Ohio convention backs restricted liquor license plan
Delegates vote 91 to 18 to send a proposal to voters that would restrict licenses and limit saloons to one per 500 inhabitants in towns over 500. The measure, a middle ground crafted by license supporters and drys, includes license revocation for violations and bans brewery ownership. Wet leaders led by Judge F. R. King suffer decisive defeat.
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Columbus
Ohio
Drys
Anderson
F. R. King
Erie
King
Patchwork Substitute Sparks Debate In Delegates Meeting
Dele gate Harter of Huron introduced a middle-of-the-road proposal replacing early paragraphs with his own as Mr Anderson’s substitute faced edits. The amendment by Mr Lampson limited the text and a bloc of delegates including Brown of Lucas Col ton Cunningham DeFrees Dunn Kilpatrick Mauck Okey Peters Pettit Read Riley Solether Stevens Stewart Tannehill Walker Watson voted against adoption. Absentees included Brown of Pike Campbell Eby Evans Keller Matthews Miller of Fairfield Rorick. Judge Worthington suggested removing references to the present constitution, an amendment adopted to avoid presenting the no-license clause as new, preserving section 18 of the schedule if no license carries.
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Harter
Huron
Anderson
Lampson
Brown
Lucas
Colton
Cunningham
DeFrees
Dunn
Kilpatrick
Mauck
Okey
Peters
Pettit
Read
Riley
Solether
Stevens
Stewart
Tannehill
Walker
Watson
Messrs
Bigelow
Pike
Campbell
Eby
Evans
Keller
Matthews
Miller
Fairfield
Rorick
Worthington
Middle-road liquor license debate shifts on convention votes
Delegates support for Anderson and Winn substitutes fades as Hursh backs a middle-road plan urging a sensible license clause. Halfhill proposes a prohibition and license alternative while Read pushes a plebiscite every five years. Votes show mixed support with table motions failing or passing by slim margins.
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Anderson
Messrs
Winn
Hursh
Hosking
Cody
Dunlap
Donahey
Tettow
Henderson
Norris
Halfhill
Debate Over Limitation Amendment Divides Delegates
Lampson and allies press a limitation amendment seen as too mild by opponents. Tallman mocks the alcoholic principle while King Redington and others critique the convention. The Lampson measure passes 60 to 46 amid clash, followed by a separate vote on Harter and Anderson drafts, 73 to 34, with mixed support from middle-roaders and drys.
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Lampson
Knight
Winn
Tallman
King
Redington
Fox
Price
Johnson
Williams
Drys
Mr. Harter
Anderson
Brown
Highland
Franklin County
Convention votes on license clause amendments
Judge King moved to strike the revocation feature of the license clause. The convention, under orders from last week, voted without further amendment 104 to 2 to sustain the president's ruling. King's amendment failed 28 to 80 as the final vote was taken amid several motions and counterproposals.
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Judge King
Knight
Bigelow
Winn
Stevens
Labor delegates accused of breaking pledges in convention
The legislative committee of the Columbus Federation of Labor and the federation itself accuse constitutional convention delegates of breaking faith with labor. They warn that delegates may face union wrath for acting untrammeled and without honoring promises to unions.
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Legislative Committee
Columbus Federation of Labor
Federation
Riley's Proposal 13 Survives Endless Interruption and Misreading
Delegate John H. Riley of Marietta faces repeated interruptions in pushing proposal 13 at the constitutional convention. Each time a visitor arrives to speak, delaying his argument, sparking talk that the clause banning questions about religious belief burdens credibility. Riley denies misreading the measure and cites widespread confusion and criticism.
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John H. Riley
Marietta
Washington County
Riley
Mr. Riley
Taft
Harmon
Hiram Johnson
California
Supreme Court
Delegates Averages Crowned by Cemetery Superintendent Inquiry
In Columbus an inquiry sought the names and ages of 119 delegates drafting a new constitution. The total age reached 6281 years, averaging 52.78. Notables include 82 year old Dennis Dwyer and 81 year old H K Smith, with 35 above 60 and 116 above 40, and Cincinnati’s 27-year-old William Halenkamp the youngest.
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Columbus
Doty
Sillwell
Cuyahoga
Dennis Dwyer
Montgomery
H. K. Smith
Geauga
John C. Borick
Wauseon
David Cunningham
Cadiz
Nelson W. Evans
Scioto
William Halenkamp
Cincinnati
Ohio short ballot plan faces self interest from officeholders
Ohio elected officials back the short ballot in principle but resist applying it to themselves. The proposed reform limits elections to the governor, lieutenant governor and auditor, with a governor appointed cabinet including the attorney general and secretary of state. Delegates appear inclined to push reform, unless pressure from current officeholders blocks changes.
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Ohio
Limit on Electoral Franchise Proposal Before Suffrage Committee
Delegate Evans of Scioto, longtime associate of the state board of commerce, urged a franchise plan before the suffrage committee. He endorsed early New England standards granting citizenship only to proper persons, including property worth at least 100 dollars, schooling requirements, universal registration, and ballot loss for selling votes.
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Evans of
Sciotu
State Board of Commerce
Committee of Suffrage
New England
Crosser Introduces New I. and R. Plank at Meeting
Chairman Crosser of the initiative and referendum committee unveils a rewritten plank aligned with I. and R. caucus views. It sets a calendar for convention consideration within a week and limits caucuses to essential petition-signature matters. The plan requires one-half of counties to supply signatures equal to half the designated percentage of voters. I. and R. experts oppose territorial distribution as impractical and cumbersome for swift use.
