Ohio notes on prizes and legal blunders in state affairs
Columbus dispatch reports Perry’s Victory centennial commission can spend $10,000 of $115,000 on yacht race prizes under Attorney General Hogan. It also notes a Friebolin bill blunder delaying supreme court chief justice appointment and potential governor action. Other items include state fair exhibits, prison diet reforms, death claims payouts, and political salary studies.
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D. A. Donovan
Columbus
Ohio
Perry
Victory Centennial Commission
Hogan
Webster P. Huntington
Lake Erie
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Ed. C. Lagater
Texas
H. R. Gentsch
Chicago
James W. Fleming
State Board of Agriculture
Thomas
J. H. Secrest
Butler County Election Board
Mr. Secrest
County Election Board
Secretary of State
Capitol
State House
Warren J
Daffy
Toledo
M. Gregory
Cincinnati
Daniel
M. Mooney
St. Marys
M. A
Aee
Frank H. Rel B. Kirkpatric Beee
Green
William Green
Coshocton
Win Perry
Iowa
United Mine Workers of America
United States
Canada
Pee
Approves Southern Home Columbus Plan Endorsed
Governor Cox's Gettysburg plan to turn over the soldiers' home at John MA to the Confederate Army's care was endorsed by D. M. Gotacall of Dayton, a board member of the national military homes. He said 1,800 men could be housed there, though the facility is not at full capacity.
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Alds
State Liability Board of Awards
Forest D. Hall
Nelson-McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Co
Roseville
Leona Smith Lewis
Samuel H. Lewis
Glouster
Walsall Brick Co
Lewis
Joseph Connor
Buckeye Steel Castings Co
Columbus
Henry Werdman
Cincinnati
Cox
Gettysburg
John MA
Home A
D. M. Gotacall
Dayton
National Military Homes
East Liverpool Urged to Install Water Purification Plant
Gov. Cox approves health board orders for water supply compliance by January 1, 1916 while East Liverpool clogs on agreeing to a plan. The state board directs construction of a water purification plant as local disputes persist.
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Health Board
Cox
Cambridge
East Liverpool
State. Board
Huerta 15 Upheld Nation as Home of Liars
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson arrived in New York after confirming that U S consuls in Mexico recognized de facto Huerta rule while calling reports of rebels near Mexico City exaggerated. He criticized the mediation plan as rot and said he would await instructions before returning to Washington.
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New York
Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Wilson
Pat
Huerta
United States
Carranza
Mexico City
New Method to Study Anatomy Without Dissection
Philadelphia July 26 A local medical college will test a new teaching method based on a fluid that renders the human body transparent. The German discovery enables students to study veins muscles and bones more clearly than with a dissecting knife.
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Philadelphia
Pope Dismisses Swiss Guard at Vatican
Rome July 24 Pope Pius ordered the dismissal of all Swiss guards after they refused to submit to discipline. The action ends their connection with the Vatican and follows instructions given to the men earlier that day.
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Rome
Pius
Vatican
Women Arrested in Glasgow Fire Plot Charged
Two women in Glasgow were arrested for an alleged sensational attempt to fire a large post office building. The incident, dated July 26, has authorities treating the suspects as possible suffragettes and investigating the motive and connections.
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Glasgow
Post
Sing Sing Riot Convicts Sent to Auburn Prison
Sixty five ringleaders from Sing Sing are moved to Auburn with manacles and shackles amid a dynamite plot and water shutoff scheme. Ninety guards escort them as 1,400 inmates left behind riot and threaten further disruption.
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Sing Sing
N. Y
Auburn
Clancey
Naval Militia
National
White Plains
Yonkers
Mount Vernon
Five men die in oil well blaze near Lost City Tulsa
Five men burned to death and one dying after a bystander lit a cigarette near the Lost City oil well site near Tulsa Oklahoma. The fatal blast and fire scorched the hillside and rail line as oil shot 60 feet into the air and gas escaped. A drilling rig engine wagons and horses were destroyed.
