22 May 1914
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Newspaper
Le Grand Reporter
Location
Le Grand, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
1
Fragmentary items note a flood of mixed reports from Washington to London. Topics include nominations at the White House, a summer move to Cornish New Hampshire, reinstatement talks for West Point cadets, a fatality in a shipyard accident, and a dubious financial discrepancy at a university.
At Fort Benjamin Harrison near Indianapolis an Indiana Union car struck an automobile killing Thomas C. Stout, his son Claude, and son in law J C Shafer. Mrs Claude Stout and two children were seriously injured and another Stout relative hurt. Other items note witnesses before commissions, labor bureau funding, and a railway sabotage case withBridge workers.
Reports from Vera Cruz detail Huerta pressing for surrender terms including naming a successor and a US naval lease of Magdalena Bay. Urrutia is jailed amid allegations his brother was killed on Huerta’s orders. Wilson vows Mexican settlement before US forces withdraw. Mexican forces push beyond the line with refugees arriving and rebel gains in Tamaulipas and Vera Cruz.
Readable fragments describe a fire at the Imperial theater in Moscow with losses and an active Vesuvide crater. The Balkan War atrocities are recounted in a Carnegie inquiry report from New York, while a 1910 Morgan collection sale is noted in Paris auctions.
Depositors withdraw about $30,000 prompting a run on the Corning First National Bank. The bank closed by order of the controller of the currency after an examiner’s visit sparked rumors of poor condition. Cashier Newcomb asserts ample resources and expects full repayment of remaining deposits.
A civil suit named Bierie versus Parks is set for the May term of court. The case alleges alienation of affections connected to the Fredericksburg Totent tragedy involving Mrs. Joan Bierie and Jeff Parks who died by suicide. Bierie seeks 320,000 and may drop the action if the Parks estate remains liable.
Cant George Stuart of the Seventh United States Infantry, son of Mr and Mrs T M Stuart, stationed in Galveston, arrives with his wife and young son. They will visit the Stuart home while he accompanies General Funston in Mexico.
Des Moines report states George H. York a former Colfax grocer and chief witness in the Wheelock inquiry has been indicted by a federal grand jury on a white slavery charge. The government alleges York transported Mrs. O E Jackson a drug mixer from Kansas City to Des Moines for immoral purposes.
New Hampton Russell Olds a Charles City boy is selected for a two months Europe tour. He is among ten boys from St John’s Military School Delafield Wis chosen to join a party of over one hundred ten students from ten American schools.
From India came words by national Y M C A secretary Howard A Waiters praising Joseph J McConnall Jr Cedar Rapids Iowa university Y representative in India for doing great work at Lahore a remark that five years more will change the place and its people
Farmers along the Milwaukee Railroad line plan to purchase the roadbed and right of way abandoned as the main route moves north of town. The city may buy the corridor to create an east west park with a roadway, while the railroad sells over three miles of right-of-way to private buyers.
The Elks lodge in Iowa City organizes a Big Brothers movement, aiming to reform wayward boys and guide them away from bad company. The national program is three years old, with 1,100 of 1,400 U S lodges hosting such auxiliaries.
Hon T. Hutchison longtime Lake City resident and prominent Iowa figure dies at home Friday. He served Calhoun county in the state house for two years and four years in the Civil War, where he was wounded at Gettysburg. He settled in Lake City after the war and amassed a substantial fortune estimated between 210000 and 500000 dollars.
Waterloo reports the Russell-Lamson hotel will open to the public July 1. When finished it will be among the finest in northern Iowa and alleviate the crowded Waterloo hotel scene.
The Bank of Brooks, a state institution with $10 000 capital and about $30 000 in deposits, shut its doors. Its stock was largely held by the owners of the First National Bank of Corning, which closed recently.
Mrs. John Whitmer, 50, a prominent Blairsburg resident, took her life by hanging herself with cord strings tied to a nail in Webster City. The death is reported as self-inflicted and under local judgment.
Following a health board campaign to purge contagion risk the Ladies' Improvement Association will extend a cleanup drive through the week with Saturday designated as flower day and civic beautification.
Early business and professional men stage the annual Squirrel hunt with ninety four participants. They bag five thousand sixty six striped squirrels two thousand eight hundred seventy eight grey squirrels seventy two pocket gophers one hundred thirty two crewe and atx wolves.
Burt M. R. Lewick and George Grasham, two well known young men of the area, were accidentally drowned when their boat capsized during a fishing trip on Silver Lake.
Hawley Main a former Boone mayor and longtime prominent local figure died Sunday. The funeral will be held at his daughter’s home.
Frank Bloos, 40, a railroad signal crew member from Manchester South Carolina, was fatally struck by a Northwestern train in Clinton. The accident details remain under investigation.
A plan by the Illinois Central to erect and maintain nearly two blocks of electrolier lights on streets leading to passenger stations is announced. Mason City reports Adjutant General Guy A. Logan has mustered in the Fifty-sixth Regiment band, recently moved from Des Moines.
Members of the Iowa State Undertakers Association will gather in Iowa City on June 2 for the thirty fourth annual convention.
The Rev. Carl Sundberg of Ottumwa was elected president of the eastern conference of the Evangelical Lutheran church at the three days session. The Rev. H. A Anspach of Waterloo is Secretary, and the Rev. W. H. Glancke of Davenport is Treasurer.
State University officials at Towa revealed 292 candidates for commencement degrees, naming graduates to be awarded during the forthcoming ceremony.
Storm Lake High School will graduate this year with a class of thirty two, among the largest in school history.
General orders from the GA R headquarters at the capitol announce May 30 as Memorial Day. George A. Newman adjutant general issues the call. Attention also to June 14 Flag Day.
LeMars-Can Barr, previously imprisoned two years for the high school, is promoted to a position at Ames and elected principal of the Aberdeen High School in South Dakota.
Voters show scant enthusiasm for the state primary with Des Moines headlines having sparked a brief political stir. Local campaigns concentrate on county offices while statewide attention remains low despite eight government positions up for competitive civil service exams. Mexican War veterans in Iowa sought for recognition, and an indexing delay slows the new supplement to ride the wave of shifting political energy.
The Iowa good roads federation at Des Moines meeting urged no step back in road legislation and strict enforcement of drag laws. They support bonds for permanent roads and bridges, special road districts, state funding share, year round road work, and better schools and prosperity. Also elected officers and trustees named.
The piece reports that W. A. Duckworth, capitol custodian, will reinstate F. R. Thurber upon court order while contesting the cases of Harrah and Northrup, veterans ousted from payroll. Thurber seeks back pay from July 30, with a thirty day court delay granting extra vacation.
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