Death of Mrs Christina Peters Leads to Arrest in 1918
Mrs Christina Peters aged 71 died at her Nobles Hill home near Chandlers Valley from heart failure attributed to assault. Willard F. Ash is jailed after a county coroner and district attorney investigation tied him to the crime. A 1918 inquest found death by heart failure caused by assault though post mortem did not prove criminal violence beyond determined evidence.
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Christine Peters
Chandlers Valley
Christina Peters
August Peters
Nobles Hill
Willard F. Ash
George A. W. DeForest
Frank J. Lyons
Peters
Clark McCray
Eva Morton
Edmond Ellis
John Spencer
Frank Green
Harry Latt
Willis Peterson
Election House
Elmer Carr
Albert Hulberg
Theodore Akins
E. J. Kelley
W. M. Robertson
L. E. Chapman
Warren
Noble Hill Road
Lyons
Ash
Sheriff Park
DeForest
Democrats alarmed as tariff bill underfunds government
Washington April 3 Democratic members of the ways and means committee faced renewed concern after treasury experts said the tariff revision bill would fall at least 25 million dollars short of revenue from customs. President Wilson favors lowering several rates and may push free raw wool or tax it 15 percent. caucus next week will decide wool treatment. The gap drives talk of widening income taxes and boosting tentative income rates.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Treasury
Wilson
Dayton Flood Toll Rises as City Mobilizes Relief Efforts
Dayton and Columbus report heavy casualties with 129 dead in Dayton and 70 in Columbus as Hamilton County endures the disaster. Rescue teams continue mining debris for survivors while sanitation boards push pestilence control. Governor Cox imposes martial law amid whiskey-related violence. Red Cross relief nears 500000 dollars with international offers being declined.
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Dayton
Columbus
Hamilton
Board of Health
Cox
Rifle Point
Red Cross Relief Fund
Sir Thomas Lipton
Cleveland
Roosevelt
San Francisco
United States
Fathers’ and Mothers’ Club of
Boston
Relief Efforts Reach Flooded Ohio River Towns
Temporary homes offered for ten orphaned children and steps to secure permanent homes. Supplies rushed to lower Ohio towns. A steam boat carrying food departs Pittsburg for the affected district and the U S war department ships boats from Cincinnati.
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Lower
Ohio
Pittsburg
United States War Department
Cincinnati
Astor Expands Ferncliffe Farm Lands For Experimental Use
Vincent Astor closes a deal to add hundreds of acres to Ferncliffe in Rhinecliff Duchess County New York. He plans broad scientific farming experiments including alfalfa clover hay oats rye corn and other grains and livestock methods. Governor Sulzer reportedly advised investing in land as a safe long term asset.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vincent Astor
Ferncliffe
Astor
Duchess County
Sulzer
Rhineclif
Levy Sunday Bill Defeated in Albany Vote
In Albany on April 3 the Levy bill to allow secular business on Sundays was defeated 35 to 89. Majority Leader Aaron J. Levy argued for justice and claimed Governor Sulzer supported it, then released majority members from party discipline as they abandoned the measure.
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Albany
Aaron J. Levy
Sulzer
Bulgars Capture Adrianople in Fierce Assault
Bulgarian forces stormed Adrianople after a week of intense fighting. The fortress fell as Turkish troops torched depots stores arsenal and powder magazines. fires spread through the city and most residents fled.
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Adrianople
Big steel plant for San Francisco
Charles M Schwab the steel king is expected in San Francisco mid May for about 10 days to inspect a proposed mammoth rolling mill. Bethlehem Steel owns the nearby iron mines at Valparaiso and Schwab serves as president of the company. The San Francisco plant is valued at more than 3 million dollars.
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San Francisco
Charles M. Schwab
Mr. Schwab
Valparaiso
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Schwab
Widow of Phonography Inventor Dies in Bath
Lady Pitman widow of Sir Isaac Pitman inventor of phonography died at Bath yesterday. She was his second wife, married in 1861, and was formerly Isabella Masters daughter of James Masters. Sir Isaac Pitman died in 1897.
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London
Lady Pitman
Sir Isaac Pitman
Bath
Sir Isaac
Isabella
James Masters
Isaac
Salamanca Hotel Destroyed by Fire at Dudley House
Fire gutted the Dudley House in Salamanca New York last week causing an estimated loss of forty to fifty thousand dollars. Fire chief said the four story brick walls were in good shape and the interior will be rebuilt.
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Salamanca
Dudley
N. Y
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American Press Association
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Riverdale
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