25 Dec 1913
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
1
The Bank of London and Mexico suspended operations in Mexico City due to a currency shortage. Depositors faced limits of 200 pesos as withdrawals topped 17 million pesos, with the bank seen as solvent but temporarily closed amid a broader financial crisis and Huerta era holidays.
Washington reports the house approved the conference report on the administration currency bill by 298 to 60 and sent it to the senate. Cheers from Democrats greeted the result as Speaker Clark announced the vote. Thirty seven Republicans, twelve Progressives and one Independent joined the majority. two Democrats opposed.
Congressman I. S Pepper of Iowa's Second district died after a long siege of typhoid fever. He fell ill while traveling from Washington to Iowa City for a reunion, was cared for in a hotel, then moved to a Clinton hospital where he soon passed away following a brief illness.
Mrs Medill McCormick of Chicago has accepted the chairmanship of the congressional committee of the National Suffrage Association in New York. Her appointment signals a pivotal leadership move in the suffrage campaign as organized by the national group.
Louis T. Rea of Carrollton Missouri fatally injures his wife Blanche Rea in Tulsa Oklahoma then fatally shoots himself in a hotel. Police confirm a domestic tragedy with both spouses dead.
The board of election commissioners began examining applicants for hundreds of judge and clerk positions to be filled by women in the spring elections, marking a push for female participation in Chicago's polling process.
The Rev. John Thomas McFarland D 1 longtime president of Iowa Wesleyan University and editor of Sunday school publications for the Methodist church since 1904 died at his Maplewood New Jersey home.
Washington reports: a national training center for women workers opens. Wilson signs the Hetch Hetchy bill aiding San Francisco water supply. the Owen-Gla ss currency bill advances in the Senate. Reorganization talks for AT&T emerge while coal strikes draw House scrutiny. Senator Stone confined by bronchitis. Republican rules cut southern delegations. Shawneetown levee funding urged. Michigan copper mine interests questioned. rural pay boosts opposed.
Nighttime thefts claim 600 dollars in cash and 200 dollars in stamps from Postmas ter Inglis's Milton Indiana drug store and local post office. A new New York City land price record stands at 2.25 million dollars for Fifth Avenue and Forty second Street. An 11 thousand dollar widow’s fund awarded to the Panama Canal engineer Gaillard family. Senate approves appropriation. U.S. Court of Appeals upholds 260 thousand dollar Danbury hatters verdict, with fees rising to 272 thousand.
Ten officers and more than 600 troops of the Guaymas garrison surrender to Maytorena's forces in Mexico. A special train carries former federals to Hermosillo. An exchange of fire near Presidio, Texas, leaves Luis Orozco dead. Villa decrees confiscation of vast Mexican properties including banks and mines.
In Brussels the Duke of Orleans sustaining two arm breaks after a fall while skating at an exclusive Belgian club amid a separation suit in Belgian courts by the duchess. Lieutenant Baron von Forstner received 43 days in jail for Zabern troubles, while Florence crowds pressed near the Mona Lisa exhibit as police faced tourists.
Personal Cardinal Sebastian Martinelli, papal delegate to the United States (1896–1902), is seriously ill in Rome at age sixty five. Mrs Albert T Patrick dies of cancer in Tulsa hospital, with Patrick and daughter Lucille at her bedside. Cardinal Mariano Rampolla, once papal secretary of state, dies in Rome after a recent papal election vote loss. Lieutenant H. H. B. Post sets new San Diego altitude record at 10 600 feet, rising 2 600 feet over prior mark. Maria Montessori criticizes American sex hygiene teaching on her Chicago arrival. Boston Mayor John P Fitzgerald withdraws from mayoralty bid amid Arcadia lodging house fire investigation. An illness that kept a public official in bed after Arcadia fire collapse cited as reason for retreat.
Ames hosts the annual Iowa State College short course December 29 to January 2 for farmers. Notable entries include the Union Stock Yards six horse team of Chicago, Belgian Shire and Percheron champions from Wiliam Crownover, and prize Shorthorns from Avondale. Fat steers, breeding herd, and swine classes feature top animals from the International Fat stock shows and the college herd.
Norman G. Winnie selected as collector of customs at Dubuque with a decade in government service. He spent six years at the New York port and over three years in the Panama Canal Zone where he earned a gold medal from President Roosevelt for service during the bubonic plague outbreak.
