Wealthy Louisville Couple Seeks Divorce Over Cruelty Infidelity
A high society Louisville divorce filing alleges cruelty and infidelity in a marriage of Mrs. W. K. Maxon Smith Baum gardner, 80, and A. Garland Baum gardner, 40. Witness Imma Harley, a Hotel Windsor maid, testifies of scolding, cruelty, and disparaging remarks about the wife’s kimono and alleged infidelity at a Florida winter stay.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Kentucky
Circuit Clerk’s
W. K. Maxon Smith Baumgardner
A. Garland Baumgardner
Canteens for Homes of Veterans Are Abolished
The House voted to deny authority to national homes for disabled volunteers to run canteens within five miles of towns where liquor is legally sold after a vigorous debate.
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Washington
Associated Press
National Homes
Ferguson to oppose Cantrill in Seventh District race
A. L Ferguson, Burley Tobacco society vice president, says he will not run for Congress but will oppose incumbent J. Campbell Cantrill. Ferguson accuses Cantrill of severing ties with tobacco growers and the Burley interests. Senator Claude M. Thomas of Bourbon County seeks the Democratic nomination with Burley support likely.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
A. L Ferguson
Burley Tobacco Society
Congress
J. Campbell Cantrill
Trust
Claude M. Thomas
Bourbon County
Burley
Date changed for Roosevelt convention in Columbus
The National League of Republican Clubs changes its convention date to June 4 to ensure Colonel Roosevelt attends. President Taft and Vice President Sherman will also attend and join the Carnegie Hall banquet closing the meeting and launching the Republican congressional campaign. Delegates travel by special train from Cincinnati to Cleveland and report at headquarters on Broadway.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
National League of Republican Clubs
Roosevelt
John Hays Hammond
League
Taft
Sherman
Carnegie Hall
Oho
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Ites
Mr. Ete
Astory-fourth
Broadway
Autos Greater Menace Than Grade Crossings
A Chicago report to Mayor Busse by W. J. Raymer shows automobiles are a greater threat to life and limb than grade crossings. The data, covering June 1 to May 27, records 2568 deaths and injuries from autos versus 36 at grade crossings.
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ICAGO
Associated Press
Busse
W. J. Raymer
Hughes Calls Extra Session After Primary Defeat
Governor Hughes called an extraordinary legislative session for Monday in Albany. The move followed the Democratic primary defeat as hours closed on the previous special session.
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Hughes
Albany
N. Y
Associated Press
Former Indiana Republican leader Jesse Overstreet dies in Indianapolis
Jesse Overstreet longtime Indiana Seventh district representative and former chairman of the post offices and post roads committee died at his Indianapolis home after a long illness. He served in Congress 1896 to 1908 and helped craft the gold standard law of 1900 before joining the national monetary commission. He led the Republican congressional campaign committee from 1898 to 1904 and was married with a widow.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Ind
Jesse Overstreet
Indiana
Congress
Overstreet
National Monetary Commission
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Mr. Overstreet
Charles A. Korbly
Franklin
Death of renowned savant Prof Robert Koch in Baden Baden
Noted bacteriologist Prof Robert Koch died in Baden Baden from heart disease. Born December 11, 1843 in Klausthal Hanover, he earned fame for discoveries on micro organisms and specifically tuberculosis and cholera bacilli. He trained at Goettingen, studied traumatic infections, and earned international honors. His 1882 tuberculosis bacilli discovery and 1890 tuberculosis specific claim marked his landmark career.
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Baden Baden
Robert Koch
Klausthal
Hanover
Koch
University of Goettingen
Wollstein
India
Egypt
Prof. Koch
United States
Philadelphia
Pluviose and Her Dead Crew Lost
The French submarine Pluviose with a crew of twenty seven dead is adrift in the English Channel. Divers struggled to raise the 450 ton weight but the damaged sub drifted away under swift currents and has not been located. Hull seemed crushed though examination was incomplete due to currents.
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Associated Press
Calais
English Channel
Noted War Nurse Hannah Maxon Dies in Ohio
Hannah U. Maxon age 72 former chaplain of the National Woman's Relief Corps died in Gallipolis Ohio after a long career as a teacher and nurse. She was among the first women to volunteer as a nurse at the start of the Civil War and received a government pension in recent years.
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Gallipolis
Associated Press
Hannah U. Maxon
National Woman's Relief Corps
Postmaster Appointments Named for Ohio and Indiana
The president named four postmasters: Richmond Indiana Ed gar M Haas Alliance Ohio Edwin Morgan Canton Ohio George H Clark Youngstown Ohio O P Shaffer.
