National Democrat (Newspaper) - January 15, 1914, Des Moines, Iowa Historical Bldg E 12th and Grand Liberal and True to IOWA'S CAPITAL PRIDE Dutiful to Friends Always Progressive ONLY DEMOCRAT PAPER AT STATE CAPITAL ESTABLISHED 1899 Mountains Spouting Flames From One End of the Country to the Other WATER OF IS UNSAFE international Joint Body Says Municipalities of Region Use Polluted Water Loss of Life in Other Cities Is Feared While Still Heaves Lava on Kagoshima Ail Americans Are Safe DETROIT RIVER IS IMPURE DES MOINES IOWA THURSDAY JANUARY 15 1914 EMPEROR OF ABYSSINIA NEW SERIES VOL V NO 10 Other Streams in Region Just as Bad if Not Examine Samples of Water en at Different Points Tokyo Jan still heaving fiery ashes over shima government experts fear other more or less slumbering volcanoes will become active arid overwhelm other cities within their range of eruption Advices from Nagano capital of Nagano Prefecture and in the island of Hondo report great eruptions At a lofty volcano about 90 miles northwest of Tokyo with a crater feet in dia- meter smoke and flames are soaring thousands of feet in the sky In the Utsunomiya district the sky is overcast and every roof is covered with white ashes Shocks Felt in Tokyo Slight shocks were felt at Tokyo There was a sulphurous odor air here this morning followed by thunder and rain HOPE FOR LINER GONE Steamer With Her 120 gers and Sailors Cannot Be Located MRS WILLIAM A CULLOP Earthquakes have occurred at shima on the south coast of the land of Hondo and at Okayama The emperor is profoundly dis- tressed over the disaster and has dered additional warships to proceed immediately to the effected district He has sent a representative to shima The seismologist Imori has ed south He thinks the greatest ger may lie in tidal waves Japan also is meeting another the north Ten million people are in need of food in northern Hondo and Hokkaido and have been many deaths from -All Americans Safe T- Kagoshima is protected Crorn ers by patrols and troops All Americans in the vicinity are safe Word to this effect has been re- from Carl F Reichman the American consul at Nagasaki who telegraphed as A private telegram states that Americans in Kagoshima fled to dai near Kagoshima All safe Several American missionaries were stationed in the city Kagoshima while it suffered great damage from the earthquakes not appear to have sustained a vere loss of life Hijun former anese minister to China who lives in Kagoshima sent a dispatch to the for- eign office in which he said ten sons had been killed and 30 injured there He also stated that great con- fusion prevailed in the city Other telegrams report that the harracks governor's residence and the temples were among the buildings wrecked in Kagoshima The soldiers are camped in the square of the city while the population has sought uge in the temples in the hills was one of the first buildings to collapse Eruption Somewhat Lessened Just how heavy has heen the loss of life from the eruption can not yet be estimated Sakuta where the greatest loss of life un- doubtedly occurred can not be visited because the eruption continues though somewhat abated The Japanese that were dispatched to scene were unable to complete the journey Stormy and high seas compelled them to return to Sasebo The second squadron of armored cruisers ing of the Iwato Tokiwa and Yakumo was then hurriedly sent off and is ex- to reach Kagoshima tonight Thick atmosphere for the moment Interferes with wireless reports Official advices from Kumamoto re- port that place shrouded with ashes Washington Jan a single municipality using water from the Great Lakes or rivers a water supply that is safe according to a report by sanitary ex- perts the international joint com- mission appointed under the treaty of 1909 between this country and Great Britain to determine the pollution of boundary waters between the United States and Canada Polluted 10 Miles From Shore In certain localities in the Great Lakes and in all connecting waters dangerous sewage pollution says the report due to sewage from j cities vessels and Inevitable tion following rains and thaws pollution extends more than ten miles into the lakes at the mouths of the Detroit rivers Pollution from vessels renders the St Marys river above Sault Ste Marie unfit as a source of water ply without treatment and vessel lution with sewage from Salt Ste Marie causes gross pollution in the river from the Soo to island Detroit River Water Unsafe The Detroit river is sufficiently polluted to make the water an unsafe source of supply Gross pollution in the Niagara river extends along the American short from Buffalo to berry island throughout the entire channel