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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1914
Page
1
Sioux City notes Mr. and Mrs. John Tanken adopted daughter’s home as they observe their seventy eighth wedding anniversary under an elm. He is over 107, she near 98 next November. They live simply and stay healthy, enjoying fresh air together. He smokes a German pipe weekly. He vows health, she stays active.
Emory Faatz 26, Wells Fargo Express driver who vanished two months ago with 500 silver dollars and 200 in collections was dragged from beneath a bed in his father's house and placed under arrest. Police had a tip he had returned to town.
The state board of education building committee chose a hillside site behind the old science hall for the new Woman's Building. Plans are drawn, work will start this summer, and the project is priced at $50,000.
Postmasters recently appointed for Iowa include Talmage in Union County with Bert B. White replacing Frank B. Thompson who resigned. Wightman in Calhoun County has Julia M. Gaffney as successor to William C. Ferguson, removed. William B. Elsner is reappointed postmaster at Nashville in Jackson County.
Neola Augustino Fiorscae aged 20, one of sixty men rebuilding tracks for the Rock Island, sought shade under bank cars and made a bed there. A gravel train was moved onto the side track and Fiorscae was decapitated in the heat tragedy.
Secretary C F Rausch is receiving more applications for entry to the state golf tournament set to open at the Country club course in Ottumwa on July 6 and run for a week. Marshalltown is the twentieth club to file, with three or four more entries anticipated.
Muscatine reports the resignation of P. P. Crafts, general manager of the Davenport and Muscatine and the Iowa and Illinois interurbans, who has accepted the general management of the Mobile Alabama Light and Railway Company.
Schaller Mrs A M McLaughlin aged 83 has finished a hand knitted bed spread with 756 blocks started Jan 1 using 59 balls of knitting cotton.
Hancock William A. A. Carter, aged 80, longtime resident and the town’s oldest living person, died after residing in Hancock for about forty years.
In Tama and Traer districts six rural school houses will be built this summer. Each building will be brick and cost about $2,500, expanding local educational facilities in north Tama county.
A cloudburst in Muscatine flooded streets to two feet and forced the Mississippi to rise four inches. Downtown basements were inundated with heavy losses.
Marshalltown report states Edith Horn aged 21, married six months to farm laborer John T. Horn, committed suicide by taking poison in Melbourne. Despondency listed as the cause.
Owing to continued drought and Hessian fly damage the early season Brain crop in Ringgold county is expected to be greatly reduced. Prophecies point to one of the smallest wheat yields in the county's history, impacting farmers in Mount Ayr and surrounding areas.
Des Moines reports representatives of Iowa’s corn canning industry met to estimate this fall’s pack from 37 canning plants. secretary treasurer G W Drake said packing may double last year’s small output, with about 26 000 acres planted and indications pointing to a bumper crop. Iowa typically accounts for about 25 percent of the world’s canned corn.
M. G. Norton of Winona Minnesota, a lumber merchant, sent $1000 checks to Mrs. A. M. Hummel and T. A. Black of Waterloo. The funds honor Thomas S. Black of Lewisburg Pennsylvania who risked $2000 to start Norton’s career. Black died in the 1870s. eight of his eleven children survive. Norton’s success did not forget his relatives.
Washington June 23 Transcontinental railways won their long fight for title to about 700000000 worth of oil lands the Supreme Court voided the land revert clause. Spokane and other intermountain cities won their fight against 16 railroads for reduced freight rates the court approved westbound rate reductions ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Recent rains caused a large slide on the north side of the Des Moines river fill west of Madrid. The slide endangered the fill and the old Madrid Woodward line was reused briefly. Long piling is being driven to prevent further slides and safeguard the structure.
Cedar Rapids lawyer William G. Clark was served with a breach of promise suit demanding 25000 dollars. The plaintiff is Miss The regia OConnell.
Victor Minella 55 a mine worker at Lovilia was shot and killed during a quarrel with his wife at their home. The woman was arrested and jailed by police who report she has confessed in the incident.
A major blaze in Quimby near Sioux City wiped out the business district with losses estimated at 50000 dollars. The fire destroyed the post office drug store two groceries a barber shop and a furniture store.
