Cuyahoga Man Blocks Hunt's Detective Bill
Hamilton county politics surge as Representative Edwards blocks early-hearing plan for Prosecutor Hunt's bill to appoint county detectives through the prosecutor. A hearing is set for Tuesday at 9 with opposition from Cleveland's Doran and others. The push splits into two bills: detective appointment and funding.
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Hunt
Bill
Cleveland
Edwards
Doran
Common Pleas
Cuyahoga County
Fred, Bader
Cincinnati
Senate
Assembly
House
Shaffer
Paulding County
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Bader
Gordon Opposes The Main Health Bill In Speech
Harry I. Gordon of the League for Medical Freedom testified before the Interstate Commerce Committee in Washington on January 18 denouncing the Mann public health bill. He argued it would grant Allopaths control over disease information and suppress other medical schools such as homeopathy.
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Commercial
Fribune
Washington
Harry I. Gordon
League For Medical Freedom
Dependent Freedom
Committee On Interstate. Commerce Today
Mann
Railroad to Resist Loan Shark Suit
Pennsylvania lines vow to block the Boyd Investment company loan-salary suit against former fireman Clark A Betty. Attorneys say the case challenges legal salary assignment and will be fought in common pleas court, tracing to a magistrate ruling and Supreme Court precedent.
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Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Lines
William Ramsey
Maxwell & Ramsey
Oy the Boyd Investment Company
Yeatman
Common Pleas Court
The
Pennsylvania
Clark A. Betty
Bele Te Pete
Common Pleas
Supreme Court
Betty
Boyd Investment Company
Sanning
Boyd Company
George Weedon
Lanning
Watson Wins West Virginia Democratic Caucus Nomination
Clarence W. Watson of Fairmont won the Democratic caucus long-term nomination after an eleven-ballot fight, with final results showing Watson 40 Holt 17 and others. Chilton won the short-term nomination on later ballots as the party split over the two vacancies caused by deaths in the Senate.
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Charleston
W.va
Clarence W. Watson
Fairmont
United States
Stephen B. Elkins
Scott
Watson
Bayer
John H. Holt
Huntington
Tierney
Edmiston
Holt
Travenner
Cornwall
McGraw
Bennett
Nathan B. Scott
W. E. Chilton
John T. McGraw
Chilton
Airmont
James Otis Watson
Monongahela Valley
Clarence Watson
Adams Clerk Out of Cash in Adams County Vote Inquiry
The Adams County Clerk O B Garman spent 600 of his own funds to hire extra clerks after a wholesale indictment of vote sellers swamped his office. Commissioners refused reimbursement citing legal limits. Attorney General Hogan advised a legislative bill to authorize reimbursement and cover extraordinary costs from the inquiry.
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F. A. Shively
Shively
Hogan
Adams County
Taft to Visit National Corn Exposition in Columbus
Columbus Ohio January 18 1911 President Taft will visit the National Corn Exposition announced today by officials in Columbus. The trip underscores federal support for agricultural trade shows and rural innovation.
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Taft
Columbus, .O
Bill Edwards Receives Carnegie Silver Medal in Heroic Act
New York Street Cleaning Commissioner William H. Edwards is awarded a Carnegie silver medal for roles in the August 9 Hoboken shooting incident aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. He shielded Mayor Gaynor from a pistol blast, bore the assailant to the deck, and was grazed by a bullet.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Ninteen
New York
William H. Edwards
William J. Gaynor
Hoboken
N. J
Gaynor
Edwards
Daniel B. Howard
Mary Tillotson
Biplane Lands Aboard Cruiser In Aerial Feat
Eugene B Bly piloted a Curtiss racing biplane from Selfridge Field to the cruiser Pennsylvania and back to land twelve miles away, landing safely on the deck after a ceremonial flight. Soldiers cheered as he was hoisted on their shoulders. The stunt was part of an aviation meet amid postponed weather.
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Aviation Field
Deck
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Eugene B. Bly
Selfridge Field
Ely
Cincinnati Fire Rips Through Education Building
A six story Board of Education building at Court street in Cincinnati burned, with loss estimated at 25 000 dollars. Firefighters vented the blaze as students were escorted to safety by Sisters of Notre Dame and St Ann's staff. Fire origin under study. damage from water flood caused most of the destruction.
