Crook County journal., October 10, 1912, Image 3

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A SUMMARY OF
IMPORTANT EVENTS
National, Political 8 rid Per
sonal News Items Briefly
Sketched.
AMERICAN FORCES
WILLIAM SULZER
WIN IH NICARAGUA
Four Marines Killed and Sev
eral Wounded in Fight
With Rebels.
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Out In k held up h ii.ihHxiiKT Initn
In a r Wcul-wlle, f k In., riumm kc.l the
liiiiilii niitl inpn-it ear. Mud
with loot rmliimfi i lit lii.U'M,'
A strike of nil th cupper miner In
the Kly, Nevada, district ;ih oiclctcil
ll.V DlU Western Federation of Miners
A Imiit rui-li v,iii:.iii (ml, el,mli'.j
the mines.
Kliiht persons, one of whom was th"
Inimlil'T (if Anthony N. Ilraily, tho
New York tnietloti niiiKniilii,' wr-rc
killed In h railroad wreck near West
luirt, t'oim.
The cigar Industry In Manila Is prnc
tlcnlly ur.penil d. rifleen Ihouwiiil
men nre out on mrlkc, mul lens tli.in
iniiw are nl work. Tim rignrmnkcr
object to tho scheme of unvrrimienuil
registration.
Nullotinl banks In llio I'nltMl State
reporting their condition on Hepicm
tier 4, km compared with Jun 14, show
Kitln of s;.o0ii,tiiiO In I mi nil nnd dis
counts, loe of fro,onu,tiuO In ensh,
una guln of 6,0u0.0u0 In Indlvliluiil
deposits.
ItlK packing Interest of Chicago
have cornered the available mtily of
butter, sending the price ui 2 cent
above tlm high price of lull, notwith
standing warehouses report nn In
crease of H.ooo.nuO pounds In cold
atoruge over a your ago.
After adopting resolution approv
ing the federal forest policy, Indorsing
th Newlund river regulation bill, ad
vocating federal control of Interstate
at ream, and electing Itlchard W.
Young of Bull Lake president, tho Na
tional Irrigation congress adjourned
to ninet next yeur at Phoenix, Aril.
Mormon colonist who were driven
from Mexico prohnhly never will re
turn to their borne there, according
to the announcement of President
Smith at the opening of the eighty
third semiannual conference of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Ijittcr Day
Knlnt at Suit Lake City. In hla opin
ion pence will not return to Mexico
for yeara utiles by the Intervention
of aome power.
Political News Bits
Wllllnm 8ulier, repreaentatlva In
oongre, waa named by the Democrat
ic convention for governor of New
York on the fourth ballot
Out of the D! candidate for presi
dential elector In California, 11 are
women, the I'rohlbltlonlNta having
three, the Socialist five. Democrat
two and l'rogrelve one.
In a apeech at Jefferson City, Mo.,
Oovernor lludley declared that he
would aupport the Itepubllcnn ticket,
nit he bad received naiiurnncea that
President Taft favored preldentlal
preference prlmnrlea and other pro
gressive reform.
President Tnft will be without rep
resentation from California In the elec
toral college, tho supreme court hav
ing decided the electors pledged to
him cannot appear on the November
bullot aa Kepuhllciina, nnd the date
for tiling nominating petition hui ex
pired. The middle went la the atorm center
of the nutlontil political campaign thl
week. Oovornor WIIroh will be heard
In Kansas, Missouri, llllnola and Ohio.
Colonel Kooaevelt will visit the same
section nnd will bo heard In several
citio of Illinois a day or two before
the appearance of the Democratic
standard bearer.
People In the News
Hear Admlrnl Luclon Young, former
ly captain of the Mare Island navy
yard, died In New York, aged 60 year.
Dr. Francis E. Clark, founder and
president of the World's Christian Kn--deavor
union, accompanied by his wife
and son, has sailed for Kurope.
Municipal Los Angelos Is stirred to
official depths by tho sensntlonal trial
of City Prosecutor Guy Kddle, charged
with contributing to the delinquency
of Mrs. Alice Phelps. .
