My Memoirs of Ohio Politics Disclosures Loom
Ohio senate sergeant at arms Rodney J. Diegle, missing from Columbus, arrives at French Lick with attorney John Egan and Detective Harry Bradbury. He hints at a full corruption tale in the Ohio legislature and plans to reveal details Monday before his release deadline.
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French Lick Springs
Ind
Ohio
Rodney J. Diegle
Ohio Senate
Diegle
Columbus
John Egan
Dayton
Harry Bradbury
Cleveland
Qohio
Bradbury
Los Angeles
M'Namara
Fowler crashes in Sierra crossing during transcontinental flight
Aviator Robert A. Fowler fell soon after entering the Sierra crossing over Alta at high altitude. His plane wrecked in the mishap but he escaped with minor bruises. He blamed a rudder failure for the accident.
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Auburn
Cal
Robert A. Fowler
Sierras
Alta
Fowler
Sacrifice in Sparta Rail Yard Claims Two Lives
In LaCrosse Wisconsin on September 13 Peter Bolavois a railroad laborer died trying to save his friend Gus Larengaon after Larengaon fell under a train of the Chicago and Milwaukee railway in Sparta Bolavois leapt to pull him clear but both men were killed in the accident.
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LaCrosse
Wis
Peter Bolavois
Chicago and Milwaukee Railway
Sparta
Gus Larengaon
Bolavels
Lava flow from Etna threatens rail line and roads
Etna lava advances at 400 yards per hour, six hundred yards wide and eight miles long, cutting Linguaglossa Randazzo links and devastating forests and vineyards. New vent opens at Monte Grigio amid tremors and ash showers. residents flee to the plains. In a separate incident in Mason City Iowa, Paul Benton Hart, 22, dies after a gun discharged while being lowered.
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Catania
Mount Etna
Linguaglossa
Randazzo
Cacciagallina
Cardonara
Monte Grigio
Mason City
Aawk
Paul Benton Hart
Georgia Governor Hoke Smith Met Harmon of Ohio
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia met with Harmon of Ohio in a cordial session reported by local press. The meeting highlighted state and national politics and potential cooperative interests between the two leaders.
Prohibition Victory Reported in Maine Special Election
Prohibition forces claim a 444 vote margin for repeal with 60 721 to 59 958 after revised counts. Maine also backs a state wide primary act by 17 418 in favor. Augusta defeated as state capital, extra session possible. continued debate on license and local option. Seattle reports Puget Sound pink salmon pack near 750 000 cases.
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Portland
Adam P. Leighton
Augusta
Upstate
Cumberland County
York County
Maine
Plaisted
Seattle
Wash
Puget Sound
WRECK FOR REVENGE ON NEW HAVEN RAILROAD
Four Italians arrested on warrants from the coroner for wrecking an express train near Middletown Connecticut on August 27 causing one death and sixty injuries. Detectives say the men hired a rowboat to conceal crow bars and lacked robbery intent due to intact passengers after the derailment.
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Middletown
Conn
Cononer
New Haven
Here
Fortland
Giacomo Lisi
Antonii Diorri
Notable gold brick thief Potter captured in Chicago
Government detectives say S A Potter alias George W Post, famed for gold brick and green goods schemes, is arrested in Chicago. He and accomplices allegedly stole about 1.5 million dollars in recent years.
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Chicago
S. A. Potter
George W. Post
Potter
Weather Outlook Across Midwest Regions
Indiana forecast calls for fair and warm today with slightly warmer conditions tomorrow. Illinois expects fair today and warmer in northern areas, followed by another warm day tomorrow. Wisconsin remains cloudy and warmer today with fair weather tomorrow. light to moderate east and southeast winds expected in all three states.
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Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
French Doctor Links Constipation to Epilepsy in Children
A French physician reports to the Academy of Science that constipation and epilepsy are linked. In a seven year old, relieving constipation reduced seizures until they stopped. In two older cases, improvement of constipation likewise reduced and ended the epileptic attacks, supporting epilepsy as a nutritional disturbance in origin.
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Academy of Science
Young Bride Poisoning Case in Americus
Mary Childers a six month bride is dead after strychnine in a bottle of headache powders kept in her hotel room. R C Kennedy a prominent young man is under arrest charged with her death. Revenge is cited as the motive. Kennedy and Childers had rivaled for her hand before her marriage.
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Americus
Mary Childers
R. C. Kennedy
Kennedy
Childers
New York Brokers Fail Shake NY Stock Exchange
The suspension of Van Schaick & Co. a New York stock exchange member firm was announced. A firm rep cited over extension of credit and customers failing to margin as the reason. Liabilities reportedly under $1 000 000 with about 1 500 000 in loans secured. The failure deemed not important.
