Split of Majority in the Kentucky Senate
Democratic insurgents threaten a major split as Combs Linn and county unit members clash over rules and committee powers in Frankfort. A special Senate committee probes a disputed resolution while a House plan to add staff faces constitutional questions and a tied vote.
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Kentucky
Senate
Conn Linn
Thomas A. Combs
Rules
Rules Committee
Combs
Subcommittee
Supreme Authority
Committees Named By Kentucky House Speaker Wilson
Speaker Wilson announced the house standing committees for Kentucky. Listings include Agriculture with S A Shanklin as chairman. Appropriations led by John S Steers. Banks and Banking chaired by Hugh Mahin. Corporate Institutions with S D Hines as chair. and several others such as Classification of Cities and Towns, Commerce and Manufacture, Federal and State Constitutional Amendments, Court of Appeals, All Courts, County and City Courts, and Codes of Practice, naming committee chairs and members.
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Commercial Tribune
Frankfort
Wilson
House of Representatives
Agriculture
S. A. Shanklin
Hugh Mahin
T. Coleman
G. T. Reynolds
W. T. Kenton
G. Clay
J. P. Chinn
George C. Waggoner
C. ©. Patrick
John S. Steers
W. H Shanks
W. F. Pitman
W. G. Caudill
J. T. Richerd
J. W. Claypool
H. T. Rich
W. G. Kean
E. BE. Trivetts
Banks and Banking
W. V Perry
B. Herrington
L. C. Owings
A. H. Points
Eli Berry
P. W. Berkshire
J. W
J W. Perry
R. L. Harris
T. M. Bertram
W.S. Dean
J. W. Berkehire
H. A Schoberth
Z. T. Coleman
S. G. Clay
Henry Chunn
John Co. Pirtle
T. M Bertram
B. A. Webber
E. B. Trivetts
Samuel L. Robertson
W. A. Bradley
W. L. Craig
W. H. Newell
John M. Letterle
H. C. Duffy
LC Owings
L. W. Francis
J. W. Perry
Houston
Brooks
L. F. Withers
J. F. Porter
Frank J. Brown
John W. Holland
W. Ll. Shearer
Court of Appeals
Eli
Berry
W.A. Price
Charles W. Fulton
W. V. Perry
J.R. Zimmerman
J. T. Buford
O. Houston Brooks
M. G. Colson
Ben F. Niles
J. R. Zimmerman
Hite Huffaker
Shake up in diplomatic corps of Italy ordered
King Victor Emmanuel signed a decree transferring Baron Mayor Des Plances from Washington to Constantinople and appointing Marquis Cusani Confalconri to the American ambassadorship. Count Gallina is recalled from Paris, Marquis San Guiliano moves from London to Paris, and Marquis Imperiali moves from Ankara to London.
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Rome
Associated Press
Victor Emmanuel
Baron Mayor Des Plances
Washington
Constantinople
Cusani-Confalconri
Switzerland
Count Gallina
Paris
Marquis San Guiliano
London
Marquis Imperiali
Turkey
Great Britain
Kirby Blames Labor Trust For Higher Living Costs
Springfield January 11 John Kirby Jr president of the National Manufacturers association accuses a labor trust of driving up living costs and seeks reform, criticizing the National Civic Federation and Gompers Mitchell Easley for alleged influence and anti legal actions.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Springfield
Mass
John Kirby, Jr
National Manufacturers’ Association
Labor Trust
Employers’ Association
Kirby
National Civic Federation
National Civic Federation Review
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Mitchell
Easley
National Association of Manufacturers
Gompers
Toronto
Taft
Lighter Columbia Sought After Dec. 24 Departure
Four revenue cutters search for the steamer lighter Columbia which left New York December 24 bound for Jaemel Hayti and has not been heard from. The vessel carried eleven men under master John 8 Brooks.
