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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1912
Page
6
The text blends various items from early news notes including election talk in Holton Kansas, comparisons of work and gender roles at Wellesley College, patent ideas for stamps and fuel tech, public health progress, and German railcar refrigeration using petroleum engines.
A medley of curious curiosities and urban notes covers polar dog meat debates, Paris street markets, a Seine prefect’s crackdown on ads, an editor helping Swedish brides, a Swedish fireless cooker anecdote, almanac shortages in China, mine safety in Australia, and Norse exposure to cold. Also mentions Amundsen’s expedition, Chinese women entering medicine, and a Irish land dispute tied to fairy lore.
Ernest Gill, donkey engineer on the Californian, testifies before Senator Smith that distress rockets were visible from his deck and that Captain Stanley Lord refused to send help. He recalls the ship drifting in ice and the crew planning a protest over the denial.
Pierre Marechal son of the French navy vice admiral recounts rescue from the Titanic. He kept a pack of playing cards found on the ship and autographed them for friends in France. He also saved a volume of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes and spent 40 minutes in the water before rescue by lifeboat 7.
New York April 27 The bodies of Col John Jacob Astor and Isidor Straus, both prominent New York residents, have been recovered and are aboard the cableship Mackay Bennett. A wireless dispatch also lists 49 additional identifications among the recovered dead, including embalmed remains.
The White Star liner Olympic halted its New York voyage after a firemen strike and crew desertion. Sixty four sailors were arrested at Portsmouth for mutiny as union officials denounced the action while replacements were gathered in Liverpool and Portsmouth. Passengers were shifted to the Baltic and mail redirected to Cunard’s Lusitania.
In Hilleville Virginia on April 27 1812 members of the Allen clan were arraigned for their part in the Carroll court shooting March 14 that killed a judge prosecutor sheriff a wren and a spectator. Floyd Allen and his sons Claude and Victor and nephews Sidna Edwards and Hurd Marion face first degree murder charges.
Washington reports the army transport Crook will depart San Francisco tonight to reach the western Mexican coast. It will pick up Americans wishing to leave and visit Topolobampo Alluta Masatian Mangranillo la Colla Acapulco in Binuloa and Guerrero states.
Pierre, 4, reportedly dies suddenly at his Dublin home. Other items note John Redmond presiding over a nationalist convention, cheers after the third Home Rule bill described as the most satisfactory measure offered to Ireland, and references to executions and robberies framed in the era's political tension.
Senate hearings report J Bruce Ismay questioned for causing tension near lifeboat No 6 as Fifth Officer Lowe testified he ordered Ismay away from the lowering boat. Frederick Fleet and Major Arthur Peuchen described lookout limits and lifeboat loading, stressing lack of binoculars and insufficient crew drills aboard the Titanic.
Washington April 26 Dr Harvey Wiley voiced views before the House committee on interaiute commerce urging packaging to be stamped with contents and wholesale practices. He recounted a grocer trying to weight a ham and noted how the weight altered with time illustrating concerns over labeling and honesty.
Fire from a basement explosion destroyed the five story Hels plant at Wet Eighteenth and South Clark, spreading to an adjacent Schwarts building. Losses reach about 400000, damaging tenement houses and forcing residents into the streets as crews battled the blaze and some firefighters were overcome by smoke. The report notes Texas produced 9000000 barrels of petroleum in 1911.
Washington April 24. Officials and the LVE Corporation discuss a potential agreement on the national aviation relations accord. Negotiations focus on corporate governance and regulatory alignment as talks continue.
New York April 26 Titanic disaster lists more identified victims from the Mackay Bennett cable ship which heads to Halifax to meet recovered bodies. About 100 survivors and the Bremen report over 100 bodies afloat, with crews noting an iceberg nearby. An employment bureau aids survivors, while Mrs Madaline Torre Astor curtails nervous strain but is expected to recover.
London reports renewed interest in the American Senate inquiry into the Titanic disaster. Parliament members press for fair and honorable treatment for British subjects as Under Secretary Acland says no complaint has been received. Sydney Buxton says 166 women and children perished in the catastrophe.
Hearings on the Burton-Littleton bill to create a commission representing the United States opened before Senate foreign relations committees. A delegation from the east and south led by Alton B. Parker urged the bill as plans mark the anniversary tied to the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on Christmas Eve, 1812 ending the war.
Police report a break-in at the sheriff’s office by Edward Connelly after afternoon services. He allegedly attacked Sheriff Forrer in the courthouse yard, prompting a nighttime disturbance as authorities swore in deputies and prepared for further actions.
A fragmented report notes a movement in Washington to secure greater safety for passengers following the Titanic tragedy. It mentions German officials and government responses while outlining ongoing negotiations and proposed reforms.
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