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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
1
Diplomatic moves amid Mexican turmoil show President Wilson summoning Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson from Mexico City. Officials expect a major statement on U S policy toward Huerta after Wilson’s conference with Bryan and the president.
Bayonport Jo July 16 Sperr Inl. Isadore Kessler 12 of we was found drowned last evening after diving from a barge into the Mississippi river The swift current carried the body beneath a floating dock and life was extinct on recovery The Davenport newsboys at a mass meeting decided to burn in all receipts from tomorrow’s aura of papers to defray the funeral expenses of the Kessler boy who stood on one of the downtown streets
The final rites for Charlés Hut TIG died recently were held at 37 Washington Terrace with bankers and financial leaders from across cities in attendance. A bankers' delegation from the American Bankers Association honored the deceased at the residence, and interment followed at Bellefontana cemetery. Acting pallbearers were chosen from Third National Bank and Whirlittg Sash and Door company employees.
Baltimore Maryland July 11 comment on transfer of 35 904 000 of Southern Pye stock by the Union Pacific for about 42 000 000 of Baltimore and Ohio stock by the Pennsylvania railroad completed today President Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio says there is no reason the big exchange will benefit the Baltimore and Ohio and the policy will continue as past Baltimore will remain the chief Atlantic port for the railroad Willard notes Pennsylvania was more burdened by its Baltimore and Ohio holding than the Baltimore and Ohio was by its, but the future should show the Baltimore and Ohio free to act in its own interests for development and communities it serves.
Judge Caldwell in Cincinnati Common Pleas Court dismissed the case against George B. Cox former political leader and financier. Cox faced a charge of misapplying 510,000 of Cincinnati Trust Company funds.
Moule Alabama July 16 Buyers on the Mobile cotton exchange representing German firms reported received messages from Germany indicating the Berlin government pressed the United States to restore peace in Mexico. The messages warned that if the United States did not move quickly, Germany would take the initiative to resolve the situation.
Reports from Seres and Dolyan describe mass killings of Mussulmen by Bulgarian troops during the Balkan conflict. Consul August Kral cites mass casualties and refugees as he investigates Seres. Turkish forces push toward Adrianople amid frontier tensions and Bulgarian advances in the region.
In Chicago in July 1916 a female jury will be impaneled in a municipal court to decide a case over a bill for brazen making. The dispute is between two women with emphasis on dress and gown style as key evidence, noted by counsel for plaintiff M R Davenport.
An advertising expert argues that a business can exist without advertising but not advertise without a business. Real, quality merchandise must back ads, and newspapers like THE JOURNAL remind readers that effective advertising reflects true value. Readers are urged to value regular ad sections to stay informed.
Chicago July 16. Miss Clare Marasske, awakened by a strange sound, saw a freight train derail and crash into her residence. Several cars tumbled from the tracks, one crashing the house front and stopping near her bed. She escaped with bruises and cuts from broken windows and falling plaster.
In Chicago today judges denied a motion to expunge the 1907 divorce of Grace Brown Guggenheim Wahl from William Guggenheim. The ruling allows criminal action against alleged fraud parties while appeals proceed. Mrs Wahl had sought to annul the divorce on grounds of deceit and collusion.
Wilkes barre Pa July 16 The effort to clear up the mystery surrounding the death of Alice Crispell was shifted to the Luzerne county court as argument on the habeas corpus writ for Herbert Johns the mill worker held in jail without bail in the case was heard Johns who was the acknowledged lover of Miss Crispell was last seen with her July Fourth night three days later her body was found in Harvey s Lake and Johns was arrested he is confident of his release.
Des Moines Iowa July 10 Governor Jack Clark returned to Des Moines after ten days ill and immediately resumed official duties at the state house. He appeared weak but declared he feels better and spent the morning with the executive council and tax officials.
A New York World report quotes Mulhall claiming a National Council for Industrial Defense fund of 600000 to 700000 dollars yearly funded lobbying against favored tariffs. Mulhall alleges payments for political purposes while detailing ties to the Manufacturers’ Association and figures tied to Watson and a tariff commission drive.
Blossom Browning Browning paid a 25 dollar fine in Judeo Coutehtelé's court for wearing a knee high slit skirt charged as indecent exposure. She planned to travel to New York declaring people there are not practical. The judge inspected the skirt before restoring it to her on promises to modify attire.
Report from Peking July 4 notes Kiangsi Yunnan and several southern provinces planning to declare independence and form a southern Chinese confederacy while fighting rages in Kiangsi. Japanese officers alleged to back rebels. Japanese gunboats cited. German consulate at Nanking surrounded as tensions rise over extradition of revolutions in Hankow concession.
Lansing July 10 Senator Joe T Robinson argued before the Michigan Bar association that no treaty prohibits the United States from discriminatory Panama canal tolls benefiting American vessels. He cited Way-Pauncefote as backing U S exclusive rules for canal regulation and management.
Dr Pauld Reinsch professor of political economy at the University of Wisconsin has been selected for a minister to China. Secretary Bryan and President Wilson met with him in Washington for a long conference, after which the nomination was to be sent Friday.
Eastern railroad representatives and railroad treasurers and conductors in New York formally ratified the agreement to settle their differences under the Newlands bill and sent Wilson a telegram asking whom he would appoint as a board of mediation. The Erie line had withdrawn from arbitration and its status was not announced. The dispute focuses on whether the roads will press grievances against the men while seeking higher pay, with the conference seeking a broad hearing to determine the scope of arbitration. The Erie still refuses to join arbitration, and a committee claims the Erie must abide by court findings and be included in proceedings.
Ottumwa July 14 reported the venue fight in the state capitol grounds extension case has shifted. The dispute now centers on Dallas and Polk counties as proper locales rather than Ottumwa and Des Moines. Judge J C Mitchel led the injunction bid. Dallas county is urged as the residence of Governor George W Clarke, chief defendant.
Washington July 16主席 Eaton of the senate foreign relations committee announced after conference with President Wilson that he would press consideration of arbitration treaties with several nations whose ratifications have been delayed in the Senate. Delegates Gaeton and Baroshaw of the Philippines discussed the Philippine commission personnel with the president, who mentioned Oscar Terry Crosby of Warrenton, Virginia, among others but had not reached a decision.
Showers tonight or Thursday with cooler air and moderate winds. Temperature at Muscatine this morning 9 degrees above zero. River stage at Muscatine today four feet nine inches, rising one inch. Sunrise 4 25, sunset 7 23, moonrise 3 25.
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