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Washington
Associated Press
Columbia
New York
Jaemel
Hayti
John 8. Brooks
Giant Policeman John Holbrook Dies in Hamilton
Hamilton Ohio January 11 Big John Holbrook a longtime Hamilton police officer dies of dropsy at 7 a m He stood 6 feet 4 inches tall weighed 320 pounds and wore a 7 1 2 hat He was a bachelor devoted to his mother who nicknamed him Baby and he was widely known as the largest police officer in Ohio or perhaps the country
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Big John" Holbrook
Ohio
John
Holbrook
Miss Morgan May Becomes a Shirtwaist Manufacturer
A report that Miss Anne Morgan daughter of J Pierpont Morgan is considering forming a 1 000 000 corporation to manufacture shirtwaists and employ only union labor provokes the strike in New York. Fashionable women question strikers on wages and conditions as a wealthy young woman funds the inquiry.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New York
Anne Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Plot to Slay King Exploded in Lisbon
Lisbon authorities report a sweeping revolutionary conspiracy tied to the Cascaes murder. Police seized explosives arms masks and disguises and arrested ringleaders amid confessions of secret societies aiming to overthrow the government and kill King Manuel.
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Associated Press
Lisbon
Manuel
Cascaes
Police doubt poison story in New Orleans case
New Orleans police say Effie Sellsberry and Harry Corcoran had nothing to do with poisoning William H Helman. Helman, in Terre Haute Indiana, left a written statement accusing Sellsberry. He later recanted, suggesting jealousy and infatuation drove the accusation. Indiana authorities will decide on the poisoning claim.
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Associated Press Dispatch
New Orleans
Effie Selisberry
Harry Corcoran
William H. Helman
Helman
Terre Haute
Ind
Sellsberry
Corcoran
O'Connor
Indiana
Warrant Issued In Poison Death Case In Indiana
TERRE HAUTE Ind Jan 11 A warrant charging Effie Sellsberry and Henry Corcoran with complicity in the death of W H Helman by poison was sworn out by the county prosecutor after their arrest in New Orleans Requisition papers will be sought from Governor Marshall Helman also known as Niedehelman had been divorced from his first wife in Cincinnati ten years ago and left for Germany before returning to the United States to avoid German military service
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Terre Haute
Ind
Associated Press
Effie Sellsberry
Henry Corcoran
W. H. Helman
New Orleans
Marshall
Helman
Half Billion in Trade at Stake in German Negotiations
Washington says nearly half a billion dollars of trade hang in the diplomacy with Germany. The Dingley act reciprocity with Germany expires Feb. 7 and German tariffs may apply to American imports unless Knox and the German ambassador reach a deal. Indications suggest a bitter, costly struggle may be needed to restore normal trade.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
America
Germany
State Department
Knox
Fall on Ice Fatal to Banker of Dublin Ind
Charles W. Bowker noted Indiana banker and poultry breeder at Bowker Poultry Farm in Dublin slipped on ice today. The fall caused a brain concussion with almost instant death, authorities reported.
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Dublin
Ind
Commercial Tribune
Charles W. Bowker
Indiana
Bowker Poultry Farm
First National Bank of Dublin
Census Enumerators To Be Paid Per Diem
Census enumerators in sparsely settled West and Southwest regions will be paid per diem instead of per capita. The Census Bureau announced the new rate at five to six dollars per day, saying per capita pay would be unreasonably low in those areas.
Alsdorf backs Harmon's plan for a tax commission
Ohio politics report from Columbus notes Senator Alsdorf endorsing Governor Harmon's taxation plan. A three member commission would set state value assessments and supervise local taxes, with rate adjustments tied to the tax duplicate. The piece also covers related bills on real estate assessor pay and county depository law reforms.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Harrison Bub
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Alsdorf
Alsborg
Harmon
Senate
Phares
George E. Myers
Cuyahoga County
H. J. Ritter
House Finance Committee
Albert Mendelson
State Bureau of ‘Accounting
Taft's Order Triggers Ohio Senate Feud Over Census Supervisor
In Columbus Ohio January 11 a senate showdown looms over C B Ireland Urbana being barred from acting as census supervisor in the Eighth district and sergeant at arms. Senator Burton reportedly floated Washington suggestions amid intraparty maneuvering. Fremont's C E Wagoner arrives with Democratic support.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Senate
Ireland
Urbana
Washington
Eighth District
Burton
Cole
Fremont
Fire Destroys Ludlow Pump Station and Damages Bridge
A fire at the Southern railway pumping station near the Kentucky end of the railway bridge in Ludlow destroyed the frame structure within twenty minutes, totaling a $6,000 loss. The blaze spread to the bridge boards and caused damage. three fire companies from Cincinnati and Ludlow fought both fires.
