Prison Prisoners on City Streets Clean-Up Fails Deserters Escape
Steubenville authorities launched a street cleaning program with nine jail inmates supervised by Constables Phipps and Watt. Within two hours two deserters escaped aboard an ice truck, while others mingled with crowds as they toiled on Fifth Street. Judge Smith had sentenced Rosie Miller and W Harris to one to fifteen years for assault with intent to rob.
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Nate Phipps
Robert Watt
Court House
Eliza
Fifth Street
Market
Steubenville
Smith
Rosie Miller
W. Harris
Harris
Miller
Weirton
W. Va
Market Street Bridge
William Williams
Williams
Man Pleads Guilty in Steubenville Shooting Case
Zachary Efimenko admitted shooting with intent to kill his wife in Steubenville. He received an indeterminate sentence of one to twenty years in the Ohio penitentiary. Wounded wife fled after marriage. a letter warning of planned attack aided police. Co-defendant Amete Bernabei pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and was fined $50 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Efimenko
Smith
Ohio
Efimenko
Toledo
Effimenko
Steubenville
Offi
Dignan
Amete Bernabei
Morgenthau cites English seizure of ships built for Turkey
Ambassador Henry Morgenthau tells a New York audience that England confiscated ships Turkey was having built, angering Turks who sacrificed heavily for the war effort. He notes German support and outlines Jewish relief funds usage while urging continued contributions.
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Cleveland, .C
Turkey
Jewish Relief Fund
Henry Morgenthau
Temple
East 53Rh Street
Central Avenue
England
Constantinople
Europe
Russia
France
Morganthau
Bridge Completed Over Piney Fork Near Pillowvale
The Piney Fork bridge near Pillowvale was finished by the contractors last week marking completion of the project.
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Piney Fork
Pillowvale
Hughes Wins Oregon Primary Leads GOP toward Chicago
Portland May 23 nearly 100000 Republican votes show Hughes with a clear majority about 15000 over rivals Cummins and Burton. Hughes likely to total roughly 200 votes on the first ballot at Chicago with Burton Root Fairbanks Sherman and Cummins behind. Roosevelt may exceed fifty votes on the progressive side.
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Portland
Oregon
Charles E. Hughes
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Justice Huges
Chicago
Hughes
Burton
Roosevelt
Vermont
Pennsylvania
West
Root Fairbanks
Sherman
Africa Elected by Methodist General Conference
A protracted session opened with a committee report urging continuation of all Methodist Book Concern periodicals. Rev. Alexander P. Camphor of Birmingham was elected negro missionary Bishop for Liberia on the second ballot, Rev. Evan H. Johnston of Sioux City was named missionary bishop for the rest of Africa. A resolution endorsing woman suffrage passed with only six opposing votes.
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Associated Press
Herald-star
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
General Conference
Alexander P. Camphor
Birmingham
Ala
Liberia
Africa
Evan %. Johnston
Sioux City
Henry W. Rodgers
New Haven
Conn
Workman Falls From Height At LaBelle Bi-product Plant
Ross Butler, a laborer, fell about 1130 feet from a form at the LaBelle company coke plant across the river this morning. He landed on his back, was unconscious, and later survived the drop with no broken bones, though badly shaken and bruised. He had been working on the structure since morning and is from nearby, with transport by an H. Koppers ambulance to Ohio Valley hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Butler
LaBelle Company
Butler
H. Koppers Company
Ohio Valley Hospital
Ohio Penitentiary Convict Ball Game Records First Outside Prison
Murderers burglars and other inmates formed the Ohio penitentiary baseball team and played an amateur squad at Columbus American Association park. Proceeds go to charity. The prison band of 30 convicts entertained before and between innings. The game marks the first time a convict team played outside prison walls without guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Herald-Star
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
American Association
Ohio Penitentiary News
Fraction Men Join Wellsburg Rail Union In Bid
The Wellsburg Bethany and Washington Railway employees between Wellsburg and Bethany have been admitted to Division 285 of the Brotherhood of Street Railway Employes. With conductors motormen and barn men also organized this time, all traction workers in the area are now union members after three months of negotiations. Agents from Division 295 secured signatures yesterday.
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Wellsburg
Pownell-Carman Wedding Ties Steubenville Roots
The Salvation Army captain Capt. Pownell solemnized the marriage of his eldest daughter Miss Louise Elizabeth Pownell to Mr. Earl Carman of Toronto at Army headquarters East North Street. The couple to live in Fostoria with Carman employed by National Carbon Company.
