New Excuse for Delay on Reading Road Paving
Lumber supplies are en route from the South to meet Reading road paving needs in Cincinnati and Indianapolis contracts. Officials say shipments will arrive in about thirty days, enabling blocks to cover one side of Reading road, with several avenues awaiting further timber. Residents fear fire access and oppose tearing up more than two blocks at once, prompting a relaxed rule to speed work while acknowledging potential delays.
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Indianapolis
Queen City
Reilly
the Republic Creosoting Company of
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Public Service
Landmaker
Bundmaker
Rockdale Avenue
Traction Company
Shipley
Progressives Still in Fold of the Party
Warren G. Harding missed the Cuyahoga county Republicans picnic at Luna Park, sending a regretful message read to the crowd. John Hays Hammond praised Taft and defended the administration, arguing progressives remain within the party and opposing insurgent moves.
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John Hays Hammond
Taft
Harding
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland, CO
Warren G. Harding
Cuyahoga County
Luna Park
East
Taf
United States
Hammond
Crippen and Girl on Sea Bound for England
Quebec bids farewell to Hawley Crippen and Ethel Leneve as they sail aboard the Megantic for England. The escape includes a staged publicity ruse by Inspector Dew with Scotland Yard officers and a 620 man Canadian regiment aboard, amid cautious police predictions and a hospitallike sendoff.
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Girl
England
Quebec
Hawley Harvey Crippen
Ethel Clare Leneve
Megantic
Liverpool
London
Belle Elmore
Miss Leneve
The
Inspector Dew
Dew
Scotland Yard
Silias P. Doyle
Sergeant Mitchell
M. K. G. Johnston
Stone
Leneve
Mary Byrne
Foster
Montreal
Tragedy at 4341 Ashland Avenue Edwin Allen Found Hanging
Edwin Allen internal revenue officer was found dead by hanging at his home 4341 Ashland Avenue South Norwood. The body appeared suspended from a half inch rope at the attic stairs with a knocked board beneath the feet indicating self inflicted death. The incident followed a day when the family was away and occurred after a group of tennis players raised the alarm. The motive remained undetermined.
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Ashland Avenue
South Norwood
Edwin Allen
Internal Revenue Officer
Allen
Sey
Flames Sweep Wallace as Fire Flares Beside Idaho Town
Missoula dispatch reports a devastating blaze on the mountain above Wallace Idaho driven by a high wind. The inferno roared along slopes destroying buildings and showering embers over the town causing dozens of fires and leaving little hope for surviving structures. A courier was sent from Mullan but could not reach Wallace before communications were cut.
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Idaho
Mullan
Missoula
Spokane
Northern Pacific
Estrada forces push toward Managua in Nicaragua
Washington dispatches report Estrada's army crossed the Tipitapa river after fourteen hours of fighting and encamped before Granda, nearing Managua less than fifty miles away. Madriz's side claims insurgent defeats but Castrillo cites near certainty of Managua fall and peace terms only after capture.
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Estrada
Tipitapa River
Nicaragua
Granda
Managua
Bluefields
Senor Castrillo
Madriz
Dr. Barrios
Sebastian Salinas
Pana Soya
Pana Loya
Naindaime
New Orleans
Hornet
Flags for Opening Day at Ohio Valley Exposition
Eight days remain before the Ohio Valley exposition opening and Cincinnati readers are urged to secure Handsome Flags through The Commercial Tribune. Supplies are limited and demand likely to peak in the next six days. readers should come early and use the page 2 coupon for full details.
Senate Probe Clears Sherman and Curtis in Indian Deals
A U S House committee ruling finds no warrant to use the names of Vice President Sherman and Senator Curtis in connection with Indian land contracts. The panel cited Gore testimony and said it accepted Gore’s statement regarding the case. The report names Burke Miller Saunders Stephens and Campbell as signers.
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Sulphur
House of Representatives
McMurray c
Sherman
Charles S. Curtis
T. P. Gore
Jake L. Hamon
Hamon
J. F. Mc Murray
Senator Gore
Congress
Mc Murray
Curtis
Charles H. Burke
South Dakota
C. B. Miller
Minnesota
FE. W. Saunders
Virginia
J. H. Stephens
Texas
Philip P. Campbell
Kansas
Ofae i
Bondholders Move to Put Columbus Railway in Receivership
Nonresident bondholders plan to sue to place the Columbus Railway and Light Co. in receivership within days. Attorney John C. Rogers says arbitration refusal by General Manager E. K. Stewart jeopardizes stock and bond values and may end his control if action is not taken. Federal court filing is anticipated if the company fails to act within a brief window.
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Columbus Railway and Light Company
Public Service Corporation
John C. Rogers
Commonwealth
E. K. Stewart
Rogers
Provident Bank
Stewart
Cincinnati
City Council faces Columbus Railway dispute over utilities
Columbus residents back the city council in a bid to expand the municipal lighting plant to lower costs and challenge the Columbus Railway and Light Company monopoly over electric gas and power and street transport. The council questions debt to fund expansion while the company rejects arbitration amid a streetcar strike. Governor Harmon seeks a settlement with labor leaders as First Regiment relocates camp and awaits further orders.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
C Olumbus
Columbus Railway and Light Company
Weinland
Chris Ross
George Harper
T. M. Sherman
Stewart
Railway and Light Company
Board of Arbitration
Harmon
Marshall
Wirmel
Cincinnati
State House
Weybrecht
State Deaf and Dumb Institution
East Town Street
Cleveland
Clark Syndicate
Philadelphia
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Man of Courage
Mr. Hammond
Mr. Taft
Aldrich-Cannon
President Taft
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Sihery
Silery
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Missoula, Mont
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Grenada
Luis Mena
Mena
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Juan Estrada
Adolfo Vivas
Aurelio Estrada
Jose
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