19 Oct 1911
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
1
Chinese fighters claim a striking victory near Wu Chang as rebels press the revolt, challenging authorities and drawing regional attention to the uprising. Authorities vow to tighten security and monitor movements in nearby districts.
Rebels seize Wu Chang after battle with royal troops in Hankow China. Foreign residents unmolested. the revolutionary committee urges protection of civilians. Five river gunboats deployed. American and Japanese cruisers expected. foreign consuls seek armed aid. Volunteers guard the foreign quarter to ensure safety of all foreigners.
In Caruthersville Missouri a mob seized two Black men from the city jail and hanged them. A. B. Richardson body found floating in the Mississippi river after being shot. B. N. Woods believed killed in the same mob attack. Tensions rose as warnings were issued for Black residents to leave the city amid robberies and an assault on two white women.
Washington DC A general inquiry into railroad company control of docking wharfage and pier facilities at Gulf of Mexico Mississippi and Atlantic coast ports including Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis and Philadelphia has been instituted by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It concerns matters vital to railroads and shippers.
The Topeka Western league franchise announces Dale Gear, famed pennant winning Austin Texas league manager, will lead the Topeka team next season. Gear’s hiring follows the club securing the managerial role and aims to drive a championship push in Topeka, Kansas.
The annual session of the American Institute of Mining Engineers opened in Frisco with 200 delegates in attendance. The meeting will run for a week. Moustafa Assim Bey is New Minister in Constantinople, taking the foreign affairs portfolio in the new Turkish cabinet.
Sioux City market quotes Wednesday show cattle in several grades with steers from 4.50 to 7.75, cows and heifers 5.00 to 6.60, grass cattle 8.50 to 4.75, canners and cutters 2.50 to 0.50, bulls 3.00 to 4.50, veals 4.00 to 7.00. Hogs sold mainly 6.35 to 6.40, lambs 4.50 to 5.56, yearlings 3.50 to 4.25, wethers 0.85 to 3.50, ewes 2.25 to 3.35.
H E DonCarlos of Lawrence Kansas was elected general president at the National Fraternal Aid association biennial session held here.
A Chicago mother who sought the return of keepsakes honoring her daughter killed in the Iroquois fire had her appeal answered when the thief mailed back the trinkets. The items were sent to the family by mail.
News roundup reports Turkey seeks peace terms over Tripoli with Italy. Russia and the United States push mediation while a protest telegram denounces Italy's war as unjust. Austria edges toward action over the Albanian coast. Also noted are police searches for Kingston Singhs, a mosquito commission push in Orange, a major grain dealers convention in Omaha, a long electrical line opening from Charlotte to Durham, and a fire at Edgington Lake that saved 250 girls.
The Supreme Court of the United States convened after its summer vacation with an unusually heavy docket. Key cases include the Minnesota rate case, several anti trust actions, and matters involving Interstate Commerce Commission decisions.
Across Milwaukee the International Dairy show opens with President Taft's cow Pauline Wayne as guest of honor. In Chicago, the National Life Underwriters association holds its annual convention. Taft predicts Panama Canal readiness by July 1 1918 in Bellingham Washington.
Philadelphia driver Erwin Bergdoll won the 2021 Quaker City Motor Club four mile event in Fairmount Park driving a 90 horsepower Benz. He finished in 3 hours 18 minutes 41.35 seconds.
The King George V, Britain's largest battleship, is launched at Portsmouth while Portsmouth officials report the ship’s christening. In Portugal the government claims the royalist revolt is nearly ended as Gen Pimento Castro resigns as war minister. In France, the Neptune and Amphitrite picture by Boucher is stolen from Quimper museum, paralleling the Mona Lisa theft. In Sonora, Mexico new tax pressure on Chinese residents is set to force their departure.
Des Moines report recalls the fourteenth annual Colfax Iowa reunion of thirty nine members of the Thirty-ninth Iowa Regiment. Colonel Palmer of Washington delivered the principal address with Maj. Lac ey of Oskaloosa also speaking. War Itinerary talk followed. Mrs Wheedon and Mrs Hawk led remarks as a closing business session and farewell until next year.
Humboldt manager Herman of Zbyszko met Frank Gotch this week to discuss a title match this season. He offered Gotch ten thousand dollars for his share regardless of outcome, signaling high stakes in the planned contest.
Marguerite Hanlon, 19 months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hanlon of 1007 East Twenty second street court, accidentally hanged herself with a hemp cord attached to the clothes line while playing in the yard.
Farmers urge county and city officials to act against the Canadian thistle along the Iowa Central right of way entering Marshalltown. They seek removal of the noxious weed to protect crops and local land.
Two burglars entered several Barnum businesses and secured considerable booty before escaping. One suspect was captured while a second was hunted by a posse as the thefts were discovered.
Mason City reports Charles Hess wealthy Mitchell county farmer died after falling from a tree while picking apples and being impaled on a picket fence. The fatal accident occurred a few hours before his death.
Mrs Rebecca Keister the oldest person in Washington county has died at age 94. She came to Iowa from Pennsylvania and lived in the county for fifty two years.
A thief shattered the plate glass window of Frank Lebron's jewelry store in Keokuk with a rock and made off with watches and rings valued at about $1,000. The daring burglary ended with the thief fleeing the scene.
John A. McGrath a Keokuk druggist and former manager of the Constitution Democrat and the Gate City during separate periods of his newspaper career is dead in Keokuk. He had notable ties to the local press and pharmacy circles.
