Pacific Fleet Heads for California Coast Warships
Great Britain and Italy plan to dispatch battleships to the Pacific route with a powerful squadron expected in March. The Italian cruiser Puglia arrived at Rio bound for Montevideo to join another cruiser. Four thousand Liberty sailors enjoyed shore liberty as the fleet nears San Francisco.
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Roosevelt Penna exchange signals strong bond with Brazil fleet
Special dispatch reports a cable exchange between President Roosevelt and President Penna praising the arrival of the American fleet at Rio de Janeiro. Roosevelt emphasizes a peaceful mission, friendship, and mutual amity between the United States and Brazil amid Navy cooperation and future visits to Buenos Aires.
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Ex-Gov J Walter Smith Elected Maryland Senator
The Maryland General Assembly elected John Walter Smith to the United States Senate for a six year term beginning March 4 1909 and declared William Pinckney Whyte elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator Gorman The Republican minority backed Felix Agnus and Judge John C Motter for the short and long terms respectively.
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Maryland
Commercial Tribune
Annapolis
General Assembly of Maryland
John Walter Smith
United States Senate
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Whyte
Gorman
Felix Agnus
Baltimore American
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Frederick
Thaw Trial Insanity Defense Highlighted in New York Court
Lawyers for Harry K Thaw press insanity defense as witnesses describe erratic behavior and mental instability across Thaws life The coroner s jury previously found irrational conduct after the Stanford White killing and experts seek to prove Thaw s lack of present sanity to secure acquittal and possible commitment to Matteawan Asylum
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New York
Harry K. Thaw
Young Thaw
Stanford White
Jerome
Thaw
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Grang
Littleton
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Matteawan Asylum
Death of Music Master Charles Baetens in Omaha
Prof. Charles Baetens, 82, suicide by shooting in his bath at a boarding house in Omaha. A renowned viola maestro and composer, he taught with Theodore Thomas's Cincinnati College of Music and played with the Piatti quartet for European courts and U.S. tours. He left Cincinnati over two decades ago.
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Neb
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United States
Cincinnati
Tucker Indicted Again Over Mail Fraud In Stock Sales
Harry Tucker Jr., secretary and former general manager of Uncle Sam Oil Co., reindicted by a federal grand jury in Kansas City for alleged misuse of the mails in advertising stock sales. The earlier indictment from April was quashed on a technical error as Tucker had sold stock in multiple states.
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Commercial Tribune
Kansas City
Harry Tucker, Jr
Uncle Sam Oil Company
Kan
Tucker
Senate probes renewal of Cincinnati investigation
Senator Espy introduced a joint resolution in the Ohio Senate to renew inquiry into Cincinnati and Hamilton County. It calls for a six member committee, three from each house, aligning with the Drake Committee legacy. He also proposed abolishing Cincinnati's Superior Court and adding two Hamilton County Common Pleas judgeships.
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Espy
Senate
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Hamilton County
House
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Earthquake Destroys Buildings in Gonaives Haiti
A serious quake near Port au Prince hits Gonaives sixty five miles away. A few houses collapse and others are damaged with communication broken and the first shock followed by a tidal wave. Herrmann Adder Jolibert buildings among those destroyed.
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Canada Accepts Japan Verbal Promise in Lemieux Report
A brief dispatch notes Canada’s acceptance of Japan’s verbal assurances per Lemieux’s report. No formal treaty signed at this time, but Ottawa acknowledges Tokyo’s assurances as the basis for ongoing discussions.
Another Gotham Banker Indicted
The special grand jury probing banks in New York County indicted William R. Montgomery, President of the Hamilton Bank, on overdraft and overcertification charges tied to his time as Vice President. Montgomery, who became President after E. R. and O. F. Thomas retired, was released on $5,000 bail.
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New York
New York County
William R. Montgomery
Hamilton Bank
Montgomery
E. R
O. F. Thomas
Bank Officials Arrested in Franklinville Bank Failure
Special Commercial Tribune reports cashier E. D. Scott and bookkeeper R. W. Vanhosen of the People's National Bank were arrested in Franklinville New York on four charges tied to the bank's failure. Both were held on $4,000 bail.
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Franklinville
N. Y
E. D. Scott
R. W. Vanhosen
People’s National Bank
Norwalk Institution Placed in Receivers’ Hands
A Norwalk financial institution was placed under receivership as a court action directed by the Commercial Tribune. The order names the appointed receivers and sets the scope of control over assets and operations pending further adjudication.
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Father Mackey Dies at Mt St Marys Seminary
The Rt Rev John M Mackey Ph D longtime Cincinnati priest and president of Mt St Marys Seminary Cedar Point died at 10 59 pm in the Mt St Marys institution cause apoplexy after a Tuesday illness Archbishop Moeller and other church officials were at his bedside He was born in Limerick Ireland February 1 1836 and ordained June 14 1862 at St Peters Cathedral He served in Southern Ohio Northern Kentucky and Virginia and later led St Patricks Cathedral Parish before becoming president of Mt St Marys Seminary He was named Monsignor by Pope Pius X and also headed Emmitsburg Seminary earlier in his career.
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Roosevelt Waits On Vorys Ten Name Four More Taft Men
Washington dispatch says President Roosevelt plans to send four more Ohio postmaster nominations to the Senate after Arthur S. Vorys recommends others, while Foraker and Dick push to reject Taft aligned choices. Ohio delegation splits over Foraker action as Buckeye postmasters face possible decapitation.
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Fire Marshal Report Details Ohio Case Totals
The eighth annual report of State Fire Marshal Dreamer to Governor Harris shows 105 warrants for arrest, 124 arrests, 58 confessions, 61 bound over, 60 indictments, 32 guilty pleas, 13 acquittals, and 72 convictions in the year ending 1907. Remaining cases total 47. finances show 11,064.32 balance, 64,880.31 receipts, and 75,944.63 total available. Inventory lists amounts for Columbus and district offices including Cincinnati and Cleveland locations.
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Five drown as skating party hits city reservoir ice
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on January 15 five youths died when thin ice at the city reservoir broke beneath a skating party of six. Survivors include Andrew Mack who reached shore as the others vanished beneath the lake. The victims named are Elizabeth Fulmer George Cochran Frank Cochrane Jr John Luxner and William Fulmer.
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Connellsville
John Luxner
George Cochrane
Frank Cochrane, Jr
William Fulmer
Elizabeth Fulmer
Miss Fulmer
Frank Cochrane
Luxner
Andrew Mack
Death toll tops 170 in Rhonces Opera House fire
In Boyertown Pa on January 15 officials report 170 people dead after the Rhonces Opera House fire. Coroner’s figures released at dusk confirm the catastrophic loss to the borough which lost about one fifteenth of its population.
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Boyertown
Rhonces’ Opera House
Eestist
Brown issues ultimatum to end Ohio party rift
In Columbus Ohio on January 15 1912 Republican State Chairman Brown warned the warring Taft and Foraker factions in Cuyahoga that if the ultimatum is not accepted by noon tomorrow the State Committee will meet next Saturday to decide the dispute over delegates. The plan calls for a primary under the committee and a new County Central Committee to be elected while the regular body remains in control. The ultimatum also orders withdrawal of all previous committee calls and resignations of election officials and related appointments.
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