Foraker Endorsed in Ohio Republican Meeting as Taft Favorites Grow
At a Columbus gathering of advisory and executive committees of the Ohio League of Republican clubs Senator Foraker won endorsements for re election to the Senate and for president with Taft supporters signaling a direct choice by Ohio Republicans. Absent Butler county sent no delegate while other party figures attended and the issue drew mixed reactions about future party direction.
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Columbus
Ohio
League of Republican Clubs
Foraker
Senate
Butler County
Frank P. Richter
Butler
Taft
Mushroom skyscraper built in a day proposed by Baldwin
Civil engineer F. W. Baldwin demonstrated at the AIA convention how Alexander Graham Bell's tetrahedral design could erect a skyscraper in a day. The model and lantern slides showed the tetrahedral method adaptable to apartments and tenement housing as well as office buildings.
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Chicago
F. W. Baldwin
American Institute of Architects
Baldwin
Alexander Graham Bell
Japan Likely to Limit Immigration to North America
Tokyo reports no formal action yet but indicates readiness to accept arguments by Ambassador O'Brien. Baron Ishii, foreign office commerce chief, is expected to arrive to study the issue and Japan may impose self decided limits on immigration to the United States and Canada.
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Tokyo
Canada
United States
Japan
O’brien
Baron Ishii
Bureau of Commerce
The
Foreign Office
America
Westinghouse to be returned to stockholders in weeks
In Pittsburg on November 21 plans are formed to take Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing from receivership and restore it to stockholders within six weeks or two months. The plan, favored by large creditors, has bank support and will be shared with smaller creditors for approval.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Young Rosa Stafford Freed by Court Over Teasing Phrase
Jackson Mississippi November 21 Rosa Stafford 11 was arrested in Alcorn County for saying Go to h you low down thing to another person. She was fined and her father appealed to the supreme court which ruled the words were not profanity. The court stated the words are not in any sense profanity and convey only an invitation.
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Jackson
Miss
Rosa Stafford
Alcorn County
Supreme Court
Teddy Bear Makers Push for Closed Shop Demand
New York November 1 The Teddy Bear Makers Union has announced a demand for a closed shop in the Teddy bear trade as Christmas approaches. The union began with the firm of Mich ton & Co which operates a Brooklyn factory.
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New York
Teddy Bear Makers’ Union
Jatent
Michton & Co
Brooklyn
Killed at crossing in Dayton on Wayne avenue
Dayton, November 21. Glazer Walker, 50, a cooper of 23 Madison street, was instantly killed by an eastbound Pennsylvania train while crossing the tracks at Wayne avenue. He leaves a family.
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Dayton, O
Divorce as Originally Granted Stands Hartje Failed
Philadelphia November 21. The divorce granted to Mrs. Hartje of Pittsburg will stand. The superior court refused to reopen the case and the verdict remains as delivered in the lower court. Hartje claimed new evidence in letters from his coachman and letters alleged to be written by Mrs. Hartje. She denied knowledge of them. The decision ends the case.
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Philadelphia
Hartje
Pittsburg
Washington puzzled by White House Roosevelt renomination edict
Washington insiders are mystified by a semi official move from the White House suggesting federal officeholders who aim to attend the national convention as delegates should not be instructed to vote for Roosevelt's renomination. The signal is interpreted differently by third term boosters and rival Republicans with other candidates in mind.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Johnson Aide Seeks National Committee Seat
Toledo report says Harry Garber, Democratic state committee chair, is pursuing Tom Johnson's position on the national committee after his post.
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Toledo
Harry Garber
Democratic State Committee
Tom Johnson
Evelyn Romadka Sentenced for Burglary to Joliet Penitentiary
Chicago reporter states Mrs. Evelyn Romadka was taken to Joliet penitentiary on November 2 to begin a sentence of one to twenty years for burglary.
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Chicago
Ill
Evelyn Romadka
Joliet
Sulzer's Park Burns In Harlem River Fire
Sulzer's Harlem River park known as an uptown Coney Island on the East Side at Hundred and Twenty-fifth street burned today. The fire caused an estimated loss of three hundred thousand dollars.
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New York
Sulzer
Harlem River Park
Coney Island
Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
Campaign Against Vice Aims to Revoke Majestic Hall License
Cincinnati officials under a brewery backed movement demand Mayor Dempsey revoke the Majestic concert hall license for 526 Vine Street. The push, led by Percy Andreae, Louis Hauck, and Ford J. Wetterer, signals a broader probe into nearby venues as a crusade to curb vice and crime under constant police scrutiny.
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Cincinnati, O
Cincinnati
Ohio Brewers’ Vigilance Bureau
Edward J. Dempsey
Majestic Concert Hall
Dan Bauer
Vine ‘Street
Percy Andreae
Louis Hauck
Ford J. Wetterer
Millikin
Oppenheimer
Centlemen
Dempsey
Majestic
Mauretania Delayed By Severe Storms On Maiden Trials
Reports from New York indicate Cunard liner Mauretania, larger than Lusitania and built by Swan & Hunter, was delayed by a fierce storm during trials. Captain J Pritchard directed recovery after an anchor broke free, as the ship approached Sandy Hook in a brisk 27.36 knot test run and prepared for an inaugural voyage.
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Cunard Line
Swan & Hunter
Wallsend
Lusitania
J. Pritchard
Carontia
New York
Cunard
Sandy Hook
Pritchard
Mauretania
Dishonest Dealers Only Ones To Fear Pure Food Laws
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry, defends pure food and drug laws in a Quill Club speech. He says legitimate business should not be ruined and praises reforms by major manufacturers, noting mislabeling harms the public. The time is coming for pure foods in every line.
