Defies Committee Faces Contempt Charge
Cincinnati banker Hinsch defends county fund deposits and credits banks with aiding public welfare. Senate panel pressed Treasurer Hynicka to reveal private accounts as witnesses recount long standing gratuities to treasurers. testimony notes possible contempt citations and ties to political funds amid alarm over locking funds in treasurer’s vaults.
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Senator Schmidt
President Hinsch
Cincinnati
Leopold Kleybolte
Thilevbolte
Lenan
Comnenaittan
Eh Iss
Errie
Hyricka
Sehott
Old Pol
Washington
Olay Point
Richmond
Chesapeake
Wash- Sarton
Arciva
Treasurer Hynngka Refuses To Produce Private Bank Books
Hynngka again defied a request for private gratuity records, citing attorney guidance that private affairs are not within the inquiry. He was temporarily excused as Roettinger planned to seek an order on the refusal. Cappock stated an order for contempt would be sought.
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Hynngka
Roettinger
Hynicka
Cappock
Train wreckers declared insane in Ohio
Mrs Dolly Carpenter and Grover Baughman were adjudged insane in Tiffin Ohio and sent to the Toledo State asylum. Carpenter admitted her part in the crime. Authorities suspect others were involved and expect several arrests within days. An affidavit of insanity was sworn by Carpenter's brother William Hoke. Baughman’s father fled the affidavit against his son. Neither prisoner resisted as they were taken away.
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Washington Post
Tiffin
Ohio
Dolly Carpenter
Grover Baughman
Pennsylvania
Toledo
Boughman
Claim on Marshall Field Estate Sparks Swiss Claimant
A Swiss bootmaker named Marshall, residing in Ion, Switzerland, claims he is the nephew of the late Marshall Field. The cablegram from Geneva prompted the Swiss government to refer the claim to its Washington minister. Trustee A J Jones ridiculed the tale, saying cranks will seek kinship with Field.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Marshall Field
Marshall
4Ion
Canton of
Va Jois
Eld
Geneva
Switzerland
Washington
A. J. Jones
Field Estate
Pield
Mob slays suspect. Shreveport court convicts another
A mob of about 500 in Bienville Parish shot Wiltz Page, a 30-year-old black man, and burned his body after identifying him as the suspect in assaulting an 11 year old girl. Page confessed before death. In Shreveport, Charles Coleman was found guilty of murdering Miss Margaret Lear. Gov. Blanchard signed the death sentence with execution set for Thursday. Four military companies deployed. security at the courthouse was tight as the case proceeds.
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Shreveport
Wiltz Page
Bienville
Bienville Parish
Sarah Gant
Page
Sim
Gov. Blanchard
Homar
Charles Coleman
Margaret Lear
Bell
McKeesport Threat Letter From Black Hand Targeting Ex Mayor
Former Mayor Robert J. Black received a Black Hand threat demanding 3000 in gold or his life and home would be blown up. The letter claims 104 men from Trenton operate near McKeesport and designates a hollow tree stump in Curry Hollow as the drop point. Authorities investigate while Black vows severe action against the writer.
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McKeesport
Robert J. Black
Trenton
N. J
Dr. Black
Curry Hollow
Police Department
Blavik
Trolley Horrors Plunge Over Embankment in Pittseburg
Two Pittsburgh street cars on the Millvale Etna division fell 18 and 15 feet, injuring 40 with three expected to die. Cars derailed near Bennett and opposite the Rising Sun Hotel amid a frost spread rail. Medics rushed to scene. four fatally hurt including three motormen and a colored man.
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Pittsburg
Millvale and
Etna
Pittsburg Railways Company
Twe
Bennett
Rising Sun
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
David ©. Jackson
George Kingensmith
Allegheny General Hospital
SCOHD
Rising Sea
McKeesport
Connellsville
Raiway Company
Calliaon
Boston
McHeesport
Railroad Shops in Ashes: Intercolonial Plant Destroyed
Moncton New Brunswick February 24 government railway loss reaches 1 909 900 as nearly the entire Intercolonial Railroad plant in this city burns. More than thousand displaced with vast damage to coaches cars and machinery. The governor general Earl Gray’s private car and the offices survive.
