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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1909
Page
13
A significant conference was held in the Navy Department in Washington this afternoon to discuss a government plan related to Nicaragua. Details remain sparse as officials weigh possible actions and implications.
Seven hundred Marines expected to reach Colon today are ordered aboard the cruiser Buffalo at Panama. The movement signals a major troop deployment as the force sails toward a designated theater of operation through the Caribbean.
News from Washington and Central America details a high level navy conference on Nicaragua regarding intervention and possible movement of marines. Dispatches indicate seven hundred marines aboard the Dixie may proceed to Panama to board the Buffalo and pressure pro government actions.
Oxford defeated Cambridge in the annual inter varsity rugby match by four goals and five tries to one try. The contest took place in London with Oxford securing a decisive victory over Cambridge.
The body of Helen Brown age thirteen was found half frozen in Whitmans truck yard at 10 Jones street. Her face and head were cut and battered and she had clearly fought for her life. No clue as to the identity of her assailant.
Des Moines dispatch reports miners in Oralabor nine miles north of Des Moines armed after the murder of Constable Sporer at a miners union meeting. Negro and Bohemian miners accused of terrorizing the town. a race riot is feared as the sheriff works to restore order. About 150 men witnessed the shooting, Sporer dying from a back wound during the regular meeting.
Paris reports two grisly killings as a wine seller in Marseilles kills his family and himself after slaying his wife and three children with a razor, while near Tonnerre two Swiss cowherders lure a farmer his wife and four domestics to a cow house and slay them.
The transport Prairie, which ran aground on December 2 while carrying marines to Central America, was floated at 10:15 this morning in Philadelphia.
A crippling storm on Lake Erie caused four vessels to be destroyed and one aground. Thirty eight car ferry crew members are missing or dead as rescuers report fifty nine lives lost and twenty sailors saved. Conneaut families await news at the docks.
Thomas Kelly Jr of Wilton near Tipton was seriously injured when he fell from a haymow at his farm three miles south of Tipton. He sustained two broken ribs and internal injuries. His condition caused anxious concern as relatives traveled to Tipton. Earlier Wilton Pomona Grange elected delegates A. E. Stigers and wife to the state convention and planned officer elections for the coming year.
Dr Lorren B Doxey husband of Dora K E Doxey denies fleeing St Louis despite reports the grand jury will vote an indictment for being an accessory He mentions a hotel register listing him as L B Elder and notes a mystery visitor connected to the jail probe Witnesses identities were kept secret and court officials deflect questions as coverage grows.
New York report shows Butt Clark team ahead in a bike race at 2 pm with 2,504.9 miles logged. Three other teams trail closely behind at 2,504.8 miles in a tight chase.
Search continues for Roy Hawk missing since Wednesday as trappers and locals doubt he survived the river voyage. A cabin boat reportedly drifted toward Long Island amid a rising ice field and northwest wind with no trace of Hawk found after two search attempts. Brothers Lewis and Bert Hawk plan to trek along the Illinois shore and possibly cross to Long Island to continue the effort.
In Leheau South Dakota on December 11 Dede Mackenzie son of Murdo Mackenzie famed Trinidad Colorado cattle king was shot and killed by Bud Stevens who was arrested in connection with the shooting.
Thawley praises new developments as Gompers aids switchmen amid unrest and a possible government mobilization of soldiers. The report links labor efforts to a potential political shift and increased federal involvement.
In St. Paul Minnesota a group of fifteen to twenty striking switchmen plan to return to work. Reports say the strikers are open to arbitration to end the dispute quickly and quietly.
Cincinnati is informed that the American Federation of Labor will support the Northwest switchmen, morally and financially, after talks with Switchmen's Union leader Hawley. Gompers says the union's demands are just, while Hawley ridicules railroad officials and fears wider spread beyond Seattle.
Washington reports Congress will adjourn for the holidays on December 21, with a two week recess to follow. The decision was announced in the capital, signaling a winter break for lawmakers after current sessions.
Lawrence Finally pleaded guilty today and was sentenced to thirty years in the penitentiary for attempting to kill Special Agent Bumgardner at Cedar Rapids Union Depot.
Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Nairobi in good health and described as being in the best of health. The arrival site is Nairobi, British East Africa, with the date noted as December 11.
Des Moines December 11. Mrs Ethel McDougal Morris Drake University dean of women orders landladies to monitor about 600 co-eds after several girls visited city dance halls.
St Joseph Missouri December 11 Thomas is believed to be dead in a bartender homicide case. Police investigate the circumstances surrounding the bartender's death and any possible suspects or motives.
Curtin a bartender at a saloon was found dead today with a head wound in the same establishment where he worked. Police believe the death may be a murder and are investigating the scene.
In Savannah Georgia a mob atmosphere follows the killings of Mrs Eliza Gribble and her daughter Mrs Carrie Ohlander with Mrs Maggie Hunter dying after an axe attack. Police re arrest J C Hunter, while more than 200 negros are held on suspicion as bloodhounds hunt for the weapon and suspect.
Elmer Kemper, convicted a week ago under an indictment for seduction, had his sentence postponed by Judge D. W. Jackson until some day next week. The exact sentencing date is not yet set, and Kemper remains free on bond.
Miss A. H. Wilcox, after six years as a missionary in the Orient for the Adventist faith, delivered an engaging talk at the Seventh Day Adventist church on "The Little Child Wives and Widows of India." She spoke at this afternoon's devotion and will perform in native costume with India songs tomorrow night.
The Iowa forecast calls for snow tonight with clearing and a Sunday sun. Temperatures drop Sunday making it noticeably colder afterward.
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