Grant More Time Bridges Allow Opposition Protests Against Conservancy Act
After the court of appeals denied a writ to block a hearing on petitions for a Miami Conservancy District, the ten common pleas judges met in Dayton to allow protests against the Vonderheide conservancy act. Arguments are set for March 31 as objectors seek delay to mount proper counsel and witnesses, stressing that even a single day of delay could heighten flood danger and threaten lives.
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Western
Union News Service
Dayton
Court of Appeals
David Oldham
Shelby County
Miami Conservancy
Common’ Pleas
John A. McMahon
9. B. Brown
Fire Devastates Sidney Business District
A major blaze in Sidney destroyed four three story buildings in the business district and damaged several others with an estimated loss of 250000 dollars. The Thedieck department store and Deweese stores owned by Green Joyce Co. of Columbus, Henry Young & Son, and H. Liberman dry goods were ruined. Fire began at Thedieck and walls collapsed within an hour. Help was requested from nearby towns but arrived late. The City National Bank building third story caught fire but suffered minimal damage.
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Sidney
Thedieck’s and Deweese
Green Joyce Co
Columbus
Henry Young & Son Clothing
H. Liberman Dry Goods
Thedieck
City National Bank
First Boys' Congress Held in Cincinnati
The Hamilton County Sunday School association held its First Boys' Congress at Ninth Street Baptist Church. About 400 boys from 109 Sunday schools attended with visitors. The event aimed to draw 15,000 more boys to Sunday schools through a citywide athletic league and a series of resolutions promoting clean living and respect for women.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ninth Street Baptist Church
Troy Employs Attorney Over Conservancy Act Challenge
City of Troy hires State Representative Robert Black to challenge the conservancy act before the legislature. The plan includes seven reservoirs on the Great Miami to curb floods, but Troy claims water levels would ruin $100,000 of sewer improvements and impose a 3-10 mill tax without local say.
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Troy
Robert Black
Great Miami
Conservancy Act
Cox409 Schools in Ohio Statewide Funding Debate
Gov. Cox urges focus on Ohio school conditions revealed by recent surveys. He notes urban teachers’ wages match motormen and streetcar conductors while rural pay lags. He argues migration from rural to urban areas harms rural districts and stresses reform to keep residents in rural communities.
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Cincinnati
Cox
Western Ohio Superintendents Round Table Elects Officers
More than 100 educators from the district attended the spring meeting at the Phillips hotel where James H. Fortney was elected president Floyd Deacon secretary and Charles Plessinger and Charles Wilt named to the executive committee The group rejected a year round school plan and urged relaxation periods for growing children They discussed discipline favoring engaging teaching methods over removing unruly students The next session will be held during the Thanksgiving recess at the same hotel
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Dayton
James H. Fortney
St. Paris
Floyd Deacon
Osborn
Charles Plessinger
West Carrollton
Charles Wilt
Arcanum
Round Table
Phillips Hotel
Oberlin Students Win Round in Heat Battle
Oberlin College won the first round in its dispute with Oberlin Gas and Electric Co. as college representatives smashed padlocks on steam valves the company had placed to cut heat. Steam was restored and students laughed at the company while outside temperatures fell.
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Oberlin, O
Oberlin College
Oberlin Gas and Electric Co
Licensing Music Teachers In Ohio Proposal At Meeting
Professor J Ringwald of the Ohio State Music Teachers association and officers advocate licensing all music teachers in Ohio. The plan will be discussed at the annual meeting in Warren May 14-17 and may be moved to the general assembly. Public school teachers are exempt as they already face exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Urbana mayor under civil service probe
The state civil service commissioners will investigate charges against Mayor Green on March 21. Courts affirm the right to probe. Green dismissed the city civil service commission and the police chief was asked to resign. No formal charges were filed. officials say removals were political.
