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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
1
Governor Clarke weighing the constitutionality of the Bluesky bill as opponents argue it harms legitimate business. The measure, tied to stock promoters and “get rich quick” schemes, faces veto pressure or approval after hearings and state deliberation.
Washington May 14. Investigators probe the theft of plans for the new dreadnought Pennsylvania and the navy bureau of steam engineering recounts a second set taken between March 2 and March 4. Officials say the papers contain no military secrets and public interest may hinder naval work.
Democratic leaders decide not to call up the initiative and referendum resolution for further action until next week. Tax amendment to the state constitution is introduced in the lower house and debated as priority over the initiative measure. A roll call showed 102 votes for the resolution, but an error noted by Representative Milens altered the record and postponement motions followed amid an adjournment until 20 o'clock.
Sacramento California May 14 Governor Hirony Johnson said he would sign the alien land bill sent twelve days ago after early morning work on his reply to Secretary Bryan and after the senate's unanimous approval in the house of the legislature.
Shriners hold annual meeting as officers are elected and convention moves from Wheeling West Virginia to Dallas Texas. The 19th convention city was not specified, with improvements noted and potential leadership changes discussed at the event.
A fragmentary sentence discusses dangers of crossing domains and the safety of institutions. It mentions the concept of strict subsorbance of Tha saimtury yyy and hints at cautious governance without clear context or names. The text remains unclear and partially illegible.
Washington May 14 Senate Republicans pressed to prolong discussion of open hearings on the Underwood bill. Penrose LaFollette amendment requires manufacturers to answer questions on production costs and duties. Democrats deny fear of a vote, while executive session yields strength signals. Manufacturers seek private audiences with finance subcommittee chairs amid protests against wool and chemical schedules. The session opens with a clash over the sugar schedule and a reader letter on Tree sugar policy. Louisiana interests claim unfair hearings as Randell urges last word for industry.
A man named Carey died in St John New Brunswick yesterday after heart surgery in Boston. The operation aimed to treat long standing trouble and included removal of part of the left lung and rib. Doctors observed the beating heart through the chest and used the moment to study the heart’s action. Carey recovered briefly before dying.
Nohoak New York May 44 Three hundred delegates at the nineteenth Lake Mohonk Arbitration gather to hear Dr Lyman Abbott preside. He says disarmament remains an ideal not a reality and that force will persist until a stronger power protects innocent life from injury, an address interpreted as a reply to the American Peace Society.
Streetcar service resumed on the Avondale line under heavy police protection as three cars, escorted by mounted officers and police automobiles, departed from the Avondale barn for downtown Cincinnati. Strikers offered no interference, but no word came from their headquarters on future plans.
Chicago May 14 Taele Johnson a namplon heavy weight prize fighter was found guilty of violating the Mann law in transporting elle Schreibar from Pittsburgh to Chicago in 1919 He was convicted on all seven counts with a verdict after an hour's deliberation The maximum penalty is five years or 10000 dollars or both Atty Harry Parkin sought county jail confinement but was overruled Johnson released on 10000 bond A new trial motion set for May 19
Washington report says President Cabrera of Guatemala agreed to settle long standing British claims. An ultimatum gave a deadline tomorrow and a British warship moved toward Puerto Barrios to back demands. Secretary Bryan urged extension, and a settlement announced in private advices likely ends the incident affecting U S policy on Central American debts.
In Wisconsin on May 4 Fav and Claire were aboard when 24 year old Livey Larson drowned. Larson rose in the boat during a land promising bite amid a struggle, toppled backward into the water, and drowned while clinging to the boat line. His body showed a large slit wound at the end of the line.
Washington May 11 Conferences between President Wilson and leaders of the house and senate on currency legislation will be held at the White House probably early next week after Majority Leader Underwood selected the house banking and currency committee. The draft bill reportedly provides no fixed guarantee for deposits and may include provisions not aligned with Mr Bryan. The plan contemplates currency issued through banks. Carter Glass and Owen of the senate committee and Secretary McAdoo are expected to attend the White House talks.
