Becker in the Tombs and Rosenthal Murder
Eyewitness Christian Walker places Rosenthal’s killing near the Metropole amid a police graft scandal. Lieutenant Charles Becker, charged with first degree murder, is defended by District Attorney Whitman who seeks to shield the police from corruption. Mrs Becker visits the Tombs as Becker pleads not guilty. other suspects and confessions surface as grand jurors convene.
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New York
Christian Walker
Rosenthal
Metropole
Walker
Charles Becker
Gambler
Whitman
Becker
Rosentha
Bridgie” Webber
Mulaneen
Court of General Sessions
Grand Jury
Tday
Harry Wallon
Bath Gatey Avenue
Bronx
Grand Jmry
Waldo
Mulqueen
Sam Paul
East Side
Long Strike Ends as Boston Elevates Reopen Unions
The 53 day strike by Boston elevated and street railway workers ended with all strikers restored to their former runs. The company pledged that no discrimination against workers would continue. Estimated cost totals $1,500,090, with workers losing at least a third in wages.
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Boston
Boston Elevated and
Street Railways
Darrow Denies Bribe Claims in McNamara Trial
Clarence Darrow denied paying Bert Franklin to bribe juror Robert Bain or any juror in the McNamara case. He testified he gave Franklin a $1,000 check on October 4 for Franklin's expenses as a defense detective.
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Los Angeles
Bert Franklin
Robert Bain
McNamara
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Franklin
Lightning strikes boatyard injuring workers near Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on July 30 a bolt of lightning struck the Ironsides boat at the marine way near Elizabethtown. Two men were fatally injured and ten seriously burned or shocked while over two hundred workers toiled below. Clothing ripped, hair torn, but no monetary damage recorded. Paul Couchenour and Chis Stoddard were not expected to live.
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Pittsburg
Ironsides
Marine Way
Elizabeth
Paul Couchenour
Chis
Stoddard
Second Day of Mrs Opie Grace Trial in Atlanta
A crowded Atlanta court house on July 30 saw the second day of Mrs Opie Grace's high profile trial. Prosecutors outlined the charge of attempted murder, detailing a plan to travel, shoot, and hide evidence with accomplice Mrs Hillmeober. Testimony continued as spectators filled the courtroom and aisles in stifling heat.
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Atlanta
Opie Grace
Grace
Hsband
Dorsey
Hill Meober
Eugene H. Grace
Taft May Refuse Notice of Hanford Letter
Washington July 30 President Taft may ignore Judge Hanford of Seattle after he resigned amid impeachment probes. The action prompts talk of using impeachment as a swift removal tool. Representatives Graham and McCoy say they favor dropping charges but a judiciary committee decision is expected tomorrow.
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Washington
Taft
Hanford
Seattle
White House
Graham and
McCoy
Congressional Investigation Committee
Judiciary Committee
Taft Leaders Propose Taft Man for Ohio Governor
Ohio Republicans debate the governor ticket with Judge F E B Dillon likely to withdraw from the ticket and a Taft loyalist preferred as his successor. Taft aides, Roosevelt forces, and state committee plans hinge on Dillon’s stance while President Taft remains noncommittal.
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Taft
Tudge Dillon
Chicago
Ohio
Lewis €. Laylin
Carmi A. Thompson
Dillon
Washington
Laylin
Martinsburg confirms identity of Catskill body
A telegram from Dr. W. T. Henshaw of Martinsburg says the body found in Catskill creek is Dorcas Snodgrass. A relative of the missing girl, he identifies the remains, suggesting suicide amid prolonged insomnia and mental strain before her disappearance from her sisters' home.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
W. T. Henshaw
Catskill
N. Y
Catskill Creek
Dorcas Snodgrass
Minister Chaney Sues for 51000 Damages in Ravenna Case
George A. Chaney a former Methodist Protestant minister sues W K Eckheld in Ravenna common pleas court for 51009 damages. He alleges Eckfield conspired with others leading to Chaney’s arrest on a false pretenses charge in Belmont county. The case ties to Chaney’s marriage to Eckfield’s daughter and a disputed estate claim. Witnesses include Belmont county officials and Maynard residents.
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George A. Chaney
Common Pleas
Ravenna
W. K. Eckheld
Aurora
Mr. Chaney
Eckfield
Eckiell
Belmont County
Bichfelds
Jefferson County
Mrr
Chaney
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Bennotfif
Rey
Methodist Protestant Church
Maynard
Portage County
Fire Trap Burned at Warren School in Cleveland
The Warren public school condemned as a fire trap was destroyed by fire today. One fireman was seriously drafted. Governor Harmon reappointed George H. Kittoe of Canton to the Boiler Rules Board for term ending July 10, 1916.
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Cleveland
Warren
Harmon
George H. Kittoe
Canton
Board of Boiler Rules
Dredge the Creek After Note Found on Skirt
Early Monday a crew on the Tri-State line found a woman’s skirt on a large rock beside Beaver Creek at Island Run. A note pinned to the skirt read dredge the creek for my dead body, signed Ellen Howard East Liverpool. The note, on a duplex fare receipt, led authorities to seek the girl while planning dredging of the creek later that day.
