26 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
1
The Decorah Republican offers fine dress trimmings as a specialty with full dry goods and notions always on hand at Corner Water and Washington Streets in Decorah Town.
The column mixes poetry and opinion on weather, war, and politics with sharp notes on Wilson neutrality, German aims, the Panama canal, tariffs, and the Eastland disaster. It cites figures like Gen Funston, Leo Frank, and Dom Herbst while weighing democracy, industry, and national wealth amid evolving global tensions.
The Geological Survey annual talc and soapstone production statement for 1914 is available. It credits the United States with producing 172,206 short tons, more than the rest of the world combined.
The Arabic sinking by a German submarine sparks questions on neutral shipping rules as the U S government weighs response. The steamer carried 300 to 400 passengers including 26 Americans, two killed, and witnesses say the attack lacked warning. Meanwhile Russia retreats in the east as Italy enters war against Turkey, Turkish forces on Gallipoli are isolated, and Allied plans target Constantinople with potential shelf of Russian wheat and armaments. The Russian fleet reports eleven German vessels sunk in the Gulf of Riga, including the Moltke built in 1911 with 1107 crew and heavy armament.
The ICC issues a revised ruling on Cummins amendments for shipper recoveries of full shipment value. It reverses prior conclusions, allowing discretion on whether shippers must declare value when items are hidden by wrapping or boxing. The decision contends carriers may or may not require written value, reducing Senator Cummins’ leverage to force strict baggage declarations.
D. T. Blodgett of Des Moines sought a warrant to arrest United States Judge M. J. Wade before Justice Samuel Mayes. Blodgett alleges the judge refused to issue an order to move Charles Lockard from the penitentiary to Fayette county for a rehearing. Justice Hayes denied the warrant.
W. B. Barney the state dairy and food commissioner urges a permanent Iowa exhibit in Des Moines to display all state products. He notes visitors come to the capital to see the greatness of Iowa and points to the San Francisco exposition where Iowa won top agricultural prize, arguing a permanent exhibit would draw more tourists and benefit the state.
The inter state commerce commission released last week a report on the Rock Island railway company detailing losses from Frisco, Alton, and Trinidad deals, large commissions and discounts totaling over 17 million, and calls for legal limits on railroad securities. It cites passive directors, dissipated corporate funds, and gains by leaders like Leeds, Reid, and Moore as unascertained, noting the overall losses top nearly 40 million with uncertain asset value of stock and bonds.
The Lampasas Texas editor, returning from Alabama through Louisiana, reports widespread damage from the new tariff on sugar. Sugar producers and mills are failing, fields are bare, and merchants and planters are mostly broke. The sugar refiners buy cheap raw sugar abroad, boosting profits for sugar trusts while consumers pay higher prices.
The Decorah Republican will relocate after October 1 to a downstairs Water Street store room near Bear’s block, following a 33 year tenure in current quarters. After renovations, equipment will move to the new space to serve patrons more effectively and with renewed community commitment.
President Homer H. Seerley of Iowa State Teachers College extolled Iowa's love spirit and standards at a gathering of Lowans in Long Beach California. He praised education moral reform and social progress as permanent benefits and urged Iowa natives living in the south to remain proud of Iowa's philosophy of life and social righteousness.
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