Filibuster stalls pension bill as Georgia pair leads delay
In a day long filibuster in the House, Representatives Roddenberg and Tribble of Georgia led obstruction to the private pensions bill amid a quorum dispute. Absentees were rounded up, proceedings continued, and the bill advanced for final passage. Primaries for D C were reported adversely in Senate committee with mixed party votes.
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MékKinsey
Illinois
Tafts
Roddenberg
Tribbie
Democrats
Georgia
Underwood
Dixon
Indiana
the. Clair
Roddemerg
Roddemberg
Peace treaties useless as amendments weaken arbitration pact
London reports disappointment over U S senate amendments to arbitration treaties. Officials say amendments nullify months of work and render agreements practically useless. British government is credited with seeking a good treaty and securing endorsement from the United States senate.
Price Hill to get branch postoffice in Cincinnati
Special Dispatch reports Price Hill residents will gain improved mail service with a proposed branch postoffice near Glenway and Warsaw avenues. Cincinnati inspector Morgan recommended the branch, likely to be approved by the postoffice department soon, after Representative Allen urged action. An April 1 redesignation changes Clifton station to Station U.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
March
Price Hill
Cincinnati Postoffice Organization
Morgan
Cincinnati
Glenway
Warsaw Avenues
Allen
Department
Clifton Station
Water main break floods Vine Street district and candy factory
After a 24 hour effort, the 20 inch water main at Pearl and Vine streets was repaired. The break flooded Reinhart and Newton candy factory at 210 Vine, forcing layoff of 200 employees and damaging the cellar. Water pressure to be restored this morning, leaving wholesale district without fire protection for 36 hours.
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Pearl and Vine Streets
J. A. Hiller
Reinhart & Newton
Vine Street
Married Life Short Divorce Suit Filed in Hamilton
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Ethel Hoffman filed for divorce from Thad J. Hoffman in Hamilton Ohio on March 8. Grounds cited include gross neglect of duty and cruelty after less than five months of marriage.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Ethel Hoffman
Thad J. Hoffman
Hunt Loses Valentine Case in Police Court
Mayor Hunt faced a police court setback as Isaac Valentine was cleared of loitering charges by Judge Fricke. Valentine, a Republican jewelry salesman, testified with witnesses supporting his claim while police testimony was weak. Valentine emphasized avoiding disgrace and his readiness to bond.
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Valentine
Mayor Hunt
Fricke
Isaac Valentine
Abdae
Carlisle Avenue
Mr. Valentine
Five Die In Ottawa Hull Train Collision
Five people were killed and eleven injured when a Canadian Pacific passenger train collided with a freight train between Ottawa and Hull Ontario. Victims included conductor John C. Anderson and passengers Agnes Pugam and others. Officials blamed a Hull telegraph operator who allegedly allowed the passenger train to back toward Ottawa while the freight approached. the operator vanished after the crash.
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Ontario
Canadian Pacific
Hull
John C. Anderson
Peter Moyles
Quoycen
Quebec
E. J. Tabor
Walton McMister
Eardley
Agnes Pugam
Pontiac
Pitney Seat On Supreme Bench Shaky After Debate
In a Monday Senate session President Taft's nominee Mahlon Pitney was briefly confirmed then action was postponed amid opposition and a heated discussion over Pitney's Glass Bottle Blowers case involving injunctions against union activity. Senators Culberson and Bacon pressed for further consideration before final approval.
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Senate
Taft
Mahlon Pitney
State of
New Jersey
Haran
Supreme Court
Pitney
Bacon
Sherman
Senator Culberson
Glass Bottle Blowers
George Jonas Glass Company
Glass Bottle Blowers’ Association of the
United States
Chancellor Pitney
Garrettson
Beth
Briggs
Artine
Shively
Indictments Against Nye Donovan Dismissed in Pike County
Nellie ProSeque entered in the indictments against State Representative George V. Nye and former Sheriff Joseph Donovan for complicity in election frauds in Pike County after R. G. C. Bowlus pled guilty to similar charges. Bowlus was fined 50 dollars and costs. Trial of remaining cases resumes March 14. Bowlus had been indicted for failing to fold ballots before delivery to voters.
State Senator Andrews bribery trial adjourned to Monday
State Senator L R Andrews charged with accepting a $200 bribe from a Burns detective saw the trial adjourned tonight until Monday morning. After the afternoon session the state rested and the defense began questioning character witnesses. Senator Stockwell testified about the Cetone insurance bill and denied knowing Andrews previously. Witnesses added there had been no prior suspicion against Andrews before the alleged bribery case.
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L. R. Andrews
Burns
John F. Stockwell
Cleveland
Insurance Committee
Senate
Cetone
Andrews
Huling
Senator Stockwell
General Assembly
Cecil L. Miller
Portsmouth
Common Pleas
Dever
Charles Lintner
Citizens’ National Bank of Ironton
Dixon Hurls A New Challenge At McKinley Loaded Dice
Roosevelt aides press for primaries and national delegates while Senator Dixon accuses McKinley of flat refusal to aid voter expression. He argues Taft risks losing party support and likens attempts to fix the process to loaded dice and a game. Roosevelt also presses for a voters’ expression on the nominee.
