Organization SAYS Mr Salen Names Favorites For County Chairs
In Columbus Ohio on September 1 Mayor Johnson's representative Mr Salen outlined a plan to build a county by county organization to control the Ohio delegation at the next national convention. A general committee of eighty eight will be named September 29 with county chairmen aligned to Johnson interests and supported by funds.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
C. P. Salen
Tom Johnson
Ohio
Salen
State Central
Johnson
Neil House
Bryan
Charles Kloeb
Central Committee
George B. Nye
Pike County
State Board of Public Works
Nye
Soldiers Elect Their Commander In Ohio National Guard Contest
The First Regiment O N G held a tight election for colonel between Lt Col Charles F Hake Jr and Eugene L Lewis. Hake leads by 16 votes though a band vote dispute could alter the result. Curren and Ward win as majors with Becht, Platt, Curren and Ward noted in the tally.
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Charles F. Hake, Jr
Eugene L. Lewis
Hake
Lewis
Charles Becht
Frank Ward
George Platt
Patrick Curren
Sabina
Curren
Platt
Becht
Ward
Procter
Czar Declines Godfather Role for Prince Nicholas
The Czar will not act as godfather at the christening of Prince Nicholas heir to Ferdinand Victor after Bucharest authorities fear insufficient police protection for his safety.
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Czar
Bucharest
Romania
Nicholas
Ferdinand Victor
Skunk Bite Leaves Woman in Serious Condition
In Middletown New York on September 11 Mrs Charles Decker of Pine Bush is in serious condition from blood poisoning after a skunk bit her hand and arm while she tried to protect her chickens.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
N. Y
Charles Decker
Birth on Eastbound Express and Ambulance Delay
Mrs. R. A. Price of Pittsburg gave birth aboard an eastbound Baltimore & Ohio train near Chicago Junction. An Akron ambulance met the mother and infant at Union Station but she chose to continue to Pittsburg.
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Commercial Tribune
Akron
R. A. Price
Pittsburg
Baltimore & Ohio Express
Chicago
Birth on a Ship Sparks Dual Citizenship Tale
On a voyage near Isle Royale, a girl named Huronic Gaggnow was born aboard the steamer Huronic after boarding at Sarnia with parents Bruce and Mrs. Gagynow of Wallaceburg Ontario. The birth near the international boundary sparked questions of citizenship for the newborn.
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Commercial Tribune
Duluth
Minn
Midlake
Huronic Gaggnow
United States
Canada
Huronic
Bruce Gagynow
Wallaceburg
Ont
Sarnia
Isle Royale
Camper Discovers Coffin with Dead Man at Camp Meeting
In Wilmington Delaware Ezekiel Black entering his tent at a camp meeting late last night found a coffin containing a corpse. He alerted a policeman and fled. An undertaker had moved a body to a nearby cemetery but misdelivered the coffin to the digger’s tent.
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Commercial Tribune
Wilmington
Del
Ezekiel Black
Ezekiel
Flinn
Digger
Black
Arrest Follows Arrival in City
George Thorne a reputed confidence man was arrested by Detectives Houilton and Sweeney for a two year old swindle case in Cincinnati. He allegedly aided Frank Eury a Bradford Junction shoe merchant in a dice game at Alpheus Fay’s Walnut Street saloon, draining nearly $1,000. Fay was arrested then bonded and fled. Thorne has just returned to Cincinnati.
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George Thorne
Houilton and
Sweeney
Thorne
Frank Eury
Bradford Junction
Cincinnati
Eury
Alpheus Fay
Walnut Street
Frank Meyers
Bury
Meyer
Fay
Britain Rocked by Widespread Storm Toll Rises
Reports from across the United Kingdom indicate vast storm devastation with many ships lost at sea. Lloyds records over fifty serious shipping casualties as crews perish and bodies wash ashore, swelling the fatality count.
