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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
2
Tennessee conventions award Taft 171 contested delegates while Roosevelt's ally loses, leaving Taft with a growing total and the controversy resolved in his favor.
Contests decided by the Republican National Committee so far are summarized with results and implications for party standings as the process continues. The report notes which states or delegates have been officially allocated and marks the evolving position ahead of further selections.
Blood spills in a bitter Republican committee dispute in Chicago as Taft supporters secure six extra votes in Oklahoma and ongoing factional strife in Tennessee and North Carolina shapes delegation contests. Grant Victor and Pat Dove clash with Roosevelt backers. Roosevelt aides warn of a volatile convention outlook. Wisconsin names McGovern as temporary chair, while Taft signals a first ballot nomination with no third candidate.
A Sunday cyclone devastated Zanesville and Dayton in Ohio, killing two and injuring many, with half a million dollars in damage in Zanesville. In Kansas City Missouri and Bates County, Missouri, a tornado left 28 dead and homes destroyed. Indiana reports two dead and widespread property damage across Central and Southern regions.
A love letter from Rockport Indiana sparked a manhunt that ended with Levy Lockhart alias George Blackburn alias George McDaniels, a paroled convict and Owensboro policeman killer, captured at his cousin Mrs. Mary Gardner’s home in St Louis Missouri.
Pittsburg couple Thomas Clune 22 and Edna Clune 21 drowned when their row boat capsized in Presque Isle bay near Erie Pennsylvania during their honeymoon. They had married less than a week and lived in Titusville.
Governor Thomas R. Marshall spoke at the tuberculosis camp of 11 cottages in Terre Haute and at Central Presbyterian church where he recalled being called the pardoning governor while noting leniency has often been well bestowed.
El Paso reports the arrest of Gen Campa and Col Alatorre and Gen Orozco’s telegram to his father asking for 60 picked men as a bodyguard. The actions fuel belief that rebels are breaking apart amid an impending federal assault surrounding Chihuahua.
Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Chicago with Mrs Roosevelt and entourage to rally support for his principles and to rebut bribery charges in the Taft faction. A Mississippi Taft delegate's letter claimed money offered, but Roosevelt’s camp dismissed the claims as unfounded.
Washington officials say the recall of commerce court judges by cutting five circuit judges may reach the Supreme Court. A Justice Department official says Congress cannot legislate judges out of office, citing life tenure during good behavior as guaranteed by the Constitution.
The famed Astor plate once central to Col John Jacob Astor and Ava Willing’s married life has been removed from its longtime home and taken to the English residence of Mrs. Astor.
Cuyahoga county man W. M. Brennan and John Schultz tried to break from the Ohio penitentiary. Brennan was shot in the breast and died from wounds that pierced to his back. It was Brennan’s third escape attempt.
German cruisers Moltke Stettin and Bremen steamed out of New York harbor after anchoring in the Hudson since Sunday. Moltke and Stettin head to Kiel while Bremen stays briefly in American waters. A farewell luncheon honored Rear Admiral von Paschwitz and his officers hosted by Samuel W. Fairchild of the Union League Club.
Mrs. Nellie Jeannette Lammers Hutchinson of Marion a Marion school board member calls the Tacoma report that T. M. Cartwright of Cordova Alaska may be her brother J Franklin Lammers of Buffalo a reputed millionaire miner who reportedly died in Alaska a mystery noting no confirmation.
The Ohio public will start a summer campaign to adopt 41 constitutional amendments after national conventions. Key issues include woman suffrage, liquor licenses, capital punishment abolition, municipal government, judicial reform, and initiative and referendum. Campaigns will run through a September 3 special election with education efforts, lectures, and a speakers bureau to inform voters statewide.
President H Bige low outlines an education campaign to win voter support for 41 proposed changes to the organic law. A July 2 meeting will pick newspapers for ads and finalize pamphlets explaining the convention work. A five member committee leads the effort: H Bige low S Stilwell S Shaffer Roscoe Mauck and John R Cassidy.
A Central of Georgia passenger train from Birmingham to Macon collided with coal cars at Everett, 37 miles from Macon, injuring nineteen passengers. Engineer T. E. Mullins and fireman Wd Johnson were badly scalded, and L. Vellina of Brooklyn, a manufacturer, was fatally injured.
The Buckeye notes list officers elected at the Jewish Charities convention in New York with Cyrus Salzberger as president Charles Eisenman and Morris Waldman as vice presidents and Louis Levine chosen secretary.
The story recalls the happiest moments of public figures like Senator Bailey and Paul Howland, with Redfield recounting a school long division memory. A nearby yawn leads to a paper wad aimed at a boy’s mouth, sparking a chaotic Fourth of July style spill and shipboard mishap.
Miss Elizabeth Marbury, a renowned New York dramatic agent, argued at the Colony Club that intellectual girls are not dowdy. She observed top students wear stylish frocks and quipped that seniors should embrace fashionable attire, noting the survival of the best fitted.
A humorous exchange reveals a clerk wired every letter after explicit orders to use dispatch. The boss questions the resulting telegram bills and the unexpectedly high cost of rapid correspondence.
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