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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1914
Page
9
Plymouth January 19. The submarine A-7 with 11 crew failed to surface after a dive in Whitsand bay during maneuvers. Rescue attempts employed grappling gear as dusk fell but yielded no results. Navy officials fear all aboard are dead. causes of the accident remain unknown. A-7 built in 1904, sixth A-class loss, with prior A-class losses cited.
Concord New Hampshire January 19 Judge Aldrich will defer ruling on admitting Harry K Shaw to bail for several weeks pending a final hearing on extradition and habeas corpus questions. An extension of 20 days was granted for briefs on those issues. New York January 17 anonymous letters threaten William Travers Jerome unless he drops efforts to bring Thaw back to Matteawan.
A campaign to prosecute Joseph Smith head of the Mormon Church for Mann Act violations gains support from John A. Jordan, former U S district attorney for Pittsburgh, who secured the act’s first conviction. The effort, tied to the National Reform association, unfolds amid church and reform meetings.
President Wilson nominates John Skelton Williams as comptroller of the currency. confirmation sought by January. nomination debated amid opposition from southern senators. conference among Wilson White and McAdoo precedes the decision.
A tele gram signed by 14 Progressive party members demanded Congressman W J McDonald retract a statement that constitutional rights and laws are overthrown where e constitutional government does not exist in his district Houghton county Developments in the copper miners strike include additional arrests under indictments against 38 strikers and leaders The grand jury continues in session Mike Guinotti was found guilty of intimidation and sentenced to six months in jail Mother Jones to be released from Trinidad military prison within 24 hours or 900 union miners will free her by force of arms as rockvale strikers press for action and governor approval
Marl Bostwick twenty two of Fort Dodge Iowa and BE A Buchanan seventeen of 636 East Thirty-eighth street were found dead in the Grant Park hotel after deserting the Great Lakes naval training station at Lake Bluff. Authorities say fear of consequences of their act led to the tragedy. Captain George B. Clark of the commandant reports the two apprentices deserted last Tuesday and ended their lives with wounds to the right temple.
Severe cold waves grip New York causing thirteen deaths from exposure as freezing conditions linger. Authorities note harsh temperatures and wind chill, with victims found in streets and public areas amid ongoing cold spell.
Milton H. Smith, president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, resigned as a director of the National Bank of Commerce in Louisville amid broad agitation against interlocking directorates. The move followed a shift in leadership and reflects ongoing tensions between railroad and banking interests in Kentucky.
President Wilson appeals for Red Cross aid while Sakura Jima eruptions devastate Nagasaki and Kagoshima. An estimated 12 000 islanders affected, 1 000 villages and 60 000 Kagoshima residents damaged, with large-scale homelessness and disrupted transportation.
Secretary Garrison proposes Col George W Goethals as first governor with plenary powers to administer the canal zone. Wilson reportedly approves a peace plan to resolve isthmus factionalism and involves Goethals as sole administrator. A commission will oversee the formal opening ceremony in January 1916 with foreign ships invited.
Detectives in New Jersey announce a solved case in Monroe Lumbering murder. Paul Carl, 21, nephew of Mrs Graves Nelly, confesses to being paid 160 by a woman close to him to shoot Bilis, the wealthy lumberman, through a dining room window while he sat with family. Carl was arrested in Camden and held in Somerset county jail.
In New York on January 19 depositors from Bevery Siegel & Co. informed counsel John P. Murray of two settlement options for $2.64 million in claims. The proposals aim to facilitate bank reorganization with either full payment at 60 days or 60 cents on the dollar paid immediately with full security and a six month bond.
The federal court in Des Moines upheld Iowa blue sky securities law. Judge Smith McPherson issued a terse ruling noting no need for a written opinion and stating the statute likely aligns with the state constitution while viewing the U S constitution as mainly academic. The action originated with Williams R Compton Co of Kansas City and grew to include brokers from St Louis New York and other cities.
Janet Duncan a long time teacher in Mason City Clear Lake and Cerro Gordo county towns dies at her sister Mrs. W C Tompkins home from paralysis. She taught second grade in Clear Lake the day before her death and planned to retire last year but remained as supply teacher this year. Trained at what is now Iowa State Teachers College.
The large Waverly sugar factory will shut down due to a sharp drop in sugar prices. No more contracts for sugar beets will be sought from farmers. The plant cost 660,000 dollars and the company has spent 1,600,000 on beets labor and transportation. Over 760 farmers will be affected.
Hazel Brown a Miss Winterloo Miss., a clerk, submitted to a skin grafting operation to save her 1-year-old brother severely burned while playing with companions. Nearly 40 square inches of skin were removed from her body and grafted onto the boy's legs. Doctors say the operation may be successful. the siblings will remain in the hospital for several days.
Large crowds filled the city for the Bucnw Vista county Farmers Institute annual session and poultry show. John Stompson, editor of the Burner and Breeder at Sioux City, spoke on area Credits. About 600 birds were exhibited, described as one of the best shows in the state.
Judge Hayes of the district court declared the transient merchant law, passed by the Iowa legislature at the request of the Retail Merchants Association last year, unconstitutional. The decision challenges state authority over temporary sellers and may affect local business regulations.
The Mueller Bros creamery at Alton burned to the ground with unknown origin. Mrs. J. C. Perking, a pioneer LeMars woman, is dead at five years old, leaving six children and a husband. Other items report Hawkeye Commercial Men meet in Marshalltown, Chicago Great Western pleads guilty to Uptown law violations in Waterloo, and local election petitions, cattle losses near Estherville, a 102-year-old man near Salem, a residence fire loss near G. B. Peterson, a theft ring being hunted in Woodbine, a new Estherville high school opened, a murder conviction in Waterloo district, and Iowa planning a state sane preserve near Webster City with game releases to follow.
Des Moines reports a marked shortage of rural school teachers across Iowa with county superintendents daily seeking qualified candidates. Montgomery Polk Adair and Cherokee counties list officials seeking additional teachers for country schools. Orange City notes H H McKee, Sioux county treasurer, appointed inspector of county homes with Dr H M Stadt of Orange City as deputy.
James Paley aged 22 of Epworth Dubuque county was accidentally shot and killed while rabbit hunting late Sunday afternoon. The deceased was unmarried. His father died two years ago in a runaway accident. Realty men offer aid. Sioux City real estate association opposes Woodbury county board of supervisors in its effort to settle the court house building’s character and location to the best advantage.
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