Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 March 1914 — SUMMARY OF THE WORLD’S EVENTS [ARTICLE]

SUMMARY OF THE WORLD’S EVENTS

IMPORTANT NEWS BOILED DOWN TO LAST ANALYSIS. 6 . ARRANGED FOR BUSY READERS Brief Notes Covering Happenings In This Country and Abroad That Are of Legitimate Interest to All the People. Washington Under President Wilson’s orders issued from the war department at Washington, two additional regiments of American infantry were, sent to Eagle Pass and Laredo, Tex., to allay fears of Mexican raids on border towns and banks. , •, * • Secretary Bryan in an address at Annapolis, Md., said he hoped that not only would this country borrow the Initiative and fererendum as it had borrowed the Australian ballot, but that in time It would adopt the postal vote. The postal vote allows a citizen, though away from home, to cast his vote on an election day and have it counted. • * • • , The Alaska bill providing for the construction of a thousand miles of government railroad to connect coal fields with the coast at an expenditure of 135,000,000 was made ready for the president’s signature when the senate at Washington, by a vote of 42 to 27, adopted the conference report already adopted by the house. * • • Frank M. Ryan, president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers, and 23 of his, associates whose convictions in the labor dynamite cases were aft firmed by the Supreme court at Washington, intend to'apply for a pardon. * * • “If the country towns are to remain on the map you must give some protection ot the small dealer." declared Charles A. Ireland of lopia. Mich., president of the National Retail Hardware association, before the house judiciary committee at Washington, in protesting against alleged assistance the parcel post is giving mail-order houses to eliminate the country merchants. * * *

Blame for most of the riots and loss of life and property in the Paint and Cabin Creek districts of West Virginia in 1912 is' put upon the coal operators and civil authorities in a report submitted to the senate at Washington by Chairman Swanson of the special committee named to investigate conditions in the West Virginia mines. • - • • Domestic Three women were nominated for office in Aurora, 111., at the first election In which Aurora women have had the right to participate. * * • V lctor Olander of Chicago, secretary of the Great Lakes Seamen’s union, testifying before the house marine committee at Washington in behalf of the La Follette seamen’s bill, charged that excursion steamers on the great lages carried crews too small for manning lifeboats. • • • Henry Siegel, head of department store enterprises in New Y'ork and Boston, and Frank S. Vogel, his partner, were indicted by the grand jury at New York on charges of grand larceny and violations of the banking laws. Both men surrendered, entered pleas of not guilty and were released under bonds of $25,000 each. * * * An indictment was returned by the grand jury at Omaha, Neb., against Irving H. Baxter, formerly United States attorney and district judge, charging extortion and blackmail. Two other well-known attorneys wereindlcted for the same offense, and three for other offenses. • • • Lieut. John C. Porte, a retired British naval officer, who is to pilot the Rodman Wanamaker transatlantic flyer, sail from New York for England on the Lusitania. He has spent a week with Glenn H. Curtiss at Hammondsport, looking over the machine and making various suggestions &b to design and equipment. * * • Col. D. <b. Collier has resigned the presidency of the Panama-California exposition to be held at San D|iego, Cal. Lack of personal funds to keep up the work Is given as the reason. * * * That thqre will be a referendum vote of Calumet members of the Western Federation of Miners on the proposal to call off the strike which was started July 23, 1913, was announced by William Richard, president of the Calumet! local of the union. ** * • The monument of Gov. William Goebel In front of the new state capitol at Frankfort, Ky., w T as unveiled. Snow and cold made the weather conditions similar to those on the day 14 years ago ‘when Goebel fell mortally wounded by an assassin’s bullet. * * * Shared Fields shot and killed his twin brother at West Fork. Ark., after they quarreled about a line concerning some property. The living brother claims self-defense, telling officers his dead brother attacked him with a knife.

