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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1912
Page
2
Conservatives pleased as concessions emerge in the constitutional convention led by President Bigelow. A clash over the Anderson license proposal and single tax provisions heightens tensions as factions debate initiative and referendum safeguards and the role of liquor interests in blocking progress.
The anti Bigelow faction favors sending all laws by petition to the legislature and back to the people if unacted. Two amendments propose higher petition thresholds and a single tax variant. Roosevelt supports high thresholds while Bryan backs low ones. Delegates differ, with Fess urging middle ground and Anderson proposing a four percent direct initiative alternative.
Mr. Anderson reports canvassing sentiment across the state finds rising opposition to direct initiative and broad support for indirect or legislative initiative. In Chillicothe he spoke Friday night to an audience largely against direct initiative and in favor of indirect measures. He proposes to block single or land value tax via initiative. A Lampson amendment revision is noted.
The convention’s rules allow any member to amend or debate any proposal including liquor licenses and woman suffrage until a third reading. Amendments and expulsions can be revived, and fights on bills may continue. Three gubernatorial hopefuls—D. F. Anderson, James W. Halfhill, B. Frank Weybrecht—are profiled alongside other nominees and political maneuvers in the convention.
In the constitutional convention the rules required a proposal to receive a single reading before being referred to a committee. The procedure outlined aims to organize consideration and debate within structured stages.
The Anti-Saloon League has not disclosed its stance on the proposed liquor license provisions from the constitutional convention. It previously opposed licensing traffic and suggests the convention should add a prohibitory clause, statewide or restricted, with mixed views among delegates. The organization believes temperance forces have held their own, while brewers show dissatisfaction with the current draft.
Lawrence strike ends with mills in Lawrence declared off and wage gains spread to about 300,000 textile workers across New England. New Bedford now center of textile tension as finer cotton goods makers resist a 5 percent demand, threatening a 25,000 to 30,000 worker follow-up strike unless gains are granted.
Thieves drill through 35 inches of brick to reach the vault at the Pomeroy bank in Berea looting 12 000 dollars in cash and jewelry from 100 safety boxes. They also drilled 85 inches into the wall of Justice of the Peace T P Poole’s office, left the inner safe partially drilled and fled with a horse toward a railway. The theft impacted Postmaster C K Eckert and left night watchman A M Fulkerson unaware.
The Hudson post office safe was blown open and stamps taken. The postmaster refused details until the inspector arrives. The safe held postal savings bank deposits. Thieves stole a horse and buggy and fled toward the railroad.
Henry Phipps Sr. transfers city properties to his Nassau county sons Juan S Henry and Howard Phipps. The gift covers the Fulton Bessemer Manufacturers skyscrapers McElween furniture building and North Side tenements plus two Allegheny farms. The deed notes a $1 consideration and omits sharing details among heirs. The sisters Mrs Bradley Martin and Mrs Guest receive no Pittsburgh properties.
Miami county voters reapproved prohibition in a Rose law election with 6,324 dry votes to 5,311 wets a 1,013 edge. Drys credited organization and county press support while wets spent heavily and faced no newspaper advertising success.
Ed Mooz, who became demented after breakfast, fought Harrodsburg Ky police with a rifle pistol and bowie knife at his home. Chief Smith and Patrolman Daven port were wounded before Mooz, after a long exchange, killed himself with a pistol. Mrs Mooz had alerted authorities as Mooz fired from behind a door before officers returned fire.
Flood waters push ice downstream from the Maumee River, carrying away two spans of the Junction bridge eight miles south of Defiance. The Maumee and Auglaize rivers hit an 18 foot stage. Dozens of families are displaced near Napoleon as a gorge breaches Perry Street bridge portions.
The American legation reports three teachers Hicks of Oshkosh Wisconsin Hoffman and Sheldon were exploring Yangtse gorges when pirates opened fire. Hicks was killed in the first volley. Hoffman and Sheldon were wounded and the body of Hicks was recovered by the group. Chinese gendarmes are pursuing the pirates.
In Athens county the decomposed body of a Hungarian welder working on a B and O railroad pier at Stewart was recovered from the Hocking River. Police are investigating the death as a possible accident or foul play.
The Columbus Kenton and Toledo Traction company with capital stock of 50000 is incorporated to build a trolley line from Kenton to Richwood 60 miles once state commission approves bond issue. Connections extend to Columbus from Richwood and to Toledo via the Toledo Bowling Green Southern line.
Odd, Virginia resident Martha L. Holloway credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of hemorrhages back pain and nervous insomnia. She says she can work like others her age and endorses the product. The company promotes its long standing record and offers confidential advice from a female correspondent in Lynn Massachusetts.
At a small gathering John T. McCutch eon agreed to a brief improvised talk focused on presidential possibilities. He had already delivered several notable remarks. A party attendee, sharing a joke with a fellow Democrat, commented that his execution would be “a darned good thing.”
A Georgia woman writes that cereals relieved indigestion and heart palpitations after doctors suggested a cereal diet. She explains how Grape-Nuts and Postum restored her health, increased strength, and mental clarity, crediting the brands with her recovery. The letter is attributed to Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and references The Road to Willow.
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