Officials Tour Road Plan for Cleveland to Cincinnati Route
Ohio Good Roads Federation and State Automobile Association members reported that the main market road linking Cleveland Columbus and Cincinnati requires minimal work. The 241 mile trip took under 10 hours with brief stops. only 50 miles are unimproved and under 90 miles need repair or resurfacing. Hamilton Franklin and Cuyahoga counties will fund most of the cost through the state tax levy.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Good Roads Federation
State Automobile Association
Cleveland
Columbus
Wooster
Loudonville
Mt. Vernon
Hamilton
Franklin
Cuyahoga
Ohio School Children Reach New High Amid Growth
Columbus reports 1,298,656 enumerated youths aged 6 to 21 this year, up 27,000 from last year. There are 665,880 boys and 632,876 girls, with age groups 6–8, 8–14, 14–16, and 16–21 totaling 229,286, 546,269, 172,977, and 350,124 respectively. The state will pay counties $2 per child, totaling over $2.5 million.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. D. Swygert
Progress Promised on Miami District Property Appraisal
Conservancy Directors and Board of Appraisers of the Miami District announced speedy progress in appraising properties. They will confer with Judge Oakley in Chicago on legal aspects and consulting engineers Morgan Wead Alvord and Chittenden will tour the district next week to inspect proposed dry detention reservoir sites and affected urban areas.
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Dayton, O
Conservancy
Miami
Chicago
Judge Oakley
Arthur E. Morgan
D. W. Wead
J. W. Alvord
General Chittenden
Pythians Dedicate New Home in Springfield Ohio
About 17 000 Knights of Pythias members attend the dedication of the Ohio State Home for the Aged in Springfield. The stone building cost 204000 dollars. An option has been taken on the Rev Charles Stroud mansion adjacent to the home, expanding the property to nearly the whole block bounded by four streets.
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Springfield
Knights of Pythias
Ohio
Charles Stroud
State Home For the
Convicts May Build Road Near Columbus
Plans propose using at least 200 convicts from the Ohio penitentiary on the unimproved Main Market Road No. 10 between Cincinnati Columbus and Cleveland. The proposal will be presented to State Highway Commissioner Clinton Cowen and the State Board of Administration for consideration.
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Columbus, O
Ohio Penitentiary
Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland
Clinton Cowen
State Board of Administration
Ada pastor resigns to recruit soldiers for English army
Dr. George Anderson pastor of First Church of Christ in Ada Ohio resigns his post and departs for Canada to recruit soldiers for the English army. The Englishman known for travel and social study of world peoples ends his tenure immediately.
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Ada, O
George Anderson
First Church of Christ
Canada
Anderson
Joint convention adjourns as mining talks stall in Hocking district
The Athens convention of miners and operators in the Hocking subdistrict adjourned without agreement on working conditions. If not settled, about 75 percent of area mines may close for six months or until April 1916, affecting around 12,000 miners and their families. State officials dispute including a working conditions clause in the wage contract.
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Athens
Hocking
Moore
Savage
Joint State Committee
Buckeye Brevities Roundup of Ohio Local Items
Marion reports Mrs Joseph Collins died from lockjaw after a pin scratch and burial planned in Delaware. Piqua notes Charles Gardner, 45, fatally shot himself while inspecting a loaded shotgun. Findlay records Arcadia Township voting 66 dry to 38 wet. Columbus outputs bank report due Sept 25. Cleveland notes Chandler Car Co to issue 200 percent stock dividend and 25 cash on 225000 stock. Dayton mentions relief for Chardon smallpox cases. Troy logs major fire destroying barns and outbuildings. St Clairsville announces National Road paving Wheeling to this place opened. work continues west to Columbus. Cincinnati man discovered for voting since 1884 without citizenship after filing first papers. Toledo Times building damaged by fire causing substantial losses with roof collapse.
Ohio strikes spread to Warner-Swazey plant march
Cleveland six hundred machinists at Cleveland Automatic Machine Co. marched to Warner-Swazey Co. and 500 workers there voted to demand shorter hours and higher wages amid a threat of joining the strike. Columbus licensing board hears motion to clarify charges against liquor officials in McDermott referendum case. only charge is participation in the referendum.
