Six Hurt in Sedamsville Streetcar Crash on Sixth and Liston
Night crash on the Sedamsville line at Sixth and Liston sent six people to hospitals with one death feared. Motorman William Shambd blamed faulty brakes that failed on a steep curve. conductor John Birckhauser and several passengers were injured. Mrs Joest died from severe injuries after the car hit trees twenty feet off the tracks.
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Sedamsville
Sixth
Liston Avenues
KK. Joe
John Birckhauser
State Avenue
Joest
Joseph Shafer
Patrick Purcell
J. A. Joest
Liston Avenue
Judges Named to Hear Cox Indictment Case
Chief Justice Thomas A. Jones assigns three Columbus circuit judges Dustin Allread and Semeding to sit on the Cox indictments case. Hearing set for June 6 in Dayton with Cincinnati circuit judges Swing Smith Jones substituting. Proceedings hinge on Judge Dickson's quashing of both indictments and the option to revive one.
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Thomas A. Jones
Circuit Court of
Ohio
Hunt
Dickson
Cox
Dustin, Allread
Semeding
Columbus
Dustin Allread
Wicsake
Swing
Smith
Jones
Cincinnati
Dayton
Edward Jones
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Circuit
Supreme Courts
Common Pleas Court
Woman dies after overdose at Fifth Street hotel
Mrs. Georgia Cossack 25 wife of George Cossack died from morphine at a Fifth Avenue hotel. hotel owner Quante could not get admission to the city hospital as calls failed and district physician could not be found. Police sought husband for coroner's inquest. he had not yet returned.
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Georgia Cossack
George Cossack
Fifth Street
West Fifth Avenue
William F. Quante
City Hospital
Quante
Reid
Cossack
Rumors of Franz Joseph death denied in Paris dispatch
London May 30 Rumors from Paris claimed Emperor Francis Joseph died suddenly. A Vienna dispatch received around midnight, however, says the emperor’s condition is improving and continuing to improve.
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London
Paris
Francis Joseph of Austria
Vienna
Gates Sails Silent On Steel Trust Testimony
John W. Gates sailed for Europe today after testifying before a congressional committee about the Tennessee Coal and Iron sale to United States Steel. He declined interviews and left word he would be away about three months.
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New York
John W. Gates
Europe
Congressional
United States Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
Steel Corporation
Gates
War Veterans Keep Step to Strains of Martial Music
War veterans gather for Memorial Day tribute marking fifty years since the Civil War opening. The parade honors fallen soldiers as crowds, including from Ohio Indiana and Kentucky, line the route with flags and flowers. The march proceeds with prompt turnout from veterans and Sons of Veterans despite thinner ranks.
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G. A. R. Marchers
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Sons of Veterans
New Clews Of Old Graft To Be Probed In Ohio
Franklin county grand jury reconvenes to investigate past graft and boodling including a Lima hospital site deal from 1906 involving a 62 500 appropriation. Attorney General Hogan holds new facts. Rep A H Judy may testify. Nye trial to close with possible next cases of Sen L R Andrews or Rooney P Diegle.
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Turner
Lima Hospital
Lima
House
Hogan
A. H. Judy
Darke County
Nye
George B. Nye
Pike County
L. R. Andrews
Ironton
Rooney P. Diegle
Senate
Walhalla Habitues Face Heavy Fines and Workhouse
Judge Bode sentences thirteen Walhalla cafe patrons to sixty eight days in the workhouse and $25 fines plus costs each after a Sunday saloon row. Detectives Pflug and Huéstlein led raids as residents from multiple states gathered before the court. Community leaders complain of fights and vile language along Walnut Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues, endangering women and children.
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George Ware
John Ryan
Caspar Jackson
John Vraen
James Morris
William Hurley
Michael Patterson
Joseph Price
Dennis Cormier
James Smith
Robert Heel
William Smith
Valhalla
Cincinnati
Bode
Walhalla
Walnut Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Walhalla Saloon Closed After Dress Code Warning
Night Chief Krumpe and detectives arrested five men for loitering after a warning to clear out of the Walhalla saloon on Walnut Street. Patrons faced tainted dignity as officers urged conduct changes and required formal dress in the reformed bar.
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Walhalla
Walnut Street
Pard
Krumpe
Ryan
Preston
Valhalla
George Wilson
West Sixth Avenue
William Ga
Longworth Receives Letters on Sugar Tariff Reform
Representative Nick Longworth has been flooded with Cincinnati merchants letters urging tariff cuts on sugar. The letters suggest an organized campaign. Longworth has left Washington for a brief trip to New York and has not stated his position on the sugar tariff.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Nick Longworth
Cincinnati
Longworth
New York
Harroun Wins First 500 Mile Race at Indy
Ray Harroun in a Marmon won the 500 mile Indianapolis race in 6 41 08 with an average 75 mph. Mulford Lozier finished second and Bruce Brown Fiat third. One man was killed, seven severely injured and five cars wrecked in the accident filled race.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Ind
Ray Harroun
Marmon
Mulford
Lozier
Bruce Brown
Fiat
Ralph Mulford
David Bruce Brown
8. P. Dickson
Chicago
Arthur Gréiier
Greiner
Dickson
Field Hospital
Dave Lewis
Teddy Tetzlatt
Harry Knight
Wescott
John T. Glover
Knight
Bob Evans
Jack Tower
Jackson
John Wood
Joe Jas
Government to adopt rule of reason in antitrust policy
Washington May 30 government officials say antitrust policy will follow the rule of reason as set by the Supreme Court in Standard Oil and tobacco trust cases. They contrast this with Justice Harlan’s dissent and note ongoing Senate efforts to amend the Sherman Act, citing Church of the Holy Trinity as precedent for reasonable interpretation.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust
Harlan
Senate
Congress
Church of the Holy Trinity
United States
New York
Justice Brewer
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Ohio Circuit Court
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Lincoln
Lima State
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Crittenden Marriott
Millionaire Greiner
Horan
Johnny Aitken
Spencer Wishart
de Palma
Simplex
al Griener
Griener
S. P. Dickson
Administration
Taft
Barney Oldfield
Tires
Aitken
Wilcox
Strang
Burman
Grant Chevrolet
Disbrow
Dawson
Tetsla Mulford
Lyttle
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