Haywood Juror Panel Progress in William Haywood Trial
Boise May 14 Substantial progress toward forming a jury in the William D Haywood murder trial was reported as the third day of proceedings opened. The jury pool narrowed with several candidates disqualified for bias and others excused for health reasons while more than fifty from the special venire awaited examination to fill vacancies.
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Commercial Tribune
Boise
Idaho
William D. Haywood
Frank Steunenberg
Eed
Talesman
Darrow
J. L. Waggoner
Yost
George Walker
Allen Pride
Roberts
Witness testifies on Hargis murder trial details in Lexington
New witness M J Peters swears he saw Judge James Hargis and Sheriff Ed Callahan at Hargis store after Cockrill was shot and heard a threat to shoot. Levi Copes describes John Smith fleeing courthouse window as gunfire occurred. The testimony adds to a courtroom stir as Feltner may be called to reiterate past confessions about plots tied to the killings.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
James Hargis
James Cockrill
M. J. Peters
Cockrill
Ed Callahan
Hargis
Hemden
Levi Cope
John Smith
Smith
B D. Cox
J. B. Marcum
Feltner
Marcum
Cox
Breathitt County
Sam Fields
Diaz denies rumors of protectorate and federation talk
President Diaz in Mexico City rejects claimed interview statements about a protectorate and a new federal union of Central American states. He says he never spoke on federation and warns that publication could put his country and himself in a bad position.
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Mexico
Central States Federation
City OF Mexico
Diaz
Union of
Robbery reported of James G. Thompson in Avery alley
James G. Thompson a government meat inspector was robbed of his watch and fifty dollars near Avery alley and Smith street at night. He described two white men as his assailants and said a third bystander warned him to stay calm before they fled up the alley. Police fear the robbery may be linked to a similar earlier crime at the same corner.
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Avery Alley
Smith Street
James G. Thompson
Thompson
Fourth District
New York Hearing Probes Ballot Alterations in Fraud Case
In Police Court the conspiracy case involving George B. Scrugham Charles Stirrup and Charles Carrington of the International Policy Holders' Committee resumes with cross examination of Carrington. He testifies about return cards directing ballots to Richard Olney and describes witnesses' names being forged on envelopes. Catherine Montgomery testifies that four women altered ballots under Scrugham's orders using fictitious witness names. Robert Smack also describes writing names and notes many alterations occurred without authority.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Charles F. Carrington
George B. Scrugham
Charles Stirrup
Carrington
International Policy Ho‘lers’ Committee
Scrugham
Stirrup
New York Life Insurance Company
Richard Olney
New York Life
Robert J. Smack
Mr. Smack
Smack
Mr. Scrugham
Catherine E. Montgomery
Miss Montgomery
Liquor Seller Fined in Dry Oxford Town
Robert Vanness, an agricultural implement dealer, was fined $200 and costs by Mayor King of Oxford after pleading guilty to selling liquor in a dry town. Two barrels in his store were searched and found to contain bottle whisky.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Robert Vanness
King
Oxford
Vanness
Japan seeks alliance with United States says Ozawa
Baron Ozawa, a Japanese emissary and vice president of the Red Cross, says Japan would welcome an alliance with the United States if anti Japanese sentiment, notably in San Francisco, subsides. He reports no other territorial ambitions in the Pacific and questions the weight of The Hague talks.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Japan
United States
San Francisco
Baron Ozawa
House of Peers
Japanese Red Cross Society
Russia
Pacific
The
Hague
Woman Saves Fast Train From Impending Wreck Near Mt Hope
Passengers aboard the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Train No 20 from Chicago and St Louis credit a woman with flagging the train to stop before fallen piles across the track. Engineer Miller halted the fast service in front of the obstruction. Dispatchers had warned railmen in advance and crews cleared the line, denying blame to miscreants. Conductor Handlan led the train.
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Baltimore &Ohio Southwestern
Chicago
St. Louis
Mt. Hope Road
Miller
Handlan
Panama Shovel Strike Continues Amid Wage Demands
May 14 report says steam shovel workers keep striking for 300 monthly, up from 210. Only eight shovels work at dawn as Colonel Goethals seeks replacements from shop mechanics.