and below the falls gross pollution extends from shore to shore throughout the entire river and for miles out Into Lake Ontario Pollution of the St Lawrance river was found to be greatest In August because of the increase in summer re- sort population and sewage discharges from Samples Nineteen thousand samples of water were examined bacteriologically these samples being taken from ferent points including Fort Francis Ont Port Arthur Ont Sault Ste Marie Detroit Windsor Ont Port Stanley Ont Buffalo N Y Port Erie Ont Youngstown N Q lake Ont Clayton N Y Kingston Ont New Burne Me The distance from the cities of pure water in the Great Lakes the enormous cost of pipe lines coupled with entering difficulties in placing in- takes beyond the seventy-foot says the report makes it able in most instances for the cities to procure pure water from the lakes without treatment The sanitary experts who made the investigation Include Dr A J Laughlin of the United States public health service Dr J W H There seems to be some doubt of tho correctness of the latest report of the death of Menelik of Abyssinia but if he is dead he has been succeeded by his nephew Si Jassu whose portrait is here presented THICK FOG COVERS THE SEA Gulf of Kagoshima They add that the volcano of has com- changed its form and that eral new craters have opened The hail of ashes ceased here day after lasting 36 hours A heavy rain has cleared the atmosphere Wilson Expresses Sympathy Washington Jan sorrow at the disastrous quake and volcanic eruptions in Japan which was cabled to the Japanese em- by President Wilson brought from the Mikado a cablegram of preciation President Wilson's sage made public Having learned of the dented disaster that has visited your country through earthquake and tidal wave I beg to assure your majesty and the Japanese people of my deep sympathy and that of the American people The following reply was Tokio Jan the Uni- ted States accept my sincerest thanks for the thetic message sent by yourself and America for the terrible disaster Signed Yoshihito EIGHT COLD New York Suffering From Coldest Weather for Years Wreckage Drifting Ashore on Coast Near Halifax Believed to Be That of Unfortunate Ordered to Lookout Yarmouth N S Jan be- lief that the steamer lost off here is the was strengthened when several casks of molasses came ashore at Yarmouth bar Part of the quid's cargo was made up of molasses St John N B Jan for the safety of the 120 passengers and sailors of the liner rose and fell as ships sought to find some trace of the vessel that went ashore in the bay of Fundy The search by tugs and larger vessels in a thick fog while the waters were combed by wireless flashes seeking message from the Hope Almost Abandoned Belief that the vessel might have survived was practically abandoned when news came from Yarmouth S that wreckage had been picked up near there But hope was it was pointed out that the would have been far but of her course if she went ashore in this vicinity and this hope was ened when the steamer Royal George reached that it had caught a S O S call from the It was the government steamer Lady Laurier also had distress call the two reports of the wireless messages however brought out these A faint wireless call was received by the Marconi operator at Partridge island The operator thought from the The operator on the Royal George heard the message three times at 10 o'clock in the ing He also thought it was from the and his belief was strengthened when heard the Porter Is Slated For Attorney Over Dan Hamilton LIST FOR STATE IS ALL SET Mrs Cullop wife of Representative Cullop of Indiana and recently elected president of the Women's National Democratic league emphatically de- nies the story that there have been big defections from the league be- cause it did not declare In favor of equal suffrage McReynolds Has Yielded to Wade and Withdrawn Ottumwa Man Reed and Moore Will Re- Appointments Des Moines The latest information from Washington is that the Iowa patronage situation has taken a new turn and President Wilson shortly will send to the senate the following For attorney southern district R Porter For marshal southern district N F Reed Far marshal northern E iR Moore It has been learned that the ment of justice yielding to the in- demand of Judge Wade thai Porter be appointed Instead of Dan Hamilton had acceded to his wishes slate outlined to the While it is expected TRUST MESSAGE READY President Puts Finishing Touches to Great State Paper Down to Five De- grees Below lough chief health officer of Ontario and Dr John A Amyot professor of hygiene of the University of Toronto Ont from the eruption Energies there are ot directed toward Strike