That she doeB not want a divorce
but will await the liberation of Hurry
K. Thaw, and then ret urn to 111 in, Is
the assertion of Evelyn Nesblt Thaw,
In an Interview while enroute to south
ern California for the winter.
Despite the statements that have
appeared regarding the health of the
German emperor, It la said on good
authority that his majesty Is very far
from well, and a further breakdown
Is feared unless he Is very careful.
Charles II. Moyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, has
asked Oovernor Spry of Utah to bring
about a conference between mine own
ers and strikers whereby the main
facts may be discussed and weighed
as to tholr real merit.
While passing through the yard at
Cedar Rapids, la., the private car of
"Woodrow WilBon, Democratic nominee
for president, was struck by a freight
cnr and the observation platform
wrecked, No one was Injured In the
collision and Wilson did not awake.
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William Suiter, congrman from
New York, nominated for governor by
th New Vork Democratlo itat convention.
$200,000 STOLEN FROM MAIL
Monty Btnt From Cuba to Nw York
Bank Disappear.
New York. Postofflce Inspectors of
two count rle, secret service men and
the W. J. Hurn detective agency are
Investigating the mysterlou disap
pearance of a registered mnll package
containing '.'U0,000, consigned from
Havana to the National Park Hank of
thl city.
Th low was discovered when a
registered mall pouch from Havana
wn opened In the New York post-
office. When and where the package
disappeared, whether In Havana,
aboard ship or the train which brought
It or thereafter, no one has been able
to discover.
Wealthy Chicago Men Arrested,
Chicago. Charged with renting
homes for Immoral 'purposes, Hand-
son niley, millionaire president of the
Chicago Title A Trust company, and
Justin Halt, secretary of the same
concern, as well a three prominent
church member, were arrested here
In the state prosecutor' vice crusade,
The arrests created a sensation.,
Cabinet Officers Wilt Speak.
Seattle. The Republican atate cen
tral committee la arranging for a po
litical meeting In Seattle Saturday to
be addressed by Secretary of State
Knox and Secretary of the Interior
Fisher, The cabinet officer will ar
rlvo from Honolulu on the cruiser
Maryland next Friday.
Bragg Win Big Auto Rrace.
Wauwatosa, Wis. Caleb UrngR,
wealthy young Cincinnati driver, won
tho fourth International grand prlx
automobile road race with a Fiat car
after a sensational last lap brush, In
which Ralph I)e 1'alma's Mercedes cnr
was overturned and Do Pnltua waa
seriously Injured.
COLONEL DENIES
HE SOLICITED FUNDS
Washington. Theodore Roosevelt
occupied the witness chair three and
a half hours before the senate Investi
gating committee, defending his ad
ministration, himself and his cabinets
against what he termed "Infamous
chargos" and "hearsay evidence."
He appeared before the committee
to answer statements mado In August
by John D. Archbold that the Standard
Oil company had given $100,000 to the
Republican campaign fund In 1904 un
der the Impression that President
Roosevelt knew of nnd approved ac
ceptance of the contribution. Not
only did Colonel Roosevelt deny this,
but he put Into the records a sweep
ing denial that he had ever solicited
funds from anyone while president;
that any money had beon received
by the 1904 campaign committee with
an express or Implied promise of fav
ors from the administration; that ex
cessive funds had been used In his
1904 campaign or In the 1908 cam
paign, or that money ever had been
Improperly used in his bohuK, so fur
as he knew.
J. P. Morgan testified' that he had
contributed $180,000 to the last two
presidential campaigns. Testimony
was also brought out that in the cam
paign of 1904 John P. Archbold, H. C,
Frlck and George J. Gould had each
given $100,000. ' -
Washington. In a k"h''' assault,
Ann-Menu murine and bluejackets
drove tho NlciiraKuan revolutionary
leader! General Zi-li- Ion, and his forces
from Coyoti'iiH ami liarrancans hills,
near Musaya, lifter 37 minute of
flghtliiK. but In the action four pri
vate of the United H tales pmrlno
jorps were killed and several were
wounded.
Cayotepe Hill is noted In Central
American nurture as. Impregnable. It
was never captured by assault until
the Americans took It.