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Southern Railway
Kentucky
Ludlow
Cincinnati
An Old Custom Overturned in House Pairing System
Washington officials report Representative Dwight of New York ended fifty years of paired voting by instructing clerks at the speaker’s desk to halt pairing Republicans except under his conditions. Democrats and insurgents call it a power move to sway close votes, while Garner asserts it changes House rules and limits future cross party pairing.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Washington
House of Representatives
Dwight
New York
Garner
Texas
No Trains Delay Mob In Vienna Jail Lynching Case
Mobs at Eldorado and Harrisburg aimed to lynch three African American prisoners in Vienna Illinois after the murder of Allen Clark rural carrier. Sheriff Mathis ordering militia and 300 deputies to guard the jail as Big Four trains were halted until morning. Clark died at 6 pm after being assaulted en route to Harrisburg.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Ill
Eldorado
Harrisburg
Allen Clark
Mathis
Deneen
Clark
Jesse Taborn
Harry Taborn
Alexander Jenks
Johnson County
Marrisburg
De Villalobar Transfer Deferred by the King
Madrid officials say the Marquis De Villalobar transfer from Washington is delayed for a fortnight and the Spanish minister may not depart. No claim of mistreatment cited. Senor Don Luis Pastor, first secretary, is promoted to minister at Peking.
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Madrid
Associated Press
Marquis de Villalobar
Washington
Foreign Office
Senor
Don Luis Pastor
Legation
Peking
Roberta De Janon Allowed Theater Outing Amid Detention
Philadelphia heiress Roberta De Janon, held with waiter Frederick Cohen after elopement, was granted a theater visit by Harrison Street Annex staff as Philadelphia officers could not reach Chicago in time. She read a letter from her father Ferdinand De Janon expressing forgiveness and asking for arrival details.
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Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago
Roberta DeJanyn
Philadelphia
Frederick Cohen
Harrison Street
Miss de Janon
Harrison Street Annex
Roberta de Janon
Ferdinand DE Janon
Burley Growers Demand Cash Over Trust Stock
Ohio Governor Harmon refuses to send a special message on living costs, urging economy in state institutions and urging lawmakers to investigate price causes. He directs officials to scrutinize purchases, cut expenses, and use cheaper substitutes. Senator Beatty discusses cold storage as a market factor. Attorney General Denman works with Booth on McKinnon cases as a pure food measure is proposed.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Harmon
Ohio
Senator Beatty
Nator Beatty
Beatty
Denman
Haseen
Henry J. Booth
McKinnon
Lawson's Tobacco Trust Plan Faces Burley Society
Lexington report says Thomas W. Lawson plans a 50 million dollar tobacco manufacturing company to take over the Burley Tobacco society holdings. Attorneys say memoranda are with Burley society lawyers and a formal closure is expected soon in Cincinnati or Louisville.
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Lawson
Cincinnati
W. W. Davies
Louisville
Burley Tobacco Society
Lawson Corporation
Burley Society
Davies
Burley
Burley ‘Tabasco Society
Fitzgerald Wins Boston Mayoral Race in Reform Era
Former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald is elected Boston mayor for a four year term with 46 968 votes and a 1 123 vote plurality over rival James J. Storrow. Incumbent George A. Hibbard earns only 1 783 votes amid a reform charter election shift.
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Boston
Mass
Associated Press
John F. Fitzgerald
James J. Storrow
Chamber of Commerce
George A. Hibbard
Fitzgerald
Turkey's cabinet formation finalized in Constantinople
The new cabinet under Grand Vizier Hakka Bey is completed with ministers named for foreign affairs Rifatt Pasha interior Talaat Bey finance Djavid Bey public works Haladjian Effendi war Shefket Pasha and navy Halil Pasha. Ministers of public instruction and pious foundations remain.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Hakka Bey
Rifatt Pasha
Sheik-Ulislam
Sakib Mollah
Interior
Talaat Bey
Lawson Predicts Wider Tobacco Trust Strategy
Financier Thomas W. Lawson, arriving in Cincinnati from Lexington, asserts that the Americans Tobacco trust faces a bold challenge as he outlines the People’s Tobacco trust. He promises broader efforts after the tobacco fight and discusses raising 50 million dollars to finance warehouses and organization plans.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Cincinnati
Lexington
Boston
American Tobacco Company
People’s Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Trust
Mr. Lawson
St. Nicholas Hotel
Lawson
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Big John” Holbrook
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