President Wilson issues an executive order creating a Walter Like Reservation in Arkansas to serve as a resort and breeding ground for native birds under the Department of Agriculture. The announcement from Washington notes the large tract will be preserved for avian habitat and conservation purposes.
Washington May 14 The prospecting effort across the arid west is aided by a Works bill reported favorably by the Senate Public Lands Committee. The measure would allocate 10,000 dollars to the Geological Survey to map springs streams and waterholes and erect posts and monuments along travel routes to guide travelers to water.
Senator Kern opened today in Washington with petitions from labor groups in West Virginia and Indiana. They urge federal inquiry into conditions in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal regions and push for investigation into the mines and labor turmoil.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, despite objections, favorably reports a resolution restoring Ellen M. Stone to private contributors after ransom for the Balkan brigands in 1901. Critics warn the move sets a dangerous precedent amid Mexico tensions.
Laura C Kellogg a student of Indian affairs testified before the senate committee on Indian affairs about broad immorality concerns at the Carlisle Indian School Washington May 74 She said the superintendent failed to maintain discipline but could not provide specific examples when pressed by senators
Two Chicagoans Phil Garrison and Kiddie Neary prepare for a grudge fight Sunday near Chicago to decide the so called bert Man. No purse will be paid as it is a personal clash with two spotsmen supplying cars to transport fighters to a secluded venue.
Saskatoon readers report a prairie fire around the town of Andrews west of here that endangered men women and children. Fire teams struggled to control the blaze after destroying a post office general store and several smaller buildings. A rescue saved a family living above a burned shop.
The Senate resumes duties with a push for public hearings on Peru and a recommendation by La Follette for hearings. A woman salvage committee favors Chamberlain’s resolution on constitutional amendments enabling women to vote. The Works bill aims to fund surveys for drought relief and desert irrigation. George W. Cuthria named ambassador to Japan, but deported by committee. House not in session. meets Thursday.
Iowa grand lodge A O U W session elects B B Evans as Grand Master Workman Phil Garlin of Sioux City Grand Foreman W H Stowell Des Moines Overseer J Stanton Marshalltown Receiver G A Trigm Jake Park Grand Guard Tonsdon Waterlo Inside Watch A J Miller Fy Madison Outside Watch Next convention set for Dubuque Knights of Columbus state convention adjourns with J B Keefe Sioux City president M F Flanatrick Bert Dodge treasurer P H Danton Emmettburg advocate E H Movoy Waterloo warden G A Junk Des Moines Rev J T Noonan Des Moines Burlington chosen as next meeting site.
Eastern Railroads urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen the eastern advance case, asking a new five percent freight increase across lines east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac. Leaders from Erie, Pennsylvania, New York Central, and Baltimore & Ohio appeared to pursue rehearing on the No. 3400 matter, after two years.
In Jefferson City a petition asks the supreme court to restore two children to their grandfather Lewis Tebbett from Lloyd Rickart secretary of the St Louis Americans. The filing cites boisterous Sunday game crowds and police interference as reasons for removing the children Letitia and Barbara Breck aged 12 and 14.
Reports from London describe a bomb found in a package addressed to Henry Curtis Bennett, a police magistrate hearing charges against suffragette leaders. The device, a tin tobacco box bound with wire and gunpowder, contained a nail aimed to trigger an explosion. The case links to militant suffragette actions and alleged mail damage.
Davenport May 14 Special reports a carpenter from West Liberty known as Will Pin Jey faces a 2 o’clock hearing on charges of breaking into Sanders second hand store Saturday evening and stealing several revolvers. Police say Fine Jey confessed to the theft and may be held for the grand jury.
The Weathers reports unsettled conditions with showers tonight or Thursday, brief temperature changes, brisk high winds. Muscatine at 7am shows 4 degrees above RETO, river stage at Muscatine today at feet with fall of 3 inches. Sunrise 7:09, moonrise noted.
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