Annexation Tension Between Cincinnati and Pleasant Ridge
The Pleasant Ridge vote to join Cincinnati faces doubt as Mayor Hunt and Service Director Price are blamed for unsettled terms. The Pleasant Ridge Welfare Association motions to ensure promises made by city leaders are kept, urging specific executives to secure a binding annexation contract or withdraw. The April 9 meeting at Pleasant Ridge town hall will address the resolutions and next steps.
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Pleasant Ridge
Commercial Tribune
The
Commercial Association
Federated Improvements Associations of
Cincinnati
Delhi
Sayler Park
Carthage
College Hill
Mount Washington
California
War Munitions To Be Held Up Under Plan To Aid Mexico
The United States acts to curb arms exports to Mexico and Pan American revolutions. President Taft seeks discretionary power to halt munitions shipments, backed by Senator Root and a Senate resolution. Major General Wood expects tighter border enforcement, while Justice Department monitors exports for unlawful shipments. Mexican officials express satisfaction at the move.
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Mexico
Washington
Pan-America
United States
Senate
Taft
House
Burleson
Texas
Treasury Department
War Department
Latin America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pan- America
Senator Root
Juarez
México
Wood
Army
Department of Justice
Calero
Department of Foreign Relations
Root
United States Senate
Three Negroes Lynched Near Olar South Carolina
In Columbia South Carolina March 13 three African American men were lynched by a mob near Olar after being accused of arson at a house tied to a series of recent fires. Details are scarce and unconfirmed.
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South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Olar
S.C
La Follette Outlines Campaign Platform in Wisconsin
United States Senator Robert M. La Follette announces his campaign platform in Madison on March 13. He advocates initiative referendum recall direct nominations and elections for states and nation, government ownership of express companies, graduated income and inheritance taxes, and opposes ship subsidy Aldrich currency plan and Canadian reciprocity. He notes he will not discuss all issues in depth at this time.
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Madison
Wis
United States
Robert M. la Follette
la Follette
Mexico greets US senate action on Root measure
Mexican officials express gratification as the United States senate adopts the Root measure. Since revolutionary forces seized Juarez, the Madera administration has awaited Washington’s move with confidence, and the formal adoption signals a new alignments between Mexico and the United States.
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Mexico
City
United States Senate
Juarez
Madero
Washington
Taft Leads in Race for Delegates in Early Returns
The Commercial Tribune reports Taft with 121 delegates, Cummins 2, Roosevelt 1, from 124 selected so far. Indiana First district expected to favor Taft, Roosevelt headquarters dispute over totals. Roosevelt claims 10 to 12 delegates yet to be confirmed. Taft over 100 pledged. Highlights include Bev eridge speech in Indianapolis and California and Michigan defections signaling shift toward Taft.
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Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt National
Indiana
Beveridge
Tomlinson Hall
Indianapolis
Roosevelt National Headquarters
Wreck of Twentieth Century Limited Wounds Thirteen
Thirteen injured in the Hyde Park wreck of the first section of the southbound Twentieth Century Limited near Poughkeepsie New York after a broken rail derailed four cars. Ice in the Hudson kept cars from sinking. several passengers were rescued while others received medical care, conductor Frank Lee aided a second section.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York Central
Hyde Park
Hudson
New York Central Railroad
August Keachs
Chicago
Ben Wolf
U. S
Ottenheim
Tolédo
Klines
Fred B. ‘Wheeler
Jennie McMicken
Mount Auburn
Cincinnati
Thomas C. Williard
Cleveland
C. C. Reddington
J. R. Strong
New York
E. S. Keefer
Elizabeth
N. J
New
William Lewis Greeley
A. B. White
Patrick M. Sweeney
Brooklyn
Helen Strobridge
Dickinson
New York City
Frank Lee
Lee
J. J. Burnett
Stubbs Accuses Taft in Kansas Primary Fight
Topeka March 13 Gov Stubbs charges that Taft appointees employ thoroughly disreputable methods to defeat the presidential primary in Kansas. He declares federal officers are working to secure Taft's renomination. The fiery letter outlines alleged interference and political maneuvering affecting the contest.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Cost of living far outstrips wage increases
Washington reports that European expenses exceed wage gains, prompting cooperative societies to aid consumers. A State Department summary to Congress notes cost of living rising worldwide, with even higher prices for food and daily essentials, while wages lag behind. The president cites a push for consumer cooperation based on early consular reports.
