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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
6
Attorney General Major said he has sufficient evidence to convict several large packing firms for conspiring to raise meat and provision prices in Missouri. The probe committee recessed after the announcement, with Major noting more evidence than needed for indictments in New Jersey.
The government closed its evidence against J. C. Maybray and co defendants charged with swindling and mail fraud. Alibis will be the defense. Seventeen co defendants remain from eighty originally indicted for schemes totaling thousands of dollars.
Strike breakers in Rockford hosiery plants walk out tying up factories. More than 1,000 men idle as union workers from other industries lend support and refuse repairs.
Twelve hundred United Mine Workers delegates from Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania met in Cincinnati for final action to settle the wage dispute with operators. A joint scale committee will report this afternoon on a ten cent per ton wage increase and an eight hour day. President Lewis predicted a push for higher pay and a nationwide strike averted.
Northfield March 18 The annual contest of the State Oratorical Association drew large student delegations to St Olaf College. Participants include representatives from Carleton Hamline Macalester Gustavus Adolphus and St Olaf colleges in an event expected to draw wide interest.
Belle Fourche March 12 Civic Federation and W C T U announce they will publish the names of all signers on the petition seeking a vote on the saloon question in Belle Fourche.
Laramie Wyoming March 15 heat buckled track at Ridge on the Union Pacific about 50 miles west of Laramie delaying traffic for a few hours. Warmer weather ends snow season early with less snow in Medicine Row and snowshoe travel ceasing. Carbon timber company may struggle to float its winter obligations on the North Platte river. Forest rangers unable to access areas hindering estimates and work has stopped. Irrigation water likely to be in short supply.
Chicago March 14 End of talks leaves firemen and engineers facing a wage and working rules dispute. C L Dickeson, manager of the forty nine western railroads committee, said arbitration is not accepted. Deadlock likely to trigger a strike.
Special Agent Horace T. Jones testified about the 1908 affidavit from Orville Jones indicating Guggenheim interest in Cunningham Alaskan claims. The hearing resumed in Washington to counter claims that Clarence Cunningham perjured himself by stating the Guggenheims were not involved.
Washington reports Chairman Knapp and Labor Commissioner Neill travel to Chicago to mediate under the Erdman act between forty nine western railroads and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine men. Pending outcome, a strike threat by 27000 workers is deferred.
The State University presidents of Illinois Ohio and Tennessee sent written protests to Congress opposing a bill granting 40 000 annually for agricultural work. Edmund J James Brown Ayres and C Thompson signed, arguing the measure unfairly discriminates against other schools conducting similar programs.
Boston observes Evacuation Day with a military and naval parade on the South Boston peninsula to honor Washingtons army’s 154 year old entry. Governor Draper Mayor Fitzgerald General Sherwin and Congressman Hobson review the event. In Washington a Senate committee reports favorably on a Rockefeller foundation bill.
In Watseka on March 15 the court began choosing a jury for the murder trial of Dr. William A. Miller Mrs. Lucey Sayler and John Grunden in Crescent City banker J B Sayler’s killing. One hundred fifty veniremen were present. The defense seeks to avert conviction amid charges of premeditated murder and conspiracy with witnesses pointing to a long standing affair between Miller and Sayler’s wife. The prosecution argues premeditation and a motive arising from the scandal and relationships surrounding Sayler and Sayler’s wife.
The Philadelphia Record reports a heated session over seating rules as a motion restricts wives on the Senate floor amid a chamber of 51 senators and 172 women once present. Senator Caffrey commented as the dispute unfolded.
A motion proposed to bar any senator from introducing more than one wife in a single committee session failed to gain traction, making its passage improbable.
John Berth, a newcomer on the Sturgis road, crossed Horse creek near the Roe ranch at about 10 o clock Monday fore noon. His wagon was wrecked after the horse team drowned tied to the hind wheels, losing the bed and two hind wheels. Berth, unmarried and recently moved from near Watertown, had shipped stock to Lemmon three months ago and was en route to Sturgis for building materials and groceries.
Council Bluffs March 14 Judge McPherson dismissed the indictments against E F Noll of Colon Springs Wisconsin and James R R Morrison of Superior Wisconsin two of the fifty eight defendants in the Maybray gang The Canadian witnesses were unwilling to travel Postoffice Inspector Swenson testified on the capture of letters accredited to Maybray
The report argues protesters misplace blame for price mechanisms. It contends the subject is not responsible for the law of supply and demand. Spinners for narrow mindedness are criticized for misreading economic principles.
Washington March 14 Arguments in the government suit to dissolve the Standard Oil combine began in the United States Supreme Court this afternoon. The government filed last November alleging high finance market manipulation and rebating in Missouri. Frank B Kellogg of St Paul argues for the government.
In St Paul James J Hill challenged advocates of large bond issues for internal improvements. He urged conservationists to shield national capital from spoilage rivals as land forests water power and minerals. He linked rising public expenditure to inflated prices and swelling state debts.
St Paul March 15 James J Hill chairman of the Great Northern Railway board argues against criticism of cold storage. He says it supports conservation and expands food supply by storing perishable goods in controlled warehouses and refrigerated equipment. He notes benefits to farmers and consumers and cites home refrigeration as a small scale analogue.
Constantinople reports a group of Albanians surrounded the Vashtun village school in Macedonia and carried off twenty two pupils. Parents paid about one dollar per child to recover them.
President Taft arrived in Chicago for St Patrick’s Day events with tight security as mediation efforts continued between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and 49 western railroads. A passenger car incident and a man with a wireless plan added to the day’s disruptions as other towns also rejected the commission plan.
Liverpool March 12 James Patten sharply criticizes the Manchester spinners before sailing home. He voices strong disapproval of their performance and methods as the team prepares to depart.
Western railroad unions vote to strike with firemen and engineers set to walk out. Carter announces a strike date to affect forty nine roads. St Louis engineers ready to strike. Milwaukee sympathy action follows Chicago spike order. Mediation appeals rejected by some managers.
Clyde Engle of the Highlanders plays in hunting boots to shed weight while Jack Worthop also wears stocking feet due to a foot ailment. The unusual footwear choices reflect player adaptations during training.
A mob of about a thousand men dragged Charles Richardson and Bob Austin from the Shelby County jail in Memphis. Sheriff Lewis was confined in Marion Arkansas as the vigilante search for seven more escapees continues. Richardson and Austin were lynched today after they disclosed the whereabouts of the others.
Howard Wilcott presided at the Minnesota Conservation and Agricultural Development Congress in St. Paul on its second day. Speakers included James J. Hill on Minnesota’s agricultural opportunities, Prof. E. V. Robinson on Minnesota’s farm weather, Dr. W. J. McGue on soil wealth, and Prof. A. B. Chamberlain on modern agriculture as a business. A special session addressed Minnesota livestock and dairy interests in the afternoon.
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