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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
Democratic leaders vow strenuous effort to elect Hunt and others while an internal Judas rumor triggers a quiet probe. Independence party endorsements shake ballots as Debates and meetings unfold at university clubs, county offices, and campaign events.
A call to action urging individuals to register now or lose the right to vote. Emphasizes voting as a civic duty and repeats the registration urgency for all eligible citizens.
The fortieth annual National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting opened in Buffalo with Rev. Anna Shaw presiding. Delegates welcomed speakers including Miss Emily Howland who spoke on The Spirit of 1848 and paid tribute to Susan B. Anthony. Annie Cobden Sanderson’s letter urging tougher action was read amid debate on methods.
Howard Gould once earned 600000 yearly but now reports 400000 after last year’s depression. Mrs Katherine Gould seeks alimony raise from 25000 to 120000, claiming lingering support and lavish lifestyle. Counsels dispute income and gifts while court reserves decision.
Britain Russia and France agree on an eight item program to revise the Berlin treaty addressing Bulgaria Greece Crete and European Turkey aims to determine financial obligations to Turkey settle Armenian and Montenegrin issues and compensate Serbia with Danube traffic changes while debating straits and Turkish reforms. A separate note recalls home fleet sailors as an unexplained call to return to ships.
Greensboro reports close of the North Carolina Peace Congress with Hobson and Rev Hubbard debating a larger navy. Hobson argues a strong fleet thwarts militarism and unjust demands, citing the Philippines and Hawaiian Islands as keys to peace in Asia and the Pacific. Hubbard says war is relic. advocates limit to quell riots.
W R Hearst on route to Chicago delivers remarks about Governor Haskell’s lawsuit. He says he offered to fund any deficiency and criticized the service method and trial timing. He asserts the case may not reach trial and challenges Haskell to prove his claims in court before November 3.
In Pittsburg at the Eastern and interstate Negro Press Convention the John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church hosts over 100 editors and writers from the East Midwest and South. resolutions praise Senator Foraker Governor Deneen and condemn mob violence while urging black voters in Ohio to support Foraker for the U.S. Senate.
Perry Belmont chief of the National Publicity Law Organization argues campaign contribution disclosure proves reform since the last election. He says public opinion favors publicity and notes the Republican Committee will publish after election as required, aided by the Corrupt Practices Association led by Seth Low, to comply with law and push for congressional action.
In Dayton on October 15 the Ohio Federation of Labor Executive Committee urged no endorsement of presidential candidates. Officers elected include Llewellyn Lewis as president and L. W. Rowe as AFL delegate. The group plans to meet in Toledo next year.
In Amherst Ohio on October 15 a gasoline tank car exploded after a wreck on the Lake Shore Road. Six people were badly burned and others injured when a crowd of about fifty was hurled down a twenty foot bank beside the tracks. the line remained blocked for hours.
In Lynn Massachusetts Italian union members disrupted a ballot to ratify yesterday’s informal vote on the shoe strike affecting 15,000 workers. The Executive Committee considered ending the strike without a new vote as scenes grew turbulent and strikers voted tonight to end the strike.
In Marietta Ohio a cache of Rufus Putnam papers reveals five maps and notes from 1784 clarifying the Maine New Brunswick boundary. The finds support the United States claim to Pope's Folly and will be sent to the State Department for action.
Scranton miners declare an entire new agreement to replace the current contract due April 1, 1909. They demand an eight hour day, union check off, coal weighing instead of car payment, and a 10 percent wage increase across all labor.
Six Austrian warships anchored today off Spinza in Dalmatia within ten miles of Antivari Montenegro's sole seaport. The move places Austro-Hungarian naval power close to Montenegro during the current tensions.
Sofia reports Czar Ferdinand and the entire Cabinet have departed to the Bis tritza hunting lodge near the Turkish frontier. An official statement is promised on their return. The Vreme declares Bulgaria would rather shed blood for independence than pay compensation to Turkey.
Berlin dispatch reports the German balloon Busley ditched in the North Sea yesterday. Two aeronauts Dr Niemeyer and Hans Hiedemann were rescued by a passing steamer ten miles from Heligoland and landed at Edinburgh. Two other balloons Plauen and Hergesell remain missing from the Berlin-Berlin race for the international cup trophy.
Mrs. William F. Tucker withdrew the wife abandonment charge against Col William F. Tucker U S A in Municipal Court to clear the way for grand jury action. Col Tucker, arrested for wife desertion in Decatur Ill, arrived Hot Springs Ark for hospital rest with unknown illness.
A Board of Engineers met in St. Louis to discuss the lakes to gulf deep waterways project led by Colonel W H Bixby. Members include Lt Col C M Townsend and Lt Col J G Warren, with H B Richardson and Major H P Ritter. They considered a fourteen foot channel from St. Louis to Memphis and will inspect the Mississippi River on future trips.
Pansy Huffman, who eloped with Austin Huffman to Covington Kentucky on June 4, today filed for divorce in Hamilton Ohio. She alleges desertion within six weeks of the marriage and says he refuses to return despite her pleas.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway releases its eighty second annual report showing gross earnings of 73 608 781 for the year ended June 30 1908 a drop of 8 635 140 from the prior year. Expenses 54 150 879 down 729 211. Net profit after dividends and taxes 17 865 442. President Murray notes the fall mainly in the last six months.
Judge Horace H. Lurton issued an order allowing all creditors with pre Central Trust Company mortgages to join the foreclosure case as parties. Preferred creditors may argue priority to funds used for interest payments, affecting later claims distribution. January first deadline set for statements. Herron Gatch Herron and Paxton represented the involved corporations.
Special Dispatch reports that the Pennsylvania Railroad conducted 3255 signal efficiency tests in August. Ninety nine point two six percent of trains checked observed all signals despite unexpected positions extinguished lights and torpedoes placed on the track to create unusual conditions for those in charge.
R L Martin commercial agent of the M K T railway is in St Louis on business. Will A Howard of Clovel af and Chicago Alton railways returned from Boston New York and Washington. O P McCarty Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway general passenger agent prominent in Knights Templars affairs. Paul Brurdict C H D railroad district passenger agent returned from Chicago. Qosémar L Mitchell New York Central Lines southern agent at Chattanooga was in the city yesterday. E E Smith Big Four traveling passenger agent headquartered at Atlanta was in Cincinnati yesterday. E R Whelene Big Four city passenger agent in Cincinnati returned from hunting and fishing in the Alabama mountains.
Major General Richard Coulter, 81, veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, lawyer and prominent businessman, died in Greensburg Pennsylvania on Wednesday. He served as a notable military and civic figure in his era.
Mrs. Mary M. Emery offers up to 509000 for a new OMI building at North Canal and Walnut Streets with an initial 500000 cap, to include an assembly hall, museum space, and modern facilities. The board accepts and orders a contract plan, with construction to start in spring after lease expirations. Prof. Shearer hails the donation as a milestone for Cincinnati education and culture.
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