Taft names Knox as secretary of state and other Washington notes
William H. Taft announces United States Senator Philander C. Knox of Pennsylvania as secretary of state. Atty Gen Bonaparte urges right of appeal to the federal supreme court on reversals. The House seeks evidence on appropriations for secret service. Roosevelt denounces Pulitzers Panama charges. World defies.
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William H. Taft
United States
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Federal Supreme Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Atty. Gen. Bonaparte
Congress
Standard Oil Company
House of Representatives
Senate
New York
Theodore Burton
Cleveland
Taft
Roosevelt
Joseph Pulitzer
Panama Canal
The
New York World
the World
Inci Ee Eesieten i
First State Bank
Oklahoma City
Okla
Canadian County
Anton Simon
Lord Alexis
Bayti
Henry E. Agar
Princeton
Ind
Wabash River
Harlingen
Tex
Ralph H. Booth
Detroit
Muskegon Chronicle
Muskegon Morning News
Alice Neilson
Wrights Le Mans flight sets two records in France
Wilbur Wright, American aero pioneer, stays aloft for nearly two hours at Le Mans and climbs 360 feet. The article notes other legal and political items including Fred Lied’s bribery sentence, Boston official McCulloughs perjury charge, and Knox’s cabinet nomination.
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Wilbur Wright
le Mans
France
Fred Lied
Columbus
Board of Control
Leo F. McCullougne
Common Council of
Boston
Robbers Escape With 5500 After Bank Heists in Nebraska
Six robbers dynamited safes at the Farmers State Bank in Keene and the Commercial Bank of Gibbon before a clash with townsfolk in Keene. They fled in an automobile with 5500. Also reported, the freighter Daghestar struck near New York harbor and sank. Daghestan crew saved by Catalone tug. Col. ty. B Marchbank of Joplin, Missouri, died by suicide amid ill health.
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Farmers’ State Bank
Keene
Neb
Commercial Bank
Gibbon
Catalone
Daghestar
England
New York Harbor
Daghestan
Ty. B. Marchbank
Joplin, Mo
Enraged suitor kills former sweetheart in Somerville
A distraught James B Harmon 18 son of Police Sergeant James M Harmon shot and killed Maud Hartley on a Somerville street after she rejected him. The report lists multiple other national incidents including fraud sentences in Pennsylvania and various crimes, fires, and political notes from across the country.
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Maud Hartley
James B. Harmon
James M.harmon
Somerville
Mass
Pennsylvania
James_Curren
Eighteenth Infantry
Altoona
Gov. Campbell
Texas
Max Waechter
Europe
United States of Europe
M. Pichon
Max
King Edward
Council of Jewish Women
Cornelia HL. Kahn
Purity of
Big Four
Lilley
Woodruff
John D Rockefeller, Sr
S. S. Carvalho
Star Company
William R. Hearst
New York American
New York
Petition Drive Aims For Pardon In Ryan Case
Michael Ryan, a Cleveland staffer convicted of a ballot crime, had his sentence suspended until after holidays. He vows innocence and offers testimony. His sister Catherine Ryan starts a ward petition in the Twentieth Ward to press the governor and pardon board for clemency.
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Cleveland
Mike Ryan
Ryan
Supreme Court
Vsking
Catherine Ryan
Dr A A Luthers Bondsmen Sued In Missing Agent Case
In a suit filed in Springfield against Walter Fleming and Enol Xanders as bondsmen for Dr A A Luther the former Texas land agent missing a year is accused of misusing stockholder funds. Luther allegedly realized 16000 on notes and money paid by Gulf Coast Land Co stockholders amid a deal to pay 8 dollars an acre for Texas land.
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Dr. Lather
Springfield
Walter _Fleming
Enol Xanders
A. A. Luther
Texas
Luther
Gulf Coast Land Co
Texas Syndicate
Will Ask Million for State Roads
Columbus Ohio reports Representative Evans of Stark County will push a bill to appropriate one to two million dollars for state highway improvements. The Stark County Grangers back the measure, but statewide income declines and local option law impacts may prevent such a large appropriation at the next legislative session.