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Steupenville
Steubenville
Greensburg
Huntington
W. Va
Fostoria
Salvation Army
Garman
East Crocker Street
Carman
National Carbon Company
Enjoyable Auto Trip From Steubenville to Lisbon
An extended route guide traces a family road trip from Steubenville Ohio to Lisbon Ohio via Steubenville, Follansbee, Wellsburg, Ambridge, Beaver Falls, Salem and Lisbon with mile markers, landmarks, trolley routes, brick pavements, bridges, and town names along the Ohio River corridor.
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Steubenville
Third
Market St
Court House
Long Bridge
Ohio River
Follansbee
W. VA
Lazearville
12Th St
R. R
Wellsburg
Charles St
Bethany Pike
Independence
W. Middletown
Buffalo
Wolftown
Cros. R. R
Salem
Main St
Lincoln Ave
Lisbon
Lincoln Way
Walnut St
E. Liverpoll
West Point
Cross Bridge
Uo Hill
Calcutta
East Liverpool
Wellsville
Irish case looms as Lynch fate unsettled at Dublin court
A report from Dublin states Jeremiah C. Lynch, an American citizen, was tried yesterday by a field court martial. President Wilson pressed for deferred execution to allow U.S. inquiry, but Lynch’s fate remained unclear as a cable sought delay and the embassy awaited Lansing’s intervention.
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Washington
Ambassador Page
London
State Department
Jeremiah C. Lynch
Dublin
Lansing
Lynch
O'Gorman
Wilson
New York
Associated Prose
Herald-mar
Fi ‘Ng
Ohio Coal Miners and Operators Reach Arbitration Pact
After weeks of deadlock 15000 miners in Ohio coal fields will sign a new wage agreement. A three member arbitration board from operators and three union officers will resolve disputes and stay in session until settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
C. E. Maurer
Pottery workers end strike as grievance set for talks
In Alliance Ohio area the Sebring potteries employing about 2000 workers closed for over a week due to a wage dispute. The kiln men returned to work today with the condition that the U S Potters Association and the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters address their demand for a 25 cent daily wage increase at an East Liverpool conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Herald-Star
Alliance
Sebring
U. S. Potters Association
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
East Liverpool
Death of Mrs Isabelle Lucks Ends A Quiet Life
Mrs Isabelle Lucks wife of Emil Lucks a well known Wills Creek farmer died at home at 11 50 p m Monday night May 22 1916 after a year long illness from optic nerve inflammation She would have turned 31 in June Survived by husband two children Henry and Isabelle her parents Mr and Mrs Lawrence Anderson two sisters Mrs Martha Jackson Wellsville Ohio and Mrs Marie Franklin Alikanna and two brothers Lawrence Wills Creek and Andrew Cleveland Many friends mourn her loss in this county city.
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Isabelle Lucks
Emil Lucks
Wills Creek
Henry
Isabelle
Lawrence Anderson
Martha Jackson
Wellsville
Ohio
Marie Franklin
Alikanna
Lawrence
Andrew
Cleveland
Tragic Pan Handle Collision Near New Comerstown
A westbound Pan Handle train struck an automobile two miles from New Comerstown Sunday afternoon, killing four occupants and seriously injuring a fifth. Victims include Mrs. Frank Wilson and Pauline Wilson, ages 39 and 6, and Mrs. G E Purdy and Laurine Purdy, ages 35 and 7, with G E Purdy, 40, injured. Wilson and Purdy were executives at Rex File & Law Co. in New Comerstown. The car carried two women and two young girls. Wilson alighted to open a farm gate just as Purdy began to move the auto on a private road toward Harstine’s farm.
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New Comerstown
Frank Wilson
Pauline Wilson
G. E. Purdy
Laurine Purdy
Wilson
Rex File & Law Company
Purdy
Henry Harstine
Temporary injunction in Rogers divorce case granted
Lillie M. Rogers obtained a temporary injunction against David J. Rogers and the LaBelle Iron Works Company. The order, sought in her divorce petition filed yesterday, was granted by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie M. Rogers
David J. Rogers
LaBelle Iron Works Company
Baird Machinery Co sells sawmill and contractor equipment
Fragmentary OCR lists machinery items including planers, motors, boilers, band saws, pulleys and concrete mixers. Mentions Baird Machinery Co Pittsburgh PA with pricing notes such as 205.00 and 9108.90. Text appears as a damaged sale or catalog entry for industrial equipment.
