22 Dec 1912
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1912
Page
1
A broad collection of Americans cry for help as rebels threaten, testing Uncle Sam's patience to the utmost. Volunteers and citizens express urgency while awaiting decisive action from government authorities.
Secretary Knox pushes a tougher stance toward Mexico after reports of Yaqui massacres at San Marcial and growing abuses of Americans. He met with Ambassador Calero while congress debates modifying neutrality laws to curb arms and agents to both sides. Meanwhile Chicago detectives arrest nine over a diamond merchant murder as a ransacked North Shore apartment yields clues.
Mexico City report notes no major unease over Washington drafted document seeking better protection of American interests. Official statement counts eleven thousand soldiers in Chihuahua campaign. Cananea Sonora mine strike workers protected by sufficient garrison as four hundred troops depart.
The subject seeks an annulment of her marriage to Lloyd Read, son of an Ohio coal magnate, as previously reported. Her divorce action centers on nullifying the union amid public interest in December magazine illustrations.
Nine persons are held for investigation in a case involving skeletons found in the apartments of the suspects. One is an escaped convict from the Columbus Penitentiary, and another is the wife of a safeblower.
A funeral procession in Atlantic City halted at Pleasantville cemetery as cemetery officials refused a permit to bury Mrs. Catherine Carter's pet cat Tiger. The cat, blind with a broken back, died Tuesday after treatment by specialists. Carter had a diamond-studded $1000 collar for Tiger and the rosewood casket with silver trim and perfumed catnip drew indignation.
Grand jury hearings in Indianapolis bolster evidence against a prominent physician in the death of Dr. Helene Knabe. Capt. William Holtz, who led the initial inquiry, testified that prior conclusions pointed to self destruction, while coroner Dirtian presented a murder verdict on thousands of pages of evidence. Deputy Prosecutor McAllister notes the case now points toward murder.
In Columbus, Judge E B Dillon ordered 13 year old Araziata to remain with guardians Grazia and Pizutas, despite father Guiseppa Calaluca of New Castle obtaining habeas corpus. The court ruled equity favored the foster parents who cared for the child for eleven years and treated her as a daughter. The girl hardly knows her father.
Miss Mabel Hennessy in Chatham Ontario dies after donating skin to save Mary Steinoff, burned while rescuing her child. Though suffering hysteria like illness, she urged doctors, underwent successful graft, and died of exhaustion days later.
Mrs. Mabel Benson of White Water Kansas was sentenced to five years in prison for forging a $45 check on a dare from her sister in law. She told the judge I never refused to take a dare and the court replied I am giving you the limit. Her husband Joseph Benson is a civil engineer and she has two small children.
John Arthur Johnson the heavyweight champion buys the Helen Sherman bungalow at Lake Geneva Wisconsin for 35400 dollars and a 30 acre farm nearby pledging a new farming venture and a public romance while calling off the fight game in favor of cattle breeding and milk production and amid social uproar from Chicago wealth. The Lake Geneva scene features figures like Henry Evans Julian Rumsey Joan Mitchell and J P Morgan cited as local powerhouses. The story notes the phrase black male referring to social tension over the purchase.
Four thousand one hundred fifty bales of raw silk valued at 2 075 000 arrive on the steamer Bellerophon at Tacoma. Longshoremen rush to transfer the cargo to a special train for shipment to New York, making it the biggest and most valuable silk consignment yet brought across the Pacific to Puget Sound.
Robert Taft, son of the president, reported jewelry and wearing apparel stolen in a Harvard dorm robbery. Police describe it as the most successful in years, with losses said to exceed 3000 dollars. Taft said the jewelry was in his room until 2 15 PM Friday and suspects entry by skeleton key. Two students also robbed, with witness descriptions of their losses.
The wedding blessed by Mgr Lavelle joined Miss Whitney Warren and Count Guy Louis Jules De Lasteyrie du Saillant. The bride wore ivory satin with silver lace, no bridesmaids. George Warren served as best man, with M. De Chambrun as the French envoy representative. The couple will tour the West for four months then sail to France to reside at Chateau de la Grange.
London December 21 Turkey again delays the peace conference adjourned after a brief session. Rechad Pasha outlined instructions to refuse talks with Greece unless Adrianople revictuation is granted as a humanitarian exception for 150000 beset by hunger. Balkan delegates reacted with shock as tensions mounted over the crucial Adrianople question.
William Jennings Bryan presses President-elect Wilson for attorney general or treasury in exchange for political support. Wilson requires Bryan sever ties with The Commoner before joining the cabinet, to avoid conflicts with party platform and potential editorial influence.
James Jackson, 19, opened fire on residents in Jumpsuth area twelve miles north of Vandalia and burned his mother's house. A dozen men pursued him. six pursuers were wounded as Jackson torched his grandmother Eliza Wilkie's home before being found in a branch in a dazed, badly burned state. He remains seriously injured.
Judge Hopkins notes an unusual method when L O Rowe pleads guilty by mail for a tail light absence and incloses a $2 fine. The judge faces 183 docketed vehicle ordinance cases with typical $2 fines.
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