Alleged Blackhanders Arrested After Dictograph Trap
Three men James Carney Julius Ferry and Jim Sansi were arrested in Steubenville then taken to Johnstown on suspicion of Black Hand letters. A hidden dictograph in a cell allowed Cambria county detectives to overhear their conversations revealing damaging information. The men were confronted with notes and police claim they admitted to more. A separate note describes a citizen finding a threatening letter and a bogus package incident leading to arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Carney
Julius Ferry
Jim” Sansi
Steubenville
Pennsylvania
Johnttown
Cambria County
Knee
Piper
Church
Aalles
Ea Piper
LIGHT CO Invests $70,000 in City Power Upgrades
The Traction and Light Company reports about seventy thousand dollars spent on city light improvements. They installed 100 transformers and rebuilt most wire lines. A 750 horsepower Stirling boiler, the largest in the region, plus two Russell engines totaling 650 hp and two Westinghouse generators, now power the system. Capacity has doubled from 1000 kW to 2000 kW with rebuilt turbines and steam lines. Lighting is notably improved though some criticism remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Traction and Light Company
Russell
Westinghouse
Garford as Roosevelt Candidate for Ohio Governor
In Columbus the Republican State Convention nears its end with Arthur L. Garford of Elyria favored by Roosevelt forces as governor on a progressive reform platform. Taft leaders mull abandoning gubernatorial nominees to back Myron T. Herrick, ambassador to the United States, in Cleveland.
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France
Burton
Paul Howland
Cleveland
Maurlee Maschke
Colombd
Howland
Ankur J. Garford
Taft
Sherman
J. Warren Keifer
Springfeld
Committee On
Chicago
Gen. Keifer
Columbus
Ohio
Arthur L. Garford
Fyria
Roosevelt
Myron T. Herrick
United States
Socialists nominate ticket in Sixteenth Ohio district
The Socialist party of the Sixteenth Ohio district including Jefferson Belmont Harrison Monroe and Carroll counties met at Bridgeport on Saturday and nominated Robert Careon a Bellaire insurance agent for Congress. They also held a Senatorial convention and named William Savage of Amsterdam and H Selriver of Columbiana for State Senators. Jr Hl. House of Bailys Mills presided at the congressional event and Mayor Robert J Murray of Toronto spoke at the senatorial meeting. J K Copeland of Steubenville served as secretary for both conventions. Savage is a coal miner by occupation and Lehriver is a pottery worker. Mr Yingst of Toronto was chosen presidential elector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socialist Party
Ohio
Jefferson
Belmont
Harrison
Monroe
Carroll Counties
Bridgeport
Robert Careon
Bellaire
Congress
William Savage
Amsterdam
This County
H. ©. Sélriver
Columbiana
Jr. Hl. House
Baily’s Mills
Belmont County
Robert J. Murray
Toronto
J. K. Copeland
Steubenville
Sauvage
Lehriver
House backs Speaker Clark amid charges in Congress
The House unanimously upheld Speaker Clark against Bryan style attacks, while the Senate heard a sensational denunciation of Taft Roosevelt and both national conventions by Works of California. A joint resolution extended appropriations until July 31. Taft appointed William Marshall Bullitt of Louisville as solicitor general.
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Washington
Bryan
Clark
House
Senate
Works of California
Taft
Roosevelt
Works
William Marshall Bullitt
Louisville
United States
Supreme Court Reverses Bank Case In Ohio County
The state's Supreme Court halted summer without ruling on a banking dispute involving Lee Hilsinger and J C Hilsinger of Toronto owners of a bank, and J A Trickett of Middleport Ohio. The case arose after Trickett deposited 1400 with the Toronto bank, drew 255 by check, and the transfer chain went through First National Bank of Pittsburg to Fourth National Bank of Cincinnati.
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Supreme Court
Lee Hilsinger
J. C. Hila Singer
Toronto
J. A. Trickett
Middleport
Ohio
Hilsingers
Circuit
Common Pleas
Trickett
Toronto Bank
First National Bank of
Banking dispute over unpaid draft reaches Supreme Court
The Hilsingers and First National Bank of Pittsburg faced a lawsuit by Trickett for 1145 dollars claiming misrouting of an unpaid draft. The case involved banks in Pittsburg Middleport and Cincinnati with one Middleport bank, and the Supreme Court ruled no negligence by the Hilsingers or Pittsburg bank, reversing lower court decisions. Attorneys included P. P Lewis, IDio Rogers for Hilsingers and J. O. Naylor, Hollis Johnson for Trickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirot National Bank
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Middleport Bank
Middleport
Supreme Court
Hilsingers
First National Bank of
P. P Lewis
Idio Rogers
Idio Rogers Were Attorneys For the ‘Hilsingers
J. O. Naylor
Hollis Johnson
Gallipolis
Ohio
Trickett
Higher Honors General Prefers to Represent District in Congress
Ex-Attorney General David A. Hollingsworth of Cadiz, Republican nominee for Congress in the Sixteenth Ohio district, gains attention for primary margins. He rejects gubernatorial bids, preferring to serve in Congress and focus on business and labor interests of the Ohio Valley and the Sixteenth district.
