Thaw Habeas Corpus Bid In Sherbrooke Court
The Sherbrooke Superior Court weighed a writ of habeas corpus for Harry K. Thaw, fugitive from Matteawan, with admission of immediate release contemplated. Officials considered deportation grounds and possible extradition, while a Rogers-Thompson suspect was arrested near the courthouse. New Hampshire pledged to surrender Thaw if deportation brings him into its borders.
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Herald-Star
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Globensky
Charles D. White
Thaw
Yesteday
Matteawan
Mitchell Thompson
Roger Thompson
George Lauderer
Arrye
White
New York
Harry Thaw
Mattetwan
United States
William Travers Terome
Canada
Eady
New Hampshire
Rochester
N. H
Missouri Volunteers Rally for Major's Good Roads Army
Thousands of Western Missouri residents joined Gov. Samuel D Felker's effort to pull the state out of the mud by forming a 350000 strong road crew. The two day campaign aims to spend about 1000000 on highway improvements with counties racing to set records and deploy ready teams. In Kansas City on August 20 the mobilization followed weeks of planning by road overseers to ensure orderly work across the state.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Kansas City
Missouri
Gov. Major
Advance Agent Plans Big Meetings For Col Gill
Col Gill Billy Sunday’s advance agent Mak coordinates with debtors and workers to set up preliminary work for upcoming conferences. District boundaries were finalized today by committees and will be named for cottage prayer meetings and related outreach.
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Billy Sunday
Mak
Governor Sulzer Besieged by Surprised Sightseers
Albany August 20 Governor Sulzer paused on capitol steps as three young men turned to stare. He asked if they planned an assault. they replied they were merely sightseers. He later learned of warnings of possible gangster attack or kidnapping. The New York Legislature adopted a concurrent resolution for a week’s adjournment, meeting August 27 at 8:30 p.m.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Albany
N. Y
Sulzer
Capitol Steps
Executive Mansion
New York
Oil field output climbs on Becca bottom tract
Continued on page three a large oil production report notes a Becca bottom field well producing up to eleven barrels daily and another well on the same tract slated to come in, signaling rising output in the Texas Becca area.
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Poaue
Tex Becca Bottom
Five Counties Favor Joint Sanatorium Plan
Jefferson Belmont Monroe Carroll and Harrison counties favor building a joint tuberculosis sanatorium. They plan to purchase 100 acres and construct facilities for about 120 beds at an estimated total cost near 100 000 dollars. Each county will contribute a proportional share, with Jefferson already ready to provide 25 000 dollars.
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Jefferson County
Belmont
Monroe
Carroll
Harrison
Bridgeport
Bellaire
Labor Parade Led by Steubenville Unionists Plans Saturday March
Labor groups in Steubenville and vicinity announce a parade with aides W H Ralston and R D Selway. The divisions form on Washington and Fifth streets and march routes run through downtown to Market Street with bands, strike escorts, and visiting locals. Numerous unions including John Mitchell Lodge, Follansbee lodges, carpenters, bricklayers, typographical workers, teamsters, and railway workers participate.
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Aids
W. H. Ralston
Trades and Labor Assembly
R. D. Selway
En Revie
Marere OE
Fifth
Washington
Fourth
South Street
Slack
North Third Street
South Third Street
Patton
Washington Street
Citizen’s Band
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Fifth Street
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John Mitchell Lodge
Strik
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John Rowan
Citizens Band
Follansbee
Alonzo Lodge
D. W. Miller
Marine Band
Potters
Carpenters
Brotherhood of
Stouebnville
MISSING WELLSBURG MAN EARL FROST POSSIBLY IN UNIONTOWN OR ATLANTIC CITY
Friends of Earl A. Frost search for him after he disappeared from a Steubenville hotel last Saturday. Wellsburg residents report he acted eccentrically and incoherently in recent writings. Deputies say no trace has been found and many fear for his safety while others consider Uniontown or Atlantic City as possible destinations.
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Earl A. Frost
Frost
The
Knights of Pythias
Wellsburg
Charles Patterson
Steubenville
Uniontown
Atlantic City
City Officials Seek Extra Police Funds Amid Emergency
A special city council meeting was called to discuss replenishing the exhausted special police fund. Mayor McLeish and Solicitor Merry man urged quick action to provide money for extra officers in case of emergencies, noting Sheriff deputies quitting complicates order maintenance. The council will reconvene Friday evening to decide on an emergency appropriation and legal avenues if budgetary restrictions prevent new hires.
