28 Nov 1912
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1912
Page
1
The arbitration board grants minimum wages for about 30,000 Eastern locomotive engineers retroactive to May 1 1913, signaling potential further demands from firemen and other crews and possible freight rate hikes as railroads face $7 172 000 extra annual costs.
Andrew Carnegie at 67 transfers most of his fortune to a sustaining corporation to fund his philanthropic program. He explains the move as relief from burden and cites the gospel of wealth. He will keep pensions for Pittsburg division veterans and widows for a time to ease the transition.
William Galloway of Waterloo Indiana announces he will visit Princeton to present President Elect Woodrow Wilson with a registered cow named Nona of Avon valued at $5,000.
Washington November 27 Speaker Clark believes the banking laws should be amended. He calls the issue a major problem Democrats will face in the new congress.
The speaker urges elasticity in banking and currency laws and describes a patented device to supply crop money during high demand periods. He notes June crops in Texas and December wheat in North Dakota and says a remedy will be found by the Democrats and enacted into law.
A quotation attributes a viewpoint to Mack Cretcher about toys and play. The remark contrasts girls needing dolls and ribbons with boys thriving on simple natural items like a toad grasshopper and angle worms.
London Globe notes that a hunter's stew can be made from any ingredients easily obtained. The item implies a flexible recipe using readily available components.
In Cuero Texas on November 26 more than 20 000 turkeys trotted through the streets in a grand parade witnessed by over 10 000 onlookers. Cowboys guiding the birds numbered over 206 with drives reaching up to 25 miles. The mayor banned dogs from the streets to keep the procession orderly and prevent stampedes.
Two masked men robbed a Calgary gambling house on Ninth Avenue early yesterday morning. They lined up 17 gamblers at gunpoint and escaped with jewels and money totaling about 12000. They cut telephone wires to hinder pursuit, and the gamblers avoided informing authorities to avoid trouble.
In the house of commons Premier Asquith said after home rule passes there would be a minister responsible for Ireland though the precise title could not yet be fixed.
Baltimore November 27 Mrs Adolf Meyer wife of the Johns Hopkins alienist says she may teach dancing to patients at the Phipps clinic. She recalls New York Ward's Island classes where up to sixty women participated. an expert teacher led easy dances and nurses aided in maintaining enthusiasm. The regimen reportedly showed positive effects on some patients.
Big Rapids Michigan reports Mrs Lylia Van Tassel 70 and George Hunter 65 were arrested in Carson City for the murder of Norton Township farmer P H Ackley 70. Ackley's body was found partly clothed about a mile from his home after more than a week long search. Authorities say the body was moved to imply accidental death by exposure.
An old Central Office detective recalls Frank Hickey of Buffalo, suspected in the Josephs boy murder in Lackawanna in 1911. Hickey, arrested in New Jersey, is linked to letters confessing the crime and handwriting matches. Carey, now Brooklyn precinct captain, identifies Hickey as the man tied to both cases.
J Frank Hickey is named as the alleged slayer in a murder case involving a boy near Buffalo. Police report the suspect’s arrest and ongoing investigation as details emerge from the scene and local authorities.
Lucile Cameron, linked to Jack Johnson, is released on $1000 bond after weeks in custody as a witness. Judge Carpenter accepts the bond and requires her attendance at trial if needed. Cameron had been held in Winnebago County jail, her mother allowed to stay with her. The government later decided she was no longer essential as a witness.
At Bellevue Hospital New York Dr Justin and Dr Donovan used horse serum to stop a relentless nosebleed in 40 year old John Lynch after other methods failed. The first injection ceased bleeding within thirty minutes and the case was deemed a success.
The navy department orders vessels to Guantanamo Bay and Vera Cruz as part of Caribbean patrols and operations. Baltimore and Yankton are specified, with ships reassigned to strategic stations and naval readiness emphasized.
Mrs. Fred Eaton, Miss Fannie Smith and Miss Mary Hassett returned from Pittsburgh where they pressed the State Board of Charities for a $32,009 appropriation to Warren Hospital. Sixteen thousand would cover two years of maintenance, the rest funds a new wing, expanding typhoid and maternity wards to relieve crowded beds and meet growing demands. The plan keeps 71 beds and moves the typhoid unit into a dedicated wing with the old space added to maternity facilities.
Sixty prominent Sydney women defy a hatpin ordinance by being tried and fined. They chose jail over fines, denouncing the law as iniquitous and temperary. They warn of possible hunger strikes if further arrests occur amid related suffrage pressures.
Newton W. Gilbert acting governor general orders municipal and police to turn over to military authorities all soldiers arrested on any charge. He cites army regulations amid charges of abuses of authority and unjust punishments in civil courts.
Cholera again sweeps India with 21 806 cases and 10 620 deaths in Madras in August. The disease is reported in other parts of the empire and Asiatic Turkey. Officials warn that hurried Turkish troops into southern Europe could spread the plague to Europe.
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