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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1912
Page
1
A large crowd at Ohio State University’s athletic field watched a Columbus centennial children’s pageant when heat and high humidity caused 75 to 100 spectators to collapse. Medics treated victims. most recovered quickly, with 17 taken to Protestant hospital and one seriously ill guard from the Fourth regiment band.
New York August 31 a letter by Mrs Sarah Harris in a mental hospital urges state legalization of euthanasia to end the suffering of incurables. Prominent doctors and Mrs Rose Hawthorn Lathrop oppose the idea, while Aunt Kate McCracken in Hackettstown NJ speaks against it and shares seventy five years of confinement and crafts at home.
Special Dispatch Akron Aug 31 lightning struck a buggy between Warwick and Manchester killing 10 year old Russell Harter and fatally injuring 14 year old Melvin Wiligohs. Seventeen year old Ralph Harter was knocked unconscious but later recovered consciousness and called for help.
Chicago registered 96 degrees at 4 30 p m making August 31 the hottest day since 1896. The heat caused three deaths and seven prostrations as the city sweltered.
Springfield reports one death and multiple prostrations from a week-long heat wave. Government thermometers show the temperature reaching 93 degrees, the hottest August 31 in five years.
A violent typhoon struck Amoy on Thursday night causing massive loss of life and damage. Steamers report the Min River mouth littered with hundreds of bodies and widespread wreckage along the coast.
Labor Day will be marked with services at St Patrick's Cathedral in New York and at St John the Divine. Monsignor Lavelle says the St Patrick's service sanctifies Labor Day and aims to begin the great day with church worship despite reports of unionists blocked by employers. Officials from Western Union and Postal Telegraph address the rumors, stating they do not forbid attendance and explaining hiring policies regarding Telegraphers union members.
Dr Elizabeth Riley of Back Bay Boston rejects a Chicago minister's assertion that most women are knock kneed saying Boston women pursue overall fitness through fashion and activity. She argues tight skirts follow the figure and Venus de Milo is not knock kneed.
Two mine guards were shot at Cain Creek Junction near Charleston West Virginia reports say Governor Glasscock ordered four National Guard companies back to the scene. Deputy Sheriff Thomas Hines who was shot Friday night at Dry Branch on Cabin Creek died early today.
Denver announces the engagement of actress Blanche Bates to George Creel magazine writer editor and reform police commissioner of Denver. The couple’s betrothal was anticipated by friends after Bates left Ossining New York for a summer stay near Arvada.
Einvrageli Kirmigis a Cretan and former leading professor, 28, working as a water boy on a Western Ohio Traction line in Lima, is killed after stepping onto tracks. A belt bore $100 in US money and Italian currency. bank records show $18,000 deposited in European banks.
An Albuquerque coroner’s jury returned an accidental death verdict for Solomon Luna, the wealthy sheep owner and Republican national committeeman for New Mexico, who died after falling into a sheep-dipping vat on his Horse Springs ranch yesterday.
Special Dispatch from Columbus reports State Executive Chairman Harry M. Daugherty led a four hour meeting where eight Republican state candidates affirmed they remain loyal to the Republican ticket and urged Ohio Republicans to support them. Three candidates expected to resign were John Sullivan Freeman Eagleson and William Kirtley Jr. Langdon did not attend but telegraphed his stance. Five endorsers stood with Daugherty while three dissented led by E M Fullington Archer Edwards Zeller and Calvert.
Samuel Unternyer, arrived on the Campania, is quoted in a typewritten interview saying Wall Street support for Taft would be a heavy handicapping factor in politics. Otto T. Barnard of New York Trust comments on the bull moose movement and Archbold Roosevelt controversy.
Government forces capture a large rebel ammo convoy from Granada to Leon, including 80 000 machine gun rounds, easing Managua’s defense and limiting rebel attacks. Denver Marines land at San Juan Del Bar to guard the port, while Leon grows anarchic as government troops advance. Admiral Southerland remains confident in handling the situation.
A ranch owned by American Vice Consul Frank A. Dickinson near Abasalo Guanajuato was attacked by over 200 rebels on the night of August 28. The raiders entered the Peralta property and, shouting Viva Zapata, carried off all valuables with no resistance offered.
Panama dispatch says former Nicaragua president Zelaya, ousted 1909 by Estrada, arrived in Colon en route to Nicaragua. Legations could not confirm. Meanwhile reports say the Pacific Mail Steamship line is not accepting cargo at Nicaraguan ports due to the rebellion.
A burglar entered Dr. Leo H. Baekeland’s Harmony Park home through a second story window and stole jewelry and cash totaling about 460 dollars. He spared a kept purse and a mother’s photo after pleas from Mrs. Baekeland, who valued them for sentimental reasons. Dr. Baekeland, a retired chemist and AIChE president, slept through the raid until awakened by his wife.
Judge John Gibbons ordered the reinstatement of Edward Smith, a former Oak Park High pupil expelled for alleged membership in a high school frat. He condemned secret societies as a menace to order, law, and civilization citing historical conspiracies from Robespierre to modern anarchists.
Theodore Roosevelt wrapped up a three day Vermont swing covering 500 miles by car and addressing crowds totaling about 50 000. He urged support for the Progressive ticket and Governor candidate Metzger, warning that failure would aid old party bosses Archbold and Penrose. Roosevelt left Brattleboro for Oyster Bay to rest before continuing campaign work.
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