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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
2
Investigation into Peter Kiene & Son, Dubuque, reveals errors in the assets schedule with $330,000 counted twice, reducing assets from about 800,000 to around 500,000. Probed issues include posthumous appropriation of securities held by Kiene’s widow and daughter and questions of when insolvency became known to surviving members.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa students who guide college papers organized the Iowa College Press association Officers were named President L A Burrows Coe College Cosmos secretary Carlton Waters Parsons College Portfolio and treasurer C W Webb Daily Iowan State University at Iowa City
A crowd of neighbors brought twenty teams to Carl Weber’s farm near Dows and husked his corn in a day gathering two thousand bushels. Weber had recently suffered a broken leg from a horse accident weeks earlier.
The University of Town Men's Glee Club will visit six cities during Christmas vacation. engagements have been booked in Clinton Davenport Muscatine Burlington Keokuk and Fort Madison along the Mississippi River corridor.
Mason City-County Engineer C. E. Smith reports extensive work on the Lowell Bridge over the Skunk River. A crew added new steel beams and laid a new 4 inch floor to strengthen the structure.
John Keller, a veteran, died at his home near Cedar Rapids after a buzz saw blade contacted his leg during work. The accident follows years of battle experiences and leaves the community in mourning.
Dr W N Oursler resigns as Odebolt postmaster after fifteen years of service effective January 1 He states he has served the public long enough and forwarded his resignation to Washington outlining the change.
Tom Purcell a well known local newspaper man becomes president of the Hampton Commercial Association an organization of boosters in the town Purcell’s leadership is expected to rally support for local business and civic projects.
An array of legal talent and witnesses left Mason City for Dubuque to be present at the trial of four Greeks resisting deportation on the charge of immorality.
Dean C. E. Seashore of the University of Iowa authors Appleton's latest publication Psychology in Daily Life, presenting psychological insights for everyday behavior and mental processes.
Neal Boyle a wealthy farmer and large landowner near Rockwell and a pioneer resident of the county is dead. The death removes a leading figure in local agriculture and property.
Waterloo reports Carl Wurtzel died from an unusual accident while shingling a building on the Dundee farm in Jefferson township. A knife cut pierced his leg above the knee, severing an artery and causing death.
The Rev. J Frederic Catlin, pastor of the Baptist church at Ames, has accepted a call to the First Baptist church of Estherville. The Rev. A W Caul of Vinton will succeed him at Ames.
Two masked men entered the Merchants' restaurant in Iowa City and fled with 60 dollars in cash. Police have made several arrests but the robbers have not been definitively identified or captured.
Walter McCarle faces multiple charges after authorities accuse him of posing as a deputy U S marshal and carrying a firearm. He reportedly wore a badge reading U S Marshal at the time of arrest.
Cedar Rapids audiences will attend the DeKoven Opera Company's Robin Hood on December 6 with former local girl Sara Sherman Maxon in the role of Alan a Dale. She is the daughter of H. D. Sherman and Mrs. Sherman, and her brother Ernest once led Cedar Rapids public safety as commissioner and published the Saturday Record.
Enos P. Marmon editor of the Mitchellville Index and Polk County pioneer died at his home at 10:30 Tuesday from erysipelas after ten days illness. He moved to Mitchellville in 1882 with his brother H C Marmon, later becoming sole owner in 1883. Marmon was born November 6 in Zanesville Ohio.
Michael Viers was robbed by a lone highwayman near here while walking toward Swan. A revolver was shoved in his face near the Bennington bridge across the Des Moines river and the thief took Viers’ money and watch.
In Missouri Valley a jury found for the Mason Seabury garage defendant in the $15,000 damage suit by Mrs. Agnes M. Goodwin. Her husband was killed when the garage walls collapsed during a violent wind storm.
Seventeen incurable patients from Independence State Hospital are being prepared for transfer to the Marshalltown county hospital following a state board of control ruling. The transfers, advised to the county supervisors, outline a move to relocate the patients back to local care.
Davenport suspects Sarvay Clarida a self described evangelist and cult leader confessed to stealing vestments and vessels from Sacred Heart cathedral and St Anthony's church. He was held to the grand jury with bonds set at 1000 dollars.
Knoxville sent twelve carloads of sheep to Chicago on a special train. Each car held 255 to 367 animals, mainly lambs. The shipment arrived amid belief the corn crop would be better than it proved.
