News and Miscellany

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 15, 1912

News and Miscellany

Notes and clippings from the daily and weekly press

— King George and Queen Mary returned to England Feb. 4, 1912, from their coronation trip to India.

— Great Britain and Russia will shortly advance to Persia another $2,000,000 in order to relieve the immediate necessities of the Persian government.

— The bombardment of Hodeida, on the Red Sea, was begun Feb. 5, 1912, by the Italian fleet. According to news from Constantinople, a part of the Turkish port has been destroyed.

— A determined movement toward furnishing supplies to the poor in New York City at cost has been set on foot by Rev. Madison C. Peters and the Woman’s League. A market is being started in the congested district, at which the poor may buy coal and provision at cost.

— The fine herds of elk, moose, and deer in Yellowstone Park are said to be starving to death. The sheep and cattle of ranchmen eat the grass so close that when the big game come down from the mountains for the winter, there is nothing for them to live on. The government is taking steps to have feed provided for them, hoping thus to save them from utter extermination.

— Violent earthquake shocks were felt along the coast and far into the interior of Alaska on the morning of Jan. 31, 1912.

— President Taft recently signed a proclamation inviting the nations of the world to participate in the Panama Pacific Exposition, to be held in San Francisco in 1915.

— Norway, Germany, Australia, England, Japan, and America have all organized arctic exploring expeditions which are at present attempting to reach the south pole.

— Fourteen persons lost their lives when a submarine of the British navy collided with a gunboat, and sank at the entrance to Spithead harbor, England, on Feb. 4, 1912.

— Officers of the British navy have received word that German experts have brought well toward completion a new internal combustion engine which, if it fulfils the expectations of its designers, will give the German navy great advantages in its race for supremacy.

— The situation in Mexico is critical. On Jan. 31, 1912, the garrison of Juarez rose in revolt, and the uprising against the government has become quite general throughout the country. President Taft has ordered that the entire mobile army of the United States, representing an armed force of 34,000, hold itself in readiness for service on the Mexican border.

— Affairs in Portugal have reached a point where the newly formed republican government finds itself in a crisis, from which it may not be possible to escape. Industrial strikes, particularly in the Lisbon district, have made military intervention necessary to preserve order, and the occasion is seized by the reactionaries to restore the monarchy. Don Miguel of Braganza and King Manuel are said to have come to an agreement, and both are working for the restoration of the young king to his throne. Activity in the Spanish fleet and what appear to be well-founded rumors in Madrid, indicate that Spain is preparing to intervene at the proper moment, and in that case Manuel would most likely be returned to power.

— Mr. Ernest A. Eggers, letter-carrier and reformer, reports that ninety per cent of the post-offices in the United States are now closed to callers for mail on Sunday. Mr. Eggers is the pioneer of this reform. The first office to be closed was that at Colorado Springs, Colo., where the ministerial association, acting in cooperation with the Lord’s Day Alliance of the United States, conducted the successful campaign. The second city to follow the example set at Colorado Springs was Detroit, where 25,000 persons signed cards requesting the closing of the post-office on Sunday. Evanston, Ill., and Toledo, Ohio, followed, and the movement grew to such an extent that the First Assistant Postmaster-General referred favorably to the vigorous movement for Sunday-closing in his annual report. Congressman Mann has introduced a bill into Congress, known technically as House Bill No. 9433, which provides for discontinuance of Sunday deliveries at all post-offices in the United States.