Hopkins Reveals Illinois Lorimer Election Tangles
Ex Senator Albert J Hopkins testified before the senate committee on Lorimer’s election detailing deals and negotiations among Republicans in Illinois. He described conferences at the St Nicholas hotel and claims that offers of votes and money were discussed while his own roster shifted as Lorimer neared victory. He named figures including McCormick and Lake and noted Democratic votes could have been courted for the right price.
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Illinois
Probe Committee
Lorimer
National News Association
Washington
Albert J. Hopkins
Tlinois
Senate
Ilinois
Hopkins
McCormick
William E. Mason
George Foss
St. Nicholas
Pfeffers
Springfield
Attorney Marble
Benator Billings
We Ettelson
Chauncey Dewey
Taft
Senator Kenyon
Deneen
le Pretessed
Landis
Moline
Representative Lake
Three Medearis elders near death in Centerville Indiana
Centerville Indiana on June 23 three members of the Medearis family famed for great age are gravely ill. Martha Keys 95 paralyzed and unconscious since last Tuesday Nancy Cook 92 with blood poisoning from a bruise and bedridden Jefferson Medearis 89 in collapse as age takes its toll. A centennial celebration for Greensfork’s oldest citizen was canceled after Mr Medearis died two years earlier on his hundredth birthday.
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Centerville
Ind
Medearis
Indiana
Martha Keys
Keys
Nancy Cook
Greensfork
Keya
Scook
Jefferson Medearis
Centervile
Fletcher Medearis
Wayne County
Big iron contract closes for Bethlehem Steel
South Bethlehem reports a record foreign iron ore deal by Bethlehem Steel. Charles M Schwab arranged about 1,000,000 tons of Swedish ore to be imported over four years, arriving at Philadelphia, unloaded at Port Richmond, then rail to South Bethlehem 57 miles. Ore value near $5.25 to $5.75 per ton after freight, totaling roughly $17.25 million.
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National News
Bethlehem
Europe
Chas. M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Port J
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
Port Richmond
Fathers Day at First Christian Church Boston
The First Christian church of Boston will celebrate Fathers Day with Dr J Pressly Barrett delivering the address A special musical program has been arranged and will be part of the observance
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Memorial Sunday observance by Eastern Star chapter No 49
Local chapter No 49 of Eastern Star will hold memorial services for departed members Sunday at 3 o'clock in the Masonic temple. The event is public and open to all with a cordial invitation.
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Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Home deeded to daughter sparks court fight in Wayne
Mary E Kinsey of Milton files suit in Wayne Circuit Court against her son in law Lewis Lantz and his wife over a trust deed on Kinsey property. She seeks termination of the trusteeship and an accounting alleging misused loan funds and denial of a comfortable home during illness and after promises of support.
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Wayne Circuit
Mary E. Kinsey
Milton
Lewis Lantz
OPR
Lantz
Kinsey
Nora Griffith
WAS MINING VICTIM Rev Allen Jay estate valued in mining stock
The late Rev Allen Jay known for Earlham College and the Friends church invested heavily in mining shares. Probate appraisers report five thousand five hundred twenty shares across five mining firms and forty two shares of a Friends' publication now worth nothing. Personal estate around 11 thousand 366 dollars 34 cents.
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Allen Jay
Earlham College
Friends’ Church
Wayne
Friends
Dickinson Trust Company
Ashes in Suitcase End Tragic Swap Near Pittsburg
A Chicago widow and a Chicago railroad machinist swap suitcases, each containing ashes and tools, by mistake. The man grabbed the widow’s suitcase with her husband’s cremated remains. the mixup was discovered when she found the bag too heavy. After swift inquiries, the misplaced ashes were returned and both parties were reunited with their proper belongings.
