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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1910
Page
7
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell warns that airplanes will soon carry crew and explosives, with ground fire weapons and aerial photography developed. He says rapid aerial reconnaissance will aid war efforts, though navigation and accurate targeting present challenges.
Reports cite dwindling Austrian Bricklayers' Union membership from 80 008 to 22 000 in 1909 and discuss AFL reforms, wage gains, and eight hour days. Proposals include nine hour day and fifty four hour week for women, with broader efforts to improve safety and sanitary conditions in railroad and building trades.
About 700000 industrial workers from 200000 families in 250 communities are under study by immigration commission agents. The reports examine the effect of recent immigration on industries and national workers, with 25 or more sectors including cotton goods, meat packing, iron and steel, clothing, and coal mining under scrutiny.
Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice William C. Waite proposes curbing alimony to cut divorces. He argues courts should require fault in divorce actions and criticizes liberal alimony as fueling mercenary divorces and lurid press coverage.
Abraham Flexner reviews American medical colleges in a Carnegie report, condemning low entrance standards and overproduction of untrained doctors. He notes proprietary schools, hospital mislinkages, and cites three to four times excess doctors. advocates trimming to about 31 out of 155 seminaries and better distribution. lists names of failing schools.
Tissier reports experiments from Revue Scientifique showing hard work on a vegetable diet with reduced intake. The method heals intestinal trouble by altering gut microbes, using pure cultures to suppress harmful bacteria. The diet relies on fruits and vegetables, avoiding meat dairy and legumes despite their high nitrogen. Two active professionals followed it for two years and thrived while eating less than a standard diet.
Several thousand physicians attended the American Medical Association convention in St Louis. Dr Welch of Joins Wiepkins and his brothers presented papers advocating new drug free methods of curing and preventing disease and urging physicians to rely more on nature under proper patient condition regulation.
A Confederate memorial was unveiled at Toledo on the grounds of a former federal prison. The address by Gordon of Memphis honored Confederate soldiers buried there as Confederate and Union colors were displayed side by side.
Sir Georg Newnes wealthy publisher founder of Tit Bits and owner of the Westminster Gazette and several papers died in London at age 54.
At the New York Press Club dinner to Glenn Curtiss Edwin Gould offered a 15000 prize for the first aeroplane using two motors and two propellers with reserve motive power. The Evening World also created a permanent silver cup for the best amateur flight each year under agreed conditions.
President Hester reports at the annual Washing ton convention that beer sales rose by about 90 million gallons and spirits by 11.909 million gallons in the last fiscal year. The report claims temperance is increasing yet cautions that prohibition does not prohibit and worsens liquor habits according to Congressman Boutelle.
Rich ard Parr of the New York customs office uncovered frauds by which the government was robbed by the sugar trust. He has been paid 1 000 000 by Uncle Sam after a two hour conference with Secretary MacVeagh. Taft and MacVeagh supported a large reward following Attorney General Wickersham’s opinion.
The term opens Oct 11 with about 600 cases on the docket. The United States figures in 72 of the first 300 cases set for argument by March 30. Notable items include a Florida antitrust charge, Samuel Gampers contempt, federation of labor boycotts, real estate holding company tax cases, Standard Oil reargument, tobacco trust, Hepburn railway rate law, and the Panalibel case involving former President Roosevelt.
The General Executive Committee of the Railway Business Association in New York appeals to Congress and the public for fair play on freight rate increases. It urges passage of a railroad bill to empower the Commerce Commission to suspend and approve rate hikes and to fund its operations. The group asserts vast industry reach and employment and asks railroads and shippers to consider the system’s needs while awaiting the commission’s ruling. It represents hundreds of billions in capital and millions in workers across major railway equipment industries. A separate note reports Mathew B Sellers of Baltimore claiming a new, ultra light heavier–than–air aeroplane.
Chairman Gary of the Steel Trust in a Chicago interview predicted a prosperous era with rising costs of living and higher wages. He stated that commodities and materials are increasing and wages are advancing at a fair rate, benefiting workers who supply home needs and boosting overall national prosperity.
New York society followed the wedding of Eleanor Builer Alexander and Theodore Roosevelt Sr as guests lined up gifts days before the ceremony. The bride wore a white Duch ess satin gown with empire drapery and carried a large shower bouquet of white orange blossoms. Laces on her gown are heirlooms and most materials were imported for the occasion. The couple secured the marriage license several days prior.
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt completed a fifteen month voyage pursued as Smithsonian Africa expedition leader and celebrated intellectual figure. In Africa he gathered thousands of specimens and led hunts with Kermit Roosevelt while receiving honors from rulers and nobles. In Europe he met royalty, lectured at Berlin Oxford Cambridge and Paris, and ended with a royal welcome on return to New York.
The $500000 gift from Cincinnati's William C. Proctor, once opposed over policy ties to President Wilson, has now been accepted by Princeton University trustees with Wilson's approval. The Wayman estate bequest had already removed objections, aligning with alumni support.
The California labor commissioner reports a need for Japanese workers to develop state resources, since white unskilled labor cannot be hired at reasonable wages. The text notes more Japanese are leaving than arriving, with ties to increasing Tiindao immigrants, and that Japanese already perform over 50 percent.
Receipts of eggs in New York recently broke all records at 66 500 cases. At thirty cents per case this amounts to about 20 million eggs.
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