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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1915
Page
1
Government estimates show Iowa produced abundant corn wheat oats barley potatoes and apples in 1915 despite poor conditions. Corn output near 310 million bushels with lower price. wheat 16.7 million bushels. oats 200.5 million. barley 11.12 million. potatoes 16.3 million. apples 3.2 million barrels. Prices generally lower than 1914.
Eight years after the old Jefferson mill closed, regional wheat growing revived with only 1,000 bushels in 3 years. This year Greene county yields 50,000 bushels and the new Jefferson mill, recently finished, has abundant locally grown wheat.
Fourteen policemen discharged by Chief Crawford were reinstated after civil service hearings in Des Moines. Eleven were assigned to the night shift to pursue bootleggers, concealed liquor stocks, and house prowlers, with Chief Crawford expecting many arrests in the coming weeks.
The University of Iowa in Iowa City plans two new companies of cadets for military drill as the freshman and sophomore enrollment grows. The regiment comprises two battalions of four companies each, totaling five hundred men and officers under commandant Lieut. R. T. Phinney of the U.S. Infantry.
Probate shows Seth Johnson's estate around $50,000 largely bequeathed to United Brethren causes. Johnson had no wife or children, and was a devoted church member.
Richland Electric Light company begins building transmission lines to Brighton and Ollie. Work will be rushed to complete before winter. The project will bring electric lights to many rural farm homes in the area.
In Fort Dodge the $100,000 Des Moines river power dam proposal won by 815 in a bitter election. Total ballots reached 5,108, including 2,036 women voters. This marks the third approval attempt in four years after two defeats.
Fire chief's report to the city shows total losses for the prior year at 5443.84 dollars. Of that amount 3500 dollars relate to damage at the German Lutheran church, leaving 1945.84 dollars of loss city wide outside the church. A volunteer fire team covered about seven square miles in compiling the record.
Bellevue report recalls Captain Stephen B. Hanks now 94 who witnessed seventy one years of raft work on the Mississippi. He first rafted logs to St Louis in 1840 and claims 15 780 670 000 feet floated past. He was a brother of Nancy Hanks Lincoln and first cousin of Abraham Lincoln.
Des Moines broke a November heat record on November 7 with a 79 degree reading, seven degrees below the hottest July day of 1915. The Des Moines weather bureau notes no warmer November day since 1878. previous 76 degree records occurred on November 2, 1914, and November 20, 1897, with similar statewide August-like warmth also recording at Dubuque and Peoria.
Fredericksburg starts continuous electric lighting with a Turkey River power plant supplying the city. A five-post light row runs mid street for five blocks, preserving parking except in the business area. Over $1,000 was raised by subscription plus donated work to fund the project.
The Lincoln school third floor, among the city's largest and oldest grade schools, was abandoned by the school board to avoid housing 125 children there. The frame and brick building has only one stairway to safety and is not fire proof.
Mrs. E H Daily stands trial in Fremont county charged with murdering her husband Edward Daily last July with a shotgun at their Percival home. Daily was killed and Mrs Daily was severely wounded requiring amputation of her right arm. Friends suspect a mind unsettled by the disappearance of a son five years earlier.
Tests near Eldora indicate a coal vein in Iowa with thickness from three feet eight inches to five feet three inches. The vein reportedly extends far enough to ensure a large daily output over many years.
A 240 acre Dunlap area farm two miles south shows rising values. Fourteen years ago it sold for 22,000, three years ago for 36,000, recently for 48,000, and eighty acres of the tract recently brought 250 per acre totaling 20,000.
Autopsy confirms glands infection caused by a horse raised by Schafer. Remains at his farm near here. State authorities burned the barn and disinfected the farm thorough procedures to prevent spread.
Andrew McIntosh aged 76 of Nevada wed Virginia Washburn 74 of Davenport at the Iowa Soldiers' Home. She is a widow and he served in Company I Ninth Iowa Infantry. Both had resided at the home and now rent a cottage outside after marriage due to home rules.
Mason City revisits plans for a new high school as a court voided the earlier $300000 bond vote prompts two petitions. One seeks a bond of $250000 for construction and the other a $35000 bond to buy a site.
