Tax Expenditures Under Donahey Report At Columbus
The piece reviews Ohio State Auditor Donahey’s fiscal year ending November 15 1913 report and Governor Cox administration finances. It questions the intell igent analysis of expenditures while noting a projected deficit, rising expenditures, and a large surplus balance. It cites salaries for 4507 officers and questions the absence of an index. It mentions a projected 1914 total receipts of 23 677 487 97 and a deficit of about 1 931 287 74, with broader critique of Democratic governance in Columbus.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Donahey
Cox
Tom Paine
Republic
State House
Denahey
State House and Grounds
Treasury
Donmakey
Harmen
Columbus
Tango Ban Issued by Roman Pontiff in 191X Year
Cardinal Basilio Pompili, Vicar General of Rome, denounces the tango and certain newspapers and theaters as corrupting souls. He calls for a total prohibition in the year of the Pontiff and urges clergy to defend Christian morals against modern paganism, warning parents to shield children from corruption.
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Rome
Basilio
Pompili
Tribute to Dixie the collie from bank president
Colonel Joseph S. Miller, president of the First National Bank of Kenova, honors his Scotch collie Dixie who died December 28, 1913. He publishes a mourning tribute expressing sorrow, faith, and guidance through grief, noting their inseparable companionship in Huntington, West Virginia.
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Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Joseph S. Miller
First National Bank of
Kenova
Dixie
Bethlehem
Colonel Miller
Swindler Claims Dead Mother Ruse In Lima
P. J. Komer of Lancaster Colorado is under arrest in Lima charged with swindling local businessmen out of about 45 dollars at 35 cents a try. He allegedly feigned a telephone report that his mother was dead in St Marys Ohio to borrow money for travel. The death message was sent by telephone to lenders.
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Commercial Tribune
Lima
P. J. Komer
Lancaster
Komer
St. Mary's
Court Battle Over Lake Front Lands In Cleveland
A lawsuit to determine ownership of millions in land along the lake front opened before Judge Lawrence. R. M. Morgan for Attorney General Hegan sought to uphold an injunction blocking Lake Shore and Pennsylvania Railroad from filling in the west harbor. The railroads contend about 2 million dollars in improvements were made on land filled by them.
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Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
Lake Front
Lawrence Teday
R. M. Morgan
Hegan
Lake Shore
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Harbor
Rich Men Back Plan for Grand Cincinnati Medical College
Cincinnati hosts the medical elite to discuss elevating education standards. Plans for a modern university medical college, designed by Samuel Hannaford & Sons, seek a $500000 outlay with heavy private backing and a new hospital consolidation to boost status. Dr. Christian R Holmes to be named dean, signaling a new era in Cincinnati medicine.
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Cincinnati
Christian R. Holmes
Medical College
The
Cincinnati University
Holmes
Frank Cross
Cincinnati Medical College
One Town Emptied by Mad Waters in Potomac Flood
Refugees huddle on hills around Blazing Camp Fires as the Potomac flood from a ruptured West Virginia dam swells up to seven feet, forcing evacuations from Schell to Cumberland. Early warnings, guarded bridges, and rapid dam reinforcement aim to avert disaster.
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Beryl
Savage River
Potomac
West Virginia Paper and Pulp Company
Cumberland
Twin Harris Brothers Die After Hunger and Isolation
Two Louisville brothers Daniel and Samuel Harris aged in their seventies were found starving in a downtown coal shed. Daniel died in his jail bunk while Samuel lay unconscious in hospital. both had saved about 6900 dollars tied to a farm they lost.
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Daniel
City engineers seek salary cut as Catskill Aqueduct nears
Three city employees John R Freeman William H Burr and Alfred H Noble consulting engineers to the Board of Water Supply ask for a 3000 two year salary instead of 6000 amid Catskill Aqueduct completion. They say services needed half as much time now. The board forwarded the request to the Board of Estimate.
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New York
Mitchel
John R Freeman
William H.burr
Alfred H. Noble
Gineers
Board of Water Sup
Catskill Aqueduct
Methods of Coal Kings Near Barbarism Warns Senator
Washington Jan 15 Senator Martine of New Jersey urges government ownership of coal mines to curb strikes. His report to Senate on West Virginia unrest cites armed guards by mine operators as the main violence trigger and backs a bill prohibiting private armed police. He notes delays in distribution but no mail interference.
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Commercial TribuNe
Washington
Martine
New Jersey
Swanson
Senate Committee
West Virginia
Mar
Senate
Coal Company
The
Postoffice
Immi
Stolen Express money found hidden in Connellsville home
In Connellsville Pennsylvania detectives traced most of more than $12,000 of $13,000 stolen from Ralph Wiant a clerk of the United States Express Company. The money was found in a flour filled crack at Fred Wiant’s home after a tip from Margaret Dunnington Morgantown West Virginia. Ralph Wiant admitted his brother asked him to hide the funds and is believed to have fled to a Western city.
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Commercial Tribune
Connellsville
Ralph Wiant
United States Express Company
Fred B. Wiant
Margaret Dunnington
Morgentown
W. Va
Fred Wiant
Wiant
Clever wiretap plan felled by telegraph operator
H V Warnock a Los Angeles telegraph operator in a bucket shop case was found guilty of tapping a broker's leased wire by exploiting induction from the telegraph line to a nearby telephone circuit. He appealed, claiming the method did not require tapping actual wires and accessed stock quotes via the shared cable.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Los Angeles
Cal
H. V. Warnock
Warnock
New York
Bellboy Arrested for Hotel Fire Aims to Be Fire Hero
Binghamton New York January 15 Harry A Carleton a hotel bellboy at the Arlington Hotel was arrested on charges of arson in the hotel fire. He admitted setting a storeroom blaze saying his goal was to become a fire hero and join the fire department.
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Commercial Tribune
Binghamton
N. Y
Harry A. Carleton
Arlington Hotel
Forth
Humpreys to Die in Electric Chair January 20
Leslie Humpreys, Columbus murderer, must die in the electric chair at the penitentiary January 20. The State Board of Pardons refused to recommend his pardon to Governor Cox. He was sentenced to be electrocuted October 23, 1913, but was granted a reprieve to this month. He was convicted of killing Samuel E. Kelley of Lanark, West Virginia, here last April.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Leslie Humphreys
State Board of Pardons
Cox
Hera
Samuel E. Kelley
Lanark
W.va
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