Crippen Confesses to London Murder Tale Emerges
Quebec reports Crippen is said to have confessed to strangling his wife Belle Elmore during a quarrel in London. A chain of interviews and an undercover approach by a jail matron’s daughter led to a confession after Crippen was questioned for hours. Authorities and witnesses in Quebec note heightened guards and ongoing discussions about the case.
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Quebec
Hawley H. Crippen
Belle Himore
London
le Neve
Kendall
Dew
Crippen
Chateau Fontenac
Bankers of Ohio Start Clearing House Plan
Columbus August 4 At a meeting by a special committee of the Ohio Bankers Association it was decided to establish nine group clearing houses in the state to provide united action by banks in financial stringency The Soup Plan Was preferred over a standard clearing house proposal and over the currency associations under the Aldrich law Currency associations were not favored because membership there is limited to national banks.
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Columbus
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Fatal Kick Kills Man Studying Horse Training
Harry Zuber, 27, recently finished a Chicago course on horse training, likely fatally kicked while handling a horse. He waved a red flag and jingled sleigh bells near the animal, prompting a violent kick that caused severe internal injuries. Marty Mitchell, 25, Bell Telephone lineman, was found dead at his Washington home after stepping up to a keyhole and turning on the switch.
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Findlay
Harry Zuber
Chicago
Zurbar
Inoman
Washington D. H
Marty Mitchell
Bell Telephone Company
Will Hunt Tax Dodgers In Ohio Autos
State officials appoint Garret Fox as special officer to enforce the state automobile law across Ohio. Registrar Caley says the move follows attorney general advice and reports of unlicensed cars. In Ashtabula, Clifford J. King is chosen to replace G W Mooney on the Republican ticket for the legislature after Mooney seeks the secretary of state post.
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Columbus
Garret Fox
State Automobile Department
Carmi Thompson
Ohio
Caley
Mooney
Ashtabula, O
Aug
Republican Central Committee
Ashtabula County
Clifford J. King
G. W. Mooney
Speaker Mooney
Seven Indicted Officers linked to United Wireless case
New York aug 4 the federal grand jury indicted seven officers and directors of United Wireless Telegraph company in the United States circuit court two indictments one for conspiracy and one for scheme to defraud containing three counts defendants named are Christopher Colum Wilson president Samuel S Bogart vice president W A Diball treasurer C C Galbraith director and general manager Francis X Butler former director and counsel W W Tompkins selling agent and George R Parker director
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New York
Federal Grand Jury
United Wireless Telegraph Company
United States Ciraurt Court
Christopher Colum
Enjoined C and C RY and Ohio rail ventures in Columbus
Judge Sater issued an injunction against the Chesapeake & Ohio voting its present stock holdings and against increasing the common stock of the Hocking Valley railroad now owned by the C and O. The ruling is hailed as a major victory for minority stockholders who filed the suit.
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Columbus, O
Sater
United States Circuit Court
Chesapeake & Ohio
Hocking Valley Railroad
Wreck toll rises in Ohio July rail deaths
Columbus reports 117 people killed on steam and electric railways in July, not including 25 killed at Middletown, which were withheld for verification. Aviation meet opens in Pittsburgh with aviators Cutting Baldwin Mara. Plans include attempting new altitude record if weather allows.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Railroad Commission
Middletown
Pitteburg
Pittapurg
Brungsland
Glenn Cutting
Thomas Baldwin
J. C. Mara
Atlantic City
Miners Union Faces Crisis as Talks Hover
In Indianapolis on August 4 President Lewis of the United Mine Workers warns of a possible settlement term breakthrough that could end the long strike. He notes depleted treasury and meager returns from possessions causing financial strain across the union especially among Illinois miners. Cloak makers in New York also plan to resume production, replacing strikers rapidly as employers seek to restore output.