The Iowa commission reports the Iowa building, cost about 35000 including furnishings, will be nearly a total loss after the Panama Pacific exposition ends. Wreckers will tear down the structure and accept only salvaged material as payment. Similar Ohio building sold for 1000 from a 175000 investment, deepening hopes of recovery. The Iowa site measures 65 by 150 feet with original costs around 29000 for the structure and 85000 for furniture.
Duchess Skylark Ormsby, an Iowa bred Holstein owned by John B. Irwin and raised on R. B. Young’s farm near Buffalo Center, set a world butterfat record of 1201.9 pounds in 865 days. The cow produced 27,761.7 pounds of milk testing 4.34 percent butterfat, with Axel Hanson as feeder and herdsman.
Dubuque resident Dubuque Matt McAlister reappears after two years presumed dead. He had vanished in June 1912. a found body later identified as him led to a $1,000 life insurance payout. He refuses to explain his long absence while claiming to have been in Canada.
George White, a farmer near Dow City, withdrew 3400 from a Dunlap bank and was stopped by two highwaymen. They looted only 2, and one bandit pressed for the location of 400. White had hidden the money in the Dow City bank after obtaining it at Dunlap, and recalls a man at the Dunlap window who later shadowed him.
three men believed to be involved in the Parnell Savings Bank robbery were captured in Albia by Detective Patek of the Iowa Bankers association and a posse of officers after the safe was blown and 2500 dollars taken.
George W. Hanna of Lu Verne increases his Iowa holdings by 484 acres to total 6,115 acres. He is a major landowner with cattle and hogs, spending much of his time managing his farms.
Judge J. H. Henderson states that Iowa deal dealers gain an advantage over Illinois coal men after December 1 as Interstate Commerce Commission rate increases take effect. Iowa officials say small advances won’t significantly affect Iowa shippers while the commission denies reopening the case.
German Austro Hungarian forces advance toward Nish and Kraljevo driving Serbs toward Greece and Albania. Krujevac fell with 4500 captured inmates, 1500 in hospitals, while King Peter was carried out of Kraljevo hours before its fall. Allied forces clash near Strumnitza and Kosjak Babuna heights as French troops link with Serbian lines.
The American Defense society urged President Wilson to publish recommendations on national preparedness from experts of the naval general board and the army general staff. The letters also asked Secretary Daniels and Secretary Garrison to help publish the reports. The society argued that expert input is essential for intelligent national defense discussion.
Lincoln Illinois jury given the Hurley murder case of Daniel Hurley Jr nineteen charged with killing his seventeen year old girlfriend Katherine Roller. A postmortem showed poison in the girl's stomach following her death on April 25 with the verdict to be returned.
London reports that Lord Kitchener will not go to India. The International News Service released an official statement confirming he is not traveling to India.
Paul Faguet, general agent of the French line, reports the thief who took pearls and diamonds valued at $100,000 from the steamer Rochambeau is jailed in Bordeaux. The arrest confirms the crime occurred in transit and the suspect is in custody awaiting further action.
Petrograd reports Minister of Agriculture Kriveshein relieved of his post at his own request for health reasons. Emperor Nicholas grants him the Order of Alexander Nevsky in the movement confirmed by official notice.
General von Besseler, famed engineer commander of Antwerp and Novogeorgievsk, is chosen president of the Berlin Geographical Society to succeed Herr Peuck. The election underscores his status as a noted conqueror and organizer in wartime campaigns.
Berlin reports Hindenburg army group retreated from wooded west and southwest Shlok due to rain swamps after repulsing three Russian attacks near Kemmern. They claim over 100 Russian prisoners taken. Linsingen forces say Austro Hungarian troops pushed Russians from Kosceuschnevka. Petrograd notes on the Dvina front claim Borsemuende farm captured, two Russian counterattacks repulsed with German losses, plus reports of 1,500 men and 21 officers captured at Kolk along with 11 machine guns, adding to prior totals.
Chicago discovers an injunction by Circuit Judge Claire Edwards to halt slaughter of Mrs. Scott Durand s quarantined prize Guernseys at Crab Tree farm. Governor Dunne ordered the cattle killed, prompting contempt threats against State Veterinarian Dyson and Commissioners Shanly Brown and Patterson. Durand laments no justice in Illinois.