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Washington
Ina
Congress
Department
Huntington Wilson
Department of State
The Powers of Pillage Fight Col Roosevelt
In Indianapolis March 13 Beveridge denounces Roosevelt foes as nonpartisan but opposed to Roosevelt for the Republican nomination. He praises Roosevelt and urges support, arguing the nation’s welfare hinges on the forward movement led by Roosevelt and the need to beat Democratic opposition. The speech asserts past success and warns against nominating any weaker candidate.
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Indianapolia
Ind
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
United States
Albert J. Beveridge
Mr. Beveridge
Supreme Court of American Public Opinion
Beveridge
Theodore’ Roosevelt
Three Dead in Wreck Near Albuquerque
Three are dead five missing and a score injured in a wreck near Albuquerque New Mexico. Authorities report five missing and a large number of casualties as rescue teams search the debris through the night.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Canton Scene of Bloody Battle
Hong Kong reports four gun boats sent to Canton as insurgents grow to about 28 000. Eyewitnesses describe terrible scenes with shells wrecking homes and the British gunboat Kinshaw damaged. Leaders seek to attack Sha Meen to prompt international intervention. a Cleveland wireless dispatch says American visitors are barred from landing.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Kinshaw
Sha-Meen
Cleveland
New York
Arabs suffer massive losses in Benghazi clashes
Reports from Benghazi and Constantinople claim over 1,000 Arabs killed and about 1,000 wounded in battles near Fejat and Tobruk. Italian casualties cited as 3 officers and 25 soldiers killed with 7 officers and 55 soldiers wounded. Turkish commander Edhem Pasha asserts a Turkish Arab victory near Tobruk with Italian losses around 2,000.
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Constantinople
Edahem Pasha
Benghazi
Turkish War Ministry
Tobruk
Edhem Pasha
Eshem Pasha
Gay
Fejat
Indicted Labor Leaders to Be Tried Together
Federal officials say the defendants indicted for violation of statutes governing transportation of explosives must be tried in one case on October 1. Judge A B Anderson issued the final ruling after hearing defense arguments for separate trials.
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A. B. Anderson
Verdict Declares State Senator Andrews Guilty in Bribery Case
COLUMBUS March 13 Jury verdict finds State Senator La Forest R. Andrews of Ironton guilty on bribery charges connected to an insurance bill. Trial before Judge Dillon lasted ten days with three hours of deliberation. Witnesses included Chicago detective Frank Harrison Smiley. Sentencing to follow possible new trial motions next week amid emotional courtroom scenes.
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Columbus
la Forest
R. Andrews
Rodney J. Wriegle
Senate
Andrews
Frank Harrison Smiley
Chicago
Ohio Manufacturers’ Association
Smiley
Isaac Huffman
Butler
Hufffman
Cetone
Dayton
Ohio
Dillon Sémé
Express Messenger Kills Bandits to Prevent Train Hold-up
In Texas near the Mexican border, Wells Fargo messenger David A. Trousdale killed two highwaymen during an attempted hold-up of Southern Pacific train No. 9 east of Sanderson, while a third bandit remained at large. Trousdale distracted one robber with a ruse and struck with a mallet, then fired on the other when he reentered the car. The robbers, Americans, were killed. the mail car was emptied but nothing else taken. Trousdale, 32, a Tennessee native, had worked in San Antonio Wells Fargo offices.
