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Newspaper
Garland Globe
Location
Garland, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
2
The Garland Globe printed every Saturday in Garland Utah. Subscription terms are one year in advance for $1.60, six months for $0.75, and three months for $0.60. Advertising rates are available on application. J A Wixom served as editor and manager.
A new town is planned at Cedar Ridge near Richfield. Notable deaths include John de France in Seattle and John Wyckoff of Park City. Logan boosters consider a macadam road to Logan Canyon, while Murray ends a scarlet fever quarantine. Bingham Junction seeks incorporation. Utah allocates more for education with an all-time per capita rise. Other items note suicides in Kaysville and Ogden, a Knights Templar conclave in Salt Lake City, a gold ore strike in Ogden Canyon, and notable figures like William Dougall and telegrapher pioneer.
Reports from Beirut detail a three day street battle in Adana with at least 1000 killed. The American missionaries Rogers and Maurer are dead, Major Daughty Wylie wounded, and the American quarter destroyed. About 4000 refugees are downed in the mission, with urgent relief needed as starvation looms. Conditions near Alexandretta are also dire.
San Francisco. James M Thompson vice president of the Thompson Bridge company finds his office robbed as two masked men burst in a sack of 3200 dollars from the Bank of California. A robber shoots Thompson in the chest. another pursuer captures the fleeing man identified as Francis H Gorman. Money recovered. William Roseberg wounded by a stray bullet but not seriously hurt.
Jackson Kentucky reporting on the second trial of Beach Hargis charged with murdering his father Judge James Hargis. One of thirteen defense lawyers will be Mrs William A Young a Kentucky case marking the first time a woman attorney appears in a major Kentucky trial.
Judge McPherson amends the decree to end state court involvement in Missouri rail rate disputes. The federal court retains exclusive jurisdiction, dissolving the injunction against 18 railroads delaying a three cent fare. A supplementary decision will be filed in days as railroad counsel seek changes to earlier opinions.
Washington reports western lawmakers expect forest reserve agricultural lands to be restored to the public domain. Secretary Wilson ordered a nationwide classification by maps and descriptions to identify areas suitable for homes rather than timber. Senator Heyburn urged Idaho lands be excluded if not timber valuable. Wilson seeks broad data before eliminations.
In Rome, about 40,000 French worshippers and many bishops gathered for Joan of Arc beatification at St Peters. The pope did not attend personally but participated in a solemn service, stepping in for relic veneration which did not exist for this case.
Fire in the Empire building at Broadway and Bleeker Street traps 125 women on an upper floor. Elevator operator Tony Sarino guides the car through smoke, carrying several to safety as others flee via fire escapes. Fire suppression is swift with minimal damage.
John Davidson, the poet, has been missing from his Penzance home since March 23 and his family lost hope of finding him alive. A search of papers found a document where he wrote The time has come to make an end I cannot put up with cancer. A will from last August hinted at possible death at any moment for personal reasons.
A mass meeting of almost all of the 2400 women in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing convened Saturday to protest a published claim that the National Civic Federation and its women members appointed a committee to probe the morality of Washington’s executive departments employers and to demand the dismissal of at least fifty bureau workers.
James Clarke a 66 year old farmer near Marysville Kansas drowned himself in the Blue River to avoid possible investigation over $25,000 in unlisted notes. In a note to his brother he warned against lying and drinking, urging churchgoing and steady work.
W. R. Elliston a 36 year old Tennessee scion and noted rifle and pistol shot, according to reports, committed suicide at the Hotel Roslyn on Thursday afternoon. Despondent over a shattered fortune, the man was found dead after failing to answer a telephone call late at night.
G W Poole known as Bishop a veteran horseman at Santa Anita committed suicide in his stable after despair over his fortunes and the California antigambling law. He slit his wrist with a razor and drank carbolic acid to ensure death.
From Yokohama the warning comes that Japan fears a new war with Russia and is preparing accordingly. Two Dreadnought battleships are under construction, at Kure and Yokohama, named Settieu and Kawachi, designed to surpass the Aki and Satouma in strength and firepower.
Arthur D. Don and Frank Orr, mining men, were killed at Newbury mountain seventeen miles south of Searchlight Nevada. A second miner is said to have committed the crime, reportedly admitting it to James McDonald who carried news to camp. A posse pursued the suspect while the killer was said to be temporarily insane.
