14 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
1
A polar exploration party led by Captain Scott perished during the race to the pole. The expedition crew including companions faced extreme conditions and halted near the South Pole. The tragedy marks the end of a historic but ill-fated journey with limited surviving team members.
News from Lieutenant G K Evans of the Royal Navy reports Captain Scott and four companions perished at the South Pole after a final dash, Roald Amundsen having beaten them to the pole. The Terra Nova signals the loss as it nears Omarau New Zealand. Details remain scarce with recovery of scientific records and bodies expected.
In Kanawha county a fierce clash between striking miners and state militia left sixteen dead, including twelve miners and four mine guards. Five militia companies reached Mucklow with more en route, as Fred Lester led guards and deputies against the miner advance in the mountains. The fighting turned slow, with guards and deputies reinforcing to push back the miners who pressed the front.
Washington reports the Senate approved the Webb liquor bill, already passed by the House as a substitute for the Kenyon Sheppard measure. The Webb bill bans shipments of intoxicating liquors between states when intended to violate the receiving state's law. In Illinois, three labor men jailed on conspiracy to transport explosives won bail from Judge Francis E Baker in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Arkansas’ legislature finalizes action to nearly ban liquor sales in Rock Arkansas. In Wellington New Zealand the Christ Church labor union urges citizens to curb birth rates.
A Duma bill aims to establish consulates at Nome Sitka Seattle Honolulu and Pittsburg and increase the staffs in New York and Chicago signaling an optimistic stance in Russo American relations.
Inspector Dennis Sweeney near the top of graft allegations linked to Captain Thomas Walsh. Walsh confessed on his sick bed to taking about 140000 dollars in graft with peers, leading to suspensions of Walsh and others as authorities prepare grand jury testimony.
Washington, Feb. 11 One of the winter’s most interesting engagements was announced at a luncheon hosted by Secretary of the Navy and Mrs George Meyer. They revealed their daughter Miss Alys Meyer would wed Lieut. Raymond Rodgers U S N The bride to be is described as among Washington’s prettiest and most popular young women. A second note reports Count Guenther von Koeniggmark a Prussian nobleman from a famed military family shot himself at a Monte Carlo hotel He had been dismissed from the army for extravagance in living.
Washington reports Senator Cullom shows further improvement and is not confined to bed. He could resume duties if occasion demands. In Chillicothe Massachusetts Lee Hoyt confesses to murder of his father Edward Hoyt after fingerprints match his own from November 1911, per Prosecutor Marshall.
In a fierce session before investigators, William Rockefeller, brother of John D. Rockefeller, suddenly choked and fainted. Doctor Chappell gave an opiate as Chairman Prio and Samuel Untermyer paused the probe to protect his life after a tense exchange over Amalgamated Copper and the money trust figure.
London reports Scutari’s governor killed and key Turkish positions captured as Enver Bey leads troops along the Asiatic coast. Gallipoli and Adrianople battle lines persist with limited official confirmation. Greek aviator Capt. Maraltzais drops bombs on Maides arsenal. Refugees flee Gallipoli as Bulgarian forces advance, with tragic drownings on crowded transports.
The House passed the Webb bill by 340 to 6 to bar shipment of liquor into dry states for sale or use in any manner, defying state laws. The vote ends a stubborn dispute, with Sen Kenyon present and various representatives lambasting party leaders. The measure now goes to the Senate.
Washington reports four American warships were sent to Central America to observe unsettled conditions. The Annapolis sails from San Diego to Amapala Honduras, the Denver from Acapulco to Acalutla Honduras, the Des Moines from San Domingo to Bluefields Nicaragua, and the Nashville from New Orleans toward Porto Cortez or Porto Barrios. An asphalt tank blast at Chicago’s Patent Valarette Roofing plant injured one worker fatally and six others seriously.
Washington Feb 11 Senators Watson and Chilton of West Virginia were exonerated of corruption charges tied to elections two years ago in a senate report. Ralfe Henderson Memorial Fund Dubuque Jan 11 Over $10,000 raised for a memorial honoring Senator Alilson and Speaker David Henderson of the national house.
San Francisco reports Mrs Mary Bradbury widow of eccentric William Bradbury will defend a will contest filed by two nephews for an 11 million dollar estate. They claim Bradbury was sane and he served a year in prison for perjury. Other items note George Todd heir to 300000 from his grandfather, Britten elected president of Rt Lovie Cardinals, Herbert Repsold the perfumed burglar found, a cow birthing six calves, and Mrs A B Hix and her daughter Dorothy perishing in a Lawrence fire.
An unidentified man paid the ten dollar fine Thursday for Miss Sylvia Pankhurst who was jailed recently for attempting to destroy a picture in a public building in London.
In Washington on February 10, several men pleaded guilty or nolle contendere in the district supreme court for 1910 anti bucketshop actions. Fines totaled 50000 dollars with Louis Cella of St Louis Angela Cella and Samuel W Adler of New York each fined 10000, Oscar J Rappel of Jersey City 5000, and William F Fox of Baltimore Charles R Alley of Washington 2500 each. The group had appealed unsuccessfully to the U S Supreme Court.
Secretary MacVeagh ordered engraving of plates for the new one dollar treasury notes. The notes will take 18 months to enter circulation and will be two thirds the size of current currency. A Washington vignette will appear on the face.
A Furness liner Crown Point was disabled in the mid Atlantic with its rudder gone after a distress message received Sunday from the steamer Chicago. The incident occurred while the ship was en route to Queenstown on February 11.
Walter Brooks defeated Dave Cronin on points at the Fairmont A. C. on Saturday night New York. Bombardier Wells attended ringside to a warm reception and was greeted by spectators.
A humor-tinted remark from Youghts Companion recounts a housekeeper’s boast that she never kept flies of her own, only neighbors’ flies visiting in the dining room, uttered as a light-hearted digression on domestic pranks and propriety.
A vintage ad urges mothers to examine each bottle of Fletcher's Castoria, touting 30 years of use and the signature octliEa. It emphasizes safety for infants and children and notes children cry for Castoria.
A playful dialogue notes plans for a wedding and a bustling future. The couple jokes about needing three servants after marriage as they discuss daily life and duties. The fragment hints at domestic expectations and playful companionship.
A fragmentary item mixes a mythic line about Zeus turning Niche into stone with a garbled antique phrasing about motor cars in a distant place. The readable text shows no clear event, date, or named entities to anchor a full news summary.
Fragmentary OCR notes claim a remedy named Romo Quinine cures grip in seven days and mentions justice terms like justifiable larceny. The readability is limited with unclear entities and inconsistent phrasing.
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