Mayor as Mediator Fails to End Cincinnati Street Car Strike
Cincinnati street car workers reject arbitration terms offered via Mayor Hunt. Union demands full recognition and protection of the union before settlement. Company officials say they have gone as far as possible and push toward arbitration while the strike continues. May 13 Cincinnati Ohio.
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Hunt
Cincinnati
State Arbitration Board Tenders Services
United Press Special
Cincinnati Traction Company
Schoeff
Henry T. Hunt
Kesley Schoepf
Traction Company
Ten Carloads of Cattle Burn in Tank Car Fire
United Press Special reports from Ft. Wayne Indiana May 13 a tank car explosion sent oil cascading on a stock train on a siding five miles from the city. Ten carloads of cattle perished and a brakeman was injured as crews fought to free the animals and control the blaze.
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United Press Special
Ft. Wayne
Ind
C. G. Williams May Join New Ohio Agricultural Commission
Report notes C. G. Williams possibly becoming a member of the newly formed Ohio Agricultural Commission. Details on nomination or tenure not provided in the excerpt.
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New Ohio Agricultural Commission
C. G. Williams
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station
Wooster
Ohio
Corn King of
Mr. Williams
New Agricultural Commission
State
Fifty Years Ago Today May 13 War debated by European diplomats
Fifty years ago on May 13 the war between the United States and England was seen as likely by many European diplomats. Wounded Federal soldiers from Chancellorsville were moved across the Rappahannock to Federal lines. Fifty years ago today May 13 also notes slavery abolition in Brazil.
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United States
England
Chancellorsville
Rappahannock
Brazil
Wreck Devastates Farm Area Causing Train Tie Up
Firefighters battled a blaze that swept a farm and drew crowds as cattle bolted and bells rang. The conflagration halted traffic on the Pennsylvania railroad for hours, trapping travelers and disrupting service.
Cambridge Citizens' Club Adopts Boost Slogan
The Cambridge Citizens' Club approved the slogan Cambridge, the Place to Boost at 1 pm Tuesday. The committee adopted it after rejecting other options and will use it citywide to promote the club and Cambridge interests.
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Cambridge
Suffragists Plan London March From All Sides
A massive suffrage demonstration is organized for London with 100,000 women marching from Scotland Wales and every English region to Trafalgar Square. The army will include many working women and aims to raise funds for the cause while others provide hospitality along the route.
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United Press
London
Trafalgar Square
Scotland
Wales
England
No War Likely While Bryan Serves as Secretary
Secretary of State Bryan told an Anglo-Saxon peace propaganda gathering that there would be no war during his tenure. He said he decided before taking office he would not accept the role if war were possible and expressed confidence in resolving issues by reason rather than war.
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Washington
Bryan
Japan
Duke of Westminster
Duke of Alba
Baber Defends Dignity and Record at Dayton Hospital Hearing
Columbus May 13 Superintendent F A Baber of the Dayton state hospital faces charges raised by former assistant superintendent J W Koch after Baber discharged him. Baber says the charges are not serious and he will be exonerated. Witnesses including Miss Margaret Dusehle and attendants testified about treatment and alleged misconduct, Koch denying the accusations.
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United Press Special
Columbus
F. A. Baber
Dayton State Hospital
Legal Council
State Administration Board
J. W. Koch
Baber
Koch
Amos Dye
Margaret Dusehle
Baker
Lawrence MclIntosh
McIntosh
Toto
Promises Many Apples in Northern Ohio
State Orchardist N. E. Shaw reports frost damage across Ohio with southern districts nearly ruined. Central Ohio faces heavy losses while northern areas show 40 to 80 percent bud damage yet anticipate a sizable overall crop. Lake region peaches were lightly affected.
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Ohio
United Press
Columbus
N. E. Shaw
Pocketbook insurance is cheap
Advertisement oriented piece urging readers to trust newspaper ads to find the best, cheapest goods. It argues manufacturers and merchants know what is best, and that reading ads saves money and builds a lasting customer base with immediate cash profits.
Steel sells products from Iceland and the Far Islands
United States Steel Corporation president James A. Farrell testifies in the government suit to dissolve the company. He describes a global strategy to develop foreign markets and cites export growth from 292000 tons in the first year to 2246600 tons in 1912 and value rising from 31000000 to 92000000.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
James A. Farrell
Farrell
Witness
Steel Corporation
Money Restored Ends Embezzlement Trial
The trial of Frank E. Baxter, former state superintendent of banks, opens in Columbus criminal court on embezzling 30000 from Columbus Savings & Trust during liquidation. His brother Clem Baxter faced separate charges of 3100. A jury was impaneled and instructed to find not guilty, as the money was restored.
