Ouester of the Big Four Hinted in Ohio Charter Probe
Attorney Louis B Sawyer warns of ouster proceedings against the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway for charter violations. He alleges no executive officials reside in Cincinnati as required, pointing to executives in New York and Washington. Sawyer requests Ohio Attorney General Hogan act or face court action.
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Louis B. Sawyer
Edgar Street Cooke
Leonard J. Hackney
Big Four Railroad Company
Big Four
Ohio
Sawyer
Timothy Hogan
Attorney General
Cincinnati
State of
City of
New York
State of New York
City
Road
Corporation
Washington, D. C
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
New York City
Hogan
Siri
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway
Direct Form of Initiative Dies in Ohio Convention
Ohio constitutional delegates say direct initiative is a dead issue with most likely rejection next week. Vice President Fess notes pending propositions will be tabled and new measures offered to seek a compromise. Delegate Miller vows to back Bigelow removal if arbitration fails, while four speakers oppose direct initiative citing risks to urban migration and costs of living.
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Columbus
Fess
Bigelow
Miller
Fairfield County
Marshall
Coshocton County
Dwyer
Montgomery County
Beyer
Hancock County
Longstreth
Hocking County
Hancock
Council Raises Questions Over New Social Department
Dr Geier defends a city social department as necessary while council questions the value and cost of two proposed social investigators at 1500 and 600. Debate over outside experts, home talent, and why an independent investigator is paid 1500 unfolds amid party politics and calls for further committee review.
200000 Men Ready to Quit the Coal Mines
Negotiations between 200000 miners in Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois and mine operators over wage differences were postponed to next Tuesday. Both sides aimed for an April 1 wage change to avoid mine shutdowns. The miners rejected a compromise and insisted on a wage increase, warning they would quit by March unless advances are granted.
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Cleveland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Government’s minimum wage bill advances in Commons
London March 22 The government’s minimum wage bill introduced by Premier Asquith passed the committee stage in the Commons to 1:20 pm largely in its original form. Amendments were defeated and it remains unsure if the measure will become law or be dropped amid hopes for a coal strike settlement. The strike movement appears to be weakening as workers seek to return to work.
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London
Asquith
Fall River Mills Accept 10 Percent Wage Increase
Fall River Mass March 22 unions affiliated with the Textile council vote unanimously to accept a 10 percent wage rise offered by manufacturers. Thousands of operatives including weavers spinners and related workers will benefit as mills across the area adopt the increase following prior rejection of a 5 percent offer.
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Fall River
Mass
Textile Council
Fund to Build for Women’s Work at University
Cincinnati area residents are urged to donate $1 each to fund a building for women’s work at the University of Cincinnati. County Prosecutor Thomas I. Pogue plans to organize and head a donor list with Miss Emily McVea, dean of the women’s department, guiding the project. He envisions a $50,000 building with an endowment for ongoing management to improve club and advanced women’s activities.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Thomas I. Pogue
Business Men's Club
Emily McVea
University
McVea
Japanese Expedition Reports No Sign Of Scott
Wellington March 23. The Japanese sdeee expedition returned here today reporting no sight of Captain Robert F. Scott's British polar party. All aboard the Kainan Maru are well. The crew worked mainly in coastal exploration along King Edward Land.
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Wellington
Robert F. Scott
King Edward Land
Gypsy Boy Charged In $12000 St Louis Theft Case
George Nicholas, 15, a Gypsy residing in St Louis, is held on complicity charges in the $12,000 theft from Melish Virdo. He says two men threatened him with an ax to seize the money from Virdo’s tent. The trio traveled to Cincinnati and back, with Nicholas accused of aiding the extraction and given new clothes before arrest. Detective Chief Crawford questions him as St Louis authorities request requisition papers.
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Melish Virdo
St. Louis
George Nicholas
Kruse
Crawford
Young Nicholas
K@se
Viido
Nicholas
Vicdo
Cincinnati
Grand Central Depot
Joseph Kennedy
John Burns
Denver
Col
Miss Sucher Awarded $15,000 in Suit Against Burger
Lilian Sucher was awarded $15,000 by a jury in Judge Cushing's court for breach of promise against department store merchant William Burger. After closing arguments and jury instruction, the verdict was read amid smiles as she left with her mother and lawyers.
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Burger
Lilian Sucher
Miss Sucher
Youths Accused of Killing Uncle in Kentucky
In Greenup Kentucky two brothers James and Albert Riley were arrested and charged with the assassination of their uncle Robert Riley a wealthy stockman found dead with multiple bullet wounds on a lonely road last Monday. The case has drawn crowds as families on both sides are prominent locals.
