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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1910
Page
1
BOMBAY June 28 Associated Press There are no tidings from the Austrian Lloyd steamer Trieste with 134 passengers and crew of 85 eight days overdue from Trieste. Three ships are searching the Arabian coasts. The Trieste a passenger and mail steamer of 5095 gross tons sailed on June 4 and was last reported from Acen on June 14.
Premier Asquith in the house of commons unveiled a bill to modify the royal oath. The new text does not single out the Roman Catholic doctrine but requires the sovereign to declare faithful Protestantism.
The passenger airship Deutschland, bound from Dusseldorf toward Münster, capsized over the Teutoburg forest during a fierce gale. Thirty-three aboard escaped injury by climbing down a rope ladder as the craft dragged through branches and gas loss, with infantry securing the wreck and local officials aiding on-site.
The Montreal aviation meet opened late due to strong wind. Walter Brookins of the Wright team flew 9 minutes 50 seconds, then 20 minutes 30 seconds reaching about 4000 feet. Count De Lesseps, Ila Chapelle, and Frank Coffyn provided exhibitions and faster laps, marking the first double ascent of the meet.
Gifford Pinchot is nominated tonight by a local reform-leaning paper in Pittsburg as governor of Pennsylvania. The Leader suggests he would win Roosevelt endorsement and run on a Roosevelt platform, noting Pinchot’s Mil Pa residence makes him eligible and that party lines could be eliminated.
In Cleveland Ohio five hundred prominent Germans attend the National German Educational Alliance convention. Dr Hi. Cincinnati serves as president at the meeting held June 28 with the group ending the session in a formal address.
Genoa the county seat of Douglas county twenty one miles south of Carson City was nearly destroyed by a major blaze this afternoon. The fire caused an estimated loss surpassing $100000 and details indicated extensive damage to buildings in the town.
The Republican subcommittee in Columbus signals Nicholas Longworth as temporary chairman and keynote speaker for the July state convention. R Maloy will be secretary. Theodore Burton may be permanent chairman, with Charles Dick guiding resolutions. Democratic committee picks Hugh L. Nichols as campaign chair.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge urged voters to back the Payne Aldrich tariff bill and await tariff board findings, while Congressman Nicholas Longworth praised the Republican Congress and credited President Taft for enacting party pledges at a Somerville rally.
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Co was found guilty of violating the state antitrust law by Judge L T Blount in the chancery court at Water Valley Mississippi. A fine of 175000 dollars was imposed.
Irwinville Ga June 28 Relatives of widow of W H Bostwick the desperado who killed three officers and wounded three others before being killed threatened to burn every reminder of the tragedy including the home where Bostwick held off officers and militia Sunday and Sunday night James Gill wounded four times by Bostwick's gun is reported critical Deputy Sheriff Bass rallies Sheriff elect W Tucker recovering Sheriff McInnis attended by hundreds was held evening Brothers of Bostwick took his body to Hahira Ga for burial
Bishop William Neilson McVickar longtime Episcopal bishop of Rhode Island died at his Beverly Cove summer home after a lingering illness. He was born October 19 1843 in New York and served as bishop since 1903. He graduated from Columbia College in 1865 and General Theological Seminary in 1868. He received multiple honorary degrees from Kenyon College University of Pennsylvania Columbia Brown and others.
Columbus June 28 Auditor of State Fullington certified to the attorney general that Buckeye Pipe Line Co refused to pay 136000 dollars in excise taxes and penalties and asked that collection proceedings begin.
United States Consul Moffatt in Bluefields reports a petition with 700 signatures asking Washington to intervene in Nicaragua. General Estrada has not replied to mediation proposals from the Cartagena court. Madriz envoy Senor Corea reports disputed victories and anti American actions, with aims to protect Americans.
At Newcomerstown today the Republicans of the Highteenth-Nineteenth district, including Tuscarawas Guernsey Coshocton Monroe and Noble counties, nominated Attorney Wilbur H. Phillips of Uhrichsville and Albert Pitt of Cambridge for senators. Resolutions endorse Taft Burton and Dick and urge enforcement of all law.
In Berlin a German court hears Rudolph Francke’s suit seeking 10000 dollars over Arctic trophies from the Peary Cook controversy. Francke accuses Peary of forcing surrender of prizes to return him to America. Peary’s defense denies the charge and questions Francke’s German city ties.
United States Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery dies at his New Orleans home after an indigestion attack. He arrived from Washington yesterday, worsened overnight, and died early this morning with his wife and son at his bedside. McEnery, an independent Democrat, served in the Confederate army and later as lieutenant governor. he faced deafness that limited debate.
Vice President Sherman designates senators Foster Dolliver Bailey Gamble Clay Bradley Johnston Chamberlain to attend Senator McEnery funeral in New Orleans at 10 30 a m Thursday Speaker Cannon names a House committee including Broussard Watkins Ransdell Wickliffe Pujo Estopinal Gilmore Taylor Beall Macon Lissons McKinley Grants and Barchfield Taft expresses sorrow and respect in telegram from Baltimore
Baton Rouge leaders announce Governor Jerey Y. Sanders will win the U S Senate seat after the death of Mac Enery as the Louisiana legislature meets. Lieutenant Governor Lambremont will take Sanders’ current post.