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Urbana, C
State Civil Service Commissioners
Green
Urbana City Civil Service Commission
Typographical Conference to Meet in Columbus
The Ohio Typographical conference will meet in Columbus on Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12, drawing about 200 delegates and visitors. A smoker is planned for Saturday evening, with invitations extended to Gov. Cox, George Burba, Mayor Karb, and others. Gov. Cox is expected to attend and may give an address.
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Columbus, CO
Columbus
Cox
Georg F. Burba
Karb
Crisis in Ulster as British Troops Rush to Ireland
London reports a critical Ulster crisis with 1000 troops pouring into Ulster and ships ready to sail from Bantry Bay toward Dublin. Sir Edward Carson leads Belfast forces as officers at the Curragh resign amid warnings of potential civil war within 48 hours.
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Dublin
England
Ulster
Bantry Bay
Ireland
Kingston Harbor
Edward Carson
James Craig
George Richardson
Southern
Carson
Belfast
Sir Edward
Royal Constabulary
Garrison
London
Daily Mail
Curragh
Kildare
Two Children Die From Gas Inhalation At Home
Chicago reports two children Mabel four and Lindel two dead from gas at 3143 Seminary Avenue the Lindstrom residence. A neighbor alerted police and a palmotor and doctors rushed to the scene to attempt revival but both children were beyond help and another person remains gravely ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John F. Lindstrom
Seminary Avenue
Mabel
Lindel
Palmotor
Girl Accidentally Kills Man in Harrisburg Party
At Carrier Milla Miss Lula Hutson accidentally discharged a pistol while playing with Jack Roberts, a miner, killing him instantly in his Harrisburg home. A party of young people witnessed the incident and Hutson reportedly surrendered to authorities.
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Harrisburg
Jack Roberts
Lula Hutson
Carrier Milla
Roberts
Miss Hutson
Riots at the Grave of Slain Paris Editor Calmette
Paris reports a mob of about ten thousand disrupted Gaston Calmette's funeral, clashing with police at the cemetery and in the streets. Royalists and anti Caillaux factions called for executions, while dozens were injured and troops considered to quell the unrest as Premier Doumergue announced a cabinet reshuffle including a new minister of marine.
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Paris
Gaston Calmette
Mme
Henriette Caillaux
Finance
Joseph Caillaux
Calmette
Caillaux
Doumergue
Gauthier
M. Manis
Lebrun
Manis
Mrs Wilson Has Minor Operation at White House
Washington reports that Mrs Woodrow Wilson underwent a minor operation last week. Secretary Tumulty says she is recovering rapidly and should be up in a few days under nurse care. The operation followed a fall at the White House several weeks earlier. no family social engagements were canceled.
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Washington
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Tumulty
Train Robbery Near Beaumont Nets $14,000 Payroll Funds
A lone robber held up Santa Fe express train No. 202 at Helbig, 14 miles north of Beaumont, Texas, and reportedly escaped with $14,000 destined for Browndell payroll use. Deputies and Beaumont police pursued the suspect through wooded country after the 12:15 p.m. robbery.
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Beaumont
Tex
Santa Fe
Here
Helbig
Beaumont Lumber
Browndell
Man Cleared in Wife Slaying Trial Near Phoenix
William Hodges, accused of second degree murder for killing his wife at their home near Phoenix in Brunswick county last August, was found not guilty by a jury in Southport after about two hours deliberation. He testified the shooting was accidental.
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Wilmington
N. C
William Hodges
Phoenix
Brunswick County
Southport
Wealthy Grain Dealer Dies Poor in Danville
Teddy Henderson once valued at $200,000 died at the Danville poor farm. The death on March 20 marks a drastic fall from wealth for the former grain dealer and farmer.
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Danville
Teddy Henderson
Senate votes fail on woman suffrage amendment
In Washington on March 21 the joint resolution for a constitutional woman suffrage amendment fell one vote short of the two thirds required, 35 for and 34 against. An alternative by Senator Vardaman to repeal the fifteenth amendment was defeated 48 to 19, and Senator Williams proposed race-based limits lost 44 to 21. Senator Shafroth pledged a substitute allowing voter petitions to trigger state votes. Senator Ollie James opposed, citing local school votes. Alice Paul lamented Democratic leaders blocked passage.
