Youth Arrested on Arson Charge
Sheriff Nelson was summoned to Jamestown this afternoon to bring back Lee Huffman, linked to an arson case.
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Nelson
Jamestown
Lee Huffman
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Newspaper
Washington Daily Herald
Location
Washington, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1913
Page
1
Debut Huffman Arrest Tied to Farmhouse Fire Near Shady Grove
Deputy Fire Marshals Sizer and Lee arrested Huffman of near Shady Grove on suspicions tied to a Wednesday night fire at John Swaney’s H O Core farm. Huffman, subpoenaed to Jamestown for testimony, is to be brought to Jamestown for trial or bond in Fayette County. The case involves kerosene and fuse found at the scene.
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Shady Grove
John Swaney
H. O. Core Farm
Las
Fayette County
Tom Maddox
Nelson
Jamestown
Young Huffman
Wickersham
H. M. Rankin
Huffman
Swaney
Sizer
Dayton
Lee
Death of Queen Sophia of Sweden at Stockholm
Stockholm reports the death of Queen Sophia of Sweden at age seventy eight after days of pneumonia and long illness. She had been invalid for over twenty five years and faced melancholy requiring constant medical watch. She leaves a large fortune likely to his younger son Oscar who renounced the throne to marry Ebba von Unck, the queen’s maid of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Sophia
Oscar
Ebba
Unk
Deaths from Smallpox Rise on Ohio Ship
Kr. R. Fleming a navy musician died Sunday at Guantanamo isolation camp after contracting smallpox on the battleship Ohio during the Mediterranean voyage. He came from Sullivan Indiana. This makes two smallpox fatalities from the Ohio. The ship is being fumigated off the Delaware breakwater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Kr. R. Fleming
Ohio
Guayantanamo
Sullivan
Ind
Delaware
Negel Stores Bankruptcy Draws Court Attention
A large chain named Negel Stores facing bankruptcy proceedings is described as a major merchant with annual business around porty million dollars, as creditors and court actions unfold.
Siegel Chain Stores Enter Receivership in 1930s Bankruptcies
Federal court proceedings in New York and Boston named receivers for the Siegel Stores Corporation chain. The large annual business was about forty million dollars, with Christmas sales weak and credit curtailed. Entities affected include the Fourteenth Street Store New York and Henry Siegel Company firms. Greenhut Siegel Cooper and Chicago operations were not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siege Store Corporation
Boston
Financial District
Fourteenth Street
New York
Simpson-Crawford Company
Henry Siegel Company
Henry Siegel & Co
Bankers
Henry Siegel & Company
Merchants Express Company
Greenhut-Siegel-Cooper Company
Siegel-Cooper & Company of
Chicago
Seigle Stores Corporation
James id Lynch New York Labor Commissioner to Safeguard Workers
James id Lynch has been named New York Labor Commissioner with a mandate to safeguard workers. The appointment elevates focus on workplace safety and labor rights across state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hendrickson Fugitives Face Sulphur Smoke Plan
Mrs. Hendrickson plans to enter the abandoned mine to urge Jack Hendrickson to surrender as guards surround the entrances. Two barrels of sulphur may be used to smoke out the clan as Sheriff elect Rufus Wilson accompanies her. A brother of Thomas Stewart helps guard the mine. Stewart was killed by John Hendrickson a decade ago and Hendrickson recently finished a Frankfort penitentiary sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Hendricksons
Jack Hendrickson
Thomas Stewart
Hendrickson
Stewart
Tom Stewart
John Hendrickson
Frankfort
Bank robbery nets seven to eight thousand in Freedonia
Three men burglarized the Freedonia Valley bank during the night taking between seven thousand and eight thousand dollars in cash and stealing a horse and buggy before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedonia
Freedonia Valley Bank
Murder Charge Filed Against Actor in Cincinnati Hotel Killing
Robert Maloney, actor, faces a murder charge in Cincinnati after shooting his wife and their year old baby in a hotel. A preliminary hearing is set for January 9. The court hired an alienist to examine the defendant’s mental condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Maloney
Senator Martine Seeks Inquiry Into Calumet Copper District
Senator Martine of New Jersey plans a senatorial inquiry into conditions in the Calumet Copper region when Congress opens January 12. He would wait for DoJ and Labor to intervene if needed. Martine noted mine owners and laborers in West Virginia praised the Senate inquiry for bringing peace in the coal regions.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Calumet
Martine
New Jersey
Congress
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
McReynolds
West Virginia
Senate
Jury Deadlocked Over Hans Schmidt Sanity
In New York City on December 30 the jury in the Hans Schmidt case failed to reach an agreement after hours of deliberation. The deadlock centered on the defendant's sanity, with one juror reportedly ill and treated before resuming deliberations under Judge Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hans Schmidt
Anna Aumuller
Foster
