24 Sep 1913
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1913
Page
1
Chicago reformers push to probe theatrical scandals as Mme Saharet is reportedly missing after her divorce lawsuit filed by Fritz W. Von Frantzius. The case centers on her dancing partner Jose Florido and possible federal action under the Mann Act as reform groups seek warrants.
Concord NH September 23 Governor Felker will not decide until next Monday whether to send Marty Thaw back to Maine or grant liberty in New Hampshire. William Travers Jerome condemned Thaws money as a tool to defeat justice and called Thaws supporters corrupt. Thaw appeared pale and distressed as his mother Mary Copley Thaw held his hand during the hearing.
In Belgrade dated Sept 23 Servian fortifications at Dibra Albania fell to a 20 000 strong Albanian force. Servian reinforcements hurried to aid the garrison as Albanians aided by Austrian and Bulgarian officers entered Dibra after driving two Servian companies from the vicinity following a two hour fight.
Albany dispatch outlines the impeachment battle over three articles charging campaign misdeeds by William Sulzer. Schiff to testify to a $2,500 campaign check. court may strike Articles 1 2 and 6 while Sulzer’s supporters push to halt trial for offenses before he was governor.
Six year old Frank Murphy found a box of matches while his mother, Mrs Charles Murphy, was at the grocery. He struck one and was set afire. His mother extinguished the flames but he died before a doctor arrived. He climbed a chair to reach the matches from a shelf where they were hidden.
Lorenzo Rosch from Stark County, who had feigned swallowing poison, reportedly confessed to faking the act and resumed work in the prison shop in Columbus, Ohio, on September 25 after illness since last Friday.
Trainmen testified before Assistant District Attorney Groehl after Big Tim Sullivan was found on the rails by a passing train crew. Officials note the body was cold with little blood at discovery and discuss whether exhumation will be ordered to confirm the cause of death.
Coroner at Kings Park State Hospital, L I, held an inquest into a fatal stabbing last Thursday night. Inmate Fletcher Cooper, committed from Brooklyn thirteen months ago, killed Joseph Alleg. Miner testified briefly about the incident, describing Cooper obtaining a knife and attacking the victim before attendants discovered two wounds in the neck.
A jury is selected in the murder trial of Mrs. Laura M. Reuter charged with killing her husband Charlies T. Reuter in Bartlesville Oklahoma Witness for the state, Mrs W A Brownslee, cannot appear at trial Prosecuting Attorney Malloy says this won t delay the case Reuter was shot in his room police consider a robber responsible Guy McKenzie a chauffeur and Joe Baker are serving life terms for complicity in the killing
Proposals at the New York Republican convention push sweeping changes in party regulations. A hot fight develops among leaders as Barnes aligns against Root Stimson and Butler in a central debate on the key issue.
The New York State Republican Convention urged rapid calls for a national convention to reform party rules. The resolution supports selecting delegates by state voters while maintaining congressional district representation and aligning national convention votes with actual state and district results.
In Philadelphia on September 23, Irene Gasbro was found not guilty of murder after a swift trial. Prosecutor Joseph P Rogers argued she acted to protect herself from a man who entered her home. Gasbro had defended herself and unborn life. her son Giuseppe had died in jail, a sorrow noted after the verdict.
Police broadcast alerts to major eastern and midwestern cities for Joseph Ellis alias Brokaw and Robert Duncan, suspected slayer of clothing merchant Joseph Schlansky in Indianapolis. He allegedly used hotel rooms to rob vendors in Cleveland Toledo Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before fleeing eastbound after the fatal attack.
New York Republicans urge a special national convention to adopt rule changes giving heavily Democratic statewide votes more weight in presidential delegate selection. The convention nominated William Werner for Chief Judge and Frank Hiscock for Associate Judge, with United States Senator Root praised for long party service and Tammany Hall denounced. District Attorney Whitman spoke as delegates cheered.
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