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Crosser
Initiative and Referendum Committee
I. and R
I. and
R.imen
Woman suffrage next question before convention
The convention moves toward submitting the suffrage amendment after ending liquor debates. The majority report favors equal suffrage while the minority report signed by Delegate Marshall of Coshocton opposes it. March 11 will decide if changes go to the people as amendments or as a constitutional revision. The banking committee backs Earnhart of Warren for double liability of bank stockholders restoring pre 1903 policy.
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Marshall
Coshocton
Committee On Banks and Banking
Earnhart
Multiple Ohio Local News Items Collision of Deaths and Crimes
Ohio and nearby towns report a mix of deaths and crimes. Livingston seller Clifton Norman traded a 734 pound hog for 33.03 dollars. Former mayor Stephen Fitzpatrick dies in Fayetteville. In Atlanta a boxing match ends with Frank Whitney defeating Grover Hayes. Bodies of three burned children recovered in Lexington after a fire at the Colored Orphans' Industrial home. Lucas County offers 500 dollar reward for information on the murder of Helena Madge. A Steubenville murder and a break in at James Stone's Sons in Empire. Robberies on the Panhandle and Hocking Valley rail cars led to arrests of Spickler brothers and Earl Rouse. Fremont tightens saloon rules with 10 PM closing. In St Marys a buggy collision with an interurban car kills Henry Wuebbenhorst. his child is dying and wife injured. Lima men killed by engine switching. two others injured. Toledo passes morphine control ordinance, punishing sales without doctor prescription. Portsmouth faces defamation suits from Rev. Jacob Meeker in St Louis. Gallipolis colored man Elias Smith confesses murder. mob violence feared. Napoleon flood warnings rise as Maumee river rises. Bucyrus reports a school bond election passage.
Street Car Crash Destroys Armbruster Home In Columbus
A street car struck a residence at 1546 Bryden Road in Columbus after a touring Ohio Motor Car Co vehicle crashed into it, sending five people from the autos to hospital. Two women suffered injuries, with Miss Benedict more seriously hurt. the Armbruster family escaped harm as the house sustained major damage and a fountain was knocked loose.
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Columbus
Rose Avenue
Edward B. Armbruster
Armbruster Outfitting Company
Bryden Road
Ohio Motor Car Company of Cincinnati
Blanche Ogle
South Third Street
Helen Benedict
West Broad Street
Harry Matthews
Edgar Miller
Cincinnati
Motor Car Company
Virginia Hotel
St. Francis Hospital
Yle
Miss Benedict
Matthews
Virginia
Armbruster
Convicted Poll Judge James Robinson in Pike County Case
After three hours of deliberation, the jury found James Robinson guilty on counts three and five and not guilty on three others. He faced accusations of opening and looking at ballots during the fall election. Sentence pending. Prosecution aided by C L Laylin of Attorney General Hogan's staff. Robinson, a prominent farmer, served four years as county infirmary superintendent and is a Democrat.
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Waverly
James Robinson
Preble Township
Pike County
C. L. Laylin
Hogan
Robinson
Fremont Tragedy: Husband Kills Wife then Ends Own Life
Henry Dorman, a laborer, shot and killed his wife in front of Hotel Jackson and then killed himself. He had waited for her en route to work after she had secured a divorce and had been making threats. The wife supported herself, a 2 year-old child, and an elderly grandmother by working in a restaurant.
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Fremont
Henry Dorman
Hotel Jackson
Dorman
Toledo
Speech Returns After 45 Years for Greene County Inmate
Olive Haverstick, 60, an infirmary resident in Greene county, regained speech after 45 years of silence. Her condition had included loss of sight and hearing before the sudden improvement, with doctors calling it one of their most remarkable cases.
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Xenia
Olive Haverstick
Greene County Infirmary
Fire Devastates Key Ches terville Blockes
A fire in Ches terville’s main business district destroyed several upper floors. Tenants jumped to escape the blaze. the post office room survived with valuables saved. Loss estimated at $15,000 with insurance to cover damage. Cause blamed on rats gnawing matches.
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Mt. Vernon
Chesterville
Mother of large family credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy
Scottville Michigan woman mother of thirteen children credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for her health and energy on a farm. She also notes it helped her daughter with painful periods and irregularity and urges others to try the medicine.
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Scottville
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. Joe Johnson
Scottville, Mich
R.F.D
Acme of Laziness Tale
A Kansas lazy man held a record for doing nothing. Neighbors bury him alive in a wagon but a passerby offers corn. He asks if it is shelled, the offer is declined and the man sinks from view.
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Kansas
The Biblical Injunction in a Washington Parish
A Washington clergyman consoles a bereaved woman asking if Scripture gave comfort. She replies that a key passage was Grin and bear it, prompting the minister to remark on the hopeful, grim response in a brief, cautious exchange.
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Washington
Romance on the Rail Sparks City Car Conversation
A man traveling for gent’s furnishings starts a conversation in a Pullman car with a lonely young woman. He invites her on a trip to New York, she objects to the proposal yet agrees to ride to Schenectady. The tale ends with a quip about reform.
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New York
Schenectady
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