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Moncton
N. B
Intercolonial Railroad
St. John
Intercolonial Railway
Rairoad
Earl Gray
Canada
Feud murder indictments target Breathitt judge and associates
Breathitt County grand jury indicts County Judge James Hargis Edward Calahan B F French John Smith and John Abner for murder in the two year old James B Marcum killing at the Jackson Kentucky courthouse Judge Hargis and Callahan named principals with Smith and Abner as accessories before the fact State Senator Alexander Hargis exonerated.
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Hargis
James ‘Marcum
Jackson
Breathitt County
Grand Jury
James Hargis
Edward Calahan
B. F. French
John Smith
John Abner
James B. Marcum
Alexander Hargis
Callahan
Smith
Abner
Marcum
Vanderbilt Auto Run Down Boy Triggers Mob Clash
Mr and Mrs W K Vanderbilt Jr detained after their car struck a five year old boy near Pontedera Italy. A mob attacked them and their chauffeur. Vanderbilt drew a revolver to deter the crowd but was disarmed and both men were beaten. Gendarmes intervened rescuing the chauffeur and freeing the couple. The boy suffered only bruises and recovered consciousness shortly after.
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Millionaire
Thea Washington Post
Rome
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Pontedera
Vanderbilts
Florence
Adolfo Buttini
Anto
Vanderbilt
Manstall
Pisa
Mr. Vanderbilt
Clash in Convention in Jonesboro Splits GOP Delegates
In Jonesboro Tennessee a mass Republican convention erupted as knives and pistols flashed and deputies restored order. Two factions loyal to H Clay Evans and W P Brownlow produced separate conventions and sets of delegates for the state nominating race, one backing Evans for governor and the other Asbury Wright. Brownlow forces accused Brownlow opponents of misusing a veterans’ delegation. The scene included a court-house seizure by Evans supporters and a Brownlow counter-meeting with denouncements of Brownlow’s conduct.
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Jonesboro
Tenn
Evans
Hall
Brownlow
Washington
H. Clay Evans
W. P. Brownlow
Tennessee
Asbury Wright
Friends of Brownlow
Friends of Evans
National Soldiers' Home
Johnson City
Congress
Myane
Mystery in His Death recalls Rutherford case in Wyoming
Leonard E Walbridge of Philadelphia German Town family was found dead with a bullet through the heart fifteen miles southeast of Gillette Wyoming. Family questions a self-inflicted death, noting he bought a carbine and shells after arriving in Gillette while other reports imply foul play. The Walbridge family in Germantown seeks a formal investigation to repatriate the body and clarify circumstances.
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Philadelphia
Wyoming
Washington Post
Leonard E. Walbridge
Germantown
Gillette
Wyo
Rober Rutherford
Walbridge
Mexico
Rutherford
West Tulpehacken Street
Charles Carter Walbridge
Yale
West
Leonard K. Walbridge
Ty Chester Walbridge
Florida
Father and pastor held after child death inquiry
In Philadelphia on February 24 the coroner's inquiry found Grace Bates died of typhoid fever. Daniel Bates the father and Rev. Amsbrose Clark were committed without bail for trial on charges of criminal negligence and as an accessory. Both claimed to have sought recovery through prayer and did not obtain medical care for the girl.
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Philadelphia
Grace Bates
Daniel Bates
Amsbrose Clark
Faith Tabernacle
Church of Christ
Ohio Treasurer Defies Investigators and Other Headlines
Ohio Treasurer defies investigators as Tranley passengers suffer fatal plunge. Three boys die in a fire. Clerks' retirement project and Great Falls cars running mark early pages. Child wife kills her uncle and fugitive confesses wife murder alongside wealth search. Kaiser's role in Moroccan affair noted as Congress rate contest opens. Havana adopts Mrs. Longworth amid wider domestic and world items. U Bank clerks win debate. excise board attacked. editorial, real estate, and society notes fill sections.