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Merryman
McLeish
Claytons
U. S
Pope
the Gazette
Industrial Parade to Celebrate Labor Day Details
Grand Marshal W H Ralston outlines Labor Day parade schedule for Monday September 1 with divisions forming on Third Washington Fourth and Fifth streets. Speeches by Mayor McLeish. police platoon. unions from East Liverpool West Virginia and visiting organizations to participate. parade proceeds through multiple streets ending at Market and disbands. Aides to be appointed. formation subject to changes.
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W. H. Ralston
A. C. Johnston
Fourth Street
Washington Street
Fifth Street
Washington Streets
Logan
Franklin
Adams
Mayor McLeish
East Liverpool
West Virginia
T. W
Brotherhood of Railway
Teamsters
Daring Escapes From Eastern Penitentiary Reported
Two inmates at Eastern State Penitentiary used a carpenter shop ladder to scale the 35 foot wall and flee to the outside. Homer Wiggins of Wilmington Delaware and Charles Taylor of Philadelphia escaped after filing locks and using a false one. They dodged guard dogs and avoided discovery until after reaching the yard and slipping away.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Philadelphia
Eastern State Penitentiary
Homer Wiggins
Wilmington
Del
Charles Taylor
Found Dead on Church Street A 45 Year Old Man
David Greenlee a colored man aged 45 was found dead in his bed Tuesday evening by a neighbor who brought him a glass of beer. He worked yesterday but had cramps in the evening from something eaten and his gonad spell is thought to have affected his heart. He was born in Tennessee.
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David Greenlee
Church Street
Greenlee
Tennesse
Three Men Hold Up City Boxers on Lake Erie Avenue
A man in city boxing for a stone contract was held up by four men, three Italian, on Lake Erie avenue last night. They searched his pockets before releasing him and warned he could not proceed to an expected stone car bound for the Pope plant. Earlier, two travelling men with grips were held up on the street, and another man faced three robberies with threats of a poke.
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Lake Erie Avenue
Tiley
Pope
Sheriff shifts duty as county law runs to mayor
County official declares he will not maintain order except in riots, with deputies resigning after mill company influence. He will aid the Mayor and police when needed, while noting deputies were appointed to preserve order and paid by the mill firm. He cites lack of municipal jurisdiction and hints at another recourse if trouble arises. U S deputies and other private officers remain to enforce the injunction.
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Huscroft
U. S
Indianapol is doctor killed in Glacier Park fall
Dr C I Fletcher of Indianapolis was instantly killed in Glacier Park Montana yesterday after plunging about 600 feet while climbing the Black Foot Glacier. He and his wife and members of the Prairie Club of Chicago entered the park August 12. The body has been recovered and brought here today.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Glacier Park
Mont
C. I. .Fletcher
Indianapolis
Black Foot Glacier
Hearing Prosecution Delayed In White Slave Case
The white slave case against Wellsburg contractor John Anderson is continued again as prosecutors fail to produce two key witnesses. The U S Commissioner plans to hear the matter next Tuesday as federal authorities hunt for the missing witnesses. Anderson is accused of taking two Wellsburg girls for immoral relations in Steubenville and East Liverpool, resulting in a mulatto child.
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John Anderson
Wellsburg
U. S
Geo. Boyd
Wheeling
Anderson
Sarah Koher
Steubenville
Whit
Roher
East Liverpool
Ohio license law to cap saloons at five thousand four hundred
State figures show 5,144 licensed saloons allowed across Ohio if census rules hold and licenses are granted only to men of good character. Large counties will see rushes at the license counter while some counties may fall short of quotas. Hamilton, Cuyahoga and Franklin appointees were postponed pending governor confirmation. Sandusky takes a municipal census. state board will decide its acceptance.
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Ohio
John P. Brennan
Mahoning County
Dry Territory
Pennsylvania
Hamilton
Cuyahoga
Franklin
State Liquor License Commission
Ctyaghogo
Franklin County
Sandusky
Brennan
Columbia
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Striep
Columbiana
Coshocton
Craw
Seneca
Tuscarawas
Weather forecast fragment for Chicago area brief
Fragmentary weather note indicates fair conditions tonight and Thursday with period likely light to moderate winds and no precipitation details available.
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