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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
6
A San Bois Coal company mine No. 2 explosion kills an estimated 105 men, with 11 of 116 day-shift workers known alive. A special train of doctors and nurses from Fort Smith arrived, but government experts say all others are presumed dead. Rescue efforts win down as hope fades.
Will Not Secede Hastings Neb Nebraska Modern Woodmen who object to the increase in insurance rates by the head camp met in convention here They adopted resolutions urging officials of the order to call a special session of the head camp to reconsider the rate increase.
Washington report says the house committee on state department expenditures investigates rumors that Secretary Knox employs Archibald S. Pinkert as a private servant and valet on the Central American tour. The inquiry also reviews trip expenses and prior employment by Knox in the Senate.
Final returns from Grand Forks North Dakota show Robert M La Follette near fifteen thousand votes ahead. Total counts place La Follette around 32000, Roosevelt about 18000, and Taft near 3000.
Robert G. Ross of Lexington will appear on the Lincoln primary ballots as a United States president candidate despite the secretary of state denying his petition weeks ago. Ross went to the state house in person with both Republican and Democratic petitions and urged that his name be recorded.
Mrs Blanche Carson, arrested for smuggling jewels worth thousands from India, commits suicide by hanging from an eighth floor hotel window. A pedestrian saw her body swinging from the window at the Hotel Bronztell.
Washington legislators consider a bill by Representative Stephens of Mississippi to appropriate 25 million dollars for drainage of swamp and other wetlands across the United States. The proposal aims to fund flood control and land development projects nationwide.
The Navy Department fears a coal strike and plans talks with bituminous coal suppliers. Twenty five foreign steamers in Hampton Roads offer $1.50 extra per ton for fuel while the Boston navy yard runs short of coal and concerns grow for other yards.
New England textile workers will gain more than 10 million dollars in wage increases over the next year as mills raise pay. Woolen mills with a 79 million dollar annual payroll see about 5.6 million more for workers, while cotton mill operatives gain roughly 5 million.
In Chicago Illinois during a family breakfast the head of the Conrad Seipp Brewing Company C Seipp took his own life. The tragedy occurred while relatives were in another room. Local authorities investigated the incident as a suicide.
The University of Chicago announces a $2,000,000 endowment to fund a pension system for faculty and widows. About 150 to 200 faculty members of roughly 350 will be eligible for benefits under the new program.
Merrick hosts Yair this year at Clarks. Broken Bow event postponed due to heavy snow. Wolf hunt near West Point nets three hundred people aiding in destroying three wolves. Hastings eyed for Nebraska Bankers convention on May 22. Deshler endures twenty foot drifts delaying trains. Lexington selects Mr. Benson of Lincoln as school superintendent. Dakota City principal J A Chicoine resigns to farm. Fremont printing office damaged by fire likely without insurance. Governor Aldrich names Samuel M. Melick warden of the penitentiary. Sterling’s J Jerabek locates long-lost brother in St Joseph. Wayne Farmers Cream Association reports 30000 dollars in business. Fremont voters change registrations after ward-line shift. Victor Rosewater named acting chair of national GOP committee. Murphy becomes fourth-class post office. F J Johnson urged as postmaster. Sprague observes recovery with M W A hall and opera house dedication. River ice and flood fears rise as Platte and Missouri edge toward breakup. Beatrice electrician N F Howell shoots at Vern Ayers. no injuries. Norris withdraws postmaster recommendations to the President. West Point race week preparations begin July 30–Aug 1. Alma Den tal Assn closes with banquet. Shallenberger, Furse, Perry attend. Greenwood election to decide saloon fate. Death of A Davis in Tacoma recalled by Fremont. One passenger reports paying five dollars for a chicken aboard a snowbound Missouri Pacific train near Eagle.
A compilation from Washington notes Dr Harvey W Wiley resigning from the bureau of chemistry, amid agency friction. Other items include A P Wilder arriving in San Francisco as consul general at Shanghai, Senator Cummins proposing a national presidential primary, and calls to preserve water power sites amid growing consolidation. Also reported are wage strikes, weather extremes, shipwrecks, a near assassination of King Victor Emmanuel, and local Nebraska moves on banks, prisons, and canaling.
A roundup reports snowbound trains in Kansas. deaths include Frank Gallup, oldest Wisconsin teacher, and Louis Marshall Dent, former Grant ally. Women may join the Iowa Ancient Order of United Workmen. Lead, South Dakota saw a fatal back injury. Canadian government actions target horses. Nebraska officials discuss prison data. Typhoid fever cases rise in Two Harbors, Kansas delegates to Champ Clark. Rhode Island direct primary delegates approved by Democrats. Airborne bombs kill Arabs near Benghazi. Dale Geiger drowns near Antelope Creek. Elizabeth Webster testifies in Lewis case. Ball primary bill faces opposition in Michigan Senate. Explosive-trial date set for Indianapolis defendants. General Sheng Yuan leads troops toward Peking to restore the emperor.
