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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
3
The Hallanders of Utah will meet tonight in the assembly hall of the Weber stake academy at Ogden. Other items note June events, a railroad expansion plan, a university alumni banquet, and local civic notices.
Treasure seekers aboard the steamer Hureka announce the recovery of a vast cache of gold buried off the Honduran coast by a Chilean cruiser crew over twenty years ago. Estimates range from 5 to 15 million dollars. the ship sails to San Francisco with Captain Bartlas at the helm and Harry Krelling financing.
Elbert H Gary, chairman of United States Steel, urged replacing the Sherman act with new trust laws to protect property interests and the public welfare. He testified before Congress and asked the steel group to support legislation that safeguards national interests while enabling business progress.
Spokane police pursue T W Byrd after he shot and killed John Marks during a building erection dispute and then fatally wounded Justice of the Peace No Misner in Thiswit. A large posse hunts Byrd as he eludes capture.
The sensational trial of twelve men including two noblemen a lieutenant a priest and four lawyers ended Thursday with seven defendants convicted. Staff Captain Von Liarlarski was condemned to two years imprisonment and his accomplices were deprived of their civil rights.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Friday decided to report favorably a treaty between Honduras and the United States providing a $16,000,000 loan from U S banking interests to cover Honduran debt. Seven and a half million dollars is to be provided immediately.
Washington reports the finance committee voted ten to four to report the Canadian reciprocity bill Tuesday without recommendation. The Root amendment to the wood pulp and paper clause was added.
San Francisco capitalists figure C Frederick Kohl was shot and fatally wounded Thursday afternoon by Adele Verge a French maid formerly employed by Mrs Kohl Verge believed to be insane and in custody investigations continue into motive and circumstances of the shooting.
The Chinese government seeks 12 000 000 pesos indemnity from Mexico for 303 Chinese deaths in Torreon. A supporting cruiser heads to Mexican ports to back the claim as Shang Hai Sung files the report detailing property losses and multiple sacked establishments. An apology to the Chinese flag and protection guarantees are also demanded.
Carrie Nation, famed saloon smasher and temperance advocate, died at 7 05 am in Leavenworth Kansas following a nervous breakdown and illness. Born Carrie Moore in Kentucky 1846 she married twice and gained notoriety for smashing bars starting in Wichita in 1890 and later lecturing across Kansas and beyond.
In Portland Oregon the Hill family William, his wife, and two young children were found murdered in their Ardenwald residence. Neighbor Mrs Matthews discovered the scene on Friday after knocking failed to gain a reply. Each body bore brutal ax injuries. No suspect identified yet.
W. D Stokes, head of the Ansonia Hotel, remains in serious condition at Roosevelt Hospital after being shot by two women, Ethel Conrad and Lillian Graham, in the latter’s apartment late Wednesday. The assailants were described as show girls.
Reports show a powerful Mexican earthquake killing about 1,537 people and destroying towns from Taxco to Durango, with Tonila and surrounding areas in ruins. Tsunamis and famine follow as 13,000 soldiers distribute relief and aid.
Two masked men robbed the Drug Bank and Logt Bank in Tooele Utah on a Wednesday afternoon at 3 pm. They bound gagged and chloroformed cashier Shafer as they rifled the vault, escaping with an estimated 8600 to 9000 dollars. the heist was found out about half an hour later.
The text reports rising alarm over Spain’s actions in Morocco with France seeking clarity from Spain’s government on motives. The French press condemns Spanish and Nationalist actions as Alcazar and other sites are noted as occupied while La Liberte mentions Italy and France weighing next steps after Spain defines its aims.
A historic legal dispute over California lands granted to a railroad may end with the government unable to reclaim mineral lands once patents were issued. Court rulings and statutes from 1891 and 1893 form the basis, asserting the government cannot void patents after six years, undermining any attempt to recover the vast holdings.
A Saturday storm swept the nearby area causing three fatalities and extensive damage totaling thousands of dollars. Two bodies recovered at Graves End Bay were identified as Kars Qmiffle Faulkner and Captain George Lante, who had taken their boat out to a provisioning trip for a Sunday gathering. A third death occurred in Jersey City with reports of a fire and wreckage tied to the storm.
The second US Atlantic fleet under Rear Admiral Badger fired Sunday from Stockholm to alsteck. An American squadron escorted from Reval by torpedo boats. A fleet of excursion steamers and yachts, including the Russian finance minister Kokovsoff’s, joined Tolbukina lighthouse procession. Russian cruisers Gomovoj and Pallada greeted the squadron while Russia’s navy is depleted.
Denver gambler William Marshall admits he fired eight bullets at his wife after ten years of spiritual communications. He says revelations depicted her alleged infidelity and drove him to kill in what he calls a desperate act.
A Saturday strike of 5,000 garment workers in Cleveland leads to deadly riots. One man is dead. another is charged with first degree murder, and six others face disorderly conduct charges as authorities detain additional suspects.
Dr Loughead and James Clark of Letcher were driving along the Jim river bank when the earth gave way and their car slid into the water. Mitchell, aged five, is noted among the victims. Both men drowned in the late Saturday night incident.
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