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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
3
London report says 10,000 users mobbed the suffragette meeting as Flora Drummond spoke from a wagon. Miss Drummond was pelted with missiles and hats were torn from women’s heads. Police escorted the crowd as abuses and ragtime choruses filled the afternoon scene.
In Washington the new senate committee assignments leave Kenyon and Crawford without chairmanships among the old progressive Republicans. Cummins takes the Mississippi river committee while Poindexter becomes chair of expenditures in the war department. La Follette Borah and Glapp win chairs. Poindexter aligns with Bull Moose.
Sister Mary Dolores aged 31 and a teacher at the Servants of Mary school died in Cherokee Louisiana. She was highly educated and beloved by all who knew her. She leaves a father and brother in Indiana and a sister in Cherokee.
Miss Josephine Kigitich, 85, of Buffalo, died after losing balance on Luna Island and falling into the Niagara River while watching the falls with friends. The body was not recovered after being carried over the American Falls.
An underground gas explosion at Scolley square ripped surface earth and hurled a passing trolley car about Anty feet. Several passengers were slightly injured, with only one needing medical aid. Discovered works by Raphael in Perugia include a large ornamental fresco considered an early masterpiece.
Fire destroyed the Ford Manufacturing company plant in Vandalia Illinois with losses estimated at 150 000 dollars. Local firefighters contained the blaze after hours of effort and no injuries were reported.
Naples Max im Gorky the Russian author has chosen not to return or accept amnesty at present though the Romanov tercentenary order was issued. Francis Boradnax of Montclair N J, an engineering expert, was found dead in a Utica hotel bed.
Washington Secretary of State Bryan and ambassador Jusserand of France formally argued the general arbitration treaties between the two nations. Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior, was dubbed Lone Chief by a Blackfeet delegation from Montana who presented him with a pipe of peace and a buckskin tobacco bag. John Skelton Williams of Richmond, Virginia, named assistant secretary of the treasury to replace Robert R. Haley. Secretary Garrison of the War Department ordered inoculation for all staff after two smallpox cases. Speaker Champ Clark was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court, with no immediate plans to argue there. President Wilson urged peace in Latin America and warned against personal aggrandizement. Bryan was invited to lead the Young Men’s Bible class at First Presbyterian Church, Washington, where membership is rising. he has not yet accepted.
At least ninety people died and many were injured as a fierce electrical storm struck Georgia Tennessee Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. A New York court found Julian Hawthorne De Morton and Albert Freeman guilty of fraudulent mall schemes. Freeman received five years while Morton and Hawthorne drew one year and a day. A farmer in Indiana lost 11000 in cash and papers on a train. A San Francisco youth, Charles M Busch, reported a robbery. Dr A G Six of Michigan killed himself ahead of a planned medical appointment. Illinois judges plan a national wage inquiry. Forest fires devastate Blue Ridge timber and bark. Bombardier Wells was knocked out by Gunboat Smith in New York. In Salem Illinois a confrontation with deputies was averted. Walter Shears killed his wife and then himself in Cambridge Illinois.
Burgiara blew open a large safe in the jewelry store of Hyman Shepiro on the Bowery in New York and escaped with between $8,000 and $10,000 worth of goods. They overlooked $25,000 worth of diamonds. Supreme Court Justices Bliur of Washington signed an Interlocutory decree of divorce in favor of Mrs. Brie B. Dahlgren against her husband, a son of Rear Admiral Dahlgren. Kansas City raiders confronted a theft case, bought beer, and carried away evidence. The New York yacht club refused Sir Thomas Lipton’s America's Cup challenge. Washington state lawmakers debated capital punishment. Governor Lister expected to approve repeal. Minnesota municipal battles favored dry forces with Stewartville a key victory by five votes. Kansas Senate defeated an eight-hour day for women amid rural opposition.
Lina Cavalleri to wed Lucien Muratore in Detroit on March 28 while Hadley faces strain at a summer ranch in California. Princeton will gain 32 million from Ferris Thompson estate. New York and San Francisco Salvation Army receive 60 thousand each. Bernhardt sprains ankles in Pico Heights crash. Johns Hopkins may lure Taft as president. Chinese reform adviser Goodnow named. Congressional child labor conference opens in Jacksonville.
Dispatch notes 300 Albanian inhabitants of Licuma in Kornovo province shot without trial by Servian troops. About 1000 more moved to Prisrend. Also reports Tatiana Nicolaievna's typhoid fever improving in St. Petersburg. Oxford defeats Cambridge in annual boat race by a quarter length on the Thames. A German ship Glenaloon sank off Heligo with 86 crew. fate unknown. Two sergeants fatally injured in midair collision at Rheims during a training flotilla. Constitutionalistas seize Nogales after twelve hours of fighting. casualties estimated at 100 dead and many wounded.
Des Moines reports a steady exodus of homeseekers heading to Canada and the north to take up farms for spring planting. Railroads offer special Tuesday rates to move households goods and stock, with as many as 300 people leaving in a day. Many are former renters seeking farm ownership in cheaper lands, including moves toward Oklahoma and Texas via southern routes.
Fort Dodge youths witnessed a dairy demonstration where a curried, cleaned cow kicked the milk bucket during milking. An uncurried cow, milked by a man in dirty overalls using old-fashioned methods, submitted to the operation.
