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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
1
A powerful quake devastates Bol, causing the destruction of 40 houses while hot springs spill mineral water and rivers turn red. California experiences a widespread shock as authorities assess damage and effects on residents.
Special dispatches from Athens report about 300 killed or injured as a strong earthquake struck Elis in southern Greece. Property damage is extensive and hot springs flow today while rivers and brooks run reddish in the stricken district.
Charles E Brosmore seven, an inmate of the Children's Home, has two fathers and two mothers yet faces foster care. The Ohio Humane Society intervenes after his father Edward Brosmore, a Cincinnati mail wagon driver, failed to support him. Brosmore's parents have since divorced and remarried. Superintendent Crouse says juvenile court may place the boy with adoptive parents if support fails, echoed by Dr. Leonard of Mansfield who cites many homes as broken.
In Washington the Democrats defeated Republicans 26 to 16 at American League park in a famed extra session contest. Notable players included Heflin and Longworth, with taunting lines and a dramatic cloudburst ending the day as Taft golfed nearby.
Washington July 16 Twenty hours to finish work of the conferees on the tariff bill with progress on iron ore coal hides oil and lumber disputes. Senate stand maintains woolen schedule changes and higher silk duties while reducing cheap grades. Senate wins on silks and wool tops while proposed cotton rates follow specific rather than ad valorem.
An Athens dispatch reports an earthquake leveling about 400 houses in Havari Elis province with thirty deaths and many injuries. Nearby villages Amaliada Patras Pyrgos Olympia Sellas Mas Tripoli report damage though fewer casualties. A volcanic upheaval is alleged at nearby Pons e.
A severe quake struck Benavente, a seaport 27 miles northeast of Lisbon, causing panic among residents. The near magnitude event prompted reports of blight damage and widespread disruption overnight.
A sharp earth tremor was felt in Santa Barbara at 1 28 this morning. The quake shook buildings but caused no known damage.
A 6-year-old girl, Yetta Kaufmann, was struck and killed on Market Street by a touring car driven by W.S. Garner, a wealthy Danville liquor dealer. Garner was restrained by bystanders and arrested on a manslaughter charge after police arrived. he claimed he did not realize the car had struck anyone.
Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy founder and leader of the Christian Science denomination marks her eighty eighth birthday at Chestnut Hill Boston with no observance per custom. Household members say she is in splendid health and attends to affairs with vigor.
Special Dispatch notes Republic Iron and Steel signs a union scale agreement as of July 16, with details limited by the terse teletyped report from Pittsburgh. The report mentions the Berge Tron and protes t company in passing.
Teheran July 16 The national assembly proclaimed Crown Prince Sultan Ahmed Mirza Shah as shah with Avad Al Mulk made regent before a massive crowd in Parliament Square. Cossacks to retain arms under Colonel Liakhoff now Russian command to aid policing. Street mobs feared as Liakhoff to operate under minister of war.
Harry Waymeyer 27 of 825 Findley street died at Samarian hospital. After funeral services, his body was rushed to the morgue for a postmortem while an empty hearse led mourners toward Evergreen cemetery Newport Kentucky without many realizing. Coroner later ruled death due to peri cat e and dicitis, not a wound, with appendicitis developing after hospital admission.
Evansville Indiana July 16 Charles Ruth a nonunion motorman on a Mary street car was stabbed noon today by Henry Tooter a passenger who sat behind him Tooter shouted you scab I am going to cut your head off and lunged with a knife Ruth was knocked down and injured as Tooter attacked before arrest or restraint.
A tragedy on the Little Miami River claims Miss Mary Freland as a victim. Officials confirm the incident involving a boat, with details pending.
Four youths and guests from Union Bethel camp at Tower Hill enter the Little Miami river in a steel skiff. Miss Mary Freland and Ogilvie Frierson drown after the boat capsizes near the dam. Ruth Peale and Ayden Paddock survive with difficulty. Ayden clings to a log and logs and a canoe aid arrive. The accident prompts urgent rescue efforts as bystanders react.
President Taft publicly affirmed the Republican commitment to downward tariff revision. He told twenty three congressmen that the Chicago platform and his own promises align with reducing duties within the protective principle. The statement, issued from the White House, signals their stance ahead of conference on the tariff bill.
Polly Weed Baker Shippert of Newburg Indiana aged 70 has filed for divorce in Warrick County Court claiming cruelty and heavy chores by her ninth husband Simon Shippert. She seeks her share of property and notes she may remarry after the next term.
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