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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1916
Page
1
The plan to preserve the mansion along the path of Park Boulevard was identified in a feasibility study. Officials indicate the project will proceed to clear a safe route, enabling completion of a long anticipated enhancement for the boulevard corridor.
The Frederick H. Alms homestead, in the path of the Bloody Run Boulevard extension from Chapel street to Eden Park, will be moved intact to a nearby site. Condemnation proceedings were served, but officials announced the palatial home will be preserved as a monument to Mrs. Alms and for her late husband. Park Commissioner John E. Bruce said the relocation is feasible and will safeguard the historic structure.
The report notes fair weather in the South and Ohio Valley with unsettled conditions in the North for Sunday and Monday. It cites unusually cool temperatures, frosts in the upper Midwest, and scattered rain in New England and the Northwest. A list of station temperatures and records from Cincinnati and surrounding areas follows.
British northern Somme advance halted temporarily as Haig consolidates gains. Berlin admits loss of Courcelette Martinpuich and Fleurs, claims Combles attacks unsuccessful, and notes Bulgarian Romanian gains in Dobrudja while Serbians push near Florina and Ostrovo in Macedonia. Interborough linemen face criminal conspiracy case as strike tension rises.
The United States submarine Holland, the first undersea boat commissioned by a government, has been saved from the scrap heap after Navy Department actions and a drive to preserve historic naval craft.
Charles Becker a noted forger once stole 5,000,000 francs from the Bank of France and large sums from banks in Russia Austria and Turkey. Arrested in Russia he escaped prison. He faced a life sentence in California twenty years ago but was freed by the American Bankers' Association. He died in New York at age 68 after a life of crime and confinement.
Off Montauk Point New York the German submarine Amerika sits ready for docking as foggy weather is anticipated for a dash into New London. The Vanadis and Willehad are nearby while inflow of officials signals possible Bremen arrival. officials note preparations by Eastern Forwarding and Norddeutscher Lloyd.
Russian and Roumanian forces retreat before the advancing Mackensen armies as they push toward the front. The article notes heavy pressure on the line and strategic withdrawals to avoid encirclement.
London reports General Haig stating 1,700 more German prisoners taken, over 4,000 in last two days, as battles continue south of the Ancre River. Berlin Sofia dispatch notes violent fighting west and southwest of Lake Ostrovo with heavy enemy losses and continued artillery exchanges on the Vardar and Struma fronts.
In Scranton Pennsylvania on September 16 the court refused an immediate habeas corpus hearing for one of 267 I W W members arrested after a police raid on a prohibited meeting in Old Forge. The hearing was postponed to the next grand jury session in two weeks, delaying potential release for all prisoners.
Villa led six hundred men into Chihuahua City penetrating part of the city before being driven out by the Constitutionalist army with heavy losses. Villa partisans were executed after capture and General Trevino was wounded in the arm. Reports came via telegraph from Juarez as Sauz station heard distant cannonading along the Mexican Central Railway line north of Chihuahua.
Preston E. Thomas, warden of the State Penitentiary in Columbus, declined to identify prisoners who would testify against him in the cruelty investigation before the State Board of Administration. The board asked for representatives from the red-shirt gang to be named to limit the hearing, but Thomas said he would not bar witnesses. The hearing will resume Monday with board-designated witnesses and he will begin rebuttal testimony early next week.
Washington officials say the United States will demand a formal statement from Japan through Ambassador Guthrie on Japan’s demands in China. No diplomatic protest will be filed before Europe’s war ends, with future negotiations tied to the open door policy and postwar world powers.
Washington charges that official navy mail from Shanghai to Washington was opened by the British censor in Vancouver B C The envelopes carried the Navy seal The case may go to the State Department for protest to Britain The Post Office halted Vancouver mail routes due to Canadian censorship interference
Rev. E Waldorff of Cleveland urged the North Ohio M E Conference to raise 25000 for the Deaconess Home in Cleveland and 15000 for the Bridgeport home to provide more room. No conference appointments will be released until Monday afternoon when the meeting ends.
Albert Selinich aged 38, chef aboard the Berkshire, was killed in a fight that escalated after the steamer arrived in Albany New York. Charles Krouse a butcher on board was placed under arrest pending investigation.
German commander reports unshakable German resistance on the western front after inspection. He notes heavy artillery in the Romanian campaign, rapid Danube crossings, and a German detachment entering Turtukai. Cavalry advances threaten Silistria as Romanian forces retreat toward the Danube.
An automobile convoy carrying the War Department message arrived at Fort Lawton Seattle around noon after relaying from Plymouth. The trip began Monday at noon and the fleet averaged over thirty miles per hour across the continent.
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