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Columbus, O
Evans
Stark County
Stark County Grangers
Rose County
Three Riders Identified in Rankin Murder Case at Trial
Union City Tenn report says court adjourned as state nears end of its case against eight alleged Night Riders charged with Captain Quentin Rankin’s murder. Fehringer to testify Monday naming all present and revealing oath and ritual. defense relies on alibis with many Reelfoot lake district witnesses. Col. R Z Taylor, 68, survived being dragged to a bank and shot. he swam to safety after bullets rained like hail amid the assault.
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Rostov-on the-Don
Frederick A. Storm
Thornton J. Hains
Peter C. Hains
William E. Annis
Annis
Charles Birchfield
Annie S
Thornton Hains
Meyer
Joseph L. Sullens
Springfield
Salt Lake City
Grand Army of the Republic
First National Bank of
Somersworth
N. H
Fred H. Varney
United States
New York
Tobacco Trust
Jacob van Heemskerk
Union City
Tenn
Quentin Rankin
Frank Fehringer
Reelfoot Lake District
Garrett Johnson
Tid Burton
Roy
Ransom
Fehringer
Col
R. Z. Taylor
Quentin Ranken
Col. Taylor
Ohio Codifying Commission Finishes Two Thirds of Statutes
Columbus Ohio Ex Secretary Laylin Judge Sibley and ex Governor Campbell report to Governor Harris that two thirds of codification work is done and the complete codification will be ready at the start of the January 1910 legislative session. The commission submitted 14 bills last session, but only two were passed by the legislature.
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Columbus
Laylin
Sibley
Campbell
Harris
Expensive to the Millers in Ohio Bleaching Flour
Columbus Ohio State Dairy and Food Commissioner Dunlap says a USDA ruling banning nitrogen peroxide bleaching will cost Ohio millers thousands. They have costly bleaching machinery and large stock of bleached flour that cannot be quickly sold, risking dead losses within six months.
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Columbus
Dairy and Food
Dunlap
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Lawyer seeks restraining order against Rose county local option law
Columbus attorney George H. Phelps argued in the supreme court for a restraining order on the Rose county local option law. Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League opposed. Phelps argues unconstitutionality while Hancock county courts ruled against him.
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Columbus, O
George H. Phelps
Findlay
Supreme Court
Rose County
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Hancock County
Wireless Telephone to Run on Great Lakes
The Radio Wireless Telephone Co using the De Forest system has leased quarters in the Pabst building in Sandusky for one of 21 Great Lakes stations to be active before the 1909 navigation season opens. Edwin S. Camman says contracts cover equipment for 1,000 vessels, enabling communication with any vessel from any station at any time en route.
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Sandusky
Radio Wireless Telephone Co
de Forest
Pabst
Great Lakes
Edwin S. Camman
Credit Triumph Revealed in Flanery Bankruptcy Case
In Springfield Ohio court Thursday T L Flanery music dealer with stores in Dayton Columbus Toledo and other cities declared bankrupt. It was shown he could obtain credit for two hundred thousand dollars on assets of only two hundred dollars. His push into electric piano manufacturing wrecked the business and creditors have nothing.
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Springfield
T. L. Flanery
Dayton
Columbus
Toledo
State Appointments Named by Governor Elect Harmon
Col. C C Weybrecht announced eight appointments after meeting the governor elect. Seven clerks for the adjutant general office plus a chief engineer will replace Glen Weinman amid graft links. Appointees include Captain John H Binghang Lima adjutant of the Second element. Lieut contess Pomeroy Seventh regiment. Harry Edmondson Columbus. Richard J Fanning Cleveland. Dennis Collins Dayton. John Brody Columbus as state houses chief engineer.
