17 Sep 1910
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1910
Page
1
A broad range of politicians observe Roosevelt throughout the day and into the night, signaling broad interest and ongoing engagement with his policies and persona.
New York politicians gather at Theodore Roosevelt's office to weigh the fight within the Republican Party. George Cromwell declares he will vote against Roosevelt, while Barnes and Roosevelt clash over party direction. Roosevelt plans to speak in Syracuse and stresses his intent to finish his political stake.
Acting Mayor Mitchel assigns duties as Gaynor under study starts cleanup efforts.
Acting Mayor Mitchel alleges gambling runs wide open in New York under police protection. A raid on a West Forty-fifth Street gambling house occurred under his direction. He supplied Police Commissioner Baker with lists of gambling dens and protection prices for investigation and warned owners of exposure.
Washington dispatch reports secretary of the interior Richard A. Ballinger may resign after the cabinet meets on September 26 or remain until reports from the investigating committee are delivered. Ballinger claims innocence and will await his leaders' judgment. a resignation hinges on cabinet support.
Stroudsburg, Pa. Sept. 16. It was learned today that while W. H. Aham, a United States Express Co. messenger, was placing $1,600 in cash for York on a Delaware, Lackawanna & West train, a thief took 50 in cash from his desk. The incident occurred as the crew worked.
The separate property pact between Robert Winthrop Chanler and Lina Cavalieri was filed in New York County. It outlines Chanler's transfer of real estate and estate interests to Cavalieri for one dollar and a $20,000 annual allowance, with multiple powers of attorney to secure payments. The agreement lists Red Rock Dutchess county farms and Cosino property in New York and notes Chanler's prior divorce.
Mrs John E Todd wife of the Flora city school treasurer read a State board of accounts report showing a $200 shortage in his funds. He was found in his bedroom with a carbolic acid bottle in hand. He was 41. The town closed schools and most businesses in his honor.
Two thousand people joined Ohio Valley Exposition Day celebrations in Portsmouth Georgia and rail road advocates. Delegations arrived by two special trains and various routes to boost Georgia good roads efforts. Ed M Hafer of the Georgia bureau hosts a watermelon cutting while Hyde Park Cincinnati plans autos parading to the exposition. Special trains from Hamilton and Hyde Park celebrate the event with city officials and attendees throughout the day.
Charles Fennel's drug store on Race street and Garfield place was robbed just before 11 pm as crowds passed by from the exposition. The gunman fled with 35 cents from the late day cash, pursued by a citizen posse and a private officer who chased him into Garfield park and an alley before losing the trail.
The Republican campaign in Ohio opens tomorrow with Warren G. Harding as the feature speaker. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson from President Taft's cabinet is expected, along with Attorney General A. G. Denman Lieutenant Governor Francis H. Treadway and Granville W. Mooney.
The cholera outbreak in Russia has claimed upwards of 160,000 victims. Officials report 182,327 cases and 83,613 deaths for the season, with the epidemic spreading from Southern Russia into Asiatic regions and toward Amur province near Manchuria.
The estate of the late Dr. Thomas W. Evans, famed Philadelphia dentist to Parisian aristocracy, has fallen from 6 million to 1.76 million. The decline stems from failing to realize on foreign realty and ongoing litigation draining the fortune.
Carlisle Kentucky September 16 The Burley Tobacco Society plans a whirlwind campaign led by women to solicit for pooling the 1910 crop. Nicholas county women will act as solicitors to boost support, with a ladies auxiliary formed for the effort as the pool decision nears November first.
In Scott county about twenty five nonpooling farmers will meet in Georgetown to review pooling of their tobacco with the Burley Board of Control crop. The gathering follows opposition to the Burley society contract due to missing a 7 percent clause urged by J Campbell Cantrill. Speakers announced include J M Stevenson of Winchester and Father G C Bealert of Cynthiana. A circular letter has been sent to county women.
Lexington report notes tobacco growers in Central Kentucky anxious over a prophecy by LeBus. The item references continued discussion on Page 2, Column 7.
Eight people were injured when a Wright airplane piloted by Arthur Hoxey swerved from its course above a race track and plunged into a crowd on a cement platform before the grandstand at the state fair. The aviator was uninjured and the machine lightly damaged. A panic ensued but no deaths were reported.
Bordeaux reports M Auburn, flying a Bleriot, set a new 300 kilometer speed record with an average of about 55 percent miles per hour.
Washington notices a new aviation course at the Negro Manual Training School. The curriculum will cover aircraft propulsion principles without attempting actual flight, aiming to prepare students for future air industry needs.
Congressman Henry Sherman Boutell declares he will run as an independent after losing the Illinois Republican primary to F. H. Gansbergen. He criticizes direct primaries and calls for responsible representative government. The piece lists Democratic and Republican congressional nominees across districts and notes Lorimer era dynamics in Chicago politics.
President Taft selects waterways economy as the Cincinnati speech topic marking completion of an Ohio river dam. He aims to curb wasteful river and harbor spending and will later address the New York League of Republican clubs. He plans a two week Beverly to Cincinnati tour with golf sessions and political meetings.
Richmond H. Ingersoll, former treasurer of York County Savings Bank, charged with embezzlement after the bank closed Aug. 12. He has been ill and confined at home. arraigned in his room due to frailty, held on $20,000 bail. Shortage listed at $250,000.
The Journal reports 112 500 units of antitoxin serum were injected into 17 year old Gerald A Sullivan a Marquette academy senior, for lockjaw after a sliver in his toe. The usual dose is 300 units. The event is described as a potential world record in treatment.
DOUGLAS Ga pt 16 The Georgia and Florida pier train from Valdosta collided with the automobile of T S. Price in this city today killing F. L. Sweat of Douglas wounding Mr Price and demolishing the automobile. The machine was caught on the cow catcher and carried 100 yards.
Mrs A D Winship aged percent years former Racine Wisconsin resident now in Columbus registered today as a student at Ohio State University She will take an optional course and says she attends college to gain all the knowledge she can She recently returned from Michigan where she attended a summer school.
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