Ohio Senate Feud Over Finance Chair Sparks Adjournment Debate
In Columbus on January 13 Republican leaders framed an early adjournment plan for February 19, with Governor Harmon likely not objecting. Senator Baker of Hamilton was named finance chair, triggering opposition from Rathburn and others. The committee vote favored Baker 19 to 0 against the minority report, while eight opposed the committee list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathers
Duvall
Huffman
Ervin
Ritter
Winters
Harmon
Harris
Senate
Committee On Committees
Thorne Baker
Hamilton County
Rathburn
Meigs County
Baker
George B. Cox
Duval
Mandelson
Cuyahoga
Tuttle
Franklin County
Tod
Mahoning County
Mr. Baker
Alsdorf
Stone
Cory
Dean
Gillette
Hufman
McKee
Mooney
Shaffer
Young
Bader
Crawford
Johnson
Kuhl
Sawyer
Mather
Patterson
Beatty
Mendelson
Phare
Williams
Speak His Mind Governor Harmon Protests Confirmations
Governor Harmon in his first official act protests the Senate's recess appointment confirmations of Governor Harris. He sent a message requesting reconsideration, signaling possible future drastic action though politicians doubt such moves will occur. The protest is seen as groundwork for potential action.
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Columbus
Harmon
Senate
Harris
Imports into Canada in 1907 From U S and Britain
Imports into Canada in 1907 are estimated at 165 million dollars from the United States and 7.8 million dollars from Great Britain. The figures highlight a heavy reliance on the U S for Canadian imports and a comparatively small share from Britain.
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Canada
United States
Great Britain
Judge Assigned for Standard Oil Retrial in Chicago
Judge Albert B. Anderson of Indianapolis will preside over the Standard Oil retrial. The case was remanded after Judge K M Landis imposed a $29 240 000 fine. Anderson will convene court next Monday to set the trial date in Chicago.
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Chicago
Albert B. Anderson
Indianapolis
Standard Oil Company
K. M. Landis
Landis
Circuit Court of Appeals
Anderson
Plans for New Masonic Temple Unveiled in Athens
A mass meeting at the Masonic hall will review pencil sketches from architects statewide for a proposed Masonic temple at Union and College streets. The board will study the designs and may ask for modifications before bids are invited. If approved, work could start after winter weather improves.
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Union and
College Streets
Masonic Temple Company
Athens
Pastor George Priest Dies After Sudden Pulpit Illness
Delaware Ohio, Jan 13 Rev George Priest pastor of Eagleville church Thompson township died after a sudden illness overtook him in the pulpit Sunday night. Doctors who attended him refuse to make a definite statement regarding his illness.
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Delaware, O
George Priest
Eagleville
Thompson Township
Johnson Becomes Fiat Dweller In Nine Room Euclid Apt
Mayor Tom Johnson rents a nine room suite in the Knickerbocker on Euclid Avenue in Cleveland. He will move in this week under a one year lease at 135 dollars a month with renewal privilege and will keep one automobile.
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Johnson
Fiat
Cleveland
Tom Johnson
Knickerbocker
Euclid Avenue
Ashtabula Official Indicted in Graft Probe
Ashtabula Ohio January 13 city councilman George Aunger the oldest member and president pro tem was indicted by the grand jury on two counts for alleged solicitation of a $1 200 bribe on October 1 1908 related to an ordinance extending the Ashtabula Gas company franchise.
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Ashtabula
George Aunger
Ashtabula Gas Company
Talk It Over With President Ellis On OU Football Meet
President Ellis calls a meeting in the executive office this afternoon with last year’s Oklahoma football team. The agenda is not given, but several team matters of interest will be discussed.
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Ellis
O. U
Telegrapher Dies in Stairway Fall in Cleveland
H. C. Thomas, 50, a telegraph operator, fell down stairs at his Cleveland home and broke his neck. The death was reported today. Authorities said the incident occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Cleveland, O
H. C. Thomas
Road Tax Enforcement In Marshfield Town Court
Township official Lindy Hysell and Squire A B Lewellyn presided as fines were issued to Carbondale residents for refusing to work road duties. Each man faced a $3 road tax $1 penalty and costs totaling $11.40 levied from wages at the Luhrig mine. Garnishee contests on mine wages continued Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire A. EB. Lewellyn
Carbondale
Hocking Mining Company
Squire Llewellyn
Luhrig
Young man settles board bill dispute over mining office
Ernest McKnabb faced a case for failing to pay a board bill brought by Elizabeth Dowler. The Hocking Mining Company office in Athens was blamed for underpayment. wages were attached and $11 paid. The matter closed Tuesday as McKnabb provided security and continued work.