in Portugal Cripples Lines of Country Soldiers and Police Storm Trades Mall at Battle Is Result Lisbon Portugal Jan en- tire service of Portugal was suspended by the declaration of a general strike of the employes About of the railroads belong to the state South Africa Jan railway striker tried to blow up the Goch railway station with but was driven away by New York Jan eight sons dead in the cold wave which is gripping New York the weather fell to five degrees below zero the lowest mark recorded In more than fifteen years After touching this mark at 2 a m the mercury began to climb and at 10 o'clock had scaled the zero mark A northwest gale blowing at from 30 to 40 miles an hour increased the The Intense cold drove thousands to the Municipal lodging house the vation Army barracks and other places of shelter and all were over- crowded Of the persons cared for at the Municipal lodging house 36 were and seven were children One thousand shivering homeless men many of them having their ies wrapped in rags occupied the bread line at the Bowery Mission One hundred and twenty-five persons thirty of them women and girls were in the Fleischmann bread line It was the piercing wind which caused most of the said Federal Forecaster Scarr The cations are that warmer weather will prevail before midnight Five men were saved from an Icy bath and possible death in North er when the Erie ferryboat Suffern crashed Into the tug Robert White In midstream what's your Think Has Sunk No reply was heard The belief was here that if the less S O S calls were really from the they were the last forts of the line's operator to get help and that the vessel probably had sunk within- a short time thereafter In the hope that some of those on board had been able to get away In boats a patrol of the bay of Fundy ordered The tug S S Springhill est of those in port was sent out to lead the search for survivors Wreckage Drifting Ashore Halifax N S Jan reached here from Yarmouth that wreckage Is drifting ashore Bear there It is believed to be the Royal Mail steamship passengers from Bermuda Tugs were ordered to Yarmouth to examine the wreckage and determine if it is part of the The government ship Helena vas compelled to abandon the search be- cause of rough weather and put IB at Beaver harbor Wreckage is floating ashore on ity ledges less than ten miles east of Yarmouth Captain who according to his wireless sages thought that he had struck on Briar island was upward of 100 miles off his course if the wreckage Is that of the Hold Conferences With Senate ers of Interstate Commerce Body on Legislation In Charge Washington Jan President Wilson prepared to put the finishing touches on his trust message to con- gress He held conferences during the day with leaders of the senate Interstate commerce committee and the house judiciary committee which will have trust legislation in charge The federal trade and sent the White house that Frank O'Connor will be given the appointment as district attorney for the northern district this is not yet disposed of President Wilson has not formally considered the nominations of ter Reed and Moore but there is said to be practically no question he will appoint them and send the names to the senate very soon The victory of Porter over ton comes at the close of a protracted struggle which has lasted for almost a year It means in effect that tional Committeeman Wade and the influence of the elements of Iowa circles that favored Champ Clark for president in 1912 have won out over Jerry Sullivan and the inal Wilson elements ment of justice was favorable to ilton Repeatedly Hamilton's tion was sent to the White house arid as often and the age referees with the exception of Representative Kirkpatrick succeeded in having it sent hack Bankers Resent Action in De- faulting Interest Payments General Blanquet Says Mexican Will Not Relinquish Northern States to Rebels Mexico City Jan of important financial interests protested to President Huerta against the action of the government in de- faulting payment of interest upon the Mexican internal and external loans declaring it will alienate the pathy of and is with the gravest results War Minister Blanquet announced j that the government would not the northern states to the without another gle General Blanquet said that Mexican government would attempt induce the United States to the and soldiers crossed the border at Ojinaga and that another army of the north would be organized to fight against General Villa Presidio Tex Jan food ine threatens Presidio because of the hundreds of Mexican refugees ed in the town The United States military authorities and the Red Cross are to relieve the ing but many of the