Roosevelt Shot In Milwaukee Ambush
A gunman shot President Roosevelt in the right breast as he stepped into a car in Milwaukee. The would-be assassin, suspected to be a maniac, had been stalking the president.
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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
12
Ex-President Roosevelt Shot in Milwaukee Speech
In Milwaukee October 15 Col Roosevelt was shot as he left the Hotel Gilpatrick en route to the Auditorium. John Schrank of New York fired a 32 caliber pistol wounding the ex president in the right side. He insisted on continuing to the hall and delivering his speech despite the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schrank
New York
Milwaukee
Col. Roosevelt
Mare
Gilpatrick
John 8. Schrank
Elbert H. Martin
Alfred 0. Gerard
Roosevelt
Col
Dee Lyon
Texas
Lyon
Terrill
Cole
Terri
J. G. Sayle
Chicago
S. C. Terrell
R. G. Sayle
Joseph Colt Bloodgood
Johns Hopkins University
John T. Stratton
R. C. Sayle
P. Frederick A. Stratton
Col. Roose
Stratton
Sayle
Col. Lyon
Wisconsin
Hearst Broadside Attacks Wilson Tariff Views
A Hearst essay criticizes Woodrow Wilson's tariff policy and free trade stance. It argues for a definite protective tariff, warns against gradual reductions, and defends American business leaders against being labelled ignorant. The piece contrasts theoretical expertise with practical, successful industry.
Paradox of Free Trade Views Across the Atlantic
The speaker notes America weighing free trade while England contemplates abandoning it. He cites England's past mixed results and warns American statesmen may be influenced by theoretical English economists before practical testing. He expects American prudence to curb foreign gains at U.S. expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Turks Prepare For War In The Balkans Clash
Constantinople notes Turkey rejects allied peace terms and moves toward general Balkan war. Montenegro reports capture of Turkish positions at Tusi Vrani and Chipchanik with hundreds taken prisoner as wounded flood into infirmaries overwhelm scarce surgeons. Bulgaria poised to join Turkey in conflict, officials say.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Turkey
Balkans
Servia
Bulgaria
Greece
Roumania
Montenegro
Balkan
Podgoritza
Tusi
Vrani
Chipchanik
Warships Leave New York In Taft Reviewed Fleet
The Atlantic fleet led by the battleship Connecticut sailed from New York with President Taft aboard the Mayflower for a royal review. Thousands lined Riverside Drive and Battery Park while spectators filled roofs and piers to watch the maneuver past the Hudson and upper bay. More than 200 guests boarded the naval yacht Dolphin as the Mayflower carried the president and Secretary Meyer’s party to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Connecticut
Hugo Osterhaus
Taft
Hudson
Bay
Atlantic
Riverside Drive
Upper Bay
Battery Park
Meyer
Corroboration of Rose Tale in Becker Trial Testimony
Bridgey Webber and Harry Valson testified to support Jack Rose’s account that Police Lieutenant Charles Becker instigated the Rosenthal murder. Webber quoted Becker describing a prior encounter and a plan to shoot Rosenthal if confronted near the Metropole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgey Webber
Harry Vatson
Becker
New York
Harry Valson
Jack Rose
Charles Becker
Lfe
Herman Rosenthal
Webber
Metropole
Otto Aversi
Rosenthal
Tin Plate Workers and President Taft in Ohio Valley
W A Follansbee of Follansbee Brothers cites tin plate plants in Chester Weirton Follansbee Wheeling Clarksburg and the Weirton and Republic mills. He argues the Underwood tariff would push Ohio Valley tin plate and sheet steel out of the coast market by underselling locally produced goods. The piece notes Republican Taft vetoed the Underwood bill and calls workers to decide between Taft protection or Underwood free trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Follansbee
Follansbee Brothers
Follansbee
West Virginia
Ohio Valley
Chester
Weirton
Wheeling
Clarksburg
A. Mitchell Palmer
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
John A. Topping
Republic Iron and Steel Company
I. M. Scott
LaBelle Mill
Weir
Weirton Company
Senate
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Baltimore
Savannah
New Orleans
Galveston
Mobile
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
William H. Taft
Would-be assassin explains motive and plan to kill Roosevelt
John S. Schrank, a New York saloon keeper born in Bavaria, confessed to police he shot at Col. Roosevelt to prevent a third term. He claimed a dream from McKinley advised him Roosevelt planned to start a third party and plunge the country into civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Roose Velt
John S. Schrank
E. 10Th Street
New York
Jannssen
Roosevelt
Schrank
McKinley
Col. Roosevelt
Chicago
10Th Street
Avenues B and Co
New York City
Erding
Bavaria
Munich
Col
Rooseveltt
State to Prosecute 50 Cities Over Water Safety
Columbus Oct 15 Officials of the state board of health plan to prosecute and fine municipal authorities in about 50 cities and villages under the Benes act for failing to carry out orders on water purification and pollution protection. The board meets Oct 23 with wholesale prosecutions likely if changes are not made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Board of Health
State Board
Eugene F. Mc Campbell
Baby Swallows Bead and Dies in Dayton
Lucile Ferguson, one year old and daughter of H. S. Ferguson, died in Dayton after swallowing a bead while playing in the house. The death occurred within an hour of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, O
Daily Market Reports Financial News Brief
New York money on call at 4 1 2 percent. Prime mercantile paper six percent. Sterling exchange four dollars eighty six cents per demand. Grain and live stock notes from Cleveland Buffalo Toledo and Pittsburgh show varied prices: Minnesota flour patents six dollars per barrel and wheat at 1.13 in No 2 red. corn 67 1 2 cents. oats 38 1 2 to 40 1 2 cents. Cattle and hogs price ranges listed across cities with calves and lambs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cleveland
Minnesota
York State
Also Mentioned on This Page
Theodore Roosevelt
Maniac
Harry Cochems
la Follette
Cochems
Philip Roosevelt
Colonel
Hearst
Mr. Wilson
United States
Wilson
Eesop
Cecil Lyon
Rose
Tin Plate Workers
W. Va
Czolgosz
Llege Benge
Ohio State Board of Health
Daily Market Reports
Toledo
Buffalo
Pittsburg
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