Jack Johnson Arrested in Battle Creek Flight to Toronto
United Press dispatch from Battle Creek Michigan reports Jack Johnson his wife and Jack Levey were taken from a Grand Trunk train by city police at federal request. Johnson bound to stay in Illinois until white slave charges resolved and to be returned to Chicago for extradition with a possible boxing bout context.
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United Press Special
Battle Creek Mich
Jack Johnson
Puguin
Grand Trunk
Battle Creek
United States
de. Woody
Chicago
Johnson
Toronto
Canada
Jack Levey
Patterson
Illinois
Tom Flanagan
Palzer
Paris
Tom O’rourke
Prosecutor Advised Organ Gift Case Moves Forward
In Steubenville Ohio, Samuel R. Stark pleaded that Prosecutor Paisley advised him before the election he might give an organ to a colored church in exchange for political support. Paisley denied the claim, Stark to testify only under oath. Judge Richards will hear motions by indicted candidates to quash the indictments on Friday, challenging the corrupt practices act.
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United Press Special
Steubenville
RE. E. Erskine
Samuel R. Stark
Elect
Paisley
Stark
Richards
Ohio league to expand to eight clubs
Lima reporter says the Ohio state baseball league may grow to eight clubs by a Columbus meeting Wednesday. President Reed notes Huntington West Virginia and Hamilton Ohio have secured business support for league baseball, enabling expansion.
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Lima
Huntington
Hamilton
Ohio State Baseball League
Columbus
Reed
Chief Clerk Rex Given Two Years
Columbus Ohio January fourteenth N Rex of Tiffin former chief clerk at the penitentiary pleaded guilty to embezzling three thousand eight hundred dollars from the convict fund and was sentenced to two years in the pen Another charge of embezzling thirteen hundred dollars is pending Rex hobbled into court his leg bone disease and morphine use blamed for his actions He earned one hundred dollars a month as clerk and the need for medical care allegedly led him to appropriate convict savings.
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United Press Special
Columbus
N. Rex
Tiffin
Rex
Atlantic wireless link sets new long distance record
New York January 14 The Atlantic Communication company announced that the Telefunken Sayville station in New York communicated Sunday evening with Telefunken’s Nauen station near Berlin Germany covering 3600 miles The officers termed it the longest land and sea wireless contact to date.
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New York
Atlantic Communication Company
Telefunken Company
Sayville
Llea
Nauen
Germany
Berlin
Ashbrook May Lose Seat If Redistricting Bill Passes
Representative W. A. Ashbrook faces possible loss of his congressional seat if lawmakers approve the proposed redistricting bill. The measure would redraw districts, potentially shifting Ashbrook's electoral alignment and affecting his political future.
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Congress
Solons
Swain Gives Out Chairmanships
Columbus Ohio January 14 Another ferrymander is to be looked for in Ohio Representative William D Fulton is to be chairman of the house committee on federal relations He fought for a congressional gerrymander two years ago and four years ago and will renew the effort this winter His alleged purpose now is to secure a division of the Seventeenth district territory to put Congressman W A Ashbrook out of contention.
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Columbus
Ohio
William D. Fulton
House Committee On Federal Relations
Seventeenth District
W. A. Ashbrook
Fifty Years Ago Today in Warsaw Rebellion and Resisters
Fifty years ago today January 14 reports describe Polish revolts against conscription into the Russian army. The night of the 12th saw 2500 youths kidnapped in Warsaw as organized resistance spread across Russian Poland.
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Warsaw
Poland
Turks Urged to Accept Allies Terms or Resume War
Peace delegates told Sir Edward Gray that they are empowered to end the armistice with Turkey immediately if the terms are not accepted. The allies demand Adrianople and the Aegean islands. Bulgarian envoys say the Greek army will move from Janina to Chatalsi for a first strike on Adrianople.
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United Press Special
London
Balkan States
Sir Edward Gray
Turkey
Adrianople
Aegean
Janina
Chatalsi
Representative Bonnell Named to Three House Committees
Special to Daily Jeffersonian reports that Representative T. A. Bonnell of Guernsey County was appointed a member of the Civil Service Public Works and Villages committees of the house.
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Jeffersonian
Columbus
T. A. Bonnell
Guernsey County
Civil Service, Public Works and Villages
House
Five-Story Building Collapses From Flood In Cincinnati
A building on Hast Second Street housing Standard Extract Co and two other firms collapsed at noon after flood waters weakened it. About 35 people were inside. police reported all escaped with several narrow near misses.
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United Press Special
Cincinnati
Standard Extract Company
Mansfield Reformatory Officer to Lead Industrial School
Captain R A Hastings will arrive to assume charge of the Industrial School at Lancaster succeeding Major Gerlach who resigned. Hastings may restore corporal punishment. John Perry of Bellaire and another boy fled but were recaptured. Perry is described as one of the incorrigible boys.
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United Press Special
Lancaster
R. A. Hastings
Mansfield Reformatory
Industrial School
Gerlach
Hastings
John Perry
Bellaire
Perry
Cox proposes reforms in governor Cox first message
Governor Cox argues for progressive government with strict standards for regulation and appointments. He calls for universal utility parity, strict lobbying penalties, income tax fairness, workers compensation, prison reform, and militia cost control, noting the full speech text appears on page seven.
