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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1912
Page
1
Letters from John D. Archbold show efforts to influence Pennsylvania judicial appointments. Involves payments to Attorney General Elkin and other officials, with references to certificates of deposit for amounts including 5000 and 10000 dollars. Archbold also urged governors and senators to appoint Henderson and Morrison to higher benches.
West Virginia events spark a tense Capitol scene as Mother Jones and Socialist leaders rally in Charleston under martial law. A militia cordon blocks the capitol yard while officials consider guard limits and a mine guards system amid accusations against state authorities. Lee Patrick, a mine foreman, received one day in the guardhouse for carrying a revolver while escorting his family.
In Princeton West Virginia last night Walter Johnston a Black man was lynched after the assault on 14 year old Nita White authorities suspect a mistaken identity Governor Glasscock ordered an investigation and a joint statement from Pendleton Maynard Ross Pennington and Sheriff Ellison claims Johnston did not match the assailant and the evidence points to another man.
The first gun in the national campaign will fire on Sept 21 in Columbus as Ohio hosts both the national and state openings. Harry Daugherty says the capital will feature prominent Republican speakers, with cabinet members possible and President Wilson unlikely to attend.
Boston clubman Richard J D Boardman, Harvard 1900, a Newport society favorite, is linked to Elsie French Vanderbilt the divorced wife of Alfred Gwyne Vanderbilt. Rumors say they will marry, with Boardman’s father surprised. Mrs. Vanderbilt has drawn many admirers including nobles. past partners included Count Berehem, Monson Morris, and George Lawrence Perkins.
The incident lists Joseph Purcell of 813 Charlotte Street and George Hill among the injured and mutilated, with others including John Wallis of Dayton and John J. Laumer of the Laumer Lumber Co. among the injured. Several victims suffer head, facial, and leg wounds. one man is reported with a crushed foot and possible internal injuries.
U S soldiers repelled a rebel crossing on Lang ranch near Douglas Arizona. Fourteen troopers held back about twenty five insurgents. five Mexicans were killed and one wounded. Mexico readies troops. President Madero calls a special session. The U S war department plans to deliver 600 rifles to border forces and consider sending more cavalry and infantry.
Ruth Harley aged 11 of Kingsville ran to her parents room after a thunderclap. A bolt down the chimney struck her dead. In Dunkirk New York twin sons of Frank and Mrs. Barnes five weeks old were killed by lightning as they lay in a double crib. The bolt followed a telephone line into the house.
Washington reports Mexico plans a military push into Northern Sonora to aid mining towns amid rebel threats. The United States is expected to allow Mexican troops to transit through Texas and Arizona to reach the beleaguered area, due to lack of rail lines from interior Mexico. Congress must grant authority for the move.
In Houlgate France Roland Garros soared to 16 240 feet in a monoplane eclipsing the previous 13 779 foot world altitude record set at Vienna on June 29 by Austrian aviator Caakau who carried a passenger on that flight.
Bull Moose candidates for congress will be nominated in all twenty one Ohio districts and for state legislature in each county and senatorial district. Alleged fake progressives who used the name will be opposed by genuine Progressive candidates. Albert Douglas of Chillicothe and Dr. R M Hughey of Washington D C will face real bull moose opponents despite being regular Republicans. The moose candidates must use a different label than progressive to avoid legal infringement.
A Syracuse progressive convention nominates Oscar S Straus for governor amid a dramatic display by McGee and heated rivalries. Straus, former ambassador to Turkey and Roosevelt era commerce secretary, secures the ticket as leadership battles unfold on the floor.
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