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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1909
Page
3
News from Mexico City and Washington outlines rumors of Nicaragua and El Salvador engaging naval forces with the Momotombo reportedly superior to the Presidente. Diplomatic ties with Nicaragua are severed and U S expectations hinge on U S action as the crisis unfolds.
Washington reports President Taft met Speaker Cannon Senators Burton and Nelson and former Representative Watson. Cannon declined to comment for publication. Watson said insurgents have the facts on their side. Taft prepared a message for the special session while Dickinson joined as secretary of war. Taft proposed a 15 member rules committee. Cannon may appoint it. Roosevelt and Lyman Abbott linked to insurgents.
In St Petersburg Alexis Suverin publisher of Novae Vremya celebrated fifty years of literary activity. Thousands attended including Emperor Nicholas cabinet members high courtiers and delegations from the duma and the council of empire. He began life as a peasant son and rose to prominence as author dramatist and public opinion shaper.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge and Col. Daniel M. Ransdell, both Indiana residents, are reported to be recovering well at Johns Hopkins Hospital after Beveridge underwent surgery and Ransdell received medical treatment.
Advises from Peking reported to Victoria say China plans a naval revival costing 100 million dollars. Admiral Sa to consult with the prince regent on funding, with naval ports docks to be built, foreign experts to advise and teach, and naval colleges to be established.
El Paso Texas reports the heaviest snow in southern Arizona history with over eight inches falling yesterday. The milestone snow event disrupted travel and prompted closures across affected areas.
Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson I. Cone has been named head of the bureau of steam engineering of the navy. The Washington dispatch reports the assignment effective immediately, outlining Cone’s prior service and his new duties managing naval propulsion and turbine systems.
An explosion at the open-hearth furnace of the American Steel and Wire Company in Cleveland yesterday fatally injures three workers and seriously injures three more. The accident occurred during routine operations, with emergency crews rushing to the scene.
Robbers beat David Smith and his 80 year old wife at their Pineville home on March 13 and robbed them of 582 dollars. Both victims were left insensible by the assault.
Washington rumor says Maj. Guy Edie of the United States army will become the president's family physician, replacing Rear-Admiral P. M. Rixey who served McKinley and Roosevelt. Edie, an intimate Taft associate, runs the army dispensary in Washington and is the eighteenth officer in his rank.
In Pittsburg on March 13 during the ninth international tournament of the American Bowling Congress Al Schwoegler and Tony Schwoegler of Madison Wis rolled 1304 in the second doubles event to break the world mark of 1254 set last year by Chalmers and Kiene. Robert H Bryson of Indianapolis was elected president of the American Bowling Congress.
An explosion on March 13 in a stairway of a four story tenement at 6 Stanton Street caused heavy stairway damage and shattered two plate glass windows in a nearby store. Police attributed the act to the Black Hand.
Alfred Taggart, four-term Rockford mayor and prominent attorney, died yesterday at his son’s home in La Grange. A Civil War veteran, he commanded a Wisconsin regiment during the conflict. He left a legacy in Rockford politics and local law practice.
Lincoln Neb March 13 In the state house yesterday a bill to authorize the state university to accept the Carnegie pension fund for professors was defeated.
Philadelphia report on the anthracite clash between miners and operators over a wage contract for the Pennsylvania region. Thomas L. Lewis says the miners will only sign an agreement recognizing the United Mine Workers, threatening a walkout on April 1 if demands aren’t met. Reading Company plans to keep collieries operating to build coal stocks.
Washington on March 13 Jacob M Dickinson took the oath of office as secretary of war. The ceremony was witnessed by his predecessor Luke Wright, Mrs Dickinson and his son.
The third squadron of the American Pacific fleet arrived in Hongkong yesterday. This marks a significant naval deployment operation in the region during March.
Washington March 18 Prof Simon Newcomb the noted astronomer celebrated his seventy fourth birthday anniversary at his home in this city after having been decorated by many foreign governments for his scientific achievements.
Federal grand jury returned an indictment against John Maybray in Council Bluffs Iowa charging use of the mails for fraudulent purposes.
