Evacuate Tripoli as bombardment notice spreads
European residents flee Tripoli on merchant vessels amid a bombardment warning. Only consuls and a few correspondents remain to observe the evacuation and report from the city.
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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1911
Page
2
European residents flee Tripoli on merchant vessels amid a bombardment warning. Only consuls and a few correspondents remain to observe the evacuation and report from the city.
The article notes Italy's navy ranking among world powers and compares army strength. Italy is described with 225,000 troops and 200,000 reserves plus 1,200,000 men available for service, while Turkey is listed with a 376,000 peace force, 100,000 reserves and 2,000,000 ready for military service.
The Italian fleet opened fire on Tripoli fortifications forcing Turkish troops to evacuate and prepare for interior resistance. Italian ships also bombarded Prevesa destroying government buildings and disabling a Turkish torpedo boat. A large Italian cruiser went ashore in Tripoli harbor. Turkey seeks US protection for its subjects in Italy. Germany may assume this role. The Turkish squadron is reported to have returned from Beirut unscathed as Turkey strengthens fronts and parliament is convened.
More than 3,000 Illinois Central workers in Chicago and thousands more on southern and western lines walked out in a strike aimed at pressuring railroads to recognize a new shop crafts federation and push for wage gains and better conditions next year. Total strikers: 10,340 on Illinois Central routes and 7,251 on Union Pacific Southern Pacific lines, with 17,840 overall, while a loyal minority stayed to keep operations running due to pension concerns.
The head of the defunct Mechanics' and Traders' Bank of Brooklyn, David A. Sullivan, was reindicted on three counts two grand larceny and one forgery. A $6,000 bail was posted by Rev. John T. Woods pastor of the Holy Cross church Brooklyn which Sullivan attends.
A sweep of items reports robberies in Hamilton Ontario and a $15000 cash loss, a river find in Wisconsin, a New York pardon, a large fire in Illinois, a toddler’s death in Pennsylvania, diplomatic ambassador moves, a Philadelphia mayoral race, Irish railway strike, a US Army supply march, Swedish cabinet resignations, a Deadwood arson verdict, divorce suits, church ritual reform, Catalina island dives, an airship promise, Milwaukee graft findings, trade shifts, Central American disease risk, Wright brothers experiments, a Cincinnati bank arrest warrant, thefts at St Etienne arms factory, and cooperative farming moves near Washington.
North Platte Nebraska experiment farm reports seven years of dryland winter wheat trials. Summer fallowed plots yield 41 bushels per acre over six-year average, while non fallowed land yields 16 bushels. 1911 drought wiped out crops except moisture rich areas. Available water and rainfall data shown for seeding time and Sept 1 to July 1, with emphasis on moisture distribution over seasons.
A Nebraska Experiment Station guide advises keep hogs in shade with drinkable water nearby. Build cement troughs one foot deep and six feet long with top planks and holes plus floats to exclude dirt. Use a nearby barrel with a float valve to maintain supply and a cement platform to prevent mud. Summer use only, near natural or built shade. co operation among farmers aids roads and schools.
Rev. H. P. Gray, field agent for the Child Saving Institute of Omaha, has worked in western Nebraska and visited Alliance. The Herald commends the nonsectarian effort, noting the institute’s extensive charitable impact and value beyond money raised.
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