An 80 acre Walsh estate tract, fenced with no improvements, sold last week for 190 per acre, six miles from market. Robert Hall bought it 18 months ago for 150 an acre, netting $3,200 plus two years’ rent. Theodore Weliendorf of Grant township purchased the land.
Word from Iowa City reports Elmer Wallin a State University of Iowa electrical engineering graduate killed in New York City by an electric wire. He attended Western Normal College at Shenandoah a year before entering the university.
Jack Hedrick of Rockwell City completed an extraordinary corn harvest setting an uncommon record. He toiled thirty five days and nights to gather 3,848 bushels, cribbing 163 bushels in nine and one half hours, tallying the day’s work.
Charles A. Halback J Will Huiskamp and Spangler escaped a fatal flood when Huiskamp's boat drifted into the spillway flow. Huiskamp and Halback reached safety as Spangler, unable to swim, rode a life preserver to a rock and was rescued. The event echoed a prior spring accident at the same spot.
Carroll R M Trendley of Nashville plans six separate damage suits in district court this week against Northwestern railway for $75,000 each after a June collision at the Ralston crossing near Glidden killed his two daughters Louise and Rebecca and injured his wife Dudley chauffeur Ike Bass and other party members while touring to the west coast.
Nine hundred eighty acres worth 410,000 will pass to the heirs of William Fort of this city after a supreme court ruling in Fort vs Colby. The dispute concerned whether a mortgage to the Colbys constituted a mortgage or a deed, with Colbys claiming it was a deed.
A major fire on North Main Street in Mason City caused heavy damage to about six businesses. The blaze started in the basement of Sanders cafe, destroying floors and damaging Smith & Thompson, Dean grocery, and Woodruff shoe stores. Estimated loss around $13,000.
After a vacancy since May the First Presbyterian church extended a unanimous call to Rev. C. M. Rauch of St. Louis to serve as pastor. Rauch previously led the Cote Brilliante Presbyterian church in St. Louis for twelve years.
The New Hampton club votes unanimously to keep officers for another year. Honored are President C. A. Larson, ice-president C. C. Sheakley, secretary F. A. O'Connor, treasurer W. L. Turner.
Funeral services for the late August Miller were held here with more than 1990 Modern Woodmen in attendance. Miller served eighteen years as clerk of the local camp and did scout duty with Buffalo Bill at one time.
Hubert Stone, a member of an Illinois Central railroad bridge crew, died from injuries after a beam slipped from a chain and struck him as piles were driven. He fell twelve feet to the frozen ground.
Godsey of western Mills county unearthed a grave while spading near his home. The coroner identified eight human skeletons as Indians, six adults and two children, likely buried together.
Eighty two year old Is Married council Bluffs D L Boham of Carbon aged two years and Mrs Mary Routh formerly of Carson aged fifty two were married. Both bride and groom have long been residents of Carbon.
Centerville grand jury indicts railroad brakeman John Mosley for first degree murder in the alleged slaying of John Schrumm. Evidence points to premeditated intent as the case proceeds to trial.
Richard Snell of Clinton HL announces plans for two fireproof business blocks. One block spans six months and the other seven. Buildings will cover 120 by 140 feet, with an estimated cost of 000.
A pioneer settler W A Brooks of Franklin County was killed by a passenger engine on the Minneapolis and Louis railroad here while stone coal.
Voters in nine sub districts of the Coon Valley school township southeast of Sac City will decide on December 20 whether to dissolve the township organization and make each subdistrict independent.
Four gospel teams from the University of Iowa under the YMCA supervision will tour the state during the Christmas holidays. Each team will include six college men.
In Emmetsburg a damage verdict in the case of Mrs. M. P. Carrigan against the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad awards Mrs. Carrigan five thousand dollars. The decision notes her daughter Theresa Carrigan a school teacher was killed at Ayrshire a year ago by a freight drain.
Riverton Methodist church held its annual bazaar with strong attendance. Receipts totaled about 200 dollars, marking the event as one of the most successful in the Riverton church’s history.
The Webster City Pie congregation of its Methodist church announces its first observance of dedication Week starting Sunday, March 2s, noting it has been ten years since the new church was dedicated.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court reverses Judge Applegate ruling on the capitol grounds extension act. The court allows the executive council to proceed with funding within a ten year plan from taxes and up to 250000 in certificates, while stressing constitutional limits. It cites Rowley vs Duckworth and notes that all departments must obey the constitution and avoid creating debt beyond the law’s bounds.
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