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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1913
Page
1
Mexico City reports President Huerta to issue a decree increasing the army to 150000. Early returns show low turnout with less than 10000 of 80000 eligible voters voting. Felix Diaz reportedly arrested in Vera Cruz and escorted toward Mexico City amid security fears.
Report from Piedras Negras and other Mexican locales describes minimal voting as Huerta-backed candidates face a disorganized electorate. Observers note patrols and fear of reprisals, with Diaz rumored arrested and voters largely abstaining. Candidates pledge peaceful acceptance and unity to restore order and allow a new vote if turnout is too low.
President Wilson traveled through Virginia North and South Carolina and Georgia en route to the Southern Commercial Congress in Mobile Alabama where he would speak tomorrow. Thousands in Ashbury North Carolina and other towns cheered him as he became the first southern native elected president since the Civil War.
St. Petersburg reports the Beiliss trial nearing a climax with Mendel Beilis’ presumed defeat amid a clash between Black Hundreds and reformers. Four editors have already been imprisoned for articles on the case, with four more facing criminal charges.
A house to house search across St Petersburg followed a robbery in Verdhne Udinsk Transbakalia. Thieves seized 106000 roubles. Police killed one robber and wounded several officers including a superintendent, while arresting another thief and pursuing the rest.
Cleveland reports John D. Rockefeller greeting Ebenezer Roberts a 97 year old former gardener outside Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. Rockefeller raised his silk hat, apologized for a presumed misunderstanding, and wished Roberts many more years. He distributed Lincoln pennies to children as he left, urging savings.
Rome reports general elections held nationwide with one death and many wounded. Giolitti re elected nearly unopposed as the cabinet wins a large majority amid expanded male army service suffrage. 1278 candidates contest 508 seats across eight groups and American women with Italian ties show strong interest.
A Sidney Ohio report notes a Scotch collie owned by J M Thompson mothering seven of her own puppies and four piglets born last month. After the dam died, Thompson tried bottle feeding the pups. six died, leaving four surviving with the puppies and all apparently doing well.
In Kansas City Missouri the so called wet block on Ninth Street has dwindled from forty saloons to thirteen as dry and wet cycles shifted demand. Prohibition pushed saloons away, later revival did not restore former patronage. The decline reflects changing tastes among locals and immigrant drinkers who favor beer by the eight.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of State Bryan will act as president until Wilson returns from Mobile Alabama next Tuesday. This marks his second period acting in the role, the first having occurred earlier in the summer during the president’s absence in New Hampshire with his family.
A cow was the direct cause of a wreck that killed six Black laborers and injured seven near La on October 26. An engine pulling a freight train hit the cow, overturning a flatcar and tossing the workers into a water-filled ditch.
Chairman Carter Glass of the House Banking Committee viewed a statement arguing Vanderlip central bank plan is a covert effort to defeat currency legislation in this Congress session.
Albany Oct 2 Martin H Glynn who has succeeded William Sulzer impeached as Governor of New York State is establishing new records of simplicity and democracy Glynn publisher of the Albany Times Union is free of formality and ready to lead with plain speech and action
King Alfonso spent hours in Madrid seeking a cabinet for the government after the vote of confidence was rejected and President Romanones resigned. Antonio Maura declined to form a new ministry, while Senor Dato agreed to serve provisionally and would decide the next day.
Fortymouth New Hampshire reports experiments with a wireless device likened to Alvi's Frays that blew a hole in the old warship Terpsichore eight miles away. The Terpsichore towed seaward carried a metal box on its hull and an onshore spark or ray reportedly penetrated the box to rupture the cruiser’s bottom.
A sharp northwest wind turned rain into snow across parts of Missouri and the Southwest on October 26. Snow fell all afternoon and into the night, giving northern Oklahoma its earliest fall in a half century and prompting concerns among ranchers about their livestock losses.
Paris reports 1912 birth rate slight improvement with 750 851 births versus 692 740 deaths. Authorities note the rate now exceeds deaths but remain cautious about overall fertility trends.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt left Rio de Janeiro at 8 o'clock in the evening aboard a special train bound for Sao Paulo. He traveled with a minister, officials, and a diplomatic delegation while crowds cheered. Earlier, he toured Petropolis with the foreign minister and a committee.
New York social worker Mrs Barnes says today’s styles pose a danger to girls’ modesty, calling Rockefeller one of her boys and urging public caution about fashion trends.
Rev Popoff says American troops report horrific acts by Christian soldiers in the Balkans. He recounts seeing wounded soldiers' eyes plucked out while alive, detailing grisly cruelty and wartime atrocity claims.
Milwaukee fire destroys Goodyear Rubber Co store. Firemen buried by falling wall. two died in hospital, four dying, eight in grave condition.
Hundreds of striking workers clash with deputy sheriffs and guards at Berwind coal camp in Trinidad Colorado. A deputy sheriff is killed and violence feared as strikers are driven from the camp and armed reinforcements move toward Berwind to quell the dispute.
New York mayoral candidate Edward McCall of Tammany Hall issued a lengthy denial of charges leveled by Hennessy and Sulzer aides. He challenges Hennessy to produce written proof signed by Hennessy and asserts no payment or favors were given to Charles Murphy or Gedree Plunkitt for his Supreme Court nomination.
Cleveland Oct 26 The stewards of the Grand Circuit will hold an informal meeting at the Holland House New York on Nov 23 to discuss betterment of several clubs and the probable admission of two trackmen Narragansett track Providence and Readville track may join the big circuit
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