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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1912
Page
2
A collage of remarks and quips from The Vindicator-Republican noting social satire, odd observations, and brief items. It mentions Joyriders, summer resorts, political figures, marriages, fashion trends, and curiosities from culture and crime, with scattered references to places like Estherville, Chicago, Havana, and New York.
Reports from Louisiana describe a catastrophic flood with Torras crevasse breaching the Deg Hacer levee at the Mississippi River junction five miles below Torras. Hundreds dead, thousands homeless, and up to 20 000 rescued in Louisiana. government providing food to 720000 refugees from the Arkansas River mouth to the gulf. levees holding but strain increasing. damages projected between 50 and 100 million dollars, with many towns wiped out and industries hit hard.
The Workmen's compensation bill sailed through the Senate 64 to 15 on Monday despite Democratic opposition to rail labor interests. Amendments to kill the bill failed as roll calls were demanded on each. Democrats expect to block it in the House.
The first Red Cross conference held outside Europe opens in Washington at the Pan American Union, with President Patt presiding. Delegates from Japan, China, India, South Africa, and European nations attend as the gathering promises to be the most interesting and complete conference yet.
A clerk employed by J P Gallagher, a merchant, set fire to a waste paper basket containing $164, believing it better protected than in a bank. The blaze occurred Wednesday, burning the money.
Cairo Michigan gears up for the United Commercial Travelers annual convention set for Friday and Saturday May 17 and 18. The city hosts the national gathering with entertainment plans and local arrangements under way.
Washington May 9 orders have been issued for the immediate return to the United States of the Second cavalry and Fifth infantry now in the Philippines. Cavalry to Fort Huachuca and infantry to San Antonio for Rio Grande defense. All US troops acclimated to tropics to border duty before June 18. Eleventh Infantry likely to join from Fort Russell. War department ready for emergencies and to investigate a guard duty shooting near El Paso. Mexican governor Orozco refuses to recognize the provisional government at Tusares and threatens action.
Minneapolis May 10 The Methodist general conference debated a resolution by Dr Robert Stephens Danville Ind proposing that no person using tobacco be elected to any office within the conference. After a vigorous talk the measure was sent to the education committee. Resolutions against the Catholic church were toned down and passed. A resolution praising Commissioner Robert G Valentine for opposing sectarian symbols in schools was adopted. Rev Frank M Thomas fraternal delegate received an ovation as strong calls for union of the two churches were adopted.
A wreck near Hatthesburg Mississippi on the New Orleans and Northwestern railroad killed at least ten people and injured twenty five or more. The Texas Confederate reunion special bound for Macon, Georgia, struck a derailment. Five doctors and three nurses arrived within thirty minutes as comrades and train crews assisted the injured and recovered bodies.
In Los Angeles May 10 Southern Shriners secured a decisive win in the diiberial council election, electing Ernest A. Cull from Savannah, Ga as Imperial outer guard by a strong majority over rivals including Bod Olepping of Dallas, Tex, with Mecca of the Imperial council set for next year in the Luype rial group.
Fort Worth Texas May 10 Jim Corbett has signed a contract to manage Hobby Waugh of this city for one year. Corbett has challenged Knock out Brown and several other good men for his protege.
Politicians in Tacoma attribute Roosevelt's primary win to a $30 plate dinner held in October for President Taft. The event is cited as pivotal in shaping local support and influencing the victor in the race.
Mrs. Caroline Nartleff Crane of Kalamazoo testified before a House committee probing the Department of Agriculture about perceived lapses in meat inspection. She claimed safeguards were weakened by lax enforcement and questioned the reliability of the government seal on inspected products after describing regulatory shifts allowing transfer of meat without marking and a broken inspection seal on arrival.
The Astor will, made public in New York on May 4, leaves Mrs Madeleine Force Astor a $5 million trust income for life with $200000 annual payout, plus an outright $190000 legacy. Upon remarriage she loses the trust, and the funds and Fifth Avenue town house pass to William Vincent Astor. Ava Willing Astor is not mentioned.
