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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1910
Page
2
A sprawling collection of breezy notes and jests touches on aviation’s lively start, a river jump tale, earthquakes and Costa Rica, US food safety denials, kissing in French stations, church hats in New York, city population rivalries, census work in Canada, and political party implications.
A Japanese agent is captured in Meuador amid reports of JapanOffering aid to Peru in the Ecuador conflict. The United States and Mexico move toward international air traffic regulations, treating rogue cross border flights as smuggling or piracy while the region shifts war concerns to Ecuador. A disparate mix of notes covers weather, labor, and a woman with a wooden leg, reflecting broad wartime and economic anxieties.
A cow choked to death while attempting to swallow a fallen balloon as aviation advances. The piece mocks prominent figures claiming easy world conquest, calling them nature fakers and profs misinforming seniors.
In Newark Ohio Carl Etherington 22 a State Anti Saloon League worker was lynched after rioting and a jail assault. Mob battered Licking county jail doors dragged him from his cell shot kicked and hanged him. Etherington had confessed to killing William Howard proprietor of the Last Chance restaurant and former police chief. Nine other dry aldermen held at the city prison faced possible mob action.
New York City reports Woodrow Wilson, Princeton University president, as a potential Democratic candidate for 1912. He is to be nominated for New Jersey governor this fall, with support from prominent party figures to back his presidential bid if he wins New Jersey.
Oklahoma officials reach settlement with Waters Pierce Oil Co after a long dispute. Fine of 75000 to be paid in installments. company to confess judgment but continue operations. Three agreements require uniform prices until the state market regulator fixes rates and prohibit certain restraints on trade. A new refinery near the oil fields will be tax exempt for five years.
Colonel Roosevelt announced he will campaign for Senator Beveridge of Indiana after friends urged him to speak there. He supported the trip, saying he consented to the request. The report notes Beveridge’s bid and Roosevelt’s active backing.
Bolivian minister to the United States Don Ignacio Calderon quietly wed Beatrice Monica Ainley a trained nurse in Mamaroneck New York. The marriage was disclosed when a Washington relative questioned the match. Calderon age listed as 60 with occupation professor and residence Washington. The bride said to be 43.
In St Louis Judge Withrow orders Harry B Gardner secretary and fiscal agent of Continental Assurance and International Fire Assurance to show cause at 10 am Monday why he should not disgorge 170399.34 dollars. Gardner faces involuntary bankruptcy as the books claim he was paid commissions on stock sales for expenses of organization. Fourteen Negroes killed in race riots follow Jack Johnson victory with 105 injured among Negroes and three whites.
The board of conciliation granted telegraphers wage hikes from 26 to 35 percent, shorter hours, and merit based promotions after two months of proceedings. Also reports a post office robbery inIllinois with dynamite blast at Ladd stealing $75 cash and $50 in stamps.
A federal jury in Kansas City returned a verdict for the government in the bleached flour case involving Lexington Mill and Elevator of Lexington Nebraska. The government contends the Alsop bleaching process damaged gluten and misbranded the flour as a patent product, while the defense denies adulteration or misbranding.
Firefighters battled a benzine still blaze at an Atlantic Refining plant as supervisor W A Weaver dashed through flames to shut a valve, stopping potential spread to near oil tanks housing over 30,000 barrels of refined petroleum. The incident underscored the danger amid the refinery complex.
Jack Johnson defeated James J. Jeffries in round 15 by knockout to win the world heavyweight title in Reno Nevada. The purse rose to 121000 with a 60 40 split in Johnsons favor. Two incidents followed the bout as a mob rioted in Joplin Missouri and a negro constable was killed in an attempted arrest during postfight unrest.
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