Probes and trusts dominate national anti trust probes
The U S government files suit under the German anti trust law against the magazine trust and related publishers including the periodical clearing house Double Day and Co Harper and Brothers and others. Wall paper trust probes begin in Cleveland with a federal grand jury and witnesses from multiple cities. Joseph Smith testifies before the sugar trust committee denying involvement and revealing church holdings in Utah Idaho Sugar Co and related interests.
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New York
United States
Trust
Clearing House
Cleveland
Wall Paper Trust
Washington
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Sugartrust
Current Literature Publishing Co
Phillips Publishing Co
Harper & Brothers
Leslie and Judge Co
Review of Reviews Co
International Magazine Co
New Publications Co
Frederick Publishing Co
Standard Fashion Co
New Idea Publishing Co
Ridgway Publishing Co
American Home Magazine Co
Short Story Co
Deal on Sharpe property and plans for La Belle View school
The Board of Education closed the Geo. E. Sharpe property deal at $20,000 and approved remodeling contracts. Plans for an eight room La Belle View school building were presented. Heating bids were opened for Garfield and Lincoln buildings with several firms bidding. Summer continuation enrollment totaled 66 with 65 students listed as girls. Several staff appointments and janitorial requests were noted, along with miscellaneous payments to staff and vendors.
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Board of Education
Sharpe
North Seventh Street
la Belle View
Messrs
Joyce
Lyons
Munker
Burgoyne
Kerr
Martin Phillip
Washington
Geo. E. Sharpe
Peterson
Caroline Dehrman
Phoebe Hart
Caroline Morrow
R. J. Peterson
Erwin
Stanton Building
Dock Street
Garfield
Lincoln
Bartlett Bros. Co
Same
Stanton Heater Co
Columbus Heating & Ventilating Co
R. L. Ervin
M. §. Miller
Lora B. Childs
National Exchange Bank
Star Laundry
Alfred Brown
Arguments in Deigel bribery case deny verdict instructions
In Columbus on June 27 the Rodney Deigel bribery case consumed most of the day with defense urging the court to instruct the jury to acquit. The jury was barred from hearing the arguments. Deigel's lawyers contend the note left by Senator Andrews at the Chittenden hotel shows no bribe arrangement, since Andrews went to the Neil house first.
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Columbus
Rodney Deigel
Deigel
Kinkead
Senator Andrews
Chittenden
Andrews
Neil
Farmers Pursue and Kill Man After Fruit Patch Shooting
In Cleveland on June 27 an unknown black man shot and fatally wounded Linndale fruit grower John Decker after Decker ordered him from his patch. A Linndale farmers posse pursued the assailant, firing repeatedly until more than fifty shots ended the chase and the man was killed.
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Cleveland
Linndale
John Decker
Decker
Ohio Weather Outlook Showers Then Fair Cooler Wednesday
The forecast calls for showers this afternoon or tonight in Ohio followed by fair weather and a cooler setup on Wednesday.
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Ohio
Potters to Convene in Atlantic City for National Session
The twenty first annual National Brotherhood of Operative Potters convention meets in Atlantic City June 36. Delegates Harry Brady and Alfred Wilkinson of local No 20 attend. Key topics include officer elections by initiative plan, arbitration panel, general ware scale prices, standardization of measurements, kiln remeasurement grievances, tank casting, and possible contest of first vice president Hutchins. President Duffy and National Secretary Menge expected to be re elected.
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National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
Atlantic City
Harry Brady
Alfred Wilkinson
T. J. Duffy
Edward Menge
Frank H. Hutchins
Trenton
Granville Mob Burns Railway Ties In Protest
Leading residents of Granville Ohio are accused of mob action after 300 new railway ties and other Ohio Electric Railway material were burned in the village center last night. The protest followed complaints over slow street clearances and the company threatens criminal prosecution.
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Granville
Ohio Electric Railway
Transport strike to rise as sailors join action
Extravagant London reports that the strike could reach 250000 as 100000 transport workers meet to order a walk out. Many unions join in after condemning public fund waste at the coronation, signaling widespread action across sectors.