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Macery
Baird Machinery Coitteburgtt
Sini Everyt of
Con Or Baird Machinery CO
Pitsburg
Westlake Death Remains Mourned In Zanesville
Mrs. Mary Westlake, aged 77, died Monday evening May 22 1916 at 7 30 in Zanesville after paralysis and a failed rally. She formerly lived in Bellaire and had visited Steubenville and New Cumberland. Survived by five children and two sisters, with funeral planned for Bellaire at her son George Westlake’s home Thursday at 3 pm.enton
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Mary Westlake
W. H. Cherry
Mrs. Ferry
Mrs. Hallett
Zanesville
Westlake
Bellaire
Ferry
New Cumberland
Charles Mallett
Robert Westlake
Fairview
W. Va
William Westlake
Edward Eberline
Pittsburgh
George Westlake
W. H. Ferry
First legal executions in border raid murders at Brownsville
In Brownsville on May 19, Melquides Chapa and Jose Fuenrostro face the first legal executions for the slayings of A. L. Austin and his son Charles after the Sebastian Cameron County raid on August 6, 1915. A band of 14 Mexicans conducted the attack amid wider reports of Mexican bandit activity near Madera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Herald-Star
Brownsville
Texas
Melquaides Chapa
Jose Fuenrostro
A. L. Austin
Charles
Sebastian Cameron County
German Consuls Urged to Enforce US Laws on Citizens
Washington May 18 German Count Von Bernstorff ordered all German consuls in the United States to admonish German citizens to scrupulously observe American laws. The embassy said this aims to prevent plots or lawlessness and to show Berlin disapproves of any illegal acts by German nationals or sympathizers. Instructions were received last night and forwarded to consuls immediately.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Washington
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
United States
Germman
Berlin
Switzerland Ready to Mobilize If Invasion Reaches Porentary
Paris reports President Camille De Coppet stating Switzerland would mobilize all forces and act immediately if any belligerent troops crossed the Porentury salient. He notes the army is highly trained and equipped with new heavy artillery made in France and Germany for Switzerland. A crossed boundary could threaten French communications from Verdun to Alsace and Belfort lies nearby.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
Paris
Switzerland
Camille de Coppet
de Coppet
Federal Council
Ulrich Wille
France
Germany
Porenttruy
Alsace
Porentury
Belfort
Verdun
London Adopts Daylight Saving Time Across Nation
London reports that clocks on British railways post offices newspapers offices police stations and other business will move from 2 to 3 am tomorrow under the daylight saving act. The shift lasts until September 30 with an hour stop then. Factories banks stores trains theatres and restaurants will follow the new time. A minority opposes the scheme though most comply. Parks in large cities will open an hour later for air.
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Associated Press
Herald-Star
London
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Sultan
Methodist General Conference
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Wellsburg & Bethany
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Washington, PA
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Washington, Main
FE Beau Sts. Court House
Hington
Pittsburg
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Bear
Highland Ave
Ridge Ave
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Cannonsburg
Pike St
Bridge
Morganza
Blacksmith Shop
Bridgeville
Monongahela River
Beaver Falls
Liberty St
Federal St
Allegheny River
Stockton Ave
Park
Fulton St
Western Ave
Allegheny
R. R. Bridge
River
Troppey
R. R.s
Sewickley
Ambridge
14Th St. Cross R
R. KR
Rochester
New Brighton
Sta
11Th St
7Th Ave
17Th St
8Th Ave
24Th St
Thru Covered Bridge
Darlington
R. R. Bear
UNITY
Columbiana
Fountain
Small Stone Bridge
Liverpool
Broadway
Clark Avenue
Troley
Toronto
Amusement Park
Logan St
6Th St
3Rd Sts
Rochestery
Carnegie
Wes
Cumberland Presbyterian Echurch
Amanda Herron
Lewis Smith
Clay District
Jas. Melvin
Punchtown
B. Herron
Frank Blackburn
Jeverson County
Richard Elson
Magnolia
B.C. Baxter
Fast Liverpool
8. H. Baxter
Namiquipa
N. M
Hearst Ranch
Babicora
Madera
Toay
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