Brief World Happenings and Notable Events
A roundup notes former Roosevelt aides William Loeb Jr and George Cortelyou called before a Senate committee on campaign contributions. Postmaster General Hitchcock raises rural carriers on standard routes from 1,000 to 1,100 dollars yearly, with about 30,000 carriers affected. Julia C. Lathrop sets up the new children's bureau staff in Washington. A balloon accident in Pittsburg injures a boy, and a Flint youth dies after a fall through a barn roof at a fair. William M. Wood faces an indictment for conspiracy tied to the Lawrence textile strike. A Kansas City boy drowns after repeated rescues fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Loeb, Jr
George B. Cortelyou
Roosevelt
William Randolph Hearst
John D. Archbold
Senate Committee
Hitchcock
Congress
Julia C. Lathrop
Chicago
Children’s Bureau
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington
Roosevelt Denies Oil Campaign Contributions Claim
Colonel Roosevelt released his letter to Senator Clapp denying allegations by John D. Archbold and Senator Penrose that Standard Oil funded his 1904 campaign. Justice Elkin of the Pennsylvania supreme court said he received 5000 dollars then 10000 dollars from Archbold for political purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Archbold
Boss Penrose
Standard Oil Company
Penrose
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Clapp
John P. Elkin
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Threats of death demand ransom from McKim Mead firm head
A letter to William Rutherford Mead of McKim Mead & White claims instant death threats to him and his wife unless a specified sum is paid to the Black Hand. The note alleges a London arrest was part of a plot with Belgian police and jewel thieves tied to Princess Thurn and Taxis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of the Black Hand
William Rutherford Mead
McKim, Mead & White
New York City
London
Princess of Thurn and Taxis
Norman Selby
Kid McCoy
New York
St. Louis
Southampton
Notable Obituaries and Deaths of 1912 Figures
Personal Hamilton King of Olivet Michigan, minister to Siam, died in Bangkok from arae mia and heart failure. Carlton T. Garretson editor of Judge died in New York after injuries from a horse accident. James Keir Hardie Jr. married Marion Stoddart in Brooklyn. Bishop Charles C. Grafton of Fon du Lac dies after a week of illness. Herman F. Snow claims J Pierpone Morgan funded Bull Moose push. Justice Charles A. Blair of Michigan supreme court dies in Lansing. Mrs Henry H Rogers dies in a private car near Bretton Woods on way to New York City at sixty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton King
Olivet
Mich
United States
Siam
Bangkok
Mr. King
St. Johns, N. F
Carlton T. Garretson
Judge
New York City
Charles A. Blair
Michigan State Supreme Court
Lansing
Jackson, Mich
Austin Blair
Michigan
Bretton Woods
N. H
Henry H. Rogers
Standard Oil Magnet
Record-Setting Pace Near World Mark in Minnesota Races
Sporting George Gano and Minor Heir, owned by M W Savage, nearly matched the world pacing record at Hamline Minnesota State Fair races. The world record 2.02% was within 1.5 seconds as 2.04% time fell short. Ralph De Palma drove a Mercedes to a double victory at the Elgin National Watch trophy and the free for all on the Higin course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gano
M. W. Savage
Savage, Minn
Hedgewood Boy
Lady Maud C
Savage
Hamline
Ralph de Palma
Elgin National Watch Company
Higin (ii
Britain to demand U.S. arbitration over Panama Canal Act
London announces formal British demand for arbitration with the United States on England's claim that the Panama Canal Act violates the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Officials say instructions may be sent to British representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
Governor Appoints Fifteen Delegates to National Conservation Congress
Indianapolis reports Governor Marshall named fifteen delegates and fifteen alternates from Indiana for the National Conservation Congress meeting to be held October 14. Appointees include John W. Boehne Evansville Horace Ellis Vincennes W. L. Bryan Bloomington W. A. Mills Hanover Ralph Moss Clay Center R. C. Kelley Richmond C A Korbly Indianapolis W T Durbin Anderson 8 M Ralston Lebanon Stanley Coulter Lafayette Frank Depuy Wabash L N Sniff Angola M W Mix Mishawaka John Cavanaugh Notre Dame B F Shively South Bend. Alternates listed: Frank B Posey Huaneville D L Terhune Linton John H Weathers New Albany Lincoln Dixon North Vernon Howard Barrett Plainfield Will R Yarling Shelbyville Charles Warren Fairbanks Indianapolis Howard Fahey Muncie Donaldson Bodine Crawfordsville H B Brown Valparaiso George B Lockwood Marion Cyrus Cline Angola Joseph D Oliver South Bend W W Parsons Terre Haute A J Beveridge Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marshall
Indiana
National Conservation Congress
John W. Boehne
Evansville
Horace Ellis
Vincennes
W. L. Bryan
Bloomington
W. A. Mills
Hanover
Ralph Moss
Clay Center
R. C. Kelley
Richmond
C. A. Korbly
W. T. Durbin
Anderson
8. M. Ralston
Lebanon
Stanley Coulter
Lafayette
Frank Depuy
Wabash
L. N. Sniff
Angola
M. W. Mix
Mishawaka
John Cavanaugh
Notre Dame
B. F. Shively
South Bend
Frank B. Posey
Huaneville
D. L. Terhune
Linton
John H. Weathers
New Albany
Lincoln Dixon
North Vernon
Howard Barrett
Plainfield
Will R. Yarling
Shelbyville
Charles Warren Fairbanks
Howard Fahey
Muncie
Donaldson Bodine
Crawfordsville
H. B. Brown
Valparaiso
George B. Lockwood
Marion
Cyrus Cline
Joseph D. Oliver
W.W. Parsons
Terre Haute
A. J. Beveridge
Big Fire at Goshen Destroys W D Platter Block
A blaze in Goshen gutted the double block owned by W D Platter. The south half housed a restaurant and lodging rooms run by John Boyts who faced $4,000 in losses. Glenn Lytle shared $1,000 in household goods while C B Stiver's furniture store area suffered $7,000 in damage. The block, valued at $12,000, was mostly insured and five lodgers above the restaurant lost personal effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