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Panama
Colonel Goethals
Bryan postpones wedding to study state marriage laws
Xenia Ohio May 14 John Bryan millionaire poet and farmer delayed his wedding to Miss Fredericka Murphy of Cincinnati to travel to Columbus to study state marriage laws and potential property implications He may marry elsewhere and plans to return to Xenia with Miss Murphy an antenuptial agreement was prepared but kept secret.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia
John Bryan
Fredericka Murphy
Cincinnati
Riverside Farm
Columbus
Bryan
Miss Murphy
Daughters Planned Marriage To Yellow Springs Farmer
Mrs. Lucien Murphey received word that her daughter Frederika will wed John Bryan a wealthy farmer soap manufacturer and stockholder near Yellow Springs Ohio The bride to be 20 years old was a witness in a suit against Mr Bryan by Mrs Stueler for damages from an assault During the trial the couple reportedly became engaged and plan extensive travel after the ceremony likely performed by a Justice of the Peace The couple may marry today and return to Cincinnati tomorrow
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Lucien Murphey
Elizabeth Street
Fredericka
John Bryan
Yellow Springs
Murphy
Aenia
Mrs. Murphy
Mr. Bryan
Stueler
Train Collision Injures Fifteen on Curve Near Hamilton
A north bound tram and a south bound car on a curve two miles north of Hamilton collided head on due to a mistake by Motorman Arch ie Hudson. Fifteen injured eleven severely. Names include Henry Fink James Cook George Hanson Wesley Warwick Albert Babcock George Yeakle James Yeakle Verna Durney Mrs William Pope David Bell and others. Damage to fronts estimated at $2000.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Archie Hudson
Cincinnati Northern Traction
Henry Fink
Cokcotto
James Cook
George Hanson
Traction
Trenton
Wesley B. Warwick
St. Clair Township
Albert Babcock
George Yeakle
James Yeakle
Verna Durney
William Pope
Seven Mile
David Bell
C.G. Wettle
Hunnewell Coke Company
Cincinnati
Gilmore
Mother’s Dream Fulfills in Son’s Baseball Death
In Middlesboro Kentucky Edgar Campbell died at four this afternoon after being struck in the heart by a baseball during a school game yesterday His mother Mrs Campbell had dreamt Saturday night that he would be injured in a game and die His father was the late Henry F Campbell a prominent merchant.
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Commercial Tribune
Middlesboro
Edgar Campbell
Caruso Fines Paid as Park Disorder Charge Appea l Withdrawn
Frederick W W Spelling for Enrico Caruso paid a $10 fine from November for disorderly conduct in Central Park and announced the appeal to the Appellate Division had been withdrawn. Caruso was arrested and is now in Paris.
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Commercial Tribuné
New York
Frederick W.W. Spelling
Enrico Caruso
Supreme Court
Caruso
Central Park
Paris
Woman Dies On Predicted Day In Galion Burial To Couple
In Galion Ohio on May 14 Christopher Kinsey asked his body be placed in a vault to wait six weeks for burial with his wife. The widow died today exactly six weeks later and the couple will rest side by side.
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Commercial Tribune
Galion, O
Christopher Kinsey
Children Saved as Home Burns in Bellefontaine
Fire destroyed the County Children's Home in Bellefontaine Ohio on May 14, a one story building valued at 75 000 dollars and insured for 16 000. The fire began in the attic and was not found until the roof was about to collapse. all forty children were saved and local farmers are sheltering them.
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Commercial Tribune
Bellefontaine
Brown Calls Off Ohio Republican Central Committee Meeting
In Columbus on May 14 Walter Brown cancelled the State Central Committee meeting after Senator Dick rescinded his call. Taft supporters urged action but the committee members opposed endorsements, leaving factions to fight for delegates as party harmony falters across Lucas and Northwestern Ohio.
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Commmercial Tribune Buureau
Outlook
Columbus
Ohio
Commercial Tribune
State Central Committee
Walter Brown
Brown
Toledo
Taft
State House
George B. Cox
Lucas County
Franklin County
Republican Committee
Karshner Gang
Vorys
Central Committee
Lucas
Foraker
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