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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
9
A stark dispatch reports U S naval forces moving toward the Nicaragua coast as diplomatic ties deteriorate. The letter from Secretary Knox to Zelaya’s representative accuses the president of responsibility for American deaths, signaling heightened tensions.
Secretary Knox escalates actions by sending orders to the cruiser Albany and Yorktown to move from Magdalena Bay to to Santo Domingo port of Nicaragua near Managua. The note blames Zelaya for the Grace and Cannon killings and warns Central American republics to uphold Western Hemisphere norms. The Prairie with Marines sails for Panama, while Rodriguez awaits Zelaya’s instructions as Washington ends diplomatic relations with Nicaragua’s regime.
Washington declares severed relations with Ze Laya's government and signals readiness to take action. Administration stresses deterrence and coordinated steps with allies while monitoring regional implications.
In London the commons backed Premier Asquith by 349 to 134 with a resolution condemning the Lords for blocking the budget. He said if liberals regain power taxes in the budget would be reenacted, and Parliament was prorogued until January 17 by the king after a privy council meeting.
President Taft finished drafting his message last night and the document is with the public printer. Revised proofs will be sent to the White House this afternoon before the press begins mass printing for distribution.
Circulation reports indicate the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen may unite with the Switchmen association. The move comes amid a wave of layoffs leaving about 12,000 workers unemployed as rail carriers adjust operations.
Forces capable of coping with any contingency will be on hand on both coasts of Nicaragua to land if necessary. Commanders plan rapid response as tensions rise and alert levels are raised across the region.
Des Moines on December 2 Iowa Evening Press reports the judges of the Iowa State Corn Growers Association began work selecting winners for prizes totaling 20 million dollars. The panel includes C W Hendricks Muscatine and C F Steen West Liberty among others.
Washington officials announce a dynamite plot to damage the Panama railroad and a steam shovel on the night of November 3. a reward is offered by the government for information leading to arrests of those involved.
In St Paul and across the region the switchmen strike halts normal rail service. Railroads import strike breakers and hire more workers as warehouses reopen but most flour mills suspend operations with up to 5 000 workers laid off daily losses reach 75 000 dollars weekly for millers and 700 000 dollars daily for milling concerns. Estimates show 12 000 idle workers and widespread delays in Duluth Superior and Helena Butte Missoula and other towns as freight movements stall.
A Brooklyn Navy Yard blaze confined to a brick chemical laboratory building after an hour of fighting by marines and city crews. Firemen faced chemical fumes and explosions fears but no serious injuries occurred and nearby structures were saved.
Iowa City Dec 2 John G Griffith of Iowa was reelected by the board of control of athletics to coach the Iowa basketball team ensuring the alumni coaching system. R G Hedges of Darmouth named assistant coach for the team. The board also voted to abolish the Iowa field meet and replace it with a Missouri Valley conference meet.
Santiago Dec 2 Chile signs the protocol with the United States for referring the Alsop claim to King Edward for mediation. The agreement formalizes the process and sets the stage for further diplomatic steps in the case.
The world championship bout between Jeffries and Johnson is slated for San Francisco likely on July 4. The event, organized by Tex Rickard and Jack Gleason, carries a purse of 101000 dollars with contestants to claim 66 2/3 percent of film receipts.
The body of seven year old Lottie Menninger who disappeared Monday was found today on a tenement roof in New York. She had been shockingly mistreated, and police are treating the case as a violent crime with an outraged victim.
John L Sullivan is jailed in Muscatine for at least 20 days after pleading guilty to intoxication. Justice Theo Jones at West Liberty ordered the sentence as a remedial measure for a prolonged drinking pattern. The man named John L Sullivan is not the famous pugilist.
The Citizens' Railway and Light plant installed a turbine delivering 959 horsepower, raising plant output from 12 000 to 23 000 volts. Crews worked on transformers to use the additional power, causing temporary residential outages.
New York authorities lack a positive clue in the death of Mrs. Snead. Virginia Wardlaw, an aged relative, is the only arrest, and she has refused to provide information.
The foreign office in Paris states there is no truth to the claim that France ordered a warship from Martinique to Nicaragua. The denial was issued as a formal statement on December 2.
A dispatch to the Associated Press from St. Louis reports that Marion county Illinois farmers are not searching for the negro who wounded S. McLeland, a farmer, near Odin on Tuesday. The message disputes earlier reports of a manhunt in the Odin area.
Springfield Illinois December 2 a petition for the reinstatement of Sheriff Davis of Alexander County was presented to Governor Deneen on an agreed statement.
Madison Wisconsin December 2 The state primary elections law was upheld in every particular by Judge Lueck of the circuit court today.
St Louis reports arsenic found in the viscera of William J Erder. Charges of first degree murder issued against Dora E Doxey of Columbus Nebraska for alleged poisoning. Requisition for extradition sought as investigation widens amid bigamy arrest and pending trial.
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