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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
5
Officials of Southern Pacific face conspiracy charges in a federal inquiry. The case centers on alleged collusion to influence railroad operations and tariff practices, with prosecutors seeking criminal penalties and systemic reforms.
Washington May 31 Attorney General Wickersham said the government suit against Southern Pacific for oil lands in Elk Hills Cal has produced sensational disclosures. Witness testimony shows a criminal conspiracy among high SP officials to take 15 million dollars of land from the United States. The case, begun December 1910, seeks to vest title back to the public domain. Ebberlin allegedly preserved key documents after the San Francisco quake. Also Minneapolis May 11: the 1909 M E K conference approves a race bishop clause amendment.
In Columbus on May 27 revised, but not final, returns show Harmon with 23 district delegates in Ohio and Wilson with 19. Roosevelt has 34 and Taft 8. Each state convention will nominate six additional delegates at large.
Detroit was unanimously awarded the next annual northern Baptist convention at the closing session. Des Moines, Iowa, May 31. The decision names Detroit as host city for the forthcoming gathering of Baptist leaders and churches.
The States marines arrived in the Prairie at 2 o'clock and landed at a regular marine camp in Aines Landed in Cuba. The report mentions Aagillanera, Cuba, dated May 1, detailing the arrival and camp setup by the marine detachment.
Roosevelt sweeps New Jersey in the Republican primaries taking every congressional district and the state, with a 10 000 plurality over Taft and La Follette. Wilson wins Democratic delegates with 24 of 28, losing two Essex districts to Nugent. Majority margin for Wilson about 30000.
New York on May 29 reports the Pan American Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria with 21 nations represented. Ambassador de Gama of Brazil and Secretary Knox led the gathering and de Gama attacked U.S. seizure of nearly a million bags of coffee from the Brazilian coffee trust.
The National Bureau of Vital Statistics reports that in 1911 France recorded 34,869 more deaths than births, marking the largest unfavorable demographic balance in the nation’s history. This thrusts Paris and the broader country into a sharp population decline context.
In Joliet on May 30 a girl named Nellie Pe suffered serious injuries in an incident. Details are unclear as the report is partial. Local authorities are investigating the event.
Washington reports ten thousand black rebels, three thousand armed, sweeping eastern Cuba with railways wrecked and plantations burned. The United States fleets in Guantanamo were saved by transport Prairie bringing 1000 marines. State Department criticizes local Cuban forces as untrained and inactive, plans for 2400 marines to operate from Guantanamo. Estimated American capital at risk exceeds 100 million dollars.
Washington May 29 Dr Harvey W Wiley authority on pure foods is reported ill with pneumonia at his Bluemont Virginia dairy and produce farm after a Saturday illness. Other dispatches from Des Moines Des Moines May 29 Henry Bond prominent Brattleboro VT manufacturer new president of Northern Baptist convention in Washington May 28 Sherman returns from Chicago amid Lorimer resignation dispute. San Diego May 28 Toliver San Francisco dirigible inventor and wife murdered by ex secretary Bert Lewis confessed. Martinsville May 28 four killed near Centerton when auto stalled on railroad tracks of Indianapolis Terre Haute East Traction Co. car wrecked into ditch.
Chicago on May 29 a passenger train wreck near the new Chicago and Northwestern station buried engineer John Feltowa beneath the locomotive and burned him to death. In Minneapolis on May 30 freight handlers struck in sympathy with Chicago workers after an executive committee order.
Chattanooga Tenn May 40 Dr R B Sloan who was a scout in the Confederate army under General Braxton died here.
Bert H Franklin former McNamara defense chief detective and now key prosecution witness testified Darrow proposed paying jurors five thousand dollars in the McNamara trial. He described arrangements to pay Bain and the first payout to Mrs Bain. Cross examinations of Lockwood and Foster's contempt citation were noted as the case moved toward reassignment.
John D. Rockefeller faced a strenuous cross examination in New York as Samuel Untermyer questioned him in a case originating in Missouri. Special Commissioner A L Jacobs and Standard Oil lawyers confronted Rockefeller while Untermyer pressed for admission that a "group of gentlemen" still directs Standard Oil from 26 Broadway.
London hosted the greatest labor demonstration as 150000 strikers paraded streets on Sunday, aiming to blockade English ports. The Amalgamated Society of Watermen Lightermen and Bargemen joined forces with unions to push for a national stoppage, with food cargoes piling up in the Thames as ships wait.
Washington May 28 The New Jersey primaries and Texas state convention will name delegates to the Republican convention in Chicago. DC New Jersey Rhode Island Arizona primaries and Texas Montana Kentucky conventions will send delegates to the Democratic convention in Baltimore. Next week ends Republican contests. Ohio and Arizona GOP conventions June 3. South Dakota primary June 4. several states hold Democratic selections next week. Vermont closes June 18.
Senate resolutions thank Captain Rostron and Carpathia officers for rescuing Titanic survivors and urge President to award a gold medal. House passes naval appropriation bill. J P Morgan donates 250 to fit out ship loaned to royal navy trainees. Dowager Queen Louise of Denmark suffers nervous shock. Miner Jacob Jasl onowiz killed by falling rock in Norway Michigan.
London physicians report General Booth of the Salvation Army may not have recovered from cataract surgery. The left eye hurt at operation. inflammation spread to the other eye. Floods disrupt T P railroad service leaving Southern Pacific as sole westward outlet from New Orleans. Iowa politician T J Hickey. Dunn injury, southeastern district, possibly fatal, noted in Keokuk.
Mrs Mary W Rameey of Colorado Springs recalls her three week old son’s eczema and boils. After doctor’s failure she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting rapid improvement and complete recovery by seven months. She attributes his health and beauty to the Cuticura products and offers a free sample and booklet by mail from Boston.
Six women form a Chicago club sharing an electric vacuum cleaner washing machine two irons and a drying fan. Upkeep costs about three cents weekly split six ways with initial fee equal to apparatus price. They rotate the equipment among members using a boy to deliver it. neighborhood-based, scalable to more households.
A letter from Mrs. Bo Dea Ermin of Jerome Michigan claims Kopp’s Baby’s Friend helped a dysentery case and bowel troubles after other treatments failed. The product is sold by druggists for 25 cents and available direct from Kopp’s Baby’s Friend Co in York Pennsylvania with free samples on request. A separate item notes Hewitt-So Gruets to wed a Boston girl this week and Jewett confirming harvesting of a crop season.
An advertisement notes Paxton Toilet Co Boston offers a free trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic to women upon request. The jumble mentions family circles, wedding rings, Macknick nickel plate tours, and various product pitches including Cole's Carholisaive and Mrs Winelaw soothing syrup for teething, reflecting a noisy 1900s ad page with multiple brands and interests.
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