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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1916
Page
1
A jury in New Haven acquitted a defendant after extensive deliberations in a prominent railway case. The lengthy trial featured witnesses from railway firms and involved disputed safety and compliance allegations.
Six of eleven former New Haven directors charged under Sherman antitrust laws were found not guilty after fifty one hours of deliberation. Jury disagreed on five others with eight to four for acquittal, and a new trial motion will target those five before retrying the remainder.
Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury a Philadelphia society leader pledges two hospitals for public use in disaster or national calamity. The facilities will hold 200 patients, with the pledge made through the Pennsylvania Women's Division for National Preparedness.
A Bureau of Social Hygiene survey led by John D. Rockefeller Jr. reports a sharp drop in disorderly houses in New York City from 2482 in 1912 to 7385 in 1915 and notes elimination of collusion between vice exploiters and police. It cites ongoing petty grafting but praises honesty from top to beat.
Striking workers plan a mass demonstration in town protesting a permit denial. Labor leaders urge turnout as the event seeks to pressure authorities into granting permission for the protest.
A Mahoning Valley demonstration failed to get permit for East Youngstown parade. Militia marched while police arrested nearly 250 foreigners tied to looting. Troops to be moved from Youngstown Sheet and Tube plants and preparations to reopen facilities ordered as calm returns.
An explosion at the Boscher plant of the Du Pont Powder Company in Carney's Point kills at least thirteen and leaves seven severely burned. The Long Beach steamer near the dock was damaged but reportedly unharmed. Reports of arrests and outside causes emerged as communication to the site failed.
In heavy seas only two men were injured according to a report from the British Admiralty. The vessel involved is described as a predreadnought era battleship.
The British battleship King Edward VII has sunk after striking a mine in heavy seas. The crew was saved with only two injuries. The 16,350 ton ship, laid down in 1902, carried four 12 inch, four 9.2 inch, and ten 6 inch guns, and was valued near £1.6 million.
A report presents two perspectives on vast enemy losses, detailing battlefield setbacks and strategic impacts. It contrasts casualty figures and material shortages, highlighting the cost of recent engagements and their effect on enemy operations.
Amsterdam dispatch reports in Istanbul that Turks captured a large enemy camp with nine guns and sank an enemy vessel with troops near Seddul-Bahr according to a semi official Turkish claim relayed by the Reuters Telegram Company.
Twan Kee Sui, former Chinese War Minister named by Sun Yat Sen, is reported dead in Peking killed by an assassin. Chinese in San Francisco fear clashes between republic supporters and royalists may follow Yuan Shikai's bid for throne.
Three former Internal Revenue officials and four other men face trial as the moonshine conspiracy case opens in the federal district court at Fort Smith Arkansas. Defendants include James L Lurber J W Grider Newton C Spradling and B Thomas Moses B Brock James L Smith and Will Smith.
J Ray Adams secretary to Senator Thomas of Colorado and clerk of the Senate Committee on Woman Suffrage completes twenty five days without food. He did not fast to win a bet but to starve out stomach trouble and plans to eat again next Sunday morning. He lost weight but says he is feeling fine and will resume eating.
London morning papers hail General Monro for the Gallipoli evacuation. They note his generous tribute to Birdwood and Davies and credit Monro for the double retirement, as the Times editorially states.
Seattle records show seven alcohol related deaths since January 1 under prohibition. Four men died from wood alcohol poisoning, one woman died due to inability to obtain liquor, and two men died from whisky overindulgence.
Monto reports removing his men and guns under Turkish and German eyes. The remark notes extraordinary safety at Helles due to a sheltered beach. It credits bold, steady troops for evacuations and predicts a successful full evacuation of the peninsula.
London reports the evacuation of Gallipoli Peninsula as complete with only one British wounded and no French casualties. General Monro commends Birdwood Davias and Admiral De Robeck for the operation, while Turkey claims to have cleared Seddul Bahr and notes heavy bombardment of Entente positions on the Gallipoli front.
Henry Hal aged 80, long time tele graph operator and former superintendent of the Ashtabula Children's Home, died at his home in Ashtabula Ohio from pneumonia. He was a well known figure among charitable workers in the state.
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