On May 9 in Los Angeles fifty Arab patrols totaling about 2000 members of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine escorted Imperial Potentate Treat and imperial council members to Scatted Hite temple cathedral for the thirty eleventh annual council session. Charters were granted to Muskogee and Jackson. A Mecca on Lake Michigan was discussed but action was postponed. Imperial records show 16,724 candidates admitted that year, increasing total Shriner membership to 172,661.
In Joliet HL on May 8 a two year old girl, Amelia Stern, wandered onto a street and was struck by a passing street car as her mother spoke with a neighbor on the sidewalk. The incident occurred Tuesday evening, and authorities are investigating the fatal accident.
Sterling New Jersey on May 9 report eleven boys aged twelve to sixteen were arrested Tuesday for a series of burglaries over the past two months. All are sons of prominent citizens and they confessed.
Harrisburg reports the Guffey organization losing control at the Democratic state convention. A Mitchell Palmer is named national committeeman with George W Guthrie as state chairman. Delegates favor Woodrow Wilson and push for initiative refer endum and woman suffrage. In Maryland Clark leads over Wilson and Harmon with Roosevelt winning in other contests.
Washington May 7 Taft sent to Congress a second consular report package on cooperation and the cost of living in France Belgium the Netherlands and Denmark. Investigations by consuls show rising costs driving membership to co operative societies, especially in France and Belgium. French co operatives mirror UK systems with groceries and bakeries common, northeastern and central France hosting the most successful distributive societies. These societies administer relief funds and provide illness insurance and unemployment support.
At Minersville on May 10 state troopers fired on a rioting crowd of about 500 coal miners and women. One man, David Davies, was killed and three foreigners were seriously wounded. Mrs Mary Weil was struck in the knee by a stray bullet. Names of the injured foreigners are unclear in the report.
Movement of strawberries from Villa Ridge will begin by carload next week in Cairo Illinois. The first car is expected to be shipped next week Thursday. The crop is reported very fine this year.
Berlin report says aviator Bachmayer died at the Johannisthal Aero drome when his motor failed and his aircraft plunged 150 feet to the ground. The accident occurred late Tuesday, ending his flight.
McCord of Spencer urged ninety bankers in Fort Dodge to support interest free loans for farmers to erect silos and food preservers. He stressed boosting crops due to Iowa’s reliance on farming and conservation of natural resources. Tremain urged county road engineers, while Chubb Helser and Hall gave talks. Shade of Rock Rapids backed for president and Hall for secretary.
Since 1906 Webster County has expended over a million dollars on drainage under county supervision. Auditor records show 1,078,588.05 spent, reclaiming thousands of acres and boosting property values. The year 1911 was the peak, at 328,306.44.
Judge Kelley of Mason City district court upholds the accountant’s finding and holds Fred Haynes of Rudd, former cashier of the Bank of that place, liable for a loss of two to thirteen thousand dollars. Haynes appealed the accountant’s opinion as Cal W. Burnap of Clear Lake advised. The matter has occupied two weeks of court consideration. The grand jury has indicted Haynes for embezzlement.
Alvina Mennkes, 17, daughter of Claus Behnkes, committed suicide at her home five miles northeast of Cumberland. She went to a buggy shed tied a rope to a rafter and jumped off a nail keg to end her life.
The state board of Pharmacy commissioners fixed June 7 as the examination date for applicants at Iowa City and scheduled another exam in Des Moines on June 25.
H L Dawson reports three nearby buildings burned near the Standard Wil Company offices. Fire believed incendiary, causing relief that origin is deliberate, with damage concentrated in Creston.
Davenport jury convicts Mrs Anna Kilduff of murdering her husband John Kilduff. Judge A J House sentences her to eight years in the state penitentiary in the Scott County district court.
Iowa City will host delegates to the Cedar Rapids district annual convention of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church Iowa on May 14 and 15.
Mrs. B P Carroll wife of Iowa’s governor spoke to Ottumwa High School students this morning addressing social purity and related concerns during the P H O sessions.
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