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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1912
Page
21
Columbus, Oct. 8 The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled it lacks power to review Secretary Graves's decision blocking the names of Republican and Democratic nominees endorsed by the Bull Moose party from appearing on the Bull Moose ticket. Graves's action stands as final.
Boston Red Sox beat New York Giants 4 1 0 3 in the first game of the world championship series. Red Murray drove in two in the third, Speaker triple and scored in the sixth, and a late Boston surge produced three more runs in the seventh. New York added a ninth inning run via Merkle and Myers but couldn’t avert defeat. The Giants used their first-string pitchers with Crandall noted for a strikeout, while Evans and Klein umpired behind the plate and lines.
Montenegro today declared war on Turkey as heavy fighting flared on the Turko Montenegrin frontier. Balkan powers may follow, with Bulgaria Serbia and Greece expected to issue similar declarations. The crisis alarms European capitals as the Pope’s mediation offer is considered to avert a wider conflict. Montenegro, population 250,000, fields about 55,000 troops, expandable to 80,000, smaller than most neighbors except Greece.
New York on October 8 190? the police lieutenant Becker seeks jurors who are young married men with blue eyes and strong will for his murder trial in the case of Gambler Hermann Rosenthal. Rosenthal indicated his selection of talesmen with counsel present. Court resumed with only one juror seated.
Indianapolis reports on October 8 shows over fifty hotel clerks and hotel attaches summoned to testify in dynamite conspiracy trials. Witnesses aim to corroborate Ortie McManigal’s confession and trace McManigal James B. and John J. McNamarra Edward Clark Herbert S. Hockin Frank C. Webb Frank M. Ryan and others across five years of the alleged plot. District Attorney Miller continued his statements and charged Higgins and Young with McManigal in a Springfield mass dynamite case and alleged alibi efforts in Hartford Connecticut.
Howard F E Belles of Reading Pennsylvania and Roland Webber also of Reading were attacked by car burglars in Lake Shore yards Lackawanna near Buffalo on October 8. Belles was shot dead when one robber menaced him with a pistol. Webber escaped by dropping and rolling beneath a car. Both men were former P R trainmen.
Local forecast notes unsettled rain tonight or Wednesday across parts of Ohio. Warmer conditions expected as a warm front advances, with higher humidity and possible brief showers in scattered areas.
Wayne McVeagh former U S attorney general testified before the app committee that in 1904 Roosevelt asked Harriman to raise a state campaign fund. He described Twombly reporting Harriman sought about 200000 for the effort and a luncheon with Frick at the White House.
A Herald Star reader proposes using Article 15 of the Ohio constitution to let a city acquire construct own or operate a public utility including electric light service. The citizen notes sections 4 and 5 allow municipal seizure or control by ordinance with a 30 day wait, and asks for future planning after next month.
Taft marching club calls a 7 30 pm meeting at the Council Chamber to transact business of importance. All members are urged to attend.
Kansas City court of appeals upholds mother Carrie Dimmit in a custody ruling amid a bitter split with James J. Dimmit. The case stems from a $125,000 inheritance Mrs. Dimmit received and an insurance offer tied to a medical test. She admitted concealing the bequest and the motive. The ruling notes moral considerations in a wife disguising truth to protect assets.
Harry W. Hovelman proprietor of the Clarendon Hotel filed in Columbus a voluntary bankruptcy petition through attorney P. P. Lewis. Assets include hotel furnishings bar fixtures liquor stock and two La Belle View lots mortgaged to Standard Distilling Co. of Cincinnati. Total assets 5000 liabilities 6000 with creditors mainly in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and little local debt about 250. unsecured claim against Independent Brewing Co. of Pittsburgh for 2200.
Clerk William Costello of Cleveland insolvency and juvenile courts plans a jury selection later this week composed entirely of big league players or former big leaguers. Residing in Cleveland, the list includes Marquard, Paskett, Bradley, Austin, Evans, Lajoie, Craig, and others from the major circuits. Paddy Livingston already served as a juror this week.
The post season game features Philadelphia Nationals against Philadel bears in a tense matchup. Key players contributions from both teams highlighted, with scoring bursts and defensive stands shaping the tense finale. Officials ensure fair play as the crowd responds to every pivotal moment.
The Philadelphia Americans triumphed in a tough match as Seaton and Killifer led National Plank and Lapp for the Americans. Chicago National and American games were postponed due to rain, with scores showing a decisive American victory despite weather delays.
Mary Jordan, a colored woman, confronted George Patterson, a male attendant at Gill hospital, and shot him in the left leg above the knee after asking to see him. Patterson says they were friends, but she fired twice. the second shot missed, and she fled as he lay wounded. Police chase Miss Jordan in Stra.
Trustees of Westminster Church decided to invite bids for tearing down the former First Church building and preparing materials for reuse in the new edifice. Work to be completed by the end of December, with detailed plans to be ready for contractors. The new church is expected to be completed the year after next Christmas.
Leaders of the Sanitary Pottery Manufacturers Association and affiliates from the United States Potters Association and National Brotherhood of Operative Potters conclude a conference in Atlantic City New Jersey. The two year settlement takes effect with the first fall pay in November and secures pay raises on several articles including a ten percent rise for sets and a five percent rise on wash downs. A day wage is set at 3 dollars and 50 cents for packers with other adjustments under review. A committee will study price changes for swinging lavatories and a demand for higher pay for delivering products is to be settled by a special joint committee of workers and manufacturers.
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