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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
2
The page recounts anecdotes about Christmas trees and Yuletide origins, a Grand Duchess Olga tale, and a professor’s Florentine tour. It notes Niagara Falls ceremonies, the Hell Gate bridge contract, and shifting maritime enforcement to curb ship thefts.
Severe floods across Spain and Portugal inundate villages as rivers overflow. Rail and road links are cut, hindering relief. The Tagus tears through flood plains with casualties and wreckage, while crops are ruined and communications fail. An official relief fund of 500000 dollars is approved.
Winston Churchill arrived at Belfast Central station with his wife to a mixed reception as crowds jeered and unionsists paraded with an effigy. Police and troops guarded the venue where Churchill outlined the home rule bill provisions including Irish self rule and parliamentary representation.
Federal officials discussed delaying the dynamite conspiracy trials of over 40 indicted men. After arraignment on March 12 before Judge A H B Anderson, trials likely in May with all defendants moved to a study period before summer. District Attorney Charles W. Miller leads arrests and indictments, while exact service dates remain withheld.
Detroit February session focuses on the government’s criminal case against the bathtub trust. Edwin P. from venor assists the attorney general as the opening statement nears completion on the trial day.
A tremor rattled Port de France Martinique but officials report no damage or injuries as of early reports. Residents felt the quake but authorities have not issued alerts or damage assessments.
In Juaverne Minnesota Keb 4 Simon Lin enkohl a resident of Meaver Creek town Kip thie county was arrested today and held on bond for assault with a dangerous weapon. Mobolfola a neighbor was wounded twice cut and the weapon described as a jackknife. Maximum penalty for the offense is five years imprisonment or a fine of $1000.
ATLANTA reports Morse, freed from Fort McPherson, shows slow improvement after release. BELFAST unionists promise a meeting with Churchill and Redmond on home rule. SEATTLE bonds case leaves Delarm & Biehl missing and orchard bonds unredeemed. EL PASO Juares under Mexican control as Orozco negotiates to Chihuahua. NIAGARA FALLS ice floe tragedy claims two adults and one youth. MANILA votes for Taft aligned delegates and urges free trade. MANKATO priest and railroad worker killed in car collision near Good Thunder. BOSTON Hains marries Bolles. Hains divorced. HERRMANN jury rules for publisher in bank scandal suit. SEATTLE bond brokers missing as $6,000,000 orchard bonds vanish. WINDSOR LOCKS treasurer admits long-term embezzlement. NEW YORK lovers die in gas asphyxiation in apartment. GULFPORT swindle case via fake broker’s office exposed. LOS ANGELES labor leaders plead not guilty to dynamite conspiracy. WASHINGTON La Follette cancels speakings for two weeks. LONDON British admiralty learns of German internal combustion engine progress. NORFOLK steamship Consuls reports minor mishap near Newport News.
Rescuers near Butter Creek California made progress clearing the shaft of the Bunker Hill mine where 69 men were trapped after a cave-in. Entrapped workers at the 2000 foot level talked and joked through air pipes as food was passed to them and hopes for liberation grew with daylight.
Oral testimony opened in U S district court as a defunct Niles bank sues an New York insurer over 30000 dollars. Mrs. Andrew Hunt testified she could not identify Andrew J White as George Kimmel and described differences in ears eye color and age from Kimmel.
A masked thief looted a downtown restaurant in Denver at about 4 am when Ina Mount, the night manager, hurled hot custard pies at the robber. The pie strike drove the thief from the cash drawer toward the kitchen and out a back alley, ending the robbery attempt.
Viscount Haldane British secretary of war arrived at Herlin with his brother on a private visit. He is expected to discuss Anglo German relations with Dr Von Hethmann Hollweg and Herr Von Kiderlen-Wuechter and learn conditions Germany would consider for betterment.
President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor testified under cross examination as hearings resumed in contempt proceedings against him John Mitchell and Secretary Frank Morrison in Washington.
Davenport Ind February a threatened strike by Rock Island arsenal workers ended when cards offering a new pay system were accepted by a small group of machinists. The machinists union notified Commandant Burr that members would accept the cards and other organizations are expected to follow in due course.
Washington reports the War Department weighing the mobilization of state militias to reinforce the regular army if United States forces must move into Mexico. The general staff discussed preparations and governors were urged to hold their contingents for potential call up in a temporary position.
Reno report says Mrs. B E Batten, destitute after surrendering a necklace to secure medicine, pleads for sympathy as she recounts a fractured family scene. She claims her wealthy father, living in affluence, ignored her plight while her husband wandered the streets. She cites telegrams from Sioux City seeking reconciliation.
