Ohio Prohibition convention names and actions
The Ohio Prohibition convention at Springfield adjourned with nominees for governor and other offices led by Rev. Dr. N. D. Creamer and Col. J. M. Scott. The gathering featured Rev. W. H. Boles defending himself against a mayoral order and criticizing Catholic authorities. A separate Cincinnati report notes wives of travelers forming a state auxiliary of the U C T.
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Springfield
N. D. Creamer
Columbus
J. M. Scott
Granville
A. C. Purvis
New Lexington
William Kingham
Lakeside
E. Jay Pinney
Cleveland
T. W. Shreve
Martin’s Ferry
J. R
W. H. Boles
Alma
III
Rowlus
Boles
Board of Public Service
Field Day at Cleveland Brings Intercollegiate Race Record
Athletes from Oberlin Case Ohio State Reserve Kenyon and Ohio Wesleyan competed at Cleveland Driving Park in 15 events. Oberlin led with 70 2 5 points while Ohio State finished third with 28 points and a western intercollegiate half mile record of 1 58 2 5. In Massillon Archie Brown was identified as the assailant of Hazel Wilson’s claim, with guards on duty after a reported attempted lynching.
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Cleveland
Oberlin
Case
Ohio State
Reserve
Kenyon
Ohio Wesleyan
Coshocton
Archie Brown
Massillon
Hazel Wilson
Brown
Hedge
Fire at Cincinnati Armory Threatens Landmark
A blaze swept the Armory building home to the First Ohio regiment around 8 pm Thursday, sparked by decorations for the United Commercial Travelers ball. The fire nearly destroyed the structure, with estimated losses about 5000 dollars.
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Armory
Cincinnati
Ohio Regiment of Infantry
United Commercial Travelers
Fatal shooting during quarrel near California Ohio
Arthur Hart a 24 year old white man was shot in the side during a quarrel in California Ohio on Sunday evening by a Negro known as Pay Car. Hart was brought to Cincinnati and taken to the city hospital where the wound was described as perhaps fatal.
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Cincinnati
California
Arthur Hart
Hart
Doctor Whips Cabby Leads to Fine in Columbus
Dr. L. B. Shumaker of Galion was fined ten dollars and costs in police court after pleading guilty to assaulting George Keller a hack driver in Columbus. The doctor owed Keller one dollar and whipped the driver when the cabman refused a check as payment.
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Columbus
L. B. Shumaker
Galion
George Keller
Shumaker
Hackman
Automobile Crash in Cleveland Injures Four
An automobile carrying John J. Jack his wife and Misses Jenny and Mary E. Jack was struck by a street car at East Madison avenue and Superior street. Mrs Jack has three ribs broken and is believed fatally hurt. The others are cut and bruised.
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Cleveland
John’ J. Jack
Jenny
Mary E. Jack
Madison Avenue
Superior Street
Jack
No Time For Weddings in Youngstown Mayor Says
Mayor W. T. Gibson announced he will perform no marriage ceremonies due to his mayoral duties and lack of time to wed.
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Youngstown
W. T. Gibson
Sun day's session draws twenty five thousand Brethren in Bellefontaine
Twenty five thousand attendees filled Bellefontaine Ohio for Sun day morning through evening sessions of the German Baptist Brethren world conference. Ministers from across the United States preached at various churches during the day. Fire at Canton destroys John Danner Co plant with an estimated teno thousand dollar loss and forty thousand insurance. factory to be rebuilt immediately.
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Bellefontaine, O
German Baptist Brethren of the World
United States
Canton
John Danner Co
Officers Resign in Lima National Guard Changes
Lima Ohio May 30 The disruption of the old Second regiment of the National Guard follows the resignation of Col James I Ream the ranking officer in the state and Capt John M Bing ham adjutant of the Second Company L at Wapakoneta has been mustered out. Kenton and Findlay companies likely follow. Col Ream with 21 years service is succeeded by Col Mead of the Third regiment Dayton as ranking officer in the state.
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van Wert
Col. Mead
Dayton
Ream
Ohio Nationalists form state Irish-American group in Columbus
A statewide Irish-American federation was organized in Columbus with Judge Neilan temporarily chairing and Maurice Langan serving as secretary. The Ohio Nationalists plan an Emmett celebration in Columbus on September 19 and 20, uniting all Irish societies in the state. Additionally Findlay hosts the State Carriers association meeting naming M. Halbert as president and outlining officers, with Piqua named as next convention site.