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Columbus
C. CC. Weybrecht
Harmon
Glen Weinman
John H. Binghang
Lima
Napoleon Bank Failure and Fire Insurance Co Creditors
The closing of Citizens' State bank at Napoleon prompts a potential loss of 139000 for Ohio German Fire Insurance Co creditors now in the hands of two trustees. The amount, once believed to belong to the company assets, was cited when the state's ouster suit was filed weeks ago.
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Toledo
Citizens’ State Bank
Napoleon
Ohio German Fire Insurance Co
State Bar Examining Commission Appointments
The Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday named C J Pretzman of this city and Frank A Teffrey of Woodsfield to the state bar examining commission, succeeding W T Porter of Cincinnati and Judge Johnson of Kenton.
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State Bar Examining Commission
Columbus
C. J Pretzman
Frank —A. —Teffrey
Woodsfield
Supreme Court
W.T. Porter
Cincinnati
Johnson
Kenton
Mill Blast Kills Two at Senior Powder Plant
A fierce explosion at the Senior Powder Co. glazing mill one mile north of Morrow, Lebanon County, Friday afternoon killed Clinton Ertle, 35, and Will Urton, 23, who worked alone in the mill. The building was wrecked and losses estimated at 37000. The cause remains a mystery and the incident ends with the workers’ deaths.
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Lebanon
Senior Powder Co
Morrow
Clinton Ertle
Will Urton
Four Years for Lied in Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus report states Fred Lied, former board of public service member, was convicted in a Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co. pay scandal case. Judge Rogers overruled Lied’s motion for a new trial and sentenced him to four years. attorneys signaled an appeal to the circuit court and a possible stay of execution pending review.
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Columbus
Ohio
Fred Lied
Board of Public Service
Cleveland Trinidad Paving Co
Rogers
Bar of Justice
Broad Street
Lied
Circuit Court
Cir
State Canals Rehabilitation Plan Recommended for Ohio
Col. Perkins chief engineer urges completion of canal rehabilitation in Ohio as four year old legislature commitment. Estimates remain 919000 for the northern division and 2008685 for the Miami and Erie. Current year appropriation totals 542000 plus canal earnings of 106110.
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Columbus
Col. Perkins
State Board of Public Works
Miami and Erie Canal
Supreme Court Denies Injunction Over Rose County Local Option
Ohio Supreme Court declines to grant a temporary restraining order against Hancock county Rose county local option entering effect. Attorney George A. Phelps of Findlay sought to halt the law pending constitutionality ruling, but no injunction is allowed at this time, the court indicating the motion remains under advisement.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Rose County
Hancock County
George A. Phelps
Findlay
Wife Slayer Convicted in First Degree Murder
Dayton Ohio Harry E Crooks was found guilty of first degree murder with no mercy. He killed his separated wife on June 12 as she returned from a lodge meeting and had sworn police protection which failed. He kissed her then shot her in cold blood.
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Dayton
Harry E. Crooks
Crooks
Ohio Tuberculosis Society to Meet in Columbus
Dr Probst secretary of the state board of health sends letters to Ohio Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis members Chicago to meet in Columbus January 22. The group, organized in 1901, held annual meetings until President S S Knabenshue of Toledo left for a European consular post several years ago.
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Columbus
Home of Senator Rose Goes Dry in Marietta Ohio
Washington county voters adopted the Rose county option law, making the home of Senator Rose dry by 1402, while the county outside Marietta went dry by 1713. Marietta itself stayed wet by 311, a sharp decline from last year under the Beal law, and thirty seven saloons were closed.
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Rose
Marietta
Washington County
Bor
Perjurer Pardoned by Governor Harris in Ohio
Governor Harris granted a pardon to William Larkins of Clark County who had been sent to the penitentiary in January 1907 for perjury and sentenced to three years. The prosecuting attorney urged clemency and helped prosecute others. the pardon board also endorsed the pardon.
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Columbus
Harris
William Larkins
Clark County
Three-Cent Fare Must Rise in Cleveland Transit
Judge Taylor announced on Friday evening that the 3-cent streetcar fare proved too low and must be raised to cover income canal expenses.
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Cleveland
Taylor
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