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National News Association
Pittsburg
Mary E. White
Chicago
G. I. White
Ang
Neork
Imposter Stewardess Hid True Gender In Life And Death
Boston June 23 Autopsy reveals stewardess Harriet Kelly born male who lived as a woman for thirty years On the Governor Andrew steamer she burned to death last Sunday morning Several suitors and Boston families had believed her to be female and engaged her as a domestic Kelly was born in England and came to Boston at age 23 as a servant of John Fleming of Brookline
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National News Association
Boston
Harriet Kelly
Andrew
McGrath
Kelly
Wellesley
Back Bay
England
John Fleming
Brookline
Local sportsmen to go to Milton
Wayne County Fish and Game Association plans a 6 30 o clock interurban trip to Milton next Wednesday evening. Milton residents may join the association at an informal meeting in the Odd Fellows hall with speeches. Afterward small mouth black bass minnows reared by the county group will be placed in a nearby stream. Members should meet at Eighth and Main Streets to ride the car.
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Wayne County Fish and Game Association
Milton
Eighth
Main Streets
Music is music mayor rules in police court
In Richmond a police court quashed an affidavit charging Prof Aurele Borris head of Earlham college vocal music with maintaining a public nuisance. Mayor Zimmerman ruled the allegation invalid saying music is music and teaching it cannot be stopped. He praised Borris and said the affair is dropped despite earlier threats to remove Patrolman Hebble from the force.
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Zimmerman
Aurele Borris
Earlham College
Borris
Richmond
Hebble
Earlham
Starr Piano Company
John F. Robbins
Europe
Robbins
Ladd
Havemeyer Defends His Father's Honor in Washington
Horace Havemeyer, 25, son of the late H O Havemeyer, testifies before the Sugar Trust Investigation Committee. He says his ambition is to fight the American Sugar Refining Company to a finish by gaining control of the National Refining Company of New Jersey and reveals his father controlled the trust with little stock.
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Horace Havemeyer
H. O. Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Washington
Young Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
National Refining Company of
New Jersey
Father and Son Share Tearful Jail Meeting on Birthday
A Mil ton father visits his son Guy Gunsake in county jail after burglary arrest. The two weep as the father offers support and a birthday gift while Guy admits limited details and Earl Dubois remains at large. Authorities found ammunition at Mae Debois's home and continue searches for suspects including Earl Debois.
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Thomas Gunsaulie
Milton
Guy
Earl Dubois
Guy Gunsake
Gunsaulie
Susan
Mae Debois
Debois
Earl Debois
Gunsauke
Clark Hurls Defi at Senate on Tariff Bills
Washington June 23 Speaker Champ Clark outlined a Democratic tariff program forecasting a lengthy summer session. The plan centers on revising the Payne tariff with a coalition of Senate insurgents and Democrats, pushing remedial tariff legislation to the president for action. Clark said the public will not tolerate delays and warned the tariff board has produced little. the House will press cotton, sugar, iron and steel schedules, and quickly reject the Root amendment to reciprocity if added.
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National News Association
Washington
Democratic House
Senate
Clark
Tariff Board
Congress
House
Clayton
Browne Attacks Chicago Reporter in Capitol
Springfield June 23 Lee O Neil Browne, known for bribery trials over Senator Lorimer, faces arrest after striking Chicago Tribune reporter O E Phillips in Speaker Adkins room at the state capitol. Phillips, knocked unconscious, lay under observation as doctors feared for his life after a forty minute collapse. He had exposed Browne’s alleged corruption and had been ill for months.
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National News Association
Springfield
Ill
Lee O'Neil Browne
William Lorimer
U. S
O. E. Phillips
Chicago Tribune
Speaker Adkins
State Capitol
Browne
Phillips
Narrow Escape For Merrymakers On Commons Bridge
A hurry up order for township trustee James Howarth to inspect a bridge on the Commons road two miles west of the city arrived Friday morning. After a party of youths crossed the bridge during the night, several floor planks gave way making it impassable. The floor was repaired and no one in the party was hurt.
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James Howarth
Commons Road
Fair Tonight and Saturday Weather Update
The state forecaster notes fair conditions tonight into Saturday with clear skies. Light winds and mild temperatures are expected, offering comfortable weather for outdoor plans.
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