An armed guard will accompany an express train carrying 750000 gallons of petrol from Richmond to New York every 24 hours until the Panama Canal is reopened. Officials of the Standard Oil Company announced the plan to fill war orders amid ongoing disruptions.
A woman identified only as Miss Colt died in a fire of unknown origin at a rooming house located at 2972 Indiana Avenue in Chicago. The case remains under investigation with few details available about her private life.
In Peking on November 13 the killing of Admiral T’seng Ju Cheng, Shanghai governor, is described as not political but the result of hired assassins by the family of a man executed by the governor.
Wallace Irwin of New York, fiction writer, will marry Miss Leatitia Mc Donald of Louisville on January 6. The engagement was announced by the couple’s parents.
Richard M Milburn, attorney general of Indiana, died in Indianapolis after a weeks long illness. He was elected to the post in 1912 on the Democratic ticket.
A heavy firedamp explosion at the Kaiser coal mine in Essen killed nine miners and injured nine others. The blast underscored dangerous conditions in the German coal industry and prompted rescue efforts by local workers and officials.
A November cyclone in Great Bend Kansas killed twelve and injured over one hundred with many seriously hurt. The storm leveled the Santa Fe station half the town’s homes and several mills. Waterworks and electric plant were swept into the river. six bodies were recovered. Pratt and Larned reported heavy damage and a Hutchinson wrecking train was dispatched with doctors and nurses.
Washington reports the American steamship Zeelandia was forcibly searched by a British cruiser in Progreso port Mexico. The consul says the cruiser now loiters outside, implying a seizure attempt. Officials call the act a violation of Mexican neutrality and a grave breach in U S British tensions. A full investigation will follow.
A large fire at Bethlehem Steel in South Bethlehem left only the charred skeleton of No 4 machine shop. Officials estimate losses near 4 million dollars with guns valued in the shop at several million. About 1060 machines ranged from lathes to boring mills within the building.
The state department released a note denying German involvement in fabricating fraudulent American passports. Berlin says it stopped passport production in Antwerp where a passport falsifier’s den was found. It also rejects claims by spy Robert Rosenthal about a false passport offer at the German admiralty offices.
Johnny Kilbane, Milwaukee, receives an indefinite suspension from the Wisconsin boxing commission for alleged stalling in the recent bout with Ritchie Mitchell. The action comes as the commission reviews conduct in the featherweight title clash.
Frank L. Dodge head of the state board of mediation announced the strike of Michigan Central railway clerks has been called off. Practically all the clerks demands were granted.
Champ Clark of Bowling Green Missouri writes from home to support the president in the battle for a stronger national defense.
In Fort Worth Texas on November 12 the trap at the execution of Do A Meyers failed and the hangman’s noose severed Meyers’ head from his body after the trap was sprung in the slaying of W A Montague.
A blast at a biological facility triggers a major investigation as agents of justice move to secure the scene. Authorities report estimated damages around $500,000 and are pursuing leads on the perpetrators.
Washington reports Secretary Lansing will not answer Germany’s note denying a claim that American passports were forged by German agents. The issue will be dropped. Local items mention Pennsyvania yard traffic boosts and sterilization under Wisconsin law, plus a Britain recruiting note about essential workers.
In St Joseph Michigan on November 13 a jury found Coy Purnell son of the Israel House of David monarch guilty in the $25 000 Augusta Holliday slander suit The verdict imposes six cents damages and costs Mrs Holliday testified before a crowded courtroom detailing alleged abuses by Benjamin leader of the inner court of Shiloh and the king figure described as a debaucher of young girls.
Amsterdam reports an accidental explosion at Fort Macho Vette kills eighteen German officers and soldiers and wounds fifty. Behn Belge confirms the toll and details of the blast.
William H. Witt forty eight year old secretary treasurer of the Merchants National Fire Insurance company ended his life by cutting his throat with a penknife. He had been ill.
Washington November 12 Congress will be asked to enact laws prohibiting government contractors from disclosing any secrets of the United States plan of national defense under penalties.
The Telegraph reports Germany is completing a new fleet of Zeppelins in a score of cities with the aim of bringing the war home to the English people.
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