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Washington
Senate
Vardaman
Mississippi
Williams
Shafroth
Colorado
Bandhead
Borah
Bradley
Bragdegee
Bryan
Catron
Dillingham
du Pont
Gore
James
Johnson
Lee
Lodge
McCumber
McLean
Martin
Martine
Oliver
Overman
Page
Pittman
Pomerone
Reed
Shields
Smith
Swanson
Thornton
Tillman
Weeks
West
Lewis
Alice Paul
Congressional Union For Woman Suffrage
Three Die In Detroit Fire At Woodbridge Street Building
Fire in a five story structure housing the Houghton Detroit Elevator Co. on Woodbridge Street in downtown Detroit is believed to have killed three men. Missing are Walter Libby John Law and Frank Todd. Origin undetermined.
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Detroit
Mich
Houghton-Detroit Elevator Company
Woodbridge Street
Walter Libby
John Law
Frank Todd
Milwaukee
Wis
Windsor
Western Newspaper Union
Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin
Condemned Man Reprieved in Miami
Clarence Daley, condemned for rape and to be hanged today, received a three week reprieve from Governor Tram mel to allow time for a possible new trial based on additional evidence. Gallows and stockade had been prepared for the expected execution.
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Miami
Fla
Clarence Daley
Trammel
Year for Sending Black Hand Letter
Zelwyn Wurts of Montpelier Delaware sentenced to a year in prison for sending a black hand letter to Samuel Kind in Philadelphia demanding 1000 dollars on pain of death signed Boz.
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Philadelphia
Zelwyn Wurts
Montpelier
Jefferson College
Samuel Kind
City
Boz
Villistas tighten grip as Torreon siege grows
Pancho Villa’s forces close a semicircular ring around Torreon while federal garrisons retreat from minor towns. General Benavides takes San Pedro and Sacramento, leaving 78 federals dead in trenches as reinforcements falter at the siege line.
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Huerta
Union News Service
Bermejillo
Durango
Mexico
Torreon
Pancho Villa
BE. A. Benavides
San Pedro
Benavides
Sacramento
Velasco
Mexico City
Twin Volcanoes Erupt Near Kyushu Island
A severe eruption on the Suwanese island south of Kyushu sent flames 500 feet above the crater. An expedition is dispatched to aid 280 island residents. Another long extinct volcano Chokai near Sakata is erupting. it is inhabited only by fishermen.
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Tokyo
Suwanese Island
Kyushu
Chokai
Sakata
Three Children Die In Mount Pleasant Fire
In Mount Pleasant Tennessee three children were burned to death when a home owned by Burt Ely burned. Ely and his wife escaped after being awakened by the children's screams but could not save them.
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Mount Pleasant
Tenn
Burt Ely
Ely
Cincinnati Market Prices for Corn Wheat Poultry and Livestock
Corn prices show No 2 white 71c No 3 white 68 69c No 4 white 67 68c No 2 yellow 67 68c No 3 yellow 66 87c No 4 yellow 64 65c Mixed and ears priced between 64c and 70c. Hay timothy and clover mixed prices range from 12.50 to 18.50. Oats and wheat with various No 2 to No 4 red grades. Poultry and eggs with multiple weight classes. Cattle, calves, hogs, sows, and lambs quoted with assorted price bands.
Serious Railroad Wreck in Indianapolis Kills Two
A Big Four freight train inbound from Kankakee Illinois derailed at Tenth Street and the P and W tracks killing two men and injuring five others. The engine and nine freight cars overturned. The injured were mostly in the cabooses except Woolums, hurt by the crash force.
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Indianapolis
Kankakee
Iil
Tenth Street
Woolums
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