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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
1
Condensed world and national events overview. Taft vetoes and congressional actions on tariffs and government terms. Campaign funds raised, senate approvals, and notable political moves. Railroad, flour, and shipping updates mix with legal and criminal notes, including Darrow’s defense appeal and looming executions.
Nat Goodwin the comedian is seriously injured at Santa Monica after a skiff overturned by heavy surf during a rocky Malibu coast landing. He was at his Santa Monica home when the accident occurred and is reported as gravely affected.
A Nebraskan youth in a St Joseph hospital regains movement after six weeks with a broken neck. A Va courthouse murder case sees Friel Allen plead guilty to second degree murder and receive 18 years. Equitable Life is selling its Broadway block to a DuPont led syndicate for a 36 story Fireproof building. An Indianapolis telephone outage disrupts long distance service indefinitely. Martin Stewart survives a 260 foot mine fall at Jop lin after clinging to a pole for hours until rescue.
Foreign forces arrive to stop the siege of Managua as rebels led by Generals Mena and Zeledon are accused of violating civilized warfare rules. Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse reports as robbed of candy jewelry on her London departure. Royal police remove Stars from an American drug exhibitor’s wagon parade in Saskatchewan. Louis Botha is named honorary general in the British army, linking former Boer foes. Paris doctor Gaston Odin announces isolation of the cancer microbe and development of an anti cancer serum.
Iowa. News reports the Iowa Conference of Seventh Day Adventists will hold in Boone from August 22 to September 1. About 260 tents will serve as homes for campers from Iowa and other states with expected daily attendance near 1000. Delegates from nearly all Iowa churches are anticipated.
The United States files suit in Philadelphia to dissolve the Motion Picture Patents and General Film companies amid charges of combining to monopolize the film business. Ten prominent firms and individuals named as defendants face accusations of interlocking restraints and patents tying that harm public competition. Government cites over 100 million invested and seeks court orders canceling interlocking restrictions.
The senate approved the conference report on the Panama canal bill 48 to 18 and declined to override the steel and wool bill veto. It also rejected a move to pass the moral bill over Taft's veto 49 to 32, while six Republicans aligned with Democrats. The chamber backed a post office substitute creating an experimental parcels post system 143 to 86. the house refused to override the president over subcontractor pay in Wyoming 138 to 78.
Reports from Cettinje Montenegro describe a massacre of Christians by Arnauts aided by Turkish troops in the Gerana district near the Montenegrin frontier. Women and children killed or captured, many Christians fleeing to Montenegro. The government ordered General Vukotics to the frontier to restore order. Three killed in auto accident near White House New Jersey when a car overturned killing Edward A Horling, his wife, and their chauffeur.
Aug 19 Messina Italy residents flee as Stromboli volcano erupts violently. Thick ash showers pour from the crater and blanket the island, triggering panic among inhabitants. Local officials urge calm as emergency measures begin.
Captain Warren J. Terhune leads the US gunboat Annapolis with 11 officers and 54 Marines into Managua on Friday, Aug 19, to reinforce the capital amid unfolding events in Nicaragua.
Engineering News reports mirrors placed at sharp street corners in Folkestone and Malmesbury to widen drivers view and reduce accidents. Folkestone’s 24x24 inch mirror on gas pipe standards angles to show traffic from two opposite streets. since installation no notable accidents. Malmesbury’s five by eight foot mirror stands 15 feet high at the apex of a closed sight angle curve, needing minimal cleaning roughly every three months.
A Syracuse businessman pursuing currant farming bought a full year’s edition of a standard work on current literature after researching the currant industry. His wife questions the purchase, and he proudly declares he succeeded in obtaining what he wanted.
Harper's Weekly piece by Edward Bayard Moss touts the Olympic effort claiming thirteen new Olympic and nine world records set during the Stockholm games. It highlights Arnold Jackson of Oxford winning the 1500 meters as the sole bright English note amid a weak overall showing.
A Kentucky woman describes indigestion and nervous prostration improving after replacing breakfast with Grape-Nuts and cream. She reports renewed strength, vigor, and steadier health, noting only occasional trouble after rich foods, and cites Postum Co. and the book The Road to Wellville.
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