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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1914
Page
11
Newark New York March 13 Mrs Rebecca Goodwin 81 reacts to a U S court of appeals ruling upholding the Goodwin photographic film patents. Her husband Rev Mannibal Goodwin began the rights 20 years ago and died in 1900 leaving funds to continue the battle. The Kodak profits from the patent are estimated in the millions.
Rear Admiral Bowles of Fore River Shipbuilding Co denied employing Clarence W. De Knight to push toll exemptions for coastwise ships in the Panama canal act. De Knight testified he was paid a contingent fee. Bowles said his work related to Section 11 on ICC jurisdiction, not the toll provision.
In a San Jose church dispute, Dr. Charles F. B. Aked testified for Rev Hobins that wealth could not alter Manhattan geography. Asked if money failed, he quipped the combined genius of Rockefeller and himself lacked brains, noting they had money but not a site.
St. Petersburg March 12 extraordinary military appropriations submitted to the Russian Duma total over 60 million dollars, a 20 percent increase from 1913, exclusive of ordinary army appropriations.
Dr Henry Erwin Beard head of the Pan American division of the Peace Society announces a delegation to study intellectual and cultural development in South and Central American republics will sail from New York for Brazil on May 30. The party of college and university profectuers will devote 10 weeks to the tour.
Chicago reports the burial and cremation of Jorace Greeley Clarke later identified as H G Clarke also known as Harry Harrie. Clarke disappeared July 1 1902 after marriage six months earlier aboard a Chicago Milwaukee steamer. He died of morphine overdose at a Cudahy Wisconsin boarding house and his ashes were prepared for shipment to Iowa City.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Keres in Mason City Iowa with six toes on one foot and five on the other. Doctors plan to operate later to remove an extra finger or toe from one hand.
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction halting vasectomy operations on convicts at Fort Madison pending review of the Iowa law. Rudolph Davis, a convict, filed the suit with attorney Georges Stuart. The hearing is set for March 21 if two judges can be secured.
Funeral services for W. W. Naughton drew a large crowd in St Marys Cathedral as colleagues from the Examiner and many newspaper, athletic, and social groups paid tribute to the late sporting editor known as Uncle Bil. Six Examiner mechanics bore the coffin in a solemn procession.
Kirksville Missouri March 12 Henry Thorington 40 was called for trial today charged with murder of Mrs Ivy Chevalier and daughter Ella 12 found dead in their home last August. The woman's body was mutilated bloodhounds went to Thorington home according to state allegations after discovery of the crime.
The Interstate Commerce Commission issues a supplemental order on Santa Fe cases, fixing future commodity rates between Chicago Mississippi and Missouri river points and Colorado common points. It narrows 258 proposed rates to 92, with carriers cutting only 83 commodities, balancing shipper relief against established classifications.
Washington March 12. Reports persist that Secretary of the Treasury McAdoy and Eleanor Tandolah Wilson, youngest daughter of the president, are engaged to wed in June. No White House statement had been issued as the rumor continued to circulate.
Officials offered no comment while Washington reports circulate about a forthcoming White House wedding after congressional adjournment. Secretary McAdoo and Secretary McAdon note the subject is delicate, but society observes the couple’s closeness. McAdon, 50, is a widower with six children. Alison, 24, is observed at many dances with him. A new grandson was born to McAdon’s eldest daughter in Arizona.
Edward Beardsley, a Luxamerdale farmer known as an outlaw, was found guilty of assaulting J. W. Putniam, county overseer in Whitwauqua County. The jury deliberated six minutes before convicting him for shooting the officer upon entry to remove his sins from squalid surroundings, then barricading himself for eight days. He faces a maximum nine years and six months in Auburn prison.
A 300 ton shipment of Utah road coal is sent to Alaska. The coal will cost 357.80 per ton when delivered and is billed to a mining company operating diggings north of Nome. It will be hauled over land by dog sledge from Nome.
Two Turkish army aviators Nuri Gey and Jemail Bey crashed into the sea near Sewik at the Palestinian port. They escaped the aircraft and swam ashore exhausted. Navi Bey died later at a hospital.
Berlin reports a valuable anthropological find from the northern German East Africa region. Dr Janeick of Berlin University’s Geological and Paleontological Institute notes a nearly complete fossil human skeleton in excellent preservation. The discovery suggests advanced human life in Africa hundreds of thousands of years ago, with a full skeleton and thorax pelvis and limbs intact awaiting further study to determine age.
