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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1914
Page
4
A digest of federal politics and world affairs reports from Washington and beyond. Highlights include debate over revoking free tolls for coastwise shipping, push for a national primary, cabinet changes, the McCumber bill, and diplomacy with Russia and Chile. Also notes on Wall Street fraud claims, prison reform meetings, art dealer insolvency, a Fairbanks quake, and a Norwegian ship Tasman tragedy.
General Terrazas seeks help from American consul Marion Lechter in Chihuahua to save his son Luis as a ransom bid of 500,000 dollars to Villa stalls. In Mexico 700 federal troops defeat 4,000 rebels near Torreon with 400 killed, while Carranza appoints a commission in Nogales to probe Benton case. Britain says U.S. not responsible for Juarez tragedy, easing Washington tension. Texas Gov Colquitt defends right to send rangers across the border. Rio de Janeiro riots remain contained. HalifaX hosts tribute to Cap tain Inch of the Volturno. Greek Epirus evacuation prompts new revolt under Zografos with some villages declaring a republic. Japanese papers press for Home Minister Kelharas impeachment. Bremen tobacco leaders protest Anglo-American dominance at the bourse.
Reports from St Louis Cairo and Vienna list deaths and arrests. Emma Saunders Cummings, linked to John D Rockefeller, dies in St Louis. Jessie Branton missing since Saturday. Mose Endicott imprisoned for murder. Cardinal George Kopp dies of meningitis in Tropau at 76. George Vanderbilt dies after appendectomy in Washington. William Huffman jailed for election fraud in Terra Haute. Wainwright convicted of embezzlement in Muskogee County. O'Shaughnessy dies in New York. West sworn in to replace late Bacon in Senate.
President Wilson addressed a joint session urging Congress to repeal the Panama canal toll exemption for coastwise shipping as a mistaken economic policy and treaty breach with Great Britain. He warned that other nations view the clause as invalid and pressed for prompt action to uphold U S obligations.
In St Petersburg on March 6 Captain von Stahl, chief of works at the shrapnel tube factory, was killed by a foreman who then fell into electrical machinery and was crushed. Authorities cite a strike at the Putilof works and a supposedly stable attitude toward strikers as factors.
Chattanooga March 5 Mrs Mary Ambler Coleman aged eighty four mother of Lewis M Coleman United States district attorney for the eastern district of Tennessee died here. Mrs Coleman was granddaughter of Chief Justice Join Mar spall.
William Corey praises California wines as superior to French for price class. A banker contends grand cru wines are superb, while a Paris gourmet mocks age. A Wilkes-Barre uncle evaluates his nephew’s education with old-country humor.
In Times Square a fire forced residents from rooms above the Dowling billiard hall. Kid Griffo, former fighter and now a late night pianist, leaped two stairs at once as flames pursued him. He quips that he earned singed hands and found religion in the escape.
A little girl who was lost was taken to the police station where officers tried to learn her name. After many efforts a officer asked the child what names her mother calls her father. She replied that her mother does not call him any name she likes him.
A Troy reader credits Grape-Nuts with easing years of indigestion and bilious headaches. She says daily use improved sleep, reduced headaches, and restored vitality, and notes a friend on ice work who likewise felt better. Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich. confirms the message and mentions The Road to Wellville.
A mine once owned by a native African was sold for a pair of trousers and a cap, described as exceedingly rich. The offer highlights a curious trade that underscores local exchange and value perceptions in the region.
A devastating blaze at the Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on Monday morning trapped and killed many residents. Firefighters crowded the scene as the eight story building burned, with seven bodies found on the sidewalk after residents leaped from windows. John Martin Rickey of Chicago was identified among the dead and about 165 roomers remained unaccounted for in the club as hopes faded.
George I. Snyder of Charleston Lee County filed a writ of habeas corpus in Keokuk seeking release from the state inebriate hospital at Knoxville. He alleges voluntary admission after going there, but claims forced labor and trench work in December without boots. His attorney says attempts to secure release were denied.
Keokuk based Julia H Sinnett sued for divorce from her husband alleging cruelty after he refused to eat her dinner and became sulky. Judge W S Hamilton denied the decree finding that such conduct does not meet cruel and inhuman treatment, labeling it an incident to conjugal relation.
Keokuk worker 64 year old John Bathen was killed when he slipped into a grain bin at J. C. Hubinger Bros. factory. Fellow employees frantically pulled him free as the side of the bin collapsed, burying him for over forty minutes before rescue.
Trustees of Mount Calvary lodge No. 95 A F and A M have been instructed to ratify contracts disposing of the present Masonic temple housing the post office and to acquire a building on Calhoun Street for the lodge’s use.
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