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United Press Special
Columbus
Frank E. Baxter
Baxter
Columbus Savings & Trust Company
Clem Baxter
Adjudged Insane Local Man Sent to State Hospital
Arthur Burtoft aged 35 of Buffalo was declared insane by Probate Judge Dyson in probate court Tuesday afternoon and was transported to the State Hospital Columbus by Sheriff Berry.
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Arthur Burtoft
Buffalo
Dyson
State Hospital
Columbus
Sheriff Berry
Blackmores to Spend Summer in Belmont County
W A Blackmore and his wife plan a summer stay in Belmont County. Blackmore has a contract to build an eight room schoolhouse at Lansing.
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W. A. Blackmore
Belmont County
Prominent Banker Arraigned for Frying Pan Attack
C P Brokaw, once a New York banking figure, was arraigned in Colorado Springs for striking his wife with a frying pan and breaking two fingers. He had previously abducted his five year old son last year and brought him to relatives, but he and his wife later reconciled and lived together.
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United Press Special
Colorado Springs
Colo
C. P. Brokaw
New York
Brokaw
Dynamite Damages Mt Hope Rail Line and Erie Traffic
In Wharton three dynamite blasts damaged Mt Hope mineral railroad tracks within minutes, wrecking 300 feet of line near the Mt Hope mine with no clues. In Paterson two men attempted to uncouple cars on the Erie railroad as a passenger train neared, following a prior obstruction blamed on a silk strike, which strikers deny.
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Wharton
N. J
Mt. Hope Mineral Railroad
Mt. Hope
United Press Special
Paterson
Erie
Weather Forecast Indications From Washington May 13
Observations at 7 p.m. Monday outline tomorrow weather in Ohio. Cloudy conditions with cooler temperatures in the northern portion and brisk north winds turning to variable.
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Washington
Ohio
Woman sues for divorce over flies from husband
Minneapolis May 13 Mrs Pearl Tinney 24 sues her husband for divorce claiming he removed the screens and let flies into their home. The suit was filed today in district court stringently accusing him of permitting the nuisance.
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United Press Special
Minneapolis
Minn
Pearl Tinney
Warm attack on former chief over vaccine secrets
Dr. Maurice A. Sturm, once aid to Dr. Friedmann, claims he holds all Friedmann secrets and will share them with reputable institutions or physicians who will follow his instructions on vaccine use. Sturm says two months of collaboration yielded the knowledge, amid a $106000 suit against Friedmann. Friedmann denies providing any vaccine or cultures.
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New York
Maurice A. Sturm
Friedmann
Sturm
Berlin
Dr. Friedmann
Why the Housefly Is a Deadly Summer Nuisance
Dr Henry Skinner warned at the Academy of Natural Sciences in New York that a common housefly is more dangerous than a rattlesnake, urging cleanliness to prevent flies from thriving on garbage and spreading illness in homes. He urged prompt disposal of refuse and burning scraps to curb the pest this summer.
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Henry Skinner
Academy of Natural Sciences
New York
A New Treaty May Be Way Out of the Middle
Washington reports a plan for a treaty to define the status of Japanese in the United States. President Wilson weighs California Governor Johnson veto of the alien land bill while Bryan and the Japanese ambassador press for possible common ground. The Japanese protest centers on discrimination against aliens not eligible for citizenship, though no demand for citizenship is stated.
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United Press Special
Washington
America
Johnson
California
Wilson
Bryan
Inather
Child Dies In Train Fire as Mother Fights Illness
New York May 13 Mrs Thomas Ford who is dangerously ill after an operation today does not know of her daughter Alice aged three who died in a train fire. A score of people watched the child with clothing ablaze but could not help her. The child was taken to the hospital where the mother lay.
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United Press Special
New York
Thomas Ford
Alice
Swiss Aviator Flies Over Alps In Mono Plane
Os kar Biger of Switzerland completed a Alpine crossing in a monoplane with a 50 mile journey at an average height of about two miles. He took off from Bern in strong winds and landed at Scion after two hours and nineteen minutes. The flight over glaciers left him nearly frozen and he had to be lifted from the aircraft.
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United Press
Berne
Switzerland
Oskar Biger
Alps
Scion
Financier R Fulton Cutting Sees Oversupply of Bachelors
R Fulton Cutting argues there are too many single men and women in society, urging changes in social or marriage norms to rebalance the dating pool. He frames the issue as a financial and demographic concern affecting family structures.
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