Reading, June 28. The first fireworks fatality occurred when Mamie Fox, 7, daughter of William Fox, was burned playing with a shooting cracker. Sparks set her dress alight and she died hours later in a hospital.
NEW YORK June 28 Associated Press Porter Charlton case waits on exchanges between the state department in Washington and the Italian government. His counsel asks postponement of formal arraignment and promises no habeas corpus or insanity efforts to remove the prisoner from New Jersey authorities until the adjourned arraignment, set for July 8 after lengthy argument.
Mrs James S Sherman wife of Vice President Sherman is reported in improved condition at Johns Hopkins hospital tonight. She is understood to be suffering from a nervous breakdown.
Cleveland, June 28. A quarrel between Frank Viena and Antoine Mercurio on Twenty third street and Broadway sparked a duel on a crowded thoroughfare. Viena was killed, Mercurio fatally injured, and seven bystanders wounded. Police contained a riot as hundreds gathered.
Bowling Green Ky voters approved a return to licensed liquor sales in a hotly contested election. The city had adopted a dry status three years earlier by a 228 vote margin.
At Annapolis Maryland June 28 searchers seek three missing naval academy affiliates Mrs Nellie Bowyer 28 wife of Joseph Bowyer Miss Dean Pittsburgh PA and three Midshipmen Frisbie Thomas Union Point GA Sherman M Nason Newport RI The trio left the academy about 11 this morning in a sailboat found drifting this afternoon clothing fragments found two midshipmen missed the regular launch. their fate unknown.
Fire destroyed the Orin Lumber company Reliance Lumber company Orn Lumber and Shingle company of Strubstadt Launch works planing mill offices and storage sheds Wheeler-Osgood company plants in Tacoma Washington today. Loss estimated not to exceed 30000 dollars.
Chief of Detectives Cary of Louisville arrived in Galveston and failed to identify the man in custody as Joseph Wendling, the suspect in the Alma Kellner murder case. The case remains unresolved as authorities verify the suspect’s identity.
Telegrams from Monticello Ga report a wreck that killed Mrs. A C Freeman and her seven year old son A C Freeman Jr and Louis Camp of Perryville Ky. Dr J L Roby of Monticello Ga was fatally injured riding with the Freemans. Louis Camp was driving. the car struck a Central Railway of Georgia freight train at a sharp curve. The Freemans and Camp were en route to Perryville to visit S C Camp and wife when the collision occurred. The bodies will be brought to Perryville for triple interment tomorrow afternoon.
A car leaving Chicago roads plunged into a creek near Hammond Indiana early today. Peter Ripley 30 of Hammond died trapped beneath the vehicle. Six others including Bernice Brackett Frank Baker Frank Bick George Heister Rank Betz Jr Irving Betz were seriously injured with injuries ranging from cuts to broken ribs and internal injuries. The Betz brothers are sons of Frank Betz a Hammond manufacturer.
A bundle of papers claiming a million dollar damages suit targets Theodore Roosevelt, Robert Bacon, Charles S Graves, and their wives. Mrs Ida M Von Claussen deposited the bundle at the county clerk’s office after filing irregularities were cited. The case arises from Graves’ refusal to present Mrs Von Claussen to King Oscar of Sweden in 1907.
In Louisville Kentucky James C Byrd a 59 year old building contractor killed his wife after shooting himself and firing at his 19 year old son. He then cut his throat while his wife struggled to wrest away the pistol. Jealousy is cited as the motive.
The Ohio railroad commission refused proposed freight rate increases of 20 to 50 percent within the state. The action cited a state law limiting charges to 5 cents per mile per ton for routes over 30 miles. The Pig Four and a Pennsylvania branch filed the schedules, set to take effect August 1, with rights to seek mandamus to challenge the decision.
President Taft begins a Beverly summer retreat after a busy Washington day as irrigation projects await a $20 million treasury advance. He names General Marshall to head the new irrigation commission and makes recess appointments in Illinois including Len Small as assistant U.S. treasurer Chicago and James C. Ames as customs collector.
President Taft, en route to Beverly, toured New York area tonight. His special train reached Jersey City at 11:18 p m and was immediately moved to a float for transfer around Manhattan.
Glasgow Kentucky June 28 Cleve Jones 25 son of Jeff Jones hanged himself in his father's barn in the southern part of the county. The young man was mentally unbalanced.
A Roumanian woman using the name Dr. Marcelle Webber was arrested in Brooklyn on suspicion of laundering $50,000 looted from a Cairo bank. About $37,000 was found hidden under a mattress in her room as authorities traced accomplice Paul Webber, a cler k, who vanished after the theft. The couple arrived aboard the Graf Waldersee June 16 and were questioned by immigration officers who had a prior description. The arrest followed a quiet police operation with the discovery of the money and the suspect's cooperation.
Columbus Ohio July 28 Governor Harmon announced Frank E. Baxter of Lima as state superintendent of banks to succeed B B Seymour of Ashtabula the current incumbent Baxter will take over the duties from Seymour and lead the banking department in Columbus.
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