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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1908
Page
2
The Chicago convention will vote on Taft’s nomination as long as his name appears on the ballot. In adopting the platform a likely strong battle to include a prohibition plank is anticipated.
Baltimore April 26 The Republican State Convention will choose four Delegates-at-large to the Chicago National convention on Thursday. It appears probable the delegates-at-large will be instructed for Secretary Taft at the national gathering.
The battle ship fleet rested in Santa Barbara as officers took shore duties and liberty parties reduced drills. Missouri suffered engine damage from a high pressure cylinder head blast while Newport News plans faced a fire delaying repairs. Admiral Evans, at Paso Robles for treatment, plans to rejoin Monterey and may return to command briefly before the May 6 grand review.
General Charles H. Grosvenor of Athens praises William Howard Taft as man and leader from his Washington remarks. He highlights Taft as a top lawyer, judge, and administrator with independence of opinion and readiness to consider others before final action. Maryland's Pearre named Taft delegates and pledged solid support.
Polige details a hotel robbery plot where two men registered as Reginald Vanderbilt and Ray E. Stout at the Sterling Hotel after a Grand Central Depot stop. They left with rooms on different floors, returned briefly, then vanished. Police investigate sightings and followouts. rooms were left unlocked as detectives seek how thieves gained access.
In New York Archdiocese a week of rejoicing begins to celebrate Catholicism’s century in the area. At St Patrick’s Cathedral Monsignor Lavelle led a mass of thanksgiving while Cardinal Logue and Archbishop Farley participated in sermons detailing the church’s history in the city.
Politicians from across West Virginia converge on Parkersburg for the State Delegate Convention to name at large delegates to Chicago and nominate Supreme Court of Appeals candidates. Senator Nathan B. Scott expected to preside. Stephen B. Elkins may attend. Prospective delegates at large include Charles F. Teter Philippi B S Pope Parkersburg Charles W. Dillon Fayetteville George A Laughlin Wheeling and Isaac T Mann Bramwell.
Secretary Root and his party will receive two large albums containing photographs from their Mexico visit. The albums, 15 by 20 inches and five inches thick, were produced by bookmakers and jewelers’ art and will honor Root, his wife, daughter Mrs Ulysses S Grant, and political figures Diaz and Mariscal with a copy stored in the State Department.
Preliminary findings to Surgeon General from Navy Surgeon B. L. Wright detail mercury as a TB treatment at Ft. Lyon Naval Hospital in Colorado. Medical Inspector Hibbett notes active interest, with W. H. Bucher and Wright administering the clinic to avoid needle infection and encourage patients amid steady volunteer turnout.
In Chicago and Omaha a large group of rail way employees voiced their backing for Taft at the Republican convention. Boarded trains, the Independent Order of Railway Conductors leader Pinney, and interviews describe Taft as fair on labor issues while Roosevelt remains popular in the West with laboring men.
A mysterious dynamite blast badly damaged the new Bristol County steel bridge linking Fall River and Somerset across the Taunton River. The $750,000 structure, due to be finished in two months, faces an estimated $15,000 loss to contractors. The workforce is nonunion.
A Cedar Rapids editor quotes railway men across the Middle West saying Taft would treat railways and workers fairly. They credit his wage policy and expect solid Republican support if he is nominated, with little opposition from organized labor by the convention.
New Jersey Republicans rush Taft club formation with large memberships aiming to back Secretary Taft at the Republican National Convention. Essex County League pledges support for Taft favored delegates. Bergen County towns form clubs. Toms River reports Ocean County’s first Taft club with strong membership.
Ohio General Assembly ends its four month session with a clean record and a major tax reform aim. The taxation amendment and direct primaries were approved amid ongoing debates on referendum, liquor laws, and county official salaries.
Hamilton Ohio April 26 The opening hour of the Common Pleas Court tomorrow morning will be devoted to memorial services conducted by the Butler County Bar Association in honor of the late Colonel James E Neal a founder charter member and first officer of the organization. Many warm personal tributes will be paid.
Robert Harrison and his six year old son Thomas were killed by lightning at their home in Huntington County. Mrs. Harrison found the bodies on her return from church.
Premier Clemenceau departs Paris to attend the funeral of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in London representing the French Government. The move underscores Franco British diplomatic ties.
In Yarmouth on April 26 Royal Engineers at Ft Victoria carried out heroic rescue after the collision of the St Paul and the Gladiator. They deployed in two small boats to save sailors, with Corporal Stenning among rescuers though several men sank. Surviving Gladiator officers and rescued seamen were sheltered with engineer officers and later recovered.
The Portsmouth station commander names drowned bodies recovered including Cowdrey Widgery and Sieberres. One seaman died in hospital, seven injured, and multiple missing. Lieutenant Graves and fifteen seamen among the missing. Portsmouth mayor appeals for relief funds for Gladiator and Tiger sufferers.
Passengers recount the maritime collision near Southampton as the St Paul and the Gladiator grind together in heavy snow. Crew and officers maintain order while boats are delayed. St Paul sustains serious bow damage and floods, pilots and captains express grief and caution.
Admirers of Leo Tolstoy propose an international Tolstoi Society to study and promote his ideas and to gather materials for a Tolstoyan Museum after Tolstoy declined a jubilee celebration. A new novel Father Sergius is announced to be published only posthumously, focusing on a guard officer who becomes a monk and faces moral trials.
The steamer Philadelphia arrived with many passengers reporting two bubonic plague cases in Caracas and a large number awaiting ships at Puerto Cabello to depart. Caracas papers deny any plague in the city.
After weeks of idleness due to flood damage 2000 workers in the Guyandotte Valley coal field will return to work tomorrow. Limited transportation had halted production.
A concise reference to New York associated with Mr and Mrs E Harrow appears in the readable text as a noted location or parties involved in a brief notice.
The Gladiator disaster after the St Paul collision leaves 28 dead or missing with five confirmed dead and 23 missing aboard the British cruiser. Six injured and eight more feared missing prompt naval inquiry and Board of Trade probe amid channel weather. Divers found no bodies in the sunken ship.
Cherbourg dispatch: passengers scheduled to sail on the St. Paul to New York will instead travel on the White Star liner Teutonic, which leaves on Wednesday.
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