Akron Riot Patrol Impresses City Crowd
Rioters in Akron remained in awe as a large police patrol watched over a day and night display. Demonstrators showed bold behavior under heavy guard.
13 Mar 1913
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
1
Rioters in Akron remained in awe as a large police patrol watched over a day and night display. Demonstrators showed bold behavior under heavy guard.
In Akron on March 12 striking rubber workers and sympathizers faced about 1000 armed citizen police patrolling the streets. A few disturbances occurred with rubber workers stoned and bruised. I W W leaders and guards were warned to disperse if riots started.
Ruth M. Twitchell wins alimony and counsel fees from Jay H. Twitchell after he claimed poverty while she is wealthy. He was jailed briefly, then paid $20 alimony and $50 fees. The divorce bill alleges infidelity with W. E. Spenny days after marriage on September 30, 1912, with separation on December 19.
New York March 12 Indications tonight were that the strike of nearly 15 000 workers in the misses and children's dress trade begun last Monday would be settled tomorrow and the employees return to work by the latter part of this week. At meetings this afternoon various groups of workers voted on a settlement offer by the manufacturers and the majority favored acceptance.
Roebling New Jersey March 12 Several striking section men were wounded after sixty strikers attacked a work train. They drove off thirty strike breakers and guards and held a position until railroad deputies repelled them in a pitched battle with around 200 shots exchanged. As the mob retreated along the river road some men were seen jumping and aided by others.
In Ft Smith Arkansas on March 12 a jury convicted Rev Marion Capps a Methodist minister of burning to death three of his six motherless children. He faces the death penalty after three ballots. Evidence included tying flames and oil to beds and threats to his remaining children. A cellmate's testimony suggested feigned insanity to avoid punishment.
Chicago reformers and critics clash over whether low wages fuel immorality as a State Senate probe receives letters from women of the underworld. Aimed at the commission, a letter signed K R L argues temptations by men, not employers, drive girls to vice. Additional testimonies blame wage, hunger, and predatory behavior, prompting worker protests and resignations. A mass meeting on living wages and a Saturday half-holiday is planned by the Juvenile Protective Association, Consumers' League and Women's Trade Union League for next Friday.
French actress Sarah Bernhardt suffered painful injuries in a collision with a heavy truck while en route from Venice to Los Angeles after a theater performance. She sustained two wrenched ankles a lip laceration and bruises but insisted on performing, with her act moved to the end of the bill to recover.
Witnesses tell of Chief Fred Kohler scantily clad hiding behind an icebox in the Schearer home on June 5 1912. Schearer recalls forcing wife to leave and Kohler asking secrecy while Clayton Benjamin and Dr Budwig discuss alleged visits as the Civil Service Commission probes.
Dispatches report Sinaloa openly opposing Huerta as Yaqui volunteers join insurgents in Sonora. Agua Prieta falls to Constitutionalists with federal garrison evacuated. 24 guards defect, others joined rebels. Douglas refugees repatriated with assurances of protection as Nogales braces for further clashes.
New York Commissioner John son announced the department will purchase no fire horses and will replace horse drawn apparatus with motorized equipment as fast as possible marking the end of the fire horse era in the city.
At Pitler's Hall in Beaver County on March 12, bride Henrietta Dawson halted the Boston Tango at her wedding to Harry Lepage. She protested the dance, called police, and insisted the reception be kept decent, prompting officers to intervene.
Paris March 12 The Minister of War reports tests of Major Mandrin’s mechanism that converts an ordinary 7.5 field gun into a howitzer. Results are favorable and may allow discontinuing field howitzer production, saving about 16 million dollars.
In Kansas City on March 12 the Hyde murder trial finished presenting all evidence. Judge Porterfield said he would give jury instructions tomorrow morning and then hear the remaining arguments from counsel.
Mrs Ellen Spencer Massey dean of Washington College of Law argued for trustees in a will case involving Miss Anna S Mallett. The case centers on a $75000 trust distribution to cousins with a 25 year old beneficiary condition. Massey follows Belva Lockwood as the second woman to argue before the high court drawing a large crowd.
Bulgarian and Servian forces breached Adrianople defenses as Hertantaria fort fell and 420 prisoners were taken. Ghazi Shukri Pasha warned of dwindling supplies and rising disease while peace talks loom.
Belgrade March 1 Turkish cruiser Hamidieh bombarded the port of Durazzo at noon and then San Giovanni Medua, with unknown damage. The ship then headed toward the Italian coast as Servian troops move to the Adriatic to aid Montenegrins against Scutari.
In Constantinople on March 12, serious fighting continues along the Bulair front. Turkish troops are backed by naval forces as the assault progresses.
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