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Washington
Associated Press
Richmond
Ind
Edgar M. Haas
Alliance
Edwin Morgan
Canton
George H. Clark
Youngstown
P. Shaffer
Telegraph and Telephones Come Under Federal Control
Washington May 27 The Senate moved to place telegraph and telephone lines under the Interstate Commerce Commission amid debate on railroads and mergers The Dixon telegraph amendment was replaced by a simpler LaFollette version granting ICC supervision with an exception for wireless The vote adjourned the session leaving action on the bill unsettled
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
House
Dixon
Montana
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Newlands
Bramdagee
Senator Heyburn
Brown
Nebraska
Commission
Bacon
Dolliver
Messrs
Borah
Bourne
Bristow
Burkett
Burton
Clapp
Crawford
Cummins
Gamble
Jones
Chamberlain
Purcell
Stone
Ellis and Vorys Lunch With Taft and Lay Plans
Ohio politicians Wade H. Ellis and Arthur S. Vorys met with President Taft and Senator Dick and with Representatives Longworth and Kennedy in Washington conferences. They lunched with the president and later met Longworth and Kennedy. No details were released on the talks. optimism centered on Seale's prospects in Ohio this fall.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ohio
Wade H. Ellis
Arthur S. Vorys
Longworth
Kennedy
Seale
McIntosh Bombshell Targets Senator Scott In West Virginia Clash
In Wheeling on May 2 a State Senator allied with Hubbard released disclosures accusing Senator Scott of close ties to the American Tobacco Company. He claimed Scott offered him a legislative post for the tobacco firm before April 1920 and suggested a link to former New York official Gibbs, with Scott as a go-between.
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Commercial Tribune
Wheeling
W. Va
Hubbard
Scott
George McIntosh
General Scott
American Tobacco Company
Senator Scott
West Virginia
Senator Gibbs
New York
Estrada Loses Vantage Point as Government Forces Win
Bluefields May 27 The government forces aided by the gunboat San Jacinto routed the insurgents and captured Bluefields Bluff likely ending the rebellion. The engagement marks a decisive victory for Estrada forces and a major setback for the insurgents.
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Bluepfields
Associated Press
San Jacinto
Bluefields Bluff
Estrada
Rebecca Brant 71 Mother-in-law of Judge Giffen Dies
Rebecca Brant 71 mother-in-law of Judge William S. Giffen of Cincinnati circuit court died yesterday at her son Otto F. Brant's home in Los Angeles Cal Mrs Brants daughter Ella Brant Elliott Blair former Hamilton postmistress is named as her daughter
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Rebecca Brant
Williams
Giffen
Cincinnati
Circuit Court
Otto F. Brant
Los Angeles
Cal
Ella Brant- Elliot Blair
Brant
Three Guilty Pleas Entered in Sugar Trial
In New York on May 28 three of the defendants in the Williamsburg docks sugar conspiracy pleaded guilty as the government closed its case. The men were Harry W. Walker Jean F Voelker and James Halligan Jr all assistants or checkers under Oliver Spitzer. Sentencing will follow after further testimony and a conference of counsel.
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Associated
Attas Dis
New York
Checkers
Williamsburg
American Sugar Refining Company
Oliver Spitzer
Atlanta
Taft
Harry W. Walker
Jean F. Voelker
James Halligan
Conference of Counsel
Martin
Charles R. Heike
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Wiliamsburg
James F. Bendernagel
Ballinger Pinchot Case Climax Builds at Hearing
Attorney Brandeis and Pepper urge Ballinger’s removal arguing he failed to resist special interests while Vertrees defends his conservatism and legality. Glavis and Kerby aides are attacked by Vertrees as Brandeis condemns the smear campaign as a fight for democracy and the public good.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
Ballinger
Interior Department
Acceusers
Gravis-Garfield-Pinchot Group
Ballinger-Pinchot
Brandeis and
Pepper
Brandeis
Vertrees
Garfield
Pinchot
Vertress
Glavis
Kerby
Gravis-Pinchot-Gifford
Ballinger- Pinchot
Louis O. Brandeis
L. R. Glavis
Mr. Brandeis
Mr. Gravis
Gifford Pinchot
Frederick M. Kerby
Lawlr Eee
Sister believed dead 20 years found alive in Cincinnati
Mrs. E. H. Holmes of Vicksburg learns her sister Sallie Powell of Cincinnati is alive after twenty years. Powell, a destitute seamstress, says she was adopted by A. P. Bradstreet of Reading Ohio and learned of inheritance disputes tied to two acres near St. Joseph Missouri. Bradstreet confirms relations but denies legal adoption and notes Powell's troubled history and education.
