Dowager Queen Olga to quit Greece amid public rejoicing
Athens reports Olen the dowager queen will leave the country for good after her husband's assassination and years of tension. Greeks credit her with sowing discord and oppose her Russian court etiquette. Queen Olga and King Constantine's wife clashed over Greek independence and culture.
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Rail freight rate hike urged by Elliott and Cox at Waldorf
Howard Elliott head of the New Haven railroad and Ohio Governor James M. Cox urged higher freight rates as essential for efficiency. Cox pressed for federal rather than state control of railway securities by the Interstate Commerce Commission, linking regulation to national economic health and criticising past big business excesses.
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Railway Business Association
Waldorf-Astoria
Howard Elliott
New Haven Railroad
James M. Cox
Ohio
Cox
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commisse
Railroads face crisis as freight-rate rise looms
Special to The Americas reports from New York that Seth Low, former chairman of the arbitration committee between eastern railroads and employers, warns the United States freight rates may demand government ownership if requests for rate increases are refused. The warning flags an acute industry situation.
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New York
United States
Seth. Low
Bond Hill Car Line Nears Final Approval
Bond Hill awaits council action after a unanimous vote by the Bond Hill Welfare Association approving Cincinnati Traction Company terms to extend the Avondale line to Bond Hill. City Council will meet next Tuesday to consider the franchise and ordinance, with work expected to begin within 35 days of passage.
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H. J. Hellker
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Cliff Martin
Joseph Benning
Harry Friedman
Mitchell
Battling Nelson Seeks to Reconcile with Wife Fay King
Milwaukee dispatch reports Battling Nelson saying he and his wife Fay King, a newspaper cartoonist, are a mismated pair and must find a way to make things right. The couple's separation was reported from Portland, with Mrs Nelson not living with him.
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Ore
Fay King
Gen Leonard Wood to Leave Army Chief of Staff Post
Washington Dec. 11 Major General Leonard Wood chief of staff at the War Department will not be redetailed to the position next April at the expiration of his four year term. Secretary of War Lindley M Garrison said he has not decided on a successor to General Weed.
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Washington
Leonard Wood
War Department
Lindley M. Garrison
Weed
New York Traction Magnate Testifies in Connecticut Donation Case
Martin Zimmerman testified four hours to explain a 990000 donation to aid grocery stores in Connecticut. He denied romantic involvement with Mrs. Wray and said he liked the woman only as a friend. The cross examination touched on visits to New York hotels and a claimed portrait in his room.
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Martin Zimmerman
New York
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Zimmerman
Mrs. Wray
Mrs.Wray
Zimmer
Arrest Man on Ship The Martha Washington
Special to The American from New York December 11 detectives acting on a telegram out of Steubenville Ohio located Camillo Casuccio in the coal bunkers of the Austrian American liner Martha Washington as it prepared to sail He attempted to plunge overboard to escape but was seized and taken on deck where he was restrained following the chase for murder charges
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Casucelo
Trace Thieves Fail to Find at Cincinnati Cooperage Office
Detectives yesterday could not locate the thieves who broke into the Cincinnati Cooperage Co offices Wednesday night and stole books and an office jacket.
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Weather Forecast for Cincinnati and Nearby
FrIday will be fair and slightly warmer in Cincinnati and vicinity. Ohio expects rising temperatures Friday while Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia also stay fair and mild.
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Battle Report of Torreon Warfare With Heavy Losses
Despatches from Mexico City report a second bloody battle at Torreon, ongoing since yesterday. The War Office claims federal forces seized the city with 800 rebels killed, though private reports conflict. President Huerta hosted a banquet unaware Tampico had fallen to rebels.
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Cerenely
Rebels Seize Tampico In Turbulent Battle Report
Telegraph dispatches claim Tampico fell to rebels after two days of fierce fighting. Frontline reports say Federals retreated under heavy pressure as reinforcements and artillery arrived. Admiral Fletcher warned combatants to respect neutral zones as the cruiser Chester and gunboat Wheeling watched from the river with marines aboard.
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Revolutionists Reject Taxes and Demand Armistice Stand
Hermosilia reports a decree by the Interior Department warning mine owners in insurgent states that taxes paid to the Huerta central government will not be recognized by the revolutionary party. General Carranza reiterates he accepts no compromise with Huerta and rejects calls for an armistice to hold elections.
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Taft Urges Backing Wilson Policy at Monroe Doctrine Talk
Special to The American New York December 11 Former president William Howard Taft spoke on the Monroe Doctrine at Aeolian Hall urging listeners to support President Wilson and his stance toward Mexico.
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William Howard Taft
New York Peace Society
Aeolian Hall
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Mexico
War Secretary urges guard as national reserve in report
Washington December 11 Secretary of War Garrison stresses the state national guard as a reserve for national emergencies in his annual report to the President. He did not recommend establishing a plan of army posts to mobilize troops in mobile units.
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Mothers' Club Honors Superintendent Condon at Clifton School
The Mothers' Club of Clifton school hosted a reception at the school building last night to honor Superintendent Randal J. Condon.
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Clifton School
Randal J. Condon
Fifteen Nationalities and a Cookie Plan Draws Fire
A Chicago suffragist Mrs. L Brackett Bishop plans to raise fifteen children of different races to prove motherly instinct. Critics fear costs and social friction while she envisions one tongue English and names drawn from origins to foster harmony.
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Babel
Italy
Bishop
Kinney Executed in Electric Chair for Captain Byrne Murder
Kinney, 53, was put to death in the electric chair at the Idaho penitentiary shortly after midnight Thursday for killing Captain Joseph Byrne of Cleveland. A woman named Nellie Sullivan mourned Kinney as innocent, while Kinney prayed before the electrodes. Detective Mrs. Byrne identified Kinney as one of the burglars who broke into Byrne’s home, but Kinney claimed a man named Dugan fired the fatal shots.
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Kinney Defended by Cincinnati Woman in Last Hours
A Cincinnati woman at 344 Baum Street described aiding Frank Kinney, condemned for the Cleveland murder of Captain Byrne, and delivering his final letter claiming innocence. She recalled meeting Kinney, aiding his defense efforts, and faced with his impending execution at the Ohio Penitentiary as she cried and spoke of his character and alleged missteps.
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Ieee Sone
Witness at Schmidt trial described by family and nurse
Special to The America New York December 11 reports a witness testimony in the Schmidt murder trial. Annis Hutiler described meeting Anne Armiletier, slain in Hamburg, and said the priest Schmide helped with luggage and bought a ticket to Cincinnati after Armiletier arrived on the Pretoria voyage.
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