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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
3
Washington reports two federal departments Justice and Agriculture probe rising living costs as Congress weighs penalties for food combines. Rep K McKellar of Tennessee backs a congressional inquiry to expose packers and the cold storage industry for alleged price manipulation.
Cincinnati neighbors reports the city board of health approved a general regulation prohibiting beating carpets within city limits on the recommendation of the chief sanitary inspector. The rule reflects long urged provisions by health groups including the Anti Tuberculosis League.
Joseph Davies, commissioner of corporations, met with President Wilson in Washington to discuss anti trust legislation. Davies presented inquiry results while the president prepares for conferences with congressional leaders before Christmas, as Senate currency bills move forward.
In Dublin on November 25 Unionist leaders Andrew Bonar Law and Sir Edward Carson arrived to speak on home rule. Law reiterated unionist opposition to separation and praised government consent. Suffragists protested at Law’s activities, facing arrest for obstructing police as they demanded women’s vote access.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports for the quarter ended June 30, 1913, a rise from 1912 with 2,531 killed and 49,011 injured in all railroad accidents. Train accidents totaled 1,248 with defects in track and equipment spurring most derailments. Financial damage reached 3,232,750 dollars.
Chicago on November 28 jurors began deliberating the case of Zat Adusht Hanish charged with transmitting objectionable matter by express. Defense claimed the book was valuable and provocative, while admitting it advocated exercise and sun exposure.
A league formed in Peking to oppose making Confucianism China’s state religion. Delegates from Islam, Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Protestant groups attended. President Yuan Shi Kai endorses Confucian sayings, while Christian missionaries react with disappointment.
Chicago dives into a crusade for language cruelty prevention as Joseph Jastrow of Wisconsin proposes a society to punish linguistic offenders with fines. A test fined 50 offenses from 1 cent to 1.45 dollars, averaging 4 cents each, to fund prizes promoting better English usage.
Professor T W Beckman of Iowa State University defended the news style before 15 colleges at the American Conference of Teachers of Journalism in Madison. He called the news sense essential to reveal the kernal of truth and to present information quickly and clearly despite faults.
Steam shovels cleared the nine foot sewer wrecked for a mile in Lawrenceville by a sewer gas blast last Wednesday. Debris clogged the channel and backing sewage endangered a nearby brewery as workers evacuated amid the city’s urgent recovery efforts.
Secretary Daniels sent to the House appropriations committee a naval estimate of 145 million dollars for the next fiscal year, five million less than last year. It includes two battleships at 15 million each, eight torpedo boat destroyers and three submarines, with details aligned to prior appropriations.
Victoria fell to constitutionalist forces after federal troops abandoned the city. Executions followed including a young civilian cousin of Enrique Caballero, a rebel lieutenant. Rebels pillaged, set fires, and killed residents as they took control.
Secretary Daniels ordered the Atlantic fleet to send the battleships Connecticut Kansas and Ohio from Mediterranean ports to the east of Mexico as relief for Louisiana Michigan and New Hampshire. The fourth division sails December 1 and should reach Vera Cruz about December 20 or 21. The New Hampshire is due at Vera Cruz today. A British cruiser Suffolk arrived at Vera Cruz. Pope Receives Bishop Dougherty Reports Philippines Conditions with interest.
Des Moines reports saloon men claim they have more than 9 000 names to file with the supervisors even after withdrawals. The supreme court hints at rehearing but is unlikely to act before December.
Jose Santos Zelaya former president of Nicaragua is held in a New York City police station awaiting a hearing on extradition. US marshals traced him for a week after his arrest in Washington DC and his lawyers plan to contest the case arguing political motive in the murders cited.
The New York case details Florence Folsom the so called Poet of the Horse filing for divorce from Charles Dwight Folsom and exposing brutal treatment by Gus Williams while describing Reno Nevada and Vancouver British Columbia. The letter dated February 27 chronicles cruelty and her emotional turmoil with her 15 year old son in Reno.
