22 May 1913
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
1
London dispatch reports Balkans tensions rise as Bulgaria seeks larger share of spoils. Serbia, Greece and Montenegro demand equal division amid sporadic clashes after partial demobilization. Bulgarian university volunteers ordered back to regiments. Greek recruits in Switzerland recalled to join army.
French soldiers protest the government plan to extend active service to three years. Demonstrations break out in garrison towns and several participants are court-martialed to finish their terms in colonial disciplinary battalions. In Macon 100 soldiers sang The Internationale and condemned the new term.
Twelve hundred federal soldiers under General Antonio Rabago left Chihuahua City to renew operations in southern Chihuahua. They will repair the Mexican Central Railway to Jiminez and may attempt to retake Parral, abandoned to insurgents by General Mercede.
In Brussels on May 21 the three daughters of the late King Leopold failed in court to claim the entire Kongo estate left by their father valued near 14 million dollars. The government will grant compensation from the estate to the princesses. An arrangement with the Minister of Colonies and the princesses' representatives provides a portion of the estate, not yet fixed, likely about 800 thousand dollars each, possibly up to 1.2 million for Princess Louise as an unattachable life annuity to shield from creditors.
Didier Masson damaged his biplane during a Hermosillo trial flight delaying the battle near Nogales. Repairs will take a day or two as State troops await his arrival before moving on federals entrenched outside the gulf port.
A stray car crashed into a Wheeling express office as Howard Wilkinson of Reyman Brewing Co. closed business. The purse with 76 dollars in paper money and 4 in liver was grabbed and chewed. a crowd pursued the culprit who was caught near the city outskirts. The silver vanished and the money may be recovered with Treasury help.
At Lehrter Station Germany and England resume cordial ties as Kaiser Wilhelm II greets King George and Queen Mary. The royal party travels to Unter den Linden with Zeppelin escorts and Prussian cavalry. Crown Prince and Princess Victoria Luise accompany their families in a day of formal calls and a family luncheon.
Macon Georgia May 22 P Sanders Walker banker died at 1 35 am after a week of illness from bichloride of mercury taken by mistake for headache powder He faced death with calm saying if this be dying none need fear its terrors Physicians at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore were consulted as his condition worsened and continued to deteriorate through the night
Peter Bradovitch, an insane Austrian confined at the Southern Idaho Insane Asylum, killed five roommates by beating them on the head as they slept. He was committed two years ago from the State Penitentiary, where he served a life term for murder.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels flew eight miles in a flying boat near Annapolis with Lt. John H. Towers, enjoying the ride and noting it as going up and down with the navy. He inspected the Naval Academy, dined with Superintendent J. H. Gibbons, and salutes were fired as the flight began.
In Somerville New Jersey on May 21 fifteen year old Frank Stabile disclosed to his parents that Angelo Nittoli drowned in the Raritan Canal yesterday afternoon. He said he, Nittoli, and Louis Curcio went boating in a stolen canoe. it capsized and Nittoli disappeared while Stabile and Curcio reached shore to search for him. A searching party failed to locate the body.
In West Washington market the chicken war continues with only eight carloads moved today while twenty five carloads remain, shortages persist and kosher rabbis are ordered away. Health inspectors report no dead chickens as warnings slow shipments and weight losses prompt extra guards over poultry cars to deter theft.
Alec Rafter is buried at sea after a voyage mix up sparked by two quarts of whisky and a foolish bet. His brother Thomas lies in the Olympic hospital as the ship docks at New York, following a farewell spree in Southampton with their brothers Richard and Alec.
In Canon City Colorado Bishop Olmsted and Christ Episcopal Church officials confronted Rev. J Franklin Long over alleged relationships with a woman seen at his home. A wardrobe reveal uncovered Mrs Salina Strompe, who claimed five years living with Long. She says he visited weekly. Long was suspended from preaching.
Thomas Pew a farmer was deemed insane and sent to Fulton State Asylum after he tried to contract for a full page ad in The Montgomery Standard Editor John Jacks was startled by Pew who demanded rates for a full page ad and fled through a back door when officers were called Pew was arrested on the insanity charge with no prior advertising request ever made under such dismissal of ceremony.
President Wilson embargoed congressional speech likely to inflame Japan over California alien land bill. He asked Rep. Sisson to omit remarks that could appear hostile to Japan while allowing discussion of legal aspects. Tokyo viewed U.S. note favorably as officials awaited further steps and publication decisions.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels denounces the long standing system where steel makers share navy work and calls for competition through a government owned armor plate mill. He cites letters from Midvale Bethlehem and Carnegie blaming the practice of bid division and urges honest lowest bid contracts.
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