The revolutionist losses wero heavy,
while the government force lost 100
killed and 2U0 wounded.
General Zi-leilou, the rebel, escaped,
but later was cornered arid killed by a
troop of federal cavalry.
The American marines killed wero:
Private Ralph Victor Itobbett, Ncva
du, Mo.; Private Charles Hays Dur
ham, Junction City, Ky.; Private Clar
ence Henry McGIII, Portland, Me.;
Prlvsto Harry Pollard, Medwsy, Mas.
The Americans most severely
wounded were: Second Lieutenant
George W. Martin, Company) C, First
Dattallon, Winter Hill, Muss.; Ser
geant A. P. Sherburne, Georgetown,
Mass.; Private William Harvey, enlist
ed at Huston; Private Alfred l,under,
enlisted at Fargo. N. 1).; T. P. Captain,
ordinary seaman of the cruiser Cali
fornia. Admiral Southerland In reporting
the battle to the navy department,
said:
"The department and the country
have every reason to be proud of the
officers, marine and bluejacket who
were engaged la thl action."
Admiral Southerland' dispatches
made It plain that the defeat of the
rebels was complete.
Wilson and Bryan Meet.
Lincoln, Neb. A great Democratic
rally at which Governor Wilson, the
Democratlo candidate for president,
and William Jennings Bryan were the
principal speakers, waa held here,
Bryan's home t'wn, Saturday night.
BOURNE ENTERS RACE
Will Oo On Ballot a "Popular Gov
ernment" Candidate.
Portland, Or. United State Sena
tor Bourne, unsuccessful aspirant for
the Republican nomination last April,
has announced that he would be an
Independent candidate to succeed him
self. The name ot Senator Bourne,
who Issued a formal statement Mon
day, accepting the proffered nomina
tion, will appear on the official ballot
ss the "popular government" candidate.
Bourne's candidacy was brought
about by a committee under the direc
tion of which the petitions were circulated.
Slocp Capsized; Crew of Five Perish.
Newport, Or. Crossing over South
Spit bar with a heavy pea rolling and
a crew unfanvllar with the harbor en
trance, the fishing sloop Pilgrim cap
sircd at 5 o'clock and the crew of five
men were lost.
The missing nre: Claud Toner, own
er of the craft; J. W. McKenzle, en
gineer; Tarl Telefson, mnster, and
Forect Woostcr and Michael Henry
aides.
Italy to Pay Indemnity.
"Lausanne, Switzerland. The Turco-
Itallan peace treaty awaiting ratifica
tion provides for Turkish recognition
of Italian sovereignty In Tripoli, ac
cording to the Lausanne Gazette. The
Italian government, it Is said, Is to
pay an Indemnity to Turkey and is
also to recognize the religious author
tty of the Khallf over the Mussul
mans of Tripoli.
GOULD BAGGAGE IS SEIZED
Trunk and Contents Are Said to Be
Worth $400,000.
New York. Thirty-six pieces of
baggage which Frank J. Gould, his
wife and her three sisters brought to
America when they arrived from
France nre being held up by the cus
toms authorities. With their contents
of gems and gowns the trunks and
cases nre said to be valued at $400,000.
The seizure ot the baggage has been
made upon a technicality. Mr. Gould
contended he was entitled to have
the baggage all entered free under
the non-resident clause of the customs
laws giving Buch right to an American
who for two years has maintained a
bona-flde residence abroad. The cus
toms authorities claim that Gould Is
not strictly In the non-resident class.
It Is understood that Collector ot
Port Loeb personally ordered the seiz
ure pending a settlement of Mr.
Gould's status.
Aviator Sets New Mark.
Annapolis, Md. A new American
record for am endurance flight waa
made here In a hydro-aeroplane by
John H. Towers, a lieutenant of the
navy aviation corps. He was continu
ously In the air tor 6 hours, 10 min
utes, 35 seconds. The best previous
American record, made by Paul Peck,
was 4 hours, 23 mlhutea, 28 seconds.
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At Commercial Club Hall
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Tuesday
October 15
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