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Newspaper
New Albany Evening Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1912
Page
1
A confused report outlines Balkan Allies insisting the Turks surrender Adrianople and western territories, threatening a renewed war if demands fail. Greek Premier Venizelos and Ottoman representatives debate settlement terms as a peace conference looms, with pressures on Serbia and Turkey shaping the outcome.
Greek and Turkish fleets clashed near the Dardanelles as forts protected the Turkish line. The Greeks drove the Turkish ships to retreat in disorder with five wounded overall. Three destroyers attempted escape but were pursued and compelled to withdraw.
The New York court granted a divorce to Mrs. Heinze from Piute Augustus with alimony of $895 monthly and custody of their only child. Heinze was directed to pay the child's education expenses after age five. He did not contest, and the decree was promptly signed. The parties married in Brooklyn and the wife was formerly Deiniece Golden.
Ruskin Tansel aged eighteen will attend school while serving a twelve month jail sentence for manslaughter in Randolph County Jail. The jury acquitted his father Charles Tansel of second degree murder in the Greencastle killing last Oct 5. A teacher will guide his daily studies and schoolbooks will be supplied.
Preinter Venizelos of Greece arrives with delegation for talks at Old St James Palace as part of a major peace conference. Details remain sparse but the Greek envoy signals commitment to negotiations and regional stability.
Washington reports a partial victory for the government as the supreme court decision declares the Teminah Iran company an unlawful restraint of trade. It indicates that antitrust action may free output from the trust control, potentially releasing about one fourth of total production to competition while the railroads remain united with coal producers.
Washington December 17 William Hearst is expected to testify before the Clapp committee as it resumes its inquiry into campaign contributions and expenditures. He will be questioned about a letter allegedly sent between Standard Oil officers and members of the PONG TESS group.
Six people were killed when a lake shore train collided with a streetcar at Ashtatada. Twenty five killed as freight and express trains collided between Catania and Mesoua. Cats burned to death in a Brooklyn apartment after an overturned law started a fire. Foundations of a Greek temple to Minerva found at Syracuse. Senate offices to be filled alternately after president pro tempore vacancy. Several political and personal calamities cited including a jail sentence commuted by President Taft.
New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson aims to push his reform program while delaying cabinet selections. He plans meetings with national party leaders, including McCombs, and will stay in Princeton for a dinner and subsequent Hanover banquet. Wilson emphasizes state priorities over national concerns as he resumes full campaign energy.
The Pujo committee examines recent New York Stock Exchange activity in California Petroleum. Frederick L Kaes Iselin and Lewisohn Brothers are linked to market making. Lewisohn balks at disclosing syndicate profits. Representative Pujo plans to compel answers and allow time for consideration.
Governor Donaghey frees 218 state convicts and 44 county prisoners in a sweeping pardon. He releases the inmates while publicly outlining a message to the legislature criticizing the convict lease system and detailing alleged abuses and overlong terms. The governor asserts the need for legislative action and cites inhumane treatment and profit motives by contractors.
Washington reports President Tate will not appoint a successor to the late Whitelaw Reid as ambassador to Great Britain. Thomas Nelson Page of Virginia, noted writer, is mentioned as a leading candidate with strong wealth and tastes for life abroad. A memorial service for Reid will be held at Westminster Abbey on Friday noon, with a battleship escort and remains to follow to the United States.
Washington reports the senate рассмотрed the Kenyon bill to ban interstate shipments of intoxicants into focal edition communes. Senator Newton of town leads the measure as temperance and religious groups pack the galleries. Supporters say they have enough votes to pass, with dissent expected on a final vote.
A group of twenty six suffragettes set out for Albany with seven reaching the first leg’s halfway point at Fevington on the river. Their overnight plans and ability to press on this evening hinge on stamina footwear and morale amid the arduous journey.
A compact report lists city temperatures and weather conditions including New York 41 clear, Denver 42 clear, San Francisco 48 clear, St Paul 42 clouds, Chicago 40s clouds, Indianapolis 41 clouds, St Louis 45 rain, New Orleans 46 clear, Washington 44 partly cloudy then clearing.
A contested campaign to secure land near the statehouse for a centennial building spurred calls that property owners inflated values. The commission warned the state might buy the block between the capitol and West Ohio to house the state library and scientific institutions, but owners faced resistance amid controversy over higher appraisals and potential conflicts.
A chaotic OCR transcript outlines explosions, alleged threats, and witness testimonies. It mentions union workers, a plant fire, multiple explosions, and a suspect named McSiinival. Other items include a destroyed Schemed plant, executions of witnesses, and a murder trial near Linton.
A local car race event sees Jodd ISCNOLAGER lead North March and enter the Statesman competition. Spectators expect a tight field as cars from Soocenshia challenge for top honors.
Northy Manchester member of the next general assembly, Dee J T isen berger, announces withdrawal from the speakership race. He says he was never a candidate, acting only at friends' urging.
Illness postpones the patronage conference planned in Washington for Indiana appointments to be submitted to President Fleet. Senator Shively rests at Providence Hospital after an operation, plans to travel for the opening argument once recovered. Senator Kern detained at a dynamite trial through the first week, then to Washington. Local notes include Mrs. Anna Calvert’s poisoning death in Marion after purchasing poison at a drugstore.
The article reports ongoing debate over postal bill work and reforms amid a partisan reorganization of the Republican Party. It notes Taft’s planned canal trip, naval assignments not sought, and remarks by lawmakers on parliamentary procedures and rural carrier pay trials. It mentions Ball, Beveridge, Briggs, and other figures as the political landscape shifts.
Public schools in New Albany township close next Friday after noon for a one week holiday. Centenary M. E. church plans a sacred Christmas cantata The Shepherd King next Sunday evening. Obituaries note the deaths of Ishares Hooper and William Bradley of Cloverdale, plus local inspections by state officials near Corydon. Knights of Pythias lodge to meet and elect officers forthcoming.
The column lists prices for wheat corn oats and hay across multiple markets including Indianapolis Chicago St Louis East Buffalo and Toledo. It records No 2 red wheat prices around 1.95 to 1.96 and cattle hogs lambs and sheep values with daily cash and futures remarks.
A Lewisburg West Virginia reader thanks BL Bader for a double benefit bottle of Electric Bitters. She credits the remedy with curing a ten year stomach trouble and rheumatism tied to kidney poisons. The tonic is sold at Knoefel Drug Co. with a guarantee of satisfaction.
Charles Garing a motorman on the street railway line is confined at his Beeler street home by erysipelas. Frank Johnson and his son Hishard Johnson of Denver are visiting the city en route home from Hot Springs where they sought treatment for the boy recovering from diphtheria. Mr Johnson formerly lived here.
The article promotes Kings New Discovery as the best medicine to ward off pneumonia and its precursor colds and grip. A testimonial from Mma Chorge W. Place of Rawsonville Wisconsin claims it has prevented pneumonia several times and relieved bronchial ailments. Trial bottle offered free at Knoefel Drug Co.
The article surveys sleep theories, noting Legemfre’s arguments against brain pallor and intoxication as causes. Legendre favors sleep as an inherited instinct protecting against fatigue, contrasting fatigue-based ideas and other proposed explanations.
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