Des Moines Iowa Feb 71 Gen James B Weaver popular 1892 presidential nominee died at his daughter's home after a brief illness due to indigestion. Born Dayton Ohio June 12 1833 he served in the Civil War and held multiple Iowa offices and Congress seats as a Populist. He later ran again as a presidential candidate and won 22 electoral votes. He was Colfax mayor 1904 1906 and died while seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress from the Sixth district leaving a widow and children.
In Des Moines Iowa on February 7 a wife admitted stealing nearly $1000 from her father but this confession cannot save BE J Waltzer from penitentiary. A district court jury found him guilty of larceny. The wife interrupted his trial and claimed her husband was innocent.
Lake City Iowa February 7 arrangements announced for preliminary contests leading to the Northwestern Iowa declamatory content at Rockwell City March 22 Denison and Banborn named as hosts for preliminaries with 21 schools seeking admission from both southern and northern district areas including Onawa Emmetsburg Spencer Laurens LeMars Hawarden Hull Inwood Sanborn and more The district plans at least two preliminaries to boost entries and rivalry remains keen across the region.
KH G Dunn of Mason City announced his candidacy for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination while visiting In the city. He has long been active in northern Iowa and predicts Democratic success in the fall. He notes Republican disorganization statewide and cites anti Taft sentiment with limited Cummins influence locally.
A party of Iowa corn growers with Miss Lola Edmonds visited Washington with a day and night of sightseeing. They met the president and visited Congress and the secretary of agriculture as part of a busy schedule before departing tonight.
Bert Herachy the Fairport store owner was found dead from a breast wound with a shotgun beside him. Police have not determined if the death was suicide or murder. His father was killed in Fairport in 1868.
Washington report says W E H Boyd of the Alliance committee of the Iowa Educational Board led the eastward trip to seek a suitable candidate for president of the Iowa Agricultural College. Senator Funk D J Murphy and Thomas Lambert also traveled with the delegation. The group pursued a quiet search while in the East for a qualified leader to head the college.
Davenport Iowa February 1 Colonel Burr commander of the Rock Inland arsenal replies to an employer ultimatum over Taylor job cards. He says the cards will be issued and any man refusing them will be discharged, with civil service rules cited regarding future employment. The wording is incomplete in places but presents Burr's stance amid labor tension.
New York reports Mrs Lulla Ward Harbeson seeks an insanity defense for her 10 day jail term son Matthew in North Bergen New Jersey over a bread theft alleged to aid unemployed villagers. The mother and daughter plan to hire experts to examine him as officials defend the act. Her son, a former Kiel student and Spanish American War veteran, rejected the claim amid family notoriety.
Washington reports indicate a new revolt may erupt as General Orosco may declare independence of Chihuahua with his Juarez garrison moving to Chihuahua. Chihuahua state assembly expected to declare independence amid weakened loyalty to Madero. U.S. officials monitor border troop movements and plan for possible emergency deployment. Fort Barrancas and Screven Tybee Island units ordered to prepare for border advance.
Kiev report states Colonel Kull bako, former head of the secret police, was arrested for alleged embezzlement of funds allotted by the royal authorities for festivities during the September 14 assassination period. The arrest follows duties protecting the emperor and entourage.
Five miners were killed today in the wreck of an interurban electric car near Ville. The car ran at high speed, jumped the track, and plunged over a 200 foot embankment.
Rochester Wisconsin hosts the twelfth annual convention of the National Cannery wagonlat bon and allied industries with attendees from across the nation. The report notes leading regions and groups among participants, highlighting industrial ties and regional representation.
A major blaze in Moline destroys the Barnard Leas Manufacturing plant for four milling machines. Loss estimated at 606000. Fire crews from Moline stop the spread after help from Rock Island Davenport and the Rock Island arsenal. Several workers injured by falling debris as 400 men flee.
Kansas City article notes Clara Cloud of Glen Cove New York arrived for the funeral of her sister Lucetta Dorsett found murdered in her home. Police tie a suspected ex convict to the crime citing blood on hands and washed cuffs.
London reports a rising public anger over Bertrand Stewart a London lawyer sentenced in Leipzig to three and a half years fortress confinement for espionage The secretive trial and Belgian witness fueled anti German sentiment and calls for government action as newspapers urge justice before Parliament acts
A Washington visit by an Ohio attorney general candidate included lunch with Senator Cummins and Representative Yon at the Capitol and an inspection of the new DC workhouse on a Potomac tract. The report mentions testimony from Lee’s case and a separate manslaughter verdict concerning Miss Williamson at Port Orchard.
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