Probe Committee Faces Legal Challenge In Hamilton County
The Lincoln Club probe into county election activity faces an injunction bid as prosecutors seek to halt the committee. Witnesses including Fagin and Hope testified about bank envelopes and county funds while Cox refused to appear citing lack of authority.
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Circuit’ Court
Hiram Rulin
Frank F. Peeche
Brobers
Lincoln Club
George B. Cox
George A. Gohen
Board of Elections
Joan Gibson
Jin Koch
Charles Reichel
Frank Freidrichs, Jr
Tenth Ward
George Orth
Islanoalley
Vivan J. Fagin
Harry E. Hope
Fagin
Hope
Hamilton County
Leo Schott
Tilden French
Cox
Harry B. Hope
Gibson
Hynicka
Schott
Charles J. Reichel
Drake
Ilegal
Theodore Horstman
Gohen
Thomas H. Kelley
The
Honest Elections Commi
Board
Eighth Ward
Burnet House
From Dyspepsia to Postum Turnaround in a Letter
A patient credits Postum with curing chronic stomach trouble and nervous distress caused by coffee. After years of ailment and partial relief from doctor advised diets, she reports full improvement after switching to Postum. The piece also references ongoing investigations and missing affidavits in election records.
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Wellville
Prosecutor challenges Hamilton County probe committee standing
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Hiram M. Rulison filed a circuit court petition in quo warranto seeking to oust and restrain a state legislature created committee aimed at investigating city and county government corruption in Cincinnati. He argues the joint resolution creating the committee is void and the panel lacks constitutional authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Cox
Cincinnati Trust Company
Cox
Dinsmore
Drake
Theodor Horstman
Rulison
Circuit Court
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
General Assembly
Judge Smith
Giffin
Batavia
State of Ohio
Hiram M. Rulison
Ohio
Benjamin F. Gayman
J. E. Russell
Thomas Berry
E. L. Lybarger
F. M. van Dusen
C. B. Nye
Hiram
M. Rulison
Benjamin*. Gayman
G. B. Nye
Seventyseventh General Assembly
State of
Hamilton
Senate
House of Representatives
Secretary of State
Ator
Unty
C. Frank T. Dinsmor
Insmore
Police recover car after owner declines to prosecute
James Pool of 711 Plum Street left his car at his business and found it missing. Police located the vehicle at Seventh and John streets after a search, but Pool declined to prosecute the alleged thief saying the man was his friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pool
Plum Street
Seventh
John Streets
Pool
Airship drops feet injuring crew in Toledo trial
Knabenshue's airship, about 400 feet long with 86 foot diameter, collapsed after a trial in Toledo. J A Merrell, builder, had promised a larger craft carrying 500 passengers. Five gasoline engines hung on a net, with engineers aboard each. Authorities warned the vessel could not withstand the strain and might explode on ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Merrell
Merrell
Comedian Peter Dailey Dies After Pneumonia Fit
Chicago May 23 Peter F Dailey a leading United States comedian died at the Auditorium Hotel after a week with pneumonia and other ailments He appeared with the Joel Company in a burlesque of The Merry Widow at the Colonial Theater last Monday His death followed a brief illness marked by high fever and fatigue and came as friends and colleagues were at his bedside.
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Chicago
Peter F. Dailey
United States
Auditorium Hotel
Dailey
Joel
Colonial Theater
Joe Weber
L. J. Rodrigues
Physican
Francis W. McNamara
Charles Paddock
Dr. McNamara
Dr. Paddock
Presbyterians Debate Brotherhood and Prohibition Tactics
At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, Dr. Ira Landrith urged the Presbyterian Brotherhood and ministerial relief measures. The session covered temperance plans, local option, and educational church literature as 12,000 attended a concluding evangelistic meeting led by Rev. J. Wilbur Chapman.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
Dr. Landrith
Collins Denny
Nashville, Tenn
M. HB. Church South
Denny
Ira Landrith
Belmont Woman’s College
Nashville
Presbyterian Brotherhood
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Assembly Herald
Congress
Herald
Assembly
Convention Hall
J. Wilbur Chapman
Philadelphia
Charles M. Alexander
Birmingham
England
B. P. Fullerton
Knabenshue's airship lands in Toledo park
Knabenshue and two assistants faced an abrupt engine failure at about two thousand feet over Toledo. The balloon descended into the ball park bleachers where the baskets touched first and the framework broke after the craft settled across the fence.
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Toledo
Knabenshue
Hess
Hamilton
McCurdy Crashes in Eleven Seconds on White Wings Flight
John A B McCurdy, of the American Experiment Association, staged a premier flight in Hammondport at 4 pm aboard the aeroplane White Wings. After rising twelve feet the craft struck a vineyard corner and smashed. McCurdy was uninjured and no more tests promised soon. Charles Oliver Jones plans to launch the Boomerang dirigible May 30, housed under canvas with walls three hundred feet high to stay stable.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
John A. B. McCurdy
American Experiment Association
Clover Fields
McCurdy
Charles Oliver Jones
America
Sinking of Ville de Bruges claims four lives on Upper Kongo
Dispatches from Brussels report the steamer Ville de Bruges sank after a tornado on the Upper Kongo. Four lives lost include six Europeans and forty eight blacks drowned.
