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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1914
Page
9
A survey of notable feats and curiosities includes Harriet Adams likely most versed in Latin America travel covering over 40 000 miles across Central and South America. Other notes feature tiny English rural schools in Aughton, a Paris club for English residents, and a China law codification commission.
Rome reports the Italian chamber and senate approved a cabinet plan under Premier Algner Balandra. Measures include funding to raise the army to 76,000 and costs tied to the recent war and colonial expansion. Salandra pledges wage fairness for 80,000 state railroad workers. Policy aims at pacification of new northern Africa colony.
Early today five tourist hotels were destroyed along with the county courthouse and several residences in St Augustine Florida. No lives were lost though guests fled scantily clad. Property losses are estimated at 500000 to 750000 with two injuries reported.
In St Louis on April 3 Dr E H Arnold a physical director from New Haven told the Business Men's league that the average office boy wastes energy by dragging his feet. He said this habit uses energy equivalent to shoveling 16 tons of coal and that each step moves about 29 pounds of muscle. He reported the average boy takes about 1600 steps daily.
A large sun spot group about 50 000 miles long with a circular spot and faculae was photographed by the naval observatory in Washington D C at noon. The feature lies near the solar equator and is described as an active, prominent sun spot complex with several small spots embedded.
Washington April 2. President Wilma nominates William Woodurn Jr of Reno Nevada as United States attorney for Nevada.
Miss Dorothea Samuel aged 15 of the Philadelphia Fencers' club captured the women's national junior championship at the Fenvers' club in New York on April 2. Samuel has fenced for over two years and this victory marks her second trial toward the final championship.
Cairo reports James Gordon Bennett, owner of the New York Herald, showing improvement today. Physicians said his condition is better and he passed a good night as attendants monitor his health.
Athena Georgia April 2 an attempted train robbery on a Seaboard Albline passenger train near Comer was thwarted by express messenger R C Fletcher after a pistol battle. The bandit boarded the express car as the train left Water Station and, after being wounded in the arm, fled the scene. Fletcher escaped unharmed.
Reports from St Johns Newfoundland say the sealing steamer Newfoundland was crushed in ice near Belle Isle Strait. 60 bodies recovered and about 120 crewmen still on ice floes as rescue ships search. The Southern Cross also in trouble with 173 aboard. weather hampers telegraph service along the coast.
Reports say the sealing steamer Newfoundland and much of her crew were lost off Cape Race after a blizzard. The Red Cross line Florize rescued 360 men dead and dying, raising the death toll to about 399 with the Southern Cross also presumed lost.
New York April 3 Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum refused to issue an injunction preventing Union Pacific from distributing a 50 million dollar cash and Baltimore & Ohio stock dividend to common stockholders Equitable Life had sought to block the payout arguing preferred stockholders should share or the asset be held The Baltimore & Ohio stake came from a deal with Pennsylvania Railroad releasing Southern Pacific holdings under a Harriman system decree It is understood Equitable will appeal the decision.
Munich April 2. Lieutenant Lankemeyer a German army aviator was killed and Lieutenant Ruchtl his passenger seriously injured when their propeller broke during a low altitude flight over the aerodrome.
Robert Freund aged 93, claimed oldest union printer in the United States, died at his son’s home in Denver yesterday. Freund moved from Chicago to Denver about a year ago.
Terre Haute Ind April 2 The scale committee of District No II Indians United Mine Workers began reviewing wage scale and working conditions in mines. No change in wage scale expected but several locals filed resolutions seeking changes in working conditions.
Charlee d et al., a Gatomay resident and former mayor, died today at the Fondd n ational bank. The report notes his leadership role in the community and his tenure as mayor, marking a notable local loss.
Jacob Coxey, famed for leading an 1890s protest, set NY headquarters to organize a New York wing of 600000 men. He aims to mobilize troops this month and march on Washington with the main unit departing Magee?lion Ohio on April 16 and meeting eastern divisions near the capital.
Washington D C April 3 Today's Philadelphia North American says railroads advanced rate cases are collapsing after Clifford Thorne's cross examination of President Smith of the New York Central before Commissioners Clement Harlan and McChord The article notes Senator LaFollette will speak in the Senate on a bill to bar outside influence on rate proceedings and Senator Cummins is also expected to address the rate issue
President Rea of the Pennsylvania system testifies at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on behalf of eastern railroads seeking modest freight rate hikes. He cites rising maintenance costs, heavier steel cars, wage increases, and safety upgrades while stressing the need to widen the earnings gap to fund future traffic growth.