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Tri-State Line
Beaver Creek
Island Run
Charles Hilon
Ellen Howard
East Liverpool
Tri-State Railway & Electric Company
Midland
State Line
J. M. Davis
East End
Traction Line
Howard
Tri-State Railway to Modernize Mines and Build New Power House
General Manager Griffin reports from a J. G. White Co. directors meeting that Tri-State Electric & Power Co. will invest over 1.5 million dollars to upgrade Steubenville and East Liverpool plants and build a new Island Run power house. The project aims to secure coal with minimal transportation, use Beaver Creek water for supply, and relieve boiler strain from river mud.
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Griffin
TriState Traction Co
New York
J. G. White Co
Tri-State Electric & Power Co
Steubenville
East Liverpool
Island Run
Tri-State
East Liverpool Review
Beaver Creek
Ohio River
Secretary Reports Work of Charities for Pamphlet Form
Members of the Associate Charities met at the Y M C A building on Monday evening and heard Miss Gerding social secretary describe a voluminous report on the group’s work. The budget for next year was adopted and officers were elected: Rev G H Miller president, F C Chambers and A D McMillan vice presidents, Mrs D E Halstead treasurer, L We May secretary.
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Y. M. Coa
F. C. Chambers
A. D. McMillan
D. E. Halstead
Ohio coal production in 1911 declines from 1910 peak
The United States Geological Survey reports Ohio mined 30,759,986 short tons of coal in 1911 valued at 31,810,123 dollars, a 10 percent drop from 1910. Machines produced 86.5 percent of output, with 9,530 workers on strike at times and 37 days average lost.
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Ohio
FE. W. Parker
United States Geological Survey
Ilinois
Indiana
Tse
Car injures camper on Steubenville traction line
Harry Houghton, a camping party member, was run down by the first north bound car at Nee's stop on the Steubenville and East Liverpool traction line at 5 a m Tuesday. He lay across the track and was struck after the motor man saw him too late to stop. The car wheel ran up on his leg, breaking bones and bruising him, and he was removed from under the car and taken to the hospital at East Liverpool.
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Harry Houghton
Steubenville
East Liverpool
Nee’s
Houghton
Hoighton
Fast Liverpool
Taft nominates Louis C Laylin for assistant Interior secretary
Laylin of Ohio is named by President Taft to be assistant Secretary of the Interior. In Cleveland Newburg, an Austin Powder plant powder magazine exploded this morning, wrecking the plant and shattering windows five miles away. Three people in a nearby field were injured by flying debris. No fatalities reported.
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Interior
Washington
Taft
Louis C. Laylin
Ohio
Cleveland
Austin Powder Company
Newburg
Big Town Martins Ferry Hit by Water Crisis
Martins Ferry Ohio faced a water shortage when the pumping station engine broke today. Power plants shut down due to lack of water, leaving the town without lights and fire protection for the night.
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Martins Ferry
Absence of Two New Cumberland Girls Reported Missing
Police across a twenty five mile radius search for Hilda Crago sixteen and Myrtle Ward fourteen who disappeared Sunday afternoon from New Cumberland. Mothers suffer worry as families fear they may be on a visit. Details of appearance and clothing for both girls are listed.
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New Cumberland
Hilda Crago
Myrtle Ward
Crago
Andrew Crago
Ward
Charles Ward
Eight year old girl bitten by copperhead in East Liverpool
The eight year old daughter of John Duck near East Liverpool was bitten on the hand by a copperhead that hid behind a tool chest. Her father promptly bound the finger and arm, dispatched the three foot snake, and she received cauterization from a physician. There is hope for recovery.
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John Duck
East
Liverpool
Duck
Sharp Charges Bigamy In Steubenville Case
Three former Steubenville residents are involved in a bigamy case in Bellaire via Maggie Sharp wife of A G Sharp manager of Little Pet Cigar store. She was arrested Sunday on a warrant from her husband alleging bigamy after claiming she wed Dempsey Swinehart at fourteen. Sharp refused to testify across the river and the case may be dropped. It is said she has evidence of a prior divorce from Swinehart before marrying Sharp.
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Wheeling Intelllligencer
Steubenville
Maggie Sharp
A. G. Sharp
Little Pet Cigar
Bellaire
Chapline Street
Sharp
Dempsey Swineheart
Swinehart
Editor Weds Miss Cary in New York ceremony
Arthur Brisbane, prominent newspaper editor, and Miss Phoebe Cary, daughter of Seward Cary, were issued a marriage license in New York on July 30. They plan a late afternoon wedding at Cavalry Episcopal Church, officiated by Rev. Theodore Sedgwick.
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Miss Cary
New York
Arthur Brisbane
Phoebe Cary
Seward Cary
Cavalry P. E. Church
Theodore Sedgwick
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