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Cleveland, O
Cleveland Automatic Machine Co
Warner-Swazey Co
Columbus, O
State Liquor Licensing Board
McDermott
Electric shock kills near miss at Piqua clothes line
Mrs. Daniel Myers in Piqua nearly died after a fallen live wire on a clothes line shocked her and left her unconscious for an hour. In Columbus state oil inspector James M. Carr names son John as deputy inspector in Cleveland district, income about 1200 dollars yearly. Dayton sees Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra open sixth season October 26 with a warm reception expected.
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Piqua, O
Daniel Myers
Columbus
James M. Carr
John
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Dayton, O
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Antitrust Victory for U S in Motion Picture Patents Case
Philadelphia ruling finds Motion Picture Patents Company and related defendants a conspiracy in restraint of trade and illegal. Court locks in that contracts described were a monopoly in violation of antitrust laws, excluding Melies Manufacturing Company from findings and petition.
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Philadelphia
United States District Court
Motion Picture Patents Company
United States
Oliver B. Dickson
United States Department of Justice
Melies Manufacturing Company
General Film Company
Thomas Addison, Inc
George Kleine
Chicago
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Pathe Freres
Selig Polyscope Company
Vitagraph Company
Frank L. Dyer
Henry M. Martin
J. J. Kennedy
William Pelzer
Samuel Long
J. A. Berst
Siegmund Luhiv
Gaston Melies
Albert E. Smith
George K. Spoor
W. N. Selig
Melies
Melies Manufacturing Conny
Utah Governor Grants Reprieve in Hillstrom Case
Gov Spry reprieves Joseph Hillstrom until October 16 after President Wilson sought a stay of execution. Hillstrom, a Swedish subject, was sentenced to be shot at dawn. the president cited concerns over a possibly unfair trial. The Swedish minister Ekengren said Hillstrom’s conduct during trial biased the court and jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Spry
Joseph Hillstrom
Wilson Hillstrom
Washington
W A. F. Ekengren
Wilson
Utah
Hillstrom
Mine Blast Kills One, Traps 75 at Hanna City
An explosion at Logan Coal Company mine in Hanna City Illinois leaves one dead Martin Perritt aged forty and one critically injured Frank Robinson aged thirty two. Seventy five miners were buried but all were later rescued with no injuries. Fire followed and caused thousands of dollars in damage. No cause yet determined.
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Peoria
Ill
Logan Coal Company
Hanna City
Martin Perritt
Frank Robinson
Safe conduct delivered for Austrian ambassador Vumba
British ambassador Sir Cecil Spring Rice brought the safe conduct for Dr Constantin Vumba to the state department upon the request of the United States. The notification was sent to the Austrian ambassador at Lenox Massachusetts by the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Cecil Spring-Rice
Washington
Long Distance Wireless Telephony Demonstrated Across 2500 Miles
Washington reports a successful 2500 mile wireless phone transmission from Arlington, Maryland to Mare Island, California. Secretary Daniels says experiments by American Telephone and Telegraph and Western Electric, with Navy jurisdiction stations, prove long distance wireless telephony is now possible. Executives from AT&T and Western Electric coordinated with Navy officials and engineers including John J. Carty during the milestone test.
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Washington
Arlington
Mare Island
San Francisco
Navy Department
Daniels
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Western Electric Company
Bethell
Waterbury
John J. Carty
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Great Britain's note defends trade with neutral nations
London and Washington exchange documents over Britain’s wartime trade. Sir Edward Grey argues exports and re-exports by the United Kingdom do not harm U S commerce, citing data where U S export growth outpaces Britain’s. The August 13 document notes German influence in some statements and was mailed to the State Department.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Ambassador Page
London
Edward Grey
State Department
United Kingdom
Four Riggs Bank Officers Indicted for Perjury
A Washington grand jury returned four indictments charging perjury against Charles Glover president William J Flather vice president and Henry H Flather cashier of Riggs National Bank one of the nation’s strongest financial institutions The cases stem from tensions between the treasury department and bank officials and may define the national bank supervision laws.