Fifty men, women and children were driven to the street in their night clothing and Mrs. Lottie Hirsch was fatally burned in a fire in the slxI story apartment house at 312 NinetyI third street, New York. The British government’s plan for the conciliation of Ulster in the Irish; home rule bill was laid before the. house of commons at London. It met; with a cool reception from Unionists. Sir Edward Carson rejected the offer. • * • With the exception of one saloon, l the entire business portion of South. Prairie, Wash., a town of 350 people, 18 miles ekst of Tacoma, was destroyed by fire. * * • Five hundred members of the unenn I ployed armies were driven from Sa<v ramento, Cal., by 300 deputy sheriffs . [ after a series of riots in which much blood was shed, and are encamped on . the Y'olo county side of the Sacramento river, swearing vengeance , against the city. * * * ; Three men died at Los Angeles, Cal„. I from what is said to have been the effect of a blood purifying remedy. This makes a total of seven who havet iied from this treatment In two days. • • • A “white list” of appropriate moving pictures will be placed before the people of Los Angeles, Cal., every week; by the Million club, a local organization of women. The club appraised a committee of censors; • • • Mexican Revolt Reports received at Washington; from Brigadier General Bliss at El Paso and Consul Garrett at Laredo, received at the war and state departments cleared up the mystery in the delivery on American soil of the body of Clemente Vergara. They satisfied the officials that no act had been com-i mltted by national or state agents in violation of Mexican sovereignty. • * • The rebel attack on Torreon by; Villa’s troops has begun. Immediately 2,000 federals were rushed to the towni by special train to reinforce the defenders. A dozen of the leading citizens of Torreon, refugees, were killed when the rebels blew up a passenger; train near Hernos. * • • Senator Fall of New Mexico urges armed intervention to quiet Mexico and gives a list of more than 100 murders and outrages to foreigners in that country in a speech from the floor of the senate at Washington He calls Wilson’s policy inadequate. Senator Shively, in reply to Fall, declares the sending of armed forces into Mexico to protect aliens will mean war and says a waiting policy will bring peace eventually. ’ * • * ! Declaring that General Villa’s action in demanding payment of $250,000 from Gen. Lnls Terrazas under threats or sending his son. Luis Terrazas 11, !to the front rank in the attack on Torreon was creating a bad impression in the United States, General Carranza wired orders to Villa at Chihuahua, Mex., to withdraw the demands. * • • Foreign Clashes between federal troops on one side and revolutionists and strikers on the other were reported from the state of Ceara, Brazil, where martial law was proclaimed. * * * Five hundred Chinese brigands swept down upon Laohokow, China, in Hepeh province, sacked the town, killed a foreign missionary, wounded another and then impressed 2,000 ; coolies to carry off their loot. Soldiers were sent In pursuit, * • * After duration of a day and a half i the general strike of 100,000 workmen I came to an end In Rome. • * • Herr Seidler, a well-known opera ; singer, killed himself at Berlin. In | order to make death sure the singer shot himself in the head while leani ing from a window so his body would fall to the stones beneath. * * • Count Moriana, brother of the duke of Santo Mauro. grand master of the j Spanish queen’s household, was killed ; 114 Santander, Spain, in a collision be- | tween his automobile and a wagon. • • • i Personal »v Capt. Cyril R. Downer of the Northamptonshire infantry regiment was : killed by a fall with his aeroplane j while flying over the infantry aerodrome on Salisbury plain, In England * * * Dr. James C. Bush, fifty-seven, a l dentist of Cannelton. Ind., lay down for a nap in Louisville, Ky., with a lighted cigarette in his mouth. The bed clothing caught fire and he burned to death. j• • • Milliam A- Huffman, a former Terre Huate councilman, who was convicted of participating in election frauds, was sentenced to serve three to ten years in the penitentiary. •' • ■ • Ferdinand Pinney Earle, American artist, and Miss Charlotte Herman, found guilty of having kidnaped Earle’s son. escaped prison terms because they had served some time in Jail at Romorantin, France. • • • Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the militant suffragettes, was arrested at a suffragette meeting In St. Andrew’s hall in Glasgow, after a fight with the police in which a score of women were hurt and several constables badly bruised.