Wouse in Tangle Over Coal Bill
Ohio lawmakers clash over the Thomas resolution to create a mine screen tax and the Green bill to pay miners by coal sized through a 1 1/4 inch screen. Senate advances various tax and public works measures including building loan inspection, city bonds, and good roads funding with state supervised road work and flood bonds.
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Senate
General Assembly
Columbus
Thomas
Department of Building Loan Inspection
France Department
House
Snyder % Pickaway
Governor Cox Leads Ohio Flood Relief Tour
Governor Cox and the Ohio flood relief commission travel to Zanesville and Muskingum valley towns for a two day inspection with visits planned to Zanesville Marietta Pomeroy Gallipolis Portsmouth and Ironton. The aim is to finish relief work and present equitable fund distribution to Red Cross directors amid requests for disinfectants after Manchester flooding.
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Relief Commission
Red Cross
Columbus
Cox
Ohio Flood Relief Commission
Zanesville
Muskingum
Marietta
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Portsmouth
Ironton
General Speaks
Boards of Health
Ohio Relief Commission
W. P. Morgan
Manchester
W A Ashbrook Seventeenth Congress Man Favors Duty on Wool
Ohio representative W A Ashbrook advocates a tariff on wool to protect domestic wool producers. He argues the duty would raise revenue and support local industries while limiting cheaper imports.
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Ohio
Ohio Congressmen Fire Up In House Over Tariff Policy
Representatives Ashbrook and Francis of Ohio have started an insurrection in the House against the tariff bill. They oppose free raw wool supported by President Wilson and vow to defy the Democratic caucus to vote for the Underwood bill while wool remains on the free list. A conference with the Ohio Democratic delegation is set for Thursday night to decide their stance. Senate Democrats also criticized the tariff bill notably the free wool provision and the sugar schedule amid talk of free sugar in 1916.
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Ohio
House
Washington
Ashbrook
Francis
Wilson
Senate
Armed Man with Dir k Seized Near Wilson? Mill Witson Arrested
A 22 year old man named James Matheson from Nova Scotia was arrested at the Washington navy yard after declaring he traveled to the capital to kill President Wilson. He appeared and said he wanted to enlist. Browns Win Championship in St Louis as rain halts game. officials decree Browns victorious. In Philadelphia, Dr Anna Shaw alleges liquor interests funded anti suffrage defeat in Michigan.
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Washington
Wilson
James Matheson
Nova Scotia
Matheson
Washington Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Michigan
Anna Shaw
John J. Fitzgerald Opposes Specific Appropriation
John J. Fitzgerald voices opposition to targeted federal funds for Ohio flood victims. He argues the relief plan is flawed and calls for alternative approaches. Local officials note the proposal would direct aid to flood stricken areas in Ohio.
Pope Pius X in grave condition after relapse
Reports from Rome say Pope Pius X suffered a relapse of influenza with catarrh and fever. Physicians Marchiafava and Amict attend him as Vatican officials withhold details, while alarm spreads among the sacred college and pilgrims crowd Saint Peter’s.
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Rome
Pius X
Osservatore Romane
Vatican
Marchiafava
Amict
Sacred College
Ofcial
Vatican Apothecary
Merry del Val
Relief for Victims of the Ohio Flood Faces Funding Fight
Chairman Fitzgerald of the House Appropriations Committee warned that Congress would not provide a direct relief appropriation for Ohio flood sufferers. He supported only a deficiency appropriation to reimburse the War Department for relief expenditures under Secretary Garrison. Ohio Representative Gard proposed 4 million dollars for flood victims. Representative Cullop urged 500 thousand dollars for Ohio and Indiana.
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Fitzgerald
Washington
Congress
Ohio
House Committee On Appropriations
War Department
Garrison
Gard
Cullop
Indiana
Ohio Wheat Crop Not Ruined Reported Across Ohio
Heavy damage to wheat is reported at various Ohio points but the average loss is between 10 and 15 percent or less. Some correspondents say there is no damage. Secretary A. P. Sandles promotes wide distribution of this information to counter flood disaster claims on the state's credit.
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Ohio
Columbus
A. P. Sandles
Buffalo Streetcar Strike Draws Militia Clash
Serious disorders attended the Buffalo N Y streetcar strike as 400 cars wrecked and no cars ran. Justice Spring ordered two regiments of state militia including Troop 1 of the First States cavalry. Chief of Police Regan escaped injury after three shots were fired at him during patrols amid riots.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Justice Spring
Supreme Court
First States Cavalry
Regan
President Wilson entrusts Mrs Wilson with manuscript
President Wilson handed the manuscript of his congressional message to Mrs. Wilson and asked her to keep it as a memento. The document was typewritten on small white sheets and carried in the inside breast pocket of his coat. Mrs. Wilson also has the manuscript of the inaugural address.
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Wilson
Congress
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