Bauer Defense Seeks Admissible Testimony In Embezzlement Trial
In Springfield Ohio a crowded court heard Charles C Bauer formerly city auditor face an embezzlement charge over an $807.12 payment by Julian Rogers. City Auditor L M Harris testified that the amount was credited in the assessment book but not shown in the cash book.
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Democrat-Sun
Springfield
Ohio
Charles C. Bauer
L. M. Harris
Julian Rodgers
Bauer
Bauer Jury Completes and Witness List Read in Trial
The Bauer jury was completed at 2 39 Tuesday afternoon after eleven jurors were passed for cause. James Turner and T J Collins were seated after noon. The list of witnesses for the state includes Huenker Spangenberger Martin Schaefer Crothers Tatum Harris Hunter Arbogast Summers Kratz Waddell Fitton Foster McKenzie. It is expected three days of testimony. Mr Bauer may testify in his own defense. prior attempt the defendant did not testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bauer
J. J. Wollston
James Turner
T. J. Collins
Philip Huenker
Joseph Spangenberger
Oscar T. Martin
C. A. Schaefer
Frank Crothers
Stewart L. Tatum
L. M. Harris
Samuel F. Hunter
C. W. Arbogast
Bessie Summers Kratz
Harry Waddell
Samuel D. Fitton
Andrew H. Foster
P. A. McKenzie
H. E. Myers
Paul Grindle
Enos Conard
Hiram F. Clark
George Lampert
George Everhart
James W. Roberts
Fred W. Barrett
J. B. Patterson
Kunkle
Thomas Carty
Neal
Carnegie Gift Doubles Endowment Fund at Institute
Andrew Carnegie added 2 million dollars to the Carnegie Institute endowment, bringing the total to twelve million. The announcement came during a dinner at the New Willard hosted by the institute's board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Institute
New Willard
Institute
Hibbard Wins Boston Mayoral Race By Narrow Margin
Complete returns show Hibbard of the Republican ticket leading with 37,720 votes, Fitzgerald of the Democratic party 35,763, and Coulthurst 15,657. Hibbard secures a plurality of 1,937.
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Boston
Mass
Coulthurst
Fitzgerald
Hibbard
Kokomo Brass Works Damaged by Fire in Indiana
Fire swept Kokomo Indiana today inflicting about eighty thousand dollars in damage to the Kokomo Brass works. Fire crews battled the blaze but the plant sustained significant damage before it could be controlled.
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Kokomo, Ind
Kokomo Brass Works
Roosevelt's Letter To Office Holders
Washington dispatch reports Roosevelt's edict barring federal officeholders from advocating his renomination. The White House draft, dated November 19 1907, warns that any such advocacy by officials will be treated as a serious violation of official propriety and dealt with accordingly.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Law increases legislator pay under Watson law in Columbus
Chief Clerks Sandles and Doty printed the pay vouchers for the next session at 200 dollars a month for five months totaling 1000 dollars. Members will be paid this amount and cannot draw the whole sum before the session ends unless five months pass from January 1. The raise follows the Watson law and takes effect for the extended term year per State Auditor Guilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Sandles
Senate
Doty
House
Watson
Guilbert
Supreme Court sustains death by own action clause
In Columbus Ohio on December 11 the supreme court upheld the death by own action provision in Knights of the Maccabees policies. The case involved Caroline M Roe del Muskingum county and William K Roedel who held a $3000 policy and died by suicide in February 1904. The court ordered the wife paid $472 doubled to reflect assessments, ruling against her demand for the full policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Supreme Court
Supreme Tent
Knights of the Maccabees
Caroline M. Roedel
Muskingum County
William K. Roedel
Oklahoma Elects First Two US Senators in New State
Guthrie December 11. The Oklahoma legislature, in a separate session, elected two Democrats to the United States Senate. Robert Latham Owen and Thomas Pryor Gore were selected as the state’s first senators, reflecting the overwhelmingly Democratic legislature.
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Guthrie
Okla
Oklahoma
United States
National Congress
Robert Latham Owen
Thomas Prior Gore
Seven Die In Bridge Collapse At Mifflinville
High water caused the collapse of a new bridge on the west branch of the Susquehanna river at Mifflinville eight miles north of Bloomsburg. Seven men were killed and nearly twenty injured. forty workers on the middle span were swept into the river.
