Post-Election Outlook For City Governance And Appointments
The editorial analyzes the recent election and the expected post election focus on council lineups for commissions and the hiring of city officers. It praises mayor Dr. Koon and commissioners Hummelshire Schriver Eyerman and Eichelberger and urges a business like, merit based administration free of political pull. It pledges editorial independence and support for results oriented government.
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Koon
Powell
Hummelshire
Schriver
Eyerman
Eichelberger
New City Commission
Timely Topics Editorial Sparks and Satiric Dailies
A brisk editorial roundup notes praise for a new mayor and city commissioners, hints at ongoing Canal tolls debates, and wry takes on politics, law, and society. It lampoons figures from Carranza to Taft era figures, with quips on forgery, civil service moves, and rising living costs.
900-Foot Liner to Have Double Hull in British Service
The new 900 foot liner will be the largest in British service with a length of 900 feet and a displacement of 50 000 gross tons. The vessel features a double hull and represents a major expansion of maritime capacity for the British fleet.
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Tannic
Jerome Gets $25000 for Part in Thaw Case
Albany reports attorney general Carmody submitted a legislative bill detailing state expenses in pursuing Harry Thaw since his escape. The tally totals 43615, with 25000 as W T Jerome’s fee and 1250 for his costs, plus Canadian and New York fees for other counsel. A habeas corpus case looms before Judge Aldrich in Concord, with possible US Supreme Court appeal.
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Albany
Carmody
Harry Thaw
Mattewan
Jerome
Casgrain
Montreal
Hector Verret
Coaticook
Jacob Nicol
Sherbrooke
Jacob Hall
Contre and Fitch
Bernard Jacobs
Lancaster
N. H
John Lanyon
New York
Attorney General
Aldrich
Concord
United States Supreme Court
Jacobs
New Hampshire
Senate
Frawley
Ward
Buffalo
Goldman
Thaw
British political crisis forces cabinet over Home Rule and Ulster
London March 18 Asquith calls an extraordinary cabinet to discuss the Home Rule bill and Ulster Exclusion. The opposition plans a vote of censure this Thursday with expected bitter speeches attacking the premier for inaction on the Ulster Exclusion bill.
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London
Asquith
NO REVOLUTION PLAN SAYS CHIEF
Vincent St John, general secretary of the Industrial Workers of the World, dismissed reports of an unemployed army planning a revolution against the government. He said the IWW would not participate in such actions and aims to control industries, not the government.
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Chicago
Vincent St. John
Industrial Workers of the World
Forbes
California National Guard
St. John
Florida Knight Templar Convention Opens in Gainesville
Gainesville Florida March 18 Grand Commandery of Florida Knight Templar convenes in this city for a two day meeting starting today with officers and members attending from multiple districts.
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Gainesville
Fla
Grand Commandery of
Florida
Knighta Templar
Railroads Pray for Reforms and Record Breakers In 1909
The New Haven Railroad ends liquor sales on trains while the Tanganyika line in East Africa nears completion at 700 miles. Campbell retires from railway telegraphers to practice law in Detroit. Alaska’s US ownership exceeds 9 percent, while 10,000 miles of rail are needed for development. East railways push back against the New Jersey “extra crew” law. Delano announces McManus as Monon general superintendent moving to Lafayette. Erie builds a massive Malt locomotive for pusher service. Slater of the Southern Pacific retires after 50 years, credited with the automatic block signal. Western railroads expect 20,000 colonists to Southern California by April 15 spring rates. San Diego projected to receive a large share. Southern California literature demand rises as railroads publish extensive guides on Olive Growing and Hog profit.
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W. W. Slater
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railroad
Slater
Columbus, Piqua and
Indiana
Western Railroads
California
Sante Fe
San Diego
Five Die As Wall Collapses On St Louis Building
A west wall of the Missouri Athletic Club collapsed in high wind after a fatal fire a week earlier. At least five people were killed, 12 buried, and 10 injured when the wall crashed into a four story St. Louis Seed Company building, trapping workers and customers. Building officials had ordered crews out minutes earlier during salvage work.
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St. Louis
Derbris
Missouri Athletic Club
St. Louis Seed Company
McKelvey
Athletic Club
Last of Kelley’s Army Dispersed
Sacramento dated note reports General Charles Kelley’s unemployed army, 1,800 strong, marching from San Francisco to Washington has been dispersed. Deputies drove the camp at Yolo levee and Sheriff Monroe offered release to seven leaders if the group dispersed by nightfall. The faction split up, crossing the Sacramento river bridge and moving on, confined near the county line.
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Sacramento
Cal
Charles Kelley
Washington
San Francisco
Yolo Levee
Monroe
Yolo County
Sacramento River
Sacramento City
Federal boiler inspections cut locomotive fatalities
The Interstate Commerce Commission chief inspector reports a 60 percent drop in boiler related fatalities in the past year over 1912. One year saw 592 locomotive accidents and 54,522 locomotives ordered repaired for defective wheels before they could operate.
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Frank McManamy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nose Made of Rib Restores Face After Sawmill Accident
Ross Allen a young Canadian in Baltimore underwent a pioneering series of skin grafts. A nose crafted from his rib was strapped to his face after his features were stripped in a sawmill accident three years prior. surgeons report the latest forehead skin graft to form a new rosy nose was completed a week ago and Allen is doing well.