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W. A. Cameron
Chicago
Cameron
Albany
Brocken
Benghaazi
Tripolitania
Fejat
San Antonio
Tex
Wells-Fargo Express
Cee
Southern Pacific
Big Bend
Texas
Sanderson
Terrell County
David A. Trousdale
San ‘Antonio
Express Company
Trousdale
Rio Grande
Frank
Dryden
Grosh
Mexico
Tennessee
Wells-Fargo Company
Lobby charge defeats pipe bill in Mono National Forest
Washington March 13. The House defeated 98 to 27 a measure allowing Hydro Electric to lay a pipeline across part of the Mono national forest California amid charges that a powerful lobby and the water power trust influenced the vote. Opponents warned it would nullify national domain laws.
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Washington
House
Hydro-electric Company
Mono National Forest Reservation
California
Water-Power Trust
Mann
Mann, Representative Lever
South Carolina
James
Kentucky
Lenroot
Cooper
Wisconsin
Balloon Leaves On Long Distance Flight From San Antonio
J H Wade of Cleveland launched his balloon The Buckeye at 7 25 pm from San Antonio aiming to break the world long distance record. He took a northerly course with Tom of San Antonio as aide while W D Wiman and C F Willman followed by car for about 100 miles in support.
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San Antonio
Tex
J. H. Wade
Cleveland
Tom
W. D. Wiman
Ana c. F-2
Grace Reported by Doctors to be Dying
Eugene F E Grace, a young businessman shot at his home, was said by doctors to be dying this afternoon but later reported resting easy. His wife Daisy Opie Grace remains jailed on the shooting charge as relatives and lawyers rush to his bedside in Atlants.
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Eugene FE. Grace
Daisy Opie Grace
Grace
Pioneer Ohio Clergyman Called to His Reward
Rev. G. Z. Mechting, 83, died in Hamilton Ohio after two weeks of pneumonia. He was the oldest active clergyman in the state and had served in this county since before the Civil War. He marked his eighty third birthday on February 19 and had been a gospel minister for fifty five years. A planned celebration was canceled due to illness.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
G. Z. Mechting
Gospat
Pitney Confirmed by the Senate for Supreme Court Seat
Washington March 13 Mahlon Pitney chancellor of New Jersey and Tafts nominee to succeed the late Justice Harlan on the Supreme Court was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 26 to 3 The session extended two hours amid a vigorous fight over his glassblowers strike decision Senators Bourne Bristow Kenyon Cummings Poindexter Bacon Bryan Chamberlain Culberson Gardner Gore Hitchock Johnson Kern Lea Myers Newlands OGorman Pomerene Reed Shively Smith Georgia Smith South Carolina Taylor Williams opposed the nomination
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Mahlon Pitney
New Jersey
Taft
Harlan
Supreme Court
Senate
Justice Pitney
Mr. Pitney
Bourne
Bristow
Kenyon
iCummings
Poindexter
Bacon
Bryan
Chamberlain
Culberson
Gardner
Gore
Hitchcock
Johnson
Kern
Lea
Myers
Newlands
O’gommian
Pomerene
Ray Reed
Shively
Smith
Georgia
South Carolina
Taylor
Williams
Exec
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Price
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George F. Dieterle
C. Goodale
Bradstreet’s
Carl Dehoney
the Commercial Association
David Davis
the Common Pleas
James K. Morrison
Torney
Joseph Heintzman
of Cincinnati
Victor T. Price
Public Service
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Messrs
George Reiter
Elmer Durrell
John
J. Acomb
South
Lafollette
Hays
Curtin
Sonora County
Michigan
Doty
Pontiac
FLYER
Twentieth Century Limited
Stubbs
State Department
Col. Roosevelt
Sive
Gorman
Tripoli
Ohio State
Water Power Concern
National Forest
Tariff Board
No Smelter Trust
Lever
Baker
C. B. Smith
Wickersham
Pitney
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