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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
1
Special dispatch reports the Bull Moose movement faces a major rift as Colonel Roosevelt rejects alliances with any faction of Republicans. Western insurgents and progressives fear losing state organizations while planning frank talks at Chicago. Roosevelt vows to run if he has followers, signaling a volatile convention era.
Special Cable reports Premier Asquith left Downing Street for a Dublin visit with his daughter, delaying disclosure of his movements as suffragettes chase clues. A motor car eluded observers in Wolverhampton and a large welcome demonstration with 2000 torchbearers and twenty bands awaits in Dublin tomorrow night.
New York showgirl Ethel Conrad and partner Lillian Graham shot W E D Stokes in June 1911. Conrad awoke soaked on a Fort Washington lot tied and silenced, described a curly haired mustached pursuer and a sweet fragrance before losing consciousness. Her account raises questions for detectives about the duration and nature of the assault.
General Hitchcock testifies before the Senate panel on the 1908 Taft campaign fund raising. He details contributors including C P Taft William Nelson Cromwell Larz Anderson Carnegie Munsey Reid Borden and Corbin while noting many small gifts and few large sums. He cites Dupont funds that were intended for Taft and the Powder trust case as a reason for returning a large gift. The hearing also covers stockholders in U S Steel and involvement of banking houses in New York.
Campaign exposure looms as Governor Wilson’s Princeton writings are scrutinized for remarks about foreigners especially Poles Hungarians and Mediterranean immigrants with praise for Chinese noted amid calls for explanations by lawmakers and media in Washington July 17.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will remain at Sagamore Hill and not depart for Iowa Michigan and Kansas before the Chicago convention opening August 5. The shift follows a conference with Senator Dixon George W Perkins and O K Davis. Roosevelt will work on a position statement for publication soon.
Seven crew members aboard the Nickel Plate excursion train were injured when the engine and baggage car derailed on a Kishmans trestle and plunged 25 feet into a creek. Injured include engineer H Bethel baggage master Wallace Willer conductor R N Gunning brakeman Ferguson fireman R B Hamson and two Cleveland news butchers.
New York and Memphis Limited Train No. 25 derailed five miles south of Bristol on a double reverse curve at 4 P.M. A mail clerk named Bruce Hodges was killed. His father M. L. Hodges, senior clerk in charge, was fatally injured while nine others were injured but not seriously hurt.
Constantinople July 17 Turkish cabinet resigns after army revolt against the committee of union and progress. Deser tions and disaffection surge among troops fighting Albanians as Mejid Effendi is eyed to sit on the throne amid turmoil.
J Pierpont Morgan leaves Southampton at noon aboard the Olympic to travel to New York. The prominent financier travels with a small party and will reach the United States later this week.
Lima July 17 The Peruvian finance minister Ernesto Baez offered his resignation which was accepted He cited a misunderstanding between the finance department and the ministry of war on military expenditures The interior minister Jose M Garcia will run foreign affairs temporarily
In the House of Commons Mr. Ackland said Britain has no direct power to intervene in Peru’s Putumayo outrages but will publish facts to spur public opinion and private aid. He noted close talks with the United States and ready aid when needed. Lord Robert Cecil pressed on British subjects harmed, and Ackland affirmed the point.
Madrid July 17 Ledgers found at Palos show the Columbus expedition costs. Armament cost 14 000 pesetas personal expenses for Columbus and officers 12 000 pesetas crew pay 22 500 pesetas total about 36 000 pesetas or roughly 87 200 dollars for eight months of the voyage.
An explosion of gas in No 3 shaft of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal company near Wilkes-Barre Pa. injured seven others after nine men were inside the mine. Two were found dead and the remaining seven were taken to a hospital for burns.
A letter to the navy department questions keeping battle ships safe from rowboats and excursion steamers. The writer suggests a large inlet or three mile navigation exclusion to shield the fleet after the New Hampshire collision, noting doubt at the department that someone is joking with the navy.
Frederick L. Hardenbrook of Jamaica L I seeks a wife for a sixty year old widower client with strict requirements. He has already rejected two blond haired blue eyed applicants weighing 150 to 160 pounds who lacked poise. The contest will be held in Jamaica and finalists must submit a photograph for review.
Premier Sir George Fisher told parliament the government will spare no effort or expense to protect Australia from the rapacity of the American beef trust. He cited a report that U S meat packers planned large facilities in Australia and pledged decisive action.
Assistant U. S. Attorney Joseph H. G. Fogg ordered gambling on passenger ships entering Cleveland to stop immediately. He cited reports from mothers of sons harmed by slot machines, and the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company and Eastland Navigation Company promised compliance.
Colorado Springs reports fossils of pygmy humans at Florisant described by Prof. Farnsworth and Prof. Yakishi as three to four feet tall. Fremont records Leonard Milke with a sixty pound carp from Sandusky bay after a fierce fight. Columbus notes a Goodman plant cat nurturing eight young rats, acting as their mother.
In Parkersburg West Virginia on July 17 authorities recovered a man’s body from the Ohio River. The clothing bore no identification and a paving block was tied around the neck with wire. The skull was fractured and other injuries indicated beating.
Cleveland issues a summer ban on all gambling aboard ships, including slot machines, on Great Lakes passenger steamers. Local authorities have not yet received or declared it applicable to Ohio River excursion boats, though officials expect formal instructions to arrive soon, potentially broadening the rule.
In Columbus the battle over naming Harry M. Dougherty of Columbus as chairman of the Republican state executive committee and director in chief of the state campaign grows. Several candidates and supporters voice opinions on the process and its impact on the party slate.
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