Prosecution in Ohio West Virginia Coal Rate Case Opens
The Columbus hearing of a Sherman act case against many Ohio and West Virginia railroads and coal companies begins in the federal building. District Attorney McPherson accuses the railroads of discriminating against small dealers, securing favorable rates, and colluding with coal firms. Attorney General Wickersham is expected to attend the proceedings.
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Columbus
Atty
Gen L. Wickersham
Federal
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
McPherson
Ohio
West Virginia
Great Lakes
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Northwestern
John W. Warrington
Loyal C. Knappen
Arthur ©. Dennison
Cincinnati
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Hocking Valley Railroad
Genral Wickersham
Harrison
Roosevelt Pleads For Recall Of Legislation In Boston Speech
Colonel Roosevelt, after saying his visit was not political, spoke to the Massachusetts legislature in Boston about recalls. He argued against recalling judges, proposing that in cases where a law is ruled unconstitutional the people should have final say on the measure. He explained his Columbus speech and urged a method to allow citizen review of legislation.
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Boston
Roosevelt
New York
House of Representatives
Senate
Governor Foss
Statehouse
Columbus
Pettit Named Adams County Constitutional Delegate
G. W. Pettit is announced as the Adams County delegate to the constitutional convention. He will join fellow delegates to debate and draft changes to the state framework.
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Adams County Constitutional
Lincoln declines Siamese elephants offered for release
Fifty years ago today Feb 27 President Lincoln respectfully declined an offer from the king of Siam to send breeding elephants to the United States. He explained the climate is too cold and that overland and water steam transport serves American commerce better. Buckner and Tilghman, former Fort Donelson and Fort Henry commanders, were on their way to Fort Warren prison in Boston via Cleveland.
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Lincoln
King of Siam
Buckner
Tilghman
Fort Donelson
Fort Henry
Cleveland
Fort Warren
Boston
Twenty-Five Years Ago Snow Storms Closes Roads
Snow drifts blocked traffic across New York Vermont Michigan and Canada. Virginia endured a violent snow storm with heavy winds and accumulating snow battering roads and communities.
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New York
Vermont
Michigan
Canada
Virginia
Girl Admits Being Kissed in Breen Divorce Case
The trial of Ethel Croker Breen for divorce from John J. Breen heard testimony from Maude Deihl a Toronto hotel operator who said Breen kissed her during a September visit to the Grand Union hotel Toronto while she was there with her fiancé. Deihl is the only co respondent named in the complaint amid un unnamed women alleged in the suit for alienating the wife’s affections.
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United Press Special
New York
Ethel Croker Breen
Richard Croker
John J. Breen
Supreme Court
Goff
Breen
Maude Deihl
Toronto
Grand Union Hotel
Miss Deithl
Miss Deihl
Fireman Killed by Steam During Collision Near Zanesville
Harry Witten twenty five of Newark was instantly killed in Zanesville Ohio when steam from his own engine blinded him and he stepped in front of another train. He worked as a Baltimore and Ohio railroad fireman.
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United Press Special
Zanesville
Harry Witten
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Newark
Big Business Gifts Fund Cambridge Y M C A Drive
The article lists donations from leading industrialists including Judge Gary at $274,000 for a Cambridge Y M C A plant, Jos B Hughes with $50,000 to Hamilton Ohio, Studebaker at $35,000, Cyrus McCormick $25,000, Dan G Reid $25,000, L N A R Co $20,000, John B Stetson Co $10,000, Asa G Candler $10,000, A L Garford $10,000, and Henry G Frick $10,000. The drive aims to provide a fit Y M C A for Cambridge and reflects support from major business figures.
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Jos. B. Hughes
Hamilton
Ohio
Studebaker Vehicle Co
South Bend
Ind
Lord Strathcona
Dominion
Cyrus McCormick
Chicago
Dan G. Reid
Richmond
Louisville
John B. Stetson Co
Philadelphia
Asa G. Candler
Moxie Man
Atlanta
A. L. Garford
Elyria
Henry G. Frick
Scott
Olympic Strikes Wrecked Ocean Derelict in England
Southampton February 27 The White Star liner Olympic largest ocean craft struck a submerged wreck tearing a blade from her propeller. She will proceed under her own steam to Belfast for docking after minor damage. The incident follows a near collision with the British Cruiser Hawk earlier. Royal authorities may search for the sunken derelict to destroy it.
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Southampton
England
Olympic
Belfast
Hawk
Admiralty
Juarez Surrenders to Vasquedas After Brief Siege
El Paso reports Juarez capitulated to General Campa's Vasquistas shortly after 10 am after a skirmish. Four hundred local guards armed by the Madero government engaged rebels from rooftops, then withdrew as rebels overran the city. In Texas three American cowboys were killed while attempting to aid the Nelson Morris ranch near Sierra Blanca as Mexicans attacked.
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United Press Special
el Paso
Tex
Juarez
General Campa
Campa
Madero
San Antonio
Texas
Nelson-Morris
Sierra Blanca
Ex-Senate Sergeant at Arms Dies in Prison
Columbus Ohio February 27 Rodney J Diegle former senate sergeant at arms began a three year term in the penitentiary for his role as a go between in legislative bribery.
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United Press Special
Columbus O
Rodney J. Diegle
Senate
Bibery
No Russian Warships Surrender Under New Czar Rule
St. Petersburg reports a new czar sanctioned admiralty rule ordering all Russian warship commanders to sink their ships when they can no longer fight and face capture, guaranteeing no surrender in wartime.
