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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1914
Page
2
A miscellany notes ingenious walking sticks with pistols snuff boxes watches and telescopes. It reports on world trade travel surgery and a bath project in Vienna and includes local anecdotes from Norwich St Johnsbury and Plymouth with statistics on populations wages and industry.
Washington reports the White House hosts conferences to steady the party before the next Congress. Governor Glynn of New York and William F. McCombs meet the president, and William Church Osborn is named to lead New York Democratic forces amid Tammany splits. Palmer seeks Pennsylvania Senate nomination while Iowa Illinois and sane remain unsettled.
In Rome on February 12 authorities refused a New York National League team and a Chicago American League team exhibition play until they are convinced baseball is not brutal. After a game explained, officials still required a spectator net. permission held until Wednesday noon for a few innings to satisfy authorities who wish to judge this American pastime.
A shipload of African Americans from Oklahoma Texas and Mississippi awaits Alfred C. Sam to lead them to a new negro utopia on the Gold Coast. Leaders say 86 more are en route from Boston with plans for a sovereign land with its own government and religion. An old clergyman A. Davis heads the party, forming a new church called the Church of God once there.
About 600 to 700 black Oklahomans gather in Weleetka as Alfred C. Sam plans an African colony. They were told to report to Galveston on February 15 for a voyage to the Gold Coast, then postponed due to ship delays. Sam, called Chief Sam, has raised funds and claims Ashantee tribal leadership.
In Ellsworth County Hilaworth, the sole Democrat Henry Houins is the likely postmaster candidate for the town. Despite coal company officials proposing Harry Klingensmith and HH Painter, President Wilson has not confirmed their names, keeping Houins as the lone Democratic possibility among 2,200 residents.
Washington February 11 designs for the new paper money under the currency act have been prepared by experts from the bureau of engraving and printing for submission to John Skelton Islams controller of the currency.
In Watertown New York on February 11 the official thermometer showed 22 below zero marking the second deep cold snap of the winter for Northern New York as temperatures fell during the night.
Washington Feb 11 The Senate debated for an hour a proposal to abolish the privilege of sending telegraphs on official business at government expense. The issue arose after warnings from the contingent expenses committee about substitutions of telegraphs for mails. The matter went over without action.
Detroit residents vote on a charter proposal with officials reporting an unofficial result near 10,000 votes in favor of defeat for the measure.
Missionary A C Wells reports Standing Rock in Cannonball district near starvation due to government inaction. He cites households with no food beyond sparse flour boiled in water and lists leaders and witnesses urging citizenship rights and land payment to halt hunger and neglect.
At Cheyenne River agency Forest River the Sioux elected Paul Bull Eagle chairman. Delegates voted to use sale proceeds from ceded land to buy cattle for the tribe and to place most funds in the U S treasury for 10 years with per capita payments. Indians disputed cattle weights from Chicago stock yards and urged Interior to send an agent to settle the weights and payments.
Passengers on the Olympic faced a stormy onshore gale that prevented landing in Plymouth. Tenders could not reach the liner inside the breakwater, forcing the ship to proceed to Southampton after two hours of futile landing attempts.
New York reports John Evers, former Chicago Nationals manager, agreed to meet Federal league president Gilmore to discuss a possible move to the Chicago Federal club next season.
Mutiny erupts within Sylvia Pankhurst's new people's army formed after her split from the Women’s Social and Political Union. Some men threaten to return if smoking is barred as the group meets in London and Dublin notes of discontent emerge.
New York reports conferences among major leagues and associations to shield organized baseball from interleague competition. committees debate Cincinnati base hit ruling and aim for uniform rules and 2014 playing schedules with joint meetings ahead.
In Tokyo on February 11 a riotous mob attacked the Japanese Diet building after a mass meeting calling to impeach the cabinet. Police repelled the gate breach as clashes continued, fifteen people were pushed into a canal, and arrests followed amid a dramatic diet debate over a no confidence resolution.
Fort Dodge February 11 Stanton wins the next annual convention of the Swedish Lutheran church of Iowa after a spirited contest among Des Moines Dayton and Stanton. Alfred Wissing Oscar Danielson and A Hulquist were elected members of the executive committee for one year. Mrs A Randolph of Boone was elected president of the Woman's ALemanary. Mrs A Northom Des Moines vice president. Mrs N E Kron Dayton secretary. Emma Anderson Ottumwa treasurer.
Charles A Ball a well known Republican politician and former assistant secretary of the Republican National Convention in 1860s and 1892 is reported critically ill at his Wellsville home. He is 63 years old.
A fire in Wausau Wisconsin on February 10 caused about 160000 dollars in losses at the Brokaw walla of the Wausau Paper Mill Company destroying four buildings. The blaze started from an overheated motor and swept through the plant causing extensive damage.
National Drought Congress completed statistics showing potential repeats of 1915 moods in the Ohio valley. Seventy cities along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers report a 1.6 inch average deficiency in precipitation, indicating ongoing flood concerns.
A spectacular fire destroyed a Trammoth grain elevator owned by Armour Grain Company in Chicago on February 1. The blaze caused extensive damage estimated at 900000 dollars and threatened nearby facilities before containment.
A biplane and a monoplane collided over Johannathal Germany causing one fatality and two serious injuries. Gerhard Sedimayer pilot of the biplane and his passenger Lieutenant Leonhard of the German army were 100 feet up when Degner pupil at the flying school in the monoplane, making his first independent flight, rammed them. Degner died and Sedimayer plus another man were gravely hurt.
