City street names reshaped by mounting hill suburb plan
Cincinnati city street naming commission proposes romantic names for Mount Airy, College Hill, Madisonville, Carthage, Delhi, Sawyer Park and Fernbank to replace duplicated older streets. Four members, appointed by Mayor Schwab, draft new names aimed at easing annexation confusions and align with local history and flora.
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Shakespeare
Shakespeare Himsel
Sep
Porice
Mount Airy
College — Hill
Madisonville
Carthage
Delhi
Sawier Park
Fernbank
Cincinnati
Charles Frederic Goss
Harry G. Polunstford
John Ari Lfoyd
Schwab
Thaw Ly
Navy Sends Big Cruisers to Philippines for Training
The Navy Department ordered the Pacific fleet flagship California South Dakota and Colorado to proceed at once to the Philippines for an indefinite stay with target practice at Olongapo. The Maryland will join later, forming a powerful fleet in Chinese waters. The move aims to provide fleet and engineering training despite later returning to the west coast. A related cablegram reports 100 American sailors landed at Swatow amid fighting involving Hakkan tribes, with Americans reported safe.
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Washington
Navy Department
Philippine Islands
Orient
United States
Japan
Philippines
California
South Dakota
Colorado
Honolulu
Olongopo
Glacier
Maryland
Pacific Fleet
San Francisco
West Coast
Puget Sound
Knox
San Diego
Southerland
Murdock
China
Swatow
Monterey
Kwangtung Province
Defect in a Bomb Saves Judge's Life
New York March 16 An attempt to kill Judge Otto A Rosalsky by a bomb nearly succeeded tonight It was a defect in the bomb mechanism caused by dirt that saved him The device exploded later while being examined by Inspector Owen Kegan The judge had recently focused attention on the Brandt case and sentenced a burglar to 30 years The attack is the first of its kind against a judge in memory with investigators racing to identify the sender
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New York
Marén
Otto A. Rosalsky
Forte
Owen Kegan
Bureau of Combustibles
Brandt
Rosalsky
Mortimer L. Schift
Judge Rosalsky
Riverside Drive
Petek
Republicans Lose Leader By Death
John F. Hill, a Republican leader, has died. The party names him as a prominent figure and plans tributes as officials hail his public service and impact on local politics.
Hill dies. Maine ex-governor and RNC acting chair
John F. Hill former Maine governor and acting chairman of the Republican National Committee died in Boston after a weeklong heart illness. Born October 29 1855 he led Maine politics and business, married twice, and backed Taft. Rosewater named acting chair in New York pending convention results.
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Boston
Mass
John F. Hill
Maine
Republican National Committee
Hill
Mr. Hill
Lizzie G. Vickery
Fill
St. Louis
Laura Liggitt
Hiram S. Liggitt
Worman J. Coleman
Agriculture
President Cleveland
Taft
New England
Frank H. Hitchcock
National Committee
New York
John Fremont Hill
Victor Rosewater
Omaha Bee
Omaha
Nebraska
Rosewater
Wiftiam “Fase
Hiaggward
Chicago
the Bee
No vote taken on excise tax bill in house debates
The House took up the Democratic excise tax bill imposing a 1 percent levy on incomes over 5,000. A Tuesday vote was set by agreement. debate featured Rep. Longworth condemning the measure as unfair and unconstitutional while Insurgent Rep. Prouty of Iowa announced support for the bill.
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House
Prouty
Iowa
Jackson
Kansas
Weither
Carnegies
Rockefellers
Astors
Underwood
Garrett
Fermnesséee
Dem
Dickinson
Missouri
Senate
Falls 18 Stories In Chicago Masonic Temple
Chicago March 16 William Tacy Clow railroad clerk fell from an elevator on the eighteenth floor to the basement in the Masonic temple office building and was instantly killed. Initial reports suggested suicide but witnesses call it accidental. Due to suicides in the building heavy nets span the rotunda at the twelfth and fourth floors.
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Chicago
William Tacy Clow
Masonic Temple
Reverend McFarland Convicted in High School Secretary Death
Pittsburg March 16 The Rev Dr W D McFarland minister educator and former head of Pittsburg Central High School was found guilty by a jury in criminal court of causing the death of his former secretary Elsie Dodds Coe in January His attorneys filed an appeal to be argued on a date to be set next week
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Pittsburg
W. D. McFarland
Pittsburg Central High School
United Presbyterian Mission ‘Work
Greenville, Tenn
Elsie Dodds Coe
Former Cincinnati star stabbed in saloon during dispute
Robert Spade, 31, once a notable Cincinnati baseball pitcher, was stabbed four times in the back and slashed on the head at his Wade and John streets saloon. Daniel Evers, 45, 427 Mill street, is arrested on charges of cutting to kill after an argument with Spade’s bartender led to the confrontation. Spade’s condition is described as serious at the city hospital.
