Taft urges Congress to pass ship subsidy bill and reform
President Taft sends a broad message to Congress advocating a ship subsidy to build U S lines to South America Asia and the Pacific urging postal savings banks conservation of natural resources and civil service pension reforms He discusses Pan American policy central America tariff questions and proposed administrative improvements in the State and Treasury departments.
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Latin America
Pacific
Bolivia
Peru
United States
Buenos Aires
Congress
Great Bank
Diaz
Venezuela
Hague
Washington
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Central Amerca
Canal Zone
Central America
Caribbean Sea
Zelaya Steeple
Aatiata
New York City
American Sugar Refining Company
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Atlantic Seaboard
South America
China
Japan
House
Senate
House of Representatives
Black Hand gang busted in Marion Ohio raid
United States detectives seize Joe Ignoffa and 12 others in Ohio as part of a crackdown on Black Hand operations. The Marion shoemaker’s shop raid yielded letters and weapons and follows prior arrests of Salvatore and Sebastian Lima. Investigators cite strong evidence from captured letters linking suspects to ransom threats and plan grand jury presentations in Toledo.
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Cleveland
United States
Ohio
Marion
Joe Ignoffa
Ignoffa
Salvatore
Sebastian Lima
Lima Brothers
Ignofia
John Amicon
Columbus
William L. Day
Thomas Garry
Toledo
Perry's Fleet to Fight Again at Perry Celebration
Plans for a centennial Perry victory celebration in 1913 outline a replica of Perry’s fleet from Erie and a British ship from Detroit to reenact the battle near West Sister Island. A joint committee of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin seeks appropriations and aims to sail to principal Great Lakes ports on a triumphal voyage. A move to raise the flagship Lawerence hull in Erie is also reported with Perry’s original battle flag traced in Illinois.
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Toledo
Oliver Hazard Perry
Perry
Putin Bay
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illnois
Wisconsin
Congress
Erie
Robert H. Barclay
Detroit
West Sister Island
Great Lakes
Lawrence
Illinois
Thief Holds Up Two Women in Chagrin Falls
In Cleveland area Policed report a burglar forced two elderly widows to reveal hidden money after entering an unoccupied house. He broke a rear window at Mrs Upham and Mrs Adams home and took forty dollars from a bureau drawer before escaping.
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Cleveland
Chargrin Falls
William Upham
Chagrin Falls
Upham
John Adams
Doctor Fined for Rose Law Violation in Delaware Case
Probate Judge Humes finds Dr. F. M. Murray guilty of issuing prescriptions under the Rose law. He is fined $250 and costs. The case notes the petitioner sought whisky rather than illness, and the doctor previously issued many prescriptions. The ruling will be appealed.
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Delaware
Humes
F. M. Murray
Murray
Extraordinary plea to save Ohio killer from electric chair
The Ohio pardon board hears an extraordinary mercy plea for Harry Rife, condemned to die January 17 for first degree murder. Indiana family ties are invoked by Mrs. Elizabeth Stanley backed by 31,000 WCTU supporters, while attorney Edward Jessup argues for clemency to spare the family name. The case prompts questions about jury instruction and potential reprieve, with the board set to review a transcript before the scheduled execution.
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Columbus
Pardon Board
Harry Rife
Rife
Indiana
Gov. Marshall
Elizabeth Stanley
Stanley
Edward Jessup
Richmond
Ind
Jessup
Daniel Ryan
National Organization of the G. A. R
Griswold
Preble County
Gilmore
Pioneer steel man Watkin Y Williams dies in Lorain
Watkin Y Williams a pioneer in Bessemer steel is dead in Lorain Ohio. He formerly worked for Cambria Steel Co at Johnstown Pa and headed the Bessemer department at Carnegie Edgar Thomson Works Braddock Pa for years. A close associate of famed steel leaders he moved to Lorain in 1895 to run the Bessemer plant. His son Windsor Williams is with Lake Erie Iron Co in Cleveland.
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Lorain
Watkin Y. Williams
Williams
Cambria Steel Co
Jonestown
Bessemer
Edgar Thomson Works
Carnegie Company
Braddock
William R. Jones
Andrew
Thomas Carnegie
Gayley
Phipps
Frick and Schwab
Robbery and assault on Lizzie Holmes in Painesville
Lizzie Holmes an 18 year old from North Mentor was assaulted, choked, and robbed of $15 by two men who dragged her down an embankment before fleeing. She identified Jesse Heath and Lea Clark as the attackers, and they were arrested by Sheriff Baker.
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Painesville
Lizzie Holmes
North Mentor
Jesse Heath
Lea Clark
Baker
Cigarettes Spark Divorce Case in Ohio Elopement
Marie Sta bler Bennett, a De Graff high school student who married Earl Bennett after an elopement, sues for divorce alleging he sold her rings and class pin to buy cigarettes. The defense says cigarettes ruined his health. Judge Broderick notes excessive smoking as grounds for divorce.
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Bellefontaine
Marie Stabler-Bennett
de Graff
Earl Bennett
Bennett
Broderick
Death Strikes as Woman Prays at Oakwood Revival
Mia Louisa Timbers 66 an active church worker died of heart failure during a revival service at Oakwood near Paulding Ohio. The death occurred while she led in prayer at the gathering.
Warriner Cannot Account For Most of Embezzled Funds
Cincinnati reports Charles L. Warriner former Big Four treasurer admits stealing 643 000 dollars yet explains 318 000 with 84 000 paid as blackmail and 325 000 lost in speculation. Investigators doubt the claim while a subpoena targets Frank W. Couden who says he acted for a reward and knew of the shortage for about ten years.
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Cincinnati
Charles L. Warriner
Big Four Railroad
Warriner
New York
Henry Clews & Co
Frank W. Couden
New York Central
Couden
Thought Dead For 45 Years In Ohio Family Reunion
Margaret Baldwin of New Philadelphia Ohio reappears after 45 years missing, believed dead by relatives since 1864. She vanished to escape scandal after her first husband killed a man. Her second marriage and move to Marietta were revealed when letters went astray. Brother J L Walton learned of her whereabouts, bringing her to a Tuscarawas County reunion.
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New Philadelphia
Margaret Baldwin
Goshen
Tuscarawas County
Baldwin
Bonfires Fatal for Two Ohio Children
In Mansfield four year old Ethel Glosser caught fire near a bonfire and was fatally burned while fleeing flames. In Youngstown five year old Rose White also burned in a backyard bonfire, clothing ignited, father injured, a passerby used an overcoat to extinguish flames as the child remained in dying condition at City hospital.
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Mansfield
Ethel Glosser
Youngstown
Rose White
Fremont High School Walls Collapse After Sudden Cave-In
In Fremont Ohio a three story brick and concrete high school building valued at about 100000 collapses as walls fall inward. No workers were present when the accident occurred and Andrews Bros of Cleveland were building the structure. The outer walls sag to the first floor while debris rests atop the second floor.
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Fremont, O
Andrews Bros
Cleveland
Neck Broken Man Recovers In Norwalk Farm Accident
Norwalk Ohio reports 81 year old farmer George Morey of three miles southeast of the city is recovering after a wagon tongue slipped and hurled him against a barn slide. His neck was broken between the second and third vertebrae in the mishap about a month ago.
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Norwalk
EB. N. Hawley
George Morey
Here
Morey
Republic Iron to Build Twelve Furnaces in Lansingville
The Republic Iron and Steel Co. announced plans to erect 12 open hearth furnaces for new tube mills in Lansingville, Youngstown. Six furnaces will be built immediately as part of the project.
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Youngstown, O
Republic Iron & Steel Co
Lansingville
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