14 May 1912
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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1912
Page
1
Police and soldiers stormed a Choisy-le-Roi garage where the Bonnot gang holed up, blowing it with dynamite. Dubois died in the fire while Bonnot was killed after a gunfight. Gozzy was captured alive. Two detectives were wounded in the assault.
The Bryan Democrats issued a call for a mass meeting at Burlington to counter Roosevelt and Bryan’s political legacy. The event follows earlier conventions in Washington and Des Moines, dated May 14.
San Francisco reports clear bright weather and heavy early voting as five ballot tickets appear statewide. The Republican field features Taft Roosevelt and La Follette while the Democratic side lists Wilson and Clark among the contenders.
Seattle May 14. The Republican state committee begins bitter contestover seats to meet at Aberdeen tomorrow. Taft and Roosevelt factions seek compromise today. If no agreement, two conventions likely. Nearly half the seats are contested.
Nashville Tenn May 14 The Taft faction of Tennessee Republicans says it will control the state convention before its organization this noon. One member was chosen as temporary chairman. Delegates at large to the national convention are on the program.
In Bellaire Ohio on May 14 Roosevelt called for a protective tariff reform. He argued tariffs should benefit workers proportionally while supporting industry and national interests.
Thirteen men were buried in a cavern at the Norris mine in Tronwood Michigan last night. Two bodies were recovered by 8 o'clock this morning. The Oliver Mining Company reported from Ironwood that a pipe had been drilled into the fallen earth and that six imprisoned men remain alive.
San Francisco on May 14 revealed a remarkable case of arrested development. A mother confined her two children James Crummey aged 21 and Maybel Crummey aged 17 in a dark house since birth, leaving their minds blank. After discovery the son was sent to a feeble minded home and the girl to a charitable organization.
Salt Lake May 14 Utah Democrats stage a six candidate contest for national committeeman at the state convention. Delegates to Baltimore will decide Utah eight votes for president. The Republican convention meets in Provo tomorrow.
Taft, cheered by eastern Ohio receptions, begins the second day of his home state campaign from Steubenville. The itinerary covers six counties as he continues his tour.
Minneapolis May 14 That the poor should be admitted to hospitals of the Methodist Episcopal church when recommended by their pastors under proper rules and regulations not as charity patients but as guests of the church is in the report of the committee on temporal economy to be presented to the general conference. The report also urges each conference in the United States to patronize at least one hospital and that no hospital be established without conference approval. The committee also urges church periodicals to adopt a balanced tone and to form a committee to study and solve the financial losses.
Chicago May 14 ten thousand people can watch the Republican national convention next month. Harry S. New of the arrangements sub committee says the committee met to decide seating details and related arrangements.
After morning prayer at the Benedict rescue home Mrs. Elizabeth Evans was shot and seriously wounded by inmate George Robbins, 41. Robbins then wounded himself slightly. No motive given. In Quebec campaign, Conservative opposition accuses Liberal government of extravagance while criticizing education colonization and roads ahead of tomorrow's vote.
May grain markets report May wheat closing at $1.10 per bushel on May 14. Traders watched prices as demand and supply factors influenced trading.
At Bellano Mexico on May 14 General Orozco announced a defeat at Conejos and ordered all insurrecto troops to mobilize at Bellano. He blamed the setback on superior federal artillery. Generals Campa and Artugumedo, sent to outflank the federals, are reported missing as rebels abandon four positions at 3 oclock.
El Paso reports General Huerta directing federal troops from Conejos to press toward Escalon and Bellano after Sunday fighting. Advices say a battle may occur tomorrow as Huerta seeks to capitalize gains in the ongoing campaign. In Mapimi area, rebels under Colonel Canales seized a fortified outpost as federals retire toward Conejos. The rebel position remains similar to yesterday with no federal northward movement.
Col Caesar Canales commanding rebel forces telegraphs Juarez that in the Mapimi area rebels captured Raoul Madero, brother of the president, and a rurales panel. The claim notes Sun day as the seizure location with forces from Durango.
Senator Borah appears set to achieve a historic win as the House accepts the Senate passed terms for a popular election of senators. The measure moves toward presidential signing and state ratification marking the first Senate approval of its kind.
Francisco Pradillo who traveled from Juarez to San Antonio as alleged envoy of Orozco was jailed last night and sent to Chihuahua early today in custody along with Emilio Vasquez Gomez for further disposition.
In New York on May 14 the government began taking testimony before Special Examiner Wilson B. Brice in its dissolution suit against the American Sugar Refining Company. Most evidence expected is documentary in nature.
Eight men presumed lost after the barge Hayden Brown broke from the tug Pioneer near Cape St. Elias Alaska. The Pioneer, reaching Cordova, says the barge had to be cut loose in mountainous seas to save the tug.
Vermon t council of the Knights of Columbus met in Montpelier with delegates from St Albans Burlington Rutland Bennington and other cities. A solemn high mass at St Augustins church preceded the business sessions.
Madison May 14 John F P Dietz of Cameron Dam must serve a life term for killing Oscar Harp deputy sheriff during a siege at the Shetz homestead. Supreme court refused to reverse the conviction judgment keeping the life sentence.
At Indianapolis May 14 the Socialist national convention opened with Victor Berger and Charles Edward Russell leading the Progressive Opportunists to a large majority on the platform committee. They plan a programmatic action while resisting the revolutionary wing's call for immediate upheaval and workers' control. Mayor Duncan of Butte, a revolutionary, backed Haywood and the Industrial Workers, urging a single national industrial union with immediate strike power.
London May 14 Captain Stanley Lord of the California testified at the Titanic inquiry today. The attorney general said there would be material differences between the Captain and officers accounts about a steamer seen on the California night of the disaster. Lord said the vessel was not the Titanic but similar in size to the California. An apprentice Gibson noted rockets fired by the other steamer and a remark about its heavy list to starboard.
Wallace Idaho May 14 Edward J. Carter of Spokane files suit seeking appointment of a receiver for Stewart Mining company alleging F Augustus Heinze transferred treasury stock to H W Hart of Salt Lake without consideration and dissipated company assets and earnings for personal use.
New Orleans officials report the crest of the Mississippi flood moving toward the gulf as gauges show it passing the city. Weather bulletins warn continued danger with forecast high waters through May.
Washington May 14 Senator Heyburn reported favorably from the public lands committee the Borah bill to acquire title to public lands classified as and carrying phosphate deposits for potential development and ownership.
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