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E. A. Jones
W. H. Meek
Dayton
State Board of School Examiners
State Board of Examiners
Meek
Mr. Jones
New York
Harvey W. Wiley
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Quill Club
Suicide by Gunther F. Schuchardt in Eden Park Cincinnati
Gunther F. Schuchardt secretary of the Cincinnati club died by self inflicted gunshot in Eden Park Cincinnati. His body was found on the grass between the shelter house and the road toward the reservoir by J J Henderson who was walking through the park.
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G. F. Schuchardt
Cincinnati Club
Cincinnati
Gunther F. Schuchardt
Melrose, Avenue
Oak Street
Lincoln Avenue
Walnut Hills
Eden Park
Shelter House
J. J. Henderson
Central Avenue
Acquittal in Dunklin County Murder Case Under Unwritten Law
Kennett Missouri November 21 jurors in the Dunklin county circuit court acquitted Aud McMunn in the Arch Brown murder case. The verdict came after the jury found sufficient grounds under the unwritten law to nullify the charges.
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Kennett, Mo
Dunkin County
Aud McMunn
Arch Brown
Judge orders new venire in Harrison county case
Georgetown Ky November 21 Judge Morris sustained the defense motion on the last division of the Harrison county venire ordering the last hundred men summoned dismissed and a new venire from Harrison county. He found no sustained charges of irregularity against sheriffs of Scott and Harrison but sought to avoid any suspicion of unfairness.
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Georgetown
Morris
Harrison County
Scott and Harrison
Glass in Jaw Recovery of Adams Express President’s Son
Locust Valley Nov. 21. Richard Weir son of Colonel Weir president of the Adams Express company has recovered from a singular operation. An ulcerated tooth destroyed part of his jawbone and surgeons replaced it with a piece of glass tubing. The operation was so successful Weir can now eat as well as ever.
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Locust Valley
L. L
Richard Weir
Colonel Weir
Adams Express Company
Weir
Freshmen Bound by Heidelberg Sophomores in Tiffin
In Tiffin Ohio Heidelberg sophomores captured bound and gagged six freshmen during a party last night. The freshmen freed their captives after a fierce scuffle and seven sophomores were captured before President Miller ordered their release amid tensions at the student event.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Heidelberg
Miller
Nebraska Prohibition Sentiment Surges Statewide
Lincoln Neb November 21 anti saloon and Sunday observance agitation is revived with strong sentiment across the state. The movement may push Nebraska toward prohibition and a revival of blue laws nationwide.
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Lincoln, Neb
Nebraska
New York Board Bans Hymns Mentioning Christ in Schools
The New York board of education ordered that no hymn or carol mentioning Christ or Christmas be sung in public schools. Teachers were instructed to prevent sectarian words, and song books are being revised to remove Christ and Christmas references. The move follows a year of Jewish complaints about sectarian celebration, with Abraham Stern leading the elementary committee.
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New York
Board of Education
Frank R. Rix
Abraham Stern
Powers Trial Seeks Jim Howard Aid in Testimony Prep
In Georgetown Kentucky on November 21 the Powers defense renewed a request to bring Jim Howard currently serving a life sentence to consult with Powers and his lawyers about testimony materials. Judge Morris granted the motion and ordered Howard brought at once. Sheriff Warring departed for Grant county to summon a special venue. Powers’ brother in law accompanied him to ensure a fair and impartial jury.
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Georgetown
Powers
Jim Howard
Morris
Howard
Warring
Grant County
Suit by Ella Barbour against L and N railroad dismissed
In Lexington Kentucky on November 21 the circuit court dismissed the 45000 suit of Ella M Barbour against the L and N railroad after settlement out of court. Barbour alleged she bought a Louisville to Lexington ticket for 125 and rode in a car full of men as the sole woman. she sought 5000 claiming the agent should have warned it was an all male excursion.
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Lexington
Ella M. Barbour
L, and N, Railroad
Louisville
Settlement Talks on Union Maid Tobacco Debts
Cincinnati Ohio November 21 creditors of the Union Maid Tobacco awaiting a compromise. A creditors meeting at Referee Grieve's office was postponed to November 27 as plans to settle face unfavorable conditions and remain incomplete.
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Cincinnati
Union Maid Tobacco
Grieve
Land wins mayoral backing for Fifth district congress seat
Ottawa Ohio November 21 with the announcement that Hon A P Land of Ottawa will be the democratic candidate for congressman from the Fifth district at the next convention he has the united support of Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland.
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Ottawa
A. P. Land
Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Thayer Dies in Butte at 67 of Apoplexy
Colonel Atherton Thayer a noted dramatic critic and familiar figure in eastern theatrical and fraternal circles died in Butte Montana at age 67 from apoplexy yesterday.
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Butte
Mont
Atherton Thayer
Federal ownership telegraph line proposal debated
Norfolk Virginia November 21 the American Federation of Labor urged adoption of a resolution endorsing government ownership of telegraph lines by building a federal line between Washington and New York as part of an experiment in public control.
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Norfolk
American Federation of Labor
Washington
New York
Civil War veteran Captain Wilson Foster commits suicide in Manchester
Captain Wilson Foster aged 70 a Civil War veteran and active in Masonic and G A R circles shot himself in his brother's Manchester Ohio home dying instantly Police said Foster a resident of Adams county had been visiting when he killed himself with a firearm resulting in a sudden death report from Manchester Ohio Nev.
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Manchester
Nev
Wilson Foster
Adams County
Masonic
Grace Pope Located Safe in Middletown
Grace Pope a 15 year old of Sevenmile was found in Middletown sailing under the name Grace Holden. Chief Kelley located her and she will be returned to her parents after police were notified of the detention in that city.
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Grace Pope
Sevenmile
Middletown
Kelley
Grace Holden
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