11 May 1916
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
1
Leading military officers say a break with Mexico is inevitable after the Sussex incident. The admission follows a serious sea outrage, prompting calls for restraint amid rising tensions.
Paris reports a French submarine sank an enemy transport laden with war material in the Lower Adriatic yesterday. The dispatch from Rome via Havas notes the action as part of ongoing wartime naval activity.
The Ohio National Guard may receive cautionary orders to be ready for service in Mexico. Texas New Mexico and Arizona militia were ordered out earlier with Columbus named as mobilization point if Ohio is called.
Cleveland mother hospital report says Ben Rougat 27 a dry goods merchant underwent a blood transfusion at St. Ann's Hospital to save his four day old son's life after internal hemorrhage. The baby is pronounced cured.
In Washington on May 10 the Senate revisited the annual river and harbor appropriation with a filibuster that toppled last year’s measure. Senators Kenyon and Sherman proposed a $20,000,000 lump appropriation, replacing the House’s $43,000,000 bill. Kenyon called the process Dribbling and charged many items with political bait rather than public benefit, prompting counter objections from Ransdell who pledged a detailed review.
Between Scott and Obregon officials a permanent agreement on pacification plans is discussed to settle ongoing security efforts and coordinate measures for lasting peace.
Washington May 10 officers say end of watchful waiting may come. Scott and Obregon talks unlikely to yield a border patrol plan. 1,000 coast artillery may move to San Antonio as infantry and National Guard units will be summoned for border duty. Pershing holds Carranza troops in check while Admistration weighs drastic action if Obregon Scott reach agreement.
Roosevelt criticizes US ultimatums in the Wilson note stance and questions double standards over Haiti and Mexico. A German note to the US discusses the Sussex torpedoing and indemnity. In London, Lord Loreburn voices Irish unrest concern. resignations of Augustine Birrell and Baron Wimborne noted with inquiry commission named.
St Clairsville Ohio May 10 special report Robert Newlin a prominent resident had his whiskers shaved after wearing them for thirty three years friends estimate two shaves a week for thirty three years with 6 percent interest saved over one thousand dollars
Berlin reports Major Moraht, Germany’s leading military critic, says France concentrates half its fighting strength at Verdun and praises French bravery under bombardment. The Overseas News Agency notes German heavy artillery plus strong French tenacity, with Verdun forces estimated at about 800,000.
Chicago streets lay unswept as 500 white wings workers strike for higher pay. City services slowed across the area with no immediate resolution reported.
The Irish Parliamentary party issued a manifesto urging support for the constitutional movement as the path to self-government. It denounces past revolts as tragic and notes recent revolutionary activity in another part of Ireland, intensified by armed opposition.
Berlin reports The Lokal Anzeiger argues President Wilson demolishes a man of straw by saying the United States cannot accept conditions affecting American lives. The German note is said to express an expectation not a duty. Die Post and Tages Zeitung imply differing views on Germanys stance.
Chicago May 10 The first woman delegate elected to the 1916 GOP convention arrives in Chicago to examine the race She is Mrs Louise F Lusk of Missoula Montana a banker and cattle owner She pledges to vote for Senator Cummins while in the race and for any good Republican afterward She supports preparedness peace equal suffrage and US leadership
New York May 10 The Progressive party will not insist on Theodore Roosevelt if the Republicans name a candidate at Chicago who upholds progressive principles and can carry them through George W Perkins said after a Progressive National Committee meeting We are for Colonel Roosevelt but will accept a nearly unanimous alternative to avoid partisanship and preserve our principles
Northwest disturbance moves from Eastern North Dakota to Northern Lake Superior bringing precipitation to Minnesota and the upper lake region that extends into New England. Temperatures vary with cooler plains and warmer lake region and South, with a forecast of falling temperatures Friday and warmer New England and Middle Atlantic areas.
Berlin reports the extension of German positions on Hill 304 northwest of Verdun recently captured from the French. Continued on Page 2.
Daniel W. Moore of Jackson Township died at his home near Everton from injuries after a mad hog attack. His body suffered severe lacerations from the animal’s teeth.
Washington May 10 The House Military Affairs Committee favors a bill by Rep Sherwood Ohio to appropriate 150000 dollars for a veteran reunion at Vicksburg Mississippi in October. The event could be the final major gathering of former Union and Confederate soldiers who battled half a century ago.
The Hague reports Holland’s press endorses America’s acceptance of Germany’s submarine pledge and predicts Berlin will honor its promise to avoid a rupture with the United States.
The Senate Judiciary Committee votes to reopen the Brandeis fitness inquiry and to investigate his links to the proposed Riker Hegeman Drug Stores United Cigar Stores merger. Hearings resume Friday with Louis K. Liggett and George W. Anderson of Boston summoned as witnesses named by Senator Sutherland.
Conferees in the army reorganization bill spent an all day session without final agreement on disputed phases. Senators and representatives said there is a general feeling they will reach a consensus after further discussions in coming days.
At the Ohio Homeopathic Society meeting in Columbus Dr. Claude A. Barrett described a cancer case linked to a constant drill pressed against the body. He emphasized early diagnosis and operation as the hopeful treatment. Dr. T. A. McCann was elected President with officers named from several Ohio cities.
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