03 Jul 1917
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1917
Page
1
The Greek destroyer Doxa with French officers and crew aboard was blown up in the Mediterranean with twenty nine men lost. An American port reports a submarine attack on a large Italian liner ninety miles off Genoa, prompting bombs from a hydroplane.
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Britain's leading actor and manager, died at 64 in his London apartments after a long illness. Born December 17, 1853, he built His Majesty's Theatre, headed Haymarket, was knighted in 1909, authored stage works, and supported the war fund. He was a close associate of Sir Henry Irving and held numerous theatrical memberships.
A racial riot in East St Louis escalates to martial law as white mobs attack blacks, fires burn across The Bottoms and Broadway, and Governor Lowden orders National Guard and Missouri aid. The National Stockyards and major firms face multi‑million losses. hundreds are wounded or killed.
An armed American collier arriving from France reported exchanging fire with a U boat as a second submarine appeared. An American torpedo boat destroyer intervened and the U boats submerged. The collier maneuvered rapidly in a circle to avoid torpedoes while convoyed by French and American warships and passing a French troopship.
A Rome dispatch reports Italian airmen bombarded Trieste in retaliation for an Austro-Hungarian air raid on Venice. Projectiles hit the Trieste railway station and Austro-Hungarian military works as the action was officially announced.
Ninety five mortgages were filed in one day at the County Recorder in Hamilton County breaking previous records as the old law ended. The new statute adds a one half of one percent tax on mortgage amounts due at filing and goes into effect Tuesday, pending a Supreme Court decision at 10 a.m. The spike was likely an effort to dodge the upcoming tax while the court considers constitutionality.
Weather summary from multiple US stations shows fair to cloudy conditions across Ohio West Virginia Tennessee Kentucky and Montreal with highs around 70s to 80s. Daily records compare highs lows and precipitation with prior years noting a maximum 81 degrees and a drier than average pattern.
Paris dispatch reports Spain’s government suspends constitutional guarantees amid deep unrest. Madrid observers warn of an imminent revolution driven by army discontent, democratic party rifts, and mass economic distress. Fr. Crista y Garcia cites a volatile mix with potential world-shaking events.
Speculation swirled Monday as Thomas P. Egan acting as trustee acquired three parcels from Robert Mitchell Furniture Co at John and Augusta streets. Rumors link the purchase to a possible Ignion Railroad Terminal or a large munitions plant. Egan and Mitchell offered no details. The deed lists several lot measurements and a nominal $1 consideration, with no disclosed sale price.
Washington July 2 Controversy over food control and prohibition feature prompts administration leaders to seek cloture. Senate Chamberlain says motion will be offered tomorrow with vote likely Thursday. Cloture would require two thirds and cap debate on the bill and amendments at one hour each.
Kingdon Gould eldest son of George Jay Gould and Miss Annunziata Camilla Maria Lucci an Italian art student were married at St Patrick's Cathedral rectory in New York. George Gould Jr acted as best man with few friends of the bride witnessing the ceremony. The wedding was held after a postponement due to a church dispensation. Gould is Protestant and Lucci is Roman Catholic.
London dispatch reports a major Russian push on the Galician front under War Minister Kerensky. The drive claims 8 564 Austro German prisoners, 164 officers, with Brusiloff forces extending along more than eighteen miles. Allied and German leaders react as artillery battles rage from Volhynia to the Aisne front.
President Wilson promulgates regulations governing exemptions as the first U S army mobilization moves forward. Local and appeal exemption boards are appointed and will organize to process registration and later selection, with an emphasis on impartial, fair handling of individual cases and the duty to prevent injustice in the draft system.
Bernard Weggans, a Cincinnati cigarmaker living at 305 West Fifteenth Street, says superstition plays no part in his life. He turned over his four children to the Children's Home Monday as his wife lies ill at Cincinnati Hospital. He jokes his misfortune isn’t due to being the thirteenth child or Friday the 13th.
Rescuers hunted for bodies after an electric car plunged into Niagara River rapids. Nine bodies were recovered and eight identified by morning. overall death toll surpassed twenty with several still missing.
The document enumerates exemptions authorized by Congress and President for draft participants. It lists officers, ministers, students, military personnel, German nationals in the U S, resident aliens without first papers, and various U S government employees as eligible for discharge. It also includes county and municipal officers, customs clerks, mail transmitters, armory and navy yard workers, designated U S service employees, seamen in U S waters, dependents, members of established religious sects, and those deemed morally deficient.
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