Civil Service Reform Balked as Hoy Pushes Plan
Cleveland era report details Representative W. S. Hoy of Jackson County driving a plan to suspend the civil service law and form a joint committee to investigate, with a new merit-based exam proposal to end noncompetitive openings. House and Senate organization dominated the opening, with leaders delaying action until after the gubernatorial inauguration.
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Wei
Tribune
Burbay
Harrison Building
Columbus
W. S. Hoy
Jackson County
General Assembly
Hoy
House
Conover
Willis
Senate
Hogan
Trembling Voice on Telephone Mystery Baffles Boston Officials
A Boston investigation centers on a Jamaica Plain woman who heard a tremulous voice and a scream while calling New York. Operators report the New York end likely closed, and police along with telephone inspectors continue probing the strange incident.
British seize Dar es Salaam in decisive East Africa raid
Nairobi dispatch reports a British victory at Dar es Salaam German East Africa. Goliath and Fox bombard the town destroying German vessels, capturing fourteen Europeans and ninety natives. British losses were one killed and twelve wounded. The city, a coastal military hub near Zanzibar, hosts a governor and large trade. Population figures are given for 1909.
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the Commercial Tribune
London
Nairobi
British East Africa
Dar-es-Salaam
German East Africa
Goliath
Fox
Zanzibar
Sheriff’s Wife Defies County Authority in Jail Row
Caldwell Ohio January 4 Mrs J O McKee the Noble County jail matron earns 30 dollars a month and refuses to relinquish her post claiming civil service protection while her husband the Sheriff moves out The county commissioners designate Room 1 as the man tron's room leaving Mrs McKee to live there and the Sheriffs residence split between the two households with McKee and Dienstbach each occupying separate spaces.
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Caldwell, O
Noble County
J. O
McKee
Civil Service
Tron
Dienstbach
Busch Jewelry Theft At St Louis Country Homes
Fourteen thousand dollars worth of jewelry owned by Adolphus Busch was stolen from his nearby country homes yesterday afternoon. Police investigated with detectives on site all day but found no crew or suspects. The theft targets the grandson and namesake of the late brewer.
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ST. Louis
Adolphus Busch
Here
Busch
Fatal accidental shooting in Cleveland man 21
Max Frederich, 21, was instantly killed in Cleveland when a revolver he was showing his brother discharged. He had just said the weapon was not loaded before the accidental discharge entered his right eye.
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Cleveland
Max Frederich
Frederich
Governor insists regime did not place state in financial straits
The governor publicly asserts the administration has not caused the state's fiscal crisis. He rejects claims of mismanagement and defends spending and policy choices as responsible and lawful amid mounting budget pressure.
Cox Defends Budget System in Swan Song Message
Governor James M. Cox, delivering a final address to the Eighty-first General Assembly, defends his administration and urges preservation of Democratic-era laws. He argues the budget system should continue, calls for an executive mansion, a new state building, and protection of workmen’s compensation, rural schools, and good roads, praising the Red Cross and flood relief efforts.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Miami
National Red Cross Society
Ohio Flood Relief Commission
General Assembly
Cox
Pay Rent or Get Out Ohio Operators Speak
Eastern Ohio coal operators plan to break off negotiations with the United Mine Workers at an adjourned meeting. They may evict striking miners who have paid no rent since the strike began last April and could offer to hire miners open shop under a rejected scale. A joint conference with William Green and John Moore followed by no agreement is reported, with operators and miners maintaining firm demands.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United Mineworkers’ Union
William Green
Inter
Mineworkers’ Organization
John Moore
Ohio Miners’ Organization
Green
Moore
Ship Purchase Bill Dominates Senate Debate Across Nation
The Senate voted 46 to 29 to advance the ship purchase bill the unfinished part of the shipping board plan. Senator Fletcher argued urgent need to quell a ship famine and boost U S ocean trade, while Republicans warned against haste and risks of international entanglements.
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Senate
Fletcher
Commerce Committee
Wilson
United States
Fatal Fist Blow Shocks Conneaut Community
Elmer Haney of Conneaut Ohio was killed in Cleveland after an altercation with an unidentified man. A single fist blow fractured Haney's skull and ended his life at once.
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Cleveland, C
Elmer Haney
National defense conference planned between Garrison Daniels
Washington January 4 Cooperation between the executive and legislative branches to boost national defense is the aim of a conference tomorrow night at Secretary Garrison's home. Secretaries Garrison and Daniels will join the chairmen of Senate and House Military and Naval Affairs committees and other Democratic leaders to discuss defense policy and army and naval appropriations.
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the Commercial Tribune
Washington
Executive
Garrison
Daniels
War and Navy Departments
Senate
House Committees of
Wilson
Ics
House
Military ‘Committee
Gardner
Massachusetts
Naval Subcommittee
Secretary of the Navy
Marine Corps
French Bombing Raids Hit Zeppelin Sheds Near Brussels
Amsterdam dispatch reports French aviators dropped bombs to strike German Zeppelin sheds at Etterbeek near Brussels. One shed allegedly damaged and several German soldiers killed as German raids on England were anticipated.
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the Commercial Tribune
London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Etterbeek
Brussels
England
Bombardment hits Kielce by Austrian planes
Austrian aircraft continue daily raids on Kielce in Russian Poland. Ten bombs were dropped on January 2 targeting railroad stations and freight facilities sixty four miles northeast of Cracow, amid ongoing bombardment reports from Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Russia
Kielce
Russian
Poland
Cracow
Persians Resist Turkish Invasion Near Urumiah
Turkish forces retreating after a December defeat by Russia are said to ravage areas south of Lake Urumiah in Northwestern Persia. Persian levies sent against the Turks were defeated and a protest to Turkey remains unanswered by the Persian Government.
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Petrograd
Russia
Lake Urumiah
Persia
Turkey
Alsace Stronghold Taken By French Forces
Special cable reports French forces seized Steinbach in upper Alsace after hand to hand fighting. German headquarters describe quiet western front apart from activity near Thann and near Steinbach where German trenches and the Steinbach village were briefly contested, with ongoing fighting around Cernay Sonnheim.
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Alsace
The
Commercial Tribune
London
Steinbach
Upper Alsace
Berlin
Oise
Sea
Thann
Sennheim
Steimbach
Poland
Rawka
French War Office
Cernay
Sonnheim
Eastern Campaign Updates From Vienna and Petrograd
Official Vienna bulletin reports hard fought battles in South Galicia where troops gained a key hill line and a favorable base for operations. In the Carpathians no change and minor actions in Ung and upper Ungalley. Christmas theater saw 37 officers and 12,698 men captured as main thrusts continued in the northern front. Russian general communication notes January 3 sees no major shifts on the Vistula left bank and Bolimow night fighting intensifies with artillery and combat actions.
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Galicia
Carpathian
Ung
Vistula
Bolimow
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