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Washington
Joseph M. Dixon
Roosevelt National
McKinley
Taft
Dixon
United States
Roosevelt
Mrs Grace on the verge of breakdown in Atlanta
Atlanta March 8 Mrs Daisy Obie Grace shown signs of breaking under nervous strain after arrest in connection with her husband Grace shot him He improved today and made his will naming his mother sole beneficiary Grace denies forged signature on life insurance policies worth 27000 and insists she will stay in court jail until the case resolves detectives make little progress in related mysteries Grace believes a burglar shot him while she clings to the burglar story and requests no bail until her name is cleared
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Atlanta
Daisy
Obie
Grace
S. L. Fil
Newnan
Eugene Grace
R. H. Arnold
Amundsen Reaches South Pole. Scott Unconfirmed
London reports bitter disappointment over Captain Scott’s failure to report from the pole while Roald Amundsen confirms reaching the South Pole and planting Norwegian colors. King Haakon congratulates Amundsen. Fram remains in Hobart as Amundsen plans to submit charts and data soon.
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London
Robert Scott
South Pole
Roald Amundsen
Scott
New Zealand
Amundsen
Fourteen Days in Box Car Without Food or Water
George Johnson, a Mount Holly native, rode a freight car from Cincinnati to Charlotte seeking home and was found in a semiconscious state after fourteen days with no food or water. He froze blood to the car’s confines, and doctors work to revive him as authorities trace his perilous voyage.
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Charlotte
N. C
Cincinnati
George Johnson
Johnson
Mount Holly
Narrowly Escapes a Watery Grave in Ohio River
Lawrenceburg Indiana March 8 Herald J. Hilpp traveling salesman for Rheins and Meiss Wholesale Dry Goods of Cincinnati fell into the Ohio river while attempting to reach the City of Louisville steamer as it left Veeway for Cincinnati. He sank but surfaced downstream where Noble J. Butler rescued him with a long pole. Hilpp revived by a doctor and rewarded Butler for the rescue losing a gold watch glasses and his grips in the peril.
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Commercial Tribune
Lawreenceburg
Ind
Herald
J. Hilpp
Rheins & Meiss Wholesale Dry Goods Company
Cincinnati
Ohio River
City
Louisville
Veeway ‘Narf
Noble J. Butler
Mr. Hilpp
Mr. Butler
Rebel army advances toward Mexico City campaign begins
The vanguard of the irrecto army departed for the south in two trains today signaling the real start of the campaign against the City of Mexico. The immediate destination was Jiminez, about halfway to Torreon, as Chihuahua reported on March 8.
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Mexico
Jiminez
Torreon
Chihuahua
King Haakon congratulates Amundsen on south pole feat
In Christiania on March 8 Captain Amundsen's telegram reaching King Haakon was read during maneuvers at Sandviken. The king replied from Hobart Tasmania with cordial congratulations to Amundsen and all aboard the Fram. Messages of felicitation came from King George of Britain and King Frederick of Denmark.
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Amundsen
Norway
Antarctic
Fram
Hobart
Tasmania
South Pole
Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain
Amundsen Ang* Scott
Scott
Pole
Christiania
Raold Amundsén
Leon
George
Great Britain
Froderick
Denmark
Friend of Amundsen Reveals Early Norway Ties
Ellef M Petersen of Toledo recalls Raald Amundsen as a boyhood friend and early traveler from Sharpsbard Norway. Petersen, father of Ellef, says Amundsen sailed with Jens Amundsen and was the elder brother of Manold. Roy Amundsen, one of three sons, became a noted scholar and sailor who first navigated the Northwest Passage in a Norway built gasoline launch.
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Toledo, O
Toledo
Raald Amundsen
South Pole
Elief M. Peterson
East Broadway
Jens
Amundsen
Manold
Peter Peterson
Ellef
Roy
Northwest Passage
Norway
Ellef’ Petersen
Rapld Amundsen
Clommen
Sharpsbard
Forced vote on 1 6 R plan at constitutional convention
In Columbus Ohio the constitutional convention moves toward a forced vote on the 1.6 R plan with advocates pressing for first Reading Monday night. Robert Crosser and Solomon Johnson lead the majority and minority reports while debates on the short ballot proceed amid opposition from woman suffrage foes.
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Columbus
March
Solomon Johnson
Robert Crosser
E. L. Sampson
Ashtabula County
S. D. Fess
Greene County
Taft Decries Judicial Recall In Ohio Speech
President Taft canvassed Western and Northern Ohio on a rail-car tour, denouncing recall of judicial decisions as crude and dangerous to independence. Crowds waved American flags as he urged support for arbitration pacts and urged the people to back his policies, while acknowledging Senate rejection of the treaties.
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Taft
Senate
Great Britain
France
Ohio
Coliseum
Pittsburg
Alligance
Mansfield
Tiffin
Ely
Canton
Commerce Club
Hilles
Oledo
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Columbus
Priest Dies From Choking Spell in Milan Ohio
Special Dispatch reports Rev. Father Leon Lentsch longtime pastor of Milan St Anthony's church died suddenly last night after a choking spell bursting a blood vessel in Norwalk Ohio on March 8. The obituary notes his years of service and local parish leadership.
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Commercial Tribune
Norwalk, O
Leon Lentsch
Milan St.Anthony’s Church
Women’s suffrage and majority rule in the presidency
The passage argues that representative government thrives when each class has a voice and that unanimous vote is impossible. It notes a role for majority rule under the current system while predicting women’s suffrage will shape future elections. It emphasizes safeguarding individual and minority rights through fundamental law and constitutional limits.
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