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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
1
Theos did Theodore Roosevelt claim sobriety in his libel trial against George A. Newett. He said he never was intoxicated and described his Africa expedition drinking only seven ounces of brandy measured by a doctor. The court heard his precise Rooseveltian account and the judge admonished laughter.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune Columbus Ohio May 27 The Attorney General Hogan in two opinions advises that peddling by automobiles is treated as a two horse wagon for license fees under existing law but no fee is fixed for automobile peddlers. He assigns a 28 dollar fee and notes related ethics rulings on public funds and expenses.
In New York a Digamist with no wives confounded the court as Jonathan Webb faced General Sessions on bigamy. He argued he is a single man after both wives were dissolved, claiming the law left him without a spouse. The judge remanded Webb for a week to decide how to proceed.
Roosevelt’s beverage preferences are outlined with exceptions for medical or campaigning use. He rarely drinks wine or champagne, uses whisky and brandy sparingly, and does not favor beer. He has not patronized saloons or carried a flask for twenty years and has not been drunk since adulthood.
London dispatch reports Sir Edward Grey pressuring Servian and Greek delegates to sign the peace draft immediately or face intervention by the Powers. Turks and Bulgars ready to sign. Montenegrins unlikely to object. Council of Ministers in Constantinople rejects all ally suggested modifications.
New York May 27 Special report describes Policeman Kaner spotting a crouching man near the safe at Diugasch Co wholesale druggists. He fires when the suspect dodges into a partition area, later mystery shadow admitted no chase ensued.
Agnes Baneskiewcz collapsed and died while arranging affairs for her son whose death came Sunday from a foul ball in an amateur game. She had a weak heart and had waited by the coffin, then died at the undertaker’s as she prepared to mourn her boy in St Aloysius Church. The pair were to be buried together after services.
Representative Herbert S. Bigelow led a dramatic petition push to force a charter election on July 30. The council fixed the charter vote and a 15 member commission with salaries totaling $1,000 yearly for leaders and $1,200 for three clerks. The move drew mixed votes and heated comments from Republican and Democratic members amid charges over flood relief funding and clerical delays.
Miss Kyman a stenographer at the Cleveland Court House leads a group pushing a bachelors tax with other female workers. Miss Schneeberg opposes the tax, sparking letters from Nebraska bachelors seeking wives. A framed reply asks Nebraska men to send photos and bank statements to assess tax payment ability. Over 100 women at the courthouse participate in the discussion.
The Senate Finance Committee is reducing steel and wool duties in the Underwood tariff bill. Steel billets and ferro manganese may become free, aiding independent U S steel makers. Wool schedule cuts affect various wool products. The move follows a trend toward tariff downward revision amid upcoming Senate elections. Chairman Simmons plans talks with Secretary Bryan at the State Department on foreign protest issues.
Pittsburg officials announce the six member committee probing Superintendent L. Heeter will meet all day to decide his fitness to lead the local schools. Rumors say Heeter supporters seek a not proven verdict and resignation to avoid an outright finding of unfitness.
Oddities from Webb City and Big Run report a woman, Mrs. Jesse Young, 34, married to three brothers over twenty years. First husband William died in a mine accident, then Norman died in a mine incident, and she reportedly wed Grover Young, ten years younger, after moving to California with three children. In Pennsylvania, J H London hats a mine incubator trick, hatching 21 chicks from 23 Wyandotte eggs hung near a geyser in Eleanor Mines.
Mrs. Annie Huntress Orcutt of Boston writes she has lost her right hand and wears an artificial one for special occasions. An advertisement seeks gloves size 5 or 6 for a left hand wearer, using her Melrose address.
Vivola Wilson, 22, at her employer Jos eph Bailey's home in Newark, was submerged in a tub and $22 stolen. Irving W. Crane, 23, an employee, is jailed after allegedly overturning Wilson into the tub while her employer and wife witnessed the struggle. Police recovered the waterlogged money from a trunk in Wilson's room.
In Terre Haute Indiana Emil Ehrmann a wealthy manufacturer shot and killed Edward Wade a teamster who tried to help a girl striker. Ehrmann is charged with first degree murder and F A Rockert manager of Ehrmanns overall company is held in connection with the shooting. Girl strikers had pickets at the plant for four months and Ehrmann reportedly struck Miss Cora Hill prompting Wade to intervene.
French actress Mme Sarah Bernhardt collapsed in her Palace Theater dressing room in New York and could not appear. Physician Dr. Moreau treated her and she was moved to Hotel Marie Antoinette. She planned to sail to France Thursday and may miss the Saturday close.
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