Grimms hanging looms as governor no reprieve arrives
Brooke County officials say Hobart Grimm will hang for the murder of Stephen Galceik in Follansbee. No word from Governor Morgan on clemency within 24 hours before Judge Sommerville set the execution. The case centers on the Pittsburgh wire-frame expert whose body was dumped into the Ohio River from the Steubenville bridge.
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Band of Providence
Hobart
Pittsburgh
Rimm
Magundsville
Morrow
Brooke County
Morgan
J. B. Sommerville
Grimm
Stephen W. Galciek
Steubenville Bridge
Ohio River
Ilness
Ohio
Kansas
Follansbee
Aew
R. J. Ramsay
Mollansbee
Pittsury
Galciek
Stanley
Pittsburg
Herald-Star
Robert L. Ramsay
Fol
No Relief From Heat Threat Likely Across Regions
Washington reports the heat wave continues with no early break expected. The Weather Bureau notes no signs of relief in the Lake region and Central valley, predicting a return to hot conditions in the north and middle Atlantic States by Thursday. Milwaukee and Rapids, Mich saw highs near 100 degrees yesterday.
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Washington
A. P
Middle Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Lake
Central Valley
North
Great Central
Rapids
Mich
Dayton Strike Halts Dayton Traction System Work
Dayton Ohio July 6. A city wide wage strike by 500 employees shuts down all six traction firms except the Cincinnati and Dayton interurban division. Cars idle as jitney plans surface and talks of repealing the seven cent fare and a new 45 cent wage appear. The unions allege the companies violated the existing agreement and aim to end union power through open shop policy.
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Dayton
Ohio
A. P
Cincinnati and
Aab
Death of W M Helms Fails After Sunday Garage Fall
William M Helms Steubenville prominent citizen dies at home after injuries from a fall at Hill Top Garage Le Belle View while retrieving his car He suffered a broken collar bone internal injuries and other trauma He was Civil War veteran and held key posts in local insurance and lending firms He leaves a large family and was noted for philanthropy Funeral plans wait for son Thomas C Helms return from a motor trip to Eastern Pennsylvania and New York state
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Hill Top
le Belle View
William M. Helms
Steubenville
Pennsylvania ,Avenue
Helms
Mr. Helms
Louis W
Mary Myers Helms
Imr
Court Street
157Th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
G. A. Gescheider Insurance Company
Steubenville Building and Loan Company
Steubenville Hardware ‘Company
Nancy J. Davidson
Louis
Robert D
Monhhood
Thomas C. Helms
Old Second Presbyterian Church
City
E. V. Gordon
Martha Bennett
Lucy Vanderer
New Castle
Robert Helms
New York State
Tragic Farm Accident Claims Grover Dye at Broadacre
Grover Dye a 37 year old farmer near Broadacre died after falling from a hay wagon onto a hay fork. The prongs penetrated his right side including his lung causing fatal injuries. Coroner T H Kirk announced the inquest and Dye left behind a wife and several children.
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Grover Dye
Broadacre
Dye
T. H. Kirk
Indictments Target Harry Brolaski in Standar d Industry Affair
San Francisco July 6. An indictment in New York names Harry Brolaski and others in connection with Stand ard Film Industries. Brolaski, a former gambler and self styled reform ed confidence man, is already under U S custody for leading a whiskey selling conspiracy. He claims to have acted as a stock broker for the concern and says a prior 1917 case related to the same matter was dismissed.
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San Francisco
Cal
Harry Brolaski
New York
Anthony Drexel
Eliot Norton
Louis R. Jennings
Standard
Lm Industries, Inc
Brolaski
United States
General Anager
The
Film Enterprise
Found Dead With Knife in Heart
Arthur Taubert of Milwaukee was found dead in an oarless rowboat on Pewaukee Lake with a knife in his heart. He was last seen Monday night with a young woman whose identity remains unknown to relatives and Milwaukee friends. Authorities had no other clue.
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Waukesha
Wis
Arthur Taubert
Milwaukee
Pewaukee Lake
Taubert
Ohio Weather Tonight and Thursday Warm and Fair
Ohio forecast calls for generally fair skies with continued warmth tonight and Thursday. Breezes remain light as temperatures stay above seasonal averages across the state.
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Ohio
Jury Formed to Try Mrs Raber for Husband's Murder
Cleveland July 6 A jury to try Mrs Eva Catherine Raber on a charge of murdering her husband Daniel Raber was sworn in shortly after noon. The panel includes men and one woman, with 107 veniremen examined. The jury will view the Raber home in Lakewood and be kept under guard during the trial.
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Lansbee
Brooke County
Mike Oldrick
Galchelli
Charles Berry
Follansbee
Brooke Country
Follawsbee
Madam i Stanley
West Virginia
Clarence Williams
Pittsburgh
Galchek
Pittshureh
Pittshared
Mr. Williams
Cleveland
Eva Catherine Kaber
Daniel Ifaber
Lakewood
Raber
Edwin L. Ford
Frank W. Evans
Wm. Warner
Walter Bisler
Joseph Halpin
Thomas Burke
Mary Chapell
W. W. Beall
John C. Murtha
Thos
J. Burns
James M. van Tassel
Louis Maber
Bernon
Francis W. Poulson
Kaber
Alls to Resist Rebel Advance on Constantinople
W J Hot a Reeds Mills farmer pleaded guilty to cruelty to a 12 year old adopted son Everett Hot. He was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to 90 days in the county jail but suspended on condition the boy is never subjected to such brutality again. Campers opposed mobbing and intervened in the case.