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London
United Kingdom
Lloyds
Taggart Slated for Jones Place
Chicago Sept 11 reports indicate Thomas Taggart Indiana committeeman will become next Chairman of the National Committee and manager of the National campaign succeeding James K Jones of Arkansas after recent conferences by leading Democrats from the East Middle West and West.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
East
Middle West
West
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
James K. Jones
Arkansas
Bookkeeper Gone: Embezzlement at Beattie Electrical
A warrant was issued for Valentine Wieber of 335 Laurel Street after Beattie Electrical Co. owner A. C. Beattie accused him of embezzling 46 dollars. Wieber, the firm’s bookkeeper for two and a half years, failed to explain a missing bill and reportedly confessed to larger peculations. Detectives Houillon and Sweeney were assigned to locate him.
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Valentine Wieber
Laurel Street
A. C. Beattie
Beattie Electrical Co
West Fourth Street
Wieber
Beattie
Houillon and
Sweeney
Postal fraud schemes lead to six indictments in U S
United States District Attorney Beach announced six defendants named in grand jury indictments. The cases involve conspiracy to defraud the United States and bribery linked to supplies for the Post Office Department including letter boxes and package boxes. Key figures include George W. Beavers August Machen James W. Erwin George H Huntington Isaac S McGlehan Eugene D Scheble and Mabury Ellis associates.
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Washington
United States District‘ Attorney
Beach
Grand
George W. Beavers
Post Office Department
August W. Machen
Postoffice Department
James W. Erwin
Postoffice
San Francisco
George H. Huntington
Isaac 8. McGlehan
New York City
Columbia Supply Company
That City
Eugene D. Scheble
Toledo
Mabury & Ellis
Detroit
Mich
Beavers
Machen
Erwin
United States
McGrehan
Huntington
Scheble
McGiehan
Beavers, Machen
Postal Device and Improvement Company
Maybury & Ellis
Maybury
Buried by Electric Light At Night Funeral
Mrs. Joseph C. St. John of Hackensack New Jersey died and requested a night funeral. Services were held at 9 30 P M the interment in Hackensack Grove with a vault lit by electric lights. Family witnesses the interment as the city power fed the vault. Mrs. St. John was notable in Hackensack charity efforts.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Joseph C. St. John
Hackensack
New Jersey
Hackensack Grove
Syndicate Dissolved After $5 Million Loss in Merger
The underwriting syndicate of United States Realty Corporation dissolves after disbursing $11 million to subscribers for a building construction merger. The payout of about $500 per $1,000 implies a total loss exceeding $5 million on the deal.
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New York
United States Realty Corporation
Venezuela Loses Big Water Works Claim in Arbitration
The mixed tribunals condemn Venezuela to pay 2 000 000 dollars to the Belgian company owning Caracas water works. Official and semi official press outrage follows, with threats against Dutch arbitrator and warnings of national dignity against foreign extortion.
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Willemstad
Curacoa
Venezuela
Caracas
Meetig
Fitz
Pregonero
Dentist finds missing diamond in roasted chicken
Dr. H. Charles Hespe of Jersey City stroked a fowl before killing it. He later found a missing diamond from his scarfpin in the roasted bird after carving the meal.
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Commercial Tribune
Jersey City
N. J
H. Charles Hespe
Central Avenue
Restock Buzzards Bay With Striped Bass Petitioned
Joseph Jefferson leads a petition to the National Commissioners of Fish and Fisheries urging hatching and rearing of striped bass at the Woods Hole Government hatchery to restock Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound.
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Commercial Tribune
Buzzards Bay
Mass
Joseph Jefferson
Vineyard Sound
National Commissioners of Fish and Fisheries
Government
Woods Hole
King Stops Train For Cup Of Coffee
King Edward on a Germany bound journey to England requested coffee. An American cook in a forward car lacked corridor contact, so the king pulled the airbrake and halted the train until the cook joined the royal carriage with a coffee apparatus.