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Tulsa
Here
M. C. Wright
Harold Cook
Frank Snyder
Stephen Snyder
Caser
Harry Brownfield
Peter Snyder
Joy Rider Gets 14 Years for Fatal Chicago Hit and Run
Fred Hrodek a 23 year old chauffeur was found guilty of murder in Chicago for a fatal hit run on Clark Avenue Austin that killed Patrick J. Condon. The jury imposed 14 years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Chicago
Fred Hrodek
Clark Avernue
Austin
Patrick J. Condon
Railroads Protest Parcel Post Size Increase
Representatives of railroads formally protested to the interstate commerce commission against a proposed increase in parcel post package size. They argue the change would cost railroads up to 20 million dollars in revenue currently earned from express companies.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Post
Burleson
Waldo Leaves London for Paris After Scotland Yard Visit
Police Commissioner Waldo finishes an extended stay at Scotland Yard and departs London for Paris. The visit included meetings with British officials and discussions on policing matters.
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Waldo
Scotland Yard
London
Waldo Leftor Paria
Plan Martial Law in Calumet Copper Strike Turmoil
Martial law faces Calumet Mich after a violent miners strike with 30 injured and a fatal head wound to William Richards. Troops arrive under Governor Ferris. Sheriff Grune imprisoned by mob, saloons to close, and mills shut as prefects and deputies clash with rioters. Mahoney of the Western Federation directs the action.
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Calumet
Mich
National Guard of
Michigan
Ferris
Perley L. Abbey
Cruse
William Richards
Hecla
Grune
Western Federation of Miners
Houghton
George Daublem
George Ainsworth
Calumet & Hecla
Copper Country
Centennial
Ahmeek
Allouez
Tamarack
Mahoney
Calumet, Mich
China rebels repulsed at Shanghai arsenal
In one of the fiercest battles of the present revolutionary movement the South rebels were driven back after repeated assaults on the Shanghai arsenal. They regrouped out of reach of government shells and plan another attack, with seven southern provinces joining the rebellion.
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Shanghai
Rail situation is critical on eastern railroads
Federal mediators warned the rail crisis on the eastern lines has reached a critical stage after a conference with train men conductors and federal mediators. They declined to offer further explanation.
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New York
First Canal Rental Paid to Panama Promptly
Washington reports the first installment of 260000 dollars for the annual rental of the canal zone. The payment adds to the 10000000 dollars previously paid in cash to Panama nine years earlier.
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United States
Panama Zone
Washington
Panama
Pingham Nomination Moves Senate Action on Hawaii
The president sent the nomination of L. B. Pingham of Hawaii to the Senate for the governorship of Hawaii. The move comes as July 25 actions unfold.
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Pingham
Hawaii
Washington
Senate
L. B. Pingham
Ernor
Hawaiii
Tourists killed as Rio Grande train derails on Wye turn
Four passenger coaches of a Rio Grande Boulder & Western train overturned on the Switzerland trail near Boulder. Two people were killed and 37 injured as the rear coach derailed while the train was too long for the Wye turn. A University of Colorado group returning from a hike was aboard with 125 passengers including 75 students and faculty.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Boulder
Col
Switzerland Trail
Rio Grande, Boulder & Western Railroad
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
University of Colorado
Arapahoe Peak
War department holds complete map of Mexico for military use
Washington reports a complete map of Mexico prepared by secret agents after six months of field work. The document notes bridge, road, pass, and fort locations across southern central and northern Mexico with detailed condition reports.
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Washington
War Department
Mexico
Train Jumps Tracks in Nutley Crash Killing Four
Four men were killed and several others seriously injured when a railroad construction train jumped the track near West Nutley New Jersey. The derailment struck a gang of track repairers who had stepped aside as the train approached.
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Nutley
N. J
West Nutley
Cincinnati Market Prices for Corn to Lambs and Hogs
Cincinnati market report lists corn by grade with prices per bushel, hay, oats, rye, wheat, eggs, poultry, and livestock. Included are cattle shippers and calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, and stock goats with various grade distinctions and weight ranges.
Fight follows day of fun in Wooster
In Wooster Ohio police arrest Tony Diaugustino of Orrville after a swamp chase. Minutes later Chief Leiner encounters Joseph Chirillo armed with two revolvers. Fight broke out at Pasquale Cuzze home in Little Italy as two Orrville visitors joined the day.
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Perry Commission
Robert Black
Solon
Hamilton County
Casif
Pope
Chang Yin Tang
Chang
Yin Tang
Alfred Sze
Auburn Penitentiary
New York Penitentiary
JOY Rider
P. P
Interstate Commerce Body
Union
China
Yuan
Canton
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