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Washington
Charlies
Glover
William J. Flather
Henry H. Flather
Riggs National Bank
Treasury Department
Veterans Parade Marks Last Grand Army Review in D C
Washington today saw about thirty thousand Civil War veterans march past President Wilson, honoring the 1865 grand review. Maj. Raymond Pullman led police escort, with Col. Palmer of Des Moines at the head of the G A R escort.
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Palmer
Iowa
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Grand Arm of the Republic
Wilson
Army
Navy
United States
National Capital
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Woodrow Wilson
Raymond W. Pullman
District of Columbia
Peace Monument
Capitol Steps
Nelson A. Miles
Marine Band
Sons of Veterans
U. S Grant
Chicago
Grand Army
David J. Palmer
Des Moines
George B. Hosley
Chester
Aids
Capitol
Greece declares martial law as mobilization begins
In Athens the chamber of deputies approves Venizelos program placing Greece on a war footing after Bulgaria's Balkan War moves. The vote supports a state of siege in Macedonia and mobilization costs totaling 160 million drachma to fund war efforts and aid soldiers’ families.
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Athens
Macedonia
Chamber of Deputies
Venizelos
Bulgaria
Greece
Great Speed Cruisers Proposed For Navy Battles
A Western Newspaper Union dispatch says naval experts want four new battle cruisers of 32 000 tons with 12 four inch guns and 35 knot speed. The ships would be heavier and faster than any current battle cruisers and mount 14 inch guns with long range, potentially surpassing British 15 inch guns. It remains unclear if Congress will fund four ships this session due to costs.
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Union News Service
Washington
Congress
Naval Board
Navy Department
Uniforms Sold Allegedly To Mexican Rebels Honors Texas Guard
San Antonio reports the War Department told the State Adjutant General in Austin that the Texas National Guard appropriation for the coming year drops from 100000 to 9000. A 91000 deduction covers uniforms and equipment reportedly sold after condemnation statements.
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San Antonio
Texas
War Department
State Adjutant General’s
Austin
Texas National Guard
Department
Panama Canal Traffic Delayed By Landslide
Dispatches to the War Department report little chance of reopening the Panama Canal before November 1. A slide from the east bank north of Gold Hill on September 20 blocks the channel as earth and rock are dumped into the waterway and dredges labor to keep it open.
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Washington
War Department
Panama Canal
Gold Hill
Prices for Wheat to Lambs in Cincinnati Market Ledger
The Cincinnati market lists Wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.11 1.12 dollars, No 3 at 1.08, No 4 at 95 cents and corn, oats, hay, butter, eggs, poultry, cattle, bulls, calves, hogs, and lambs with varied bid figures. Notable entries include butter creamery extras at 27 16 cents, eggs prime firsts at 27 cents, hogs at 8.20 8.25, and lambs at 9 dollars extra with common to fair down to 4.50.
Five Steamers Seized at Kirkwall Still Detained
Five more steamers detained at Kirkwall include the Swedish St John and Hater the Danish Absalom the Norwegian Origen and the Standard Of tank steamer Petrolite all under American registry. The Norwegian Vitalia cargo was thrown into the prize court September 28 deemed conditional contraband with oils and fats not consigned to the Netherlands trust.
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London
Kirkwall
Absalom
Origen
Vitalia
Netherlands
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Tri-City
The
Western Newspaper Union News Service
State of Ohio
Conservancy Directors
Dayton
ADA
Ohio Miners and Operators
Marion, O
Joseph Collins
Delaware
Charles Gardner
Findlay
Arcadia
Hancock County
Harry T. Hall
Chandler Motor Car Co
Compmn
Chardon
Middlefield
Troy
Daniel Favorite
St. Clairsville
Wheeling
Board of Elections Office
Toledo, O
Toledo Times
Linotype
Stereotype
LM Trust
A. S
Gov. Spry
Dumba
Gertrude M. Fisher
America
Congress of Photographers
Indianapolis
U. S
Washington Bank
Tumulty
Volunteer Army
Kansas City
BIG War Fund
Panama
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