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Berlin
Edward
Germany
England
Vienna
Senator Hanna Still Attending to Business Amid Health Reports
Cleveland, Sept 11 Senator Hanna dismisses relapse rumors as newspapers may be trying to kill me off in print but he remains active daily with visitors at his office though under physician care. He declines to discuss speeches by Mayor Tom L Johnson and John H Clarke but plans a reply at the Republican campaign opening in Chillicothe on Sept 19.
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Cleveland
Hanna
Sho
Tom L. Johnson
John H. Clarke
Akron
A Will
Chillicothe
Feud Ends in Fatal Shootings of Huttons in Kentucky
In Williamstown Kentucky a family feud flare up at noon left John R Hutton and his two sons Samuel and Wilbur dead. Moses McComas and son Jasper confronted the trio near Kinmans saloon. After words the Huttons attacked the McComas party and Jasper fired killing all three Huttons with shots to the abdomen and chest.
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Commercial Tribune
Williamstown
Hutton
McComas
John R. Hutton
Samuel
Wilbur
Huttons
Moses McComas
Jasper
Kinman’s
Mr. McComas
Powder Explodes on Runaway Train in Eldorado
A carload of powder on a Frisco siding near Beaumont ran runaway for miles, collided with a departing train, and exploded. Two were killed and two injured. The blast tore tracks and dismantled a locomotive, shaking the area for miles and triggering earthquake fears among Eldorado residents.
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Eldorado
Kan
Beaumont
Electrical merger certified for St. Louis electric firms
Jefferson City announces the Secretary of State has issued a certificate of consolidation for the electric companies of St. Louis with a capital stock of 10 million dollars.
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Jefferson City
Secretary of State
Electric Companies of
St. Louis
Atrocities Reported as Bulgars Fight Turkish Albanian Forces
News from Sofia details brutal acts by Turkish and Albanian troops in Adrianople vilayet. Turkish cavalry killed refugees near the frontier, and Albanian forces burned villages with mass killings in Lesengrad. Insurgents hurled bombs against Turkish troops in mountains near Vasiliko with Turkish losses heavy. Greek aid to Bulgarians appears in a staff circular inviting joint action. Mixed Greek and Bulgarian villages in Kostur join the insurgents.
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Sofia
Burgas
Vasiliko
Turkey
Christians Fearful in Constantinople
Reports from Constantinople say renewed Mussulman agitation endangers Christians in the city. If Bulgarians destroy more, Muslims may attack Christians. the Porte promises precautions. France orders a ready Mediterranean squadron under Admiral Jaureguiberry to the Levant.
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Foreign Office
Constantinople
Porte
Toulon
Levant
Brennus
Latouche Treville
du Chayla
Linois
Jaureguiberry
Instantinople
Adiness
American Demands Likely Granted Soon After Istanbul Action
Constantinople reports say imperial troops recaptured Vassilika after a 2000 Turkish assault aided by two cannons. The release of Abdul Kader and the dismissal of Beirut Vali Reshid Pasha are seen as prelude to fulfilling Minister Leishman’s demands. Rumors of outrages persist, while Beirut faces a dire consular report of 300 insurgents massacred at Zelenitz.
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Constantinople
Vassilika
Abdul Kader
Reshid Pasha
Beirut
Leishman
United States
Salonica
Zelenitz
Kastoria
Damascus appoints acting Governor General amid U S settlement bid
A Navy bulletin reports from Beirut that the Governor General of Damascus becomes acting Governor General at Beirut and seeks to settle the American Vice Consul case satisfactorily to the U S Government. Beirut shows quiet, improving business, rising confidence. The U S would welcome upgrading the Turkish minister to ambassador to ease direct audiences with the Sultan.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cotton
Beirut
Damascus
United States
Washom
Leishman
German Embassy denies aiding suppression in Macedonia
London officials say the Constantinople correspondent of the London Standard misreported Germany's stance. They state there is no truth to claims that Berlin urged strict suppression of the Macedonian rebellion despite European protest.
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London
Constantinople
London Standard
Germany
Turkey
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