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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1924
Page
2
Delegates express extreme bitterness over the Ku Klux Klan becoming the Democratic Party's main talking point this year. Top leaders claim the Klan could win votes for Republicans and undermine Senator Robert M. La Follette's independent bid in rural areas where Klan influence is strongest.
United Press dispatch reports Democratic leaders attempting to shift delegates away from the Klan fight by promoting planks on taxes tariffs and relief. Col Elmo House urges joining Teague as an associate member while anti Klan efforts surface in Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Agricultural plans and a new Democratic farm bloc led by Carl Voyer are also noted as campaign themes.
United Press reports on campaign buzz at the Waldorf and Vanderbilt hotels as Emily Smith and Sally McAdoo appear with their families. Emily is described as slim, blonde and bobbed, while Sally is presented as a medium brimmed figure. Mrs. Alfred E. Smith attends in a black and white georgette outfit.
Senator Val Harrison of Mississippi delivered the keynote at Madison Square Garden, denouncing the Mellon tax plan and the Fordney McCumber tariff while urging the Democratic path to clean government. He catalogued wartime and postwar corruption, contrasted it with Republican policy, and outlined eight party aims including integrity, law enforcement, tariff readjustment, and civil service reform.
Two masked robbers attempted a late night hold up at Edmonds avenue targeting Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Castle. One man pistol whipped and blocked their exit, while partners searched Mrs Castle. The Castles struggled, the bandits fled in a nearby car, police notified and searched the area but could not locate the getaway vehicle.
Branch Rickey and 14 Sioux City players were hosted at a Rotary luncheon at the Martin hotel. Rickey urged keeping the sport clean for the nation’s youth and warned that graft or scandal could erode public confidence and alter attendance driving rule changes based on merit over money.
Plans for the Woodbury County Bee Keepers association picnic have been announced by officers. The event will be held at the George Willard farm three miles west of Moville. Harvest labor for the Sioux City territory will be placed by George Albert, government director of Harvest labor, who arrives July 1 to establish headquarters in the state and federal employment bureau in the city hall.
Spirit Lake Iowa June 24 annual Knights Templar conclave opened in Templar Park Spirit Lake. Park remains open through July August for Knights and families. Dedication of new gateway scheduled Wednesday June 25 at 4 oclock donated by Ace Webster Spencer grand commander of Iowa. Funeral services for James W Rancipher set. Sioux City Hospital devotion in rotunda led by Sir Knight and Rev. Cuthbert F Hinl. Ricks funeral held for James A Ricks resident of Sioux City. Taxi stolen Sunday recovered. gambling fines totaled 60 dollars. Patents issued to Iowa residents. liquor fines appealed by two. Summer school trip to Lake Geneva planned. cigarets license deadline June 30. Prominent events include Y M C A activities and Knights Templar program schedule through June 27.
A fragmentary note attributes a writer named Little Joe with remarks on a day implied as judgment day when women ignore changes in style or fashion. The excerpt records a skeptical projection about attention to social shifts.
The obituary notes M C Davis pioneer of Sioux City will be laid to rest in Vermont. It lists mourners including R W Miller Dr F C Hatch J M Coe C R Marks and W B True among those paying final respects. The notice records burial plans and local affiliations.
Sioux City engineer G. Y. Skeels reports fossil bones surfaced by a dredge near Yankton, South Dakota, from under 12 feet of earth in a drainage ditch. The bones resemble a large skeleton fragment and may belong to a prehistoric animal that roamed the northwest. Skeels expects to send the find to the University for study.
Sioux City attorney Thomas F Bevington will face a Woodbury county insanity board for a final hearing after seven physicians found him sane. They report cerebral exhaustion and recommend rest with possible transfer to the psychopathic hospital at Iowa City. Divorce actions and ongoing testimony by Bevington and witnesses, including his wife, continue as the case proceeds.
The will of the late J Ang Lee a Sioux ity civil war veteran who died June 11 in the hospital for the insane at Sherokee Ia was filed in district court today It bequeathes to his second wife Nancy H Fos all the income from his estate for the balance of her life The Fox home in Hedges addition Morningside is willed to his wife as is all residue of the estate Mrs Fox is named as executrix Upon her death the will specifies the estate shall be divided equally among all the children and adopted children with a deduction of 1200 already paid to Laurence H Fox Des Moines and of 800 to Forney Fox Newport Neb The children named in the will who will fall heir to the estate upon the death of Mrs Fox are Laurence of Des Moines Forney and Lindsey J of Newport Neb Daisy D Alderson of Omaha Neb and Hazel J Day Texas Three sons of the aged civil war veteran abandoned plans to have a post mortem examination made on the body last week After consultation with their attorney Foster G Iddings the request was deemed without substantial basis The examination request was made by Forney Lindsey and Laurence HL Fox
Mrs Ian B Wise Smith state superintendent of temperance and good citizenship spoke at a W T U luncheon in the Davidson tea room with 100 members present. An evening reception followed at the Y W C A. She leaves for Sheldon for the WCTU 50th anniversary event and had earlier addressed the Christian Endeavor union convention in Sioux City.
Webster City Mrs. Henton 83 dies at daughter’s home. Alta dentist Dr Guy Clemons, former Alta resident, dies at Storm Lake. survived by two boards member roles and university ties. James Seater, born Orkney Islands 1857, dies. widow and three children survive. Mason. Herman Hunemiller dies in auto crash near Vlainfield. veteran William Secor dies in Baxter since 1873. Sam McLain 83 dies after long illness in Grinnell. Arthur Woolsey 38 dies, Webster City.
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