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Baltimore
Ross Allen
Allen
Berlin Balloonists Arrested by Russian Police
German aeronaut Hans Berliner and two companions are held at Kirgischansk in the Ural mountains since February 10 on suspicion of espionage after landing there in a spherical balloon. They reportedly traveled 1,863 miles from Bitterfeld setting a new distance record before their arrest.
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Berlin
Hans Berliner
Kirgischansk
Russia
Berliner
Ural Mountains
Bitterfeld
Germany
Mrs Goelet Granted Divorce in Newport Society Case
Mrs Elsie Whalen Goelet of New York and Newport was granted a divorce from Robert Goelet on grounds of extreme cruelty. Custody terms give the older son Ogden aged 6 to both parents jointly, while the younger son Peter aged 2 remains with the mother until he turns 6, then custody shared.
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Goelet
Newport
R. 1
Elsie Whalen Goelet
New York
Robert Goelet
Ogden
Peter
State convention of Royal Neighbors met in Temple
The State convention of the Order of Royal Neighbors of America gathers in Temple Texas on March 18 for the local event.
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Temple
Tex
the Order of Royal Neighbors of America
Ten Thousand Extra Men Help Repair Flood Damage
A broad collection of brief items notes ten thousand extra workers in southern California aiding flood recovery. The Southern Pacific railroad adds 2,000 emergency staff, with Los Angeles city and county supplying a similar number, reflecting widespread recovery efforts across the region.
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California
Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
Dallas (Tex
March 18 History: Act repeal and notable events
March 18 history notes the Stamp Act repeal with colonial binding rights, Gage seizing munitions in Boston, Campbell captured by Washington, Napoleon named King of Italy, Pittsburg’s city incorporation, Sulzer birth, Suez Canal taskings, Richmond Congress adjournment, Hamilton’s grandson dies, a deadly Southern Pacific explosion, King George Greece assassination, and 1913 French cabinet resignation.
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Boston
Sir Archibald Campbell
Washington
Napoleon Bonaparte
Italy
Pittsburg
William Sulzer
New York State
Suez Canal
Confederate Congress
Richmond
Schuyler Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
New York City
Southern Pacific R.R
King George
Greece
Salonica
Constantine
Grover Cleveland Biography Note
Grover Cleveland born March 18 1837 to English parents in Caldwell New Jersey. He later taught, studied law, graduated Union College in 1848 and entered politics as a Democrat. He married Frances Folsom in 1886, lived in Buffalo, served two terms as president from 1885 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897, died June 24 1908 in Princeton at age 71.
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Grover Cleveland
United States
Caldwell
N. J
Cleveland
Union College
Frances Folsom
Buffalo
Princeton
To Die Today: Ratz to Die for Bruggenrote Murder
Prince Rupert Saskatchewan notes Louis Ratz was found guilty of murdering Charles Bruggenrote and will receive the death penalty today in the local courthouse.
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Prince Rupert, Sask
Louis Ratz
Chas. Bruggenrote
Cincinnati Symphony to aid Mai Davis Smith in Buffalo
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra led by Dr. Ernst Kunwald will assist Mrs. Mai Davis Smith in the closing concert of her winter series in Buffalo. Kunwald, formerly associate conductor with Arthur Nikisch of the Berlin Philharmonic, relinquished that post to lead Cincinnati, which he has improved significantly.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Ernst Kunwald
Mai Davis Smith
Kumwald
Arthur Niklisch
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Cincinnati Orchestra
Engineers Talk on Better Roads in Missouri Meeting
St. Joseph Missouri March 18 the County Highway Engineers of Missouri open a three day meeting on better roads. State Highway Commissioner Fr W Buffum will address the gathering. Daniel B Luten of the American Society of Civil Engineers will speak on Hard Roads and Permanent Bridges and Curtis Hill city engineer Kansas City will discuss Culverts and Drainage.
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St. Joseph
County Highway Engineers of
Missouri
W. Buffum
Daniel B. Luten
American Society of Civil Egineers
Curtis Hill
Kansas City
Foreign Candy Making Exhibition in Philadelphia
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shows manuscript consular reports on confectionery and chocolate trade in foreign countries. Exhibits will run three days in Philadelphia, then move to another city for manufacturers and exporters to study.
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Philadelphia
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commercce
Southern Road Improvement Meeting Debates Road Types
The Good Roads gathering in Chapel Hill resumes with talks on sand-clay top-soil gravel roads macadam drainage bridges and culverts. An illustrated lecture on explosives will also be presented.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Conference Ends On Child Labor Law Talks In Jacksonville
The tenth annual conference of the National Child Labor Committee closes in Jacksonville after four days of discussion on child labor and law enforcement and the issuing of inspector instruction for better outcomes.
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Jacksonville
Fla
The
National Child Labor Committee
Mrs John Neager Dies in Saulsbury Pa
Mrs John Neager of Saulsbury Pa died Tuesday at her home. She is survived by two children. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Grantsville.
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John Neager
Saulsbury
Grantsville
Notice to Cumberland Press Subscribers
Parrons of The Cumberland Press request subscribers report any delay or irregularity in delivery. The paper aims to be timely with news and delivered before supper. Patrons should inform the office promptly of late or missing deliveries. the office is open each evening.
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Cumberland Press
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