Defense Opens In Diegel Trial In Columbus Court
In Columbus on June 20 the court overruled a motion for acquittal in the Diegel bribery case, allowing the state to present evidence of alleged legislative irregularities. Senator Stockwell testified on the Cotone-Whittemore bill, Andrews denied soliciting bribes, and several witnesses vouched for Diegel’s character, including Judge Norris and journalist Bench.
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Columbus
Tudge Kinkead
Rodney J. Diegel
John N. Stockwell
Ciyahog County
Stockwell
Bepsters Geirse K. Cetone
L. Kh. Anedrow
Ki. Huffman
Diegel
Cetone
Committee
Cetone-Whittemore
John A. Connor
Connor
Andrewa
Tegel
Kinkead
Huffman
Rank Prince
Chittenden
Cleveland
Cotone-Whittemer
Bindesk
Andrews
State Department after Michael portrait scandal
Washington reports a House subcommittee recommends dismissal for Colonel William H. Michael former chief clerk and now consul general at Calcutta and Thomas Morrison disbursing clerk for good of the service. They are accused of misappropriating 1600 tied to the Day portrait voucher. Seamen strike widens in England with dockers' wage claims.
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Washington
House Committee of Expenditures
State Department
William Hi. Michael
United States
Calcutta
Thoma Morr Eon
Tug Captain Drops Dead at Wheel in Drydock Incident
Boston June 29 The Walten Biates scout cruiser Birmingham commanded by Jones narrowly escaped collision with the drydock at the navy yard when Captain Joseph B Riley of the navy tug Twins collapsed and died in the pilot house as the Iwana towed the cruiser into the drydock The tug engineer investigated and found the captain dead the death attributed likely to disease.
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Boston
Birmingham
Jones
Navy Yard
Joseph B. Riley
Navy
Twins
Ross Case Near End in Marion County Bribery Trial
In Columbus on June 29 Judge Rathmell plans to rule on whether venue was properly established in the bribery trial of James Oss. Oss is accused of giving a raincoat to Marion County Commissioner J. D. Gillespie on December 6, 1908. The defense seeks a not guilty verdict, while testimony questioned whether the coat reached Gillespie in Columbus or was sent to him in Marion.
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Chittenden
Smiley
Harrison
Diegel
Tam
Andrews
Lawrence County
Belcher
Andrews Andrews
Miley
A.B. Norris
Common Plees
Marion
James A. Norton
Clifton City
Willam Debnel
The
Cedar Pelot Company
Judie Gecree
Beis
Columbus
Rathmell
James Oss
J. D. Gillespie
Marion County
Mixie
Charles W. Brown
Ruggles-Gale Companny
Gillespie
Elected ruler of Bay region names and terms'
Columbus June 2 9 2 percent Ho L Ine dell San Francisco elected imperial rider at the seven ion of the Bay men of Bagdad social order of the Dusted Commercial Travelers. He succeeds F Somerville Nayton who refused to serve a fourth term.
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Columbus
Ho L. Inedell
San Francisco
Bagdad
Ft. F. Somerville
Nayton
Wheeling Council Bans Vulgar Speech at Public Meetings
Wheeling West Virginia June 29. The city council passed an ordinance imposing a fine on anyone using vile or vulgar language in public addresses. Councilman P F Haberstick proposed the ordinance to curb Billy Sunday the evangelist’s vocabulary as he campaigns in the city early next year.
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Wheeling
W. Va
P. FF. Haberstick
Billy Sunday
Birdsmen Jailed Over Flight Or Forfeit Money
In Marion Indiana June 2 9 aviation meet organizers told aviators to aviate or lose money. Rene Lion Rene Barrier and Captain Frisbie of Mojsant International Aviators were released after spectators were refunded as heavy fog kept planes grounded and tickets were returned. A woman tax ferret named Rose Jennings Shine was appointed in Cincinnati to investigate tax dodging by millionaires, appointed by the Women’s Taxpayers league urging honest returns.