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New York
van Schaick & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Ex convict held in slaying of Annie Lemberger
Madison police arrest an ex convict as a suspect in the murder of seven year old Annie Lemberger whose body was found in Lake Monona. The coroner and inquest exonerated the parents while revealing mistreatment of the victim. Johnson, a neighbor with a lengthy criminal record, is jailed awaiting summons to court.
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Madison
Annie Lemberger
Lake Monona
Wis
Joseph Dean, Jr
Annie
John A. Johnson
Martin Lemberger
Anna Lemberger
Lemberger
Johnson
Governors clash at New Jersey gathering of state executives
At Spring Lake New Jersey on September 13 governors from Alabama and New Jersey clashed over the recall initiative as others listened. The scene drew many of the state executives with prominent figures like Woodrow Wilson and O Neal present amid a tense exchange.
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Spring Lake
N. J
O'Neal
Alabama
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
New Monmouth
Hoke
Georgia
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Ohio, Saying Litte
Smith
Lee Cruce
Oklahoma
Frederick W. Plaisted
Maine
Harmon, Wilson
Kamted
Smuiiikh
Jeta F Shatroth
Albert W. Guebrine
Tomes Ho Manley
Aneustee E. Wetksen
Eugene N. Poss
Edmund P. Neely Hierbert S. Madley
Edwin L. Norris
Chester H. Aldrich
William W. Kitchin
John Burke
Lee Cruse
Will contest over Mrs Eddy estate reaches high court
Concord New Hampshire September 13 The petition asks the New Hampshire Supreme Court to rule on legal issues before a trial in the extensive will dispute involving Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Science The main question centers on the residuary clause bequeathing about 2 000 000 to the Christian Scientist church of Boston and whether statutes restricting large bequests to church bodies render the provision invalid The case involves Eddy s son George W Glover and adopted son Foster Eddy seeking to have the residuary clause declared legal and the estate divided among next of kin
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Concord
N. H
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Chistian Science Church
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Whillace
William &. Chandler
Pirot Church of Christ Decientist of
Boston
New Hampshire
George W. Glover
Lead
Bath to mark 75th founding anniversary on Nov 1
Bath Illinois celebrates the town's 75th anniversary on November 1 with ceremonies noting the constitution was written by Abraham Lincoln. The item also reports Silas Draper of Lancaster Pennsylvania died from injuries in the Jehigh Valley wreck at Manchester on August 9 raising the death toll to thirty.
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Bath
Abraham Lincoln
Rochester
Silas Draper
Lancaster
Manchester
Charges Big Bribe in Gary Heats Public Works Case
Gary Indiana September 13 a warrant charges Jane J Nichoff former commissioner of public works with soliciting a bribe of 16000 Deputy Sheriff Morris to serve the warrant T B Dean caused the arrest of Mayer Knotts and five aldermen on bribery at horses of bribery related to granting a heating franchise It is alleged Nichoff demanded 1060 for a coal yard and promised the heating franchise in return for action by Dean
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Gary
Ind
Jane J. Nichoff
Dean
Nibeff
Cowl
Strikers Beat A Man On City Street
Thirty men halted a street car at East Twenty Second street and Broadway and beat William Jenner a strike guard living at 1628 Crawford road until unconscious. Police rescued him and he was taken to a hospital.
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Cleveland
East Twenty Second Street
Broadway
William Jenner
Crawford Road
Irish Primate William Alexander, Archbishop of Armagh
Dublin Sept 13 reports the death of Most Rev William Alexander DD archbishop of Armagh and primate of all Ireland after fifty years in church leadership. He served at St Patrick’s Cathedral and led the Church of Ireland through wartime changes.
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Grand Rapids
Mieh
Leary T. McCrath
Gt Rapids
Dublin
Wiliam Alexander
Armagh
All Ireland
Charch of
Ireland
Senator Pomerene Confined by Kidney Illness
Senator Atheo Sprrrene is confined to his home in Canton Ohio with a kidney affection. The attending physician Hess says bed rest for several days is needed to avoid complications.
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Athe Pomerene
Canton
Atheo
Hess
Sitchin
Lincelf
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J. Diegle
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Indianapolis
Cyrus McNutt
Man Fe
Companion
Etna
Hunter
Hoke Smith
Chums
Harmon of
Yorktown
Newport News
Savannah
Louisiana
Joseph R. Bodwell
Scranton
Ralph Wilders
Colorado -Wilder
Chicago Record-Herald
Prohibition
Temperance
Connecticut
T. J. Allen
John Johnson
Atlee Pomerene
Spring Lake, N. J
Norfolk
Louis McCrath
Supreme Court
Sons of Dead Christian Science Leader
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