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London
Death Toll Likely to Rise in Paris to London Air Race
Breda Netherlands June 27 The death list in the four nations Paris to London aeroplane race is expected to rise to four today after the accident to Le Laffeur at Breda. He was wrecked while starting his flight to Brussels and is not expected to survive injuries.
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Breda
Netherlands
Paris
London
le Laffeur
Brussels
Smuggling ring seized jewelry in Mrs. Jenkins case
District Attorney Wise says investigators secured evidence of a large jewelry smuggling plot valued at over a half million dollars. He indicates the scheme will extend into several states and ties to the Mrs Helen Jenkins case.
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New York
Helen Jenkins
Wise
Millionaire Hines Accused of Electing Two U.S. Senators
In Washington on June 27 the Lorimer probe heard testimony that millionaire Hines of Chicago helped elect Senator Lorimer and Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin. Duluth lumberman W. A. Cook testified to the alleged interference in two senatorial elections, as Wisconsin lawmakers demand inquiry.
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Washington
Lorimer
Hines
Chicago
Stephenson
Wisconsin
W. A. Cook
Duluth
Petition filed to probe Senator Stephenson election
Madison Wis June 27 leg legislators filed with the secretary of state a petition demanding the US Senate investigate the election of United States Senator Stephenson. The move mirrors the Lorimer scandal and is expected to prompt a Senate inquiry as the document is sent to Washington tomorrow.
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Madison
Wis
United States Senate
United States
Stephenson
Guggenheim Interests Still Control Alaska Coal Output
In Washington on June 27, Senator Poindexter introduced a resolution demanding a full investigation. The administration allegedly issued secret orders canceling Cunningham claims yet giving Guggenheim interests control of Alaska coal output and all transportation facilities, including the Controller Bay outlet of the coal field.
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Washington, D. C
Guggenheim
Alaska
Cunningham
Poindexter
Guggenheims
Controller Bay
Gunner's Mate Committed Harbor Disposal of Body
Tokio June 27. A gunner's mate on the United States Cruiser Albany is suspected of throwing Alvin Root into the harbor after being missing since June 24. Authorities are investigating. The body will be buried here tomorrow with full military honors.
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Tokio
Alvin Root
Albany
United States
Home Coming Week committees report progress and plans
The Home Coming Week committees met in the court room to outline events for the first week of September. They reported strong progress, with music committee chairmen arranging three local bands for four days and decorations projected at about $800. Labor leaders seek Samuel Gompers for Labor Day, a parade by unions is anticipated, and fireworks spending is proposed at $300 as total expenses near $5,000.
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Court Room
Charles Irwin
Music Committee
F. H. Kerr
H. W. Cooper
H. T Clark
Women’s Club
Pearce Block
North Fourth Street
Filson
Bert Lee
Coshocton
Norval White
Harry Griffiths
Samuel Gompers
Supreme Court to rule on Dow Aiken saloon tax
Columbus June 27 The Dow Aiken $1000 saloon tax and the right of state collection in dry counties will be reviewed by the U S Supreme Court after the Ohio Supreme Court upheld tax collection in counties without saloons and in licensed counties The ruling could bring in thousands to the state revenue with Licking County alone contributing over $50000 from 42 violators and penalties The liquor interests seek federal reversal arguing tax burdens violate constitutional rights
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Columbus
Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio Supreme Court
Licking
General Revenue
Licking County
County Defends Damage Suit For Kelling Of John Reardon
Jefferson county defends its first suit to prevent collection of 5000 damages under riot statutes in Columbus federal court. The case concerns Detective Jack Reardon shot during labor troubles on Fifth Street. Reardon heirs, based in Pittsburg, seek damages. witnesses say the incident was a riot.
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Jefferson County
United States
Columbus
Jack Reardon
Fifth Street
Lee J. Cage
Cage
John Nolan
Paisley
Pugh
Ira Blackburn
C. L. Weems
Reardon
la Belle
Pittsburg
Prosecution in Delaware Poison Case Finds No Poison
Prof William Davies of Ohio Wesleyan University tested stomach fluid from Miss Merle Henkle in the Jes sie Way Henkle poisoning case. He reports no traces of poison. The state’s case may fail unless new evidence appears before the September Delaware grand jury.
