Defendant Branch Tells His Life Story On the Stand
Thomas Branch testifies in his first degree murder trial recounting a life of hardship from Furnace No 2 Virginia to Mt Vernon. He details family size, work history, his marriage struggles with Clarence McKinney and William Burton, and his claim he did not intend to shoot McKinney. Witnesses corroborate Branch's good reputation as a coal hauler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Branch
Branch
Tipa
Clarence McKinney
Furnace No. 2
Hawatt
Samuel Downing
Beeman
Barton
Nannie McKinney
William Burton
Burton
Purcell
John Woolman
Marion
Ohio
Richmond
Mt. Vernon
Park
John Elder
North Mulberry Street
Mt Vernon
Mt. Vernon Coal and For Co
Coat and Ice Company
Piny
Pickard Thik
Witners
Power
Houes
Walter L. Grubb
Grubb
Thoman Branch
Howard Brock
Witne Ward
Sarah Martin
Haat Olio Avenue
Jury Attends Two Church Services Sunday
The Branch case jury spent two long days on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday morning they worshiped at St. Vincent de Paul s Catholic church and later attended services at the Congregational church. Saturday evening a piano was set up in the Hotel Curtin dining room for the jurors with music for their benefit.
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St. Vincent de Paul's Catholic Church
Hotel
Curtin
R. R. Warner
Purcell
Witness recounts multiple prison terms and travels across Ohio
A witness describes coming to Ohio in 1900 and working in Youngstown, Columbus, and Bucyrus. He notes two horse stealing arrests, two penitentiary sentences, and releases for good behavior. He details marriage, meetings with Carrie Branch and William Burton, and work at Cooper company and Mt. Vernon Coal and Tee company before mentioning trouble with a girl.
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Ohio
Youngstown
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Bucyrus
Carrie Branch
William Burton
Wilberforce
Mt. Vernon
Branch
Cooper Company
Mt. Vernon Coal and Tee Company
Knox County court hears jailhouse talk and plots to kill
Walter Burris Clerk of Courts of Knox County testified of an afternoon Dec 1 conversation at the clerk’s office where the defendant allegedly discussed relationships involving Carrie Branch and Williset Burton. The witness said Burton threatened Branch and warned Branch upon jail window visits. John Woolman recalled Branch discussing adopting a colored child to calm the defendant’s wife. Court adjourned at 11 15 until 1 PM.
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Walter Burris
Knox County
Branch
Williset Burton
William G. King
Thin Wiltony
William Burton
Carrie Hranch
Nannie McKinney
Tom
Ranch
Burton
John Woolman
Fire at Ohio hospital kills nine patients
Nine patients at an Ohio state hospital for epilepsy are reported dead after a blaze that gutted the cortex building in Gallipolis. The list rose to nine with the death of Charles Miller, 28, of Allen county, as investigators pursue reports that patients may have started the fire.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Utate Hospital
Charles Miller
Allen County
Panama Canal landslide closes waterway to deep-draft ships
March 15 a landslide in the Panama Canal closed the waterway to deep-draft vessels. The War Department was advised today by the Canal Zone commander.
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Washington
Panama Canal
War Department
Canal
Soviet to buy 2000 locomotives as trade dispute looms
Associated Press reports the Russian Soviet government bureau plans to place orders for 2000 locomotives and rail cars in the United States paid in gold or equivalent, but will not authorize any foreign orders until a clear framework for free commerce with the United States is agreed. The Soviet authorities also say American firms should not pursue trade until such terms are set. In Lorain, Michael Nowish 96 ends his life with a razor, ending a troubling item on the page.
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Associated Proos
New York
A. A. Heller
Deslyer
Soviet Russia
Protects Ohio Investors From the Swindlers
The Ohio blue sky department report to Governor Gox by T A Berry of Mt Vernon describes safeguards against wild stock speculations. It notes authorized securities disposals totaling 274 852 007 while preventing sales of dubious stocks, and details extensive investigations across the United States Canada and Alaska to protect Ohio and other states investors.
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Ohio
Ohio Blue Sky Department
Gox
T. A. Berry
Mt. Vernon
Berry
Ohio Capital
United States
Canada
Texam
Department
Alaska
Minin
Mexico
Triple Funeral Set After Fatal Fire Victims
Hamilton reports a triple funeral planned for tomorrow after a fire killed Charly Ninder aged 8, his sister Bla aged 12, and their mother. The family had recently moved into a home that had placed them in a perilous situation a week earlier.
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Hamilton
Charly Ninder
Bla
Apowpltal
U S Troops Still Under Marsh Foch
Washington reports American troops on the Rhine remain under Marshal Foch and will not join any advance into Germany without presidential direction. The war department notes the detachment is governed by armistice terms and watches for possible actions following the revolution and allied conferences at Mayence.
