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Newspaper
Inter Mountain Globe
Location
Hulett, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
2
An eclectic column surveys explorers naming Cape Nothing, London sandwich men amid new insurance laws, and birds like the white egret under a new protection bill. It compares Moltke's brevity with a jokey toast, notes dingo predators in Australia, and recalls biblical verifications by William Hunnis. It mentions humane slaughter methods, Isaac Pitman centenary plans, and color-changing geranium relatives studied by Prof. Fitting.
A French astronomer links dust from Halley’s comet to nocturnal coronae seen in clear skies since May 19, 1911. Corona size varies with air particle size. smaller particles yield larger coronas.
A Wisconsin country newspaper reporting on Senator Robert M. La Follette’s speech quotes his wife Mrs La Follette and notes the misquote. The intended comment “And the muses believed him” is reported as “And the masses believed him” leading to emphasis on public reception.
It is expected that four years hence the cotton crop will total at least 1,000,000,000 pounds, up from 650,000,000 pounds in 1911 as part of Egypt's major drainage scheme.
London reports a Bulgarian Turkish armistice in the wake of a cholera outbreak. Bulgarian troops near Kilios push toward Constantinople while cholera undermines Turkish defenses and derkos town control shapes water supply. Turkish public mood turns toward quiet resignation under martial law.
Bulgas reach near Killow behind Belgrade forest, threatening Constantinople flank. Savoff leads as Bulgarians press toward Therapia and Kiliom, possibly opening land attack. Peace talks progress slowly with Berlin reporting Bulgar-Turkish conference ahead. Austria Hungary-Berlin tensions ease while Montenegro demands evacuation of Scutari.
Nov 16 Berlin reports confirm atrocities by Serbian troops against Albanians. Captain Peralus from Uskup witnessed Albanian villas burned and heard many eye witnesses describe reckless shooting of men and women. Serbians reportedly admit a war of extermination aims to wipe Albanians from the earth.
In Belgrade reports dated Nov 16 Servian cavalry forced a Turkish force to surrender near Monastir after dislodging Ottoman posts at Debromira five miles east of Monastir. Turks retreated to Morales and were pursued until surrender. Heavy fire led the Turkish commander to stop fighting. Servian advance slowed by floods.
Bulgaria's council of ministers discussed the Turkish armistice request sent by Kiamil Pasha to King Ferdinand. Bulgaria plans to inform Balkan allies and respond soon after consultation. Negotiations would be military-only, begin after Turkish authorities accept terms barring further Turkish reinforcements.
Berlin dispatch reports a Vossische Zeitung correspondent in Semlin claiming Bulgarian troops mutilated Turkish soldiers after the Kirk-Kilise battle and carried Turks heads on bayonets. The report says the war has become barbaric, with long standing hatreds fueling the fighting.
Women and children who fled from their homes in the agora region on the Albanian frontier are starving and freezing in snow bound mountains after raids by Turkish and Albanian bands. Men from the region work elsewhere, leaving women and children exposed to banditry.
Bucat Roumanian report says forty four soldiers drowned crossing Cal arasi lake while moving between military stations. Only five of forty nine troops swam to shore as boat capsized. Greek forces quit Saloniki and move toward Monastir as Servian troops close in on the city. Turkish army concentration feared.
Constantinople dispatch reports the cholera outbreak among Turkish troops at Tchata near Constantinople worsening rapidly with over 500 new cases daily and more than 6,000 total cases reported to date.
John Addison Matthews, 36, an insurance agent, shot and killed his second wife Pauline Matthews and wounded his divorced wife Blanche Gilger of Salem, Pa., before shooting himself in the head. His first wife died two hours after being wounded in the November 16 incident in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In a series of engagements around Kirk-Kilisseh Adrianople and Lule Burgas Turkish retreats, Bulgarian and Servian forces shifted counts from 25 000 Bulgarians to 7 000 Turks and 40 000 Bulgarians 25 000, with 7 000 Turks 5 000 Servians near Kumanovo. Around Scutari Turks 3 000 Montenegrins 6 000, other minor clashes Turks 5 000 Servians 3 000, and engagements with Greeks Turks 2 000 Greeks about the same.
Washington reports the Department of Justice plans to file an anti trust suit against United Fruit Company under the Sherman act. The action seeks dissolution of the large industrial concern with authorized capital of 86 million dollars and 29.7 million outstanding, as it controls the firm’s entire stock.
Washington Noville Democrats plan to organize the Senate of the Sixty third Congress around a likely leader pro tempore Thomas Pere of Oklahoma may become Senate leader. Other senior senators contend for the post amid partisan opposition and shifting seniority claims.
Tropical Fruit Steamship company operates a fleet of 18 steamships. It maintains regular service for passengers and merchandise between the Wear Indias, Central America, and the United States.
In Phoenix Arizona on November 1 a suit was filed in the U S district court by the Santa Fe railroad to block enforcement of the new three cent fare law passed in the recent election. The action seeks to halt the measure’s effect pending further judicial review and challenges its validity under applicable statutes. The case marks a key legal clash over the transportation pricing policy amid post election debates.
The text sketches a split among Democrats with conservative members aiming to control the Senate while reformist Democrats back Gore. It argues the only path to victory against a strong progressive-conservative clash is to elect a candidate conservatives would rally against, framing a strategic showdown.
Theresa Rive aged 30 wife of a Des Moines traveling man died after taking carbolic acid at home while her three children played nearby. The exact cause remains unknown as doctors arrived too late to save her.
