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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
5
Bergholz Marshal John Connor shot Grover Geisinger twice in self defense during an attempted arrest after Geisinger, an arson suspect, returned home and drew a razor. Geisinger died at the scene. Deputies opened an inquest as Connor faced examination.
Word reached this afternoon that four men were killed or fatally injured at Jefferson coal company No 3 mine near Piney Fork when a keg of powder exploded after a mule kicked an electric wire, causing a spark. The men were foreigners and their names were not obtainable at press time.
The court ruled in favor of plaintiff Perry Kissell against Mont Draper with a verdict totaling eighteen dollars and nine cents.
Police are hunting Attila Fagi after a Monday morning incident on Sixth and South streets in which he fired through a screen door at a butcher’s customer during a dispute over a bill. A bystander was not hit, Fagi fled, and another man was briefly detained for identification before being released. Fagi remains at large.
Report states at least two county jail inmates may be convicted of Sandanato's murder after he was stabbed Sunday afternoon in a jealous act. He lay bleeding for two and a half hours before help and police were called. killers returned hours later seeking an Italian oath not to reveal their identities before he died at Gill hospital.
Police are asked to find Harry E Hamilton son of John Hamilton an engineer on the Pan Handle missing from his home near Dennison since last Wednesday at noon. He worked in the blacksmith shop of the Pennsylvania until Tuesday night when he took leave and told his mother he was going to town. He claimed he would go to Pittsburg but investigators found no pass was issued. Friends say he had about seven dollars. No reason for leaving home is known and his parents fear he may ride freight trains and be harmed.
An advertising style alert warns of spring illness from impoverished blood and mixed infections. It promotes Swift's Sure Specific 8 8 8 as a rapid remedy and urges readers to obtain a bottle and request a free book from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
Nearly eighty individuals in the county who received quarterly blind relief will switch to a Probate Court list for a State Commission under a new law after the old measure was declared unconstitutional. The county paid about 1500 dollars per quarter to blind recipients. Common Pleas Judges in Franklin and Hamilton counties upheld the attorney general’s stance.
August Sandonato died at Gill hospital after fourteen stab wounds received during an altercation at Gelso Anni bella’s boarding house near the Pan Handle railroad opposite the pottery. Prosecutors hold three men and a woman in connection with the crime.
Lillian Butcher, eight, of Amsterdam, is charged with taking a poker book containing 63 from Mrs. Wil kins millinery shop and showing friends a good time until Marshal Carter detained her. She allegedly shared some money with her 11 year old brother, who took friends to Bergholz. officers found 17.50 on Lillian and 33 unaccounted for.
Andrew Johnieczka, 26, was crushed to death at Neffs No 1 mine of the Pittsburg Belmont Coal Co in Neffs at noon yesterday. He was trapped under a fall of stone and died before miners could remove him. This marked the second fatal accident at Neffs in a week. He was unmarried with no relatives in the country except an uncle in Michigan.
Bethany College trustees voted to sell the college's Texas real estate for 28000 dollars to a Lone Star syndicate. The property, bequeathed by the late Mr Carl, spans thirteen hundred acres. The college's resources report assets over 650000 dollars.
Mrs Frances Capito and James Treco of Weirton were arrested in Chester and brought to New Cumberland for a Friday court appearance. They posted a $200 bond after being detained for unlawful elopement and travel together with Capito's young child. Treco, a boarder in the Capito home, had allegedly disappeared with his boarding mistress a week earlier.
The jury returned a not guilty verdict after a 24 hour deliberation in the Dr A C Smith criminal operation case. Reported as a surprise, the outcome followed a noon six to six stalemate and triggered strong public denunciation of the jury's decision.
David Ritchey of Bulger near the Panhandle shot himself Wednesday morning after continuing grief over the accidental killing of his child Laura three months earlier. He lived in a small cabin north of Bulger and, while working with a revolver, discharged a bullet into his heart.
Former Steubenville resident Ritchey killed his daughter Laura with a gun then fatally shot himself in a Bulger outbuilding. Inquest had ruled the earlier shooting accidental. Neighbors found Ritchey with a gun and butcher knife after the second discharge.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered withdrawal of a proposed freight tariff that would have closed routes on soft coal from West Virginia and Kentucky mines across the Great Lakes to Milwaukee and other northwest destinations. Existing rates were deemed low, and carriers may increase by ten cents per ton.
In St Clairsville on June 18 practically every state mining department inspector and operators in the eastern Ohio field joined a motor tour to inspect local mines. They plan to base bills on their findings for Governor Cox to present at the special legislative session set for January.
Boston reports American troops in Hawaii seized a large extinct volcano crater on the east coast, converting it into a fortress for a prolonged siege. Ammunition, food reserves, and water systems are installed. guns mount around the rim. wardens guard slopes to sustain the position. residents fear imminent war with Japan and preparations intensify across the islands.
Wm. H. Kramer aged 23 and Sarah Lewise Brannagan aged 22, both of Steubenville, are referenced in a local notice.
Washington June 18 a vast organized sugar lobby operation uncovered by the senate lobby inquiry committee reads hundreds of letters from the United States beet sugar industry. Seventy nine letters reveal a continental campaign to gain control of newspapers press associations and publicity. The letters show lobby influence over congress and funds from assessments on beet sugar factories.
Telegraphic briefs note Maurice Prevost, the French aviator, achieving a remarkable flight in an aeroplane at an average speed of 11114 miles per hour. The report emphasizes his speed and aviation feat in Rennes, France.