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Columbus
Ohio
Judge Neilan
Hamilton
Maurice Langan
Findlay
M. Halbert
Springfield
Clarence Snyder
Akron
Melville Johnston
Charles A. Saunders
Max Gebhard
Cleveland
C. A. Stoltz
Greenville
W. H. Moon
Dayton
Frank W. Hirst
Newark
Piqua
Explosion Hurts Bakers in Alliance Dynamite Incident
In Alliance Ohio on May 30 a dynamite blast during a serenade to Ellis Heistand and wife of Damascus injured W L Baker and Dennis Callahan seriously and two other boys slightly. Baker, hospitalized, is likely to lose hearing. other victims treated on scene.
Tragic electrocution at Chester Park rear
John Crover sier aged 22 from Woodstock Iowa was electrocuted Thursday afternoon in the rear of Chester Park Cincinnati. His companion Fred Nolan 22 of Cleveland was burned but survived after contact with a live electric wire.
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Cincinnati
John Croversier
Woodstock
Chester Park
Fred Nolan
Cleveland
Madisonville to be annexed to Cincinnati vote set
Cincinnati May 30 The village of Madisonville will be annexed to Cincinnati An ordinance to submit the issue to voters at the November general election is being prepared by the city solicitor at the request of Councilman E E Kellogg who will introduce it in council
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Cincinnati
Madisonville
E. E. Kellogg
Harris Indicted in Distemper Insurance Case
Bryan Ohio May 30 The grand jury indicted C H Harris of Edgerton on the charge of obtaining 40 000 to 70 000 from farmers under false pretenses. He operated a livestock insurance association said to have failed to pay after several horses died of distemper.
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C. H. Harris
Bryan
Edgerton
Toledo Bee Changes Hands Ending Democratic Paper
Milton McRae of Cincinnati purchased the Toledo Bee for the Scripps McRae syndicate signing a $50,000 check. The Bee will become independent in politics, leaving Toledo without a Democratic paper. In Sandusky sparks caused three fires threatening the Consolidated Cooperage Co plant and destroying Wagner Lake Ice Co icehouses with about $15,000 in losses. The Ohio Single Tax League held its state convention in Columbus electing J B Radcliff of Youngstown as president and endorsing Tom L Johnson
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Toledo
Milton McRae
Cincinnati
Toledo Bee
Scripps-McRae
McRae
Bee
Sandusky
Consolidated Cooperage Co
Wagner Lake Ice Co
Venice
Single Tax League
Columbus
Single Tax League of
Ohio
J. B. Radcliff
Youngstown
Tom L. Johnson
Textile workers strike in Philadelphia for 55 hour week
Philadelphia reports show 37 firms agreed to cut hours from 60 to 55 weekly with 12 mills already on strike and one locked out. Textile workers executive officers predict a broader walkout, claiming up to 60,000 may refuse to work Monday while manufacturers doubt success.
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Philadelphia
Textile Workers’ Executive Committee
Freight Handlers Strike Settled In Chicago
Chicago May 30 The confrontation between freight handlers and the railroads ending in compromise. Lake Shore road offered a wage increase averaging over four percent after workers demanded 25 percent. Agreement signed Friday night. new scale takes effect June 1 for one year.
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Chicago
Lake Shore Road
Striker Shot and Killed in Kansas City Labor Clash
In Kansas City Kansas a quarrel between union and non union workers at the Armourdale foundry left Dan McWilliams a union striker shot twice and killed while J B Kentch a non union boxmaker died from a stab wound. McWilliams and Dick Kilders were en route to a labor meeting when the incident occurred and all three surviving participants are under arrest.
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Kansas City
Kan
Dan McWilliams
Armourdale Foundry
J. B. Kentch
McWilliams
Dick Kilders
Kentch
Ed Todd
Southern lawn tennis championship results
In Washington on Friday Miss Winona Closterman of Cincinnati defeated Mrs. Wallington Hardy of Norfolk Country Club 11 9 6 3. In men's singles third round Wiley Grant of New York Lawn Tennis Club beat L. W. Glazebrook of Washington 6 4 6 1, and C C Clark of Washington defeated Capt. E B Babbitt 6 3 6 3.
