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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
2
Washington report notes House sergeant at arms and assistants armed with warrants sought absentees at the capitol to compel attendance before a suspended committee. Lengthy suspensions and roll calls followed before a quorum was finally reached.
The speech by Winston Spencer Churchill first lord of the admiralty defended a supplementary naval appropriation of 5 000 000 in the house of commons on Monday. He warned the country of the unprecedented use of the German fleet and the prime minister endorsed the measure despite concern. Separately amateur swimmer Jabez Wolffe began another attempt to cross the English Channel from Cape Gris ne s with a 70 clock start and seven miles covered by that time as winds turned the sea choppy.
In Washington the Interstate Commerce Commission acted to safeguard rail passengers and workers by requiring carriers to keep detailed records of delay lengths and natures that cause overtime for train crews.
Two officers of the German battleship Thuringen were drowned when a small boat capsized while returning officers from shore to the vessel in Kurisches Haff. The ship remained anchored with the second squadron of the active fleet nearby.
Emilio Vasques Gomes was released on a $10,000 temporary bond in San Antonio Texas after appearing to answer a federal conspiracy to violate neutrality laws. His hearing is scheduled for next Monday.
A sanatorium under construction at Lucan near Dublin, funded by Lady Aberdeen and the Woman's National Health Association, was demolished Monday by local dwellers. No further details were given.
Public health officials announced Porto Rico faces a worsening plague outbreak with forty two cases and thirty two deaths to date while Cuba’s case count is described as satisfactory. The status was released Monday in Washington D C.
Health officials in Buffalo investigate Sam Isen of Bay City Michigan as a pronounced leprosy case located in the city Sunday. The examination of his condition and its public health implications is underway by city authorities.
William Lorimer of Illinois, recently deprived of his Senate seat, was cut and bruised but not seriously hurt when his automobile wrecked late Sunday afternoon one mile west of Claysville Pennsylvania. He escaped with minor injuries and was attended to at the scene.
Rebels attacked a passenger train near Mexico City injuring and killing more than sixty passengers. Zapata Amperson led the assault as the train from the capital to Oaxaca was wrecked, with rebels overrunning the line near the Cuer Davaca division.
A Chicago document denounces dangerous daredevil flights and warns builders that aircraft must be constructed securely. The association pledges that its members will uphold safety standards and avoid reckless demonstrations.
Tense clashes erupted within a rebel camp resulting in six people injured. Officials reported attempted mutiny and subsequent suppression by security forces. Details on exact factions and locations remain unclear.
Reports detail a deadly Nevada cloudburst near Lovelock hitting Mazuma and Seven Troughs with multiple fatalities and missing miners. Also, Italian torpedo boats attacked the Dardanelles. Turkish forts sank two warships and prompted a cabinet move in Constantinople.
A Peoria reader shares relief from long inflammation after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash. Another testimonial from a postnatal patient credits the remedy with avoiding surgery after months of pain. The letters urge women with female ills to try the products.
The airmen gathered Saturday for the American Aviators Association inaugural meeting, marking a start to their common information exchange and knowledge sharing.
Wholesale arrests were made Friday after a bomb exploded Thursday in Plaza de Catalonia as Infanta Isabel, aunt of King Alfonso, passed. Authorities fear the blast signals a new era of revolutionary violence in Barcelona, a city long noted for turbulence.
Chinese and Russian authorities detain over a hundred Koreans linked to an alleged plot to assassinate Prince Katsura during a transit stop of the Japanese ex-premier in Harbin Manchuria.
The house committee on expenditures on public buildings chaired by Cyrus Cline of Indiana submitted a report Friday to the house detailing severe criticism of government methods for erecting public structures. The document notes substantial extravagance and inefficiency in current building practices.
Washington reports the Stanley committee will issue two reports to Congress with bipartisan agreement on dissolving the United States Steel Corporation and backing the anti trust suit. The minority will not sign the majority report which will propose remedial legislation.
A violent electrical storm struck Richland in Pulaski County on Wednesday killing four members of the Joe Paddy family and injuring three others. The bolt ripped clothing from three children and toppled Paddy, who was hurled into a corner. Paddy's shoes were blown from his feet.
In Madera Chihuahua six insurrecto rebels were killed, one fatally wounded, and several more hurt in a clash that nearly triggered mutiny among troops. Two men argued over a woman. authorities debated punishment as General Rojas ordered the killer executed. Gen. Luis Fernandes intervened to quell the disturbance.
Constantinople reports Tewfik Pasha the Turkish minister to London has accepted the post of grand vizier. He began forming his cabinet and immediate policies following the officialconfirmation on Friday.
Six of seven active mills reached a verbal agreement with a workers committee to not implement the proposed grading system for weaving pay. The pact effectively ends the strike’s expansion beyond the twelve mills already closed, avoiding further disruption.
An eastbound Milwaukee train struck an automobile carrying four young girls to a Sunday school picnic near Cambridge Iowa. Two girls were killed outright, a third died later, and the driver of the car suffered serious injuries.
The sale of tickets to the third party national convention in Chicago on August 5 was opened at headquarters Thursday. In a few hours, $1,500 had been received, with $1,000 from an unnamed man.
In the Long Cliff colliery of the Delaware and Hudson Railway at Avoca Scranton area, an explosion occurred off a naked lamp ignition early Thursday. Nine men were burned and three are not expected to live.
Washington D C The detailed answer prepared by President Tafts adviser addresses charges that his nomination faced criticism. The document outlines defense points and expected public reception as the administration seeks to quell opposition.
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