California Railroad Commission Orders Express Rate Cut
The California railroad commission orders Wells Fargo to cut express rates by 750,000 annually. All state rates are abolished and replaced with 3,000,000 new rates on a ten mile zone basis effective October 1. Wells Fargo must operate six months on the new rates and report earnings if rates are not justified. The commission finds a 842,092 yearly net profit on a 618,223 property value and calls the company a parasite on the railroads.
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San Francisco
State Railroad Commission of California
Wells ‘Fargo’ & Co
Inter- State Commerce’ Commission
Express
Federal agents hunt Prince Stanislaus in laundering case
Vienna laundress Clara Melcher told Dudley W. Robinson that Prince Stanislaus Sulkowski of Austria wooed Miss Marie Louise Freese in the United States after inviting her to join him here. She said he planned to wed Freese, then left her penniless abroad. Robinson prepared translated letters as federal authorities moved to locate the prince.
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Amienna Laundress
Los Angeles
Prince Stanislaus Sulkowski
Austria
Marie
Louise ‘Freese
United States
Clara Melcher
Vienna
Dudley
W. ‘Robinson
Win Their Cases in Gedar Rapids Court
In Gedar Rapids superior court Judge Robbins dismissed charges against thirteen prominent citizens accused of unlawful assemblage. The judge ruled the men did not go to the park to participate in such an assembly and that proof of Sunday baseball as unlawful was lacking. Several witnesses said Sunday game noise did not disturb them. the case began when citizen Wolf sought to stop Sunday baseball.
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Gedar Rapids
Robbins
Ctizen
Wolf
Boy Kitled Playmate in Deliberate Shooting Grieve
Chicago police report 6 year old Genaro Raffaello confessed to shooting and mortally wounding 6 year old James Paulillo. He claimed the other boy struck him with a stone a week earlier. he demonstrated with an air rifle how the wound was inflicted.
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Chicago
Genaro Raffaello
James Paulillo
Raffaello
Cyclone Does Damage in Aberdeen Area
A cyclone swept five miles west of Aberdeen causing significant damage to homes and crops. No fatalities reported, and emergency crews assess remaining structures for safety and repair needs.
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Aberdeen
Here
Three Killed In Wreck At Allovese Ore Docks
A collision of ore trains at the Allovese ore docks left three men dead, two fatally injured, four seriously hurt, and about twenty unaccounted for. All victims were laborers.
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Duluth
Allovese
Washington Happenings of the Past Week
A week in Washington saw a deadly gale injure many and kill three as bolts struck government buildings and the White House windows were blown in. The Mexican pendulum swung toward Huerta after Ambassador Wilson testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Debates over the Underwood Simmons tariff heated, with Stone accusing Republicans of trying to trigger a panic. The Mulhall confession faced renewed attack as Underwood denounced him as a liar. Japan and the alien land law drew comment, while McAdoo faced attacks over bond prices and Weeks demanded evidence. Austin proposed pension bureau changes, stirring old soldiers’ sorrows. Georgia’s Hacon took the oath as the first directly elected U.S. senator. Immigration inspector Dixon was shot in Juarez, then released from hospital after a demand from the U.S. and subsequent arrest of the shooters.
Multiple Disasters Hit Nation From Rails to Rivers
News in brief covers train wrecks near Tyrone Pennsylvania injuring 146 and one killed after a Pennsylvania Railroad collision during a rainstorm. Baltimore endures severe weather injuring 18 and $800000 in damages. A bishop appeals for clemency for white slaver Matthew H McNabb while citing family concerns. Homeseekers flock to Dodge City Kansas for government land opening. Hyattsville activists rally for women’s suffrage petitions to Washington. A Minnesota pastor, Rev Arne J Boyum, dies in a lightning strike at his home near Rochester. Fires erupt in Laneshorn 26. Secretary Daniels and Governor West cross a burned bridge near Isadora Oregon by lantern light. Two women drown when an automobile sinks off a ferry near Montreal.
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Rochester
Minn
Arne 3. Boyum
Hauge Synod
Laneshorn
Countess Laszlo Szechenyi Seeks Divorce Over Husband Spending
Budapest telegram reports the foreign countess formerly Gladya Vanderbilt of New York plans divorce citing her husband spent seven million dollars of her money. Also notes Pershing campaign against Moros on 17 Philippine islands and a bomb attack on Tampico harbor by an air plane. French aviator Mas son flew three times to strike the boat. Alpine climbers fell 3500 feet from Gallieres tower. Sufragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst on license led London riot. jailed. Tokyo papers criticize cabinet over California land bills while US seeks Mexico ties.
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Laszlo Szechenyi
Gladya Vanderbilt
New York
Budapest
Petit Parisien
Tampico
Guaymas Harbor
Mexico
Didier Masson
Ferris fails to end copper strike at Lansing conference
Governor Ferris’s bid to settle the copper miners strike in Lansing ended with union acceptance and operators’ rejection. Rear Admiral Watmough, the Navy’s oldest retiree, marked his 95th birthday in Washington. Professor Marvin named to head the Weather Bureau in Washington, promising focus on forecasts for agriculture. Seattle Mayor Cottrell seeks damages of 3,047 dollars for socialist losses during soldiers’ riot night. Miss Mary Esther Stewart, daughter of State Senator Stewart, wed Arch H. Richards of Geneva in Aurora. grandfather’s wedding gift check reached 100,000 dollars.
