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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
1
Judge Harmon calls on the gubernatorial hopeful to explain positions on all campaign questions. The town hall tonight will host the event where voters may hear the candidate address the issues directly.
London reports a flurry of royal and diplomatic activity as Sir Edward Grey and M Iswolsky exchange views. King Edward and ministers press for a quick settlement while Balkans news and ambassadors visits shape expectations of a near end to the crisis.
Berlin reports recount a dramatic midair accident in an international balloon race. The American Conqueror with A Holand Forbes and Augustus Post nearly perished as silk tore and a parachute formed, the basket striking a house roof while the crew escaped with minor injuries.
New Jersey Congressman Eugene Walter Leake, a lifelong Democrat and fierce Bryan critic, offers to campaign for Taft. He calls Bryan a political fanatic and populist, says Bryan would wreck the Democratic Party, and argues patriotism should guide voters beyond party loyalty.
Special Dispatch from Waterbury Conn Oct 11. David G Cooper of Tarryville famed for seven thermometers for cooking ranges died recently leaving an estate near 150000 dollars. Earlier rumors said two nieces would inherit but the will reveals a wife and a dozen children in Chile South America as primary heirs. The document grants each employee stock of 100. Investigations show a legal marriage abroad and the will recognizes these heirs as natural. The nieces were just as surprised.
A Detroit owned yacht belonging to H. S. Yee, son of a former Michigan governor, broke from its moorings in a gale and drifted seaward. A life saving crew recovered the vessel near Georgia harbor with little damage. The craft sailed from Detroit two weeks earlier for a trip via the canal to the Mississippi and the gulf.
Harmon speaks tonight in Music Hall and explains his stance. Taft gains labor backing as leaders report him a strong ally. Taft tours Ohio and the South from Cincinnati. Debs remains active while Bryan loses business support.
In Philadelphia Oct 11 reports say the Octopus ran aground and blew a cylinder head while the Cuttlefish lost a cylinder head during a test trip from New York to League Island. The Scorpion aided by towing both submarines free, preventing possible loss.
Richmond Va Oct 11 General Eppa Hunton ex United States Senator and one of the last surviving Confederate generals died in this city today aged 85 funeral will take place Tuesday with military honors
Taft leaves Cincinnati with brother Charles P Taft and possible aides to tour Ohio and the Central West. The trip will focus on farming communities as Taft, in improving voice, plans speeches despite a lingering cold and a strong campaign push with Shaw and Smith joining later.
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