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Ernest McKnabb
Elizabeth Dowler
McKnabb
Hocking Mining Company
Athens
McKnnabb
Pure Oil to Build WV Gas Line From Moundeville to Sugar Grove
Pure Oil and Gas plans a new pipeline from Moundeville to Sugar Grove passing near Marshfield, Athens county, and Carbondale. The line will run 3 ft 8 in underground with right of way payments ranging from 26 cents to 1 dollar per rod to landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pure Oil and Gas Company of
West Virginia
Moundeville
Sugar Grove
Athens County
Marshfield
Carbondale
Albany attorney in wage attachment case appeals to common pleas
Homer Bell of Albany, an attorney and collector, attended Squire A. E. Llewellyn's court over a wage attachment involving Charles Collins, a Lubrig coal miner. Sam Johnson of Athens represented Collins, and the matter was appealed to the common pleas court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Bell
Albany
Squire A. E. Llewellyn
Charles Collins
Lubrig
Sam Johnson
Athens
Collins
Common Pleas Court
Inside Court House Gets New Tile Floors
The clerk of court offices on the third floor are being tiled with cement mixed on the third floor. The rear office floor has been completed and the main office work is underway likely to finish tonight. Five rooms including clerk and sheriff offices, law library and grand jury room will gain tile floors plus corridor. New steel filing cases and electric wiring are installed. courtroom on third floor will not be tiled this year.
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Clerk of Courts
Sheriff's Office
Law Library
Grand Jury Room
Broken Bone Man of Salinesville Struggles With Repeat Fractures
Stephen Mumford, 33, is laid up with a fractured thigh after a fall at his print shop. Doctors cite a peculiar bone composition making him unusually brittle. Known as the broken bone man, he has long endured multiple injuries but remains a hustler and former county clerk.
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Salinesville, O
Stephen Mumford
Mumford
Mine Wrecked by Explosion at Lick Branch Shaft
Bluefield West Virginia January 13 One hundred miners are buried after a catastrophic explosion at the Lick Branch colliery two weeks after a prior disaster claimed fifty lives. Rescue teams battled toxic gases and shifting debris as bodies are found near the mine mouth and throughout a four mile main entry.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Lick Branch
de Bearcely
Bowers
Robert Smith
Nemed Holliday
Ely
Eges
Charter Granted for Athens Oil and Gas Development Co
A charter under Ohio law was granted to Tweedy for the Athens Oil and Gas and Development Company. The company is incorporated with 30000 capital and lists F R Gross R E Mesores Ginnan B M Johnson of W NMoler as incorporators. Land is leased in Alter town.
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lawWs of
Ohio
Tweedy
Athens, Oil, Gas and Devlopment
F R. Gross
R. E. Mesores Ginnan
8. M. Johnson
W. & Nmoler
Ater Town
Hoodlet Sues for Divorce After Alleged Shooting Incident
William C Hoodlet files for divorce from Bertha F Hoodlet in Common Pleas Court Athens citing jealousy and violent temper. He says on December 10 1908 at his Dean avenue grocery, she produced a revolver and tried to shoot him. he deflected the shot but powder burned his head and the bullet lodged in the ceiling. He seeks no custody.
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Hoodlet
James H Duffee Sues Patterson Over $1000 Note
James H Duffee and W E B Cros sen sue R M Patterson and Liggie Patterson to recover 1000 with interest from June 19 1908 on a note signed by Harley and Delilah Nice. Patterson allegedly assumed a 2000 mortgage securing the note. Crossen claims a lien on the Palmer's addition property as part of the case.
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James H. Duffee
R. M. Patterson
Liggie Patterson
W. E B. Crossen
C. D. Hopkins
Mr. Duffee
Harley
Delilah Nice
Patterson
Nices
CC. D. Hopkins
Palmer's Addition
W. E. Crossen
Two New Cars Attract Attention On City Streets
Alvah Lawhead received two 1909 model cars on Tuesday evening and placed them in service. One is a touring car of 20 to 25 horsepower and the other a 10 horsepower runabout, both with tops and complete fixtures. The new machines drew considerable attention as they appeared on the streets.