In Mandan North Dakota February 11 the defense in a Western Union case seeks a 60 day adjournment to obtain deposition of King George of England. Lloyd Young allegedly sent a collect cablegram as a joke from a hotel to the king who refused to pay the 4 46 charge. The message was written at a hotel and carried to a telegraph porter.
Memphis bank president C Huw Raine pleaded guilty to embezzlement tied to defalcations exceeding 1 million dollars. Officials warn the total shortage could reach 1.5 million as state bank examiners finalize counts. Raine refused counsel and bail, while his brother Gilbert Raine visited him in jail, reconciling after years of estrangement.
Dr. Charlen W. Eliot former Harvard president criticizes unions in a public reply to Charlen F. Pender of New Haven's trolley workers. He argues unions harm morals by violent practices and claim happiness comes from universal steady labor, not reduced work. He cites educational and moral objections to union tactics.
A. Savenko nationalist leader in the duma challenged G. Zamislovaky conservative deputy and attorney for the black hundred to a duel. Zamislovaky was a prosecuting attorney at the Kiev trial of Mendel Bellise. Barenko denied saying Shulgren of Kievitanin aimed to profit from Jews for a sugar factory.
Charles Apple gram of Sterling, NL, freed his wife to marry another man and forgave the rival who won her, then left for San Francisco to forget the past while serving with the navy.
New York February 1 The unfilled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation on January 21 totaled 461 640 tons, up 331 572 tons from December 1902.
University of Texas students greeted former UT president Secretary Houston and Secretary Mo Adon upon their arrival home for a regional bands event. The homecoming scene marked a ceremonial welcome by students during a break in regional activities.
Detroit residents face a March vote on a new city charter with details on governance and procedures. Officials emphasize changes to municipal structure and public participation while outlining deadlines and eligibility.
A 30 year old woman leaped from the 16 story FR A Low building in downtown Kansas City, plunging to death on cobblestones as shoppers watched. Witnesses in a nearby office saw her climb the parapet and dive. initials E on her handkerchief offered the only clue to identity.
A Norwegian sailor who deserted his ship in San Francisco in 1856 reappears as Thomas Christiansen of Norway and files in the supreme court to claim title to a large Seattle area. He asserts settlement on 160 acres including First and Second King County additions and land housing the county hospital and poor farm. The Washington federal court ruled the claim invalid as the land escheated to the state in 1960 and the heirs delayed too long.
Secretary Wilson of the labor department will join Gifford Pinchot on the spring lecture circuit through Pennsylvania. Pinchot backs the progressive party and seeks the Senate, while Wilson promotes democracy and backs Representative A Mitchell Palmer in the same race. Both lectures will address the Pennsylvania arena campaign and be paid appearances.
Winona Mississippi Feb 11 depositors were urged to withdraw funds from Winona Savings Bank before a pending legislative measure requiring deposit guarantees. President J C Purnell warned he would quit business rather than comply with the proposed law, urging immediate payment of all debts.
New York stock market moves unsettled after a strong opening as Rock Island securities hit new lows. Trading in Rock Island common and preferred, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific collateral trust bonds, and weak New Haven and New York Central shares reflect ongoing federal inquiries into related properties. Oil shares on the curb also slump with Atlantic Refining dropping to 7 42 from 8 20.
Washington February 11 Businessmen from San Francisco and Los Angeles asked Attorney General McReynolds to postpone the government's suit to block the merger of the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific railroads. It was predicted the Department of Justice will file the suit soon despite arguments. They said the merger has served California well and referenced an Interstate trade commission as an alternative consideration.
Oklahoma oil operator HH. V. Foster told Commissioner Cato Bella and Lt. Commander Hoyd of the Navy that a government oil pipeline from the Oklahoma folds to the Gulf of Mexico to fuel the navy is feasible and would be built at a reasonable price with ample supply to justify the expense.
London reports indicate suffragists forcibly disrupted the bishop of Dan as he opened the House of Lords season. They targeted him over alleged whitewashing of government in his report on prison treatment of suffragists. Arrowroot prices have doubled in two years.
Washington instructed surveyor Jamton Wardell to seize a large opium cargo intercepted at the port. The 11,000 boxes valued at 870,000 were received last week by the steamer Manchuria and bound in bond for shipments to Mexico.
New York February 11 The Standard Oil stock boom collapses as prices plunge with down 90 to 100 point drops from peak. Atlantic Refining falls after the company reports annual results viewed as less favorable than expected amid post split speculation.
Washington February 11 James E Bennett testifying before the House commerce committee denounced the administration trade commission bill as paving the way for wide scale graft He warned it would drive small corporations out of business and grant vast investigative power to agents who could alter reports with bribes He argued the measure violates constitutional guarantees against unlawful search and seizure.
Washington reports a subcommittee approved a plan to replace 46 minute roll calls with an electrical voting device. Each member would have a locked button for yes no or present, linked to name indicators and clerical tally, speeding votes and recording outcomes.
The Senate approved a reform bill revising the Articles of War to end the federal prison status of Fort Leavenworth Kansas renaming it United States military detention barracks. It would model the facility on Aldershot and confine only disciplined soldiers for misconduct with staged training and parole rules on good behavior.
In Loula Missouri on February 10 John Burm known as Pudgey and Peter White both ex convicts were found dead in a room at the Ten Club. Their bodies were covered with blood and appeared to have been murdered, suspected to be linked to a gang killing. Mention of equal suffrage in Mexico appears as stray text.
In Stockholm 30,000 demonstrators protest a speech by King Gustave, seen as severe censure of policy and fueling a cabinet crisis. A University of Pennsylvania scientist claims a dangerous racial theory is involved, drawing condemnation.
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