08 May 1914
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1914
Page
1
Rumor indicates General Bell may command U S forces in Mexico as tense border actions unfold. Word from Funston area notes an urgent staff conference as preparations to counter Mexican Patriots escalate. Wood remains in position amid shifting command discussions.
The surprise return of Major General J. Franklin Bell from the Philippines to Texas City alters War Department plans for possible Mexican campaign use of the Second Army Division. Current arrangements place Bell in command of the division, with General Wood heading the Eastern Department from Governor's Island. Negotiations at Niagara Falls with Argentina, Brazil, and Chile focus on mediation terms and possible involvement of a U S Supreme Court Justice as representative.
Rodney J. Diegle former Sergeant-at-Arms of the Ohio Senate leaves the state penitentiary at midnight a free man after completing a three year term for complicity in legislative bribery. He heads to Sandusky with wife and daughter orients to a new post reportedly offered by a navigation company. Diegle had spent much of his term as foreman of quarry prisoners living in a nearby cottage and avoided guard surveillance. Parole efforts were rejected amid protests by Prosecutor Edward C. Turner. Fellow ex senators Isaac E. Hoffman and George K. Cetone remain in the penitentiary serving similar sentences.
Alarming Vera Cruz report says a large foe massing offshore threatens the coast while a bomb in the port city’s streets kills four and injures eight. The incident heightens fears and calls for swift military response.
A wave of patriotic mobilization sweeps through Mexico with estimates of 50 000 to 75 000 men drilling. Washington officials fear a crisis as General Funston reports massing Federals near Vera Cruz and consider immediate action if Huerta falls and a rescue or exp expedition becomes necessary.
In Washington on May 7 Senator O Gorman and Senator Bristow delivered vigorous speeches opposing the repeal of the tolls exemption clause in the Panama Canal act. O Gorman argued on economic legal and political grounds while Bristow claimed England would gain and warned of historic U S enmity. Debate may conclude next week with further speeches and a possible vote. Works added an amendment clarifying the repeal does not cede rights over the canal.
Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson daughter of the President and Mrs Wilson married William Gibbs Me solemn in the White House Blue Room in a simple brief service. The ceremony lasted about fifteen minutes and was attended by a small group including Cabinet members and the Vice President.
A Lima Ohio dispatch reports Miss Rebecca Thrift dying at 70 claiming she started the Chicago fire by running from the flames. Historians and pioneers remain doubtful of any single source, noting the DeKoven street barn mystery was never solved and the cow was later cleared.
Chicago May 7 The Chicago Record-Herald and The Chicago Inter Ocean were purchased by James Keeley and merged to publish as The Record-Herald and Inter Ocean. Hinman had bought Inter Ocean for 50000 in a Federal Court receiver sale. Keeley to manage editorials with Chapin handling business affairs.
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