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Cincinnati
Board of Education
St. Ann's Mission
John Street
Sisters of Notre Dame
Withrow
Hook No. 7
Marshal Bunker
Charles Handman
Mr. Handman
Henry Klein
George Goodman
H. P. Becker
H. P. Stanley
William Schulte
Harry Itmann
Josephine Herrmann
Hattie Cull
Viola
Friedlin
Lulu Senleb
Amelia Beltmann
Stella Hoff
Millie Feltmeyer
West Court Street
Charles Goeppinger
Mary Reicher
Court
John Streets
Sweeney
Reicher
St. Ann’s Mission
Richmond
Archibald
Vote Probe Starts in Scioto County
In Portsmouth Ohio on January 18 Democrats James P. Brennan and Republicans Joseph T. Micklethwait testified before a grand jury as it began investigating alleged election frauds in Scioto county. The probe follows Adams county corruption exposures and names precinct committeemen who received campaign funds. They will be questioned about fund use later this week.
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Portsmouth
James P. Brennan
Joseph T. Micklethwait
Grand Jury
Scioto County
Adams County
Body of Fireman Christ Meents Recovered After Chamber Ruins
Rescue teams in the Chamber of Commerce building wrecking yard recover the body of fireman Christ Meents, bringing total dead to two with four still entombed. A donkey engine aids debris removal as hopes for others rise. Meents identified by his brother and by the chief engineer, with funeral arrangements and family details noted.
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Christ. Meents
Meents
Harry Meents
Alvin Harden
Change
Sixth Street
Steiner
Walter Draper
Chamber
Vine Street
Emily
North Fairmount
Baum
Martin
Fred Selm
Missing clerk charged with embezzlement
Elmer B. Stewart bookkeeper for John H. Hibben Dry Goods faces embezzlement charges for a $665.25 shortage. Stewart, 40, of Covington, disappeared after informing his employers he was going out for a shave. Hibben Co. has filed a civil suit in Kenton county circuit court for recovery of the funds.
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Elmer B. Stewart
Ace
John H. Hibben Dry Goods Company
Seventh and
Walnut Streets
Thomas W. Allen
Hibben Company
Stewart
Covington
Lehmer Street
Corwington
St. Louis” Avenue
Claude V. Black
Black
Fourth Street
Central Avenue
Kenton County
St. Louis Avenue
Gunboats May Seize Hornet in Honduras Neutrality Case
Washington reports the attorney general will decide after an investigation into whether the Hornet of General Bonilla’s Honduran forces violated U S neutrality. U S gunboats Marietta and Tacoma monitor Hornet in Honduran waters while the AG studies international law and precedent for possible seizure and trial.
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Washington
Hornet
Bontilla
Honduras
United States
State Department
Marietta
Tacoma
Honduran
Trujillo
Puerto Cortez
Department of Justice
New Orleans
Marshall Boom Started by Taggart at Indiana Dinner
At Congress Hall hotel in Washington a banquet hosted by Thomas Taggart launched the presidential boom of Indiana governor Thomas R. Marshall for sergeant at arms of the house. Taggart urged harmonizing Indiana Democrats and the event drew about seventy attendees.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Congress Hall
Thomas Taggart
Stokes Jackson
House
Thomas R. Marshall
Indiana
Taggart
Passenger and Freight Trains Crash Head-On in Kentucky
A head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Kentucky sent engineers Duffy and Camden to Somerset with injuries. Reports indicate the men face possible death from their injuries.
Six injured in Somerset freight train wreck
L. L. Duffy, Maurice Camden, J. W. Dikeman, A. G. Britton, William Dineen and Mason, all of Somerset or aboard the passenger train, suffered severe burns, broken bones, or bruises with several fatalities feared. Passengers were shaken up. Perry Colyer sustained a back sprain.
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Maurice Camden
Somerset
J. W. Dikeman
A. G. Britton
William Dineen
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mason
Dikeman
Britton
Excit
Trains Collide in Cumberland Falls Tunnel Wreck
In a tunnel near Cumberland Falls Kentucky two trains of the Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific Railroad collided head on at 2 pm. Twenty two people were injured and two likely killed as crews and farmers aided in rescue. Damages estimated at twenty thousand dollars and relief trains were dispatched from Somerset.
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Cumberland Falls
Burnside
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad
Cincinnati
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