Ohio Republicans push governor probe bill for wide authority
Republican state officers back a measure to grant Gov. Judson Harmon broad authority over state departments and funds for a full probe. The plan, to be introduced January 3, aims to enable experts and attorneys to audit and uncover suspicious transactions amid ongoing inquiries into past state officer acts.
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Columbus
Judson Harmon
General Assembly
Assembly
House
Senate
Harmon
Denman
Thompson
State House
Republican Party
Ohio to appoint special counsel in graft cases
Columbus Ohio Attorney General Denman will name the ablest attorney to aid in prosecuting graft charges raised by Gov Hastaon against former state officials. He seeks legislative funds to continue the probe, with trail pointing to New York and other eastern cities. Banks in Ashtabula named as parties in suits.
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Columbus
Denman
Ohio
Hastaon
New York
Marine National Bank
The
National Bank
Ashtabula
McKinnon
B. B. Seymour
National Bank of Ashtabula
Gov
Harmon
Seymour
Warns of the Yellow Peril in 30-Year China Gamble
Dr. Paul Wakefield, returning missionary from China, warns the United States to resolve with China within 30 years over the yellow peril. He cites anti Chinese sentiment, notes killings in the U S, and argues two solutions: divide China or spread Christianity to teach forgiveness.
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Chardon
Paul Wakefield
China
United States
Sam
Wakefield
Joy Fervor Ends in Mother's Death in Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio Mrs Henry Abernathy died of heart failure in her son's arms after joy over his release from Cleveland workhouse. Henry Abernathy had been jailed for cutting a man and his mother, aided by a local lawyer, secured his liberation. Upon his return home she rushed to greet him and collapsed, dying minutes later.
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Youngstown, O
Henry Abernathy
Cleveland
Young Abernathy
Makes Babe Drink Carbolic
Wapakoneta Ohio Mrs Lena Bundy a domestic at the home of farmer A E Braggs three miles east killed her self and her two year old boy with carbolic acid first making her son take a sip then drain the bottle herself. A woman about 22 came from Fairmount Ind where her mother lives. She had a sister in Columbus Ind and had been despondent for some time.
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Wapakoneta
Lena Bundy
A. E. Braggs
Here
Fairmount
Ind
Columbus
Fire Drives Out Children at Mt Airy School
In Cincinnati at Mt. Airy more than 100 students were in danger as a fire neared a stairway. Superintendent J. C. Eversul located the blaze and orderly evacuation of the pupils followed.
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Cincinnati, O
Collinwood
Mt. Airy
J. C. Eversul
Ex Congressman's Wife Dies in Ashland Home
Mrs. McDowell wife of John A. McDowell superintendent of Ashland schools and a former congressman and Democratic candidate for school commissioner last fall died suddenly of heart failure at her home in Ashland.
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Ashland
McDowell
John A. McDowell
Two Die in Conflagration At Italian Boarding House
In Youngstown Ohio two Italian boarders Gaviria Stelizio and Sebastiano Martone died in a hotel fire that gutted an Italian boarding house. Four others were seriously injured as flames spread rapidly through the building. A patrolman awakened inmates but the two men perished in their beds. Utica Ohio suffered a separate blaze at the Vance hotel destroying the business section, causing about 90000 dollars in losses and fatally injuring Ed Daum, a gas pipe lineman from Lancaster.
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Youngstown
Gaviria Stelizio
Sebastiano Martone
Utica, O
Vance Hotel
Ed Daum
Lancaster
Automobile Leaps a Bank near Cincinnati Resulting in Fatality
Charles White was killed and two companions seriously injured when an automobile owned by Amy Campbell leaped an embankment on Indian Hill twelve miles east of Cincinnati. Chauffeur Fred Seigfeyer escaped after losing control at a sharp curve. Charles Bailey sustained severe spinal injuries and Fred Anthony was badly crushed.
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Cincinnati
Charles White
Indian Hill
Here
Amy Campbell
Tower Hill
Fred Seigfeyer
White
Charles Bailey
Fred Anthony
Man commits suicide at Brown hotel in Elyria
A man registered as M. Getter from Chicago died by his own hand at the Brown hotel in Elyria during the night. He left a note to the proprietor apologizing for the trouble and saying he was tired of life. Getter's body was found on the bed after the door was broken down. he had ingested carbolic acid.
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Elyria
Brown Hotel
M. Getter
Chicago
Getter
Toledo agent finds missing husband during pension case
An agent for Mrs. Jane Innells of Allegan Michigan traced a man who confirmed her first husband Howard Barnes a union soldier was sashayed overboard and lost from a government transport in Chesapeake Bay in July 1862. This proof could help Mrs. Innell age 86 file for back pension totaling 3300 dollars.
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Toledo
Jane Innells
Allegan
Mich
Howard Barnes
Chesapeake Bay
Innell
Bankers Not Immune to State Funds Probe in Buckeye State
Attorney General Denman declares that the protection clause cannot shield bankers who conceal information about state money. He vows to uncover all details of misused funds and recover misappropriated cash, despite objections from bankers and pressure from influence. Governor Harmon asserts investigations must proceed despite political pressure.
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Buckeye
Columbus
Denman
Harmon
Cheats the Electric Chair: Grimes Ends Life in Cell
Columbus Ohio Frank Grimes convicted of murdering Blanche McKnight a white woman died by hanging in his cell before his scheduled electric chair execution on March 25. He used a sheet tied to a cell bar and table to kill himself after being denied a mirror. He had told his attorney he preferred the chair to life in prison. Grimes killed McKnight last summer after she left him.
