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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
1
Democratic activity in Missouri surges after Kansas City and St. Joseph mayoral wins. Judge Evans outlines a platform supporting state laws enforcement, initiative and referendum, public utility regulation, jury trials, and local option on liquor with state control, while opposing prohibition and seeking liquor regulation without state domination.
At Independence the general conference closes sessions this afternoon with new business halted and ministers and missionaries to be appointed for the year. President Joseph Smith has not received a new revelation at this session, though major directives linger from two years ago when a sanitarium was ordered. the large stone and brick building nears completion and should be usable this summer.
Doctor U S G Hughes, owner of a maternity home at 336 Washington Avenue Kansas City Kansas failed to appear in Wyandotte county district court. He had been fined 100 dollars in police court in March for refusing to pay a business license. The case was remanded to Judge Sims of the police court with orders to collect the fine and 110 dollars costs.
Missouri Kansas Iowa and Nebraska state superintendents gather at the Midland hotel for a two day meeting to discuss creating a permanent regional association. Howard A. Goss from Jefferson City arrives and spends the morning with local superintendent J. M. Greenwood. The session starts at 8 p m tonight and continues tomorrow.
W S Childress former Missouri Pacific station agent at Centropolis was held for trial in criminal court by Justice Miller after being accused of embezzling railroad funds. His defense cites heavy duties and bookkeeping errors. Ezra Meeker to speak at Gardner Kansas on the Oregon Trail and restoring the old trail marker near Gardner.
The observer notes a shower tonight with cooler conditions Wednesday. A nine day rain streak covers parts of Arkansas Texas Oklahoma Illinois Kentucky and Fort Worth reports nearly two inches of rain this morning. Yesterday the Dakotas saw 90 degree heat while the extreme Northwest stayed below freezing.
Attorneys for theaters ask to quash the indictment against J. R. Donegan of the Century theater as the case is called in the criminal court. A mandamus to transfer theater cases to Judge Porterfield is issued by the supreme court. Judge Wallace faces show cause in Jefferson City on April 21.
Reuben Harpole was arraigned in the North City Court charged with shooting Joshua Wells a street car motorman last Sunday night. James Walsh, a city detective, filed the complaint. Wells was reported to be recovering at Bethany hospital. Press Younger, a local policeman, was arrested and released on bond while Joseph Taggart the prosecuting attorney said he would review who should be tried.
The Sentinel Publishing company of Independence filed a mortgage trust deed in Independence for the benefit of its creditors. The press, publisher of the Independence Sentinel, is the oldest in Jackson county outside Kansas City. W. N. Southern serves as president and editor. The firm was capitalized at $20,000 six years ago, with aggregate claims totaling $4,227. George W. Clinton of Independence named as trustee.
J A Runyan secretary of the Manufacturers and Merchants association says Factory Facts is known worldwide. He shows a letter from Mk A Stroud of Witwatersrand Knights Transvaal South Africa requesting a copy. A booklet was mailed this morning to Princess Estate Gold Mining Company.
Senator William A Harris and W H Ryan among guests at Wyandotte county Democratic club dinner in the Grand hotel Kansas City Kas Monday night. Speakers include John H Atwood H P Farrelly and Joseph Taggart with John W Breidenthal as toastmaster.
Armourdale police station emptied during fumigation for smallpox. Prisoners from patrolmen were moved to headquarters. Joseph Hollis, held overnight, showed a well developed case and was sent to hospital for smallpox treatment. Dr. A W Little ordered transfer to the hospital.
Kansas City police raided a blind tiger at 406 Osage avenue and arrested Mrs May Truett for selling liquor. Her husband Clay Truett, who has separated from her, swore a complaint charging her with selling beer to him. He was also arrested last Saturday for disturbance at her home. Also in court, the will of Mrs Mary Sophia Diehl was probated detailing bequests to St Peter and St Pauls Church, the Church of the Mother of Sorrows, the Home of the Aged, and sums to her sister Maggie Zwiesler and brothers Henry and Edward Diehl, with Louis Zwiesler named administrator. A reward is offered by Niles & Moser Cigar for proof of substituted Cinco boxes.
