Harman Denies Crooks Appeal For Clemency
Washington reports the Scottish Rite Southern jurisdiction supreme council adjourned after two sessions and elected four new active members William Busby Oklahoma Melville Grant Mississippi John H Cowles Kentucky and A C Stewart Missouri. They were inducted with the ritual and gain inspector general powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Associated Press
Supreme Council For
Southern Jurisdiction
Scottish Rite Mapons
William Busby
Oklahoma
Melville Grant
Mississippi
John H. Cowles
Kentucky
A. C. Stewart
Missouri
Mortally Hart Italian Blames the Black Hand
Salvatore Pinello, fatally shot in Chicago's Italian district, said before dying that two Italians from Streator Illinois waylaid and shot him. He claimed his assailants had sent threatening Black Hand letters demanding money. No arrests have been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Associated Press
Salvatore Pinello
Streator, Ill
Pinello
Taft to Address Deep Waterways Convention in New Orleans
W K Kavanaugh announced the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterways association convention program in New Orleans from Oct 30. President Taft Gifford Pinchot and cabinet members will speak. governors and foreign ministers will also attend. tours of the New Orleans harbor are planned for Nov 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louis
W. K. Kavanaugh
Gulf Deep Waterways Association
New Orleans
Taft
Congress
Gifford Pinchot
Dickinson
Cannon
Resolutions Committee
Deep Waterway Association
Washington
Nicaragua
Carlos Garcia Velez
Cuba
Senor Don Co
Governor Harmon denies clemency in Dayton murder case
Governor Harmon refuses clemency to Harry E. Crooks, Dayton wife killer, despite pardon board recommendations. He cites three physicians’ views and notes the courts affirmed the conviction, denying arbitrary interference and keeping the electric chair set for next Thursday after midnight.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harmon
Harry E. Crooks
Dayton
Pardon Boards
Crooks
Dove
Wright
Dodge
Ewing
Circuit
Supreme Courts
Board of Pardons
Columbus death by own action solved by ID
The Chittenden hotel death by self inflicted gunshot was identified as Frank James, 36, of Wellston, brother of Jackson county auditor Fred James. Another brother, B. James of Huntington West Virginia, confirmed the ID. He leaves a wife and family. failing health and poor business on the road are blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Chittenden
Frank James
Wellston
Fred James
Jackson County
B. James
Huntington
W. Va
Bomb explodes in front of Spanish treasury
A bomb exploded tonight in front of the Spanish treasury in Saragossa Spain. No one was injured. The Associated Press reports the blast caused alarm but no casualties were listed. Authorities investigate the device and motive as residents assess damage and continue about their evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saragossa
Spain
Associated Press
Treasury
Gas Well Fire Kills Two Drillers in Lincoln County
In Griffithsville Lincoln County a new gas well blew gas under high pressure and ignited. Owen Dye of Parkersburg West Virginia and Roy Dalton of Marietta Ohio were burned to death. Two other drillers were seriously burned trying to Douse the flames.
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Huntington
W. Va
Associated Press
Owen Dye
Parkersburg
Roy Dalton
Marietta
Griffithsville
Lincoln County
Hamilton Husband Sues for Divorce Over Stranger Under Bed
Frank Bartels files a divorce answer alleging his wife Lulu Bartels kept a man under their bed. He says he returned home on September 19, found the bed displaced, and a stranger under it who he says grabbed him by the foot before escaping. He sues on this ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Lulu Bartels
Frank Bartels
Wreck Probe in Collinsville Costs Six Lives
Hamilton Ohio October 28 1924 Superintend ent Nettleton Neff and Trainmaster O V Porter of the Richmond division of the Pennsylvania railroad began an investigation into the Collinsville wreck that killed six and damaged about 75000 in property They said conclusions will come in several days and that neither Collinsville Station Agent Wright nor his substitute Ed Johnson are held responsible as the crew was to close the switch after them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Nettleton Neff
O. V. Porter
Richmond
Pennsylvania Railroad
Collinsville
Wright
Ed Johnson
Mean Registrar Question Spurs Women Voters
In East Liverpool Ohio on October 23, women at the registration booth refused to answer a registrar’s question asking their ages. The registrar must record ages for all registering voters, but the women left the booth in disgust vowing not to return.
