24 Jul 1912
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1912
Page
1
Forty miners were trapped by a flood at the Superba coal mine near Evans Station, Uniontown, with drowning feared as water surges into two mine portals. Flood may have been caused by a burst Cool Spring reservoir, endangering nearby residents and blocking railroad tracks.
North Dakota Democrats convene in Bismarck to reorganize the state committee and launch a campaign for national and state tickets. They forecast a possible party victory if progressives split between Roosevelt and La Follette, with hopes of electing the state ticket and at least one congressman.
Cedar Rapids Iowa July 24 Nearly all of 1034 delegates to the Democratic state convention arrived and will convene at 11 tomorrow. The body will adopt resolutions and nominate two supreme court judges while governor and other state officers were chosen in the June primary. FE G Dunn of Mason City and other ticket nominees are expected to attend.
Augustus T. Moreaux land and mine promoter was convicted in Chicago and here in Montana land deal embezzling fifty thousand dollars from Mrs. Rodella G. Dwight as principal stockholder. He received a three year sentence for embezzlement from the land company.
Preparations are complete for the seventh annual Michigan State Golf league tournament at the Detroit Golf Club starting tomorrow. The event will run through the week to decide the Michigan amateur championship.
Kansas City July 24. Simon Gary shoots four times at Frank Faulkner on Mrs Ma mie Gary front porch. Two shots wound Faulkner two misfire and one hits Gary ending his life. Letters in Gary pocket accuse Faulkner of wrecking his home. Faulkner expected to recover.
The Arbuckle wrecking fleet including the Roosevelt used by Peary on his North Pole expedition was auctioned after John Arbuckle’s death. He spent about $100,000 aiming to raise sunken vessels with compressed air and had previously raised the Yankee before it sank again.
Salinas California hosts the second annual rodeo and wild west carnival with seven days of broncho busting steer riding roping contests and other range life sports. The program includes a mardi gras pageant trotting and running races and the crowning of Kink Burbank and Queen Sugar Beet.
In Washington on July 24 Miss Sally Garlington daughter of Brig Gen Ernest A Garlington and Lieut Harry Dwight Chamberlain of the 7th United States Cavalry were married at St John’s Protestant Episcopal church. The bride a noted army girl and horsewoman met the groom while visiting Major General J Franklin Bell in the Philippines.
The Northwest Saengerbund brings singers from Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Colorado, North and South Dakota and Montana to St. Paul. An estimated 15,000 visitors are expected before tomorrow morning for a series of concerts at the big Auditorium featuring Marie Rappold Marcus Kellermann and a 2000-voice chorus.
Des Moines delegates chosen for the Chicago national convention on August 5 endorsed Colonel Roosevelt’s stand. The well attended Iowa state convention in Des Moines supported the third party movement and set the slate for the national gathering.
New York July 24. District Attorney Whitman says the investigation into Herman Rosenthal’s slaying tightens as he seeks to prove police complicity. Evidence points to Bald Jack Rose, Becker’s ally, who hired the gray car used in the murder and may implicate higher officials.
In New York City on July 24 Joseph Fettreel a lawyer and his client Bergh were shot by Conway a former client of Fettreel in the lawyer’s office. Conway entered fired twice injuring Fettreel in the abdomen and Bergh in the hip before being arrested. Fettreel died at a hospital.
Chicago July 24 September wheat closed at 07e as market activity closed with slight gains amid steady futures trading and end of session price adjustments.
Victor Colorado July 24 The Western Federation of Miners voted down the four dollar a day minimum wage proposal and denounced the Aetna Power Co of Chicago. The convention also moved to start a miners magazine for public education. President Moyer was exonerated. Thomas Campbell of the Butte local had charges dropped and Campbell was expelled, leaving for Butte.
A Denver sub committee of Colorado Progressive Republicans began work to secure nominations for a full national and state ticket. Tickets will be circulated by petition and presented after the July 30 general meeting. a state assembly will be ignored.
Silverton Colorado July 24. The widow of Max Dallavale and a friend are sought in California on evidence from a coroner's jury that Dallavale, whose body was found on Kendall Mountain, was murdered. The missing couple are believed to be in Los Angeles where Dallavale disappeared last August.
A coroner's jury in Corning New York held engineer William Schroeder and flagman Edward Lane responsible for the July 4 wreck on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western line. Warrants charging them with second degree manslaughter were issued.
In Houghton Michigan on July 24 representatives from Wisconsin Michigan and nearby states gather for a two day midsummer session of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers association. Topics include insurance advertising freight rates forest protection labor supply market conditions and related lumber industry issues.
Fort Collins reports John J. Rockefeller donated 15000 dollars to the YMCA conference at Estes Park. A. H. Hyde of Kansas City also contributed 15000 dollars and C. P. Dodge of Colorado Springs 5000 dollars to the event.
Bishop Teurs White Warren of the Methodist Episcopal Church died last night in Denver after a brief illness from pneumonia. Numerous messages of condolence were received by the family today. In Birmingham a mass convention for Roosevelt supporters organized a permanent structure and moved to secure Alabama's representation at the Progressive party national convention in Chicago next month.
Fred Record of Rochester England begins second English Channel swim attempt from Cape Grisnez Boulogne France toward England this morning.
Professor Horschell Parker of Columbia University and Belmore Browne from Tacoma reached 20 200 feet on the south peak and 19 000 feet on the north peak before blizzards halted the ascent. They reported feeling a severe earthquake on the mountainside and captured excellent photographs despite not reaching the twin summits around 20 500 feet.
One death and thirty illness cases linked to a Chicago meat shipment. Dr. Winchester reports all who ate the meat were stricken. Mrs. Mary Cavanaugh died as the outbreak traced to a tainted consignment.
Chicago July 24 Colonel Roosevelt to address National Progressive party delegates with a keynote speech at the Coliseum on the evening of August 5 as part of the first day’s program. The announcement marks a highlight of the convention agenda.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming, a credentials committee member, attacked Roosevelt campaign managers claims of improper delegate denial. He called the Chicago convention contests bluffs with no foundation, delivering the denial in the House.
A substitute for the Democratic wool tariff bill was presented in the Senate by Cummins of Iowa. The proposal would generally reduce current rates but stop short of the House bill.
Newman Erb Hawley representative and creditor reports here that Hawley interests will dominate the Moffat road future and will be named joint receiver to protect eastern non-holding creditors.
Four thousand U S infantry and cavalry left Camp McCoy Sparta Wisconsin on a war basis for a vast mimic campaign covering two counties in a major American drill.
The state convention of Roosevelt Progressives in Atlanta is scheduled for tomorrow. Delegates will be chosen for the Progressive national convention in Chicago and plans for Georgia’s campaign will be set.
Tralhimore Maryland July 24 Leaders of the Roosevelt movement here arranged for a state convention of the Progressive party to be held in this city tomorrow to select the Maryland delegates to the Chicago convention.
Salt Lake City marked Pioneer Day, the 65th anniversary of Brigham Young and his Mormon colonists settling in the Salt Lake Valley, with celebrations in Utah's main cities and towns.
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