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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
1
Irrigation Congress asks for 10 million dollars annually for five years under the Ballinger rule to fund irrigation projects. Pass resolutions favor bonds for waterways purposes and power sites were not allocated under the rule.
Acting Secretary Wilson withdrew 87 368 acres along the Colorado River in Utah to curb monopolies. Montana letters deny filings on power sites and challenge claims of Jeremiah Collins in Boseman land district. Spokane reports urge waterways bond issue and big irrigation appropriation as National Irrigation congress debates Ballinger critiques and defense by Smith and Wilson.
Three men robbed the Valley Bank in Santa Clara California early today. After an exchange of shots they fled in a automobile and were later captured seven miles from Santa Clara by Sheriff Langford and two assistants.
An accident near Melbourne last night left Charles Dewey and Ora Harmon Rhodes seriously injured when a threshing machine plunged through a bridge. Two others escaped injury.
The court of inquiry into Lieut. James N. Sutton’s death nears its end as Mrs. Sutton’s attorney Henry F. Davis sums up, arguing the judge advocate’s decision to present no argument burdened him. Davis contends evidence negates Sutton’s self-inflicted death theory while opposing counsel A. E. Birney likens officer honor to that of a woman and dismisses the charges as based on a woman’s frantic ravings.
Washington Aug 13 China will completely change its legation in the United States. A cablegram recalls Dr Yen Wei Ching the second secretary to Pekin. Yen was noted for his sympathy toward reformers in China.
About forty five finishers at the McKee and Bliven button factory Hershey avenue plant walked out at 1 pm protesting weighing methods. They demanded changes to ensure fair wages, with some planning to not return unless grievances are addressed. Foreman Will Hopkins ordered them back or to leave.
In Ft William Ontario a weeklong dockers strike sparked a daylight riot as 300 protesters clashed with 30 Canadian Pacific police. Fifteen wounded hospitalized, two Greeks fatally, militia called out. martial law imposed as guards sweep for weapons and regulate the foreign quarter.
Chicago August 13 railroad wage peace emerges after lines offer 30 cents an hour within two years and union president Quinlan accepts promptly ending strike threat.
In Pittsburg on August 13 a foggy morning saw Pressed Steel Car bring some four hundred new workers to McKee's Rocks before strikers’ pickets could respond. Sheriff Gumbert resumed evicting the strikers’ families with aid from 25 Black workers hired by the company’s rental agency.
Miss Madge Griffin age 23 of Fort Dodge Iowa is reported kidnapped in Chicago amid white slave fears. Friends visiting in Chicago ask police to search after she disappeared Thursday while shopping downtown and traces remain elusive. Griffin had come to visit Miss Clarissa Boenig and was to receive social attention on the West Side.
Madrid reports all Spanish navy vessels ordered to concentrate at Melilla where about 38,000 troops under General Merina face a significant Moorish gathering.
Salt Lake City announced that Atlantic City New Jersey was chosen today as the meeting place for the 1910 encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill combined shows passed through the city Thursday night on their Davenport to Washington route and will perform there today.
Harry K Thaw will be recommitted to Matteawan on Wednesday Aug 18 as Justice Mills signs the order after granting five extra days in White Plains jail on his mother's plea. Thaw vows to continue the fight via the court of appeals seeking a jury trial on his mental condition.
Edward Harding of West Liberty was adjudged an inebriate in district court and ordered to the Knoxville inebriate institution for two years. The 25 year old admitted the charge, filed by Marshal John Wiley at the request of his father W M Harding, and will be taken to Knoxville Saturday morning by Sheriff Benham.
Congressman A. F. Dawson and wife depart Preston Iowa for a Hawaii voyage to inspect Pearl Harbor naval base. The eight naval committee members and other lawmakers travel via Los Angeles and San Francisco aboard the Siberia on August 24, hosted by Hawaii’s territorial government.
Union Pacific common stock jumped to 215 and preferred to 118 with gains of six and ten points respectively, while no authoritative reason could be found. General trade shows broad improvement with rising fall orders and higher production activity across centers, amid labor scarcity in some plants.
Ottumwa Iowa August 13 semi finals set after better second and third rounds of eighteen hole match play in the Iowa State Golf Association tournament. Dwight Baker of Ottumwa faces William Sheehan of the Hyperion club while R C Smith of Ottumwa plays Ralph Rider of Waveland. Warren Dickinson, twice state champion, eliminated in the third round by Dwight Baker.
London August 13 report says seven soldiers were killed and twenty seriously injured when a huge auto ran amuck near Salisbury Plain. The vehicle struck a detachment of soldiers at a road turn and overturned.
Mineola Long Island August 13 C Foster Willard piloting the Golden Flyer covers twelve miles in 19 ? minutes to claim a national cross country distance record. The feat exceeds the ten mile Wright Brothers flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria and back though longer local runs and overseas routes had been achieved.
Milton Delaware August 13 nearly the whole town was destroyed by a massive fire. Almost 100 houses a lumber yard and a bank were burned with losses over 100000. Several hundred people were left homeless as aid arrived but a Delaware railroad wreck delayed fire apparatus reaching Milton in time. Only twelve houses survived.
Press reports state that all claim numbers under 200 are sure of fortune from the Flathead reservation drawing. Miss Elizabeth Pfeiffer holds No 44 and may receive a large sum if she sells, with No 1 reportedly offered $70,000 for holdings. Other Iowans named include Bal lon, Lewis, Ward, Jackson, Burns, Littell, Wahl, Babrich, Goutry, Dubois, Schrobben, Zamba, Cooper, Childers, Fuller, Curran, and Wright.
The Washington Mason county courthouse in Kentucky was struck by lightning and destroyed today. It was the building where Uncle Tom, from Uncle Tom's Cabin, was sold, a landmark tied to the novel.
Partly cloudy with possible local thunderstorms tonight or Saturday in Iowa. Illinois mainly fair with a chance of thunderstorms in extreme north areas tonight or Saturday. Sunrise at 4 55, sunset 6 56, moonrise 2 15 a m.
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