Bribery Probe Details in Elson Telephony Bill Fight
Testimony reveals money offered for votes on the Elson telephone merger bill. Representatives Pears and Winters describe bribery attempts, with Cronin denying involvement and others detailing efforts to influence the vote and subsequent reconsideration. Witnesses name stock offers and pressure from Morgan interests in Columbus, with several lawmakers questioned about improper influence.
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Howard W. Pears
Lima
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Simnon Cronin
Akron
Bell Telephone Company
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Morgan Interests
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Lawmakers Testimony Reveals Bribery Claims in Ohio Legislature
Dayton’s Hart and A F Dwinner urge action amid bribery allegations. Pears of Lima and Morita of Cleveland report offers to sway votes on the Ti wonbi and Elson merger bills. Morita’s absence at his father’s funeral coincides with requests for names. Geleerd of Toledo tied to improper tele lobby advances. he will be questioned.
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Woods
Sullivan
Woot
Mane
Morita
Woody
Geleerd
Toledo
Street Car Strike Averted in Columbus
Columbus April street car workers suspend a threatened general strike after state arbitration offers a compromise. The company raises wages by one and a half cents an hour to five and a half cents and rehiring thirty five discharged workers. Workers may join the union but the company will not deal with the union. Operators return to normal service with all mines operating fine.
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Columbus
New Street Car
State Board of Arbitration
Wiem
Cleveland
Iowa GOP Braces for Historic Battle at State Convention
Warren Garat of Coon Rapids, ex lieutenant governor, announces run for Republican gubernatorial nomination against Governor Carroll. Insurgents back Garat. Doliver and Cumming to stump statewide. Fight centers on party control and stance after Indiana convention rejected the Payne Aldrich tariff bill.
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Deg Moines
Towa
Warren Garat
Coon Rapids
B. F P. Carroll
Garst
Iowa
Tila
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Cumming
Garat
Carrolth
Indiana
Three Yeggm en Gang Falls in Ilinois Bank Job
In Yazon Illinois early today three men were shot two fatally during a pursuit after the Coal City bank robbery by five masked men who bound and gagged workers, dynamited the bank, and fled on a southbound train. Police in Morrin hold three wounded men on robbery charges.
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M Fehe
Yazon
Ilinois
Bank of Coal City
Cot City
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Morrin
Coal City
W. Brye
John Gippp
Kate
Yawon
Sigols
Papal Regret Over Roosevelt Negotiations Is Claimed
A Vatican accord breakdown is described with Pope advisers urging a course to avoid further breach. Reports quote high clerics and Rome correspondents noting regret over the Roosevelt Vatican negotiations and a noted breach tied to Cardinal Merry del Val and public remarks. The piece traces a long, discreet mission from Rome to Vienna and back, with telegram plans and daily movement notes among papal aides and U.S. figures.
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Merry del Valda
Vatican incident rattles Roosevelt visit in Rome
Reports claim Cardinal Merry del Val led opposition to a planned Vatican audience as the Vatican and the Pope faced embarrassment. The debate centers on whether President Roosevelt would meet officials in Rome with the Cardinal’s stance stirring tensions inside the papal curia.
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Cologne
Vatican
Borough Bank Closes Amid Panic Fallout Today
The Borough Bank shuts its doors as the panic erodes its strength. Directors and officers are named amid reports that the bank cannot meet depositor demands, with residents warned of widespread effects on local confidence and deposits.
Union Bank Suspension Traced to Cash Shortage and Asset Use
State officials cite real property not yet developed and exhausted cash as core causes after the Union bank suspension. Officials note prior panic closures, asset depletion, and a failed market for property, with the bank once capitalized at 8200 and assets estimated over 31 51,000.
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Union Bank
Cheney
Albanian revolt threatens Young Turk regime in Djakavia
Despatches report Albanian rebels surround Prisrend and threaten surrender of a loyal garrison. Over 15 000 Albanians have seized large parts of northern Albania while a council of war prepares measures to suppress the uprising amid heavy fighting near Riverlab on April 4.
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Dia
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Meni
Spencer in Spotlight as Murder Case Moves Forward
The town eyes Beheim G. Spencer as voters and the district attorney weigh a full confession linked to the killing of Martha Bleckstone and the wounding of Harriet Dow. Spencer held without bail on murder charges and to face trial next term. relatives seek funds for defense amid claims of insanity. Police tie confession to earlier robberies from 1908 to now.
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Beheim G. Spencer
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Martha Th. Hleckstone
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Dow
Cartier
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Ee Court
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Spencer
Bernard
Bpeocer
Navy reports boiler tubes burst on cruiser Maryland
The Navy confirmed an accident aboard the cruiser Maryland in California waters. Four boiler tubes burst injuring two men, one of whom died later at 745 Kensington Avenue, Kansas City. Rear Admiral Harber, commander of the Pacific Fleet, sent a special report.
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Coul
Amberson
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Harber
Pacific Feet
Passengers Rescued as Fire Destroys Calrarona Between Dover and Channel
Nine hundred travelers from the British steamship Calrarona fleeing from London to Portland Maine were moved to the Kanawha amid heavy seas after the Calrarona caught fire in the English Channel. Captain Bellman and Waytein Stocks oversaw a disciplined transfer preventing panic and a mass loss of life. The Calrarona, a 3980 ton vessel, returned to Dover once all aboard were safe.
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Portland
Maine
Ingtat
Kanawha
Channel
Calrarona
Kanuwhe
Eas
Dover
Cairnone
Political shifts seen in spring elections across the Midwest
Washington reports show Democrats touting Hartford and various local wins as a trend against Republicans. Milwaukee elects a Socialist and council gains signal broader changes, while predictions point to new women ministers and shifting national politics ahead of fall congressional elections.
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