C O Anderson of Boone county bought a 225 acre farm near Spring Hill from T N Coffin for 100 dollars an acre last week. Coffin had previously paid 65 dollars an acre for the land. The deal signals higher farm values in the region.
Johnnie Long age 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Long, Mount Pleasant, died of burns after using coal oil to start a fire. investigation details unavailable.
Henry Huss a 14 year old farmer from Artheresas parish five miles from Dubuque was struck and killed instantly while driving cattle into a barn.
Fire suspected to be caused by spontaneous combustion destroyed the Clarence Blackman sawmill near Coalport, Knoxville.
Charles Witt age 15 son of Mr and Mrs John Witt of Watkins farm Des Moines township drowned while swimming in a pond.
Story County pioneer George T. McFarland 83, longtime resident near Gilbert and State Center, died at his daughter's home in San Francisco. He had lived in Story County since early settlement days and was remembered as a prominent local figure.
The Andrew Krambeck eighty acre farm adjoining Dysart city limits sold at public auction for 277.50 per acre, the highest Tama county land price on record. Six years earlier Krambeck had bought it for 160 per acre.
The independent Cambridge school district awards a $10,183 contract to Cole Brothers of Ames for a material addition to the Cambridge school house.
Dr. Ralph B. Heilman associate professor in the University of Iowa home economics department resigns to join the University of Illinois School of Commerce as a professor. He leaves Iowa City for a new academic post.
A House Judiciary special committee reports evidence insufficient for impeachment of Judge Emory Speer of the Southern District of Georgia while criticizing several acts as improper. Rep Webb and Rep Fitz Henry urge condemnation though not impeachment, and Rep Volstead exonerates him. The panel recommends no further action on H. Resolution No. 234.
Ottaway Illinois June 24 The grand jury probing the Tonica Exchange bank failure last November filed 121 indictments. Four defendants Hartenbower G D Hiltabrand cashier B F Hiltabrand W J Ebner faces counts for deposits while insolvent, operating confidence games embezzlement and related charges. Defendants released on bonds.
Eleven killed in Wisconsin as a cyclone damaged many towns including Milwaukee Green Lake Fond du Lac and Appleton with hundreds injured and millions in losses. Watertown and Watertown area worst hit with 16 block swath of destruction and 300 buildings wiped out. Nearby states report fatalities and extensive property damage from the same storm system.
The North German Lloyd liner Koenigen Luise and the German steamer Cobra collided on Tuesday. The Koenigen Luise suffered a smashed bow and rapidly leaking hull forcing passengers to disembark. Cobra was badly damaged amidships and above and below the waterline. The Koenigen Luise, from Bremen, tonnage 6790, commanded by O Volger in 1914 records. Also, the Belgian steamship Gothland ran ashore near Bishop Lighthouse and was seriously damaged.
Senor Don Emiliano Chamorro, Nicaraguan minister, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the Nicaraguan government and people favor the U S treaty. He urged immediate approval and said a proposed three million dollar payment to Nicaragua would be agreeable.
Ten year old Laura Margaret Reilly journeyed from Los Angeles to Washington to receive a kiss from President Wilson marking a notable early 20th century gesture.
Washington June 25 A resolution was offered in the House by Representative Smith asking Congress to settle the dispute between Admiral Peary and Dr. F A Cook over who first reached the north pole.
New York City death rate fell to 11.42 per 1 000 last week the lowest since the health department began tracking in 1868. total deaths reached 1 222.
In Springfield on June 23 Harry Forbes shot and killed his 32 year old brother Marion Forbes after Marion ordered him out of a buggy for swearing in front of his wife. Authorities report the fracas stemmed from a rebuke over profanity turning deadly.
Italian authorities report a number of anarchists sought for riots during the general strike have reportedly fled to America.
The cornerstone of the new Lutheran Church was laid with a proper ceremony attended by a large crowd. It is hoped the church will be completed by early fall.
Sioux Rapids voters approved a 65 000 bond issue for constructing a new schoolhouse by a margin of 39. The election result confirms funding through municipal bonds to support school infrastructure.
The Supreme Court affirmed each count of a decision finding that Eastern state lumber dealers associations conspired to restrain trade by blacklisting retail dealers and must be stopped.
Robert Collier faces execution by electric chair at Michigan City prison for the murder of John Cain. The sentence sets an October 16 electrocution date and notes Collier laughed when the penalty was imposed.