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Greenup
James
Albert Riley
Robert ‘Riley
Riley
Kentucky
Coal Dealers Association to Be Probed
The Department of Justice contemplates an investigation into coal dealers associations in the Northwest alleged to have conspired to keep coal prices high in violation of the Sherman antitrust law. No inquiry into a coal mining and transportation trust has begun, though suits against anthracite producers and carriers and against bituminous firms are pending in federal courts.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Northwest
Supreme Court of the United States
Columbus
Great Lakes
Chicago
Coal Inquiry Rumors Signal Price Fix Probe
Chicago reports that government agents have collected statistics on the coal trade after an order from Washington. Rumors say charges will claim large coal producers and their selling agents conspired to maintain a fixed price. A hearing may follow Congressman Steenerson of Wisconsin’s request for investigation.
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Chicago
Washington
Steenerson
Wisconsin
Huffman and wife on stand in his trial
In Columbus on March 22 the trial of State Senator Isaac E. Huffman intensified as his wife and witness list testified. Detective Burns defended Frank Harrison Smiley’s reputation, while Sen Cetone and Huffman disputed their knowledge of Smiley. Alibi accounts from Deaton and Mrs Huffman framed timelines, with Huffman denying bribery and any prior knowledge of Smiley.
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Columbus.o
Isaac E. Huffman
Frank Harrison
Smiley
William J. Burns
Cetone
Senator Huffman
Wiliam J. Burns
Mrs. Huffman
Burns
Frank Harrison Smiley
Belcher
Lorimer
Washington
8S. B. McGuire
Canal Dover
Senate
McGuire
Huffman
Deaton
Senate Rallway and Telegraph Committee
Taxation Committee
Khowaeder
TRACTION LINE CRASH FATALS TWO IN FORTVILLE
A collision on the Indiana Union Traction line near Fortville left two people dead and over thirty injured. Heavily charged wires and overheating heaters caused fires as rails carried two crowded cars at about twenty miles per hour. Rescuers aided the injured, with help from a Big Four freight crew and a trainee nurse.
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Fortville
Ind
Indiana Union Traction Company
Winifred Kelly
Fortuitté
Indianapolis
Traction Line
W. C. Robbins
Detroit
Mich
M. le Leis
Robe Shelburn
Aero Ind
Frederick BE. Babscock
St. Louis
Train wreck in Oconee kills two on Central of Georgia
In Oconee Georgia on March 22 a Central of Georgia work crew of three struck near a train wreck, causing the deaths of engineer F Turner and trainman W L Sledge and injuring others.
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Oconee
Central of Georgia
F. Turner
W. L. Sledge
Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Train Derails Near Miamisburg
A Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton passenger train derailed about one and a half miles south of Miamisburg Ohio tonight. The engine and an empty sleeping car overturned while the remaining cars left the track. No fatalities are reported and casualties are expected to be small.
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Miamisburg
Cincins Nati
Hamilton
Train crashes into freight in Plymouth Indiana
South Bend March 22 A Erie and Western passenger train No crashed into a double header freight at Plymouth Indiana tonight. We of Peru brakeman of the consists leaped to safety and none of the passengers were seriously hurt. The engines were demolished.
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South Bend
Ind
Erie & Western
Plymouth
W. E of
Peru
Bribery Charge Probed in Maryland House Investigation
Annapolis Md March 22 The inquiry into the charge that state auditor-elect John F O Malley offered Delegate William Smallwood 2500 to vote against the seal option bill in the house has been substantiated enough to justify grand jury action in Anne Arundel county The house committee delivering a unanimous report announced the finding and recommendation for further action by the grand jury
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Annapolis
John F. O'Malley
Wiliam
Smallwood
Prince George
House of Deley
Anne Arundel County
House
Roosevelt Leaves for Maine on Campaign Trip
New York March 2 The Roosevelt party departed at 1 am for Portland Me where he will address a mass meeting. Cole Roosevelt arrived from Oyster Bay to prepare an appeal to Maine voters on the eve of the state primaries. The colonel traveled unaccompanied by a train crew and was met in Boston by Medill McCormick before continuing to Portland. He will spend only a few hours there before returning to New York Sunday morning and heading toward Saz for the Western leg.
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Roosevelt
Portland
Cole Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Maine
Boston
Medill McCormick
Ing
Saz
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