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Alvah Lawhead
Many Additions to Ohio Pension Roll in Six Months
In six months Ohio pension rolls show a net gain of 508 pensions mainly widows. Total rolls rose from 93 965 on June 20 1908 to 94 478 by December end. Widow gains reached 1 830. invalids 822. December start had 94 563 before quarterly payment. additions included 285 original cases, 38 renewals, 251 reissues, 80 transfers from other states. Losses: 399 deaths, 13 remarriages, 11 legal limitations, 3 unclaimed, 33 transfers out, 280 other causes. Net loss by month end was 90.
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Columbus
Ohio Pension Agency
Pontius
Murderous Preacher Carried Through Small Colleges
Was former Ohioan Rev. John Haviland Carmichael who killed himself in Carthage Illinois after a Michigan homicide confession written to his brother M C Carmichael in Scio area. As a boy he was susceptible to mesmerization and feared hypnotism. He moved with his parents to Steubenville and at 25 began studies at Scio college, earning his way through.
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Scio College
Wellaburg
W. Va
John Haviland Carmichael
Carthage
M. C. Carmichael
Michigan
Carmichael
Steubenville, O
Selo College
Selo, O
National Banks Elect Officers
Two local national banks held January annual stockholders meetings and re elected the existing officers and directors. First National Bank named Henry O Bleness as president with C L Poston as vice president and D H Moore as cashier. Directors include O Bleness Poston Wickham Moore and M Moore. The other bank re elected N Alderman as president with H D Henry as cashier and F J Alderman as assistant cashier. directors are W N Alderman H D Henry J Baker George B Lash J Gaston Coe L G Worstell J R Harvey S L McCune and J H Cline.
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Comptroller
First National Bank
Henry O’bleness
C. L. Poston
D.H. Moore
John V. Wood
Henry O'Bleness
CC. L. Poston
H. H. Wickham
D. H. Moore
8. M. Moore
Ee National Bank
N. Alderman
H. D. Henry
F. J. Alderman
W. N. Alderman
H. J. Baker
George B. Lash
J. Gaston Coe
L. G. Worstell
J. R. Harvey
8. L. McCune
J. H. Cline
Permit to Wed for Tate and Parfitt at The Plains
Charles E K Tate 24 a miner and Wealthy M Parfitt 17 of The Plains secured a marriage license through the bride’s father.
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Charles EK. Tate
M. Parfitt
Plains
New President Chosen in Ohio and Pennsylvania League
Cleveland Ohio Jan 13 The Ohio and Pennsylvania baseball league elected Sam Wright as president secretary and treasurer after deposing Charles Morton The Akron team filed suit against the league seeking damages claiming last season was curtailed causing loss of gate receipts
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Cleveland, O
Charles Morton
Ohio and Pennsylvania Baseball League
Sam Wright
Youngstown
Akron
Authorities arrest alleged burglars in Yoakum place theft
In Deshler James Martin and John Henderson were captured after threats of resistance. Authorities believe they caught the leaders in the James Yoakum burglary. A boxcar search yielded Yoakum’s purse with 385 dollars. Detectives found securities worth 6000 dollars, with 152 dollars missing.
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Mima
James Martin
John Henderson
Deshler
James Yoakum Place
van Gunten
Yoakum
Cleveland Streetcars Move to Raise Fares
Cleveland streetcar operations on a 3 cent fare ran an estimated loss of 125000 dollars in October November and December. Receivers prepared a request to the city council to permit a fare increase.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland
Roof Collapse Hits Crystal Glass Plant in Bridgeport
Snow damage at the Crystal glass plant in Bridgeport Ohio caused the roof to fall in. The loss runs to several thousand dollars and debris blocked the Baltimore and Ohio tracks and streetcar lines, stopping traffic. The plant, owned by the National Glass company, has been idle for months.
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Bridgeport
Crystal Glass
Baltimore & Ohio
Trafic
National Glass Company
Progress at Pittsburgh Station on Coal Mine Disaster Causes
Federal study at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania tests coal dust ignition and blasting explosives to reduce mine deaths. Experiments use a 100 foot long cylinder with gas dust, safety valves, and glass observation for blasts. Rescue work and miniature mine experiments aim to cut fatalities and coal waste.
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Geological Survey
Pitteburg
Penn
Ats
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Bers
Ter
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Furese Baffie
Chader
W. C. Hoodlet
Grocer
Mon Pleas
Tuesaday
J. M. Foster
William C. Hoodlet
Bertha F. Hoodlet
Hoodlets
Dean Avenue
Logan
National Banks
O.P. Baseball League
Lima
Pitteburg Experiment Station
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