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Commercial Tribune
East Liverpool, CO
Train emergency brake saves girl in Ashley wreck
John Knapp an engineer on the Central railroad of New Jersey forced the emergency brakes to stop a long coal train when a 56 year old girl played on the track ahead in Ashley. The sudden stop buckled the cars and threw several from the track delaying traffic. The locomotive halted a few yards from the child.
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Wilkesbarre
Associated Press
Ashley
John Knapp
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Voice of Taft Too Husky For Good Work in Texas
President Taft arrived in Dallas from Houston and spoke to a large crowd but was hoarse. He later attended a banquet at the Oriental hotel and planned to travel to St Louis, then down the Mississippi to New Orleans. A deputy clerk at the fair grounds was fatally bayoneted by a militiaman, prompting official inquiry.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Dallas
Texas
Taft
Houston
Oriental Hotel
St. Louis
Hempstead
Prairie View Colored State Normal School
College Station
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Louis Reichtenstein
Fair Grounds
Reichtenstein
St. Paul's Sanitarium
Postal
Beeville
Tex
Elevator tragedy ends life after marriage proposal
In Chicago an elevator incident ended with Joseph Lezinski killing himself after firing at Hannah Jirkoziski and wounding no one else. Lezinski, a Halsted street crockery firm employee, pursued the woman despite her rejection, then shot at the elevator conductor before killing himself. The frightened woman survived, and authorities suspect Lezinski was mentally unbalanced.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
Joseph Lezinski
Sezinski
Halsted Street
Hannah Jirkoziski
Lezinski
Episcopal Bishop of South Dakota Dies at 72
The Right Rev William Hobart Hare bishop of the Episcopal diocese of South Dakota died in Atlantic City N J after a long illness He was 72 years old Hare had served Philadelphia churches before his 1873 consecration to guide the Indians His residence was Sioux Falls and he was among the oldest bishops in the American Episcopal Church
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Atlantic
City
N. J
Associated Press
William Hobart Hare
Episcopal Diocese of
South Dakota
Hare
Philadelphia
All the Indians
Sioux Falls
Dakotas
Episcopal Church
America
Clark County Rebels Against Burley Society Move
Clark county tobacco growers protest the Burley Tobacco society district board move of headquarters to Lexington. They favor severing all ties with the society and retaining counsel to resist pooling terms, as President LeBus faces broad opposition. Buyers from American Tobacco are expected to arrive soon for a large forthcoming sale.
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Commercial Tribune
Winchester
Clark County
Burley Tobacco Society
Lexington
LeBus
Burley Tobacco
Clark
American Tobacco Company
Clark County Board of Control
Body of tobacco grower found near Lexington home
The body of John Ricketts, missing last Monday from his Leestown pike residence, was found in a weeds patch near his home with no marks of violence. Physicians and family cannot determine the cause. Also filed today were articles for Burley Tobacco and Insurance Co with $2,000,000 capital, $20,000,000 debt limit, and a large slate of incorporators from across Kentucky and nearby states.
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Commercial Tribune
Lexington
John Ricketts
Leestown Pike
Burley Tobacco and Insurance Company
Clerk of Courts of
Fayette County
Farman Captures Top Prizes at Blackpool Week
Blackpool England October 28 Henry Farman won the week’s aviation prizes including the 10000 dollar granny prize for the longest flight and a 2000 dollar prize for the fastest three laps Hubert Latham earned prizes for general merit and the slowest circuit.
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Blackpool
Eng
Associated Press
Henry Farman
Hubert Latham
Engineer Dies at Post In Tennessee Collision
A Virginia and Southwestern train collided with two rail cars near Duffield Virginia. Engineer M S Glencose of Bristol was killed in the early morning wreck.
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Tennessee
Bristol, Tenn
Associated Press
Virginia & Southwestern
Duffield
M. S. Glencose
Bristol
Publisher Lewis Cleared In Bank Indictment Case
A nolle prosequi was entered in six indictments against Er. G. Lewis originator of the People’s Bank and a noted magazine publisher by U S District Attorney Blodgett before Judge Smith McPherson in St Louis. These were the last of a series of charges by postal authorities years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Associated Press
Er. G. Lewis
People’s Bank
United States
Blodgett
Smith McPherson
United States District Court
Lewis
Roebling Kinswoman Marries Philadelphia Man in Trenton
Emily M. Roebling, cousin of Attorney Roebling of this city, wed Richard Mc Call Cadwallader of Philadelphia in Trenton New Jersey on October 21. She is daughter of Washington Roebling, who with his father John A. Roebling helped engineer the suspension bridge across the Ohio River and the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.
