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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
1
Pinchot will have direct charge with state commissions and heads of national bureaus assisting. A report on the plan will be presented at the meeting scheduled for December 1.
The White Mountain Express on the New York New Haven and Hartford line wrecked near Greenwich station. A woman, Miss Marguerite Armstrong of Wayne Pennsylvania, was killed instantly while trying to escape a toppled parlor car. About a dozen passengers were taken to hospitals with bruises and minor injuries. The cause is believed to be rail spreading.
Washington Bureau reports actual work on the first inventory of the United States natural resources has begun under the National Conservation Commission. Gifford Pinchot returns to supervise. material gathered from government bureaus state commissions and major organizations. Roosevelt endorses the plan and cooperation remains strong.
Paris reports Count Boni de Castellaine has filed a suit to revise the decree of divorce that granted his wife custody of their three children. The move aims to obtain custody for himself.
Eu gene Etienne former minister of war and the interior and his chauffeur were seriously hurt in an automobile accident near Alencon today Madam Etienne suffered serious injuries in the crash authorities said the accident occurred July 16 reports from the scene indicate the former official was traveling with his wife at the time
London July 6 American athletes led world field events at the Olympian Games. Sheridan retained the discus title with 134 ft 2 in, Giffin was second, Harr third. Rose won weight putting at 45 ft 7 1/2 in. The US also led in hammer throwing and other events, building a 31 point edge over the United Kingdom in the day’s field events.
New Philadelphia Ohio July 16 Baltic a Tuscarawas county town of five hundred people was nearly wiped out by a fire that began at 9 pm and burned into morning. Firemen failed to check the blaze destroying upwards of forty homes and business buildings with losses estimated at 100000 dollars.
The Modern Woodmen of America filed in federal court for 420 755 49 against Jas H Jamison receiver of the First National Bank of Chariton and L O Murray comptroller. The suit seeks 350 000 cash plus 70 755 49 interest, tied to deposits from December 7 1907 and implicates several major banks in Chicago New York and Kansas City.
Adrain C. Anson once captain of the Chicago Nationals faces bankruptcy with a receiver named for his billiard and bowling hall. Mrs. Taft of Cincinnati sues over $6500 rent, and creditors file a $20,000 accounts docket. Liquidation assets range from $7,000 to $8,000.
New York to Chicago relay message reaches Utica at 1 45 p m and is passed along by Sherman to the waiting representative with no delay.
The Atlantic battleship fleet was sighted at 7 30 a m off the Leper settlement on the north side of Oahu at Molo kai about 40 miles from Honolulu as of July 16.
A pleasure launch carrying about 75 people from Manila to Corregidor Island foundered in a typhoon. Twenty five passengers are believed drowned, including three Americans, one an army surgeon. The rest, about fifty, were rescued by the British steamer Suverie.
John W. Kern Democratic candidate for vice president drew about five thousand people to a hearty spontaneous reception in Indianapolis. He spoke for twenty minutes after arriving with Vice President Fairbanks, amid cheers and a welcome from Mayor Bookwalter and other city leaders.
Des Moines Republicans secure seventh floor rooms in the Fleming block to serve as party headquarters. Chairman Carl F. Franke and Charlies W. Lyon of the state central committee begin immediate work as the campaign heats up.
The Navy Department directs gunboat Marietta, stationed at Port Antonio Jamaica, to sail to Porto Cortez Honduras because of unsettled conditions and a threatened revolution. Captain Maxwell is instructed to report on the situation.
The Western Golf Championship opened with sharp play and several upsets. John D. Cady and A. D. Lambert led in front of Paul Hunter and M. E. Phelps, while Collinder struggled with putting. Defending champion H Chandler Egan was eliminated in the second round and L A Callender, in his first tournament, defeated Harry Legg.
Boston July 16 Two men were killed and several injured when a locker at Pier No 47 of the Mystic Wharf exploded. United States Appraisers Examiner Atwood was among the injured and died after admission to the hospital. The dead were laborers. The blast is believed to have originated from a locker containing fireworks.
Rudolph Hoffmaster of Muscatine recounts in detail his long held knowledge of the Bender family's fate. He describes travels with James Wallingford also known as Brown and confirms Downer’s Chicago Tribune account after reading the dying man’s confession. The story ties Hoffmaster to Kansas in 1869 during freighting near Independe nce near the Bender ranch with the Caney River nearby.
Oyster Bay July 16. President Roosevelt refused an offer to make speeches into a receiver of a talking machine to create records for public sale. The decision ends a proposal that would have marketed his addresses as phonograph records.
New York July 16 Presidents of the Eastern trunk lines held a conference to decide on freight rate policy. They debated a ten percent rate increase versus a ten percent wage reduction, with E. H. Harriman reportedly opposing wage cuts while others favored them.
A published list links influential Portuguese officials, generals, and nobles to illegal state payments akin to a Panama affair. Generals Cuva, Costa, and Lopez allegedly received 50,000 dollars each, while the minister to Peking drew 29 years' salary in advance. Total misappropriations run into multiple millions.
Gustavus P English, AP news editor known as Johnnie English, died of heart disease Monday. Funeral services were held at the family residence with Rev. W G Smith of St James Episcopal Church officiating. Many newspaper men and friends attended.
With the final adjournment of the Shriners Imperial Council, Nobles begin three days of uninterrupted pleasure. This is Minneapolis day, and visiting Nobles and ladies are guests of Zurah temple of Minneapolis.
Taft abandons recreation to finish his Cincinnati speech by August 28 as Bryan supporters celebrate Washington election results. Bryan denies discussing Roosevelt Brownsville case or Negro appointments, stating he has refused to discuss both.
Major Walter Carlin, brother of former Illinois Governor Thomas Carlin, collapsed and died from heart disease in Jerseyville on July 16. He served as first lieutenant in the Thirty-eighth Illinois Infantry during the Civil War.
A cryptic note reports that sordid cash delays the Uryd vent ion, hinting at financial hold ups affecting the planned event and its organizers. No further details available in readable text.
The convention adopted a platform pledging constitutional prohibition of alcohol, direct senatorial elections, postal savings and bank deposits guarantees, strict anti social evils enforcement, uniform marriage and divorce laws, and suffrage limited to those literate in English. The platform also calls for regulation of interstate commerce, a permanent tariff commission, and federal action on child labor, mineral forests, and infrastructure. The session recessed until 2 PM.
Edith H. Teagle wife of Walter C. Teagle of Cleveland Ohio an official of Standard Oil is reported dying in Pasadena hospital from a bullet wound believed self inflicted during a period of melancholy and illness last night in Pasadena California on July 16 The report cites the probable cause as self harm.
Newton Massachusetts July 16 Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy founder and head of the Christian Scientists church marks her 87th birthday today born 1831 she continues to lead the denomination from her Newton home
Local showers are expected in Iowa with warmer temperatures in the northeast tonight and cooler conditions Friday. Partly cloudy skies and possible showers in northern areas tonight or Friday with rising temperatures. Sunrise is 4 28, sunset 7 25, moonrise 9 52 pm.
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