Fierce Battle Over Licenses at Warren License Court
A packed Warren courtroom heard a high‑stakes fight over liquor licenses with remonstrants led by E H Beshlin and the Anti-saloon League opposing dozens of applications. Testimony from Youngsville and Warren witnesses sought to prove necessity and impact while judges ruled on relevancy and procedure prompting appeals toward higher courts.
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Hinckley
Siggins and Hughes
Warren
Edward Lindsey
D. A. Arird
J. H. Alexander
C. E. Bordwell
A. G. Eldred
Leo Blair
E. H. Beshlin
Anti-saloon League Truste
John Siggins, Jr
George B. Munn
Clare Crary
Horace Crary
M. W. Jamieson
P. S. Tarbox
T. M. Greenland
A. W. Mumford
J. T. Brennan
H. P. Stone
K. M. Andrews
T. D. Allen
Eugene Arnold
E. E. Allen
W. F. Bennett
O. W. Ensworth
J. W. Neilly
Nets
M. D. Whitney
Youngsville
Youngsville Manufacturing Company
Whitney
Beshlin
Fairmount Hotel
Edward Indsey
Superior Court
Youngsville Company
State Hospital
Charles Folkman
Munn
Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel
Struthers, Carver
Exchange
Madden’s
Conewango Avenue
Wager’s
Struthers
Exchange Hotel
New Warren
Lynch and Rigney’s
Charles Bancroft
Lexington
Madden
Lynch
Rigney
Mayrard
Gane
Schwertz
Fatal plunge ends Lincoln Beachey aviation show
San Francisco March 14 Lincoln Beachey the noted aviator was killed during an exhibition at the Panama Pacific exposition. His monoplane collapsed at about 3 000 feet plunging into San Francisco bay as thousands watched. Beachey had just completed a display of aerial tricks and his death is attributed to strain on the monoplane. His body was recovered after the wreck near the government dock with witnesses including Hillary Beacher. Beachey, born 1887 in San Francisco, had a long record in early flight culminating in many firsts and daring feats before retiring in 1918.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
San Francisco Bay
Fair Grounds
Oregon
Hillary Beacher
United States
Creok
Pegoud
Beach
San Francisc
Oakland
Capitol
Washington
New York City
Saint Paul
Los Angeles
Niagara Falls
America
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Hammondsport
N. Y
Government May Take Case to Supreme Court
Washington March 13 Attorney General Gregory will decide on action after the National Cash Register decision and may seek a writ of certiorari to bring the case before the Supreme Court. Some department officials expressed disappointment with the ruling while viewing the government case as strong. Former Attorney General Wickersham, who began the prosecution, called it one of the Taft Administration's most important cases.
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Washington
Gregory
National Cash Register
Supreme Court
Department
Caue
Wickersham
Taft
New Trial Ordered for National Cash Register Officials
The Sixth Circuit overturned a lower court verdict finding John Patterson and 26 NCR officials guilty of Sherman antitrust violations. The appeals court remanded for a new trial, saying one count was insufficent and two counts should not have been considered. It critiqued broad conduct aimed at suppressing competitors and favored a narrower focus on conspiracy within a three year window.
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Cineinnati
District Court
United States Court of Appeals For
Sixth Circuit
John H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Dayton
Ohio
National Cash Register
National Company
Cash Register
American
Philadelphia
Boston
Meadville Letter Attacks Rev Biederwolf’s Visit
A unsigned correspondent condemns Rev. W. E. Biederwolf for seeking access to Meadville industries schools and offices. The letter accuses him of vulgar, sectarian appeals and urges him to confine actions to his own headquarters. It labels his tactics predatory and unworthy.
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Dr. Biederwolf
Meadville
W. E. Biederwolf
Venango County Court Refuses Liquor Licenses Dry Status Declared
Franklin March 15 Judge Criswell refused all liquor license petitions in Venango county amid a temperance push. Petitions from hotels in Emlenton Franklin Oil City were not heard for hearings, with endorsements read and remonstrances not pursued. The court proceeded to nat uralization cases as liquor license petitions were marked refused.
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Franklin
Criswell
Venango County
Frank H. Pfaff
St. Cloud Hotel
Emlenton
Exchange Hotel
Oil City
Joseph W. Weiss
Imperial Hotel
P. A. Wilbert
Michael F. Reynolds
Commercial Hotel
Thomas F. Lynch
New York Hotel
E. “. Breene
Hearines
Georg I
I. D Ke
Will Winh
Sarah JF Tey
Mark Stabler
J. H. Meart
Lawrence County to Be Dry Again
March 11 note from New Castle, Lawrence County, reports nine liquor license applications denied by Judge W T Porter. Court issued order refusing each license after hearings held over several weeks, delaying beyond early March due to trials.
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New Castle
Lawrence County
W. ™. Porter
Simly
State to Hire Thirty More Game Wardens
Harrisburg March 17 After nearly an hour debate the house passed a bill to allocate 334 800 dollars from hunters licenses to the State game commission The vote was 111 to 53 with objections that the measure raised wardens from 40 to 50 and wages from 900 to 1200 dollars The bill also provides 5000 dollars a year for the secretary
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Harrisburg
House
State Game Commission
Harrisburg bill seeks eight classes for counties
Harrisburg March 17. A bill was introduced in the house by Mr. McVicer Alleghe to divide the state seven counties into eight classes using city classification for regulation purposes.
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Harrisburg
McVicer
Allegheas
World's greatest fighter launched at Newport News
The battleship Pennsylvania was launched at Newport News Virginia after a successful voyage from stocks to James River waters. Secretary Daniels and Governor Brumbaugh attended. Miss Elizabeth Kolb named the ship. a German captain attended as a guest amid 10,000 spectators. The vessel will be commissioned by February 28, 1916, and surpasses British and Japanese battleships in armament and size, with a 12 by 14 inch main battery and a 31,400 ton displacement, and will carry seven and a half tons of steel per broadside.
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Sport News
Pennsylvania
James River
Daniels
Navy
Brumbaugh
Elizabeth Kolb
Germantown
Berry
Prinz Eitel Friederich
Max Thierichens
Old Point Comfort
the Shipbuilding Company
Newport News
Nevada
Oklahoma
Great Britain
Germany
France
Queen Elizabeth
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Daredevil
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