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Bloomsburg
West Branch
Susquehanna River
Mifflinville
Here
Denver Leads as Democrats Pick Site for Next Convention
Washington Dec 11 Many members of the democratic national committee are in town and others are en route for a meeting to select the time and place of the next national convention. Denver holds the inside track with Cleveland Louisville Chicago St Paul and Cincinnati also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Democratic National Committee
Tomerron i
Denver
Cleveland
Louisville
Chicago
St. Paul
Cincinnati
Mines Recovery Progress in Monongah Disaster
At Fairmont Coal company mines Monongah West Virginia 170 bodies had been recovered by noon today. Rescue efforts continue with improving conditions and hopes rising to clear the mines soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongah
Fairmont Coal Company
Western Union Declares Quarterly Stock Dividend
Directors of the Western Union Telegraph Company declared a quarterly dividend of one and a quarter percent payable in the company stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Panhandle wreck injures passengers near Frazersburg
The Keystone express on the Pan Handle line derailed at Frazersburg fifty miles east of Columbus last night due to defective track. Half a dozen passengers were injured, none fatally.
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Columbus
Keystone Express
Frazersburg
Fire destroys Elkins hotel. two men die
Fire in Elkins West Virginia this morning gutted the Elkins Hotel. Herman Farrell and a man named Safford were killed while a third man sustained fatal burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkins
W. Va
Herman Farrell
Safford
State Attorney vows to close Chicago saloons Sundays
Chicago December 11 1923 State Attorney John J Healy announced he will enforce Sunday closing laws to shut saloons in Chicago This followed the issue of 29 warrants against hotel proprietors for violations of the Sunday closing law at a St Peters Episcopal church meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
John J. Healy
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Central American peace delegates agree on extradition treaty
Washington December 1 delegates at the Central American peace conference report agreement on an extradition treaty. The agreement mirrors the basis of the U S Latin American extradition framework and anticipates formal adoption by the participating nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warehington
United States
Latin America
Minister Kills Son While Hunting in Ohio
Gallipolis Ohio December 11 The Rev K I Saunders of Mercerville accidentally shot half of his son's head while hunting The gun discharged as the minister climbed over a fence Cooperating authorities reported no further details available at press time
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Gallipolis, O
K. I. Saunders
Mercerville
Pfau Plant Fire Night Loss At Reading Road
Fire at Pfau Manufacturing Company on Reading road caused an estimated 125000 dollars in damage with 75 percent insurance. The blaze threatened nearby homes but was contained by firefighters. About 150 workers faced unemployment as residents fled smoke filled rooms and Patrolman Knight carried two babies to safety.
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Hunt Street
Knight
Pfau
Pfau Plant Fire in Cincinnati Wipes Out Major Complex
A costly early morning blaze at the Pfau manufacturing complex on Reading road nearly destroyed the Pfau plant, with firemen preventing spread to nearby mills. Tenants fled as police rescued sleeping residents. one slight injury reported. Loss estimated 125000 to 150000 with about 75 percent insured. Flames began in a frame shed. alarms from Ludlow system and fire tower spread. Several families evacuated. residents aided by police and citizens while men salvaged belongings.
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Cincinnati
Pfau Manufacturing Company
Reading Road
Kroger Grocery
Hunt Street
Griffith Planing
Murr
East Twelfth Street
Corbin
Winters
Pfan Manufacturing Company
Pfau
Ludlow
Joe Wittrock
Kroger
Twelfth Street
Bunker
Sycamore Street
Knight
L. Derringer
William Boone
J. Woods
William Huffman
Charles Meyers
Wife's confession saves husband in arson case
In East Liverpool Ohio on December 11 Mrs W L Perine confessed to burning her home to collect insurance, freeing her husband who was jailed on arson charges. Fire Marshal Dewees of Columbus secured the arrest and she remains in jail in default of 2400 dollars bail.
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East Liverpool
W. L. Perine
Dewees
Columbus
Youtsey testifies in Powers trial over Goebel killing
Henry E. Youtsey now serving life for Goebel assassination took the stand revealing a plan to kill Goebel. He described meeting James Howard in Frankfort and placing guns in Powers’ office while naming Governor Taylor and other officials in connection with the murder.