Salt Lake City March 13 James Christiansen former state treasurer who retired January 1 is under arrest on a defaulter charge for seventy thousand dollars He confessed responsibility and the money has been deposited to the state by bondsmen and friends He had been in Nevada for mining interests and is in jail while awaiting developments.
New York reports the former three masted schooner Ann J Trainer of Philadelphia arrived in New York harbor partly dismasted with only her foremast standing. She was wrecked off Atlantic City in a gale and located by Jersey fishermen who notified wireless stations near Egg Harbor. The vessel, aside from mast loss, appeared in good condition as she was towed upriver.
Friedrichshafen March 18 The Zeppelin airship rose from Lake Constance yesterday and reached an altitude exceeding 3000 feet, a record height for steerable balloons. It performed varied maneuvers at that height with marked success.
The appellate division of the supreme court sustained the constitutionality of the public service commission law in a ruling issued yesterday.
Medina Ohio March 13 Guy Rasor was convicted of manslaughter for killing his sweetheart Orie Lee on October 8. He was sentenced yesterday to twenty years in the penitentiary.
In Falconer near Jamestown New York an Italian resident John Valenie was killed when his house was blown apart by a bomb in the early hours of yesterday. The attack is linked to Black Hand intimidation efforts reported in the area. Investigations are underway by local authorities and police.
Los Angeles faces a baffling political churn as Mayor A C Harper resigns and the council postpones selecting a successor. A recall election looms March 26 or January 1 end of the term, while threats of exposing records loom over the process and two mayoral candidates remain on the ticket.
Paris reports France confronting a large revenue deficit similar to the United States. The 1909 budget required 12 million dollars in treasury bonds, while 1910 estimates project a 45.6 million dollar shortfall. Proposals for workers’ old age pensions and state railroad pensions could add 37.8 million more.
The Chesapeake Bay steamer Love Point, of the Maryland Delaware Virginia Railway, burned to the water line at Love Point wharf. No lives were lost, but employee Allen Wilson jumped overboard to escape the flames. Passengers had disembarked and freight was discharged. Built in 1884, 180 feet long, 30 foot beam, 618 tons, once known as Mina A Ford.
London on March 18 reports that the British naval estimates were released after cabinet debate. A compromise set total expenditure at 175,713,500 dollars, rising 14,160,000 dollars above the 1908 1909 figures.
Albert Freiner of Newark, claiming relation to legislator John Freiner, caused a panic in Clark's saloon by producing dynamite and threatening to blow up the statehouse. He was arrested on insanity charges.
Kramer Nebraska March 13 robbers blew the safe at Kramer State Bank and escaped with 1700 dollars after securing the cash. Local authorities launched a search for the bandits who used an explosion during the heist.
A private dispatch confirms naval clashes between Nicaragua and El Salvador. Three Nicaraguan gunboats attacked the Salvadoran Presidente, with the Momotombo damaged but later repaired. U S and Mexico declare drastic action possible to enforce peace, with envoy talks and potential intervention discussed.
James Ogg of Liscomb, seeking to testify under oath, named E. I Everest of Marshall County as the real killer during a legislative hearing on a penitentiary case. Everest denied the accusation and called Ogg a liar as Frank Cummings and T Binford corroborated denials amid a dramatic, witness-filled session.
Anthracite miners reject the operators proposal to renew the present three year agreement. A conference of miners and operators adjourned at five o clock without agreement. Executive boards will call a convention of miners from the three anthracite districts in a mining town to discuss future action followed by another talks with the operators.
Los Angeles Cal The city council accepted the resignation of Mayor A C Harper who faced threats of exposure of his official and personal record. The selection of a successor was postponed to seek advice on whether to appoint to hold office until recall on March 26 or until January 1, end of the present term.
P J Kieran formerly head of Fidelity Frund ing of New York was indicted in Pittsburgh on embezzlement and larceny by bailee. The charges arise from a note he allegedly made to Mother Vincent of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
James Christiansen, former Utah state treasurer for the four year term ending this year, confessed responsibility for a shortage exceeding 70000 dollars. He is under arrest and jailed in Salt Lake City. The missing funds were used in Nevada mining speculation. The shortage was found recently during state board of examiners’ account checks.
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