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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
10
William C. McDonald was sworn in as New Mexico's first governor since statehood. The ceremony featured a military parade and other pomp. A Democratic candidate, he rose from ranching to politics and is regarded as one of the territory's most prosperous men.
Washington January 24 Relief from express company charges is promised without Sherman anti trust action. Commissioner Franklin K. Lane announces that express rates nationwide will be materially reduced after hearings in New York and other cities. Lane plans to recommend the reductions and schedules are being prepared by commission experts.
Eight head of premium Dur ham cattle owned by George H. Pew of the Bitter Root Valley near Stevensville are dead after likely ingesting dynamite. The stock gnawed about fifty pounds of buried explosive along a newly dug canal bank, drawn by its salty scent.
The house judiciary committee backed a resolution to move the president’s oath from March 4 to late April and shift congressional terms to start January. The plan would also begin annual sessions on January 1 instead of December.
The provisional government in Nanking appeals for recognition from Washington Tokyo London Paris Berlin and St. Petersburg. Wang Chungwei, foreign minister, renews the demand stating the Manchu regime has begun negotiations to abdicate in favor of the republic.
Berlin January report notes in circles that Victoria Louise daughter of the Kaiser is to wed Archduke Adolf Freiderich of Mecklenburg Strelitz. The claim is not denied, indicating a possible royal alliance in the German imperial circle.
Dr. Eugenio Dahne, Brazil’s commissioner general to the U S and Canada, forecasts a new market for California oil minerals grain and more. He criticizes foreign steamship lines for limiting American exports to Brazil and notes Brazilian subsidies to boost U S trade via New Orleans steamers.
Ice gorges on the upper Ohio and tributaries broke under pressure and moved downstream crushing coal barges and floating property. Monongahela River Coal and Coke company boats worked all night to protect barges carrying millions of bushels of coal from Pittsburg.
The navy year book issued under the senate foreign relations committee places the United States second among naval powers. It lists 37 battleships for the U S, more than Germany, and 12 armored cruisers for the United States versus 14 for Germany. Combined tonnage shows the United States at 787638 tons against Germany’s 768241.
The Louisiana Supreme Court declares a Black rider has a vested right to a seat in a streetcar, even with Jim Crow laws, if no seat is available in the Negro section. The decision dismisses the option to force a move to the white section when seats in the Negro area are exhausted.
Washington and Havana report show Cuban factions may be complying with U S demands. War and navy departments ordered to be ready for action if disorders resume. President Gomez and loyalists claim steps to avert intervention, with leaders vowing no rebellion and to settle disputes at the polis.
In Lawrence Massachusetts on January 23, twenty thousand idle textile workers start bread riots. Hungry men and women mob bread and milk wagons taking provisions to prevent starvation. Mobs led by women strike wagon drivers as merchants fear store raids and business halts.
A tornado raked the southwest corner of Mississippi today, 80 miles long and up to 1.5 miles wide, killing six and injuring scores. Newton area saw four deaths, five of the victims areBlack. the sixth, a farm hand, died in a barn collapse.
Stockholm January 22 The throne announced in the opening speech that the government will support the bill enfranchising women and making them eligible to parliament. The move surprised many as the suffrage question had risen quickly in recent years.
A New York movement to train dependent and delinquent boys for farm life is to be launched at the Hotel Chelsea on Jan 26. President W C Brown of the New York Central will speak on The Vacant Farm and the City Boy, with addresses by Mayor Gaynor and Robert W DeForest. Leaders include heads of agricultural colleges and social development figures.
In Muskogee Oklahoma on January 24 Rev D No land Smith preached a dedicatory sermon at First Methodist Church. A two weeks legal battle over the new edifice ended with an assault as he walked to church. The attacker C F Mc Kee, a contractor, was jailed for three hours to force the key handover.
An appeal by the Housewives' league urges New York women to refrain from butter for thirty days unless prices fall. Printed appeals warn the rich and well to pressure dealers to lower costs.
London January 22 A new regulation forbids women not of British birth from being presented at court unless married to British subjects or to diplomatic officials accredited to the Court of St James. The order aims to curb the large number of applications for presentation at this year’s courts.
The imperial Japanese court has purchased two high-power German limousine cars through the Japanese embassy in Berlin for the use of the mikado and his family. Shipment is planned for spring and each car costs $20,000.
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