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Columbus, O
Frank Grimes
Blanche McKnight
Grimes
Baby dies in house fire caused by clothing catching alight
Mrs Louis Gerizamine of Girard found her four year old daughter dead after the child burned to death while playing with a fire in the stove. The clothing of the child ignited and spread flames as she ran about the house trying to escape. Neighbors saw smoke and carried the child outside where she died shortly after.
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Youngstown
Louis Gerizamine
Girard
Frisbie Is Freed By Jury
Sam Frisbie of Cleveland Ohio was found not guilty of slaying Louis Rosenberg. The jury deliberated eight hours before returning the verdict at 12 15 am Frisbie fainted and was revived then thanked each juror individually He was advised to choose his company carefully and was discharged by the judge.
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Port Huron
Sam Frisbie
Cleveland
Louis Rosenberg
Frisbie
Trading stamp firms must redeem stamps for cash or merchandise
Judge Herbert Whitney of Toledo City Court rules under a 1904 statute that trading stamp companies owe redemption in money or merchandise when demanded. He holds the law assigns cash redemption value and requires stamps to bear that value.
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Toledo
Herbert Whitney
Whitney
Obituary notes two Ohio industrial leaders die
In Ironton Ohio W N McGugin 92 longtime president of McGugin Iron and Coal Co dies after a long illness Charles Peters superintendent of Union Iron and Steel Furnace Co dies suddenly of heart disease Both men are prominent figures in the regional iron and coal industry.
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Columbus
Ironton
W. N. McGugin
McGugin Iron & Coal Co
Charles Peters
Union Iron & Stee Furnace Co
Rate law fight sparks radical rail bill intro in congress
Senator Cummins introduces a sweeping interstate commerce act replacement proposing uniform freight classifications and rate controls. The measure limits court review, curbs parallel line acquisitions, and imposes federal oversight of stock and bond issuances with post 1911 carrier exclusivity. A rival Elkins bill is expected in January.
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Washington
Congress
Cummins
Iowa
Elkins
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Raynor
United States
Zelaya
Nicaragua
Gompers backs switchmen strike aid
Cincinnati reports Samuel Gompers said the American Federation of Labor will support railroad switchmen on strike in the northwest within its powers after a conference with Frank Hawley of the Switchmen's union.
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Gompere
Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor
Northwest
Samuel Gompers
Frank Hawley
American Switchmen’s Union
Illinois and Iowa debate on graduated income tax plan
Urbana Illinois December 11 The University of Illinois and the University of Iowa debated the question That a federal graduated income tax with an exemption of incomes below six thousand dollars per year would be a desirable modification of federal taxation Iowa won the contest
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Urbana
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
Lowa
Taft pledges congressional aid for river and harbor work
President Taft told delegations at the White House that Congress would act on a broad program of waterway improvement. The National Rivers and Harbors congress urged $50 million for river and harbor work and a cabinet headed public works bureau to oversee such projects.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
White House
New Orleans
Mississippi
Deneen
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
United States
Bureau of Public Works
D A R Member Confesses to Long Term Robbery
In Washington the Daughters of the American Revolution reveal that Miss Sarah B MacLay longtime curator confessed to systematic robbery of the society for years. Estimated loss ranges from 1000 to 10000 dollars as small sums from D A R subscriptions were taken. society will not prosecute.
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Washington
Sarah B. MacLay
Indictments Fire Over Tax Law On Liquor Wholesalers
A Kansas City grand jury indicted ten wholesale liquor dealers under a new state tax law. The charges allege failure to pay the graduated tax required of wholesalers and manufacturers in Missouri.
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Kansas City
Resinol Proves More Effective For Eczema In Weeks
A mother reports Resinol cleared her baby's eczema in three weeks after other remedies failed over four months. She recalls the dramatic skin improvement and credits the soap and ointment for restoring the child's complexion. The testimonial appears in the Oregon Journal with an emotional reminiscence titled The Vacant Chair.
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H. F. Clemmer
Sunbury
The Consul’s Case Leads to Marriage Revelation
A London consul learns a missing British woman inheriting a fortune. After a hard search, a detective reports he found her at his own home, having just married her. In a second vignette a child sums up a domestic scene, noting the mother’s five month shoes and the father’s easygoing nature.
Then and Now in an Ohio Town
A brief social anecdote notes a man who rose from poverty to wealth in an Ohio town. He admires modern fashion saying he once had no shirt to his back, and now has outgrown even a back to his shirt as he comments on his open back garment.
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Ohio
Indorsing Shackleton's Claim in Debate
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports cautious support for Explorer Shackleton. One speaker doubts his claim of not discovering the south pole but is inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Indorsing
Shackleton
Grimm
Explorer Shackleton
South Pole
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Wise Woman Weighs Large Wishes in Tale
A man begs marriage with a promise of granting wishes, but a wise woman questions how she should handle bigger requests, turning the bargain into a test of appetite for power and promise.
Habit Limits and the Power to Break Them
An ingenious philosopher compares breaking long standing habits to lifting heavy weights. An Indiana woman describes coffee provo king dyspepsia and how switching to Postum cured her stomach troubles and morning ill effects. The letter cites improved health and urges readers to consult health notes.
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Indiana
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