Burley Tobacco Shortage Prompted by 10,000,000 Pound Gap
The Burley Tobacco Growers Association seeks 10 million pounds to cover a production gap after New York financiers required higher per acre yields. Cincinnati warehouses will handle the crop, ending middlemen’s role, with 2,400 additional acres contracted and a January deadline for signed contracts to secure funding. Proceedings include letters from Francis F. McIvor & Co. and a board appeal to Kentucky Ohio Indiana growers.
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Francis F. Mtivor
Francis F. McIvor & Co
Wall Street, New York
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Cincinnati
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Ohio
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Francis F. Mcliver & Co
McIvor & Co
Burley District
Libel Trial Opens Over Mrs Gibbs Bope Card
Zanesville ob case centers on a libel card about Mrs Gibbs and Reverend Bope. Defense claims Gibbs published the card. Bope and wife attend as trial resumes with jurors sworn and witnesses heard.
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Frank Durban
Bope-Gibbs
Gibbs
Bope
Durban
Zanesville
City closes for Chapman prayer meetings in Denver
Denver mayor R W Speer ordered city and county offices closed from 11 30 to 2 pm in deference to Evangelist J Wilbur Chapman and his assistants who were leading a special day of prayer in the city. Most large stores also closed to allow employees to attend the noonday meetings in the business district.
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R. W. Speer
Chippers 10 Take Grievance to President
Cincinnati shipping interests plan a Washington trip within a week or two to press for government control of freight rates. J J Hooker leads the committee to present Cincinnati's views and a volume of evidence on discrimination, including grain and furniture rates, to President Taft and officials.
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Chippers
Cincinnati Shipping Interests
Washington
Cincinnati
Queen City
Commercial Tribune
Grand Rapids
J. J. Hooker
Receivers and Shippers’ Association
Williamson
Dying man found in street in Seventh District
Police investigate the death of Fred Zimmerly 54 a carpenter of 769 East McMillan Street found unconscious in the street with bruises on the head suggesting assault. He died at home without speaking. Coroner Cameron ordered a rigid inquiry. Zimmerly leaves a widow and several children regarded as sober and industrious with no known enemies.
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Fred Zimmerly
Carpenter
East McMil
Zimmerly
Mamie Jackson shoots to save life at George Street
Mamie Jackson owner of race horses and a colored resort shot and wounded Bud Brown 25 in her George street hall after Brown allegedly attacked inmate Alice Smith. She hid the revolver and surrendered at the First District Police Station. Brown was taken to City Hospital with a chest wound from a 38 caliber round.
Cincinnati Men Appointed to Panama Canal Commission
President directs the Secretary of War to appoint Dr. Charles A. L. Reed of Cincinnati and Thomas T. Gaff of Cincinnati as United States members of the joint commission to appraise private property in the canal zone for the Panama Canal project. They will meet February 7 and expect a brief assignment with continued Cincinnati ties.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Secretary of War
Charles A. L. Reed
Cincinnati
Thomas T. Gaff
United States
Canal
Panama
Kereng gains three votes in Missouri U S Senate balloting
Jefferson City Missouri January 20 Thomas K Niedringhaus Republican caucus nominee for United States Senator lost another supporter at today's joint session of the Legislature after which both houses adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday forenoon. Today's ballot was the fourth in joint session and failed to decide the choice. Representative Shaw of Dade County who had supported Niedringhaus switched to Kerens while Representatives Kirkham and Hatzfeld moved from Pettijohn to Kerens. Cockrell's strength held. Ballot tally Niedringhaus 80 Cockrell 81 Kerens 9 Pettijohn 11
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Thomas K. Niedringhaus
United States
Shaw
Dade County
Niedringhaus
R. C. Kerens
Kirkham and
Hatzfeld
A. C. Pettijohn
Kerens
F. M. Cockrell
Cockrell
Pettijohn
Miners Expel Accuser of Joan Mitchell at Union Convention
Indianapolis January 20. Robert Randall, UMWA delegate from Dietz Wyoming accused President John Mitchell of selling out to operators during the Colorado strike and was expelled by the National convention. Mitchell demanded Randall leave or be deposed, and a resolution reaffirming trust in officers was adopted.
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Commercial Tribune
Indianapolis
Robert Randall
United Mineworkers’ Convention
Dietz
Wyo
Mitchell
Colorado
Randall
Walker
Illinois
John Mitchell
United Mineworkers’ Union of America
Russian Capital in Turmoil as Workmen Strike Paralyzes St Petersburg
A morning proclamation bans assemblies as St Petersburg faces a growing crisis. Thousands march while authorities deploy 2,500 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to restore order. Mill closures, electrity and water plants shut, and foreign families consider leaving as protests widen into a political movement demanding reforms.
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Police
Putilofft Iron Works
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