homeless are re- to one meal a day General Villa was reported to making final preparations for his il ney southward to join the j alist army The constitutionalist eral caused proclamations to be posted in Ojinaga offering in gold the capture of Gen Pascual Orozco dead or alive jf GIRL SAVES BROTHER'S LIFE TO FIGHT FOR CHAMPIONSHIP Jack Johnson and Frank for June Negro Gets Big End of Purse Paris Jan Articles were signed for a fight for the world's championship between Jack Johnson and Frank Moran the burgh heavyweight The fight is to take place In June Johnson gets win lose or draw and is guaranteed The match was promoted by American sporting men TRIPLE TRAGEDY IN WYOMING Coal Wife and Husband and Is Himself Stabbed by Latter Wyo Jan Sera a coal miner entered the home of John shot and ly wounded Mrs Steffania his all questions arising under the anti- trust law is the central feature of President Wilson's trust policy cording to the statement of many ators who attended the conference be- tween President Wilson and the sen: ate committee on interstate commerce The discussion of this board was the most salient feature of the conference although the entire trust program of the president was endorsed Bills will be introduced in congress in the near future creating the board and also prohibiting interlocking di- rectorates After the conference administration officials again emphasized the fact that the president desires to deal with all trust problems conservatively It is probable that a portion of the dent's program will go over the next session of congress President Wilson told the tee it is understood that he hopes the trust measures will be pushed through the house with all possible despatch and that congress will be able to ad- journ not later than June 15 He also believes that the legislation strictly party legislation since the Democrats are now in a position to Hazel Brown of Waterloo Sacrifices Her Cuticle to Rescue Youth Who Had Received Severe Burns Brown a clerk has submitted to a skin ing operation to save the life of her brother who recently was severely Nearly forty square inches of skin were removed from the girl's body and grafted on the boy's legs who doctors said could not have recovered without this sacrifice The boy was burned while playing with his companions Oil was spilled on his legs and a lighted match touched against him There is every appearance that the operation will be successful Miss Brown will he confined with her er in the hospital several days over here was gored bull THE MARKETS Grain Provisions Etc Jan ing est est May 93 July May ing 93 HARMONY MEET ENDS IN ROW July May July 65 out was Steffania heard the shot diers who fired upon him The the room the repair of the railroad that and rice may be sent to the hungry refugees near Kagoshima in the island of showing extreme activity in- clude Aso and Onsen and the greatest consternation prevails throughout the island capital of the province of name and the fortified city of Kumamoto 35 miles east of are Relieved to he In ger The official report estimates that persons were burned to death hy of some of the newspapers give as than 300 Many persons were by junks but several capsized by hot boulders Hundreds in Flight Miyazaki Japan Jan party of refugees from the stricken island Sakura Gulf here reported that inhabitants of 300 house's composing the village of Seto on hat island lost their way in trying to reach the s shore probably all perished The say that hundreds drowned trying to swim across the miter escaped The first serious conflict ta i immediately entered the room mortally by Sera city since the railroad strike began occurred when soldiers and police at- tempted to storm Trades ball where a number of labor leaders in- trenched with to last a fortnight and a supply of arms After a number of been fired the attacking force drew off being ing to general conflict Premier Botha in an official an- said that all phases of martial law would be observed ers arrested without warrants and military courts take the place of civil tribunals Wide discretionary are granted to the military Find Body of Murdered Man Scranton Pa Jan posse searching for Robert Fidiam who had been missing since Monday found his dead body in the snow He had been seized the and plunged it into the and turned it so that the blade hot be extracted All three were ken to the hospital where later a mob was formed when it was that Sera might recover The was held at bay by the sheriff and a number of armed deputies fania died during the night and Sera cannot recover Gale Sweeps Hawaii Honolulu Hawaii Jan 15 west gale swept Hawaii Island The tug Helen with six men on board was reported In