In Keokuk four men were injured as walls of the Ellis Hosworth company building collapsed during a wrecking job. Among the injured are Andrew Stevens Swanson Kimbler and Pinnell who is fatally hurt. Authorities report serious injuries and a confirmed fatality from the collapse.
Marne man and wife mourn the death of Irving Sorenson five-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Sorenson after lockjaw developed four days after smallpox vaccination amid a recent scare and widespread compulsory inoculation.
The Lake City special election approved rebuilding the water works by a two to one margin. Many voters failed to mark the water bonds, causing the bond proposition to be defeated by twelve votes.
Franklin county Republican convention backs O G Reeve as representative candidate for the special election to fill the late Frank Thayer. Reeve is described as a strong Cum ming man. Baby suffocated in stormy move across home goods. Five decades of marriage marked by Temple Mason City residents Mr and Mrs Henry Garlock celebrate their fiftieth anniversary at Clear Lake with eight daughters attending.
Former U S secretary of agriculture James Wilson arrived in Ames from Washington after sixteen years in the cabinet. He toured Iowa State College Tuesday morning, meeting President Pearson, deans, and old friends.
The Teachers' college plans spring vacation gospel meetings as M. C. A. will dispatch teams to conduct outreach.
A strange burglary occurred at Rippey where thieves entered John Munson’s lumber office and stole an adding machine weighing ninety pounds. Local authorities pursue clues as the unusual theft unsettles the town.
A community ballot approved a new school house costing 32000 dollars with 337 votes for and 46 against. Of the ten voters, only one opposed the proposition.
Seventeen men, many gray haired, joined the Iowa threshers fifth annual convention in Des Moines. Henry Willis of Lacona ta won first prize of 25 in the old fiddlers contest, his age and white hair noted as he took the stage before the judges. The crowd cheered as he began, fiddling lively reels with energetic foot stamping.
Wilson Bros of Menlo sold over 27000 dollars worth of cattle and horses to 1500 bidders from across the United States. Cattle brought record prices with some selling at high cents per pound on foot, while horses ranged from 250 to 600 dollars. All bidders were fed at the farm.
Albert John Johnson, a Warren county soldiers' home resident, apparently temporarily deranged, slashed guard Joseph S. Scott with a jack knife. After arrest and detention at headquarters he leaped ten feet from a balcony to the floor trying to flee.
Des Moines aged 78 Des Moines Laucius B Ames long-time Baptist minister dies Sunday after relocating to Des Moines 22 years ago from Marion where he first preached in Iowa Born October 21 1834 in West Bridgewater Massachusetts Ames began ministry in Marion in 1877 and served in several eastern states before settling in Des Moines
Cedar Falls Iowa closed its winter term at the Iowa State Teachers college with a graduating class. The term was highly successful with the largest enrollment in thirty eight years totaling 1 271 students.
Articles filed by the Iowa Constitutional Prohibitory Amendment Association list a capital stock of 500000 dollars in 50000 shares of 10 dollars each. The chief aim is to secure resubmission of the prohibitory amendment to Iowa's constitution.
Adair resident Adair-Roy A. Stacey secretary of the Great White Way association and fellow booster James McDonnell travel to Washington for the national good roads convention. They advocate making the Great White Way part of the Ocean-to-Ocean highway project.
The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Society of Castle Grove has closed its fifth year with losses totaling 2649 dollars and 50 cents and only one assessment levied. It now carries risks in fourteen townships amounting to 600000 dollars.
The farm house of Ralph Glidden southwest of here was destroyed by fire causing a loss of 32,500 dollars. The cause of the fire is unknown.
Experts will inspect Harrison county farms focusing on rolls live stock crops fruit and domestic science. The county tour will be made in autos and valuable statistics are expected to be secured.
The Mississippi Rival Power Company, building the large dam at Keokuk, has donated nine acres of land adjoining Rand Park to the city of Keokuk.
Des Moines report: Iowa sen ate passes rural consolidation bill by Jones for township units, 34 to 8, with Doran and Webber opposing. Also passes the storage law requiring labeling of all goods for human consumption stored for sale, aiming to curb storage eggs and butter competition. Prison reform bills advance, including ending contract labor and prisoner compensation with board control. Railroads faced trespass limits and a bill to eight hour day for stationary engineers debated.
State senate committee on state educational institutions debates changes in courses at Cedar Falls Iowa City and Ames as ordered by the state board of education while the House passes the Gay bill opposing board orders. The Klay Reform Bill creates a permanent retrenchment and reform committee and allocates 10000 dollars. rumors tie it to halted state economy measures. The Sherman bill to allow cities over 2000 to adopt commission government goes to conference. House rejects lower population threshold and unhappy with salary schedules. Railroads face bills to settle losses on a set timetable and require headlamps. Aske proposes state hotel licensing and sanitation standards with a 400 dollar cap on guests’ lost money.
Committees indefinitely postponed the Shankland bill substituting the Australian ballot for petition consent for saloon licenses after a stormy session. The vote to lay it aside was four to one, with harsh exchanges centering on Representative Shankland and claims of parliamentary rule breaches. Shankland plans a minority floor report and a public house vote on the measure.
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