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Hollingsworth
Wheeling Intelligencer
David A. Hollingsworth
Cadiz
Congress
Ohio
Eesueeh
Dev” Belman
Jefferson
Chicago
Roosevelt Belt
Cox
Cleveland Gazette
Foraker
South
Great
Olio Valley
Sixteenth Congressional District
Nominating Speeches at Democratic National Convention
A fragment from the Democratic National Convention reports speeches nominating Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. Judge Wescott lauds Wilson as a scholar, practical politician, and public servant, praising moral energy, intellect, and cosmopolitan yet American virtues.
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Altimate
Woodrow Baltimore
Wescott
Canden
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
America
Democratic Convention echoes for Woodrow Wilson and Baldwin
In Baltimore, speakers urge nominating Woodrow Wilson to restore equal rights and curb monopoly power. Champ Clark leads a rallying push for reform, praising tariff fight and democratic revolution. Governor Baldwin of Connecticut is urged for the presidency, highlighting Connecticut’s prior nominations and progressive credentials.
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Champ Clark
Baltimore
James A. Reed
Missouri
Monopoly
Government
Democratic Party
Payne-Aldrich
Congress
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Democracy
Gov. Baldwin
Henry Wade Rogers
Yale University Law School
Baldwin
Connecticut
United States
Simeon E. Baldwin
New York
Horatio Seymour
Grover Cleveland
Hayes
Tilden
Florida
Loudisiana
South Carolina
Samuel J. Tilden
William Jennings Bryan
Oscar W Underwood for Democratic Nomination
In Baltimore June 27 W B Bankhead nominated Oscar W Underwood as Democratic standard bearer praised for tariff knowhow and public service. He argued the nation needs leadership to curb capital power and restore Washington Jefferson Jackson Lincoln era ideals. Delegates forecast Clark and Wilson paths as convention chaos continues.
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Baltimore
W. B. Bankhead
Alabama
Bankhead
Oscar W. Underwood
United States
Kentucky
Minnesota
Mason and Dixon
Isaid
Congress
Clark
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Utah
New York
Wilson Bureau
Wilson
Wall Street
Harmon
Underwood
Pollock Renominated by Seventh Ohio Circuit Nomination
The Republican circuit convention in Youngstown met to renominate Judge Joan Pollock of Belmont county for a second term without opposition. Delegates from 14 Eastern Ohio counties attended, with discussion that this may be the circuit’s last meeting as organized. The drive to subdivide the circuit and legal reforms are expected to influence future arrangements.
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Seventh Judicial Circuit of
Ohio
Youngstown
Joan Pollock
Belmont County
Pollock
Ashtabula
Columbiana
Geauga, Lake
Trumbull
Portage
Mahoning
Carroll, Jefferson
Guernsey
Belmont
Noble
Monroe
Boys Build East Liverpool Lads Construct Farman Type
East Liverpool youths Carl K. Wollam and Leland Morris completed a Farman type biplane glide in four months. The craft measures four and a half feet high, twenty feet long, five feet wide, with a sixteen foot tail, spruce framework, and rubberized cloth planes held by 16 gauge piano wire. It can be easily converted into a power machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl K. Wollam
American School of Aviation
Chicago
Leland Morris
East Liverpool
Wollam and Morris Plan High Elevation Engine Experiments
In the next six to eight weeks Wollam and Morris intend to move the 25 horsepower engine to a higher city elevation. They will conduct numerous experiments by constructing improvised trade methods to test the machine’s performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wollam
Morris
Robbers Make Neat Getaway from Officers
East Liverpool Review reports indecision by state and county officials let a bold trio of ex convicts escape after post office robberies in Par4 lett Fredericktown and Winona. The gang, said to have blown safes, was surrounded at Lisbon fair grounds but fled before warrants could be sworn. Police connected them to recent robberies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool Review
Fredericktown
Winona
Lisbon
Lisbon Post Office
Ohio State Penitentiary
East Liverpool
Canton courtroom notes on arrests and fines
George Murray jailed for two months at the workhouse after an alleged diamond theft at Cohen's jewelry. He partly clogged a cell by stuffing the keyhole with a comb. Joe Takacs and Julia Peters fined fifty dollars for illegal criminal intimacy on Wells street and sent to workhouse. Scott Stewart sent to workhouse on a non-support charge. Seth Williams, a Tiltonsville precinct judge, arrested on an alleged voter intimidation charge from the recent primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Murray
Cohen
Mayor McLeish
Squire Campbell
Joe Takacs
Julia Peters
Wells Street
Squire Lawler
Scott Stewart
Seth Williams
Tiltonsville
Damages Sought In Mine Accident Fatality Suit
James and Mary Hibbits sue Pittsburg Buffalo Co for 20000 dollars claiming their son Minsford Hibbits died Aug 1 at the Francis mine near Burgettiown due to company negligence. The glass worker, sole support, was crushed when two loaded cars rolled away after a switch was not thrown. The suit cites inadequate brakes and lack of warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James and
Mary Hibbits
Ralph Levinson
Acheson & Crumrine
Washington County
Pittsburg-Buffalo Co
Minsford Hibbits
Francis
Burgettstown
Washington, A
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Keifer
Dorse
Vention
Jefferson County
Mr. Yingst
Works of
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