Gen Bramwell Booth head of the Salvation Army sailed for England. A drunken man extended a trembling hand and Booth replied with a blessing urging him to stop drinking and serve God. This final exchange closed his New York visit.
Providence R I November 27 Carlisle defeated Brown here today by a score of 13 to 0 with two touchdowns. The Indians opened scoring in the second period on a short rush from their own yard line. Garlow missed the extra point. The second TD and kick gave Carlisle 13 points as Brown struggled but was outclassed.
Washington November 27 Associate Justice Van Denventer ordered the Nebraska Supreme Court to forward for review a case where Mrs. Charles Bulger of Lincoln won 2756 dollars from two saloon keepers under the Slocumb Law alleging they made her husband a habitual drunkard. The defendants challenge the law as unconstitutional. ruling sought on that point. Lincoln Neb Nov 27 H Williams a confessed con man boasts of decades of trickery across Chicago Des Moines Omaha Sioux City claiming immunity as police keep him. He is 68 years old and has spent 67 years living by wits, praising fools as inevitable victims of schemes and vowing to testify to old proverbs.
A U S Geological Survey statement notes Nebraska, once called the state without a mine, ranks first in pumice production and holds a virtual monopoly. It also highlights Nebraska’s roles in clay, sand and gravel, stone quarrying, mineral waters, sand lime brick, and volcanic ash output.
Lincoln Neb Nov 27 Colonel Philip F Ackerman hotel commissioner says many hotels and restaurants refuse to answer letters requesting certificates under the law He warns he will prosecute all violations immediately if they do not comply by January 1 1911, after which stricter action will begin.
The Methodist Episcopal church of Ord was awarded a verdict against William V. W. Haskell for a promised 1000 contribution that he later refused to pay. The jury found work on the church began on that promise and contracts were made, with interest ordered from the suit start. Haskell, editor of the Old Quiz and owner of the city gas works, contested the obligation.
Philadelphia report: Match Dupree known as Betty Daily of New York, a vaudeville actress, killed herself late last night after leaving a note for actor George Le Maire to call her room. Police suspect she was infatuated with Le Maire and believe she was the daughter of a New York physician. Jewelry worth about $2,000 and two pawn tickets for $1,370 were found among her effects.
The New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals upheld Louis Enehnie's year prison sentence and fine for being corruptly interested in a water main contract while serving on the Atlantic City water commission. The case traces to a prior July 1911 sentence.
Plant City Florida reports the season’s first strawberries sent to Chicago at two cents a crate. farmers earned 75 cents per quart. A separate Akron Ohio fire destroys the Woods block, with losses around 640000 and two workers injured.
Washington November 27 Senator Sterling released a statement on his bill to exempt homes and settlers from fixed land prices. The measure extends the May 17 act to allow patent issuance after paying land office fees with no per acre price, except settlers who commute entries would pay assessed value up to 1.25 dollars per acre. The bill aims to aid settlers on Indian lands and protects Indian interests and agricultural colleges from loss.
Des Moines reports a Milwaukee passenger train colliding with a gravel train near Jefferson this morning. W. W. Clark of Des Moines died from his injuries while other victims, including Conductor Andy Louehiin and Baggageman V W Clarke, survive. Two women passengers, including the daughter of Jefferson's Postmaster Stevenson, were hurt.
The Senate Democratic majority will not grant a Christmas recess until the administration currency bill passes. Leaders plan daily meetings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. with a dinner recess and push to move the Owens bill forward, aiming to vote after Thanksgiving and complete framing by Saturday. Senator Hitchcock returns home to Omaha, leaving no organized opposition to the administration plan.
A resolution by Representative McDonald of Michigan calls for the commissioner of corporations to investigate the concentration of private ownership of natural resources in the Calumet copper region. The measure follows endorsements by the former Chief Forester.
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