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Washington
Marshal Foch
Rhine
Germany
Wilson
War Department
United States
American Detachment Is Still Governed By the Terms of the Armiatics
Marahhyl Foch
Mayence
Paris
Supreme Council
Ottoman Empire
Contha
Mustopha
Enver Pasha
Enver Talaat Pasha
Turkey
Constantinople
Aine
Alexandretta
Mussul
Arabia
Germany Ends Government Crisis With Kapp-Nouska Accord
A Berlin dispatch reports the new government headed by Chancellor Kapp and Defense Minister Nouska have reached an agreement, signaling an end to the German government crisis and stabilizing the country after days of turmoil.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Kapp
Defense Nouska
Ebert
Germany
Revolt Among Japanese Soldiers Reported in Siberia
A Moscow wireless dispatch says several Japanese troop units in Siberia revolted by ripping off shoulder straps and replacing them with red straps, signaling a mutiny. The report comes as tensions rise in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannery
London
Siberia
Moscow
Hard coal mines unlikely to close March 31
March 15 there is little possibility of suspension of work in the anthracite coal fields when the current contract expires. This statement from Phil Murray, International vice president of the United Mine Workers, notes miners and operators will Tuesday be affected by the contract deadline. Farmers in Warren County have opened their sugar camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Phil Murray
United Mine Workers
Turkish Nationalists Rise Under Kemal Amid Armistice Strife
Reports from Constantinople to the Armenian delegation describe a revived nationalist movement in Turkey led by Mustapha Kemel. The movement, once believed crushed by armistice terms, now rivals the former committee of union and progress and signals renewed political instability in the region.
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Associated Press
Washington
Nationalis
Turkey
Rntime
Constantinople
der Hagopian
State Department
Mustapha Kemel
Dardanelles
Committee of Union and Progress
Sultan Abdul Ham
London Editorials On the Revolution Headlines
London editorials on the German revolution are reflected in headlines today such as Allies Fooled Again and As Warned to be Expected. The March 16 edition surveys opinions and implications of the upheaval with cautious commentary and regional perspective.
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London
Shriners to Present Arabian Nights at Medinah Temple
Eighteen thousand Shriners from Illinois Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin plan to attend the Arabian Nights festivities at Medinah Temple Chicago March 18 19 and 20 Van Deventer potentate of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine says Governor Frank O Lowden is expected to attend.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illiois
Infilana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Medinah Temple
van Deventer
Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine
Frank O. Lowden Iu
Taft Backs Illegal Coal Seizures Ruling
Former President Taft concludes in an opinion to the Smokeless Coal Operators' Association that government seizure of coal by railroads and price fixing by the government are illegal. The coal operators from West Virginia and the Midwest have protested, seeking to challenge Fuel Director Garfield and wartime price powers.
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Associated Frees
Cincinnati
Railroad Administration
A. Julius Freiberg
Thi City
William Howard Taft
West Virginia
Washington
Middle West
Taft
Garfield
Congress
Drice
France to Send Three More Army Corps to Rhineland
Paris reports France will dispatch three additional army corps to Wiesbaden Neustadt and Bonn doubling forces along the Rhine. A war council meeting is set for today at Mainz. Inter allied commission for the Rhinish province has met with the German high commissioner after talks with allied leaders.
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IBY Associated Press
Paris
France
Wisbaden
Neustadt
Bonn
War Council
Mayence
Germany
Inter-Allied Commission
Rhinish
Churches Enforce Prohibition Campaign Unites Denominations
A new movement to enforce the federal prohibition amendment is announced by Rev. Dr. Charles Scanlon, uniting the World Prohibition Federation with the National Temperance Society and federal council commissions. The crusade spans denominational agencies and groups including the Good Templars and Sons of Temperance to work against alcohol and other habit forming drugs without regard to creed or race.
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Associated Press
New York
World Prohibition Federation
Charles Scanlon
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare
Scanlon
National Temperance Society
Commission On Temperance of the
Federal Council of Churches
Crusade
Good Temp ‘Ars
Sons of Temperance
Prohibit On Party
United Society For Chris Han Endeavor
International Suneay School Association
Williams to Succeed Roper as Internal Revenue Chief
Washington March 15 William Martin Williams of Alabama will succeed Daniel C Roper as commissioner of internal revenue. His selection announced at the White House. He is solicitor for the department of agriculture and was recommended by Treasury official Houston, former secretary of agriculture.
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Tone Hinbert Washington
Wiliam Martin Williama
Alabama
Daniel C. Roper
Internal Revenue
White House
Department of Agriculture
Jary
The
Treasury
Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
Novel plan to notify fans through red ball signal
Columbus reports a new method for baseball fans to learn game status. A wire will span the main downtown corner and a large red ball will hang from it on game days to indicate that a game is on. when the ball is lowered there is no game. The plan centers on Jon Tinker and the local team, presenting a simple public signal rather than phone calls.
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Columbus
Jon Tinker Soing
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NED Government
Lorain
Michael Nowishh
P. A. Berry
Blue Sky Department
U. S
Marsh
Foch
Tass
Warren
Europe
Williams
Roper
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