15 May 1913
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
1
Fragmentary note reports the defense situation in Old Mexico has not improved. the text is incomplete and offers limited concrete details beyond the stalled state of affairs.
Rebels cut the Tampico to San Luis Potosi railway, forcing oil movement via Tampico to Monterey. Tampico-Monterey line briefly repaired. further cuts could halt locomotive fuel. Government struggles continue with conscriptions, mobilization, and defensive actions in north and Morelos. Torreon isolated. Orozco reinforces Zacatecas. Tejada reports limited gains around Monterey.
Globe reports a deadly race riot six miles below Globe between Americans and Mexicans. Jose Peres died after a clash, M Orize was wounded, and a dozen locals were arrested as Sheriff Haynes and a posse restored order. The mob threatened officers but yielded to revolvers at the march.
Wisited by Jack Frost in South Haven Michigan hundreds of orchards were carefully examined and fruit growers report that half of the bumper crop of apples will be lost due to the Friday and Saturday frosts. Early strawberries and pears are unlikely. later varieties fare better. Smudging was widely used but largely ineffective as frost penetrated the orchards before warming could help.
The United States Great Britain Canada Newfoundland Australia and Ghent are urged by international conferees in New York to join in marking 100 years of peace among English speaking peoples, signaling a new era of international goodwill.
One man was killed and another severely injured by lightning during a storm near Peru Kansas twenty miles southwest of here. Southern Kansas saw electrical storms early this week with little property damage reported.
Rube Waddell, the famous ball player, is improving in Minneapolis after an illness early this week. Dr. H L Williams, athletic director at the University of Minnesota, attends him and says the threatened blood poisoning is being prevented by surgery. The operation aimed to stop the poison from spreading.
Washington representative Britten voices concern over pending acts still unsigned by Governor Johnson. Senator Works rebukes Rockefeller foundation funding proposal linked to education of the public with criminally obtained money. President Wilson abandons currency legislation for now. Agriculture warns of risk from pink boll worm seed imports from Egypt or India threatening U S cotton.
Mayor Fuhrmann of Buffalo vows to handle the strike situation without state troops as disorder grows after express and delivery workers walk out. Elizabeth Marks, 65, dies in Oregon Mo from a fire sparked by her husband’s pine log. the couple were en route to their son’s wedding. Charles D. Hilles, Republican committee chair, calls a May 24 executive meeting at the Willard to discuss a push for a special national convention on representation.
Patrolman Thomas Campbell and two others were jailed by order of Chief O Neill after being named by a saloon keeper as robbers. Francisco Cerone and Cody McLaughlin were also detained alongside Campbell in the unfolding Denver crime report.
Reported clashes outside the Spanish embassy as 300 anarchists and syndicalists shouted anti monarchist slogans during King Alfonso's visit. Police dispersed the crowd with force. Other world events include naval losses, political resignations, and a fatal accident in London.
The Iowa Sunday school convention will convene June 3 to 5 in Burlington with a parade Tuesday evening featuring delegates and city school children. Speakers include Prof. Walter S. Athearn of Drake University and Dr. J. W. Williamson of St. Louis, along with leaders from Chicago Kansas City and Indianapolis.
Four hundred and three civil war veterans in Town have filed preliminary applications for transportation to the reunion at Gettysburg to be held in July 1964. An appropriation of 10000 dollars by the legislature will provide railroad fare for about 020 veterans. Formal applications have been made by 129 veterans.
A large railway improvement project is underway near Belle Plaine. Forty workers are replacing the wooden bridge on the south branch at the river with a concrete bridge. The south branch is being made a permanent railway with concrete bridges, heavy steel and permanent construction.
Waverly The Kelley Canning company will skip a full corn husker line this year, cutting the season to about half its usual size. Many factories share the trend due to large corn stocks in packers' hands. Roughly twenty five state factories will not operate this year.
Iowa Falls reports the unique wooden map crafted by David Millar of Dows has been archived at the Cedar Rapids Mason library. The inlaid map features 1,200 pieces and marks Burlington as the birthplace of Masonry in Iowa with a square and compass motif.
Webster City dealer W. H. Cook reports receipt of a patent for a small device named katydid. The device claims to revolutionize phonographs by producing a finely modulated clear tone like that of an expensive machine, improving performance on cheaper models.
