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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
1
Washington reports indicate Senator Owen faces accusations planned to derail his reform bill with claims of corrupt practices. Republicans accuse him of pressuring for rapid action while Democrats condemn the timing and rally to oppose the measure amid looming elections.
Fragmentary government wage data from George T. MilI lists Sammil county and Lucas county reports. The text appears distorted, mentioning industrial commission, wage shares, and various county names with missing or garbled terms.
Mexican commissioners plan to travel to the United States Sunday morning. Luis Cabrera leads the delegation with American liaison Linn Body and officials including Tito We Tell. Pani and Bonillas will use Senor Pani’s private car via Piedras Negras to St. Louis. The group declines to discuss negotiations.
Middletown Ohio August 25 Angered by his wife turning against him and an order to leave Everson allegedly set fire to a house on Syeator Street. Fire Chief Anderson and Assistant Five Marshall Morris reported the confession by Everson who was later arrested in Kentucky. He faces charges related to the fire and alleged prior abuse.
Berlin reports from London indicate cautious views on Romania's position in the current conflict. Vienna dispatches suggest Austro Hungarians will not concede to Romania to avoid signaling weakness, with Bucharest noting a cooling war fever amid tense negotiations and strategic considerations by the central powers.
Washington reports July foreign trade at 72.0 billion dollars, a new monthly high but 11.0 billion below June’s record total. Exports reached 46.0 billion and imports 26.0 billion, with the year ending July marking a fresh annual peak for combined trade.
Brig General Evans orders a blip of biplane acquisitions for Hawaii as General Byars shapes an aviation corps. An investigation points to Morb Kamen homeha ay as prime aviation HQ site. If approved, the plan would create the nation’s largest aerial reserve station at Co-opini lion weather observatory.
Chicago based quartermaster Daniel EK. McCarthy issued 200 letters to prominent businessmen including J. Ogden Armour J. B. Forsan Roger C. Sullivan Tred W. Wham Ceone Reynolds Julius Rosenwald Samuel Tusull and Mayor Thompson seeking support for commissions in the new quarter.
In Cleveland on August 25 a self defense plea seeks to exonerate a circus monkey from charges of biting Harry Graham, 11, as water was being carried for the elephant. The circus owners say the boy teased the monkeys, prompting the bite in self defense, in an $85,600 damages suit.
Washington January 25 The Danish upper house rejection of the proposal to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States will not delay ratification here. Senator Stone, chairman of the Senate Fav e B udulions committee, announced last night that the treaty purchase will proceed as soon as possible.
Reports to the secretary of state indicate demographic trends in Ohio. Across the past year marriage and divorce figures rose slightly, with statewide estimates showing increases in multiple counties and a notable rise in diversions and related statistics. Mahoning, Trumbull, and surrounding counties highlighted in the data, reflecting broader statewide dynamics.
In a jealous rage a man killed his wife and young son then took his own life in Miller street Morgan area. The court declared the verdict and probate will appoint an administrator to settle the property. The Irishman and family are to be buried in McConkey cemetery. An election in Mexico aims to organize a constitutional assembly after returns from September 5 municipal votes.
Report from Fetrograd stating that Russian forces have resumed their offensive along the entire Asiatic front. Meanwhile Turkish troops have evacuated Bitlis as part of broader movements in the region.
The government orders a change of chief at Camp Willis with Major Means replaced by Major Miller of the central military department. Miller promises movement within a week depending on progress. quartermaster actions push corset shipments and motor trunks, while Pat Isaacs and others clash during a guard call in the description of units of Company E.
Repulican observations from Chicaza Aug 24 describe Democratic figures including Wilson and Kentucky Senatorial context. Statements credit Vanes Mecor inick as national committee chair and note Democratic confidence in Kentucky and other states while Republicans acknowledge cross-party voting toward Wilson.
Donglag Aria August 2 reports from Sahuavipa 244 miles south of the frontier say the Twenty second Battalion Sonora Infantry was nearly wiped out after an ambush by Andians near Batamonte in the Ala anos district. About 200 Mexican troops were in a garden canyon when the attack occurred ten days ago leaving few survivors. Private dispatches from Fermosila also describe growing unrest in western Sonora with reports of depredations and desertions affecting local residents and the military command under Colonel Avellatoy at Suliraipa.
A village visit by Celal Py The Doaran and Mrs Brandl at Coorg Lille. plans to return to Oxford September 7 for cycling duties. Franklin and Linn counties Indiana pioneer association picnic set for Saturday at John Appleton's grave in Springfield township. attendees, speeches, and gifts listed. Also brief society notes and a lightning fatality in Pennsylvania as Mrs Grant Herring and a neighbor’s child die during an approaching storm.
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