06 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1913
Page
1
News reports renewed hostilities end a brief armistice lasting two months. Clashes restart on multiple fronts as conflicting forces exchange fire and military operations resume across affected regions. Officials warn of ongoing danger and urge civilian precautions.
London report states the Balkan war has resumed with bombardment of Adrianople beginning Monday night and a skirmish at the Tchatalja lines. Bulgaria refuses powers remonstrances and the allies threaten to push Turkey out of Europe unless demands are met. Scutari is near fall and Servia may capitulate. Dr Daneff says peace possible if Turks accept, but no further armistice.
Washington reports direct taxes on U.S. citizens' incomes, from idle capital or business. Delaware Wyoming and New Mexico join 38 states in approving the amendment, surpassing the three quarters needed for adoption. Congress leaders expect an income tax law to be drafted once the extra session opens.
The United Garment Workers face leadership strains and worker discontent as only limited strike benefits are paid and negotiations with manufacturers drag on. The six week strike involves 110,000 workers including men, women, and girls across the clothing industry.
Washington Rep Buchanan Illinois introduces a bill to create a land loan bureau in the treasury. It would issue at least 100 million dollars in US notes to be loaned on farm lands at 5 percent of assessed value, six percent interest, for up to twenty years. Jefferson City Missouri prisoners assist in fighting a fire that destroyed the Thomas Building, stopping spread to nearby structures.
Sioux City Ia Tuesday livestock market quotes show beef cattle prices from 3.50 to 9.06 for various grades, hogs trading around 7.16 to 7.40 with most sales at 7.80 to 7.35 and average weight 248 pounds, sheep and lamb prices listed for spring lambs yearlings and ewes with multiple ranges including 8.00 to 3.60 for bucks.
A loan agreement between the Chinese government and a six power group of bankers has been completed and signed. The agreement provides for the Chinese government 6 percent reorganization gold loan totaling 125 million dollars.
President Taft has signed a congressional resolution appropriating 25000 dollars for the expenses of Wilson's inauguration in Washington D C. The act supports ceremony costs and related official duties tied to the event.
United States politics and reform are in focus as women press for the vote while a primary plan fails in the Senate. Taft and Wilson era events include Lincoln memorial plans, federal spending, and a shakeup in the postal and civil services. A Chicago hotel fire, a train robbery, and citrus crop losses in California also figure amid diplomatic and sports notes.
The Knights Templar invitation presented to President McKinley was recovered from Morris A. Forgotson of New York for 1500 dollars. Raymond A. Kline, a Brooklyn Mason, raised the money by subscription from New York Masons.
William Saulsbury wins Delaware seat after three week deadlock in the state legislature. New Jersey selects former Congressman William Hughes as U S senator. Wyoming reelects Francis E Warren with 46 votes to 38 for Kendrick. New Mexico names A B Fall by both houses. Arkansas elects W M Kavanaugh to a short term. Kansas appoints William H Thompson to succeed Curtis. South Carolina confirms Benjamin Tillman for a fourth term. Turkey orders plenipotentiaries back and war may resume after armistice. House of Lords rejects Home Rule bill. German aviator Huell dies in landing at Aix-la-Chapelle.
Miss Helen Taft daughter of the president acted to save Miss Marthe Bowers during a riding party. Bowers was injured in the incident as the horse she rode bolted.
The Iowa House voted 104 to 0 to authorize direct election of United States senators by the people, after previously memorializing Congress to submit a constitutional amendment. Other items include a plan to cap sheriffs feeding prisoners to fixed fees, and a push for daylight saloons and a state prison for women.
A daylight closing bill restricting hours for establishments to 7 AM to 7 PM was reported back to the house floor by the temperance suppression committee with a recommendation for passage. The subcommittee report was adopted and the chairman ordered to report it out for passage. A one mile tax levy for road building funds is urged in a petition from the Ottumwa Commercial Association.
Beef specialists at the Iowa Beef Producers association session in Des Moines urged a coordinated farmer movement to raise stock and feed soil products. They argued Iowa can boost wealth through livestock, with half of the 200,000 farms capable of producing beef and each farmer potentially yielding about $2,000 annually from a carload of baby beef.
Deg Moines resident Fred Reese, 37, was hit by a west bound train at the Great Western yards in South Des Moines, flung onto another track where an east bound train struck him. He suffered a broken leg and head bruises and resides in Fort Dodge.
