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Five still entombed in a stalactited grotto as wreckers’ false finds trigger brief hope.
17 Jan 1911
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1911
Page
1
Five still entombed in a stalactited grotto as wreckers’ false finds trigger brief hope.
Discharged workers fight debt sharks in Cincinnati as locals recount a loan scam. Arthur Woodley, longtime porter, describes threats from Interstate Investment Co and a Legal Aid Society fight. He traces payments of over 20 dollars after a nine dollar loan and loss of work.
Emil Shott, 19, nephew of S M Shott of New Orleans, arrested in New York for forgery and grand larceny after passing bad checks and stealing from an aunt in Cincinnati. He had recently been in town, aiming for a career among crooks, and was detained after presenting a forged balance in pocket and impersonating another traveler at Pennsylvanian rail station. His mother and relatives in New Orleans mourn his rapid slide into crime.
Whitlock mayor of Toledo Ohio underwent an appendicitis operation at St Vincent hospital after sudden illness Sunday morning. The procedure lasting forty minutes was declared successful and the danger point passed by Dr Peter Donnelly.
Washington Jan. 16 announces new Ohio postmasters for Rock Creek A M Barker Bloomingburg Frank E Whiteside and Wiltshire Mrs Myrtie B Fisher appointed today.
Cincinnati common council approved 6000 dollars to beautify a park at Young and Ringgody Streets while granting the Traction Co a right of way to erect a bridge over Eastern avenue near St Andrews Street. The vote sparked East End complaints and a debate over civic priorities.
Legislative session opens with major measures targeting city government, finance, and governance. Bills propose commission form, initiative and referendum, bank depositor insurance, canal sale, attorney liens, and tax exemptions for endowments. Continued from Page 4, Column 5.
Baltimore will host a Democratic banquet celebrating 1910 victories with Governor Harmon of Ohio and Champ Clark of Missouri as central figures. Senator Bailey of Texas Governor Foss of Massachusetts and others will speak at meetings in the Lyric and at the Fifth Regiment armory. A special train from Washington will bring over 1,000 Democrats to attend the event, described as a celebration rather than a policy conference.
The House defeated Speaker Cannon's ruling 145 to 126 as Democrats and insurgents backed Fitzgerald in a bid to discharge a committee and advance the army appropriation bill. Payne's motion to table failed 155 to 124, clarifying the new rule's status and House freedom of action.
At Transylvania University Lexington Kentucky male students threaten disruption to watch the girls basketball game against Georgetown College. Leaders pledge to renew attempts next Monday if access is barred. Girls side with boys and claim they are tired of paying dues without being allowed to view games.
In Albany on January 16 William F. Sheehan was nominated as the Democratic candidate for the United States Senate with 62 votes, but 25 members abstained. Republican Chauncey M. Depew was chosen as the minority candidate with 58 votes. In Dover Del., Henry A. Dupont was named U.S. Senator in a Republican caucus of 30 members.
United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was named by 125 of 152 Republican legislators for a fourth term on a joint ballot. Absentees from the house left the result short of a majority, implying a possible senate majority tomorrow but a house deadlock. Democrats chose Sherman L. Whipple of Brook Tine as Lodge’s opponent, with the party debating cross support for the joint convention.
Representative J J Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania urged a $25,000 appropriation for a commemorative monument to the German band led by Dante Francis Pastorius, first German settlement founder at Germantown, but the measure failed on the unanimous consent calendar.
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