Foraker Satisfies, Warnock Endorsed for Pension Agent
Senator Foraker returns from the White House smiling over Ohio patronage and rail rate talks. Senator Dick joins in endorsing Warnock of Urbana for Pension Agent to succeed General Jones, with Mannington as Columbus Surveyor of the Port likely winner. Negotiations on rate legislation progress amid Ohio election fallout.
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Ohio
Foraker
Armer
Warnock
Urbaha
General Jones
House
Urbana
Senator Foraker
Howard Mannington
Elmer J. Miller
Columbus
Mannington
W.C. Wallace
Franklin County
General Grosvenor
Alabama
Court Martial Request In Captain Taggart Case
Wooster Ohio reports attorney Ed Wertz says Congressman Smyser for Mrs Taggart asked the War Department to court martial Captain Taggart. Wertz claims Smyser seeks a war inquiry. If Mrs Taggart misses February return, she risks arrest for kidnapping and possible extradition. Judge Eason notes Kentucky trip a surprise.
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Commercial Tribune
Wooster
Ohio
Ed. Wertz
Taggart
Smyser
War Department
Washington
Wertz
Eason
Amid Hazing Rumors Naval Academy Eyes Investigation
Rumor at Annapolis says upperclassmen may admit hazing as Congressional inquiry begins. House Naval Affairs Committee may review Branch Meriwether and Kimbrough cases and propose reconstruction to prevent disgraceful incidents and hold officers accountable.
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Commercal Tribune
Washington
Naval Academy
Pearce
Maryland
Branch-Meriwether
Kimbrough
House On Naval Affairs
Annapolis
Grace Taggart at Judge Berry home with her sons
Newport residents claim Mrs Grace Taggart divorced wife of Major Elmore E Taggart is in Judge A S Berry Campbell Circuit Court home on East Third Street near York with Culver Taggart eight and Elmore E Taggart Jr known as Tiddles Seen by neighbors and a reporter Tiddles drawn on a frosted window while Culver drew another at the Berry residence Watchers believe she and her two boys remain there
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Newport
Berry
Grace Taggart
Elmore E. Taggart
United States Army
A. S. Berry
Campbell Circuit Court
East Third Street
York
Culver Taggart
Tiddles
Elmore E. Taggart, Jr
Judge Berry
Culver
Chains Engine Till Bill Paid in Ohio Yard Standoff
In Marion Ohio on December 16 Constable Benjamin Bigford attached a Pennsylvania Railroad switch engine to a sidetrack with a logchain and padlock to enforce a $35 claim by former employee W A Ritter. He guarded the engine two hours until attorney L B McNeal secured authority to pay. The agent N E Price had claimed no authority to settle the debt.
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Commercial Tribune
Marion, O
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
W. A. Ritter
Benjamin Bigford
L. B. McNeal
The
Pennsylvania
Plugky Teacher Ails Assailant in Logan
In Logan West Virginia on December 16 Herman Nolan a Black man was shot and killed by Daisy Wilkinson a 20 year old school teacher. Wilkinson who was walking to her school was accosted by Nolan who threatened to kill her if she did not surrender. Wilkinson fired and killed him. she has not been arrested and is expected to avoid arrest.
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Commercial Tribune
Logan
W. Va
Herman Nolan
Daisy
Wilkinson
Imperial Bank
Jawbone exhibit dominates Gilhooley trial coverage
Chicago December report describes jurors exposed to a jar of jawbone said to belong to victim Carlstrom. Dr. Hektoen testifies to fatal jaw fracture and extensive pneumonia while defense objects to the evidence which the judge allows to remain in view.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Chrig J. Carlstrom
Ludwig Hektoen
Charles Gilhooley
Gilhooley
Fake
Seymour Stedman
Chetlain
Hektoen
Carlstrom
Stedman
Tedman
Dr. Hektoen
Elliott
Wife Shoots Husband Over Denied Kiss in Charleston
Special Dispatch reports Mrs Wesley Peyton shot her husband after he refused a kiss before work. The quarrel happened the night before and he is seriously wounded. A Louisville incident notes Peter Rausche drank carbolic acid and cut his wrist after his wife refused a kiss. doctors say he will recover.
