Dow tax clerk Baschang found guilty of bribery
The jury found Jacob Baschang former Dow tax clerk guilty of soliciting and accepting bribes in a five day trial. Judge Gorman will sentence today as the courtroom crowd watched the verdict and discussions of a possible new trial proceeded.
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Gorman
Baschang
Dwyer
Thorndyke
Circuit Court
Common Pleas
A. J. Glazier
Despres
Avery
Scores
Fairmount Brewing Company
Ming
Langdon tax bill die in Ohio house scrapped
The Langdon tax bill to codify revise Ohio taxation died in the house. A substitute measure will be introduced. Democrats accused Republicans of blocking the bill while plans surfaced to extend the state tax commission and cut corporate taxes. Other action included election bill postponement and repeal moves affecting canal electric rights and city ward council limits.
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Hollinger
Washington County
Assembly
State Tax Commission
Sawicki
Cleveland
Calvey
Smith
Butler
Miami and Erie Canal
Friebolin
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Fulton
Licking County
Friends of the Bill
State Commission
Donson
Dayton
Connaughton
Committee On Judiciary
State Liability Commission
Reid
Fayette County
Thomas
Wood County
Reer
Woodworth
Athens
Ohio
Strike orders issued in Ohio sub district
President T. L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers announced orders for a strike in the Fifth sub district of Ohio. The walkout will start at the close of the mining day tomorrow and involve about 10,000 men in the Tuscarawas and parts of the Pittsburg fields. Some companies plan to fill contracts with coal from West Virginia mines.
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Wheeling
W. Va
T. L. Lewis
The
United Mineworkers
Ohio
Lewis
Tuscarawas
Pittsburg
West Virginia
Grey Affirms Words Misconstrued On Arbitration Plan
London March 17 Sir Edward Grey clarified his stance on international arbitration at an International Arbitration league banquet. He warned against reading a general Anglo American treaty as a defensive alliance and urged avoiding narrow limits that could sap the treaty’s wider peace aims. He stressed progress comes from public opinion and voluntary momentum rather than coercion.
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London
Sir Edward Grey
International Arbitration League
House of Commons
Taft
United States
Denmark to Accept U S Arbitration Commission Invitation
The Danish foreign office announced it will accept the American invitation to appoint a commission authorized by Congress to promote arbitration among nations and the limitation of armaments.
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Copenhagen
Danish Foreign Office
Peace Bureau
Berne
Switzerland
Denmark
Congress
Farmers Beat The Municipal Ownership Bill In Toledo
Mayor Brand Whitlock calls for immediate negotiations on the street railway franchise crisis. He pushes for a three cent fare with universal transfers, city routing control, new-line extensions, and municipal ownership of utilities, while criticizing rural legislators and opposing a tax-shifting rebate scheme.
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Brand Whitlock
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Whitlock
Adams County
From Hair to Stockings The Searchers Sixty
The Lusitania voyage story reports Mrs. Hull and her daughter were forced to disrobe in a stateroom during a customs search for a supposed diamond necklace. The inspector seized goods valued under 150 dollars due to undervaluation claims while the Hull family disputed the actions as overreach.
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New York
Joseph Hull
Savannah
South
Alk Hull
Nina W
Ty Holder
Hull
Eliza Li
Loeb
Daniel
Hulls
Daniel Hull
Eliza
Paris
Law
Department of the Customs House
Chants’ Nationalk Bank
Iof
Thevannah Trust Company
Central Railway of Georgia
Russians Test Mobilization As Troops Move Toward China
St Petersburg March 17. Large bodies of Russian troops head toward China, concentrated at Sharkent about sixty miles west of Kulja. An official communique calls the movement a mobilization test.
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ST. Petersburg
China
Sharkent
Kulja
Texas Congressman Burgess Seriously Ill in Gonzales
Congressman George F. Burgess, Democrat of the Ninth Texas district, is in serious condition at the Plaza hotel in Gonzales after suffering a partial stroke of paralysis. He was reported critically ill today with the ailment impacting his health.
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Gonzales
Tex
George F. Burgess
Texas
Plaza
Fire explosion at Minn Billiard Co injures eleven in Milwaukee
A fire at the Minn Billiard company plant in Milwaukee caused $100000 in damage and eleven workers were hospitalized with severe burns and injuries. One man is believed dead after an explosion likely sparked by sawdust and machine sparks. Three men were blown from a window as flames spread.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Minn Billiard Company
Death by suicide shocks Parr's limited manager in London
London March 17 Reuters reports the death by self infliction of R F Carnegie, manager of the Tombard Street branch of Parr's Limited. Officials say the institution's affairs are in perfect order and no immediate financial distress is evident.
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London
R. F. Carnegie
Tombard Street
Parr's Limited
Merchants & Miners Transportation Guilty of Freight Rate Discrimination
In Savannah on March 17 the Merchants and Miners Transportation company was found guilty of discriminating in freight rates in violation of the interstate commerce law. The Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line Railroad companies pleaded guilty to the same charge.
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Savannah
Merchants & Miners’’ Transportation Company
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Representative Ballou Capron Dies in Rhode Island
Adin Ballou Capron former representative from the Second Rhode Island district died at his home in Stillwater on March 17 He was born in 1841 and served as a Civil War signal corps officer retiring as a major He was seven times elected to Congress as a Republican
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Stillwater
R. I
Adin Ballou Capron
Congress
Tony
Mr. Capron
Signal Corps
Elopement Leads to Arrest in Cincinnati Family Drama
A 21 year old Arthur Elmer aroused a Cincinnati father's ire by eloping with 16 year old Ethel Pick. The couple reportedly wed Monday by Squire Gleason before the mother’s illness and the father filed a juvenile court warrant. Ethel's family home on Colerain avenue was involved. Elmer worked at a local chair factory. The incident followed internal family tensions and a prior quarrel over the marriage.
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Cincinnati
William Pick
Colerain Avenue
Arthur Elmer
Kimner
Norning
Squire Gleason
Lochinvar
Lochither
Ethel Pick
William J. Pick
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pick
Fred Lubke
Cook Street
Camp Washington
Diaz Warned Disorder Must Cease Across Border
Lexington man major in the army of Madero declares 100,000 soldiers could not preserve neutrality on the border. The warning emphasizes strict order and neutrality near the disputed region.
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Diaz
Kentucky man claims Mexican rebels will win in ninety days
A Lexington resident purports to be Major George Zimmerman of General Madero's army in Mexico. He asserts 100000 U.S. soldiers cannot stay neutral on the border and vows to raise a black flag in retaliation for Diaz. He says the rebels will win in ninety days and asks for recruits and arms.
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Sona
Madero
Mexico
Diaz
Smeller
Tex
la Libertad
United States
Viva Madero
Congress
Japan
Texas
Readiness Orders for Carter Division Spark Debate
Washington sent word General Carter's maneuver division must stand by for field action within two hours with full rations tents and ammunition though officers doubt a drill purpose. Press coverage and local opinions question motives as critics warn against overreacting to a potential clash with Mexico or Japan amid ongoing maneuvers.
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San Antonio
Tex
Washington
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Marcus Kavanaugh
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