Judge Castle rules in Shenangoan county that a wind event causing a box car top to detach and strike a farmer's registered cow occurred as an act of God. The passing freight train owned by Ianot Hahld was not found liable for the animal's death.
Engineer Fred Kennison of Perry ran a freight train to Cornell Bluffs in three hours and fifteen minutes. The record shattered typical passenger train times by more than an hour, marking a notable efficiency achievement.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Zearing Creamery company officers were elected. President J W Deal. vice president Adam Ruxton. secretary C P Bean. treasurer W A Potlool.
Stowley Two investigators failed to locate robbers at the Rowley post office scene. Waterloo bloodhounds were brought in but did not pick up a trail after multiple attempts, leading to an unresolved search.
Dan Wymore, 63, a farmer near Montezuma, attempted suicide by taking carbolic acid while temporarily insane over financial worries. His wife summoned a doctor who aided him, but he remained in danger and likely to die.
Expert accountant Catroll-George Poorman reports a $5 743 86 shortage in the books of John Greick former county clerk Greick died by suicide two weeks ago in his home an apparent self inflicted tragedy linking to the financial discrepancy
Marshalltown authorities rule against housing railroad laborers in bunk cars within city limits. Railroads entering the city for improvement work must provide alternative housing for workers. The new rule aims to regulate labor conditions and urban nuisance.
Improvements at Manly include a 15000 gallon standpipe erected by the Rock Island and an automatic coaling station with 800 ton capacity built at a cost of 35000 dollars. both facilities are now completed.
Mrs. Anna Michael and Ollie Pickett were brought from Council Bluffs to Mason City and charged with forgery. They are jailed awaiting a preliminary hearing.
The oldest University of Iowa landmark Old South Hall will be dismantled leaving only its stone foundation. Built around 1868 to house classrooms for the collegiate medical and dental departments, the building was destroyed by a fire on a rainy night after a literary society event.
Charles City born W J Reid, a former Floyd county resident, was sentenced to six years at Fresno for forgery. His record includes an arson indictment in Rockford Iowa, with a hung jury, and ten years’ terms in Chicago and Massachusetts. He has relatives in Rockford, described as well to do and respected.
In Cedar Rapids a footpad threatened Rock Island division superintendent George A Merrill with a revolver. Merrill knocked the man down and restrained him until police arrived. The assailant was Earl Cone, who prior to his capture had robbed four others. Cone’s brother Ray Cone was also jailed for involvement in a prior holdup.
Sidney Henry Johnson, a colored man, was sentenced to twenty five years for murder in the second degree in the ab regad killing of Henry Porter. Ross Gibson, a one year old boy, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily injury and had sentence suspended during good behavior.
Yale farmer Yale-Mack Lockwood reported two men working on Milwaukee railroad tracks three miles north of Yale. He found fifteen spikes removed from ties and one rail loosened. Calls to Yale halted a train nearly ready to depart the city.
Mrs. Florence Gambte, jailed on charges of defrauding lonely bachelors by feeding malls, is released by Judge Smith McPherson on her own recognizance to care for two small children in Boone.
J. W. Jarnigan, veteran newspaperman with thirty five years in the field, will move to Des Moines to assume editorship of the Iowa Farmer, formerly The Register and Farmer. He has issued papers from Colfax Oskaloosa Montezuma and Cedar Falls.
Davenport police pursue Ton F Bennett, who arrived last week posing as an aviator. He reportedly planned a flight from Prairie du Chien Wisconsin to Lincoln Nebraska and is believed to have cashed checks marked no funds by his bank.
Bloodhounds lost the trail after ten blocks while hunting a person who left a newborn girl on the porch at Karl Welz enkirn’s home. Authorities in New London seek the suspected culprit as the infant, not more than two days old, was found abandoned.
Fred Shuman is jailed on assault charges connected to an attack on James Sullivan a construction foreman in Milwaukee yards. Sullivan sustained a fractured skull and remains hospitalized after the incident.
Robert Henderson state printer and J M Jamegon state binder were re elected by a joint legislature meeting. Terms start January 1 1915.
Gowrie Marshal McParland who was shot November 9 while attempting to arrest three men identified Thomas Robinson on trial for burglary and attempted murder with intent to commit murder.
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