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Newspaper
Rock Island Argus
Location
Rock Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
1
French aviator M Blériot covers a 61.5 mile lap in 8 minutes 42.5 seconds at Rheims. Glenn Curtiss lowers the six and one fifth mile race record to 8 minutes 35.25 seconds amid global aviation week as Paulham breaks endurance tests with high altitude flights.
E H Harriman reported from the Kaiser Wilhelm III that his condition was good as he heads back to Arden for an after care oil to regain ten pounds. He stated the American crop outlook and business conditions remain safe, with no change to views formed before leaving the United States. Harriman said he feels "pretty well" though pale and thin and his voice is firm.
Washington reports a preliminary run on the Rock Land course last week where the torpedo boat destroyer Plusser achieved 31. knots per hour, exceeding its contract 28 knot requirement and believed to be the fastest speed by an American destroyer. officials note the previous record was around 11 knots.
Dr. Harvey M. Wiley denounces modern housewives as Lucretia Borgias and accuses them of spreading tainted foods through careless kitchen habits. He urges strict hygiene, fumigation of ice boxes, and vigilant handling of groceries to protect families and future citizens.
A collision between two excursion steamers at Montevideo harbor drowned between 150 and 301 people, many women and children. The Argentine steamer Colombia carried Buenos Aires passengers to a festival. a German ship was also in service. Rescue failed as the vessels sank swiftly. a German captain and a few passengers were saved. The captain reportedly faced restraint from acting against himself.
Riot violence surrounds the Pressed Steel Car plant area in McKee's Rocks with seven killed and many wounded. Guards occupy stockade zones as two thousand imported workers continue operations. McKee's Rocks council seeks state constabulary withdrawal while riots prompt martial law. Denver meeting on model pure food law and stricter enforcement advances with calls for state specific models and separation from federal rules.
Toledo August 24 The principal suit before the supreme court of the Foresters of America opens with a bid to repeal a bylaw forbidding any language other than English in subordinate lodge work.
Mrs Helen Kelly Gould won a final decree of divorce from Frank J Gould in New York on August 24. The custody of their two children is split with each parent having six months per year. Gould cannot remarry in this state until after the death of his wife. alimony is not mentioned in the papers.
Detroit August 24 Frederick W Lehmann of the American Bar Association warns that excise tax on corporations signals broader regulation and public supervision. He says trusts are obsolete and holding companies supplant them, with laws in Montana and other states aiding monopolies. He notes the staggle and unlimited capitalization permit control of industries, eroding genuine competition. The 32d annual meeting opened with Lehmann addressing the implications.
The Interstate Commerce Commission faced a setback as a federal injunction granted to Western railroads blocks its Missouri River rate order. Judges Grosscup Kohlsaat and Baker ruled the commission cannot permanently enforce the June 24 1908 joint rate plan, signaling a shift in regulatory power and potential Supreme Court review. The ruling centers on interstate rate discrimination affecting Denver and Missouri River cities and involves major rail lines such as Rock Island Burlington Saint Paul Northwestern Great Western Illinois Central Santa Fe Alton Missouri Pacific and Frisco.
In Monroe on August 24 a Black man named Bill Way, possibly intoxicated, fired a double barrel from a public safety item downs street. Citizens returned fire. the assailant died. Twenty five bystanders wounded. his body was dragged to the square and burned before thousands. Four remain seriously hurt. Authorities warned against mob violence and kept order.
Washington officials fear danger to an American agent after the missing report from W S Lembkey on seals taken on the Pribilof Islands. The delay, past August 10, raises concern amid known Japanese pelagic sealing expeditions near the islands and the government leases sealing rights to the North American Commercial company.
Chicago August 24 The count of code words in domestic telegrams will not take effect until December 1 per a statement from F W Moffitt manager of the Chicago office Western Union Telegraph company The postponement aims to give customers time to adjust and instruct correspondents.
In St. Joseph Missouri on August 24 eight local banks were swindled by two men who passed bogus certified checks on a St. Louis bank. They deposited the fake checks and withdrew cash equal to part of their face value before escaping.
In Goshen Indiana a court writ backed by six policemen halted a funeral. Charles Crary, who allegedly made a funeral contract with C B Stiver ten years earlier, was placed in a vault awaiting court decision on liability. Wesley Crary and family oppose the move as the police guard the tomb.
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