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Newspaper
Bedford Weekly Mail
Location
Bedford, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
4
Washington debate on Magdalena Bay resolution highlights US stance against foreign ownership near borders. Lodge argues policy protects peace and security, while Cummins questions link to Monroe doctrine and stock ownership. In Madison an auto racing crash kills two and injures others. Denver reports five injured in optical company collision.
A cloudburst at Point of Rocks Wyoming alerts residents as a forty foot wall of water threatens Rock Springs. In Colorado, cloudbursts flood gulches and towns including Colorado Springs and Florence, with rail lines washed out and cattle losses reported. No deaths.
President and Mrs Taft arrived in Cincinnati to attend the funeral of Mrs Taft's father John W Verron who died there. The services were held at the Taft home on Pike street and led by Rev Boyd Edwards. The Tafts left Cincinnati for Washington in the afternoon after brief observances.
Washington August 6 a new antitrust bill aimed at steel combinations was introduced in the house by Representative Stanley of Kentucky chairman of the steel trust committee His measure challenges Republican plans for an interstate industrial commission and price regulation It would bar corporations in interstate commerce from holding stock in others directly or indirectly or buying or selling own stock prohibit overcapitalization ore holdings and operation of common carriers with heavy fines and long prison terms for violations Also Senator McCumber proposed immediate Senate consideration of a 30 million dollar bill to fund pensions for Mexican and Civil War veterans until regular appropriations arrive and would answer charges of delay raised by Representative Fitzgerald of New York.
Nine boy scouts drowned when a cutter capsized off Sheppey Island during a trip to a summer camp. Four young men from a Saltdean mission camp near Brighton also drowned while bathing.
Indianapolis August 3 Former Senator A J Beveridge was nominated by acclamation for governor on the state Progressive ticket He accepted with cheering remarks Frederick K Landis of Logansport was unanimously named for lieutenant governor The party adopted de clares urging county local option until an initiative and referendum act shifts the issue to the voters.
A head on collision of two suburban trains on the Central Brazilian railroad near Rio de Janeiro kills at least 100 and injures about 200. A special train with doctors and a field hospital was rushed to the scene as officials fear the death toll may rise, marking Brazil's worst rail disaster.
Four people were killed in a melee on the excursion steamer Pattona tied at the Helena Arkansas wharf during a dance aboard the boat. Three men and a woman lost their lives in the Memphis Tennessee incident described from Helena.
Washington Aug 3 Conferees from the house and senate agreed on a wool tariff compromise based on 29 percent on raw wool and 35 percent on yarns and ready made clothing at 49 percent. The cotton revision debate resumed with a 5 pm vote deadline.
More than a hundred progressive hotel men from the Northwestern Hotel Men's association gathered in Des Moines Iowa for the tenth annual convention. F J Taggart of Omaha presided at the meeting held August 6 with officials and members in attendance.
In Atlanta, Daisy Ulrich Opie Grace was acquitted of shooting her husband. The jury's verdict drew cheers in court as Grace thanked the jurors and planned to return home, while her husband declared her guilty and sought divorce censure. Her sister’s telegram noted her ill child in Philadelphia.
Huntington West Virginia August 5 posses scour the hills for seven prisoners who escaped from the jail after fatally injuring Turnkey H T Snape and seriously injuring Dr Higgins. The two officers were knocked down with a steel bar from an iron bed. Eight escaped but one had been captured.
Italian forces launched land and sea operations against Zuara the last Tripolitan Turkish held town. A battle continued at Zuara and East Zuara as Italian ships bombarded coast fortifications. Turks and Arab allies retreated to the desert leaving many dead. Italian losses were slight.
Reno Aug 7 Philip Dodge president of the Mergenthaler Lino type company of New York filed for divorce from Margaret RB Dodge who is in New York. The complaint placed on the secret file alleges desertion as the main accusation.
The funeral arrangements for the late Emperor Matsuhito, who died July 30, are announced. The funeral ceremony in Tokyo is fixed for September 18 and burial will take place September 14.
Knights of Columbus opened its annual convention in Burns opera house Colorado Springs with Mayor Avery welcoming visitors Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty spoke and delegates proceeded to formal business A parade from Antlers hotel to St Marys church followed pontifical high mass by Bishop P A McGovern Scouts and ladies plan to tour local sights attend a ball game and conclude with a banquet tonight.
The Supreme Lodge Knights of Pythias gathering in Denver represents 710000 members with Supreme Chancellor George M. Hanson of Calais Maine presiding in the house of representatives. Also includes a recipe snippet for corn oysters and batter instructions.
The National Progressive convention in Chicago opened with Albert Beveridge delivering the keynote. Delegates and guests filled the Coliseum as Col Roosevelt’s movement seeks to challenge Taft with a new third party. Beveridge, Indiana governor candidate, praised reform and led to anticipate Roosevelt’s address.
Horace M. Gamble, a golf player, may lose his eyesight after a golf ball from England exploded while he tested it in a vise. The ball, one of several samples, was unusually lively and shattered when the vise jaws closed, acid from inside splashing into Gamble’s eyes.
A humorous quip connects the proverb you cannot do a task without essential resources to cigars, suggesting some people apply the saying to tobacco.
The article traces fire insurance back to the 1666 Great Fire of London, noting the emergence of policies and risk sharing after the disaster and highlighting the historical development of organized fire insurance.
In Los Angeles on August 8 Chief Counsel Earl Rogers of Clarence Darrow’s defense avoided jail when a habeas corpus petition led Judge Sewell in San Francisco to grant release and set bail at 200. The contempt sentence by Judge Hutton could be served only until 9 am. Rogers had denounced witness Mayer as a perjurer.
New York reports that in July over 5.5 million dollars worth of precious stones were brought into the United States, a level twice the average monthly importation of prior years.
The report lists wheat and corn prices in several categories from mills to exporters with winter and spring wheat values. Butter and eggs show varied retail and dairy prices while live poultry and potatoes quote at multiple regional levels and timothy and clover seed futures edge on finer futures.
Buffalo and Omaha market notes list cattle ranges from 2.75 to 9.75 with divisions for steers cows and calves. hogs show heavy to light prices from 5.30 to 8.25. sheep and lamb reports indicate slow market with yearling and lamb figures and miscellaneous calves. includes locations Buffalo and Omaha with date August 7.
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