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Columbus
Cox
General Assembly
Gov. Cox
Wilson vows to press pace set by people in New Jersey
President elect Wilson spoke at a luncheon with New Jersey electors and lawmakers and warned that any man or party not aligned with the people’s definite direction will be rejected. He pledged no tolerance for trickery as he aims to align business with the public will. He foresees no serious division as his administration moves to curb concentrations of power.
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Trenton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
State Democratic Committee
United States
Cox seeks strict anti lobby law as first act
Governor Cox in Columbus calls Lt. Governor Nichols and Speaker Swain to his office and designates a rigorous anti lobby law as the first measure. He also sent 56 recommendations for legislative action while many administration proposals are not yet ready. The liquor license debate forms early in the session with dry bills and pro wet counterproposals.
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United Press
Columbus
Cox
Hugh L. Nichols
Swain
House
Acker
Hocking
Reppert
Hamilton County
Reed
Summit
Feared Nihilist Threats Prompt Cox Guard Alert in Columbus
In Columbus on January 14 acting on information from a prominent Socialist Meeker ordered five detectives to guard Governor Cox. The Socialist said nihilists he knew planned an assassination as an object lesson but did not single out Cox.
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Columbus, O
Columbus
Cox
Claude Meeker
Meeker
Feud Led to Horrific Crime in Chicago Turkish Colony
In Chicago a feud within the Turkish colony led to the slaying and dismemberment of Able Abdohul. Hassen Sina, Abdohul’s partner in a coffee house, is accused after admitting partial involvement. Sina blames two cousins, who allegedly hacked the man to pieces, burned the head and a limb, and left a bloodstained saw and meat knife in Lina's room. Money is cited as the motive.
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Chicago
United Press Special
Able Abdohul
Hassen Sina
Sina
Lina
Rejected Suitor Slashes Woman at Hudson Tunnel Station
Marie Galizzo a Jersey City seamstress was slashed in the face and neck by a young Italian at a Hudson tunnel station after she refused his marriage proposal. The assailant fled into the crowded platform as Marie identified him to police.
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New York
Marie Galizzo
Jersey City
Hudson Tunnel
Marie
Prizes Awarded for Inaugural Parade Winners
Columbus Ohio January 14 prizes awarded to political and civic organizations for best showing in the inaugural parade Thurman club Dayton first prize five dollars Duckworth Cincinnati second prize fifty Butler County Democratic club twenty five Civic organizations Dayton lodge B P O Ellis first prize seventy five Modern Woodmen of the World second prize fifty Ancient Order of Hibernians Toledo third prize twenty five
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Columbus
Thurman Club
Dayton
Duckworth Club
Cincinnati
Butler County Democratic Club
Dayton Lodge
B. P. O. Ellis
Modern Woodmen of the World
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Toledo
Town of Green River in Butler county wiped from map
Louisville Ky Jan 14 word said the town of Green River in Butler county Kentucky was swept away by floods on Green River every building including the post office was washed away.
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Louisville
Green River
Butler County
Democrats Strike Taft Order on Fourth Class Postmasters
In Washington on January 14 the Democrats in the House added an amendment to the post office appropriation bill annulling Taft's October 15 order that moved 35 090 fourth class postmasters into the classified service. If Senate approves and Taft signs, patronage for these posts would be restored. The House suggested Taft might veto the bill if the amendment stands.
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Washington
Democrats
House
Taft
Senate
Flood Relief and Panic as Ohio River Rises in Cincinnati
As Cincinnati faces the rising Ohio River at 61.7 feet, civic groups fund relief efforts while patrols guard against river pirates. Authorities vacate damaged houses, schools and churches shelter women and children, and health officials warn of possible typhoid fever. In Ashtabula Harbor, life saving crews are ordered to standby to assist in Cincinnati.
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Unitted Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Health Department
Ashtabula Harbor
E. E.*chapman
Tenth District Life Saving Service
C. W. Anderson
Professor Peck files for voluntary bankruptcy in New York
Harry T. Peck former Latin professor at Columbia University declares inability to pay 50 000 for breach of promise and 100 000 for libel to Esther Quinn. He lists liabilities 161 900.86 with assets limited to royalty contracts. Peck rose to notoriety over a 1910 breach suit and publication of his letters.
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United Press Special
New York
Esther Quinn
Harry T. Peck
Columbia University
Peck
Miss Quinn
Rev Weeks Pays Fine After Assault Charge
Omaha Neb January 14. After vowing to go to hell rather than pay a ten dollar fine Rev Frank M Weeks Presbyterian minister relented to his wife’s pleading and paid the fine for assault on William Kuhn a department store messenger Weeks had earlier thrown Kuhn out after the man forced the front door of Weeks home to visit him.
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United Press Special
Omaha
Neb
Frank M. Weeks
Presbyterianister
William Kuhn
Weeks
Kuhn
Weather Observations and Tomorrow's Forecast
Weather observations from the United States Weather Bureau taken at 3 p m show Ohio will be warmer with cleaner air and light variable winds. indications predict a gradual warming trend for tomorrow. Washington reports the forecast for Ohio as improving conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Ohio
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