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St. Petersburg
Czar
Admiralty
Grand Lodge Session Set in Cambridge by Ohio Odd Fellows
The Odd Fellows of Cambridge and Guernsey county anticipate a historic Grand Lodge of Ohio meeting in Cambridge. Grand Master A C Bachtel of Akron will preside with Grand Secretary C H Lyman of Columbus and other officers present. The 2 30 p m session confers degrees on a large class. evening address by the Grand Master includes matter of welfare to the order. Large delegations from nearby lodges are expected.
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Odd Fellows
Cambridge
Guernsey County
Oddfellowship
Grand Lodge of
Ohio
A. C. Bachtel
Akron
C. H. Lyman
Columbus
Grand Lodge
Mayor Turnbull Takes His Stand in Canton
United Press Special reports Canton's Mayor Turnbull and his wife joined the Free Methodist church amid broad church backing. He pledges a clean administration enforcing Sunday saloon closures and anti gambling laws. Impeachment actions remain pending but may be dropped.
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Canton
Turnbull
Free Methodist Church
Original King Proposal Appears Doomed in Ohio Convention
Columbus Ohio February 27 Wet supporters lost a test vote 57 to 51 on a King table modification at the constitutional convention. The outcome signals the original King license plan is doomed as wets concede ground. Tomorrow a Winn substitute limits licenses to one per thousand inhabitants with forfeiture for law breakers. Delegates Evans Baum Watson sided with dries while Riley joined wets.
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Columbus
King
Evans
Scioto
Baum
Ross
Watson
Guernsey
Riley
Washington
Franklin pleads guilty in McNamara bribery case
Bert H. Franklin former chief investigator for the defense in the McNamara trial pleaded guilty to bribing jurors. He is expected to testify for the state against Clarence Darrow when he faces bribery charges. reports say he was promised clemency for surrendering state evidence.
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United Press Special
Los Angeles
Cal
Bert H. Franklin
McNamara Brothers
McNamara
Franklin
Clarence S. Darrow
McNamaras
Darrow
Minister Brings Suit Over Defamatory Letter in Local Option Case
Portsmouth Ohio February 27 Notices served on Rev J Wirt Dunning F L Dustman The Times Blade and Secroto County Local Option League that they are sued for 20000 damages in federal court at Cincinnati by Rev Jacob F Meeker of St Louis The suits base on a defamatory letter written by another St Louis minister during the local option campaign accusing Meeker a prominent wet speaker of accepting financial backing from a St Louis brewer.
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Portsmouth
J. Wirt Dunning
F. L. Dustman
The
Times
Blade
Secroto County
National government concentrates on Lawrence strike situation
Four forces of the federal government focus on the Lawrence strike as mothers plead, workers speak, and constitutional issues rise. Justice Department prepares a precise statement for President Taft on municipal repression, while Congress debates investigations led by Rep Wilson and Rep Berger.
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United Press Special
Washington, D. C
Lawrence
House
Senate
Department of Justice
Taft
House Two Representatives
Wilson
Labor Committee
Berger
Weather Forecast for Ohio Tomorrow
Indications for tomorrow show generally fair weather in Ohio with snow near the lake, rising temperatures, high westerly winds, and diminishing conditions expected.
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Washington
Ohio
Lake
Run on Bank Forces Liquidity Action in Columbus
In Columbus on February 27, F. E. Baxter state superintendent of banks took charge of the Columbus Savings and Trust company after sustained deposit withdrawals since December. The state department of banks and banking will liquidate the bank with most creditors to be paid in full. Depositors face a 90 day waiting period before any dividend can be disbursed.
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United Press Special
Columbus CO
F. E. Baxter
Banks and Banking
Columbus Savings and Trust Company
State Department of Banks and Banking
Johnson to address recall scope at Ohio convention
Governor Hiram Johnson will tell Ohio constitutional delegates on Thursday how California preserves the people's power. He will explain the recall as applied to the judiciary, noting while the recall for all officials exists in California code no current necessity or expectation to use it. Johnson plans to take issue with the Roosevelt plan to recall decisions rather than individuals.
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United Press
New York
Ohio
California
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Misses Mary L Taylor and Martha Griffith Guests Here
Miss Mary L Taylor and Miss Martha Griffith of Moundsville West Virginia visited friends here on Tuesday.
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Mary L. Taylor
Martha Griffith
Moundsville
W. Va
Bandits Arrested in East River Bank Robbery Case
New York police arrested Edward Kinsman Jess Abruzzo and Gene Montani on charges of highway robbery assault with intent to kill larceny from the person in connection with a $25 000 daylight bank messengers robbery at East River National Bank Trinity Place February 15 Evidence includes $5 and $10 bills in original wrappers. bail denied for examination later. Two additional suspects a man and a woman remain in custody as witnesses.
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New York
Edward EK
Kinsman
Jess Abruzzo
Gene Montani
East River National Bank
Hast River National Bank
Trinity Place
Cambridge and Guernsey County Bright Prospects in 1912
Cambridge and Guernsey County show strong spring and summer outlooks as the Guernsey Valley mills run at full capacity. The resurgent sheet mill, rebuilt with steel construction and modern equipment, signals a major industrial revival with substantial cash investments and expanded facilities.
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Cambridge
Guernsey County
Guernsey Valley
Guernsey
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