Des Moines Iowa June 24 Judge Smith Macpherson of the federal court declares the Iowa workers compensation act or employers liability act constitutional in a formal opinion issued locally.
New York June 24 six hundred drivers and mechanics employed by the taxicab trust went on strike to protest the resignation of S. B. Stephenson superintendent of drivers.
The Army Aviation Corps at Jefferson Barracks will assist with balloons in the national elimination race starting July 11. Robert E. Nolker, president of the St. Louis Aero Club, announced that permission for corps support on the aeronautic field had been granted.
In Cedar Rapids on June 25 W G Clark a prominent local attorney was named defendant in a $25,000 breach of promise suit brought by Miss Marie O Connell a collector for a credit clothing store.
John H. Landis resigned as superintendent of the United States Mint in Philadelphia after a tenure beginning in 1902. Secretary McAdoo accepted the resignation, effective upon the appointment of Landis' successor.
London June 24 Gorgan Williams, long linked with major railroad construction in England, died here. He handled large railroad building contracts in Russia and Italy.
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of Thomas E. Stucky of Indianapolis on a Monday afternoon to be collector of customs for the district of Indiana.
A courier reports Zacatecas fell to General Villa with about 2,200 rebels dead or wounded, federals twice as many fatalities, and General Ortega killed. In Washington, three protocols signed by the United States and Huerta aim to establish a provisional government and restore diplomatic ties with amnesty for foreigners. Negotiations linger over a provisional president as mediation extends to Buffalo this week.
John D. Rockefeller gave 100000 dollars to help wipe out 275000 dollars of combined debt of the Baptist missionary societies. Pledges surged after the gift was announced at Boston.
Walter Johnson star pitcher of the Washington American League club married Hazel Roberts daughter of Rep. E E Roberts of Nevada in Washington on Monday.
George Hammond, business agent for the Excavating Grading and Asphalt Teamsters union, was slain while seated in his car in Chicago. Police seek contractor P. Dignan as a suspect in the shooting.
President Wilson will receive woman suffragists from organized clubwomen on June 30 to press for support of the suffrage constitutional amendment.
Warrant issued against Tyrus Cobb, ball player, for disturbing the peace. W. L. Carpenter, a butcher, says Cobb threatened him with a revolver. Detailing authorities and the alleged threat in Detroit on June 26.
The Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers association plans a July 7 to 9 convention in Cedar Rapids with talks on salesmanship by Prof. C. E. Klingaman and advertising strategy by T. B. LeQuatte. Dick Waters opens, with buying topics by J. E. Ireland, and general discussions led by Nebe White and Stuhler.
Former Gov. J. Frank Hanley of Indiana and Oliver W. Steart of Chicago headed the Flying Squadron at a temperance mass meeting in Highland Park college chapel. Clinton R. Howard and Eugene Chafin sit on the directory board. The group plans a Des Moines branch and has strong backing from prominent business figures.
Keokuk reports that Dr. George H. Maley of Galesburg seeks a new judge for his Mann act case alleging prejudicial remarks by Judge Smith McPherson. A new panel of forty jurors was drawn, trial set for July 21, and the matter referred to Judge Sanborn for action.
Des Moines reports suggest R. L. Chase, document librarian in the secretary of state's office, has been offered the job as secretary to the governor to replace Emory English. His appointment hinges on resolving whether English can assume the insurance commissionership on July 1.
Lester P. Barlow son of Mr and Mrs George Barlow of Clear Lake serves as a lieutenant with General Villa in Mexico. He took part in a twenty one days battle with his brigade which suffered 1200 men lost.
Iowa City mourns Pioneer Banker Iowa City resident for forty six years Emory Bradway aged 84 died after a five day illness He came from Oswego New York as an architect and for thirty six years had served as a director of the First National Bank in Iowa City.
Rev. H Hoff of the Lutheran church was presented a $1,000 purse in Treynor on the occasion of his quarter centennial in the community.
Des Moines reports night agent E P Young of the Interurban company was instantly killed at Bowser station eight miles east of Des Moines on the Colfax line after accidentally touching a high tension wire.
The Ames Chautauqua association announces its annual session will run from August 6 to 14 on the grounds in Ames. The organization has hosted successful programs there for several years.
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