In Ottawa Kansas on April 14 a jury began hearing the murder case of Frank Schneck and Mollie Stewart charged with killing Mrs. Schneck and two children. Sampson Boles testified the bodies were found in Centropolis and the defense faces days of testimony from Dunkard witnesses.
W J Carno a jeweler of 4209 Independence avenue was charged with mistreating wife and children. His daughter Katie showed a wound from his bite and Mrs R H Whitlow testified he frequently slapped his wife. Judge Kyle ordered a 8300 fine and commitment to the workhouse to work out 20.
The French and Italian cars arrived in Stattir Wasa and were loaded onto the Aki Maru for shipment to Japan with plans to transport to Vladivostok. The German car is delayed while the Ameriburihathise heads to the Orient. A telegram from Paris Matin ordered departure on the Aki Maru.
The hearing of the Standard Oil appeal from a 26240000 fine imposed by Judge Landis is scheduled for May 7 and 8. Government counsel received a one week extension to file their brief. Chauncey Dewey, recently a Kansas Western cat tlerman and now in Chicago, travels to Topeka for his upcoming marriage to Miss Elva Millspaugh, daughter of Bishop E R Millspaugh. The Delta Kappa Theta spring party is set for April 24 at Union Club Hall, Kansas City. Crutcher & Sons offer $100000 to loan on Kansas City real estate.
The second day of the spring convocation saw forty five degrees from the fifteenth to the eighteenth conferred. William F. Stine directed the work at the Scottish Rite temple on Fifteenth street and Troost avenue.
Judge George J. Dodd says the county must issue bonds for the county home after reviewing legal exposure using general revenues. He notes a 16 million dollar rise in assessed property value could lower the levy from 37 to 30 cents per hundred dollars, reducing taxes if bonds are issued. He adds he won’t reveal voting stance but views bonds as the better plan.
L C Thomas former Kentucky deputy sheriff traveled with wife and three children on a Chicago Rock Island train to Louisville. In Hutchinson Kansas two card sharpers invited him to join a game and after insults escalated, a revolver was drawn. Thomas was shot in the thigh during the struggle and treated at a Kansas City hospital. Suspects identified as Oklahoma men. trainmen say the incident was a social card game gone wrong.
Mrs Amelia Arend of 513 Fast Tenth Street boarded a Brooklyn avenue car near her home and requested to alight at Michigan avenue. The motorman halted the car, then started as she stepped off, throwing her to the street and injuring her head and right arm. She remained in a dangerous condition.
The deed for the property at the southeast corner of Twelfth and Walnut streets was recorded today after a sale to Louis Oppenstein for 211,750. Real estate dealer W. A. Hoyt and bank president Jere Lillis arranged the transaction, noted as the highest Twelfth street price.
Samuel G Jacobson a coal passer on the torpedo boat Hull sends a postcard home that when the Atlantic fleet sailed from Magdalena on Saturday he missed his boat and will join the fleet in San Francisco. In Brooklyn a murder case surfaces with an unidentified Italian found strangled in a vacant lot under burlap bags.
Miss Ida Hickok formerly of Kansas City and Independence died April 7 in Riverside California. She is buried in Los Angeles California. Her sister Alice Hickok lives in Riverside.
Police hold Frank Sherman of Argentine after conductor William Ranke was killed on a Roanoke line in 1905. Motorman C S Sloan identifies Sherman as the murderer, with witnesses to be questioned for confirmation. Sherman, a 50 year old drugstore porter, denies contact with the case while detectives pursue further identification.
New York city April 14 The Democratic state convention at Carnegie hall neared 2 PM before starting. Thomas Carmody was named chairman and the group scheduled four delegates at large for Denver. Parker Conners Murphy and Nixon are eyed as uninstructed delegates with McCarren dispute unresolved. New York district delegations to Denver also to be ratified uninstructed.
The newly elected South Omaha city council demanded possession of the city hall while the old council refused to yield and claimed reentry. Both sides accuse irregularities in primaries and have retained counsel, with court action likely. Over 500 people sought admission to the hall as tensions mounted.
