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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1910
Page
2
Rufus Gaynor reports Mayor William J. Gaynor's condition improving after a pistol wound to the neck. Attending doctors express optimism as the mayor rests, sleeps, and speaks with limited visitors amid circulation of rumors.
Doctors report nourishment improving for Mayor Gaynor who remains on a restricted diet of broth eggs and coffee. The bullet in his pharynx awaits a safe operation while doctors warn that blood poisoning could hasten removal. Despite optimistic briefings many physicians fear the crisis is not yet passed.
London August 12 considerable anxiety is felt for Captain Scott's Antarctic expedition ship the Terra Nova now eleven days overdue at Cape Town.
Indianapolis reports President Lewis urged unity at the special international miners convention as the Illinois compromise dispute opened. He argued for supporting the strike as needed while noting the union’s strained finances after decades of strike benefit payments.
New York August 11 Freight handlers employed by railroads with terminals in New York are weighing wage demands from 18 to 25 cents an hour. If a strike occurs the International Longshoremen's Association would back them. The freight handlers' union counts about 7,000 city members and the longshoremen and scow timers unions total a similar number.
Chicago August 12 Thomas G Lee manager in Armour and Co dressed beef sales is indicted for perjury by a federal grand jury A bench warrant is issued for his arrest The grand jury accuses Armour chief counsel A R Urion and others of destroying stenographers notebooks related to meetings on fixed prices and interstate meat shipments before Judge K M Landis
A party of Woodstock men in Wisconsin loses one life and injures three others when their car, traveling at high speed, skids off the lake shore drive at Death curve and strikes a telephone pole. Barney Kaplin is dead. William Ewing is fatally injured with a punctured lung. John Int worth suffers a broken arm. Harry Cross has multiple bruises.
In Rengenalde on August 11, field gun batteries demonstrated their ability to destroy fast moving balloons towed by a cruiser. Shells struck the balloons tearing them apart and gas bags burned aloft. Major Gross of Krupps directed the exercise.
Chicago Aug 13 Grand jury investigation with the state prison as a background follows the Illinois Central graft case. A Memphis chancery court decree ended the civil suit against Memphis Car Co and officials who mulched the railroad, with $200000 recovered. Ira G Rawn, vice president, died by his own revolver during events. Warrants are expected and indictments may target conspirators in various jurisdictions.
Testimony before a congressional committee ties J F McMurray to contracts yielding 3 million dollars in attorney fees and 1.5 million in other fees from the sale of 450000 acres of Chickasaw land in Oklahoma. Douglas V Johnson and 85 percent of his tribe signed the McMurray contracts. Senator Gore accuses the payments cover services already provided by the government.
A Chicago murder scene at 2934 Cottage Grove Ave left four people dead from gunshot wounds, all likely fired by W. J. Myers, a shooting-gallery proprietor. The victims include Myers, his wife Grace, their seven-year-old son Ralph, and Grace’s father F. S. Bouton. Police suspect Myers killed them and himself after domestic strife and an arrest bond.
A solicitor who left the law for the church delivered a reading that amused his congregation when he said I see men as trustees walking. The remark highlighted the old habit of abbreviating legal terms into trees.
J Arm strong Drexel rose to 6750 feet at an aviation meeting near Lanark Scotland. His barogram will be sent to Kew Observatory London for verification of measurements. He landed two hours after ascent around a farmhouse twelve miles from Lanark with gasoline nearly exhausted.
In Evanston Illinois washwomen earn two to two fifty daily and pay for transport. Five years ago they earned a dollar fifty. A nickel washday soap called Easy Task promises to cut work in half and save money time fuel health clothing, addressing the servant problem for many women.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes a reader prefers the book after seeing a recent stage version. The commenter warns the book may disappoint, citing that it mentions only a single Little Eva and a single Lawyer Marks.
Public figures offered career guidance while graduates suggested ways to run government. The remarks highlighted the dialogue between officials and new graduates during the commencement period.
A creditor presses for payment while the debtor bluntly refuses choosing never. The exchange humorously dramatizes a stalemate over a bill.
Pittsburg reports the Hartje divorce saga closed after Augustus Hartje posted a $100,000 bond to ensure $6,000 yearly alimony. Mrs. Hartje remains in seclusion, rarely appearing at social events in Pittsburg's millionaire colony.
James R. Smith of Peoria Illinois was killed and William R. Zimmerman of Peoria Illinois was seriously injured when their car struck a pile of stones and plunged through a culvert in Watertown New York. The two men were riding together when the accident occurred as the car turned to pass a team.
Two people were injured and about two hundred shaken as outdoor seating for the opera Egyptia at Winona Lake collapsed in Warsaw Indiana last night causing five thousand people to flee in confusion.
Uhlan a black son of Bingen, trotted a mile in 1 58 four fifths at North Randall grand circuit event. Driver Tanner used a brief whip finish as Uhlan held clear lead. John Dickerson drove a runner to close late gap. crowd noted the horse’s effortless speed without wind shield aid.
Washington report states Mrs. J. Ellen Foster a leading woman lawyer and civic worker died at Garfield hospital after months of illness. The 70 year old had recently undergone an operation in an attempt to save her life.
Floods devastate wide areas causing many deaths and displacing thousands. In Tokyo, 30,000 houses submerged and rail communication interrupted. Widespread suffering and potential starvation reported as losses run into millions of dollars.
Four people were killed and 20 injured when a Western Pacific passenger train collided with a work train in Oakland last night. In Philadelphia, a scheduled bout between Al Kaufman and Sam Langford was called after Langford refused to fight.
Indiana files a complaint with the Interstate Commerce Commission over Pullman upper berths charging high rates. The Indiana attorney general says upper berths are inaccessible and uncomfortable and should cost no more than half the lower berth rate.
A. G. Crane tried to rob Cole's Savings Bank. Seven bystanders raised hands before John Hall urged help. The robber fired at Louis Henderson, a Chicago detective, and fled. W. J. Hoth of Chicago arrested him at gunpoint and delivered him to jail.
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