The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-12-12
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actively campaigning for the United
States senate TO succeed 3rua,or Cul-
bcrlsou IN 1917
A bronze medal has been voted to !.
Piorpont MORGAN 10 recognition Of his
bcu"fictiou, by The Association NJ 20.
lice Of Paris r.! action was taken
at meeting presided over by the min.
lister Of the interior
President Taft and Secretary cf tg.
rIcGturr James WI son. after rGurhs
Of consideration. decided upon the ap.
pontmcnt OF Or Carl AIsborg as
chemist in the bureau Of drugs and
plants AZ chief OF IN" bureau 81 chem.
is,ry Of the department OF agriculture.
More than 20 600 skilled workers in
th" navy yards throughout The United
States were placed under the prutrc.
tiou Of civil sery.c" by executive or.
der Of President TAFT
Joseph Murohuick, diamond i'm
porter Of New York. was robbed Of
Sg7,IUU worth OF unset diamonds in
Chicago by two negroes, according to
q report he made to the police
Urging immediate consideration by
the states OF the European rural credit
plan, Gov Emmett O'Noal Of Alabama
declared to the conference Of govern.
ors at Richmond Va, that the plan
would prove a panacea for most Of
the nations financial Ills.
Women Office seekers will b. just
as welcome at the Office Of George II
Hodges, EoycrnOr.clcct of Kansas, us
the men. and Hodges made il known
that women will be appointed to sey.
cral state positions
Greece named her delegates to the
London peace conference and there
comes word from Constantinoplc that
she has signed the armistce There
now seems 10 be every reason to be-
leye that the peace negotiations in
London will be hurried through with
and that the Balkan trouble viii no
longer be a menace 10 Europe's peace.
Eighty.tw0 fishermen lost their
lives in storm which swept the
Portuguese coast. II was stated by
survivors who reached Lisbon. The
feet numbered 100 small boats, with
crews aggregating 1872 men,
twenty-five ranches, covering an
area so miles in extent. east OF l'u-
range, have been sacked and de
stroyed by Mexican rebels within the
last week, according 10 dispatches re-
ceivcd by the state department
The infant son Of Archduko Charles
Francis Joseph was given II nanes.
beginning with Charles Francis 10
Bcph otto His father is next heir to
the throne after Franz Ferdinand
President Taft told the delegates OF
the National Rivers and IIarbors con.
gross in session at Washington that
he personally was opposed TO any
scheme of Improvement for the Mis-.
sissippi river which did not COntcm.
plate, as a primary object, the proven.
ton Of floods.
In the name OF the state OF South
Carolina, Gov Blcasc served notice to
the governors conference here that
lynchers of negro assaiants OF white
women in his state would so unpun.
ishcd.
Gov. Gilchrist OF Florida, at the con.
ference OF governors, said he was the
only real governor in the Union" for
two reasonable Is unmarried and un.
bOssod
The United States congress was
holly denounced IN the CANADIAN par.
lament by Sir George Ross, a Lib.
eral. In an attack on the American
Panama canal administration bill Sir
George demanded that Canada take
drstic action" through the British EN-.
bassy at Washington.
j Frank Hickey, confessed boy mur
derer personally entered plea Of not
guilty at Buffalo, ~ Y, to the indict.
ment charging him with the murder
of Joseph Joseph, 7ycarold Lacka
wanna boy, October 10, 1911. His
trial was set for December l6
Close friends OF Gov. Wilson at
Washington received word from Der.
muda that the presidentelect real.
lied that he could not change the
date Of the presidential inauguration
ceremonies and that they will be held
on March as usual.
a wireless message from the Flor. |
ida Keys says that score of lives
were lost and that crops were ruined |
by storm which swept Jamaica Isl. |
and.
Jack Johnson, negro pugilist, was |
married to Lucille Cameron, a Mime. |
apois white girl, IS years old, in the
parlor Of his mothers home In Chi. |
cago.
w. II. Klusmeier. serving a life
term in the Kansas penitentiary for |
the murder Of his wife. voluntarily re.
turned 10 prison. after being released
TO attend the funeral of his daughter
at Holton. Kan.
The first jury of women u Idaho
found one OF their own sex guilty OF
threatening u man with a revolver at
Twin Falls. but recommended her TO
the mercy OF the court