The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-08

| strike was vote OF \. 939 for suspen
/ lion OF work and III against.
The Turkish island Of Nicaria, also
known as lcaria In the Acrean sea
I proclaimed its Independence Of the
! Turkish government The inhabitants
who number about 1900. seized and
| imprisoned all tho Turkish Officials.
When Police Lieutenant Charles
I Becker goes to trial in New York on
the indictment charging him with in.
stigating the murder Of Herman Ro.
seminal, 1t is believed he will ST. Up
as a defense that the three iufogmers
are trying to shoulder on him the nur.
der for which they are responsible
Rain turned to snow at New Castle,
Pa, the fakes melting as fast as they
touched the ground. Many persons
wore oycrcoats.
Benton MCMillin easily won the
Democratic nomination for governor
Of Tennessee in the primary Esi-
mates were that he had carried at
least - counties and would poll about
half Of total vote Of probably S. no.
After a three hour debate behind
closed doors, the senate. 81 tn 4.
adopted III" Lodge resolution dpa..ug
the attitude OF the United Stat IN
disappruval OF the acquisition by lr
eign interests OF any territory on me
Western Hemisphere which might bs
used as military or naval bases, or
menace the approaches OF this
country
That he will take a radica! stand
on the negro question which will
probably not be popular" was the
declaration OF col Theodore Roos..
Welt
Albert J. Boyerdre was nominated
for governor by the Progressive state
convention 10 Indiana. Frederick
Lands Of Lasonsport, former con.
gresham, was nominated for lieulen-
ant governor
Ambassador Bryce viii return to
Washington in September. Foreign
Secretary Edward Grey announced in
the house OF commons. lie was an
swering a query concerning report
that Bryce never would go back 10
America
Following out plans for a country
wide campaign against the bubonic
plague Surgeon General Blue assigned
five additional experts to various ports
whore the disease has been indicated.
John d Rockefeller, VINO is sum
mering at Forest Hill, Is having his
back rubbed by an ostsopath. This ie
the first time he has resorted to this
treatment for the cure Of his physical
ills.
The senate appropriated 500 0o0
for transportation from FL Paso Of
Americans fleeing from Mc1ico. The
Bailey Of Texas
The grand yizier of Turkey called
the cabinet together 10 decide wheth.
or 10 resign lie fayors doing so be.
cause parliament buried In committee
his request that the sultan be author.
tied ia dissolve at will
Unless congress takes action to pro.
vide for the operation of tho Panama
canal at the present session, Presi
dent Taft and Secretary OF War Slim
son believe 1t will be practically i'm,
possible for tn" army engineers to
keep their promise to open the big
ditch to the ships OF the world next
year
Gov Thomas r. Marshall said he
had declined an offer of four of his
friends to make up fund to meet the
expenses OF his personal campaign as
Democratic candidate for the vice.
The senate, by vote of ~ to Il,
passed bill over President Taft'J
veto. The bill authorized the pay.
mcnt of about $4,000 in claims
against the government. growing out
Of the furnishing of labor aud supplies
10 subcontractors OIL the Corbett tun.
mel OF the Shoshone irrigation project
n Wyoming.
The Turkish government is willing
10 enter into peace negotiations with
Italy If they are conducted In n man
ler compatible with Turkeys honor
md dignity and her rights are ade.
luately safeguarded.
Secretary Knox officially informed
Sen. Pascual Orozco, leader OF the
Mexican rebels, that raids and at.
acks on Americans and American
property In northern Mexico must be
stopped Immediately or the United
States will take preventive measures.
The United States Steel corpora.
ion declared It's regular quarterly |
dividend of ~ per cent on the com.
non stock and Ia per cent on the
preferred stock.
An army OF ants at Valparaiso, |
nd, that attacked transmtter In |
he power house and grounded the ,
current tied up the Valparaiso & .
Northern electric railway for FIVE
hours.
Cardinal Anthony Hubert Fischer,
archbishop of Cologne, died at Dom,
{heiuish Prussia. He was born IN
$40 and was created cardinal In 1903
When Jack Rose made the confes,
ion that put Lieut.. Becker into the
he tho rr,,tplar Of |