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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
2
In Constantinople and across Turkey the mood is skeptical war will be averted by the Porte's Berlin treaty article. Mobilized armies and continued war preparations. The Red Crescent plans nine hospitals with 200 beds in key cities including Constantinople Adrianople Saloniki and Scutari amid a declared state of siege.
Comptroller Murray warned national banks to reduce excessive loans and bring total risk to within 10 percent of capital and surplus. Treasury release shows only 526 of 7,397 banks had exceeded limits while actions may include revoking charters.
Interior Department will test leasing 2,480 acres of public coal lands near Lander Wyoming to a private coal company. The plan responds to conservationist demands and could shift government policy on public lands if successful. Van H. leads details from the Bureau of Mines and travels to Wyoming to finalize terms.
Indianapolis honors James Whitcomb Riley on his 59th birthday with statewide observances in schools. Riley thanks readers for kindness noting good health and no enemies. The United States Press Monday carried his message.
Seven people were injured, two seriously, when an automobile crashed into a buggy at Twenty-fifth and O streets just before 10 o’clock Monday night. The car, traveling beside another east on O street, struck the buggy’s rear, demolishing it and ejecting the occupants. The vehicle then rolled onto its side and the injured are expected to recover.
About fifty men have left Breleth to search for J. H. Corbett Adama mine captain who disappeared while partridge hunting with companions in the Stone Lake country. Authorities fear he is lost in a large swamp and may starve.
Omaha area report notes socialist vice presidential candidate Eimil Seidel declares favored policy to have the federal government assume control of all farming land, asserting it as a remedy for national agriculture concerns. The wording mirrors OCR issues but emphasizes broad land nationalization as a stance.
King George calls for return of Greek reserve as a militia steamer heads back with ammunition. Nazim Pasha named supreme commander of Turkish forces amid cabinet changes. Rumors claim hostilities begin on the Bulgarian frontier near Kirk Kilishek. Porte says no news. Reports of Bulgarian attacks on Turks from Varna and Burghas. thirty Turks killed and villages looted with bombs used.
In Nicaragua a U S Marines assault against General Zeledon’s forces at Coyotepe and Barrancas near Masaya led to a victory that opened the way for further action though four marines were killed and several wounded. The report notes parallel advocacy for equal suffrage in 1914 and mentions Nebraska and Missouri contexts with a Washington delegation plan by women.
State banks in Nebraska end of business on September 2 show deposits totaling 85.696 million, up nearly 3 million in three months and 10 million in a year. Secretary Royse notes eight years without a bank failure and cites deposits rising from 11 million in 1896 to 24 million when he took office, with expectations to hit 100 million in two years. Resources also grew by 11.58 million in the past year.
The state department reports unprecedented privation in Nicaragua. Agents describe suffering of women and children and relief agencies unable to meet immediate food needs as drought blights crops and native fruits, worsening wartime starvation.
Harry Wanderson of Richmond VA urged a vehicle tax based on horsepower and weight at the American good roads congress in Atlantic City NJ. He supported convict labor for road building and favored federal interstate highway control with state and county oversight of roads.
Government forces assaulted Masaya, taking the town from revolutionists. In the clash that followed, civilians faced relief from famine as insurrectionists suffered heavy losses. Government ranks reported 100 killed and 20 wounded.
Four masked men boarded Kansas City Southern passenger train No. 4 north of Poteau Oklahoma on Friday night ransacked the mail and blew open safes in the express car and escaped into the adjacent wooded hills. Passengers were not harmed.
In Hammond Indiana a 225 pound Mary Copa fell through a skylight into a bank board meeting. Directors scattered in a panic believing a bomb had exploded. Copa was uninjured and had been hanging clothes on a roof nearby when she tripped and fell through the skylight.
Sedalia Missouri delegates of the Missouri State Equal Suffrage association adopted the slogan Equal suffrage for Missouri in 1914 at a called meeting. They plan to send a delegation to Jefferson City in January and February to urge the legislature to submit a suffrage amendment to the people.
Nebraska unites to battle tuberculosis with a completed open air hospital at the state institution for tubercular patients near Kearney. Eighteen patients are housed and treated, with room for more, marking a substantial step in the fight against the white plague.
Professional aviator William Kabitske survived a 2,200 foot fall during an engine test at College Park Army Aviation School. The aircraft lost power after 34 minutes of flight, the plane veered and plunged before crashing.
Gary Ind William Rugh the newsboy who gave his leg to save Ethel Smith will have many artificial legs. Since his act his story spread offers of limbs have come in from across the country and nearly $1000 has been raised for him.
Richard Mawe cashier of Armstrong Clothing company lost paper money totaling $280 on Saturday while transporting funds to the First National Bank. He was accompanied by two bodyguards, and the sum disappeared before the bank window, with the incident prompting a bank deposit inquiry.
Nine men were killed when a large car owned by Edward Shaw crashed and fell seventy feet over a bridge into a coal yard beside the Reading railroad line in Philadelphia.
A fragmentary note from Amoy China describes threats to European lives at Foo Chow. The item lacks full details but indicates a threat aimed at European nationals and mentions potential actions or motives.
Miss Helen Gould and party aboard a private car bound for Chicago were in a West Shore train that collided with a freight at Wendaston station twenty miles east of Buffalo. All occupants were badly shaken but no injuries.
Fargo North Dakota reports nearly 1,000 men gathered to discuss saving the grain crop after wet weather. The meeting aims to spur statewide cooperation to salvage thousands of bushels still unharvested.
A chaotic fragment describes the steamer Macedonia bound for Piraeus with two crew members aboard. The garbled text mentions New York and a voyage, but concrete details are unclear.
An advertisement promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as an easy natural movement aid taken at bedtime. It costs 60 cents a bottle with a larger family size available. The note advises avoiding strong purge medicines and invites readers to request a trial bottle from Dr W B Caldwell, Monticello Illinois, at no expense.
Mrs Anna A Lew of Hilltop Kansas describes a two year breakout on her leg with severe itching and sores. She used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after an advertisement and reports rapid improvement and complete healing with no scar.
A fragment from a school page notes students adapting well as classes resume. It highlights classroom routines and positive behavior, indicating smooth daily progress and constructive attitudes among pupils.
A man’s spouse seldom admonishes his gambling unless he keeps winning, easing their tensions as he pursues luck at games of chance.
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