Toledo Bribery Probe Ties Legislators to Slush Fund
Franklin county prosecutors seek witness Charles W Ons in a sprawling Ohio legislative bribery inquiry. Otis remains at large while investigators chase a alleged slush fund and a structured price scale for bills, motions, and floor work.
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House
Senate
Toledo
Charles W. Ons
American Warming & Ventilating company
Turner
Frankin county
Ons
Columbus
Franklin
Otis
New York
Harry Bradbury
Bradburt
Bradbury
ifant
Franklin county grand jury
Indictments Noticed Against Representative Evans
Judge Frank Rathmell formally noted two remaining indictments against Representative Owen J. Evans of Stark county due to testimony given before the Franklin county grand jury.
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Columbus
Frank Rathmell
Owen J. Evans
Stark county
Franklin county
Collegiants Defy Road Work Tax at Hiram College
Hiram O June twenty two. Hiram college students were sued by village authorities for refusing to work the poll tax of three dollars on public roads. The students held an indignation meeting claiming they came to study for book wisdom, not road work, and warned they would seek other centers if road labor continued. They also locked their rooms to bar the village constable from seizing belongings for road work.
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Hiram. O
Hiram college
Applause Sparks Debate in Congress Over Speech
Washington June President Taft heads to New York City for speeches in Brooklyn. In Oklahoma City the state supreme court upholds the commission form of government as constitutional.
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Taft
Gotham
Washington
New York City
Brooklyn
Oklahoma City
Okla
state supreme ‘court
Train deaths in West Virginia kill four and injure one
Four people died and one was seriously injured when struck by a Norfolk and Western train near Bluefield West Virginia. Victims include Martha Noel James Payne and Charles Oades who was unconscious and unable to tell what happened. Constable Payne was transporting prisoners when the incident occurred.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk & Western
Martha Noel
James Payne
Ashworth
Edward Jones Grew
Charles Oades
justice of the peace
Payne
Jones
Noel
Mexico City Earthquake Toll and Madero Reception
Mexico City reels from yesterday's quake with at least seventy five dead including soldiers and hundreds injured. Peon laborers raze damaged Santa Maria quarter structures as hospitals fill. authorities seek communication with the south as relief and reconstruction plans unfold. Francisco Madero, despite the disaster, is greeted warmly and pledges reconstruction and school improvements while calling for systemic reforms and support for foreign investment.
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Santa Maria
Madero
Mexico City
eity
De |a Barra
national palace
Santo Domingo
Major Earthquake Tolls Since 1755 Across World
A chronological list highlights dozens of devastating quakes and tsunamis from 1755 onward, noting cities like Lisbon, Caracas, Naples, Manila, Valparaiso, Kingston, and Mexico City with casualties ranging from thousands to tens of thousands. It catalogs events in Europe, the Americas, and Asia, illustrating global seismic destruction over more than a century.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Caracas
Italy
South America
Naples
Manila
Chile
Peru
Ecuador
Yuunan
China
Martinique
India
Valparaiso
San Francisco
Kingston
Jamaica
Mexican Puerue
Cartage
Costa Rica
Mexico City
Sailors Narrow Escape As Bridge Hits Grain Steamer
Grain laden steamer Lak Kerth narrowly escaped disaster when the heavy lift bridge over the Chicago River at South Halstead Street collapsed. The vessel, beneath the bridge, was pushed down four feet and nearly sank before the upper works gate remaining trapped, then rose back to normal afloat.
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Chicago Bridge
Chicago
J S Kerth
graitladen
Milwaukee
Chicago river
South Halstead street
upper works gate
Arrests of Magonistas in El Paso Signal Broader crackdown
In El Paso four followers of Ricardo Magon, leader of the Mexican revolutionary junta, were arrested on information from U S and Mexican authorities. Rifles and ammunition were seized. charges include violation of neutrality laws. The arrests come as Magonistas reportedly held secret meetings in El Paso while their movement faces pressure from Juarez and Lower California authorities. The scene is part of wider tensions between Mexican revolutionary factions and U S officials.