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Robert Spade
Cincinnati
Wade and
John Streets
Daniel Evers
Mill Street
Eut Spade
Beckroeger
Heisterman
Spade
Robert Clemons
Evers
Clemons
Spadesus
Ten Men Die As Patrician Wrecks Off Shelburne
Ten crewmen including Captain William Harding drowned when the American fishing schooner Patrician foundered on Hull Rock near Jordan Bay, Shelburne, during a fierce southwest storm. Survivors reached shore at Jordan Bay after a perilous night at sea. the schooner carried 7000 pounds of fish and was owned by Parker of Gloucester.
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Shelburne
N. S
Hull Rock
Jordan Bay
William Harding
Harding
Dull Rock
Parker
Gloucester
Southeast floods cause millions in damage across railways
Reports from Atlanta indicate heavy property damage across the Southeast after two days of terrific rains. Rivers and streams are out of banks, rail traffic is demoralized, and early estimates place losses in the millions as further reports arrive.
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Atlanta
World's Fourth Tallest To Rise In Cincinnati
A planned thirty four story building named Union Central will rise at Vine Street and Fourth Avenue, promising a height of 495 feet and becoming the world’s fourth tallest. The project eclipses older pillars like the old post office and Chamber of Commerce, famed for architectural ingenuity.
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Cincinnati
Union. Central
Vine Street
Fourth - Avenue
Baker Street
Woolworth
Metropolitan
Singeree
New York City
Fourth, Avenue
Vine ‘Street
Fourth Avenue
Imen
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
St. Louis
Baltimore
Ohio GOP split over Brown plan for at large delegates
The Commercial Tribune reports Ohio Republicans reject Walter Brown's plan to elect six national convention delegates at large by the 42 congressional district delegates. Chairman Laylin says the plan violates the national committee call and would delay the state convention to avoid intra party bitterness. The article also notes the cost and details of a landmark Union Central Insurance building project in Cincinnati.
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Laylin
Republican State Executive
Commercial Tribune
Bureau
Harrison Building
National Republican Committee
Lewis C. Laylin
Republican State Executive Committee
Walter F. Brown
Ohio
Roosevelt Keeps Secret of New York Visit
Col Roosevelt returns to Sagamore Hill after a New York conference with political lieutenants. He plans to stay in the city most of next week and will not reveal the conference results. Dixon remains in charge of Roosevelt forces with McHarg mentioned as possible successor. Roosevelt denies knowledge of McHarg and cautions about convention outcomes. He notes only five naturalists as guests tonight.
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N. Y
New York
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Dixon
Ormsby McHarg
South
Washington
Cicago
Chicago
Glasscock
West Virginia
Last Chapter Is Maine Tragedy Sinking Of Wrecked Ship In Havana Harbor
In Havana on March 16 the old battleship Maine, raised after fourteen years, sank to a depth of 600 fathoms with colors flying. A formal ceremony completed the transfer of heroic dead, then the Maine Commission and escorts sent her to sea in a somber procession as minute guns boomed and a floral tribute covered deck.
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Julio de Cardenas
W. H. Bixby
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North Carolina
Birmingham
Cabanas
Navy
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Arthur M. Beaupre
Legation
Bixby
William M. Black
Mason M. Patrick
Harley. B. Ferguson
Maine Commission
John O’brien
Johnny
Dauntless
Maline
Minute Guns
Saadald Squadron
Eut
Harvey
Yara
Enrique
Villuendas
de Octubre
United States Engineers
Barnard
4Ne
Carbonell
Auto Skids Into Lamp Post Wounding Three
In State avenue early today a southbound auto carrying Robert De Voe and residents of May and East Liberty streets skidded to avoid a northbound streetcar. It crashed into an iron gas lamp post, injuring Mrs. Stratton severely with a fractured skull and multiple bruises. Mr. Stratton suffered serious facial and body cuts. De Voe had head injuries but is not believed seriously harmed. Miss Reiter was uninjured. The car, owned by United States Motor Truck Co and driven by De Voe, was at city hospital, where Mrs. Stratton’s condition was described as grave.
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State Avenue
Robert de Voe
May Street
Oak
Walnut Hills
Harry Stratton
East Liberty Street
Gertrude Reiters
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