20 Apr 1913
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1913
Page
1
Morgan leaves a will stating his trust in the Savior and reflects on faith. The document recounts religious devotion and hope for spiritual guidance.
John Pierpont Morgan's will probate reveals a large estate residue to his son John Pierpont Morgan Jr. with charities and artistic endeavors named as beneficiaries. The document also outlines executors and contingency provisions including a plan for the Morgan art collection and family safeguards.
The Democratic tariff revision bill with sweeping reductions and a long free list, plus an income tax, moves to debate in the House after approval by the caucus and Ways and Means. Underwood will reintroduce the measure and the House is expected to act by mid May with Senate consideration possible before adjournment around July 16.
Paris report details the drowning of Isadora Duncan's five year old Beatrice and three year old Patrick along with their English governess Annie Sim after a hired automobile left a Neuilly sur Seine roadway and plunged into the Seine. Chauffeur rescued but could not save them. the bodies were taken to the American Hospital as the distressed mother watched.
Washington broadcasts reveal alarm in Tokyo over California anti Japanese legislation. President Wilson shifts from hands off to direct contact with Governor Hiram Johnson, urging careful wording and citizenship limits to ease tensions with Japan and avoid wider conflict.
New York April 19 Harrison Fisher endorses suffragette beauty as the pageant standard for the Metropolitan Opera House event on May 2. Mrs James Lees Laidlaw notes intellectual beauty and physical perfection as qualifications. Fisher praises Pauline Frederick while listing other women chosen for the pageant including Sarah Truax and Miss Flora Caper.
Chicago April 19 discovery of the mutilated bodies of Mrs Maud Sleep and her two young children in a cistern on a farm near Elgin triggers a triple murder inquiry. A note claiming suicide is suspected to be a plant while investigators detain farm workers and search for clues.
Ohio legislature ratified conference amendments to the Greenland liquor license bill. If not vetoed at referendum, the act becomes law next November and allows a 300-foot restriction except near hotels clubs and central business districts. Doors close after sine die on April 28.
Otto W. Brodie professional aviator dies after a 45 foot fall at Chicago West Side aviation grounds while testing a new machine. He led a school of aviation and planned a factory to manufacture aircraft. Brodie delivered parcel post by air between Cicero and Argo Illinois.
Attorneys for Ralph Hoover, a young farmer found guilty of second degree murder for killing his child wife, filed a motion today requesting a new trial.
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