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Ohio
Tranley
Great Falls
Kaiser
Congress
Havana
Longworth
U—Bank
W—Excise Board
Wil Trust Railroad
Napoleon
Aghead
Capital
Sooty
Washineter
Wall Street
Savoyard
Landis Brothers
South America
Washington
China
Alaska
Hawaii
Bryan
Japan
White House
Justice Harlan
Quinton Jewel
Alfonse
Ena
Paul Nocquet
Renixer
Weslington
Tragic shooting shocks Chilean mission in Belgium
Brussels reports Mr Waddington, son of the Chilean charge d'affaires, shot Balmaceda the secretary of the consulate killing him instantly. He fled to the Chilean Legation under extraterritorial protection. Balmaceda was engaged to Waddington's sister and the motive is said to be Balmaceda's threat to end the engagement.
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Belgium
Brussels
Waddington
Balmaceda
Foreign Office
Balmareda
Dynamite plot foiled by New York detectives
Nine detectives posing as laborers disrupted a planned dynamite blast at the Post & McCord building site in Manhattan. Three iron workers Thomas Wier Charles Moran and Johan Guthrie were arrested amid a fight after authorities followed a tip from a woman. Twenty pounds of dynamite and a second 15 pound charge were found.
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New York
Post & McCord
Mast Twentythird Street
Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Thomas Wier
Charles Moran
Johan Guthrie
Jersey City
Third Avenue
Twenty-third Street
Buisding
Guti
Higgin’s disavowal on toga bid shocks Albany crowd
Gov Higgin s denies any bid to be U S Senator signals no ambition toward a party reorganization plan. The report notes his blunt reaction to a publication linking his election to a broader Republican strategy. A second item offers travel ads including mortgage lending rates and a Washington to San Francisco rail excursion with berths priced at eight dollars.
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Albany
Gov. Higgins
United State
Kenyon Military Academy Fire Kills Three Students
Gambier Ohio Feb 21 three cadets die and nine hurt as Delano Hall and other dormitories burn. One seventeen year old James Fuller missing. search hampered as walls collapse. parents rush to scene with updates promising aid and temporary housing for students. Insurance estimates put property loss at 100000 dollars. Mount Vernon fire crew responds quickly but finds ruins.
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Gambier
Ohio
Muatner Sail
Delano
North Kalley
Eorth
Kinson Military Academy
Tealay
Ta Ot
Delang Hal
Te Pulchas
Everett Henderson
Illincis
Winfield
Delano Hall
Dr. Peirce
Kenyon
Wiant and
Willams
Military Academy
Ohd Kenyon
Vilage
Mount Vernon
Kenyon College
Bexley Theological Seminary
Old Kenyon
Harcourt Ladies’ Seminary
Hin Eehool
Harcourt
Cincinnati
The
Kenyon College Corporation
Winant and Williams
Regents
Cleveland
Harry Barnes
Kenyon Academy
Tuyu-Day
AW M Barnes
Eucld Avenue
Warren
James Z. Fuler
Kenyon Military Academy
John A. Fuller
Park Hotel
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Charles A. Hinsch
First National Bank
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Schmidt
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Tlis
Claims Field Estate
Black Hand
Black
Chris
Xanadex
Pride of
Virginia
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Intercolonial Road
Kansas City
Henry MM. Beardsley
Beardsley
Fla
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Penn & Atlantic Coast Line
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Birk
California
Washington-Sunset
New Orleans
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el Paso
Juarez
Old Mexico
Salt Lake
Colorado
Tatsumiya
Sloan's
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F. T. Rawlings
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Pa, Ave
Persh
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Yarry Barnes
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J Underwood Mierelson
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