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Georgetown
Henry E. Youtsey
Gov
Goebel
Powers
Youtsey
W. R. Johnson
Cincinnati
James Howard
Frankfort
Howard
Capitol
Taylor
Receivers Named for Jamestown Exposition Company
Judge Edmund Waddill named Alvah H. Martin Edward T. Lamb of Norfolk and William H. Caddes of Washington as receivers for the Jamestown exposition company. Former president Harry St. George Tucker was appointed attorney for the receivers with a $50 000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Edmund Waddill
Alvah H. Martin
Edward T. Lamb
William H. Caddes
Washington
Harry St. George Tucker
New York Delay Sparks Forecast of Blue Sabbath
After a heated debate the proposed ordinance to remove the Sunday ban on concerts and mild entertainments was sent to the laws and legislation committee. The board will not reconvene until Tuesday. A public hearing on the resolution is set for Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Committee On Laws and Legislation
Law Committee
Republicans face dilemma over third term resolution
Washington lawmakers weigh Rep Clayton Alabama resolution declaring departure from the third term tradition perilous to free institutions. Leaders fear angering the president if they back it, yet worry about national reaction if they suppress it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Clayton
Alabama
Verdicts split in New York Supreme Court cases
A jury awarded $10,000 for the loss of a boy's leg while another jury granted $800 for a boy's life. The leg injury stemmed from a runaway horse owned by John Murphy, a wealthy grocer, causing death of John Sheehan's son. The other case involved Arthur Clements' son, struck by a trolley car on Third Avenue, needing amputation of a foot.
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New York
Supreme Court
John Sheehan
John Murphy
Thing’s Neck
Arthur Clements
Third Avenue
Possum for the White House Fetishized Christmas Cheer
In Gainesville Georgia a large possum is fattened on persimmons by Helen Longstreet widow of General Longstreet and post mistress. The animal will be shipped to President Roosevelt before Christmas as part of White House Christmas cheer.
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Gainesville
Georgia
White House
Helen Longstreet
Roosevelt
Child Confesses to Baby's Murder in Indiana Creek
Mrs Frances Cooper eighteen confessed to killing her ten months old baby and throwing the body into a Bartholomew county creek. Her husband is in prison. Clifford Groves and William Kollmeyer were arrested in Columbus on suspicion of complicity in the murder. The mother had been seen with them the day the child died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Frances Cooper
Bartholomew County
Columbus
Clifford Groves
William Kollmeyer
Cooper
Senator Davis Defends Trust Bill In Senate Speech
Senator Jefferson Davis of Arkansas addressed the Senate in a dramatic speech on trusts. He claimed strict enforcement would kill the trusts and challenged any senator to confront the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Jefferson Davis
Arkansas
Senate
Officials to probe Goldfield mining clash
Assistant Secretary Murray of commerce and labor Commissioner Neil and Commissioner of Corporations Smith depart Washington for Goldfield to conduct a thorough investigation into the dispute between miners and mine operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Murray
Department of Commerce and Labor
Neil
Smith
Goldfield
General Penston Starts for Geld Field in San Francisco
San Francisco dispatch reports General Penston starting for Geld field today with clear weather and stable conditions. The move shifts planning as troops prepare for operations, with officials coordinating supply lines and communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Crereral Penston
Geldfield
Worcester Votes Saloon Ban and Republican Sweep
In Worcester Massachusetts on December 12 voters produced the heaviest city election tally. Republicans won the mayoral race and eight of eleven aldermen including the alderman at large. The city with over 100000 residents voted no license for the first time in sixteen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
G. A. R. Encampment Dates at Toledo
Toledo Ohio December 11 The late executive committee of the Grand Army of the Republic set the national encampment dates for next year at Toledo from August 31 to September 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Grand Army of the Republic
Banker Saldier Shoots Self Amid Bank Scandal In San Francisco
T Otway Saldier manager of the west end branch of the California safe deposit and trust company committed suicide last night. He was a close friend of President Brown implicated in alleged embezzlement of bank funds.
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San Francisco
Cal
T. Otway Saldier
West End
California Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Brown
First Official Electrocution in New Jersey
The first official electric chair execution in New Jersey took place at the state prison this morning. Serverio Digiovanni, an Italian inmate, was put to death for the murder of a fellow countryman. the procedure was declared a success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey
Serverio Digiovanni
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Carnegie
Boston Republican
Western Union
Panhandle Wreck
Plau
Plau Manufacturing
Charles N. Fowler
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Congress
Fowler
Jamestown Exposition
Senator Davis
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