05 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
1
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Patrick F. Sheedy, famed gambler, is gravely ill and urges others to avoid gambling. He calls gambling not a profession or profitable and notes risk increases with talent and success.
Washington Aug 4 Speaker Cannon to announce committee assignments tomorrow. Massachusetts faces a tense dispute over Weeks becoming chair of the post offices and post roads committee, seen as a clever coup by Crane’s followers to influence the Massachusetts senatorial fight. Gardner and Rodenburg shifts loom as insurgents lose or gain chairs amid Taft intervention and other rearrangements.
In a night session the Senate debated the tariff bill focusing on the maximum and minimum clause. Hale and Beveridge clashed over interpretation while Aldrich and McCumber proposed adjustments to leather and fabric duties and related provisions. Senate actions target a conference report and further discussions.
W D Boyce the Chicago publisher sails for England on the Mauretania to reach British East Africa and photograph wild animals from a balloon. Aids include noted aerial photographer George R Lawrence and C A Hughes with Raymond Lawrence and two assistants plus a London surgeon.
The government reportedly offered ex Shah Mohamed Ali an annual pension of 75000 dollars if he hands over jewels listed in the nationalist inventory or explains their disposal within two weeks. The offer follows his departure from Persia and his request for asylum. The article notes the move as a tax on his Persian assets and a condition tied to restitution.
Police link three trunks shipped from St Louis to Chicago to a black hand kidnapping for ransom of Grace and Tomasso Viviano. No bodies found. suspects include Lamanzi Giroloma Pagano and Pietro Fanare with Marchisi Benedetto named as missing. Arrests made and Chicago authorities inspect trunks for ownership clues.
In White Plains New York on August 4 the Thaw case moved to defense. Charles Morschauser seeks to show Thaw’s sanity disputing state alienists while presenting Gleason and Delmas as new counsel. A detective report about an apparent life threat to Thaw is introduced to counter delusion claims.
Secretary MacVeagh orders a department wide probe of all treasury offices to boost efficiency. The move follows a long preliminary study by three treasury assistant secretaries and will involve chiefs and assistant chiefs submitting detailed reports on work methods and clerk performance.
GEORGETOWN Ky Aug 4 J Campbell Cantrill returned from Winchester with Scott county farmers after presenting a compromise proposal to a Burley Tobacco society subcommittee. No decision was reached as both sides seek harmony on the 1909 pool terms.
Paris reports a public beheading set for 4:30 am at the Sante prison front in Paris. Affected crowds were restrained by police. The condemned, Lucherin a 23 year old butcher, killed his mother in 1908 and was executed for robbery motive. President Fallieres declined clemency. public sentiment opposed public executions.
The Senate unanimously confirms Alfred N. Rodway as collector of internal revenue at Cleveland. Senator Burton's influence helped over Dick's protest. Several Northern Ohio nominations die without recess appointments, while others including postmasters and a secretary of legation are confirmed.
Santiago reports Bolivia recalls its charge d affaires to Chile at Chilean request after exact statements in telegrams about Satie and the dispute between teru and.
In New York at the Waldorf Astoria William Craig testifies he was shot by Mrs Neville Castle who collapses after arraignment. Castle says she intended to kill herself and framed the event as an accident while claiming Craig admired her.
A Columbus report centers on Inspector Finley payouts and a proposed alibi by former Attorney General Wade H. Ellis. Governor Harmon weighs the bureau findings as Phipps defends inspections, urging strict labeling to prevent dangerous gasoline and naphtha use.
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