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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
2
The collection covers antiquity hints on deadheads in Roman theater and pantomime, strange relics like Newton’s tooth, a Cornish fishwife’s Hyde Park visit, quirky ads, royal honors for industrialists, and global snippets on education, railways, and science across 1912 to 1913.
New York reports the Joint Legislative Investigation Committee expanded inquiry into William Sulzer campaign donations while he sought New York governorship. Witnesses faced refusals as they were ordered to testify about an enigmatic account 600 and stock dealings linked to Sulzer and associates.
In Tokyo Aug, George W. Guthrie presented credentials as the new American ambassador. The emperor and the United States are united in a strong mutual policy toward Japan. Guthrie rode in an imperial coach escorted by Japanese cavalry as crowds bowed along the route. The diplomatic ladies were hosted by the empress during the audience.
George A. Hartman a 365 year old St Louis waiter was declared a leper after serving thousands of meals in several restaurants across Joplin Kansas City Quincy and Peoria. He has been sent to Koch hospital cottage and faces quarantine. His wife Mia vows to fight to prove his illness and keep him near, while Hartman blames his Philippines guard duty for exposure and warns of a grim choice if housed with a Chinese leper.
Paris August reports Dr. Pierre Roux director of the Pasteur Institute announcing before the Academy of Sciences the discovery of an anti cholera inoculation that cured infected monkeys. He said inoculation fully cured the animals.
Six hundred striking ore dock men gathered at the Duluth docks with Industrial Workers of the World leaders. Organizers said they were forming new demands while ore carriers waited for loads. Companies claim the strike stems from IW W agitation, not the workers' desire to quit.
Boston August 1 Practically all the supreme officers of the Knights of Columbus were re elected James A Flaherty head of the order and others were chosen for national roles amid the meeting in Boston
Aug. 1 report from Bofia notes Turkish forces considered aggressive in the southwest region. The dispatch mentions rising tensions and potential clashes as troops move toward border zones.
Frank Well er a 4 barber in Pittsburgh dressed for his wedding and shot himself twice in the breast and head this morning. He survived with only a flesh wound after the bullet missed essentials. doctors arrived but he refused aid and walked to the ambulance. He gave no reason for the act.
Washington eyes taxation of land values as a nationwide reform. Henry George Jr and alliesbacked by five of twenty one House district committee members push for land value taxation in the District of Columbia. Support spreads in Senate committees and among progressive circles nationally.
British telegraph correspondent reports from Belgrade that the Bulgarian government has issued an arrest order for Dr Daneff, former prime minister and head of the Bulgarian government. The note places the event in the Servian capital context as reported in London.
Peace was concluded today in Bucharest with delegates from Greece Montenegro Roumania and Bulgaria signing a settlement. The agreement ends hostilities and outlines terms for regional cooperation and stability.
Regina Saskatchewan August 6 report from the agriculture department estimates grain crops for 1913. Total wheat and oats production are given in bushels with figures showing a large national yield and regional breakdown. The report notes about two weeks left in the season and provides an overall grain crop total of 270 million bushels.
Division action reported in New York states the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co confirms a semi annual dividend of 1 percent on its common stock.
Grand Forks Aug 6 Mrs Johnson and her infant son and KA Stewart and his daughter Alice drowned near Seaysen North Dakota when the automobile they rode in lost control and plunged over an embankment. The accident occurred last night and the information was received here.
Lemans France August 6 Bablot the race car driver won the grand prize covering 3856 4 miles in 21 hours and 77 miles an hour average speed.
The London Economist urges leaders in finance to halt loans for wars and armament as mobilization costs rise in Romania Russia Austria Germany and France. Berlin and New York funded much of the capital with major military budgets increasing by hundreds of millions.
Des Moines Iowa August two men named Lang and Cobb from Moulton were killed in a freight wreck on the Wabash line near Runnels. Engineer F Luman of Moulton suffered minor injuries to his son and a cow on the track caused the engine to overturn after striking and tipping the locomotive.
Berlin reports a court martial convicted seven officers and staff from the Prussian ordnance board over bribes from Krupp for military documents. Sentences ranged from 43 days to six months with several losing commissions, all save one appealing. The public trial details changed the expected social data.
Two masked men halted a Louisville and Nashville passenger train northbound from New Orleans at Calera Alabama. They looted the mail car taking registered mail while clerks were bound and threatened. They jumped off at Fourteenth Street in Birmingham, with one firing a shot that missed.
Secretary of Agriculture Houston weighs a September visit to the Black Hawk County Improvement Association fair between Waterloo and Cedar Falls. He would attend if the date fits a western itinerary, after invitations from Senator Yon and Representatives Connolly and Wiley Marah of Waterloo.
Rochester August report says Aum. Elise Parish, writer of children's verses, and Mrs. William Sterling of Pittsford, together with two children, were bitten at Mise Parish's summer home. Cornell chemists verified rabies in the dog and all four now show hydrophobia symptoms and receive treatment.
Washington reports that Honduras has become the thirty eighth nation to accept President Wilson's peace plan with details proposed by Secretary Bryan.
Ithaca reports a murder arrest as Mias Frome Krill, a nurse, is charged in the death of Dr. Stanley B. Tron, a city resident once connected with a hospital in New York. The couple had been living nearby before the incident.
St Louis aug 8 with the development of soul photograph the latest addition to picture making Miss Emma Gerhard says the modern photographer will vie with the old masters in producing pictures that will live forever She explains the theory accepted at the Kansas City photographers convention It is wholly a matter of art bringing out in the subject what is really in him or her not a reproduction of features or clothes Every human being is posing though not obvious Read traits visible when the face loses self consciousness and covers up the real self there are a thousand little superficial things about every person which overshadow all in photographs.