Three men died by their own hand in New York hotels on April 14. Fr Dennison shot himself in a room at the Hotel Albert where he had stayed four months. Joseph Christopher, a cigar salesman ill with consumption, killed himself at the Hotel Albany. A man known as Charles Fisher registered at Mills Hotel No 2 last night and was found dead in his room today after a self inflicted gunshot wound.
In Custer Pennsylvania on April 14 the street car strike calmed after disturbance overnight. No cars run. State police who clashed with strike sympathizers last night are encamped near the city.
Judge McCabe Moore ruled against W. W. Rose former mayor of Kansas City Kas in the case against L. D. Stockton for 400 dollars. The Sparks theater project cost more than the initial estimate, and Rose claimed the additional amount as payment for his plans. The suit was dismissed.
The Missouri supreme court denied the Republican central city committee of St. Louis its request for mandamus to compel the election commissioners to call a city convention. The decision holds the state primary election law constitutional as a test case.
Five men from Chicago pool $100,000 to build a Cedar Street apartment house where each will own and occupy a flat. They will share operating costs and employ a common valet. The design features twelve rooms per unit and a first-floor garage for five cars, in a colonial style. Named organizers include James Petit J B Terbell Benjamin Marshall Charles E Fox and a Rock Island railroad official.
Jose Alia the man who shot Father Leo Heinrichs at St Elizabeth Church in Denver February 23 sits in a narrow cell awaiting July execution. He has recovered from forehead wounds self inflicted in Denver and shows no remorse while taking meals from the prison kitchen and avoiding tobacco. He spends hours on his cot and shows little interest in reading or spiritual guidance.
Governor John A. Johnson of Minnesota arrived in Chicago from Louisville and spoke to the Chicago Press club and Chicago Advertisers' association. He declared he and his friends were not participating in the factional fight over Roger C. Sullivan and would not influence Illinois delegation to the Denver convention.
The Treasury Secretary sent to the Senate the correspondence on banks refusing to supply currency to interior banks last fall. The record shows 43 interior banks complained while both Treasury and large-city banks worked to meet smaller institutions' needs.
John W. Bryant former Frisco railway agent at Rocky Oklahoma was returned to Conpet to face embezzlement charges after American Surety Company agents traced him via letters from a woman. He claims the $2,000 loss came from gambling and waived a preliminary hearing before jail for $2,500 bail.
Joseph M. Gior dani, an agent of the Firmin revolutionists in the United States, is sentenced to six months hard labor in Sing Sing for possessing counterfeit Haytien money. He stood in the U S Marshal’s custody until May 15. Giordani printed Haytien notes in New York to fund a revolution.
For Importing Contract Laborers in New York on April 14 Michael Tsokas a labor contractor was sentenced to eight months in Sing Sing prison for importing workers from Macadams and Silents. The case centers on alleged conspiracy under immigration laws.
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke ex-wife of Brodie L. Duke, jailed for alleged defrauding the Great Northern hotel with worthless checks, once hosted in New York and Chicago by prominent businessmen seeking to join her schemes. A letter details a dinner with a banker and Stanford White and rooms held records of vast stock and bond dealings with Chicago financiers.
Miss Florence Schuster suffers a severe lip bite from her bull terrier Prince in her St Louis home at 12 30 AM. Doctors cauterized the wound and the family plans to remove the dog, not kill it, as her devastated mother recounts.
Voters in Buchanan county outside St. Joseph cast ballots on a proposal to end saloons. Temperance rallies preceded the election, but anticipation favors a defeat for prohibition with strong opposition in Washington township and a temperance lead at Easton. Voter turnout elsewhere was lighter than expected.
Cincinnati April 14 The city council debated an ordinance by Councilman O'Brien requiring any woman wearing a Merry Widow hat at the National League ballpark to remove it before the game to ensure paying spectators can see the play. The measure was sent back to the law committee with a fine per violation proposed.
S. G. Kelly, a longtime Johnson county representative andKnobnoster school board president, died in Senatia Missouri at age 69 after years of blindness. He left a wife and five children including George Kelly lawyer in McCune and Thomas N. Hughes ex city marshal of Independence now serving as superintendent of the McCune Home for Boys. Mrs Hughes is matron. Some boys may be sent from juvenile court soon.
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