State patronage looms as new relief law nears
Ohio politics stir over Warnes law changes as Walter Brown seeks Progressive influence in county deputy tax commissioner appointments and a Progressive on the state tax commission. Treasurer Brennan faces new blind relief rules. Attorney General Hogan orders payment of old law claims awaiting remittance to the state. New A G Follett cited. Hogan confident mandamus suit to block Warnes law will fail.
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D. A. Donovan
Columbus
Ohio
Warnes
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Progressive Party
Brown
Mr. Brown
License Commission
State Tax Commission
State Commission
Fr. E. Munn
Harmon
Hogan
Supreme Court
Graves
Attor
Ohio Officials Face Ballot Battle and Fire Fiend Arrest
First assistant attorney general Joseph A. McGhee has been named special counsel for the Public Utilities Commission at $5,000 a year. In Tuscarawas County, Karl Cappell 23 is jailed on lunacy charges after admitting arson across several barns and houses, aided by bloodhounds, as authorities call him a pronounced pyromaniac. Ohio's Frank W. Miller urges normal training and supervision to raise rural school standards amid reports of illiterate teachers and corporal punishment.
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John P. Brennan
Blind Relief Commission
Brennan
Hogan
Supreme Court
Charles Follett
Ohio
Joseph McGhee
Jackson
Public Utilities Commission
John F. Follett
Cincinnati
Ohio House of Resentatives
Congress
Martin D. Follett
Marietta
Ohio Supreme Court
Newark
Kenyon College
McGhee
Ney Charles Groom
Hamilton County
Secretary of State
Attorney General's Department
Karl Cappell
Gnadenhutten
Tuscarawas County
Cappell
Tuscarawas
Hartapee
Thomas Milligan
Milligan
Frank W. Miller
Miller
Will Vote on Dry Bill
The people will vote next month on the Anti Saloon league bill to prevent liquor shipments into dry areas. The measure proceeds after a supreme court ruling holds no constitutional objection to its submission. Opponents argued the bill would violate the state constitution, but that question is not considered until the measure becomes law.
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Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
Will Garry Case to High Court
State authorities will appeal the Franklin county Common Pleas judge Rogers decision declaring the sales by weight law invalid. They argue the new law violated the state constitution bill of rights by restricting an individual’s right to dispose of his wares in any manner.
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Will Garry
Common Pleas
Rogers
Franklin County Court
Tragic L-2 Dirigible Disaster Kills 26 in Germany
Berlin reports the admiralty airship L-2 exploded during testing above Johannisthal killing 26 officers and sailors and fatally wounding four others. Baron Bleul survived with both eyes burned out, urging rescuers to shoot him. Officials witnessed the catastrophe as wreckage fell and fire spread.
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Baron von. Bleul
Berlin
Imperial Ministry of Marines
Admiralty
Johannisthal
North Sea
Germany
Admiralty Trial Board
Bernische
Freye
Glutch
Admiralty Board
Prince Adalbert
William
Baron van Bleul
Trenk
Hauksmann
Bavaria
Koch
Schweritz
Prussia
Haesseler
von Freiburg
Damaging Testimony in Eaton Murder Trial
Plymouth Massachusetts October 18 Damaging testimony against Mrs Jennie May Eaton on trial for the murder of her husband Rear Admiral Joseph G Eaton was given by the defendant daughter Dorothy Ainsworth Eaton The sixteen year old schoolgirl testified unwillingly for the prosecution swore that the day before her stepfather died her mother had been angry at him The prosecution contends Mrs Eaton in a jealous fit administered poison to his food
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Plymouth
Mass
Jennie May Eaton
Joseph G. Eaton
Dorothy Ainsworth Eaton
Brigands Kill 300 In China Amid Grain and Church Fires
In Ko-Kien province brigands led by Gen. Hwan Liang burned grain stores and two mission churches tied to American societies. Chinese troops moved against the brigands but have shown little effective action to date.
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Peking
Ko-Kien
Hwan Liang
Bryan Speaks at Waterloo Dairy Congress
Secretary William J. Bryan arrived in Waterloo Iowa from Dubuque and spoke to hundreds despite threatening clouds and cold winds. The event drew a large crowd at the Waterloo Dairy congress.
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Bryan
Waterloo
William J. Bryan
Dubuque
Waterloo Dairy Congress
Connaughts Returning to Canada Voyage From Liverpool
The duke and duchess of Connaught with Princess Patricia depart London for Liverpool to sail for Canada aboard the Empress of Britain. They travel with their party and proceed to Canada by sea.
