Bigelow Attacks Foraker at Grand Opera House
Herbert S. Bigelow assailed ex Senator Joseph B. Foraker at the Grand Opera House in Columbus, charging political vacillation and linking Archbold of Standard Oil to millions in deposits. Foraker denied backing initiative and referendum, demanding Bigelow publish a letter to prove his claims as the crowd heard a sharp exchange on state reform and political ethics.
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Bigelow
Senator Foraker
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Mr. Foraker
Archbold
United States
Diegle
Grandin Road
J. and
Woman Drops Dead in Columbus Depot
In Columbus Ohio on March 17 Mrs A W Brewster aged 55 collapsed and died in the Union station as she prepared to board a train returning to Lockwood. She had spent the winter in Jeffersonville Virginia seeking to regain health after months of illness.
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Columbus, O
Lockwood, G
A. W. Brewster
Mystery surrounds death of Mrs Beekman Lorillard
The body of Mrs Beekman Lorillard was found hanging yesterday in the Holland house and sent to Washington with relatives. Her husband Mr Lorillard and two friends followed her body after a late train. Relatives say motive is a complete mystery and believe a nervous affliction caused an impulse act. Funeral planned in Washington where her mother-in-law has a winter home.
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New York
Beekman Lorillard
Holland House
Washington
Louis Levillard
Lorillard
Anna B. Doyle
Search for murderers of officers continues in Nebraska
Lincoln March 17 officers persist in the belief that three Nebraska prison convicts who killed Warden Delahunty and two assistants during a jail break Thursday are in or between Lincoln and Omaha. They patrol rural roads and search hiding places after taking a boy to Twentieth and R streets to aid them but have not secured a definite trail.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
Delahunty
Lincoln
Omaha
Twentieth
R Streets
Body Found in Empty Coal Car in Scranton
In Scranton on March 17 Mrs. Julia Hapak, a young married woman, was found dead in an empty coal car near her home. Her throat was cut, a bread knife lay beside her. A tramp found her at daybreak and alerted others. eight hours later her husband Charles Hapak located a blood-stained outhouse clue prompting the final discovery of the body. Police investigate.
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Scranton
Julia Hapak
Charles Hapak
Rear Admiral Melville Dies of Paralysis
Rear Admiral George Wallace Melville U S N retired died at his Philadelphia home from paralysis at age 72. He led the Loyal Legion as national commander and was famed for Arctic exploration, engineering, and naval affairs. He served 16 years as chief of the navy bureau of steam engineering and took part in the Jeanette and Greely Arctic relief expeditions. He received degrees from University of Pennsylvania Harvard Georgetown and Stevens Institute and led the American Academy of Manual Engineers and American Society of Naval Engineers. Interment will be at Laurel Hill cemetery Wednesday.
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George Wallace Melville
Loyal Legion
Melville
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy Department
Navy
Greely
Arctic Circle
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard
Georgetown
Stevens Institute
American Academy of Manual Engineers
American Society of Naval Engineers
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Woman Burned In Rooming House Blaze Near Ninth Avenue
Miss Mary Hughes proprietor of a rooming and boarding house at 14 West Ninth avenue was burned about the face and head. Ospie Asbury, a roomer, narrowly escaped suffocation as a fire partially destroyed the building at noon yesterday. Police and firemen think a lace curtain blew against a gas stove in rooms occupied by John Siefers and wife on the second floor. The couple had left moments before discovery. A passing negro girl alerted Miss Hughes by screaming through the alley between Ninth avenue and Court street.
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Mary Ge Hughes
West
Ninth Avenue
Ospiie Asbury
John Siefers
Siefers
Court Street
Hogan ready for Huffman trial continues in Columbus
Attorney General Hogan announced the Huffman case will proceed without delay. Senator Isaac Huffman of Oxford faces trial after joint indictment with Ironton senator La Forrest R. Andrews, who was convicted last week of soliciting a bribe through a lobbyist. Judge Dillon to rule on Andrews motion for a new trial. Penalty for bribery by a public officer carries up to five years, or a $500 fine, or both.
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Mercial Tribune Bureau
Harrison Building
Columbus
Hogan
Isaac N. Huffman
Oxford
E. ©. Turner
Huffman
la Forrest R. Andrewsgof Ironton
Veteran coal operator dies of apoplexy in Pittsburg
James Jones aged 76, a veteran and well known coal operator in the Pittsburg district, died today from an apoplexy. He was one of the oldest figures in the local coal industry.
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Pittsburg
James Jones
Narrow escape from drowning in Shelby creek in Kentucky
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Whitesburg Kentucky on March 17 reports Wiley Quillen and Cora Quillen nearly drowned while riding from Pikeville as Shelby creek swelled. Sherman Quillen riding nearby rescued them just as they were sinking.