A federal grand jury in Topeka, Kansas, indicted the Cudahy Packing Company of Kansas City on 695 counts for alleged violations of revenue laws regarding oleomargarine. The claim is defrauding the government of over 80,000 in revenues, with potential fines totaling nearly 760,000 pending conviction. Inspectors collected samples from New York to Seattle and Duluth to Jacksonville.
Six bodies recovered and probably eight to ten others buried in the ruins after an early morning blaze destroyed the St George hotel at Howard and Eighth streets along with eight small buildings. Six injured include one fatally, property loss around 125,000 dollars. Identification hampered by charring. D S Cartwright, formerly of Salem Oregon, severely burned and not expected to survive.
United States circuit court awarded $112,000 against the government in a suit to recover war inheritance tax from the estate of Leonard Lewisohn. Lewisohn, a copper magnate, died in 1901. the estate was valued near $10 million and carried a war tax of about $227,000 paid under protest.
Little Rock Arkansas reports Bryan denies plans to run for the United States Senate seat to succeed Senator Burkett of Nebraska. He says no foundation to the claim exists and he would prefer another Democrat be chosen. He adds he might not rule out candidacy under all circumstances.
Newburgh, associate counsel for Abraham Ruef, was acquitted by a jury of attempting to bribe a salisman on the Ruef jury panel. The acquittal follows his earlier conviction on bribery charges during Ruef's second trial, part of ongoing graft prosecutions in San Francisco.
An ad in a loan paper stating Irish need not apply prompted a mass meeting at the Newsboys' club rooms in Butte attended by Irish societies. The ad was called an open insult to the Irish race and references were made to their role in American and local history.
Washington. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson recalls a biblical corner remark while discussing Patten operations on the Chicago board of trade. He says the essence of a successful corner is relentless buying until the market can no longer absorb it, at which point a crash can follow.
San Francisco report states the district court of appeals reversed the conviction of Louis Glass former vice president and general manager of Pacific States Telephone and ordered a new trial. Glass was accused of offering a bribe to Supervisor Thomas Lonergan to influence a Home Telephone franchise vote. Lonergan died since the case began.
In Harriman's Ferry area south of Washington Indiana night riders on horseback warned tenants to pay one third of their crops as rent. Some tenants reported crops and farming gear destroyed. A wealthy landowner Thomas Taylor received a mailed warning with powder and matches. A stranger at Ivy store sought reduced whip prices, signaling possible floggings.
Jefferson City Mo The lower branch of the Missouri legislature on Wednesday passed by 86 to 61 a resolution to submit a prohibition constitutional amendment to the vote of the people at a regular election in November 1910. The measure is yet to be acted on by the senate. If the amendment is adopted it will stop the sale of intoxicating liquors in Missouri and will close all saloons breweries and distilleries in the state.
New York promoter announced a heavyweight championship bout between Jack Johnson and Stanley Ketchel to be staged at the Colon Athletic Club on October 12, 1909. The prize shares allocate 65 percent to the winner and 35 percent to the loser from gross receipts. Articles require soft bandages or fingerless kid gloves at the referee’s discretion.
The 1909 major league season opened Wednesday with games in eight cities across both leagues. The American League’s four eastern teams started Monday, while the remaining games began Wednesday afternoon. The National League’s Chicago club seeks a fourth consecutive championship defense.
Des Moines, Iowa, jailhouse scene as J C Maybray proclaims lack of evidence while facing a $100,000 bail. The alleged wrestling and racing promoter was brought to Des Moines on Wednesday and may be ordered transferred to Council Bluffs where indictments were returned.
President Taft sends to Congress a special message with a proposed Philippine tariff revision aimed at maximizing customs revenue while protecting existing Philippine industries. The measure, drawn by tariff experts led by Col. George R. Colton, seeks alignment with U S customs rules and includes free trade provisions with the United States under the Payne tariff plan.
Professor F. L. Tuate of Columbia University died after an accidental electric shock in Bayonne New Jersey Thursday night. A noted chemist and electrician, he had been hired by the Bayonne council to test the power supplied by the public service corporation.
In Guanajuato Mexico Fron eluco Cano refused to pay an 18 cent ice cream bill. Felix Sanches allegedly attacked Cano, fatally wounding him and injuring Cano's mother with a knife amid threats during Holy Week. Police reports describe the violent incident and the resulting injuries.
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