Shenandoah residents who are traveling salesmen and their wives attended an informal reception and five course luncheon. The town with 5,000 residents serves as the headquarters for sixty five traveling salesmen.
Extensive plans are underway for the Central Iowa Short Course association meeting to be held in Marshalltown the week of December 15. During that same week the local poultry association will hold its annual exhibition.
A mass temperance meeting was held at the Congregational church in Algona. Delegates to the National Anti Saloon League convention in Columbus reported on the proceedings from two weeks prior.
Donald McLennan died at the home of M C McLennan after a several weeks illness. He was nearly 70 years old and unmarried. He came here from Keewanee NL in 1875.
Guthrie county organizers set the Guthrie county short course for January 5 to 10 in Panora. A turnout of 425 season tickets has already been sold for the event.
Marshalltown held a tax sale described as the shortest on record. The sale took thirty five minutes to dispose of 102 descriptions totaling under 1100 dollars.
Tabor near Ventis, a farmer, reports success using serum to treat hog cholera. Five weeks ago he treated a herd of thirty five ill hogs. sixteen of the smallest died, while the remaining animals show no symptoms now.
Centerville resident William Ezel, a Black man living alone, was burned to death in his home. The fire’s cause has not yet been determined.
Washington dispatch reports anti-suffragists before the House Rules Committee vigorously opposing a plan to form a special committee on woman’s suffrage. Mrs Pankhurst, under guard, was later jailed in Exeter as the movement presses for federal action and constitutional reform. Dr Anna Shaw was reelected president of the National Woman Suffrage Association as Wilson agrees to meet suffragist delegates.
A December blaze at 1202 Washington street, the Arcadia lodging house, killed 27 men and injured many more. About 179 residents slept inside a 15 cent a night building when flames forced a chaotic leap to street level, with firemen rescuing trapped lodgers from four stories up.
Reports from Tamaulipas describe 24 hour clashes near Tula with federal losses of 220 and growing Mexican civil conflict. In Washington the Hay army volunteer bill passes the house as Mann warns war may be near. Villa boasts surround plan while Huerta vows to continue fighting and Diaz seeks surrender terms. Crees and Terrazas flee toward the border with 5 million pesos.
In Indianapolis a strike riot at Indiana and Capitol avenues left Claude Lewis dead. J M Magon one of three injured, with two others shot but not seriously. Five ice company deputies engaged in the shooting amid a crowd as rocks flew and ice wagon workers unloaded ice.
A sudden 30 foot wave on Nolan creek Belton Texas before dawn kills ten people. Fifty houses along the creek are swept away. In central Belton Mrs. W C Polk and four children drown while Polk and another infant survive. A family of campers loses five people and an unidentified man vanishes after the Main street bridge in Temple Texas collapses during the disaster.
A cave in on Randolph Street in Chicago followed two water mains bursting on Tuesday night. The collapse threatened Marshall Field's store and the Masonic Temple as an Archer Avenue car passed moments earlier. Pavement dropped about 12 feet in places.
Two men died and three others were injured during a riot among immigrants at Ellis Island. Among the dying are a Syrian immigrant and Vincent Snow, an inspector, with one victim listed as seriously hurt.
Grand Haven Michigan December 6 George Clippert held as a murder suspect in Hazel Paine case was released from jail after his alibi was substantiated by authorities leaving no charges pending and the investigation continuing.
In Asheville North Carolina on December 4 authorities fined Langren hotel four thousand dollars and Battery Park hotel two thousand dollars after a liquor investigation. Other alleged violators were dismissed and the liquor was given to a hospital.
Cripple Creek Colorado December 4. Hundreds of miners operate in 25 minute shifts to reach three men entombed in the Golden Cycle mine owned by J T Milliken of St Louis.
Vice President Calvin, in San Francisco, announced a five thousand dollar reward for the capture of the bandit who killed Horace Montague and robbed the Sun Set express near the city on Monday. Detectives sped to the scene after the Blythe bank robbery following a bank cashier’s shooting.
Denver experiences a crippling snowstorm with 20 to 24 inches fallen by 7 p m. Street car service is halted and thousands are marooned in the downtown area. Shoppers’ families seek shelter in hotels while workers wait out the blackout and telephones are unreliable. Colorado Springs also reports tied up street car traffic.