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Marion
Ind
Rene Lion
Rene Barrier
Frisbie
Mojsant International Aviators Company
Dighie
Focal Bank
Cincinnati
Miw Rose Jennings Shine
Mive Shine
Women's Taxpayers’ League
Go¢Iety
Senator Warren Weds Woman His Junior by Many Years
Senator Warren marries a much younger woman in a private ceremony. The couple’s union links prominent political names with a notable age gap and signals a new chapter amid public interest.
Wyoming Senator Warren Marries in New York
United States Senator Francis Emory Warren of Wyoming married Mine Clara Lebarton Morgan in a ceremony at the Hotel Gotham in New York on June 2. The Rev Wilbur L Caswell officiated. Warren is 67 and his bride 35.
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Wyoming
East
New York
United States
Francis Emory Warren
Gotham
Clara Lebarton Morgan
John Morgan
Groton
Efforts to Convict Sugar Trust Highlighted in Hearings
Washington witnesses recount 1906 attempts to push Roosevelt and Bonaparte to act against the sugar trust after the Real Estate Trust collapse. George A. Earl Jr. alleges government orders halted prosecutions. Arbuckle Brothers’ William G. Gilmore describes a price war 1898 to 1909, noting a $1.26 million loss as refining rivals faced penalties.
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Washington
Hardwick Special Committee
House
George A. Earl, Jr
Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Bonaparte
Real Extate Trust Company
American Sugar Refining Company
Earl
Karl
Sugar Trust
Purdy
William G. Gilmore
Arbuckle Brothers
Brooklyn
Arbuckles
Dras Uc
Gilmore
Wireless prank drops package on liner deck
New York June 29 A demonstration of modern aviation and wireless telegraphy misfires as W Athieo Burpee Philadelphia seedsman orders items to be delivered to the Olympic from Wanamaker's via a Sopwith biplane. A toothbrush and socks are sent, a mistaken delivery nearly spoils the joke before a drop from 250 feet over the Crescent Athletic Club lawn.
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New York
W. Athieo Harpee
Philadelphia
John Wanamakers
Wirelesk
Olympic
Burpee
Wanamaker's
Ian
Winamaker
Hudson River
Wanatmaker's
Bay Ridge
Hecht
Williamsburg Bridge
Bay
Crescent Athletic Club
Sopwith
Nassan Boulevard
Puke Ave
Old Fort William
Wade
Apathett
Nassau Boulevard
Aero Club
Surpee
Tempe
Now on Lakes Reté: Steamers Held by Snowstorm
Steamers on Lake Superior are delayed after a snowstorm near the Canadian shore. Reports indicate vessels are weathering a storm as they ply the lake.
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Rete
Minn
Murder charge sparks mob threat in Oroville
In Oroville California on June 29 Mary Rumball and her brother Arthur Lewis were arrested for murdering Marys stepdaughter Helen Rumball aged 22. The girl was found hung in the attic rafters after she allegedly failed to milk enough cows as instructed by Mrs Rumball. Lewis allegedly said the woman beat the child until unconscious and then hanged her.
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Oroville
Cal
Mary Rumball
Arthur Lewis
Helen Rumball
Gridley
Lewis
Toledo Sees Gambling Houses Ordered Closed Again
In Toledo Ohio on June 2 authorities demand closure of multiple gambling dens that had long defied police for months. The crackdown follows a period of immunity and protracted defiance, signaling renewed enforcement. Public notices and local reaction are not detailed in the fragment.
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Toledo
Delaware Girls Industrial Home selects superintendent
Trustees in Columbus meet to choose a war and superintendent for the Delaware Girls Industrial Home. Miss Charlotte Dye of Clermont Indiana is reported chosen after nine percent applicants. The item notes the American Wine Emperor's Cup and a yacht race in Kiel with Didelot winning and capturing the Emperor William car.
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Columbus
Delaware Girls' Industrial Home
Charlotte Dye
Clermont
Ind
Kiel
Germany
Didelot
G&p
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