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Kongo
Africa
Brussels
Ville de Bruges
Mail subsidies defeated again in House vote
The House rejected mail subsidies to steamship companies for a second time, 145 to 154, after debate extended late. Conferees on the Post Office appropriation bill reported two disagreements and the Senate amendments on weighing the mails were defeated 94 to 186. The bill returns to conference for a third time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Washington
Cross-petition filed in Belle Ellis divorce case
Norwalk Ohio May 23 Mrs Belle Woodward Ellis a Bellevue society woman and Cincinnati figure faced a divorce suit from William A Ellis a New York broker. Ellis filed an answer and cross petition seeking divorce and a share of her £250000 estate citing an ante nuptial contract and alleged influence by Mrs Ellis brother in law John Gardner Jr. He alleges abandonment in New York during illness and return to Bellevue.
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Commercial Tribune
Norwalk
Belle Woodward Ellis
Bellevue
Cincinnati
William A. Ellis
New York
Ellis
John Gardner, Jr
Bilis
Harmony at Final Session Sets Union Study Commission
Pittsburg May 23 Harmony prevailed at the final sessions of the General Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church after yesterday's union decision. President T H Lewis named a commission to meet similar groups from the Methodist Episcopal and United Brethren churches to pursue possible church union. Members: M L Jennings Ohio George Shaffer Pennsylvania B G Helmick West Virginia J Finkinson New Jersey S R Harris North Carolina J H Peterson Iowa W U W Swift Michigan J J Bargee Georgia. Lewis will travel to Baltimore with Rev S B Reynolds and William Herring to present the report to the Methodist Episcopal Conference. The commission must report in four years at the next quadrennial conference. Rev George W Brien West Virginia elected persistent ministerial board member.
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Harmony
Pittsburg
General Conference
Methodist Protestant Church
Church Union
T. H. Lewis
Methodist Episcopal
United Brethren Churches
M. L. Jennings
Ohio
George Shaffer
Pennsylvania
B. G
Union
Methodist Episcopal Conference
Lewis
George W. Brien
West Virginia
Persis
Tce
Christianity Masculine Statement Sparks Debate in Kansas City
In Kansas City a May 33 report argues that Christianity is essentially masculine, asserting the Redeemer was a man and the Bible centers on male authority, reflecting ongoing religious gender discourse of the era.
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Kansas City
Converts to Baptist faith cost nine dollars in Oklahoma
The Northern Baptist Convention heard Rev. J. G. Stalcup report that converts to the Baptist faith in Oklahoma cost only nine dollars each, a record of economy surpassing any other state or territory.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
Northern Baptist Convention
J. G Stalcup
Home Missionary Society
Negro Evangelization Draws Focus at Southern Presbyterian Assembly
In Greensboro North Carolina the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church devoted much of the morning to a debate on Negro Evangelization with many delegates participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
General Assembly
The
Southern Presbyterian Church
Two Stabbings Leave Two Men Wounded Early Today
Two separate knife attacks injure men in different locations. John Zach, 18, of 1208 Sycamore Street, is stabbed in the chest and at City Hospital with a prognosis of possible death. Louis Sanders, 18, of 505 Boal Street, is stabbed in the abdomen near Webster and Main. Fred Bader, 26, of 23 Mercer Street, and John Brandt, 1915 South Auburn Avenue, both arrested on related charges.
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John Zach
Sycamore Street
Louis Sanders
Boal Street
Webster
Main Streets
Fred Bader
Mercer Street
Third District
John Brandt
South Auburn Avenue
Sanders
Will
Ten Thousand Attend Cincinnati Railway Outing At Chester Park
About 10 000 people enjoyed the tenth annual outing of the Cincinnati Railway Employees Association at Chester Park. The popularity contest drew great interest though the official result was not announced by early morning. Seven candidates vied for prizes. J E B McLaughlin chaired the organizing committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Railway Employees’ Association
Chester Park
J. EB. McLaughlin
Francois Coppee Dies A Renowned French Poet and Dramatist
Francois Coppee, famed French poet and dramatist born in 1842, died in Paris after years of decline. Elected to the French Academy in 1884, he had recently been confined to his room amid fragile health. his end likely influenced by the death of a beloved sister.
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Francois Coppee
Paris
French Academy
Coppe
Godwin Scudamore
Libby
Lakeport
Cal
W. R. Davis
Sparks
Carson City
Nev
Night Riders Ruin Plant Beds Reported
A farmer who sold tobacco to Maddox Brothers faced warnings and threats from Night Riders. City Marshal Miller tracks the raiders and found a shotgun dropped near Hook's tobacco beds by a crowd member.
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Maddox Brothers
Miller
Hook
Night Riders Capture Soldiers in Kentucky Disturbance
A Kentucky private reports Captain Carl Norman and three privates were captured by night riders while guarding a tobacco barn near Versailles last night. A detachment led by Captain Luke Norman is attempting to locate and free them, with officials uncertain of the captives’ whereabouts. Neighbors implicate the Law and Order League in a related Shelby County killing.
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Frankfort
Carl Norman
Versailles Pike
Luke Norman
Carl
Woodford County
Adjutant General’s Department
Norman
Newt Hazlett
Shelby County
Law and Order League
Compromise reached in Hollowell night rider suits
In Paducah Kentucky on May 23 a compromise in the Hollowell night rider damage suits was agreed. Plaintiffs seek 10 000 plus costs with all cases bundled to a single settlement. Robert H M Hollowell had won 35 000 while his wife and son had suits for 75 000. the offer may cover all. Attorney John G Miller in Evansville to advise.
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Hollowell
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Paducah
John G. Miller
Evansville
Robert H. M Hollowell
United States
Miller
Farmers' Union Holds Secret Kentucky Session
The Farmers' Union of Kentucky met in Paducah on May 28 to arrange handling for the 1908 tobacco crop in closed sessions behind locked doors.
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Farmers’ Union
Paducah
Farmers’ Union of Kentucky
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