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Commercial Tribune
Charleston
W. Va
Wesley Peyton
Louisville
Peter Rausche
Harmon in New York Secial Dispatch to Commercial Tribune
Judson Harmon receiver of the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton and Pere Marquette systems arrived in New York and conferred with Erie Railroad officials. He later visited the financial district and met Francis Lynde Stetson of J P Morgan Co. Harmon declined to discuss the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Pere Marquette situation but no ancillary receivers for the property would be appointed.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Pere Marquette
Erie Railroad
Financial District
Francis. Lynde
Stetson
Harmon
Floating Palaces to Advertise Cincinnati Manufactures
Cincinnati plans a floating exhibition on the Ohio River and tributaries to display city products. A flotilla of model barges and a tow-boat will travel a self-sustaining route, aiming to reach markets from Big Timber Montana to Olean New York and beyond.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Nicholas P. Smith
Business ‘Men's Club
Pacific
United States
China
Japan
Asia
Ohio
Nicholas E. Smith
Loyal 200 Honor Warren J Lynch at Cincinnati Banquet
About 200 railroad men gathered at the St. Nicholas Hotel in Cincinnati to honor Warren J. Lynch on his promotion from General Passenger Agent of the Big Four to Passenger Traffic Manager for New York Central Lines west of Buffalo. Speakers praised his career and leadership as Weber's Orchestra played, with elaborate decorations and a formal banquet preceding speeches and a silver presentation.
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Warren J. Lynch
St. Nicholas
Cincinnati
New York Central Lines
Lynch
Big Four
Buffalo
E. O. McCormick
Mr. Lynch
M. B. Ingalls
E “David B. Martin
Howard Sax
S. H. Harding
J. B. Cochran
H. J. Rehin
Saxby
Roth
Weber
Patrick seeks stay as man condemned for Westchester wife murder
Albert T Patrick, condemned for murder, caused a delay in the scheduled electric chair execution of John Johnson by filing papers and affidavits. Johnson claims unfair trial and says his counsel will not appeal. Patrick asks to be taken to the Court of Appeals for the forthcoming argument in The People of New York vs Johnson.
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New York
Albert T. Patrick
John Johnson
Westchester County
Johnson
Dawgers
Patrick
Rogers
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Albany
N. Y
Warden Johnson
State of New York
Revolutionists Seize Control as Czar Yields Too Late
In St Petersburg on December 17 1917 revolutionaries gain public support as the Czar agrees to universal suffrage and a Douma election, a move seen as belated and insufficient. A separate manifesto from the workers’ alliance denounces financial ruin, bank failures, mutinies, and calls for payments in gold and tax refusal.
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Czar
Man Shoots Self at Home While Visiting Sweetheart
Walter Page, 86, of 323 East Seventh Street, shot himself in the abdomen as he reached for a revolver in a bureau drawer while preparing to visit his sweetheart. The gun discharged among scarves, witnesses heard the report, and Page was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. He named Fannie Barnard of 2130 Florence Avenue as the young woman he intended calling upon.
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Walter Page
Seventh Street
Page
Patrol
Fannie Barnard
Florence,avenue
Infernal machine found on Loubet train in Paris
The Journal reports an infernal device found on the train carrying President Loubet during a Marly hunting party. A cylindrical preserve can with a time fuse was seen by a railroad worker near Saint Nom Breteche as the engine was shunted. Authorities in Versailles and Paris opened an investigation. Prosecutor Mangin Bouquet and Military engineers will inspect the bomb, about one pound, at Saint Nom today.
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Paris
Loubet
Marly
Saint Noma Breteche
Versailles
Mangin Bouquet
Saint Noma
No More Passes Issued by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Announcement states that by year end the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad will stop issuing passes and reduced rate transportation to all except officers and employees and connecting lines. travel for that group will continue as before.
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Commercial Tribune
Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Relief fund total for Russian sufferers tops 1.17 million
New York report shows contributions to the relief fund for Russian sufferers reaching 1,172,639 dollars as of December 16. The total reflects widespread donations from communities and organizations across the country.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Relef
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