Louis Fobes plowing a field undisturbed for twelve years in Ida Grove uncovered a rattlesnake nest. He killed three snakes, one six feet long and two five feet long, the first rattlesnakes seen in northwest Iowa for many years.
In a special election the citizens of Oskaloosa approved a 25 year franchise for the McKinley traction interests by a vote of 1 232 to 2 cents. The firm has recently acquired the local street car line light and heat companies and the Buxton and Oskaloosa Interurban.
The Rock Island announces a new division established after May 15 with headquarters in Dows. The passenger train service will operate between Iowa Falls and Germania and run between Dows and Estherville.
The Fort Dodge Retailers' Association will hold a road dragging contest on May 22 with a committee already selected to arrange details.
Ottumwa-EH reports Selma farmer T Marlan, a wealthy landowner, was freed of forging the signature of George Ray to a mortgage for 775 dollars after County Attorney D P Steck dismissed the suit for want of prosecution.
Magnolia news notes a reunion of the Latter Day Saints in the Little Sioux district covering six western Iowa counties. The meeting will take place in Magnolia from August 16 to 25, following a decision by the committees.
Des Moines reports no preference for veterans of Iowa regiments at the thirty ninth annual G A R state encampment. Local committee corrects rumors that homecoming and encampment must coincide. Veterans statewide urged to attend the event and reunions irrespective of regiment or state representation.
Haley, Leonard W., who served thirteen months in his cell, is released from solitary restrictions and resumes privileges accorded to other prisoners at Fort Madison. The inmate now works inside the walls as caretaker. Bury Accidents: authorities bury two unidentified victims, Frank Petrick and Francisco Bungao, whose deaths occurred near Radcliffe while employed on the St. Paul and Kansas City Short Line.
The 99 year old son of George Davis Jr. drowned while playing with companions along the river. He waded to retrieve his hat blown into deep water and disappeared. Frightened bystanders ran for help, but responders arrived too late.
New Democratic Weekly reports Bilderback and Son have purchased the local printing plant at public auction to publish a democratic weekly. Mr Bilderback previously ran a democratic paper in Atlantic over twenty years ago and his son has operated a job office in Wichita Kansas.
R S Barton of Western Union was held up in Estherville as a robber pressed a gun to his face and ordered him to raise his hands. Barton hesitated, the weapon fired twice but did not explode, and he fled the scene.
A blaze in Eagle Grove caused nearly $60,000 damage to local business interests. The fire began in the combined armory opera house, which was destroyed for about $22,000 with $8,500 covered by insurance. No cause has yet been determined.
Dorothy Koontz daughter of Julius Koontz former bank cashier Ogden State bank died after a woodtick bite. Physicians say the bite caused a poison that circulated in her body and led to death.
The controlling interests of the Charles City Lighting and Heating Company and the Charles City Water Power Company were sold to H. H. Gaughlan of Waterloo and M. A. Harrison of Hampton. The sale consolidates ownership under the Waterloo and Hampton investors.
Muscatine reports president Sterneman announced the Cubs have a contract from President Murphy for a game in Muscatine on June 2. Nevada painter Oscar Johnson appeared before officials charged with insanity. he was ordered committed to the state hospital at Clarinda, marking his sixth confinement.
Prof Frank Green of Malvern was elected superintendent of schools in Logan. Green trained at the state normal of Iowa and the State University of Nebraska. Ackley farmer Joe Neumeyer was injured near Aplington when his auto overturned and struck barb wire fencing.
United States Marshal P B Clark departed for Washington D C with Russell Braden tine an 18 year old West Liberty youth who was sentenced to the government Industrial school for five timed robberies of the West Liberty post office.
Francisco Bungolo an Italian laborer died when he fell between a gravel train car and another car on the St Paul and Kansas City railroad spur near Radelite. The accident occurred as workers were moving cars in the yard. Local authorities investigated the incident and noted the hazardous conditions.
County recorders were ordered to send twenty recent land sale records per township to the executive council to establish actual values for taxation. The council aims to align assessed farm property with market value before the June boards of review, with attorney generals and county attorneys coordinating enforcement.
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