From Tuesday’s election returns, nineteen states elected Democratic governors and nine Republican governors. Notable results include Ammons in Colorado, Baldwin in Connecticut, Foss in Massachusetts, Sulzer in New York, Lister in Washington, and Hatfield in West Virginia among others. The New Hampshire vote produced no majority, leaving the legislature to decide.
In Kansas City Missouri on November 16 Judge Burney ruled that women card parties called clubs without membership cards or invitations do not violate gambling laws. Mrs Laura Setzer faced disturbing the peace charges after a quarrel with Mrs Frances Thompson at a Progressive Five Club meeting. About 60 women played for prizes in a public hall. the club was placed under a court ban.
Federal officials opened an inquiry into the alleged sale of two Japanese children who claimed their parents sold them for 25 dollars each in Tokio and brought them to the United States to be trained as athletes.
A newspaper record from November reports William Allender fatally shooting Franklin and Dorr, wounding Harrone and another, then killing himself in his carpenter shop. A bystander Linpum narrowly escaped. Two Mesxloane were shot, one fatally. Allender then killed himself.
A notice reports Anthony Wrobleeky, from a large Ih family, welcomed twins today a boy and a girl. Four of Mrs Wrobleeky’s elder children are the mothers of the twins, with a photo showing the scene and family members present.
In Wamego Kansas on November 16 a jury of six women peers acquitted Mrs Anna Raine of stealing four white Plymouth Rock hens from neighbor Mrs Mina Johnson after hours of deliberation. The all female panel faced identity questions over the birds and noted social prominence among jurors. The verdict ended the case brought from Louisville as a local matter with no penitentiary threat.
In Hutchinson Kansas Mrs Little Green and Frankkes a Canton merchant were found dead in a rooming house officers broken in. The woman gagged head beaten with a hammer and a man throat cut with a knife. The coroner ruled murder with probable suicide. Diamonds found suggest robbery not motive. The couple were last seen together last night.
Chicago November 16 860 beauty shown by 48 babies at a Kenwood gathering for primes. Judges awarded blue ribbons to each infant amid anxious mothers and jealous glances. Mrs Lewis E Howard chairwoman declared every baby a first prize winner.
Chicago November 16. A national system of immigration protection and distribution would be built if eight states can influence Congress at the second annual meeting of the national conference of immigration land and labor officers. The plan aims to curb exploitation by employers lodging houses and transportation firms. It envisions guiding immigrants away from entry cities toward agricultural work in villages and towns. States represented include Iowa Nebraska Kansas and South Dakota.
Washington officials say an agreement to replace the 1433 commercial treaty with Russia is virtually reached and expected to be satisfactory to both nations before the current treaty expires January 1. Details remain undisclosed.
Los Angeles tests a curfew plan using blinking street lights at 9 pm to deter children from the streets. Chief Sebastian endorses the warning measure with limited duration nightly, affecting households and city traffic.
At the dynamite conspiracy trial in Indianapolis, George H. Phillips testified that Jamen B. McNamara bought 600 pounds of nitrogelatin and helped load it onto the Peerless at Oakland before the Los Angeles Times explosion. Phillips identified receipts and wrappings, while Nat France and Earl M. Adams testified about 1,800 pounds stolen from a Bloom-Neild quarry.
New York November 16 gunmen defending their innocence in the Rosenthal murder case testified they were invited to the Metropole by Jack Rose and that the killing was not ordered by their group. Dago Frank Ctrofics and others denied involvement, while Rose discussed framing Jack Actig and the Chinatown shooting.
Mrs John Bewsler of Decatur told a Cincinnati Women s club meeting that government laws should ban manufacture of inferior garments and that a national textile bureau be created to investigate and standardize clothing.
Twelve people, including four visitors two of them young, are buried in the Klorn Milver mine at Frisco Meaver county Utah. The visitors are uninjured on the 300 foot level. Seven miners remain unaccounted in the lower levels as rescue efforts continue.
Cottonwood Falls Kansas November 16 a local election results show Chase county will lose its distinction of having more women officeholders than any other county as four women candidates ran in the recent election with only one re elected suffrage amendment supporters fell short.
Detectives pursue a man named George Remnee after a woman, about fifty, was found beaten in a Saratoga hotel room in Detroit. A Bible with marked passages about deadly justice is examined for clues. A Chicago bound train carried a suspect meeting the description. the companion wears a brown overcoat and a large neck growth suggesting a 17% collar.
In federal court Mrs. William T. Kirby testified that her husband’s defunct bank scheme drained funds from the Kirby Savings Bank. She said she ferried sums from Englewood to downtown hotels, noting his insistence on more, including a $100,000 request, which she refused.
Paris reports Augustin Mus known as The Blind Honker of Paris surrendered to police and confessed misappropriating about 2,000,000 dollars from clients. He claimed funds were invested in copper and nickel mines in New Caledonia where ventures failed. He had contemplated suicide but family persuaded surrender.
Official advices state that the 1th infantry now at Fort Meade will soon be ordered to Port Russell for permanent duty. The move follows orders received at Mart Do. from Acting officials.
Clifton Chaney of Winchester Kentucky would have gained thirty thousand dollars if the ticket agent at Unplan depot had not been away when he bought railroad tickets for himself and five family members who perished in a wreck near In dispapolin Wednesday. Chaney departed Winchester on the next train. he was the sole survivor.
New York, Novid Hull sues Hall of Giants star Christy Marquard for 26000 dollars claiming alienation of affection. The complaint was served while Marquard dined with Seeley. The case follows a wave of tabloid style reports as they move through court and vaudeville circles.
A wreck off Ont losing over 200 lives. Refuges from varus aboard the ill fated voyage report the ship foundered near Hadar Voswr. Survivors tell of panic and starvation as rescuers struggled amid cold seas.
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