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Los Angeles
California
Paso
Pago
Tex
Ricardo Magon
inos
mate
Priciliano Silva
Benjamin
Reuben
Thomas Vargas
Magonistas
Madero
law and order
Juaez
Juarez
I Paso
Lower
Juan Sarabia
BE] Paso
San Juan de Ulua
Francisco Madera
Ji Sarabia
La Regeneracion
Jesus Flores Magen
Cleveland Garment Workers Strike Begins Amid Publicity Plan
Four thousand garment workers walked out in Cleveland to demand shorter hours and higher wages while pickets gathered at shops under orders not to interfere. Jay P. Dawley, ex Employers' association organizer, hired to conduct the strike on the condition of no violence, aims to win via mass meetings parades and public opinion. Employers have yet to fill strikers' jobs.
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Geveland Garment Workers
Millie
Cleveland
Jay P. Dawley
Employers’ association
Reformatory tests reveal high mental deficiency among New Jersey inmates
Superintendent Moore reports that at the New Jersey reformatory tests show forty six percent of inmates are mentally sub normal. Mental age often falls below twelve, with some cases under five, prompting Ernest K Coulter to urge specialized treatment facilities for mentally deficient youths rather than traditional reformatories.
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National Conference of Charities and Correction
Charles W. Elliot
Frank Moore
Healey
Chicago Juvenile Institute
Harnext Coulter
New York Children's Court
Hoston
Rahway
New Jersey
William Healy
Juvenile Psychopathic Institute
Chicago
rnest K. Coulter
Children’s court
New York
Tremont temple
Foss
Charles W. Eliot
Orlando F. Lewis
New York Prison association
Frederic Howard Wines
Illinois
Eliot
New Jersey reformatory
Moore
reformatory of
Coulter
Ernest K. Coulter
Gome
Abey
Soldiers in San Antonio Camp Praised by Tilson
Major John Q Tilson recent San Antonio inspection commends the division as splendidly trained and fit and praises the officers as the finest he has met He argues for abandoning small army posts consolidating to larger bases and warns against pay and travel allowance reductions while supporting militia officers detailing to maneuvers as a spur for National Guardsmen
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Washington
Uncle Sam
trutt
John Q .Tilson
larce
Connecticut
San Antonio
congress
Q. TELSON
committee on
Carter
Tam
caorp
Onion Patch Crime Solved at Norfolk Murder Scene
A sensational confession tied Charles Merkle to the killing of Harry Davis at Minnie Murdock’s onion patch home in Norfolk Virginia. Davis was slain as he slept in Murdock’s arms with an axe, the body hidden under a bed, then buried in an onion patch after Merkle and the woman fled to avoid arrest.
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Columbus
Franklin county
uther
vector Turner
O's
Mikead
L. R. AD‘ee
Senate
peenen
Diegel
TAO
O. J. Evang
fes
Back Yard
Norfolk
Harry &. Davis
Minnie Murdock
Mason
Gharles Merkle
titin
Davis
Merkle
Sindow
Harry Davis
ys Harding
Charlie Merkle
Davy
Harry
ontron
Preacher Sniffs Out Gamblers In Basement Raid
Chicago on North Side witnesses a sensational raid after Rev Elmer Williams of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church used a disguise to enter a gambling house. He gathered evidence prompting police to arrest twenty nine gamblers as barred doors were forced open. The pastor, who watched the raid from across the street, said a church member lost 75 dollars. He posed as a tramp to gain entry and later swore warrants. Officers subdued gamblers with revolvers drawn and found about 600 dollars in silver piled before the gamekeeper.
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Chicago
Elmer b. Wiliams
astor
Grace Methodist Episcopal church
placva
Wood says soldiers can be withdrawn camps at Galveston San Diego
General Wood, chief of staff, told President Watt that withdrawing troops stationed at Galveston Texas and San Diego California is advisable. About 6,000 men are involved and an order for the camps' break up is expected soon. Also, the British bank Birkbeck suspends operations in London today.
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Cips
Galveston
San Diego
States army
Watt
Texas
California
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