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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1912
Page
2
President Taft refused to publish government to Colombia Panama correspondence, saying public release would harm public interest. Senate notices followed on Lorimer seating, tariff talks stalled, and White Star Line probe details spark broader inquiries. Legal actions and notable appointments fill the rest of the day’s docket.
The Taft Roosevelt fight heads to the Ohio Republican convention on June 2 as Taft seeks six at large delegates despite winning only 10 of 43 district delegates in the state primary. New York manufacturers push for a new party at their session led by John Kirby Jr. A Dickens fund gift of 12,481 dollars is noted and Marie Garland of Boston opts to sacrifice her 10,010,000 dollars share for marriage. Dr Harvey Wiley Jr seeks a marriage alliance with Kentucky official’s daughter, and Warren S. Stone of Cleveland, head of the locomotive engineers, is re elected for six years.
William Pastorius, awaiting sentence in Pittsburg, claims European anarchists plotted to kill President Taft, linked to an Inferhat machine case and attempted extortion. Other notes include a Montana payroll theft, Morse family return from Europe, DePauw president elected bishop, Unitarian stance on capital punishment and women’s suffrage, a Southern Presbyterian interim doctrine panel, and aviator Fred J. Southard’s fatal Wright field crash near Osborn, Ohio.
United States orders 1000 marines from Philadelphia and 6000 regular troops to Cuba amid intensified anti Negro violence. Bodies of two white men found hanged near Palmas Oriana. A white schoolteacher reports assault by insurrectionists led by Fatenez. Salvation Army leader General Wooth undergoes cataract surgery in London. doctors call the procedure satisfactory with outcome tied to recovery.
Washington society enjoys the spectacle of congressional night sessions as the Capitol glows with light. Debates grow vitriolic after late hours, and the last night before adjournment becomes a gala, with galleries crowded, flag waving, song, and stories amid intense political tension.
The tuberculosis death rate fell from 18 per 100,000 to 160.3 per 100,000 between 1901 and 1910, a drop of 18.7 percent, while overall deaths declined 9.7 percent. Tuberculosis deaths rose to 2016 in 1904, then declined steadily, saving about 27,060 lives over ten years. The report cites data from the U S Bureau of the Census and notes general mortality fluctuates but trends downward more slowly.
Jersey City man Thomas Bruno describes a four month breakout that covered his face with pimples and blackheads. After trying many remedies he used two cakes of Resinol Soap and a jar of Resinol Ointment, which cleared his skin in about three weeks. He notes others in his family use the products and recommends them for skin troubles.
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