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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1909
Page
13
In Constantinople on May 5, the Young Turks shield key capitals sites as reactionaries threaten uprising. An edict warns agitators to stop trouble and promises summary punishment. Meanwhile abuses echo in Asia Minor with disturbances and two mission schools burned.
Wentworth voters awarded the municipal waterworks contract to J. L. White of White, S. D., for 7000 dollars. The package covers the power house, well, machinery, and water mains. Work to start soon and finish early this summer, giving Wentworth a first class system and fire protection.
Mrs H E Mitchell wife of Captain Mitchell U S A military instructor at Washington State college Pullman has produced what may be the largest American flag. The flag measures 110 feet wide 30 feet deep with 13 stripes three feet wide and a 12 by 12 foot blue field of stars. It was stretched across a three story brick building for cadet review and may tour Spokane during the 17th annual National Irrigation Congress before possibly heading to the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition.
State governor receives numerous complaints about law violations in Gregory and Dallas as new settlers travel to Tripp county lands. Local authorities allegedly wink at open saloons gambling dens and gambling games aimed at draining newcomers of their money.
Plans filed with the bureau of buildings call for a 376 foot thirty-one story hotel at the southwest corner of Madison Avenue and Forty-second Street in New York. The speculative project would be the tallest hotel in the world, surpassing all existing structures by ten stories, with a projected cost of $2,000,000.
May morning in Chicago wheat pits James Patten a known plunger returned to trading on a speculator’s note and the pit reacted with a shock but no panic.
The report notes no price panic occurred and suggests Patten left due to fears of further verse legislation by the linvis solons.
May 5 Pittsburg officials convicted in a wave of disclosures receive sentences. W. W. Ramsey banker gets eight months and a $1000 fine. John F. Kelin councilman gets three years and a $1500 fine. William Ward gets two years and a $500 fine. Larry Tolger hotel man receives two years and a $1500 fine. James C. Colbert two years and a $500 fine.
The Navy directs the cruiser North Carolina and the Montana now at Gibraltar to proceed to Mersina in Asia Minor to remain until danger passes. The revenue cutter Tacoma is also ordered to the Turkish port.
Senator Aldrich continued his assault on the tariff bill as amended by the Senate Finance Committee. He challenged the changes and pressed for modifications shaping tariff policy in Washington on May 5.
Theodre Browning of Minot North Dakota died in a prairie fire south of Moose Jaw Manitoba while attempting a rescue. The neighbors he aimed to save escaped unharmed.
The funeral for Edward Reilly who died yesterday in Spearfish will be held at the Catholic church tomorrow at 10 am. The body arrives tonight from Spearfish and stays at Thomas Goodman's home until services. Pallbearers: Dr E Mullen, W McDonald, Michael Ryan, Richard Dunlap, Matt Plunkett, T D Murrin. Reilly belonged to Knights of Pythias and once to Black Hills Pioneers. He moved to the Hills in 1876 and lived around Central Lead and Spearfish.
Tommy Sheridan, 14, son of John Sheridan, suffered severe injuries from a dental explosive cap explosion in front of Mrs Myrah Peters home. Amputation of parts of two fingers and possible loss of sight in one eye were reported. he was taken to Homestake hospital for treatment.
Senator Nelson Clapp of Minnesota urged a tariff reduction in the revision bill. He said the Republican platform reflected public sentiment and that it was due the people to pursue downward duty adjustments.
At the May 7 cabinet session Secretary Wilson and Secretary Ballinger clashed over land withdrawals held for agricultural and forest reserves. Attorney General Wickersham was directed to prepare opinions on the legality of transferring the lands to the forestry service.
At Chicago May 5 the resolutions committee rejects a motion to recognize socialism and urges a treaty to make arbitration obligatory. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese ambassador, speaks on China's peace ideals, military reform, and preparedness for war only as defense. He notes China’s love of peace and cites vast war casualty figures presented by Benjamin Trueblood of the American Peace Society.
The excerpt compares a modern figure to the total global population over 600 years and estimates 14 million war deaths in the nineteenth century from wounds and disease. It references Mr Trueblood and a high historical population figure.
Independent tanners and shoe manufacturers push for free hides while Texas cattlemen press to retain a 15 percent duty. Senate maneuvers led by Aldrich aim to tax hides for potential tariff tradeoffs. Advocates argue free hides would boost a large export shoe industry and employment, offset by wage losses in the tanning sector.
Federal Solicitor Scott's paper is read as James Brown Scott was scheduled as afternoon feature but absent. Ellen Henrotin Jane Addams Lucy Ames Mead and other leaders advocate disarmament and settlement of conflicts through soft, diplomatic means amid a nationwide peace pow wow in Chicago.
Iowa Insurance Commissioner Basford fixed Tuesday May 25 as the hearing date to contest the Home Guardians of the state and the Mystic Toters along with three other fraternal insurance firms over cancellation of licenses held by the Dakota company.
Arrangements are underway for a two day celebration in Belle Fourche with sports on July 2 at the fair grounds and events on July 3 at Belleview Park. Local organizers coordinate schedules and activities for residents.
Sisteraville West Virginia May 4 The Standard Oil company announced price reductions of five cents a barrel on nearly all grades of oil. Speculators owning pipelines who have held oil in these channels will be heavy losers by the cut.
Theodore Roosevelt argues for a national immigration policy that protects U S interests while avoiding offense. He stresses equal treatment, selective settlement, and joint government action with Japan to curb mass immigration and land purchases, urging a strong navy to support feasible limits. The piece frames cooperation and restraint as essential to bilateral stability and national health.
Theodore Roosevelt argues a strong navy ensures peace and deters war, saying the nation would fight if attacked and that naval power is the cheapest war insurance, in a bold defense of national defense without regard to peace advocates. He frames naval buildup as essential for security and credibility.
Fort Scott Kansas May 7 Fred Warren manager of the Appeal to Reason was convicted yesterday of misuse of the mails He printed on envelopes an offer of 1000 dollars for anyone who would return former Governor Taylor to Kentucky to stand trial for Goebel murder Clarence Darrow of Chicago represented the defendant He will appeal
Sioux Falls reports John H. Larkin a forger serving five years and Harry Voight a federal inmate indicted for post office theft escaped last evening. A third inmate bound and gagged was found awaiting release. An inner bar was sawed, outer bar bent, with blankets over the wall and a flatiron used to force the bars.
President George Baer of the Reading Coal interests declared the Supreme Court ruling on the commodities clause of the Hepburn bill satisfactory. Attorneys for large corporations are planning holding companies for coal properties and expect the ruling to undermine the Sherman anti trust law.
Washington May 7 Senator Bailey of Texas offered an amendment to the Hepburn bill to prevent coal carrying roads from owning stock in coal mining firms. He argued the Supreme Court ruling defeats the bill and the amendment would correct and preserve its aims. The court held railroads may not own properties they haul but did not bar holding stock in producing companies.
Mercer Pennsylvania May 7 Mrs James Boyle known as the woman of mystery in the Whitle kidnapping case showed irritation on the witness stand and briefly revealed plot secrets promising more disclosures. She named three others as participants and Willie Whitla identified her as the woman who guarded him in a Cleveland flat.
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