Ohio tax commission eyes oil and gas properties on the duplicate
Columbus reports the Ohio tax commission plans to include oil, gas, and mining properties on the tax duplicate. Using a 1 percent levy, the measure aims to raise revenues without increasing the overall property values. Accountants study township and district valuations. some districts may require higher valuations to meet revenue needs.
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Columbus
O. Jan
Aim
Tax Commission of
Ohio
Captires Town Capures Town in Bonita Revolution
New Orleans dispatch reports Delim Hondiu ras still cut, but steamship March arrived with news that Trujillo fell to the Bonita revolutionists after a battle in which seven were killed and 12 wounded.
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Wildleas
Delim
Hondiuras
Trujillo
Bonita
Man Dies in Auto Near Cincinnati Birthday Trip
J Procter Burkhardt aged 52, unmarried, a highly regarded engineer from a famed family of merchants, died of heart disease while returning to Cincinnati with a party after a pleasure trip to Jay Stage. He was part of a group of friends from the trip.
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Constantine J. Erdman
Congress
National Guard of
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Cincinnati
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Elgil
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Trunda
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Retain Blind Chaplain Couden Prefect in House
Democratic lawmakers face uncertain moves over Chaplain H N Couden a blind Universalist minister who has served fifteen years. Born Indiana he joined the Sixth Ohio in the Civil War and was blinded in a 1902 skirmish near Austin Mississippi. He later studied at the Columbus blind school and St. Lawrence before leading a Port Enon Michigan church.
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Shiloh
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Miss
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Clneimat
Institution For the Blind
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Port Enron
Mich
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Indiana
Four Die in Gas Plant Blast at Hubbard Hotel
Niobrara Nebraska January 16 explosion at the Hubbard hotel gas lighting plant killed M W Kimball Annie Dunka Kenneth Kindall and Crosby. Four women rescued from flames and two men overcome by gas in the aftermath. Butte Montana January 16 two miners killed by amber gas in Modoc mine underground fire. Twelve others overcome but revived. Belangte, a Spanish war veteran, helped rescue two unconscious workers before dying. Wheeling West Virginia January 16 nurse testimony alleges Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk offered $1000 to poison John Schenk while ill.
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M. W. Kimball
Annie Dunka
Kenneth Kindall
Crosby
Butte
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Michael Be Jangla
Anaconda Company
James Carney
Bell and Diamond
Modoc
Belangte
Stephen Hogan
Dennla Lynch
Punpmnen
Wheeling
W. Va
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John O. Schenk
North Wheeling Hospital
Eleanor Zoeckler
Mra. Klein
Delegates Gather for UMWA National Convention in Columbus
Columbus data shows 19 rapidly filling Memorial hall with delegates to the United Mine Workers of America convention opening at 10 tomorrow. About one thousand delegates expected, with a strong push to move the national headquarters from Indianapolis to Columbus.
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Columbus
United Mine Workers of America
Memorial Hall
Indianapolis
Prescription by Wireless Saves Ship Captain at Sea
Wireless operator on the steamship Merida of Ward Line relayed a life saving prescription over 600 miles in the Gulf of Mexico to the steamer Herman Frasch. The captain aboard the Frasch had suddenly fallen ill and lacked medical attention, and the remote medical guidance likely preserved his life.
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Vera Cros San
Caucus Meets Tonight to Pick Depew Successor
New York Democrats convene a joint caucus of senators and assemblymen to elect a U S senator to succeed Chauncey M Depew. Friends of Edward M Shepard expect a long session while supporters of William H Bhebann predict two hours. The race is open with several independents rumored to stay out.
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Depew
Albany
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Assembly
Senate
Friends
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William H. Bheoban
Missing official will face music in New York
New York Jan 16 City Chamberlain Charles J Hyde who had been absent since December arrived in the city and told reporters he is very ill with kidney stones and faces at least two operations. He says he will not resign and expects to face charges over depositing city money in the Carnegie Trust and Northern bank. Hyde also denied fleeing graft investigations regarding alleged racetrack bribery. In other items a Benton Ark race riot left one dead and three injured.
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Hare
Wade Patterson
Elizabeth Ruben
James West
Mary Coley
New York
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Florida
Hyde Wald
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Philadelphia
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Wabash to sever Pittsburg ties on April first
Pittsburg figures confirm the Wabash railroad will end all connection with Pittsburg and Wheeling on April 1 after six years of terminal operations. The split follows a meeting of freight and passenger heads from the Wabash, Wheeling & Lake Erie, and Pittsburg Terminal lines, noting no other reason beyond tensions between the two routes.
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W. Va
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Chicago
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Cleveland
Governor Comer Blocks Salary Hike For Successor
Montgomery reports that Governor Brixton R. Caster quit office today leaving successor Emmett O Neal facing a $5 000 annual salary instead of the $7 600 sought by reform lawmakers. The move to raise pay failed after Comer refused to sign, with O Neal aligned against the former governor and his reform agenda.
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Montgomery
Ala
Brixton R. Caster
Emmett O'Neal
O'Neal
Anti Comer
Governor Harmon to speak on politics at banquet
In Columbus Governor Harmon will address a banquet in honor of Andrew Jackson. He will discuss current political issues and aim to unite Democratic leaders for a general policy ahead of the 1912 presidential campaign. Notable attendees include Dii pective speaker Champ, Senator Bailey, Governor Crothera, Norman A. Mack, and other state leaders. Bryan will be absent. Rear Admiral Edward B. Barry has resigned from the navy in San Francisco.
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House
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Texas
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Maryland
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Buffalo
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San Francisco
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Man Eats Poison Amid Rescue Efforts after Fire
Peter Balm of Coyington consumed rat poison in grief over his brother missing since the Chamber of Commerce building fire last Tuesday. Doctors say Balm cannot recover. Workmen labor around the ruins as six bodies remain unaccounted for beneath the collapsed roof.
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Chamber of Commerce
Peter Balm
Auleide
Coyington
Democratic bills move to grind in Ohio legislature
Columbus, Jan. 16. With central board bill introduced in the house by Price Russell and in the senate by Frank Dore, followed by utilities commission bill in the house by Judge Cyrus Wintera and in the senate by Senator McGuire, the Democratic legislative program nears the hopper for grinding procons.
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Utilities Commission
Cyrus B. Wintera
McGuire
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