Huerta Forces Collapse at Ojinaga Standstill
Eleven Federal Generals and about 4000 men at Ojinaga were demoralized and on the brink of retreat after being captured by Major McNamee. Disarmed and marched to Presidio, some wounded men were cared for by Dr. Burnside. Federal officers reportedly killed none, but the garrison remained a chaotic mob inside fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ojinaga
McNamee
Presidio
Burnside
Indicted Cotton Trust Defendants Plead Nolle Prosequi
Col. Robert N. Thompson and James E. Patton, among others indicted under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law for cornering the 1909 cotton market, pleaded Nolle Prosequi as the Federal court assessed a $4,000 fine against Thompson and the other defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Robert N. Thompson
James E. Patton
Nolle Contenderie
Elks of the World barred from using Elks name insignia
Dayton report: The Court of Appeals in the First Judicial District sustains Eaton Common Pleas Court in an injunction case restraining the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World from using the Elks name insignia symbols and badges of the national white Elks organization. The ruling holds the order valid against all colored Elks in the state.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Ohio
Court of Appeals
First Judicial District
Common Pleas Court
Eaton
Colored Organization
The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
National White Organization of Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of
United States of America
Elks
Ryan Elevated to Police Inspector and Chief of Detectives
Cincinnati Ohio December 36. Policeman Dennis Ryan was elevated by Civil Service to the position of Inspector of Police and immediately assigned to be Chief of Detectives to succeed Cal Crim who resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dennis Ryan
Civil Service
Cal Crim
Anna Howard Shaw Refuses Philadelphia Assessor List
Suffragist leader Anna Howard Shaw declines to provide a list of personal goods to Philadelphia’s assessor. The move heightens attention on property disclosures amid wartime civic duties and women's rights campaigning in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Rebels Press Huerta Position At Ojinaga In Morning Fight
Fighting resumed at Ojinaga Mexico as Mexican Federal remnants under Huerta retreat to inner trenches. Rebel forces move toward the fortress village with desultory fire, threatening a decisive push across the river toward the Federal stronghold.
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Presidio
Texas
Ojinaga
Mexico
Huerta
Coahuila
Rebels Press Huerta Forces at Ojinaga with River Crossing
Washington reports the border patrol at Presidio, Texas, forced back Mexicans fleeing into the U S after Rebel forces routed them at Ojinaga. Eleven Mexican Federal generals and remnants take shelter in trenches, while 4200 Rebels advance from Chihuahua to Lamula Pass and press the defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
War Department
McNamee
Border Patrol
Presidio
Texas
Mexico
Ojinaga
Huerta
Chihuahua City
Lamula Pass
Interior
Rebels aim to drive Federals across the river
Dispatches from Juarez report that Federals at Ojinaga were virtually defeated. The Constitutionalists plan to force the Federal army to retreat to the American side and disarm them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tically
Bars are Down As Mexico Pass Rule Revoked
Overnight dispatches report General Alvarez revoking the order that required all persons to have passes to enter Mexico as it applies to Americans. The move ends the pass requirement and affects cross border movement for U S travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prense
Washington, D. C
Alvarez
Mexico
Pittsburg Bank Reopening Expected Within Weeks
Pittsburg Pa December 30 The First Second National Bank closed by order July 7 in financial circles but no official word yet. At a stockholders meeting enough shares were subscribed to guarantee a reopening with a four million dollar capital and a one million dollar surplus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
First Second National Bank
Convicted of Passing Bad Checks In Huntington Case
A. D. Park, formerly of Weir Virginia, was sentenced in Columbus Ohio to thirty days in the workhouse and a $50 fine plus costs for cashing three bad checks drawn on the Day and Night Bank of Huntington W V to Ira Sackel a local saloonkeeper. Police say other keepers have been victimised. Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
Huntington
W. Va
Ira Sackel
A. D. Park
Weer
Virginia
Park
Pittsburg man at large after Homestead shooting spree
Pittsburg reports Henry Rokowski, accused of fatally shooting a constable and wounding a man and woman near Homestead on Sunday, remains at large. Authorities say he is hiding near Wear Homestead and have roads surrounding the village guarded by armed men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Henry Rokowski
Homestead
Wear Homestead
Also Mentioned on This Page
FE. C. Sizer
Val Lee
Sidney
Lee Huff
Mueea
Sophias
Negel Stores
James Id. Lynch
Dunmidt
Advange
Ryan
Anna Howard Shaw
American Presa Association
Washington
C. X
Juarez
Dis
Tionalist
Ojinaga Prac
Pittsburg Bank
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