In West Philadelphia a 20 year old man Alexander Glaser and his wife Julia 24 were shot dead by gunfire after break in by two watchmen. Police say the husband feared impending blindness and apparently arranged the attack to kill his wife and himself leaving two young boys unharmed.
In Quincy Massachusetts on April 2 a joke about April foot candy led to two children becoming ill after eating it. Officials say the candy carried poisonous berries and the children may die from their condition.
A 14 year old performer died after a 60 foot fall from a trap in the arena at Barnum & Bailey. The accident occurred yesterday at Madison Square Garden during a show. Investigations and safety reviews are expected to follow.
Announcement from Albany of the American Posture League to promote proper seating and posture in schools factories and public spaces. The group argues poor chairs and long hours harm children's health causing rounds shoulders and fatigue in workers. It aims to standardize seating and combat posture related health issues.
Paris observers report a new model skirt destined to replace the split skirt. The design, slim and abbreviated, resembles a riding skirt and is worn with a light taffeta fabric. A gust of wind at Auteuil lifts the back, revealing the knees, drawing dismay from the Duchess de Maille and other signatories of a decency pronouncement. The bodice is tight fitting and front buttoned with a lightweight cambric collar.
Senator La Follette introduced a bill to outlaw attempts to influence any proceeding before the Interstate Commerce Commission outside its rules. He said he would present evidence tomorrow of efforts to sway a pending eastern rate case and noted lawmakers have urged freight rate increases. He aims to discuss the influence and its impact on ICC work.
Washington April 2 Senator yon introduced in the Senate a resolution asking the department of agriculture for information about whether several hundred department employees are paid by the Rockefeller foundation. The measure passed without debate amid charges that many demonstration farm workers in the south receive a dollar a year from the government while holding government powers, funded by Rockefeller income.
Rhelma France April 2 Emile Vedrines brother of famed aviator Jules Vedrines died during a flight over the aviation field. Vedrines had placed second in the international aeroplane cup at Rheims last September, flying 124 miles at 123 miles an hour.
Milton Heavilin, the abductor in the Margaret Luka case, was sent to the penitentiary for ten years after pleading guilty in Des Moines. He was arrested last week in Missouri as the kidnapped girl prepared to testify.
Flooding raged in the Kentucky mountains with Huin beginning again near Hasard where waters receded from streets. No lives were lost and authorities deem the danger of large damage small as of today April 1.
Three hundred sailors aboard the steamship Cleveland arrive in Naples after a long voyage to the Orient but cannot land due to a strike among harbor workers.
Washington reports 12 districts named for the new federal reserve system with Chicago District including Iowa and Wisconsin. Banks must subscribe six percent of capital for reserve stock, with initial capitalization totals and regional roles outlined. Protests from senators and cities not chosen accompany the rollout as officials expect banks to begin operations within months.
Tokio reports the health of Dowager Empress Haruko deteriorating at the imperial villa Numiga near Yokohama. She has suffered for some time from a heart condition described as vaginal pectoris in the dispatches.
The widow of Henrik Ibsen the Norwegian dramatist died in Christiana on a spring day. Reports say she had lived in the city for years and leaves behind memories of the famed writer and his stage works.
Peter Weiler, held at the county hospital, confessed to killing two widows in separate incidents linked to a March 90 date. The accused, amid coughing fits and fear, described the events while the case involves Katherine Morris, a widow newly returned to her home, and an unnamed Sarat Natiow figure.
Lincoln Nebr April 4 The state boundary between Nebraska and Iowa is not shifted by avulsion in the Missouri river channel. The Nebraska remo court says the dispute over land between the abandoned and current river channels belongs to Woodbury county Iowa, not Nebraska, as the boundary follows gradual changes in the main channel.
Washington April 4 The Tennessee delegation in congress recommended Hunter MacDonald of Nashville president of the American Society of Civil Engineers for chief engineer of the proposed Alaskan railroad.
The Santa Fe Railroad company raises working time for 1,000 mechanics by 26 percent from the year's start. The order, effective today, is said to apply generally along the coast and affects shop conditions in San Bernarding and nearby terminals.
In Des Moines negotiations today operators and miners reached agreements on most disputed points. The talks aim to ease tensions and move toward peaceable settlement of wage and work conditions.
Packy to study law after announcing departure from preparatory school. The move signals a shift in his education as he pursues legal studies away from athletics.
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