A resolution introduced by Senator Owen calls for a commerce department probe into whether oil prices in Oklahoma are being artificially fixed and by whom, seeking to expose any manipulation and inform possible action.
Oscar Nelson a 42 year old accountant for Central Savings Co at Akron Ohio killed himself in Los Angeles by inhaling gas He leaves behind a mother and wife in Akron Ohio.
Harold McMartin aged 19 and Henry Schreiber aged 28 were instantly killed in a head on crash near Butler Pennsylvania. Both automobiles overturned and were wrecked in the collision.
An autograph letter from the German emperor recognizing the Mexican administration was delivered to Provisional President Huerta on Tuesday by Hert von Kardorff, charge d affaires of the German legation, in Mexico City.
A severe electric wind and rain storm swept northern Ohio killing two people, injuring several, and causing thousands of dollars in crop damage and damage to telephone and telegraph equipment in Toledo and surrounding areas.
Coroner informed at noon that a foreign miner died at Piney Fork mines due to a fall of coal. The incident reports a fatal mining accident and notes the victim's foreign nationality.
Jefferson county Christian Endeavorers plan their nineteenth annual convention at Ragland Presbyterian church in Rayland on Thursday, with Steubenville attendees. Scheduled events include devotionals, business sessions, talks by Miss Adams and Miss Feist, social efficiency discussions, music, and addresses by Rev. Liggitt and Rev. Kelsey, with train routes from Steubenville.
A witty column of quips on fashion and social roles pokes fun at professions and proper attire. It riffs on suits for different figures from hunter to banker, hints at politics and morality, and ends with reflections on ambition and direction.
A fragment notes a girl in silk stockings who avoids mud at crossings and up to car steps, hinting at social contrast and urban life through a single, vivid image. The line implies modest critique of effort and appearance amid rough streets.
A St Louis journalist opines that hell is a personal experience and notes how money talks in some cities yet not in Congress. He cites crabstone gossip as louder than any money influence in political circles.
Some senators warn the tariff reductions in the House bill may fail to strike at business interests and push for stronger protections. The debate centers on how far changes go and which industries are affected.
A reflective line from a prose piece states that no man can love as deeply as a woman desires to be loved, suggesting a universal truth about romantic fulfillment. The quotation emphasizes mutual yearning and enduring devotion in relationships.
A jumble of remarks on admiration, market goods, and personal scandal. It notes a St Louis market selling goats fish and cites a woman discussing tastes and a husband’s kiss with a scrub-lady. It mentions an Indian girl Mary Full Stomach in the Washington Interior Department and food supplies.
A writer complains that common car horns blend in with ordinary noise and calls for a novel alarm. The unnamed speaker imagines a device that makes a ripping cloth sound to grab attention and disrupt the monotony of routine honks.
A compact remark on social roles notes that a man who lets others perform kind acts for his wife risks an East Lynne style affair arising later, suggesting moral caution about passive control in marriage.
George B. Cox in his palmiest days never dreamed of a political machine of the magnitude of the one that James M. Cox, Governor of Ohio, is now building at the expense of the state.
A report notes higher state taxes reduce capital available for Ohio firms and raise the burden to fund a growing number of public offices. The analysis argues revenue needs push levies higher, affecting local entrepreneurs and economic activity.
The piece argues Governor Cox backs a short ballot that would keep only himself as an elected executive and give him authority to appoint the remaining state officials. It describes the measure as creating an elective monarchy for Ohio.
The tariff is hailed as key to business, yet those advising on it are branded insidious lobbyists by the President. The text condemns attempts by experts to brief a congressional committee, highlighting tensions between industry knowledge and political rhetoric.
The funeral for Vernon L. Campbell, aged 5 years 9 months, was held at McMillan Cove with the Holliday's Cove Presbyterian choir. Pallbearers included Wm Hindman, S D Campbell, S E Hammond, C P Campbell, and Florence L Schneider.
John Williams, age 28, was killed by a slate fall in the O. and P. mine at Amsterdam on Friday. Another man named Dims Ky, age 28, died at the Piney Fork mines today.
John Melish, a Scottish traveler, described Steubenville in 1798 as a growing river town with 200 houses and 880 inhabitants. He noted brick buildings seven taverns twelve stores a courthouse jail church bank land office post office and printing office. He praised the climate and the industrious New England immigrant population of agriculturists and mechanics with good roads and bridges.
A playful note describes a peppery sauce gift called the hot tamale being handed to the Governor of Ohio by the Public Printer, framed as a spirited, tongue in cheek exchange. The scene evokes a splashy, informal moment in state affairs.
The speaker argues Gov Cox would need a specific call to an extra session to repeal the Rose local options law. He warns that when such a call is issued, severe political fallout will follow, labeling the maneuver a double cross in the city’s discourse.
A Plymouth Rock chicken owned by John Starkey Wo near Trondale Ohio laid ten eggs. One egg stood out on exhibition Saturday in the show window of F. Allison, the jeweler. The dark shelled egg measured about seven percent of eight and twelve inches and weighed six ounces. It was larger than ordinary turkey eggs and appeared perfect in shape.
Michael Perolitte, 25, of West End, was killed instantly when struck by a freight train at Greentree tunnel on the Wabash railroad. He had waited for a train to pass into the tunnel and then stepped in front of a train exiting the tunnel.
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