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Tnanapolis
Ind
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Uinois
Presiden Lewis
New York
Ohio CapitaI Strike Forces State to Cut Troops
Ohio Governor Harmon pleads for suffering public as Columbus reduces military presence due to a week long streetcar strike. Seventy percent of troops withdrawn leave 1,700 men on duty including infantry and cavalry units. Rail Light dispute seen as broader state issue. board of arbitration urged to settle while union and company resist. One soldier from Sixth regiment jailed for 20 days and dishonorably discharged. Local relief efforts to defend trains and maintain order continue amid political pressure.
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Aall-Light Company
Harmon Maken
Treasury
Columbus
Meria
Marshall
Medical and Signal Corps
Ambulance and Signal Corps of
Aso
McMahen
Jobo
Speaks
McMahenny
Bell Valley
Noble County
Carmen's Union
Harmon
Ohio
Comepany
Union
Stewart
Rall-Light Company
Clarence Felley
Franklin County
Harry Kerns
Felley
Toledo
Taft Ignored by Insurgent Iowa Republicans
In Des Moines Iowa on August 4 the Republican convention rejected the Payne tariff law praising Senators Cummins and Dolliver and insurgent lower-house members for opposing the tariff and administration measures. Temp Chairman Cummins refused to name Taft as the crowd protested. a 10 minute pause ensued before the president’s name was finally allowed. Dolliver won the permanent chairmanship over Mabray by 266 votes with bitter factional splits evident throughout proceedings.
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Des Moines
Iowa Republican Convention
Cumming
Dolllver
Taft
A. B. Cummins
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Senator Cummins
Committee On Permanent Organization
J. P. Dolliver
J. C. Mabray
Albia
Doleliver
Mabray
Stricken dispatcher dies during heart trouble at key
Dayton Aug 4 J Edward Sulivan 44 dispatcher at Union Station for the Hérp railway company died suddenly from heart trouble while at a key. State shock postponed. Camp Perry Aug 4 Columbus street railway strike not popular among Oslo regimental life terms encamped Lure for annual Ohio National Guard competition declared off due to strike. Matches to decide the regiment and other honors to be held in September.
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Dayton
J. Edward Sulivan
Union Station
Hérp. Railway Company
Camp Perry
Columbus
Oslo
Ohio National Guard
Weybrecht
Charles Becht
Toledo Murderer Saved From Electric Chair
Columbus, Aug. 4. Governor Harmon commuted the sentence of Joseph Mackley, the Toledo murderer, to life imprisonment on recommendation of the state board of pardons. Mackley killed Caroline Hunt, his sweetheart, and has a wife in Mansfield. His Spanish-American War record reportedly influenced the clemency.
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Columbus
Joseph Mackley
Toledo
Ohio Penitentiary
Harmon
State Board of Pardons
Tence
Mackiey
Caroline Hunt
Mansfield
Prisoner Ambrode Nye Captured After Newark Escape
Columbus police arrested Ambrode Nye, one of the escapees from the Newark jail during the mob lynching of Carl Etherington. Nye was taken to Newark to face a grand larceny charge.
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Columbus
Ambrode Nye
Newark
Carl Etherington
Whips Wife, Then Self in Tragic Act
Napoleon Aug 4. John Ellis 45 struck his wife with a buggy whip causing a deep forehead gash. Believing her dead, he then shot himself in the head. Authorities say he was temporarily insane.
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Napoleon
John Ellis
Suspected Plot Behind Belle Valley Train Wreckings
Investigators tighten suspicion as a second wreck on the Cleveland and Marietta division near Steaming, 10 miles from Belle Valley, mirrors a prior strike turmoil incident. The first wreck halted a train carrying Ohio troops to quell Columbus labor riots, with switch locks broken and a switch left open.
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Belle Valley
Cambridge
Cleveland and Marietta
Pennsylvania
Ohioroops
Columbus
Secral
Governor backs radical act amid legislative push
In Texas Governor Campbell urged lawmakers to pass a sweeping Autocratic measure amid a tense session. In Gary Indiana 15 year old Mikle Uree was fatally stabbed by Joachim Daving after she was forced into a confrontation against her will.
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Campbell
Gary
Ind
Mikle Uree
Joachim Daving
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Garrison Club
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American Proup Association
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Cummins
Incist
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