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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
9
Missouri based retailer offers 30 to 50 percent off on clothing and accessories including coats hats overcoats overalls and ready made garments for men women and children. Ladies furs and a wide range of dry goods also advertised.
In Hankow fierce fighting rages as 4,000 rebel troops clash with an imperialist force about 30,000 strong. Government circles say imperial leaders welcome the hostilities to delay the national convention at Shanghai that would decide China’s future government. The Hankow battles follow earlier clashes before a recent armistice.
Dr Sun Yat Sen is elected unanimously president by the Nanking rebel conference. A cabinet with broad support is expected soon, naming Chen Chin Tao as finance minister and Li Yuen Heng as minister of war. Sun Yat Sen may also offer the foreign ministry to Tang Shao Yi who declined. The proclamation will set the new government's policy and terms for Manchus to restore order.
Nationwide effort to encourage reopening of trade across the country while ensuring the safety of foreign nationals. Government and industry leaders push for accelerated commerce with protective measures and coordinated policies.
The employers' liability commission plans a final report and a bill this month. It provides a gradual compensation scale for injuries to railroad workers in interstate commerce, whether or not negligence is involved. Senator Sutherland drew the measure and will push it in the Senate. Rep Brantley will carry it in the House.
James W. McDaniel, first literary adviser to Samuel Clemens, known for testing Mark Twain's early humorous stories, was found dead in his bed at his Hannibal residence. The magazine article notes his role in approving Twain's early humor and shaping his publishing success.
Washington January 2 resolutions presented at the general session of the Association for the Advancement of Science praise Dr. Harvey W. Wiley as of great benefit to public health and welfare. The resolutions, prepared by the economics section, carry the backing of leading scientists in the association.
A blaze engulfed a large sunk depot on East Twenty second street in New York causing 107000 dollars in damage. Firefighters found two men named Tony and Joe inside. Tony returned to recover money, and Joe died attempting to save him.
Florence reports from Siena that a famous Job print painted by Girolamo del Pacchia in the sixteenth century has been stolen from St Bebas Jan's church.
Salt Lake City chief of police B F Grant has begun a department overhaul. He hired Denver and eastern detectives to report on local officers and shadows duty and off duty personnel. Officers resent the surveillance as citizens with whiskers and rubber heels are moved on.
Special government prosecutor Oscar Lawlor says no labor leader offered help to uncover the McNaware dynamite case after arrests of Olaf Tveltmoe Anton Johannsen and J M Munsey. Lawlor issued a formal statement defending his investigation and noting the lack of labor involvement.
The speaker condemns labor leaders for opposing dynamiting investigations by McNamaras and claims they have not assisted law officers to uncover the truth. He asserts a pattern of obstruction rather than cooperation in the inquiry.
A Great Northern train named the Oregonian derailed four miles west of Finley due to a broken rail, killing six and injuring thirteen. The dead include cooks Albert Lodge and Joseph Mosher, M Mahoney, Mrs Martha Keeton of Kalispell Montana, a passenger and a Bottineau North Dakota couple’s two year old child. identities of others incomplete.
Bradstreet reports In wholesale and jobbing trade very quiet with inventory taking taking attention. Clearance sales more than usual notable for retail trade. Cold weather steadies distribution of seasonable goods. Holiday trade improving overall though some country towns disappointed. Year ends with optimistic sentiment across lines.
Cleveland reports recall of T. J. Johnson who served as mayor from 1902 to 1910. Newton D. Baker succeeds as mayor with Johnson’s official aides continuing in city departments. Also notes lynching in Oklahoma and local society updates including travel and shopping notices.
The proclamation from the WCTU led by Lillian M. W. Stevens urges a national constitutional prohibition. It argues alcohol is a toxin harming health and society, calling for a universal prohibition embedded in law and mobilizing temperance and religious groups to push the cause.
Guardian Reinhold A. Kittelmann announces a public sale for cash of an undivided seven tenths of the NW quarter of section 2 and NE quarter of section 3 in township 27 north range 47 west Box Butte county Neb on January 15 1912 at 10 oclock A M at the west front door of Alliance courthouse. Sale follows an August 26 1911 order and remains open for one hour.
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