12 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1909
Page
1
Tehran Persia July 11 Persian cossacks numbering 1200 with Russian officers and royalist troops attacked United Nationalist forces near Teheran. Nationalists shelled the position for two hours but held firmly. About 200 cossacks advanced within a half mile as heavy fire persisted. Casualty figures not yet reported.
ST PETERSBURG July 11 Accords say Russian troops have landed at Katsvin eighty six miles from Teheran confirming military movements in the region.
A Teheran dispatch reports the nationalist forces halting the royalists near Deéhshah due to rough ground hindering artillery use. Casualties include eight Bakhtari fighters and twelve shahist troops. Reinforcements continue arriving as refugees flood the legation quarters.
In La Paz Bolivian mobs rioted after a disturbance at the Argentine legation endangering Senor Fonseca and his wife who escaped injury and sought protection at the Bolivian president’s home. A portrait of Argentine President Figueroa Alcorta was desecrated as protests rise in Lima and Buenos Aires.
Elliott Worthcott the American minister to Colombia was detained at Barranquilla on his way to Bogota as revolutionaries control lines of communication including steamers. Official statements insist the uprising is a local Barranquilla affair with no broader threat.
Paris reports that no action will be taken regarding charges by a Russian revolutionary against General Harting head of the Russian political police in Paris. An official says the inquiry by the French government must finish first and Harting no longer serves with the embassy.
TECNA Chile reports that telegraphic communication with La Paz was halted shortly after 9 PM local time when wires appeared to be cut. The outage signals a serious disruption in northern Chile and Bolivia regional traffic.
King Alfonso received special Moroccan envoys who arrived to settle differences with Spain over the Rift coast. Reports from Melilla indicate quiet after a clash where four Spanish workers were killed, tribesmen attacked, and Spanish forces intervened. The Spanish government seeks no war, but will punish tribesmen if needed and maintains troops in the region.
Moval by Mayor McClellan may result in the nomination of the Brooklyn jurist for the mayoralty of Greater New York.
A Geneva pageant marked the 400th birth anniversary of the city. Prof Willis ton Walker of Yale spoke, as the reformation monument was begun with the corner stone laid July 6. The event drew more than 200 universities and featured a critique on Calvin and the Reformation by Count De Haussonville.
At Holy Rosary Catholic church in Kansas City two Italian men died and a third man lost both legs when a parcel of fireworks exploded during a festival. Several thousand Italians attended the celebration and many others were seriously wounded.
President Taft commends civil government workers in Washington while assisting in the corner stone laying of the Ingram Memorial Congressional Church. He links religion with daily life and rational amusement, praising government servants who keep the machine running during vacations. Ingram Memorial Church is led by Dr J W Frizzell.
Indications grow that President Taft will materially extend his announced Western and Southern trip itinerary this fall. The tentative list shows brief stays in each city, but Congressmen and state officials press for stops at sizable towns along the train route for short addresses and receptions.
In Inverness, Nova Scotia, mayor D H McLeod called Halifax troops to quell strike rioting at Mackenzie and Mann's Inverness colliery. Hundreds of locals, including 300 protesters, faced clashes with stones and sticks as workers from United Mine Workers and Provincial Working Men's Association were sent home under guard. General Manager Barclay requested military aid to restore order.
A balloon flight from Topsham Maine and Pittsfield Massachusetts set a new New England distance record. Pilots William Van Bleet J Dessereault Frank Smith Dr W B Sullivan and Charles Gatslick ascended at 2 15 am landed here at 8 36 am traveling 176 miles in a straight line. The prior record was 164 5 miles by Van Sleet on April 19. On sighting the Atlantic coast near here the crew landed after the ascent ended with a tree entanglement.
Washington reports the burial of Prof Simon Newcomb, famed astronomer and mathematician, at Arlington National Cemetery next Wednesday with military honors. High government officials will attend. honorary pallbearers include prominent public figures. The body will be in state at the family residence Monday and Tuesday for public viewing. he is survived by his wife and two daughters.
The Mississippi river reached flood stage of thirty feet in St Louis with rising water expected to crest two feet higher tomorrow. Movable property was moved to higher ground and rail traffic stalled as St Louis Transfer rail lines flooded and Wiggins ferries were interrupted. Detoured Kansas City trains ran twelve hours late. Burlington-Alton joint trains diverted to their lines as floods in northwestern Missouri receded.
Hundreds of travelers in Kansas City are detained as heavy Missouri and Kansas floods halt rail movement. Trains west are an hour to ten hours late. Chicago-bound trains are rerouted via Missouri Pacific to St. Louis. Rivers rise slowly, rainfall continues, forecast uncertain for arrival times.
A hurricane of unusual severity struck Panama City last night causing property damage and blackouts that left the town in darkness during a Maria Guerrero theater performance. Residents sought shelter in churches as telegraph service failed and officials dispatched two steamers to inspect the coast.
In Caracas on July 11 General Castro's Santander statement predicting Gomez's fall and claiming U S sovereignty over Venezuela as per the Monroe Doctrine drew ridicule from cabinet ministers and may harden efforts by some Congress allies to oppose the American protocol and embarrass President Gomez.
Charles Magness, imprisoned for desertion from the United States Navy, is to be moved from Portsmouth to the newly completed German mansion at Vermont Avenue and M Street in Washington. Mrs Ada Gor man Magness awaits his release within days after a court martial sentence of dishonorable discharge and one year’s confinement, with Navy officials indicating potential further action based on conduct.
Special dispatch from Washington reports Ohio deforestation figures. Original forests covered 28,470,000 acres or 90 percent of the state. Present forest area is 4,800,000 acres or 18 percent of total land. Lumber cut in 1880 to 1907 totals 20,478,464,000 feet, about 27.10 percent of U.S. lumber in that period.
In Gouverneur a heavy wind and rainstorm dropped thousands of small frogs, covering sidewalks and leaving the Rome Watertown Ogdensburg division rails slick for half a mile. Trains moved more slowly due to the slippery tracks and frog rainfall.
A fire gutted the main building of Westinghouse's Moscow local branch today. No injuries are reported as firefighters battled the blaze, with authorities examining the cause and scope of the damage.
Hamilton Ohio July 11 The Cincinnati Brewing company plant suffered a two hour fire in the bottling department near the horse stables estimated loss 3000 dollars A team of horses from Hose Company No 8 ran away colliding with a buggy threatening the aerial truck Chief Dowty narrowly escaped a crash Carl Schuk was badly hurt after falling into a coal chute while aiding firemen.
In the Makowska mine in Don district Nezovka Russia a gas explosion trapped about 150 miners. Rescue teams brought most to the surface alive but fourteen victims were found dead and one rescuer died from gas fumes.
E L Sternberger announces purchase of a several hundred acre coal tract behind Williamstown West Virginia. Orin B Gould, once Ohio penitentiary warden and now on the state board of managers, is a principal owner. The new company plans to locate headquarters in Cincinnati and may expand to additional West Virginia properties. The tract is described as one of the most valuable in the Jackson Ohio field with potential 50 years of coal supply. The deal follows weeks of negotiations with current owners. Gould’s future business plans remain undisclosed.
Eleven men, five Republicans and six Republicans, lead a conference over a tariff bill aimed at boosting revenue. Key figures include General T. S. Sharretts, a veteran tariff expert, who argues the Senate measure reduces Dingley rates by about 2 percent and would not raise consumer costs overall. The dispute centers on revenue needs versus lower duties, with House and Senate sides debating which provisions best serve the consuming public and government expenses. The conference aims to finish by late next week as sessions occur every few days.
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