Keokuk grand jury indicts John Ireland for first degree murder in the shooting death of his white wife on January 29 in Keokuk. The case hinges on the fatal shooting and seeks the death penalty or life imprisonment under the state law. Authorities proceed with trial preparations as legal proceedings advance.
Slippery rails caused a car on the Iowa City street railway to run off the track injuring a conductor and two passengers. Responding crews assisted at the scene and investigations were begun by local authorities.
Mrs. James H. Trewin, wife of the state board of education president, died here after a period of illness.
Prof. E W Hamilton of the agricultural engineering department at Town State college will depart to become head of the same department at the University of Idaho in Moscow Idaho. He has done excellent work here and will be missed.
In Davenport Magdalene Komp a 17 year old girl succumbs to gunshot wounds inflicted Monday night by Erskin Walter at Rock Island Hospital confirms local authorities. The case remains under investigation with details pending.
The fortieth annual state convention of the Iowa Equal Suffrage association will meet in Perry October 10 11 12. First session at 6 30 P M October 10. Harriet Belvel Evans Corydon state president issued the official call. Local societies get three delegates per ten members plus one more for each additional ten or fraction.
Ellis and Walter Nolan pleaded guilty in federal court to involvement with the Mabray gang. Each was fined $300 and sentenced to three months in Polk County jail Des Moines. Ellis allegedly engineered a scheme that swindled John Cavanaugh of Davenport out of 37500 at New Orleans years ago.
Des Moines reports progress on an interurban railroad project from Red Oak to Des Moines. A copy of the articles of incorporation has been filed with the secretary of state. The company is incorporated under Arizona law with paid up capital stock of 150000 dollars. Southern Iowa capitalists show strong interest.
Des Moines reports William Madden a colored man was sentenced to twenty years in the Fort Madison penitentiary by Judge Bradshaw after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the murder of Florence Durtt.
In Des Moines a district court jury ruled against J M Pierce owner of the Homestead awarding $8000 to Leonard T Albrecht the injured boy who was struck by an automobile owned by Pierce. The case was heard in Judge Brennan division.
Five hundred Muscatine businessmen met to back local button manufacturers in their clash with a union and to support Sheriff Vannatta for hiring imported deputies to maintain peace and order.
Des Moines Iowa candidate Charles QO Berry of Walker is seeking presidency of the National Association of Postmasters of the Third and Fourth Class. The Iowa delegation to the convention in Indianapolis pledges support for Berry.
Articles of incorporation for the Davenport Industrial Investment Company are being prepared for filing with the secretary of state. The organization is incorporated for $300,000, stock divided into 3,000 shares of $100 each.
In Oskaloosa the Excelsior mine strike is settled by an arbitration committee of operators and miners. Terms of the agreement are not public, and the mine will resume operations immediately.
Des Moines councilman John MacVicar elected president of the American Municipalities Association at the Atlanta convention. He has served as secretary prior to this leadership role.
John Adams a grain merchant and Clem Brown a local restaurant cook were killed instantly when struck by a Wabash train while crossing the railroad tracks about a mile south of Albia.
Jona ity Carl O Clancy of Unionville Iowa elected captain of the freshmen football squad. Clancy last year was captain of the Des Moines college football team.
Cedar Rapids records show Zoe Varney Webster, second wife of Dr Harry J Webster, was granted a divorce in district court amid a high profile case where she confessed as slayer related to his third wife.
Ed Wirtz a pioneer retired farmer and wealthy resident died of heart failure at his Boone home while reading local obituary notice notes his long career and substantial estate created in the community
Between 110 and 150 conductors and ticket sellers on the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad between Chicago and Kansas City have been dismissed for pocketing cash from passengers.
Chicago Frank Goteh of Humboldt Iowa, a prominent wrestler of the world, joins as incorporator of a health farm to be built near the city, signaling a new venture in local health and recreation.
Des Moines reports a proposed reform by a five member temporary Iowa tax commission to create a county assessor and a permanent tax commission. The plan creates single county leadership, abolishes township and city assessors, and aims at better tax equalization and efficiency with a fixed salary to attract capable officials. The commission urges the next general assembly to enact the reforms and set up a permanent tax body.
Des Moines reports that 29 of 30 retail scales in Iowa were tampered to cheat customers. Inspector Flynn traced weight frauds across southeastern Iowa, noting offset dials from one to two ounces. He also found false bottom measures at a Davenport store, where a half bushel measure weighed seven pounds light, indicating a fourteen pound loss per bushel.
The temporary tax commission will likely recommend to Governor Carroll the ad valorem system of taxation. The panel debated at length, split on the issue, and a minority report is anticipated. The panel adjourned to reconvene in December for a monthlong session, with two centralized authorities overseeing state and county assessments. The plan envisions a state advisory authority and a county supervisor of assessments who can appoint local assessors and oversee county taxes under an ad valorem framework. The article also notes a separate Iowa rail commission ruling that reduces beet sugar byproducts to the same rate as corn feed, boosting beet sugar profitability. Civil service exams are scheduled in Des Moines on October 18, 19, 26, 26, and 30, with additional tests for various agricultural and technical positions on specific dates. Nine of fifteen bar exam takers passed this month, including M. J. Clarke, Merrill J. Otis, R. A. Flickinger, Robert A. Saley, Reuben G. Wolf, F. J. Macomber Jr., C. B. McCartan, William M. Ruffcorn, and N. Ormison.
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