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Washington
Winona Closterman
Cincinnati
Mormon Defiance From Brigham Roberts At Salt Lake Tabernacle
Brigham H. Roberts delivered a defiant sermon in Salt Lake City declaring Mormonism enduring and superior to attempts by the Presbyterian assembly in Los Angeles to suppress or reform it. He derided critics as ineffective against a church that he said cannot be reached by civilization or education.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Brigham H. Roberts
United States
Tabernacle
Presbyterian General Assembly
Los Angeles
General Assembly
Church of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
Fire Sweeps Racine Factory District Inflicting Major Losses
A Sunday afternoon blaze in Racine Wisconsin destroyed parts of the southern manufacturing district causing about 300000 dollars in damage. The Racine Boat Manufacturing Co took 100000 dollars of loss including lumber and a gasoline tank explosion sent a 300 foot flame into the air. J S Case threshing machine shops suffered 150000 dollars in damage and Standard Oil tanks and sheds 25000 dollars. Several residences and small factories were damaged for 25000 dollars. No injuries were reported as the area was vacant on Sunday.
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Racine
Wis
Racine Boat Manufacturing Co
J. S. Case Threshing
Standard Oil Co
Quarreled Over Crap Game Turns Fatal in West Liberty
In High Bridge West Liberty two Negro men and a white boy were killed and a third Negro badly beaten after a craps quarrel Sunday afternoon. A mob attempted to lynch the injured man as officers intervened, and over a hundred shots were fired amid the dispute between white youths and Black players.
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Pittsburg
High Bridge
West Liberty
Erie Police Force Resignation Citywide Ultimatum
Erie Pa June 1 Mayor Hardwick accepts resignation after 34 patrolmen signed an ultimatum demanding pay raise from 60 to 75 by June 15. By Monday 7 am the force will include Chief Sullivan Capt Culhane Special Officer Marshall and Clerk Suslin.
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Erie
Hardwick
Sullivan
Culhane
Marshall
Suslin
Treasury Receipts Show Large Fiscal Year Surplus
Washington May 30 The excess in treasury receipts over expenditures for the first 11 months is 38 948 616 dollars with an estimated yearly surplus near 44 million. Year to date receipts reach 510 533 471 dollars against 471 584 855 dollars in expenditures. The monthly surplus is 3 528 96 dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Highwaymen murder drug clerk in Chicago store
In Chicago on a Friday night highwaymen robbed the Bren decke drug store at Peoria and Randolph streets. They shot and killed Dr. John Forbes when he dashed for a weapon, then the robbers escaped through the door. Other items note Porto Rico relief loans and political events abroad.
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John Forbes
Chicago
A. C. Brendecke
Peoria
Randolph
George Semsrott
Mont Pelee Activity Spurs Evacuation Demand
May 30 report from Martinique notes renewed Mont Pelee activity causing considerable anxiety. The general council urges immediate evacuation of the island's northern section as authorities monitor the developing threat.
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Mont Pelee
Art de Franse
Martinique
Coluncil
Bulgarian rebels seize Indian plague bacilli to threaten empires
London dispatch reports Sofia sources claim Bulgarian revolutionary leaders have acquired Indian plague bacilli. They threaten to infect Constantinople Salonica and Berlin unless powers intervene on their behalf.
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London
Sofia
The
Daily News
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Salonica
Berlin
Monument to Philanthropy planned for Central Park
In Central Park a monument to Philanthropy is planned with a relief bust of Baron and Baroness De Hirsh. The memorial will unite men of all creeds in honoring their benefactors. Separately, Lima merchants seek steamship help to move mail and goods detained in Panama due to bubonic plague fears.
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Baron Hirsh
New York
Central Park
Baroness de Hirsh
Lima
Peru
Panama
Four coaches plunge into ocean injuring hundreds near Santa Barbara
Nearly 380 persons are injured as four Southern Pacific coaches of the south bound overland limited derail and plunge 40 feet into the Pacific. Three young men drown. In Bristol Rhode Island a six man boat capsizes near Mount Hope Bay. three fall River youths drown.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Southern Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Bristol
R. L
Mount Hope Bay
Fall River
Congressman Ball Announces Resignation From Eighth District
Houston June reports that Congressman T. H. Ball of the Eighth district will resign his seat to take effect November 4 due to private business pressures.
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Houston
Tex
T. H. Ball
Filipino rebel leader Rios sentenced to death
Manila June 1 Ruperto Rios a fanatical Filipino leader in Tayabas province was convicted of murder and sentenced to death Twenty seven of his followers were convicted as well
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Hopkins Street
Palace Hotel
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Tetzlaff
Gillette
Society of Irish
Wallington Hardy
Igham H. Roberts
Racine, Wis
the Life Plant CO
Canton, O
Aden C. Nash
Erie Police Force
San Juan
P. R
Banco Agricola
Paris
Porto Rico
Lucas Amadeo
Montgomery
Ala
Goodwater
Grand
Yokohama
Ripan
Sella Them
Ripans
Clermont
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