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Connaughts
London
Duke
Duchess of Connaught
Patricia
Liverpool
Canada
Tragic Volturno Fire Traps 80 to 90 Passengers
New York reports say 80 to 90 passengers were trapped in Volturno's No. 1 compartment after the first explosion and perished or died in flames. From survivor Waldron Risselman details of the blast, chaos, and the captain's injuries emerge as rescue ships bring 105 survivors to port.
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New York
Waldron Risselman
Risselman
Inch
Mrs Mackay Denies Suit Allegations In Alienation Case
Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay answers a $1,000,000 suit from Catherine K. Blake alleging alienation of affections of her husband Dr Joseph A. Blake. Through Arthur Train she calls Blake jealous and inhumane, noting Blake allegedly threatened to kill.
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New York
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Mega
Catherine K. Blake
Joseph A. Blake
Arthur G. Train
Mackay
Carnegie Returns to U.S. on Mauretania from Scotland
Andrew Carnegie sailed back to the United States aboard the Cunard liner Mauretania from Scotland. He voiced delight at the recent victory of Francis Ouimet, the brilliant young golfer.
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New York
Andrew
Carnegia
United States
Cunard
Train Plunges From Trestle Killing Dozens, Injuring Soldiers
A special train carrying 175 Coast artillery soldiers derailed on a high trestle near Mobile. At least 32 soldiers were killed and more than 100 injured as wreckage tumbled into a 60 foot ravine. Medical teams and ambulances rushed to the scene.
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Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Mobile
Ala
United States Coast Artillery
M. J. Wise
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Ft. Morgan
Meridian
Miss
Tragic Vehicle Train Collision Kills Kreitzers Near Dayton
Walter Kreitzer 30 and Ruth Kreitzer 23 of Trotwood were struck and killed by Eastbound Limited Passenger Train No. 20 on the Pennsylvania line as they neared home from a country visit. Their four-year-old son Wilbur survived with a skull fracture likely fatal. The car was hurled about 100 feet.
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Dayton
Walter Kreitzer
Trotwood
Ruth
Pennsylvania Line
Wilbur
Navy fleet to gather in Hampton Roads for canal celebration
Washington reports an immense international fleet anchored in Hampton Roads early in 1915. The ships will voyage through the Panama Canal to the Pacific to celebrate its completion, following the U S invitation to mark the milestone in American waters.
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Washington
Hampton Roads
United States
Panama Canal
Pacific
Motorcycle rider badly hurt in head on collision near Laporte
Antone Peterson of South Dearing Illinois was dash ing head on into a car west of Laporte while on an endurance motorcycle ride. He suffered a broken leg and potential internal injuries and was hospitalized.
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Laporte
Ind
Antone Peterson
South Dearing
Ill
Cincinnati Markets Report of Grain Live Stock and Poultry
Cincinnati market prices list corn white and yellow by grade, oats, hay timothy and clover, oats, wheat red, poultry and eggs, cattle and calves, hogs and hog products, sheep and lambs with bid ranges and special quotes for several classes. Includes per bushel, per hundredweight, and per head figures for traders and farmers.
Train wreck injures passengers near Berwick and Sandusky
A large locomotive derailed a train on the Big Four line between Berwick and Sandusky three miles south of Tiffin. The wreck left three people injured perhaps fatally and 26 others hurt as rails spread under the weight of the engine and two passenger coaches and a baggage day car toppled into a ditch.
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Tiffin
Berwick
Sandusky
Here
Ocean City votes to build a new city hall
Residents of Ocean City New Jersey approve funding and begin plans for a new City Hall. The brief notes unrelated ads and humor items about cleaners and a teething syrup as context.
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Ocean City
N. J
Dobbs Characterized as Man of Action in Debate
The text notes Dobbs as a man of action and criticizes him for relying on gestures over common sense in argument, highlighting a vivid view of his debating style.
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Dobbs
Witty Museum Exchange About Antiquities and Noah’s Ark Pencil
An American tourist dismisses Cicero’s book in the British Museum and boasts about a lead pencil claimed to have been used by Noah in an American museum. The quip highlights playful rivalries over famous artifacts.
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Cicero
Noah
To Clean Light Woolen Garments with Borax Mix
A recipe advises mixing a handful of borax with cornmeal and a half cake of magnesia until dry. Scrub woolen items with the powdery mix. To clean shawls and sweaters, sprinkle the mixture then wrap the garment in a folded sheet and beat lightly. The borax aids cleaning.
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Walter Brown
Joseph A. McGhee
Falls
China
GeoRge W. Goethals
George
W. Goethals
Colonel Goethals
Pamama
Goethals
Volturno
Carnegie
U. S
Iron Master
Oulmet
Dean
Illinois
Charles “Easter
Walnut St
Watseka, Im
Hope
Doan
Bow Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Bence
Nevriatown
Dr. Peery
Rattlepate
Indianapolis
Stan
Post
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