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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
9
A Boston manufacturer, cited as the driving force, unveils a scheme to fund world peace by a gigantic dividend paying basis. Roosevelt is named to lead the charter already granted to launch the plan, with Gillette noted as part of the multinational effort.
A Gillette statement claims he will offer to be one of twenty subscribers paying $50,000 each to Theodore Roosevelt totaling $1,000,000 upfront for four years as president of a World Corporation. He states the payment is not a corporate charge or refundable and asserts the honor surpasses leading any nation.
Boston plan envisions dissolving political government and war under a worldwide corporation led by Col Theodore Roosevelt with a $250,000 yearly salary. Gillette has incorporated the World Corporation in Arizona, selling $1 shares to build a global holding system with 50 billion shares target in five years.
Denver reports an unprecedented surge of cattle shipments from the northwest in the last month. Drought and widespread forest fires destroyed grazing, forcing cattlemen and sheepmen to sell stock below average weight and condition at a loss to avoid winter losses.
Salmon industry in Alaska's northwest coast rapidly expands, says W Langille, supervisor of government forests for Alaska, en route to his Oregon home. He notes increasing salmon development and rising activity in the region.
Nine senior and junior women at Wesleyan University face social ostracism as male students vow to bar them from fraternities and campus activities. The town steps in with churches offering welcome, while girls seek support from freshmen and townspeople amid threats from some male peers.
Danville Kentuckys Perryville note reports Mr George Harmon owner of a domestic hen that nests in a tall tree to raise a brood of chicks. The birds hatched in the tree top and hatchlings fly like larks as they grow.
Michael Mahoney 14, youngest spellbinder in New England, speaks for Rep William P. Hickey at Seabrooke club reunion on Dorchester street Dorchester 500 attendees applaud him as he campaigns for renomination in Boston.
A Missouri cattle feeder who went broke moved to Colorado ten years ago after riding freight to Las Animas. He found work as a sheep herder and adopted scientific feeding in the San Luis valley, now earning about 10 000 yearly and this year near 20 000 due to high sheep prices.
Boston Sept 29 The National arts publishing company forms in Boston to publish several art magazines. Henry Lewis Johanson heads the venture as president with J Albert Briggs as treasurer and William B Brown as art director and vice president. William H Kunz will lead the photographic department, with George B Twitmyer as secretary. Plans include Color, School Arts Book, and Graphic Arts Magazine.
North Yakima Wash Sept 29 raccoons and coyotes have wrought havoc with the peach crop in Grant county. Rancher H W Haven reports that half of his Alberta crop and all his late Crawfords were eaten by the animals.
In Manhattan Kansas hydrocyanic gas experiments led by the Kansas State Agricultural College, under Prof. George A Dean, to fight flour mill pests. The work covered 140 of 250 mills, detailing insect life, treatment methods, and safety cautions, and linked fumigation to improved grain exports and pest eradication efforts.
Taft Diaz day marks the first joint commemoration of the presidents meeting in El Paso and Juarez. A El Paso city council committee will work with Mayor Portillo and the Juarez council to arrange details of the two city celebration of this historic event.
In Sawtelle on September 25 Cole describes the bean threshers as a living orchestra feeding vines into the thresher. Twenty six men run the smaller machines that process about sixty acres daily yielding roughly 600 sacks of eighty pounds each, without irrigation since last winter. Larger threshers shell 1400 to 1500 sacks per day as crews work from dawn till after nine at night, with four meals to sustain effort.
In Columbus police court Judge Osborn vowed to curb car theft. George Willis Fred Elias and Charles Brown were arraigned for taking Angel Fremas' automobile. Willis and Elias received sixty days in the workhouse. Brown, already a repeat offender, drew ninety days.
Los Angeles police chief Alexander Galloway urges women to carry hatpins for defense amid a wave of attacks on women and their escorts. He praises hatpins as a readily available self defense tool and encourages using them if molested or confronted by attackers.
Washington reports German toy makers rapidly turning to the miniature aeroplane as a top Christmas novelty. Demand grows across Germany and abroad with children highly eager for the device. Consul-General Bywater notes the German toy trade is flourishing, contributing to a $20,000,000 annual German toy market.
In Austin on September 20, western Texas residents press for at least two states. Senator Claude V. Hudspeth of El Paso backs creating a new state for western Texans, arguing current legislation favors populous areas and urging division to achieve justice for his region. He warns against sentimental opposition and says Texas must be divided to ensure fair treatment.
A Washington dispatch says Naval officers and Secretary Meyer back Rear Admiral Evans on a large Pacific fleet. It notes Taft and Meyer reportedly support more battleships and predicts a strong Pacific coast fleet once built.
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