The first fatal threshing season accident occurred when Howard Summerville, a hired hand, was crushed by a threshing machine fly wheel on the B A Hunt ranch three miles south of town. He died instantly with no clear signs of broken bones and likely internal injuries. Summerville had recent arrival in the region and may have relatives in Illinois. Oats harvest is heavy, with about bushels per acre. a little rain fell yesterday but more is needed.
Berlin reports Cipriano Castro former Venezuelan dictator planned a new invasion while staying in Dresden. He drafted a July 27 proclamation from Hermann Wolfram’s home and then departed for Venezuela in early July. Wolfram says Castro now appears set to regain control as most army units back him.
Five West Virginia lawmakers were convicted of bribery tied to a U.S. senator election and sentenced to five years six months, with David Hill receiving five years. They were disqualified from public office for life. The court granted a 90 day stay of execution for appeals.
The article reports Rep. Britain of Illinois introducing a resolution urging an emergency appropriation large enough to begin immediate construction of three additional dreadnought battleships. The move frames the administration as unable to cope with naval pressures and seeks rapid funding.
Denver, Aug. 8 A widow pleads with Governor Ammons to permit her son, held in state penitentiary, to attend his father’s funeral as the elder, a longtime Lay Animas sheriff famed for capturing outlaws, dies before the request is granted. The son attends the service, the first time he has been in his home since his arrest night.
Secretary McAdoo leads a quiet probe into New York banks over the sharp drop in United States 2 per cent bonds. The aim is to uncover evidence of concerted action by major banks to depress the bonds to oppose the currency bill. Congress may order an investigation and McAdoo prepares for action.
Washington August 8 The Interstate Commerce Commission reports widespread inaccuracies in freight weighing and calls for rebuilding most track scales. It accuses grain and lumber transactions of bias against shippers and urges Congress to set standards and testing. The American Railway Association plans to issue weighing regulations following the recommendations.
Lee Forney, a night express agent in Wichita, married J I James's daughter. The gift lease on an oil well produced gas at 1,600,000 feet daily, earning Forney a $75 weekly royalty while he continues at $55 monthly salary and plans a home purchase. He expects a better position soon.
A gang broke into a London police station on High Street Southwark and rifled the safe, stealing about $400 in alive and gold. The incident occurred this morning.
Washington August reports indicate President Wilson will likely dispose of Iowa federal patronage this week. Judge Wade Io utiliresaing for the appointment of Claude parserve district attorney in southern one.
Washington Aug 6 Major W W Harts of the corps of engineers United States army has been selected for superintendent of public buildings and grounds, succeeding Col Spencer and Co who will become military attache at ris.
Daisy Watt, wife of J. Watt a San Francisco manufacturer, was found dead with a bullet wound in her heart at a hotel in Banta Crus California last night. Nicholas Taakomas who arrived with her from San Francisco wept over the body and was taken into custody. Taakomas was slightly wounded.
Sofia reports there is no foundation for the asserted petition abroad to arrest a former Bulgarian official. The Bulgarian government states the claim is baseless.
Dow City Iowa August M H Bladin sexton of a local cemetery aged 57 hanged himself to a tree in the cemetery after dinner. The body was found today with no known reason for the act. He went to a store after dinner and bought a rope then returned to the cemetery.
Edward A. Mantee of the New York Stock Exchange was exonerated by the exchange committee on business conduct after a July 26 sale of 26,000 dollars of government 2 percent bonds at 06 percent. He said the transaction was for his own account and not a short sale as initially reported. The committee found the sale regular.
Aberdeven D Aug 6 The post office at Richmond a small town was burglarized last night. Entry appears forced with cash and stamps disturbed. No injuries reported and local authorities investigate with aid from county sheriff.
In Independence Kansas a dynamite cap fell from a bird nest and exploded on the sidewalk injuring Willie Johnson, a boy playing in front of his home. Police traced the device to a bird carried bundle of wire used in nest construction.
Fire destroyed the Blue Mountain hotel on the Pennsylvania Maryland line at dawn injuring two guests B F Metegar and Malcolm Frank of Norfolk Virginia. They escaped from the fourth floor to the second. About 100000 dollars in jewels were lost as guests fled in night garb. Porter Frank Thomas is praised for guiding guests to safety despite smoke and heat.
Paris August 8 a 23 year old Leater son of George David a farmer fell head first into an eight gallon jar of vinegar and drowned before his mother could rescue him. Only the feet were visible when discovered.
London August debate in the house of commons over Britain’s participation in the Panama Pacific expedition to San Francisco in 1916. Critics urged private enterprise to spur British presence while the government refused. Sir Edward Grey argued cabinet decision stemmed from commercial factors not canal tolls.
President W. Hock of New Albin urged a government owned and rented uniform rural mail box system at the Iowa league of postmasters convention in Cedar Rapids. He warned rising parcel post weight limits threaten express companies and predicted limits could rise to 100 pounds.
Western Kansas endures drought and horn plague killing livestock. State leaders including Charles Sawyer coordinate seed wheat aid from mills and banks. The State Agricultural College works to develop drought resistant wheat varieties to aid farmers in need.
Secretary Daniels returned to Washington from a three weeks trip visiting Pacific navy yards and stations and delivering a number of speaking engagements.
At Krasnoye Hel the Russian military aviators Lieut Polikarree and his mechanic died when their aircraft failed at high altitude. The plane overturned and threw them clear from the craft.
A blaze at the home of Joseph Paquet in St John parish Orleans, about 16 miles from Wathee, killed seven people. The fire started from a lamp explosion.
John Lind, close adviser to President Wilson, stated in New Orleans that he would not accept any post in the Memlon government after completing his aims in the southern republic. He indicated he would not take a percentage pay or office in that country under any circumstances.
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