In Arcola near Decatur Illinois five masked assailants lashed Harry Sieh with buggy whips after he was charged with beating his wife. The attack occurred during nighttime, highlighting vigilante style justice.
Paris announces Alexander Louis Albert Tirman has been named commissioner general to represent France at the Panama-Pacific exposition in San Francisco. The official appointment was disclosed from Paris on December 6.
Menomonie Mich December 4 The body of Edward Johnson seventeen year old who perished with six others when the lake boat Plymouth sank November 10 was found half buried in sand near Frankfort Mich
Martha Lindaman, 48, a cousin of Andrew Carnegie, died in Darien Wisconsin on Tuesday by her own action after a quarrel that had separated her from her husband.
President Wilson, suffering a slight cold, remained in bed on Wednesday per orders of Dr. Cary T. Grayson. The illness began before his Capitol trip and the doctor advised rest to prevent further progression.
Margaret Kellogg aged 87 died in Rockford Hl. on December 6. She was a passenger on Chicago's first train and a cousin of noted orator Robert G. Ingersoll.
G W Day twenty seven of Cartersville Ga died in Syrna sanitarium cottage fire that destroyed the building where he was confined.
Two freight trains were ditched and one man killed on the Saginaw division near Grand Rapids as a Pere Marquette crew forgot that a new time card became effective the next day.
Secretary Garrison sent a congratulatory telegram to Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott of Farmington New Mexico for his work in pacifying the Navajo Indians in the Indian Pact.
Matthew 8 Bala, 74, a wealthy retired real estate dealer and bondsman for Jack Johnson, was found dead in a gas-filled bedroom at his home on 1111 Church Street Evanston Chicago December 6.
Van Bittner president of District No 5 United Mine Workers of America was sentenced to 60 days in jail by U S Judge Dayton for violating court orders.
Four hundred employees at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Garrett locomotive repair shops are out of work after the large shops were closed. The move follows the shutdown of the Garrett facility, impacting a major local employer.
Fifty Tufts college students fled East hall in Medford Mass as a fire forced them from windows and fire escapes. One student suffered a minor burn.
Adolph G. Sutro a grandson of a famous San Francisco mayor and holder of the first hydroaeroplane license announces that he has made his last flight.
Earl Jones, Corning music teacher jailed for alleged kidnapping of Grace Runyon, wins parole hearing at the January term after a rare board action. W. H. Berry heads the board. Jones began serving in November at Anamosa penitentiary and seeks release after nine months. Attorneys plan to prove Runyon went with him voluntarily and that he is blameless.
Sidney reports the Horsley will contest ongoing in district court. John Horsley, an 1858 immigrant from England, built a $140 000 fortune mainly in Fremont County land. After his death last year his widow became sole heir, but niece Eliza Womback challenges the will in court.
Iowa City students in the engineering college must complete a full gasoline engine to earn their degree. The project replaces much shop work for one semester and the finished engine becomes the maker's property. They prepare wooden patterns, machine castings, assemble, and set the engine, recording daily progress from blueprints.
Joh. Waterloo Lauritzen and Wasson, builders who suffered a heavy loss when the Lyman building they were erecting at Cedar Rapids collapsed, notify the river front commission they cannot complete the river retaining wall project valued at eight thousand dollars.
Algona reports thousands of dollars in corn damaged in Kos suth county due to persistent fog and damp warm weather. Farmers sort hard corn from soft and scatter cribs to save a portion.
Jesse Harmon aged 80 living near California Junction was taken into custody after a suicide attempt, examined at Logan and ordered to be sent to the state hospital at Clarinda.
Perry Elks hear speakers E J Kelly of Des Moines Harry Wifvat H Dugan and R Zerwekh at the annual memorial exercises in Perry.
Villisca hosts the second annual poultry show by the local association with seventeen premium cups plus groceries clothing and cash prizes. A total of 646 chickens were entered showcasing local poultry exhibitors.
J P Broderick paid 10000 dollars for the eighty acre Needham farm in Jefferson township. Land values in Allamakee county show no sign of decreasing.
Dr. E. B. Sayers, leading Algona veterinarian, was knocked down and suffered multiple rib fractures after a Holstein bull attacked him on A. J. Julian’s farm. He narrowly escaped death.
The Dallas county treasurer conducted the smallest tax sale in county history at Adel. Ninety one different descriptions were offered and the total money paid amounted to 1051 dollars and 81 cents.
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