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Sity
Delaware
Merle Henkle
Child Prodigy Erwin Nyiregyhazi Impresses Royal Court
London reports eight year old Hungarian prodigy Erwin Nyiregyhazi played Bach, Rachmaninoff, Mozart, and Chopin at Buckingham Palace by command of the queen. With the Prince of Wales and Princesses present, the boy impressed all by memory, improvisation, and perfect pitch, earning a Berlin Conservatory scholarship.
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London
Erwin Nyiregyhazi
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Princess Mary
Prince John
Rachmanioff
Chopin
Budapest
Opera
England
Berlin
Murderer commits suicide before crowd in Richwood
In Richwood West Virginia on June 27 Granville Johns a 50 year old Cherry River Lumber Company employee shot at his son and a boarder after threats to kill his children over a Camden on Gauley visit. During a struggle with his son the shotgun discharged fatally injuring boarder R T Ulet. Johns then killed himself in view of hundreds of onlookers on the riverbank.
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Richwood
W. Va
Granville Johns
Cherry River Boom
Tmber Company
R. T. Ulet
Charles
Camden-on-Gauley
Minnie
Chaves
Ulet
Watha Doomed as Supreme Court Refuses Petition
The Supreme Court refused to permit filing a petition in error in Montella Watha’s case. Watha, serving a 20 year sentence for the Newark lynching of detective Carl Etherington, will have to complete his term. Also, John Orrs Sons and W F Davison sue A A Deitz for judgments totaling 413.40 and 122.26 to reach Deitz owned property.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Montella Watha
Diry
Carl Etherington
Newark
Watha
John Orrs Sons
W. F. Davidson
A. A. Deitz
Lillian R. Deitz
Erskine & Smith
Mary C. Crowe
John M. Aten
Race Riot in West Virginia Leaves Four Dead
A race riot between Americans and Italians near Weaver and Junior in Waverly leaves four Italians dying and four Americans seriously injured. A 90 man sheriff's posse arrived from Elkins and will remain until the violence ends. authorities claim the situation is now under control.
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Waverly
W. Va
Weaver
Junior
Elkins
Honeymoon Ends in Hours as New Cumberland Man Fugitively Sought
Jay Wilson an 18 year old dam builder from New Cumberland wed Maggie Reynolds at the First Methodist Protestant church. Three hours later he faced bigamy and perjury charges after it emerged he had been married before in Paintsville Kentucky. He fled across the Ohio in a skiff as police from several cities pursued him.
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Jay Wilson
New Cumberland
Wilson
Maggie
Reynolds
Hancock
Ohio
Thomas Cochrane
Young Wilson
Kentucky
Paintsville
First Methodist Protestant Church
F. W. Perkins
Cochrane
Squire Bradley
Empire
Toronto
Liverpool
Funeral Attendees From Tri State Rail Way Attend Boyce Rites
A number of Tri State Railway and Electric Co employees including motormen and conductors traveled to Hope dale on Tuesday morning for the funeral of Joseph D. Boyce the motorman killed in Sunday's Wellsville accident. The service began at 11 o clock at his late home two miles from Hope dale. Conductor C H Hilton is expected to be discharged soon after doctors found five cracked ribs. Robt Alexander of Wellsville and James Rickman of Empire, injured in the same incident, are recovering well with Alexander released today.
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Tri-State Railway & Electric Co
Hopedale
Joseph D. Boyce
Wellsville
C. H. Hilton
Robt, Alexander
James Rickman
Empire
Ares
Tippling Law Turns Conductors Into Arresting Officers
Illinois unfurls a new law making every railroad conductor a state police officer to arrest those drinking alcohol aboard trains or at stations. Effective July 1, placards are to be posted widely with $50 penalties for omissions. similar measures may reach Pennsylvania next.
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Illinois
Pennsylvania
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