W. D. Platter
John Boyts
Glenn Lytle
C. B. Stiver
Platter
Injured Boy Struck by Car Near Kingsbury
Garry Collins fifteen year old son of Leroy Collins and his wife of near Kingsbury was brought to a local hospital after a car struck him while he rode a wheel on the road near his home. He suffered probable fatal injuries and was found fastened in the car’s machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Levine
Kansas City
Laporte
Garry Collins
Leroy Collins
Kingsbury
Photographer's suicide ends turmoil after separation
Sigmund Kloppt, a Knox photographer aged 53, used a rope and pistol to die in his gallery as teamsters removed his wife’s household goods following a separation agreement. He died instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Sigmund Kloppt
Knox
Bath man nearly loses tongue in Richmond accident
Cecil Whitman of Bath drove into an open ditch on East Main Street Richmond. His head hit the ditch edge and his jaw closed on his tongue almost severing it. A surgeon sutured the tongue with about six stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Cecil Whitman
Bath
East Main Street
Whitman
Three Men Drowned Scuffling in Pigeon Creek
Evanaville reports Henry Walden fifty white Mitchell Apkins forty eight and George McClain forty colored employees of a sawmill on Pigeon creek drowned when a skiff upset during play. Walden and Apkins were married and leave families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanaville
Henry Walden
Mitchell Apkins
George McClain
Pigeon Creek
Walden
Apkins
Boo prank ends in tragic farm accident in Muncie
Pauline Hart, three, daughter of Charles Hart, farmer, hid in a oat field to frighten her father riding a mowing machine. She yelled Boo and was struck by the machine blades, severing her arm and leg and fatally injuring the child in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boo
Muncie
Pauline
Charles
Hart
Treasures From Lake Guatavita Weighed By Indigenous Rites
In a New York Herald report readers learn how gold ornaments emeralds and pottery were thrown into Lake Guatavita near Bogota Colombia as a yearly sacred ritual of the Chibcha people. Spaniards attempted to drain and mine the lake with limited success the 1900 British drainage and mining efforts tap deeper relics prompting renewed interest.
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Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Guatavita
Bogota
Colombia
New York
Hartley Knowles
London
New York Herald
Charles Stuart Cochrane
Usaquen
Lake Guatavita
Habit to Be Avoided Ridicule in Society
The passage warns against the habit of ridiculing others and urges women to avoid this behavior. It notes that those who mock others reflect cynicism in their own features and that self-appointed critics are often more ridiculed by others than their targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Panhandle
West Virginia
Ohio
Iron clubs key to top golf play says Hilton
Harold H. Hilton asserts in Outing Magazine that true golf mastery hinges on iron play. A player should develop deadly accurate approach shots and good command of iron clubs to overcome flaws in wooden club work, even if not mastering every iron shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold H. Hilton
The
Outing Magazine
Train chase mystery between stops in old report
An inquisitive guard recalls the train stopping before reaching the station. A pig on the embankment prompts a chase by five old women and a guard, as they pursue the animal along the line.
Literal Surgery Quip Sparks Witty Exchange
A humorous remark plays on words about a surgeon and a heart procedure. The exchange contrasts writing with wiring, delivering a pun about medical practice.
Real Worries Seethe Over Household Maid Feud
In a domestic tiff, a maid in charge of a baby is snubbed by the maid tending the dog Fido, prompting worries about servant tensions and family order.
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Fido
Riot Footage Shown to Jury at Los Angeles Trial
A riot at the Federal building in Los Angeles will be reproduced for the jury using motion picture films. This marks a historic use of film as evidence in court. An on scene operator captured the actions of those charged with causing disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Building
Los Angeles
Moving-Picture
No Need for Dying Consumptives to Move West Says TB Group
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis urges physicians to curb advising patients to travel for health. Railroads should stop charity tickets for those unable to pay full fare. No consumptive should go to Colorado California or the West unless they have a strong chance of recovery and at least $1000 extra, with emphasis that treatment can occur nationwide. Where possible patients should seek local sanatoriums or home care under a physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Colorado
California
West
United States
National Association
Thirteen Years Unlucky Number for Dakota Woman
A South Dakota woman claims thirteen years of coffee misery ended after switching to Postum. She describes improved reading, clearer thinking, steadier nerves, better sleep, and renewed appetite within two weeks. She credits Postum and requests others try it, noting her experience and the company’s promotion materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postum Co
Battle Creek, Mich
Wellville
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F Pei Bee Ceart
Pittsburg
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Lawrence
Mass
Bremen
Navnal
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Lemonweiter
Camp Douglas
Wis
James Donnelly
Bradford
Lake Michigan
Carland
Carolyn
James Keir Hardie, Jr
James Keir Mardie
Marion Stoddart
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles C. Grafton
Fon du Lac
Wis.) Episcopal
Herman F. Snow
Marblehead
J. Pierpone Morgan
Dean
Edward Porsche
Cleveland Ave
Til
Doan
Sidney
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