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Vicksburg
The
Commercial Tribune
E. H. Holmes
Sallie Powell
Broadway
Cincinnati
Associated Charities
East Third Street
Powell
Vicksburgh
E. P. Bradstreet
Mr. Bradstreet
Minerva Bradstreet
Bradstreet
Nichols
Hved Fiere
Baltimore
Holmes
Washington
John F. McCullough
Philadelphia
Joseph Powell
Chicago
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Canon Reade
St. Joseph
A. P. Bradstreet
Reading
Missouri
Delaware
Finley Answers Bryan In Ohio Democratic Clash
W L Finley Ohio Democratic state executive head and Governor Harmon appointee oil inspector replies to William Jennings Bryan s article in The Commoner. He opposes endorsing a U S senator and cites past defeats from endorsements. Bryan s attack signals tension over Harmon as a possible presidential candidate and cites Indiana and Kansas City platform issues.
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Commencial Tribune Bureau
Harrison Bupa
Columbus
W. L. Finley
Democratic State Executive Committee
Harmon
William Jennings Bryan
Commoner
Nebraskan
Democratic State Committee
Finley
State Committee
Bryan
Astle
Ohio
John H. Clark
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
James E. Campbell
Marshall
Indiana
James Killbourn
Kansas City
Committee On
Hamilton County
United States
Senate
War Clouds Hover in South America
Washington May 27 state department officials voiced astonishment at Lima reports that another Peruvian army contingent was sent to the Ecuadorean frontier and that war seemed likely. No similar news reached the state department. Both Ecuador and Peru had accepted Secretary Knox's mediation proposal, conditioned on simultaneous army withdrawals from the frontier.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
State Department
Lima
Perfect Score and Record Made by South Carolina
Norfolk May 27 A new world record for big gun shooting was set by the battleship South Carolina with forward turret twelve inch guns firing sixteen shots and scoring sixteen bull's eye hits in 4 51, underscoring U S naval marksmanship mastery.
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Norfolk
Associated Press
South Carolina
Browne Bribe Case Arguments Conclude in Chicago
The Browne bribery trial reached its peak as prosecutors and defense finished arguments on a motion to quash the indictment. Judge McSurely will rule after taking the matter under advisement, with a decision expected next Wednesday.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Lee O'Neil Browne
Lorimer
McSurely
Taft Names Carpenter Minister to Morocco
President Taft appoints his secretary Fred Warner Carpenter of Sauk Center Minnesota as minister to Morocco to replace H Percival Dodge. No successor named yet. Rudolf Forster is a likely choice for assistant secretary.
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Washington
Associated Press
Taft
Fred Warner Carpenter
Sauk Center
Man
Morocco
H. Percival Dodge
Carpenter
Rudolph Forster
Motorman Prevents Canal Plunge on Clark Street Car
Motorman Roe of Clark street car 28 halted a plunge into the canal after the vehicle jumped the Twelfth street bridge tracks and hit guard rails. He cut power and stopped the car at the bridge edge, saving passengers from danger.
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Roe
Clark Street
Twelfth Street
Cincinnati Woman's Leap Against Train Sparks Injury
Mrs. John Koors of Cincinnati leaped from a moving passenger train at Greensburg Indiana while it ran about twenty miles an hour and was slightly injured after misreading the conductor’s call.
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Commercial Tribune
Greensburg
Ind
John Koors
Cincinnati
Highland Divided on Governorship in County Conventions
Special Dispatch reports Highland county held three Republican conventions on May 27 to select delegates for state judicial and senatorial contests. D. Q. Morrow led in state and circuit delegations while Cyrus Newby drew support for judicial delegates. The senatorial race featured Joseph Bell and W. H. Walker with Coke L. Coster and Doster securing the endorsement after a long balloting session.
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Commercial Tribune
Hillsboro
Highland County
D. Q. Morrow
Frank R. Ambrose
Newton Spennington
Roy Haynes
B. F. Faris
John T. Daniels
Fred Hardy
W. H. Burnett
Warren G. Harding
O. Brit Brown
Irwin McD. Smith
George L. Garrett
L. R. Ducknall
T. M. Watts
J. F. Wilson
Coke L. Doster
W.W. C. Hicks
Cyrus Newby
Chillicothe
James A. Harps
Isma Troth
John Greathouse
Charles H. Dewey
Julius Parrott
H. A. Russ
F. D. Patterson
OE. Tener
W.S. Haigh
Joseph G. Bell
W. H. Walker
Coke L. Coster
Greenfield
Stanley R. Oustey
Leesburg
Walker
Doster
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Ferguson
Cantrill
Republican Club
Baden
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LaFollette-Dixon
Ellis
Vorys
Combine
Mrs. Brant
William S. Giffen
Circuit Bench
Heike
Dence
Mr. Vertrees
Interior
Stonewall” Ballinger
Clark the
South America
Peru
Ecuador
Secy. Carpenter
John J. Vertrees
Bilt Brown
Harding
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