12 Jan 1913
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1913
Page
1
Railways abandon Union Depot amid flood disruption shutting lines and services. Blizzard hits region causing transport pause and cleanup delays. Local authorities urge caution as weather worsens and relief crews mobilize.
Readable fragments indicate residents in lower portions of the city may be forced from homes as hourly river stages show rising levels. The garbled data references river measurements and possible imminent flooding concerns.
The article notes the upcoming inaugural ceremonies as Governor Cox takes the oath amid protests cited as Jimmie’s. It describes the public mood and expected crowd limits while highlighting the ceremonial substitutions planned for the new administration.
The schedule outlines ceremonies on January 18 1913 starting 11 15 a m with Governor Harmon meeting inaugu ral committee chair F W Schumacher and proceeding to the state house. It covers arrivals oath of office at 12 00 p m and a 15 minute inaugural address by Cox followed by parades receptions and a grand luncheon with seats allocated for officials and committee members.
James O Grady a mute peddler from Brooklyn was shot in the nose and throat after signaling a price in a saloon on Adams Street He wrote a description of his attacker before hospitalization Salvatore Sanzona 33 was later arrested and identified by the victim in the hospital
London dispatch reports intensifying efforts to resolve the Belkan stalemate. The peace conference risks failure with Adrianople’s fate and Roumanian moves drawing focus as diplomats seek a middle course.
William Kirkby of Toledo, ex Ohio railroad commissioner, indicted on three counts for alleged influence on legislation, appeared at Franklin County Court House and posted a $10,000 surety bond. The case stems from the Ohio legislative bribery inquiry linked to Dr George Nye and involves alleged offers to buy railroad ties from Nye in exchange for legislative influence. Kirkby denied bribery and said he would return to Columbus next Tuesday.
A state official and a student were implicated in the kidnapping of a heiress. Police traced the suspect lead to a hideout where the abducted heiress was found unharmed. Investigators pursue charges and motive behind the high profile case.
Eighteen women arrested during a garment workers riot at a Williamsburg tailoring shop sang the Marseillaise in a Manhattan court. They shouted and stomped, were fined five dollars or three days in jail, and sent to Raymond Street jail. Eighteen men were arrested as well. all prisoners were foreigners.
Bonds sufficient to release on bail Charles N. Beam, held in federal prison at Leavenworth, were furnished by Minneapolis freeholders today in connection with the dynamite conspiracy case.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich nears completing a vast census of stars from Franklin Adams plates. Over 50 million stars counted with a final estimate around 53 million. Thirty plates cover 60,000 to 800,000 stars each using a sectioned grid and averaging to project totals.
Washington report details child labor and harsh conditions in New York Fruit and Vegetable Canning camps. Witnesses describe 4 and 5 year olds working alongside older children, long hours, and squalid housing prompting a House Rules Committee inquiry into national canning industry practices.
Governor William E. Glasscock pardoned twelve men serving sentences for violations of the martial law proclamation in the Kanawha coal strike district during November and December. Of eighty convicted, six have been allowed to serve the sentences imposed by the military commission.
Elbert Hubbard of East Aurora, Buffalo area, pleaded guilty before Judge Hazel to six federal counts of sending immoral matter through the mails. He was fined 100 dollars on one count while the other five sentences were suspended during good behavior.
Dr Thaddeus S Lowe, famed Civil War balloon observer with the Potomac Army, lies at a daughter’s home in Los Angeles at the point of death. He is 80, formerly lived in Cincinnati, and had flown a balloon from Cincinnati landing near Charleston after Fort Sumter, an ascent record lasting many years.
R. S. Sheridan and C. O. Broxon publisher and editor of The Capital News and A. R. Cruzen were greeted with an ovation when they walked from jail after serving ten days for contempt of court. Floral tributes arrived from prominent people nationwide at their newspaper office in Boise.
Union depot abandoned and freight sheds at Vine street closed. Passenger trains on the Ohio and Indiana division of the B and Co S W will arrive at and depart from the Eighth street station. Shuttle trains for through passengers on the C H and D and B and O S W operate between the Sixth street depot and Eighth street. The Queen and Crescent trains use Eighth street station. The Chicago division of the Big Four uses Storrs station. Freight for the Q C will be received and delivered at the Me Lean avenue and Brighton depots.
After 48 hours of rain Ohio faces rising rivers from Marietta to Cincinnati. Governor Harmon orders Company L to assist flood duties around Manchester and Portsmouth. Adjutant General Weybrecht assigns Captain Shetler to report on conditions and aid could follow.
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