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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
9
At Columbus Ohio the constitutional convention paused final action on the Taggart proposal delaying major parts of the new constitution until January first. A special amendment to the initiative and referendum proposal was made to set proceeding toward a special election if passed. The convention debated ballot form for submission of amendments and related changes.
In Columbia on May 31, a woman sues for annulment claiming she was forced to marry to save her fiancé Richard Wood from threats by the defendant Mingo duoelion. She says she was mentally deranged and unable to consent, left Wellsburg on May 36, and alleges no ratification of the marriage.
Rocky Ford and Chicago dated items note John Cunningham, ex president of a bank, under federal grand jury scrutiny for false currency returns as the bank changes hands. Col Mitchell reports and G U Harris’s death by suicide are mentioned alongside Mayor Carter Harrison III planning Europe for specialist care after throat surgery.
Turkish officials engage in a bitter dispute over yesterday’s altercation between the minister of marines and the minister of the interior. Newspapers accuse Turkey of cowardice for not joining the battle near the Golden Horn, amid charges of cowardly retreat.
Brennan, 44, was located in Michigan after 19 years of evading capture. Officer Miles traced him via Bertillon measurements and he is being brought back to Ohio to serve the remaining term for burglary. Brennan first jailed at 17 and has spent long years in prison.
Noted African American Chenge died Thursday at age 2 years? He served 14 years as messenger in the office of the census assessors. He counted leaders like James G Blaine and Presidents Garfield Harrison McKinley as friends. He once was a messenger for Alexander Graham Bell. He attended nine Republican conventions as an usher. Harmon leads Ohio presidential primary by 11 224 over Wilson with 632 majority. Bryan and Clark vote tallies given.
A private message reports the death of General Henry M. Baker of Botw former congressman and former national committeeman from New Hampshire in Washington D C He had won the nomination of the will of Mary Baker G Raddy founder of the Christian Science church.
Columbus police charge a guard Gustave Ohlich with complicity in burglaries after an investigation. A prison locker Jimmy resembles tools used in a prior burglary by Julia Schultz, who was shot while fleeing a house.
Scarborough killed his two children Ayvelyn and years old millings by poisoning with barbaric acid in syrup then died by suicide. He had earlier killed his wife eight months prior and threatened self harm. the family, long tied to pioneer roots, will be buried together in the same grave.
Washington May 31 Congress approved the annual pension bill after brief consideration. The measure appropriates 165 million dollars an increase of about 13 million over the prior House allotment. It adds 12.5 million for work volume from the reconsolidation of the dollar-named pension law and retains eight regional agencies with payment by checks rather than vouchers. The bill moves to conference between the two Houses.
May 31 historic event as a bronze tablet marking the 1689 first Catholic mass on Manhattan Island is unveiled at the Custom House stairs The Order of the Alhambra erected it and William J McMahon supreme commander presented it William Lebo Jr port collector accepted the tablet for the United States Verna Martin dies at four months from spinal meningitis in North Berth Street home Probate notes say burial in Michigan for the infant daughter of C W Skinner Martin and Pearl Skinner Martin.
In Charlestown Massachusetts on May 31, a female inmate, Mrs Cosumano, faces execution for murder alongside her husband. She will be the first woman to occupy the death chamber in the state and will be moved to the electric chair after a prior clemency vote failed. Guards and a gear of 20th century fear accompany the process as Governor Foss considers a temporary reprieve.
A town in Minotola, Wis., suffered extensive fire loss with a business block nearly wiped out. Estimated damage stands around $100,000, including the destruction of the Lake Side hotel, the town’s largest. No injuries were reported.
Mary McDonald obtains a divorce from Tomas McDonald on grounds of gross neglect and desertion. McDonald reportedly called as a husband worthless by his spouse and the court granted the divorce.
A two day old girl in Poughkeepsie is said to have been born with two extra male bodies joined to her mouth area. Surgeons removed part of the normal baby's tongue and severed the unity to save the living child. The two other bodies were sacrificed and removed. they are to be sent to Johns Hopkins for study.
Diplomatic corps members in Washington aid a fund of savers thousand dollars to erect a memorial for Major Archibald W. Bott and Frank D. Miller, two Titanic victims. A bronze tablet may be placed near the White House, with Congress needing authorization. GC Hilles and Col. Spender Cosby lead the fundraising effort.
Rev Dr G Go Cissell superintendent of the Logansport Methodist district resigns after being arrested in a Minneapolis hotel with a woman posing as his wife. He is a Northern Indiana delegate to the conference and submitted his resignation to Rev C E Lines. He arrived in Kokomo early Thursday morning and went to his home.
John Pennell, a lifelong Steubenville County resident regarded as the county’s fiest citizen, died today at the County Home where he had lived as an inmate for 40 years. He credited his long life to his habit of accepting his lot and facing life with contentment.
May 31 dispatches report the 4th United States Army division still silent on progress from the front. No word on the landing of American Marines from the gunboat Paducah at Daiquiri where insurgents reportedly burned property of the Spanish-American Mining Co. in Santiago. The Paducah, expected to arrive with a detachment of troops, has not been confirmed as afloat by 10 am.
Attorney General Wickersham authorized a federal grand jury inquiry in San Diego into the Industrial Workers of the World. City authorities alleged sedition and violations of American neutrality related to statements about Mexico, prompting federal action.
Maytown poultry fancier Miss Salman reports a hen set with 15 eggs produced 16 chicks, an egg indistinguishable from the rest held together by a light web. In New York, Winifred Anxera was acquitted of poisoning nine babies at Brooklyn Hospital and Instause Home, welcomed by a cheering crowd. Washington news notes the Motion Picture Patents Company seeks to deny any snapman a license in alleged Sherman anti trust violations.
Former President Roosevelt declares the Ohio presidential primary must reflect the will of the people and rejects any compromise to deliver a single delegate. He denounces efforts to skew the result as a moral wrong and defends fair popular rule.
Washington May 81 President taft states he will not accept a compromise at the Ohio state convention regarding delegates. telegram to Ohio committeeman E Vorys notes he does not need the six delegates at large to secure the nomination. Hilles named likely chairman of the Republican national committee if taft is renominated. Hilles plans to attend Chicago June 1 for committee actions.
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