The article notes slim chances of an extra legislative session to retain waterpower privileges. Most water rights are already claimed, and a constitutional amendment may be needed to control utilities. A new legislature meets January, with no urgency seen. Governor Aldrich supports state control but actions are unclear. The Federal Capitol Commission asks about costs to maintain the Nebraska Capitol, estimated at $16,000 yearly and $750,000 total building cost.
State secretary reports 136 candidates filed for state offices and preferential presidential choices. The count includes both Republican wings and several socialist contenders. No prohibition party candidates have yet filed for the April 19 primary.
Samuel Patterson appeals the state auditor's rejection of his $6,000 two years' salary as secretary of the state banking board. He was enjoined from duty by a U S district court after his appointment, yet contends he was ready and willing to perform his work at all times.
Chris Gruenther travels through the city with a petition to place Senator G. M. Hitchcock on the primary ballot as a candidate at large for the Democratic National Convention. He says the petition contains the names of 6,000 Democratic voters.
H. C. Nicholson of Omaha has been appointed United States bank examiner and has not resigned as state bank examiner. The federal position was offered to another state examiner, Emmett, who declined. it is unclear whether Nicholson will accept.
William McLaughlin longtime county treasurer and prominent Democrat in the First district died at his Lincoln home after a long illness. He leaves a wife and three children.
Lincoln Traction ceases opposition to the six for quarter fare plan and withdraws its application with the state railway commission. The action ends a long debated issue in Lincoln. A hearing had been set for Monday, with a continuance requested on the suburban portions of the proposal.
Bowden of Kearney called Secretary of State Wait’s office to ask about filing as a Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth District. He claimed mailing his papers that evening would be his last chance to file.
A. E. Howard filed a precise summons with the district court clerk to compel inmates of the state penitentiary to testify on April 23. Witnesses include Charles Burns John JicAdan James Sullivan Edward Stegeman and Mike Berry alias Reeder for defendant Albert Prince in the Deputy Warden Davis killing case.
The state university cadets encampment will occur in the second week of May instead of late June. The change, approved by the university senate last week, aims to avoid the exam week and improve cadet performance. The cadets are understood to be pleased with the adjustment.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed its prior ruling in the American Surety case, holding that insurance companies are within the Junkin antitrust act as trade and commerce. The decision relies on the Gondring act’s wording and the Omaha Elevator case, clarifying that insurance firms fall under restraints on trade and thus within the law.
State Auditor Barton warns Nebraska merchants and manufacturers against dealing with unlicensed insurance companies. He vows to prosecute agents soliciting such business and reminds that admitted companies must appoint the state auditor as their attorney for defense in Nebraska courts. He cites complaints of patronage to eastern firms and condemns mail only representations by outlaw companies.
Governor Aldrich dismissed a Lincoln pastor’s sermon claim that Nebraska prisoners are worsened by prison management. He said some critics do not know what they are talking about.
Reports from western ranges indicate many cattle are dying due to severe weather and scarcity of feed. Heavy snows cover the land and temperatures stay very low, leading to heavy stock losses.
Adjutant General Phelps weighs a plan to incorporate the Pershing Rifles unit, the university cadets’ crack company, into the Nebraska National Guard. Captain Yates, cadet commandant, proposed the idea, which has been under study for months.
State Treasurer Walter George reports the previous year saw state bonds from other states tied to the school fund sold for 1,016,216 with a premium of 8,418.98 realized. Proceeds reinvested in Nebraska securities yield 0.93 percent higher interest, amounting to 9,450 yearly for the school fund. Bonds bought at par.
Rev W H Kearns field secretary of the home mission department of the Presbyterian church reports dire finances among western Nebraska families. He cites the North Platte valley where a government irrigation ditch is being built and notes many settlers still lack water after buying land at 35 dollars per acre three years ago including water rights.
Governor Aldrich selects Rev. Nathan Harmon of Lincoln as chaplain of the penitentiary replacing Rev. Pp. C. Johnson who resigned. Harmon, an evangelist with no current pastorate, is Cotner University trained and ordained in the Christian church. He previously led the Christian church at David City, the governor's hometown, and his brother Rev. H. H. Harmon pastors Lincoln's First Christian church.
Officials of the anti Saloon league report about fifty towns and villages in Nebraska will vote directly on license or no license in the April 2 elections. Every incorporated city and village except Omaha and Lincoln holds municipal elections that day. The license question was removed from local office contests to reduce its influence. Many towns showed little interest.
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