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Emily M. Roebling
Attorney Roebling
Trenton
N. J
Richard McCall Cadwallader
Philadelphia
Earthquake Felt in Memphis at 105 AM
A slight earthquake shock was felt in Memphis and vicinity at 1 05 a m. No damage has been reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
Associated Press
Four Bribery Indictments At Chillicothe
Four men were indicted for bribery in Chillicothe Ohio following Judge Thomas Bigger’s Columbus ruling on the 1908 Liberty township election contest. Indicted are ex-County Auditor L. F. Thomas C H Pinto James and Joseph Vause. The Vause family are prominent local farmers and election officers. They were released on bond.
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Chillicothe
Associated Press
Thomas Bigger
Columbus
Liberty Township
L. F. Thomas
C. H. Pinto
James
Joseph Vause
Vausey
Dreadnaught Delaware Shatters Speed Trials
The battleship Delaware, first American Dreadnaught, shows strong performance in Penobscot Bay trials. It hits 21.98 knots maximum and 21.44 knots mean on measured mile runs, exceeding its 21 knot contract target.
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Rockland
Associated Press
Delaware
Penobscot Bay
Triumphal Entry Into Italy by Czar Nicholas II
Nicholas II, emperor of all the Russias, made a cordial reception in Italy on an official visit. King Victor Emmanuel and officials greeted him at the station as crowds along the Mont Cenis line waved, cheered, and shouted long live Russia.
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Italy
Czar
Nicholas
Associated Press
Riccomigi
Rome
Victor Hmmanuel
Prince Dolgorouki
Mont Cenis
Russia
Emperor
Emperor Nicholas
Victor Emmanuel
Giolitte
Titton
Nathan
WCTU Upholds County Option Stamp at Omaha Convention
At the Omaha convention the national WCTU endorsed Nebraska’s county option stance after debate. Mrs Frances Beauchamp of Kentucky criticized Antisaloon groups and warned against endorsing state policies. National president Mrs Lillian Stevens clarified no broad policy endorsement.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Omaha
Neb
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Nebraska
Frances Beauchamp
Kentucky
Antisaloon League
Lillian M. N. Stevens
Beauchamp
Virgin Image Robbed of Jewels in Polish Chapel
Robbers entered the Pauline convent chapel in Czestochowa and stripped the Virgin of the Robe image of its pearls diamond crown and votive jewels. The image escaped damage but jewels worth several million rubles were stolen. No clue to the offenders.
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Czenstochowa
Russian Poland
Associated Press
Circus of politics swarms city as election nears
The piece charts a frenzied mayoral campaign with Dr Louis Schwab and Mayor Galvin rallying crowds at multiple venues. It notes Republican momentum, Democratic counter moves, and colorful criticism of candidates, including references to Hynicka, Peck, and Dempsey.
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Longworth and
Plum
Thorne Baker
George D
Harper
al H. Morrill
George W
Platt
W. P. Dabney
Exchange
Grand Opera House
Louis
Schwab
John Galvin
William H
Lueders
A. H. Bode
East Pearl
Louis Schwab
E. M. Ballard
Ray
Mond Ratliff
Lickrun
Queen
City Avenue
White Street
A. H. Morrill
William
Littleford
Guido Gores
John O
Eckert
Fred Wesselmann
Parsons
William Thorndyke
Charles H. Ur
Gar M. Johnson
Wehmelier
West Sixth Street
Froome Morris
Will
Iam Littleford
William Thorn
Court
Linn
D. Alcorn
Robert
O'Connell
George D. Harper
Carlisle and Smith
Max Levy
Stephan Hal
Lan
Joseph Gilligan
Suthoff Hall
Price Hill
John
Galvin
F. B. James
Jerome Kuertz
Walnut Hille
Gil
Kert and
Churchill Avenues
BE. M
Ballard
L. W. Gray
A. L
Dalton
Landing
William Little
Ford
M. Mullen
A. Lee Beaty
William Copeland
Colerain Avenue
Hopple Street
Arthur
M. Spiegel
Charles W. Spicer
Scott
Holmes
Raymond Ratliff
Cosmo
Politan
Fred E. Wesselmann
John Weld Peck
Rudolph Hynicka
Hynicka
Dr. Schwab
North Cincinnati
Turner Hall
Harry
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Poplar Plains
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Frankfort
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Versailles
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Trenton, N. J
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