A Senate resolution urged Walter H. Page American ambassador to Great Britain to provide the speech he delivered to the Associated Chambers of Commerce in London. Senator Chamberlain quoted portions defining the Monroe Doctrine and alleged British profit from the Panama Canal and called for immediate copies and evidence backing those claims. The measure passed unanimously without debate.
Walter Page, U S ambassador, told the annual dinner of the Association of Chambers of Commerce that the United States will not interfere with British investments in Central America. He said the aim is to prevent foreign control, citing the Monroe Doctrine, and noted Britain would benefit from the Panama Canal’s use.
Walter Hines Page the U S ambassador was surprised by Senate reaction to his speech at a Chambers of Commerce event He refused to discuss the matter until an official demand for explanation and details is received He called the Panama question in his remarks a pleasantry and said his comments were extemporaneous.
Venustiano Carranza leader of Agua Prieta Sonora Mexico Marcia the Mexican revolution left today on a two week high speed horseback ride into Chihuahua The journey aims to delay international complications from the death and disappearance of fur financiers until Carranza arrives at Juarez He is accompanied by two provisional cabinet members and guarded by his personal bodyguard and a cavalry escort Troops are stationed along the route.
William Faversham, announced in New York, has been asked to represent America in a series of Shakespearean performances at the Stratford Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon England beginning next August. He accepted after an invitation extended by H B Flower, a leader in the Shakespeare memorial movement.
Dispatch from Shanghai reports two English women of the China Inland Mission missing after Lao Ho Kow was sacked by brigands. Miss E. Black and Miss J. Black are linked to the mission which suffered deaths and injuries among staff. President Wilson signed a bill authorizing $25,000,000 for Alaska railroad consolidation.
A major blaze on Portland Oregon’s east side destroyed Columbia dock No. 2 and Montgomery dock No. 3, the steamships Cricket and Glenroy, and extensive property, with losses near 1 million dollars. Fire spread from sulphur and asphalt stores. Chinese crew injuries reported as firefighters battled the flames.
Washington March 13 The Senate immigration committee decided the literacy test will remain in the Burnett bill. The committee will report the measure favorably amid expectations President Wilson may not veto the whole bill. Health inspections on immigrant vessels were adjusted to allow detention of suspected deportables on arrival. The head tax was changed to 3 for unmarried or 4 for qualified aliens.
In New York 23 suits by relatives of the 148 victims of the Tri angle Shirt Waist Factory fire and by injured parties were settled for $75 each, paid by the company carrying the accident risk for the building owner. Suits against the building renter may still be filed. The settlement avoided action against the owner for now.
San Francisco retailers halt liver sales as wholesalers push from 26 cents to 15 cents per liver and butchers refuse to stock livers and related cuts. The boycott follows price hikes affecting liver and onions and bacon across households and restaurants, signaling widespread consumer impact.
Washington March 12 Railway Commissioner Thorne urged the Kenyon uniform classification bill before a subcommittee of the Interstate Commerce Committee. He argued the measure would boost ICC authority and please shippers. Also noted: Charles Normandy of Wesson Mississippi sold for 1750 dollars a diamond found in a chicken gizzard on his farm.
New York March 13 federal court ordered the closure of two Siegel department stores. District Attorney Whitman says up to 54 indictments may be issued against Henry Siegel and Frank Vogel for bank and grand larceny charges involving false statements to obtain credit. Three hundred angry depositors protested outside the federal building as Siegel and Vogel pleaded not guilty before Judge Rosenalsky.
Philadelphia March 13. Records of 170 ranking officers of the Pennsylvania railroad system reveal the company’s training policy and opportunities for career growth. Eighteen percent began at the bottom, including the president, with four officers having served more than twenty years.
Kansas City mob hundreds strong, targets four men named by nurse Gertrude Shidler as participants in a brutal Monday night assault. Prisoners, including Victor Gueringer and L V Brennan, are held without bond as police and prosecutors manage the crowd and file charges of a Missouri statutory offense punishable by hanging.
Marcel Moe of the Wisconsin live council heads to Michigan copper country to confer with the Tocant union Jestlers about the strike. James A. Short, a noted regan Ped en, plans to join the delegation and discuss terms for a possible return to work.
A fragment notes Ray Chapman being hurt in an incident during a game. Details are unclear as readable text mentions Arnems and a shortship use right resicle of 3 uneed ta ke gate.
A fragmentary note describes a feather belt linked to FE 2 history, mentioning tanning at a seed of 1506 feet and rain from nine to twelve, with a period of more than two years.
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