plans to visit and may attend the June trial as she awaits motherhood.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Alfred A. Knapp
The
Cincinnati
Terre Haute Man to Wed New York Heiress in May
Robert Hunter of Terre Haute Indiana will marry Miss Stokes the New York heiress in May. They plan a European trip for the summer and upon return will establish a home in the social settlement district.
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Robert Hunter
Terre Haute, Ind
New York
Terre Haute
Ind
Stokes
Local Doctor Dies by Suicide in Gadsden
Gadsden Alabama May 12 Dr W L Funderburg a physician took his own life by morphine after resisting rescuers with a drawn knife. Emergency crews failed to intervene as he died at the scene.
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Gadsden
Ala
W. L. Funderburg
Bulgarian minister predicts battalions landed at Salonica
A Vienna interview quoted by the Allgemeine Zeitung quotes Bulgarian Minister in Vienna M. Pomanioff claiming that powers will soon land battalions at Salonica. He denies any ties with the Macedonian Committee, though the interview hints at broader Eastern question developments.
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Salonica
Commercial Tribune
Vienna
Allgemeine Zeitung
M. Pomanioff
Armenian Revolutionary Bands Reported Enter Armenia
The London dispatch notes Constantinople stating Armenian revolutionary bands have crossed from Russia into Armenia. The development is viewed as potentially starting another anti-Turkish uprising in a region previously marked by Armenian massacres by Turkish troops.
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London
Constantinople
Armenia
Russia
Rebels Enter Armenia
Armenian revolutionary bands have entered the districts of Bayazid and Sasun in Armenia from Russia.
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Constantinople
Bayazid
Sasun
Armenia
Russia
Attempt to Bribe Canal Commissioner in Ohio
L D Hamlin member of the canal commission testified before the State Board of Public Works that a mill owner attempted to bribe him for a lease granting water power at a low rate. Hamlin urged weirs to measure water use along the Ohio canals and the briber reportedly faced a severe rebuke.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
L.D. Hamlin
Special Canal Commission
State Board of Public Works
Ohio
Uncertain Panama Route Shift Amid Colombian Canal Talks
Washington reports Dr. Thomas Herran says no word from Bogota on President Marroquin’s resignation. Reyes’ designation status clouds canal treaty plans as U S officials consider reopening talks with Nicaragua and Costa Rica to secure an alternate route if Colombia balks. Officials fear Panama Canal Company may be pressed to share some of the $40 million payoff.
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Washington
Thomas Herran
Marroquin
Despetches
Panama
Reyes
Designado
Congress
Colombia
General Reyes
United States
Spooner
State Department
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Hay
Senor Corea
Sienor Calvo
Panama Canal Company
Dissension in Colombian Cabinet and Canal Treaty Debate
May 12 Bogota dispatch reports rift in the Colombian Cabinet as General Fernandez resigns the State portfolio, Treasury head Mendoza takes over, and President Caro shifts from silence to prominence. Reyes returns to Bogotá to a warm welcome while newspapers cite opposition to the Panama Canal treaty and forecast possible congressional rejection in its current form.
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Colon
Maili News
Bogota
Fernandez
Treasury
Francisco Mendoza
Caro
General Reyes
Colombia
Mexico
Colombian Congress
Cromwell Denies Panama Canal Company Offer to Colombia
General counsel William Nelson Cromwell stated that reports from Panama alleging the Panama Canal Company offered Colombia 12 million of the forty million dollars to be received from the United States are false.
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Washington
William Nelson Cromwell
Coungel
New
Panama Canal Company
Panama
United States
Brigham Improves After Exposition Trip
G. H. Brigham secretary of Agriculture, returning from St. Louis Exposition dedication ceremonies, is reported ill with heart trouble but much improved and able to walk into the village and drive out to his farm in Delta Fulton County.
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Tary
G. H. Brigham
Delta
Fulton County
Toledo
Massacre of Jews in Odessa Escalates Amid Foundling Rumor
Reports from Kishineff describe a terror state as mobs assault Jews in Odessa. Soldiers fail to stop the violence as hospitals fill with wounded and silenced cries echo from synagogues. Exaggerated brutalities include nails, torn tongues, and bodies cast from windows.
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Commercial Tribune
Odessa
Frontier
Kishineff
Dubossaii
Medical Academy elects officers and delegates Lorenz method talk
The American Academy of Medicine elected officers led by President John B. Roberts and Vice Presidents from Philadelphia Pittsburgh Pasadena Tuscaloosa and New York. The Pediatric Society showcased eleven year old Charles Willett whose club feet were treated by Dr Adolph Lorenz in a bloodless surgery. Professors Lorenz methods will be discussed in several congress sections.
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Washington
May
Eta
American Academy of Medicine N
John B. Roberts
Philadelphia
Thomas B. Davis
Pittsburg
James H. McBride
Pasadena
Cal
G. T. Searcy
Tuscaloosa
Ala
8. A. Knoff
New York
Charles McIntire
Easton
Alexander R. Craigh
Columbia
E. McGreene
Atlantic City
Pediatric Society
Charles Willett
Adolph Lorenz
Triennial Session Opens of American Physicians and Surgeons
Washington May 12 The sixth triennial session of the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons opened at the Columbia Theater at 3 PM Dr Walter Keen of Philadelphia professor of surgery at Jefferson Medical College presiding The congress includes many eminent medical and surgical specialists several hundred attended the call to order
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Washington
Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia Theater
Congress
Walter Keen
Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
Jett to face examination in Winchester today
Curtis Jett accused of murdering J. B. Marcum at Jackson must appear for an examining trial before Judge Benton in Winchester. Attorneys and witnesses were summoned, but most did not arrive, delaying proceedings as Jett sent for his habeas corpus writ and awaits next steps.
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Clark County
Curt Jett
J. B. Marcum
Madison County
Jett
Kentucky
Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Curtis Jett
Jackson
Benton
John M. Stevenson
Circuit
Boone
McChord
Stevenson
Hargis
R. L. Noble
A. A. Crutcher
Cockrill
Judge Benton
Breathitt
Callahan
J. L. Hagins
Son
Mr. Marcum
McCord
Breathitt County
Ed, Callahan
D. D. Hurst
Marcum
Hurst
Redwine
Will
Hargisses
Postmaster Hurst Accuses Jett of Murder in Kentucky
Mt Sterling Kentucky May 13 D D Hurst postmaster at Jackson accuses Jett of killing Cox and Cockrill along with his broader assertion of guilt. He states he believes Jett is responsible for the slayings and is here to share the claim.
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Commercial Tribune
MT. Sterling
D. D. Hurst
Jackson
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