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W. J. Hot
Reeds Mills
Rowan
Everett Hot
Hot
Ex Service Men Attend Batman Funeral Tomorrow
William Batman ex servant man killed in a Tuesday auto truck crash will receive a full military funeral with a pallbearer guard from four ex service groups. Delegations will meet at Lindsay's at 2 30 p m with uniforms worn and a firing squad at the grave in Union Cemetery. Tony Di Angelo to be buried Thursday at Mettenberger's funeral home. Other crash victims improving at Gill hospital.
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William Batman
Union Cemetery
134Th M. G. Bn
Lindsay’s
Methodist Protestant Church
Rev. Brown
American Legion
Legion
V. of
F. W. and Sons of Veterans
Batman
Union 1
Capt
Franzsheim
Harry Brasheard
The
Harry Stonebraker
Sons of Vets
Tony di Angelo
Mettenberger
Gill Hospital
Georgia Militia Called Out to Protect Railroad
Three companies of the Georgia National Guard were to arrive in Fitzgerald to quell disturbances after an Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway train attack. Engineer W. T. Reid was mortally wounded as violence followed a week of strike disorders with numerous shots fired.
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Fitzgerald
Georgia National Guard
Birmingham and Atlantic
W. T. Reid
Five Men Murdered in Ireland Action at Newry District
Belfast July 6 A P Five men were seized from homes in Newry district forty four miles south of Belfast and shot leaving their bodies by the roadside. A Miss McAnniff a schoolteacher was shot yesterday while shielding her brother. Two of the dead men were sons of former Sergeant of Police Reilly. A separate street ambush wounded two constables and a Belfast to Londonderry train was wrecked near Pomeroy with rails removed and goods cars burned.
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Newry
McAnniff
Reilly
Ireland
Londonderry
Pomeroy
County Tyrone
Millwood Fire Levels Ontario Town Killing Two
Fire swept Millwood Ontario destroying the town and killing two people as forests burned across Northern Ontario last night. A hundred pulp wood camp workers were said to be homeless while scores battled the flames amid heat above one hundred degrees and no wind.
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Cobalt
Ont
A. P
Millwood
Ontario
Porcunine
Side Car Ditched. One Man Killed in Ohio Crash
Toledo reports James Moore aged 42 died in a hospital after a motorcycle side car accident. Four others rode the machine. Moore lost control and plunged into a six foot ditch. Moore suffered a fractured skull while F W Shiebert sustained head and shoulder bruises but was not seriously hurt.
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Toledo
A. P
James Moore
Moore
iMoore
F. W. Shiebert
Ste
Tagy
Mortality Soars as Heat Kills Chicago Babies
Chicago reports fourteen infant deaths daily last week, a 15 percent rise from a year ago. Health officials attribute the surge to heat, with four adult deaths linked to heat yesterday. The Weather Bureau offers no immediate relief.
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Chicago
Health Department
Weather Bureau
London predictions on Balkan turmoil and possible action
London papers warn Britain France and Italy may adopt concerted measures against Turkish Nationalists amid fears of a Turkish move on Constantinople. Allied commissioners discuss resisting any Turkish advance while Straits navigation and Sevres terms are cited.
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London
A. P
Great ‘Britain
France
Italy
Constantinople
Sea of
Marmara
Hich
Harrington
Sevres
London Times
Trmid
Asia Minor
Thrace
Bulgaria
Trig
Rumania
Jugo-Slavia
Czecho-Slovakia
Pubania
Opposition to Mayor Hylan for His Second Term
In New York on July 6 A P reports municipal politics heating up as John S Hylan seeks re election with Tammany backing A plan forms for opposition after the Business Men's League failed to endorse him Republicans in all five boroughs appoint Henry W Taft to lead a united front Socialist city convention set for weekend to pick mayoral candidates Morris Hillquit who ran four years ago will not seek another bid due to ill health
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New York
A. P
John S. Hylan
Tammany
Hils
Business Men’s League
Boroughs
Henry W. Taft
Morris Hillquit
Decision Against A Wealthy Man Toledo
The Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction of David A. Barnett a wealthy businessman found guilty in Sammon Teas court of mistreating a six year old girl. He faces one to twenty years in the Mansfield Reformatory. The appellate court upheld admission of testimony from children aged four to ten. Barnett’s attorneys will seek Supreme Court review.
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Toledo
Ohio
Court of Appeals
David A. Barnett
Sammon Teas Court
Barnett
Mansfield Reformatory
aAppelate
Common Pleas
Johnson
Supreme Court
Debates on Tax Cuts and Government Spending
The column surveys views on tax reduction versus retrenchment, noting public demand for more government spending and a push by the Budget Commission to save a billion dollars. It also discusses highways safety, European recovery, and the idea of post office savings banks to stimulate circulation.
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Congress
Willis
Isphcie
John Sherman
Hardin
Budget Commission
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