distress the Island of Maul and help was sent LOSES HIS FOOT SAVES LIFE Bakeman Catches Member in Frog and Bends to One Side and Crushes It Off Kingsland Ind Jan James an Erie railroad brakeman saved his own life by allowing an cut off his foot His caught in a switch frog An engine was bearing down upon him Ing viable to foot twist ed himself into a would prevent the engine his body and remained thus while the wheels ground off his foot He held tery to stop the flow of blood until a SPENCER GAINS NEW DELAY Chief Justice Carter of State Court Grants Writ of Chicago Jan 15 Henry Spencer slayer of Mrs Mildred tango teacher won another reprieve when Chief Justice Orrin N of the state Supreme court granted his attorneys of supersedeas ing the which was set for tomorrow Attorney Anton of counsel for Spencer took the order de- livered by Justice Carter In his bers in the County building at 11 a m and hurried to Springfield to have it certified by the clerk of the court Justice Carter heard arguments in his chambers before in which attorneys for the sentenced man pleaded Insanity and contended that his trial They said that all the confession of wholesale murder made by Spencer when he was arrested should have been admitted as evidence only that part relating to the Rexroat murder The stay of execution by Justice Carter does not fix a date the case will be re vie wed by the Supreme court but that will be set later Mitchell on State Wage Board Albany Y Jan John jell ia place on men's i compensation which Glynn will next Monday to COUNT ITO DIES AT TOKYO Commander Noted for Strategy in Chinese and Russian Wars Expires Aged Seventy Tokyo Jan Ito fleet admiral of the Japanese navy died in his seventy-first year Count Ito had more to do with the ment of the Japanese navy than any other man He entered the service in 1868 and studied for a considerable time in the United States In the war between China aid Japan in 1894 be took a prominent part commanding the combined squadrons of the ese fleet which fought the battle of the Yellow sea afterward blockading the the port of and de- the Chinese fleet He was then appointed chief of the naval eral staff and many honors were con- -f erred on his services In the During the Russo-Japanese war he acted as chief of the naval general staff and contributed greatly br his strategy to of the com- mand of the seas by the Japanese fleet Rival School Boards and Other cers of West Lucas Hold Big Get-Together Meeting Iowa effort by County Superintendent Mullin to induce the wheat patent apolis brands wood to trade Minnesota and Dakota jute straight clears jute second clears jute low grade jute ter wheat patent jute jute rye flour dark tra firsts firsts ladles packing stock EGGS-Current receipts nary firsts firsts extras checks dirties storage firsts LIVE ISc ens fowls springs 13c roosters geese ducks ISc guinea per doz ik Sarah Honor BIG LUMBER FIRM GOES DOWN Company of Fla Asked to Be Adjudged Ella has with Judge Tallahassee by the ing to tief totaled about with business here prices and timber a general tion the past township resulted in that noted bird losing most of its tail the course of a harmony meeting at the court house in Iowa City The ing attended by the rival school boards and other township officers and adherents The county tendent urged as the only means of bringing that every man ing to be a school officer immediately resign and let a completely new hoard chosen by the voters This proposition was unanimously rejected 1 Jameson Action Appealed in the case of the Farmers Savings bank of rison against W R which the jury a verdict for because the defendant wrote a letter of introduction to the for E Boggs president iof the Central Iowa Granite company which later failed will appeal to the Nevada church people are series of evangelistic ings to be held here two weeks and the first of Lowrey and are now a series of Kahs have been conduct the meetings t Postmaster Office M Evans Legrand has resigned and civil service commission has the date for the an examination to de- termine a successor New York Jan quiet 2 hard winter c: f New York red nominal tor domestic No No 1 northern Duluth f o b afloat May July No 3 yellow c L to arrive quiet CLOVER February and March 58.95 cash ary March Chicago Contract J Is Let The of the trustees has awarded the contract the new women's dormitory Work :bn good to choice Jg steers fair to good year tillery steers inferior steers medium to cows fair to good heifers choice ihon to good bologna bulls light mixed Ibs prime light butchers 8.30 medium weight butchers prime heavy 2304 mixed packing heavy pigs IT a steers and western steers heifers calves aa the Trill to care tor him