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Commercial Tribune
Whitesburg
Wiley Quillen
Cora Quillen
Pikeville
Shelby Creek
Sherman Quillen
Roosevelt outlines plan for limited campaign speeches
Colonel Roosevelt announced a campaign strategy featuring multiple short regional speeches rather than a nationwide tour. He detailed early stops in New York City, then the Midwest, New England, and Philadelphia with dates not fixed. He disputed reports of misrepresented primary results and projected at least twenty New York delegates while seeking a fair deal from the national committee.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
New York
Civic Forum
Middle West
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
St. Is
New England
Boston
Concord
O. H
Portland
Maine
Philadelphia
Newark
Colonel Frees
Taft
Beveridge
Indianapolis
Hadldy
Missouri
Kansas City
Samuel S. Koenig
Huntington
Roosevelt and LaFollette wage final Dakota outreach
In Grand Forks North Dakota March 17 managers for Colonel Roosevelt and Senator LaFollette intensified final efforts to mobilize the presidential primary vote. Campaigners used telephone telegraph and special mail to reach voters before Tuesday. LaFollette headed for Minot and Devils Lake to conclude his speaking tour tonight while Roosevelt's forces pressed on with last minute appeals.
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Roosevelt
Priest Guards Church After Riot At St. Michael's
In Cleveland on March 17 police guarded Father J. M. Paulus during a service at St. Michael's Catholic Church after riotous parishioners were driven out and eight people were arrested. Paulus had faced jeers over letters from Bishop Farrelly and the apostolic delegate, and threats of dynamiting prompted the police guard.
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Cleveland, O
J. M. Paulus
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Cleveland
Paulus
Farrelly
Washington
Fisher Placed On Roster Of Taft Speakers
Walter L. Fisher secretary of the interior is slated to speak for Taft’s renomination at Tomlinson Hall in Indianapolis and in Omaha Nebraska. The Indiana stop precedes the Republican state convention to choose delegates at large. The Indianapolis date likely falls late this week or Monday of next week. Fisher is described as a pronounced progressive and the talk would appeal to Indiana’s progressive wing.
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Indianapolis
Fisher
Indiana
Nagel
Tariff Bills Dominate Both Houses This Week
Washington March activity centers on tariff revisions as the House moves to pass the excise income tax bill and revise woolen schedules. Senate finance panel prepares an adverse report on the iron and steel bill. Debates over free wool and sugar stir Democratic divisions. House leaders push speedier action while hearings on chemical and sugar tariffs proceed. Senate votes loom on Stephenson and Lorimer cases amid split committee views.
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Congress
House
Senate
Finance Committee
House Iron .and Steel
Penrose
Emery
Tariff Board
Ways and Means
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Underwood
Woman Aviator Has Close Call in Exhibition Flight
Miss Matilda Moisant, sister of the late John B. Moisant, narrowly escaped death in Shreveport on a descent after an exhibition flight. Her monoplane struck the ground at a steep angle, bound into the air, and turned turtle. She emerged unhurt from the wreckage, saved by the iron pole supporting the machine’s guy wires which likely prevented a fatal crush. The monoplane was badly damaged.
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Shreveport
Matilda Moisant
John B. Moisant
Esca
Moisant
Muisant
Miss Booth
Eve
St. Gaudens
Ss Booth
Aeppeal
Women In Cincinnati Rally Heard Salvation Army Leader
Miss Evangeline Booth, commander in chief of the Salvation Army, spoke at Music Hall to a mass meeting linked to The World in Cincinnati. About 6,000 women and others filled the venue and overflow rooms as police closed doors for packed sessions and an outdoor gathering formed on the steps.
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Cincinnati
Evangeline C. Booth
Salvation Army of America
Music Hall
Audibrium
Ev. A
BE. Seagrave
Pageant Hall
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Band
Missionary Union of Cincinnati
Albert D. Shockley
W. E. M. Hackleman
Indianapolis
W. E. Lewis
Ss. E. Harruot
Miss Booth
Mrs. Thomas
Police Work on Rome King Plot Continues
Rome March 17 Several arrests were made in the attempt to assassinate King Victor Emmanuel last week. Nicholas Tacito a Roumanian linked to a plot reported by the Italian consul at Geneva was arrested in Rome. Antonio Dalba who fired at the king was questioned and said he acted alone. Some speculate Dalba’s mind may be affected by the Turco Italian war and he remarked on the front’s sailors being butchered.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Nicholas Tacito
Geneva
Giolitti
di San Giuliano
Tacito
Antonio Dalba
Dalba
Derna
Socrates of Broadway Dies at 82 in New York
George Arms known as the Socrates of Broadway dies at 82 after decades living in a Broadway hotel. A Civil War swordsman and world traveler, he hosted literary friends including Mark Twain. His private Curio collection was famed in New York.
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George Arms
New York
Socrates
Broadway
Mark Twain
Mr. Arms
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