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Ferris
Lansing
Mich
James H. Watmough
United States Navy
Washington
George F. Cottrell
Seattle
United States
Mary Esther Stewart
Thomas B. Stewart
Aurora
Arch Hidredge Richards
Geneva
Stewart
Copper Country strike talks blocked by Boston managers
In Boston, the management of Michigan copper country mines refused to confer with striker representatives or the Federation of Miners at Lansing. Federal inspectors released frozen eggs seized years ago for food, the New Jersey board of health later approving their date. Wisconsin asylum head Cole battled escaped lunatic Flint after an ax attack, disarming him. Columbus City's Tom Marshall boasted of becoming US vice president at a Chicago banquet. A Milwaukee Road wreck near Green Bay killed three adults and a ten-year-old boy. Denver postmasters discussed parcel post amid convention talks.
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Michigan Copper Country
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Lansley
New
Jersy Board of Health
C.N. Cole
St. Croix County
Wisconsin
David’ Flint
Cole
Flint
Green ‘Bay
Wic
Milwaukee Road
Calumet, Mich
Chicago
New Hartford Banker Bourquin Linked to Vancouver Marriage Plot
Aliigah Louis H Bourquin, former New Hartford State Bank cashier missing two years, is reportedly living in Vancouver with Mrs Frank Huffman, both running a large rooming house. Dentils clerk of Butler county district court received Bourquin’s letter requesting a divorce transcript to obtain papers for remarriage. The pair are said to have fled together years ago leaving behind a wife and husband.
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Louis H. Bourquin
Hartford
Frank Huffman
Has
Georgé Dentils
Butlér, County District, Court
Dentils
Bourquin
Coshier
New ‘Hartford State Bank
Playmate Rescued By Eight Year Old Hero
Two children under 20 years old saved a drowning girl at Clear Lake. The daughter of W E Gildner fell from a dock while playing with the son of R E Gibson who spotted the accident. He waded and grasped the girl’s hair as she surfaced and held on until rescuers arrived. The water was over eight feet deep where the girl fell in.
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Mason City
Clear Lake
W.E. Gildner
R. E. Gibson
Motor Races Set for Johnson County Fair Day
Fastest motorcycle and automobile races are planned for September 6 at Iowa City's Johnson County fair. The Johnson County Motor Racing Association offers prizes totaling 750 dollars with 300 to the top motorcyclists and 450 to the auto race winners.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Johnson County
Johnson County Motor Racing Association
Small Grain Crop Short in Lake City Area
Harvest near finish. small grain crop estimated 15 to 25 percent below last year. Straw is unusually short complicating grain gathering. Corn bids also fail to reach the regional average.
Watchman shoots man at Riverside docks in self defence
Sioux City report states James Grimes lies at death with four bullet wounds after an encounter at the Riverside government docks. Witness S A McMillan, the dock watchman, says Grimes attacked him first, leaving him no option but to shoot in self defence.
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Sioux City
James Grimes
S. A. McMillan
Government
Riverside
McMillan
Grimes
Dubuque Woman Anna Kretchmer Dies at 97
Anna Kretchmer, 97, a German native and 60 year Dubuque resident, was found dead in bed after a period of illness. She is the mother of former County Treasurer Freda Kretchmer.
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Dubuque
Anna Kretchmer
Germany
Iowa Teachers College to Admit Free Tuition Students
Announcement from President Homer H. Seerley states that Cedar Valley students preparing for teaching in country schools will be admitted to Iowa State Teachers College without tuition. This policy supports rural teacher preparation and may expand access for prospective educators.
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Cedar
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Homer.h. Seerley
Aged Man Fatally Hurt In Hay Load Accident
Spirit Lake near Milford man Shmuel Wood dies after falling from a hay load while his team lunged forward causing him to lose balance and strike the ground head first. John Steffen of Ackley, famed for fruit growing, harvested 180 berry boxes this season totaling $32 from a fifty foot square patch of raspberries.
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Spirit Lake
Shmuel Wood
Near
Milford
Jona
John Steffen
Ackley
Infant Drowns in Water Tank Near Williamsburg
The one month old son of Thomas White, a farmer living near Williamsburg, died after drowning in a water tank while the mother left the house for a few moments.
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Williamsburg
Thomas White
Here
Young People's Alliance Convention at Waterloo Chautauqua Park
The annual convention and camp meeting of the Young People's Alliance of the evangelical church will be held at Chautauqua Park in Waterloo from August 18 to 24. Bishop 8. C. Breyfogel of Chicago will be one of the principal speakers.
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Young People's, Alliance
Waterloo
Young People’s’ Alliance of the
Evangelical Church
Chautauqua Park
8. C. ‘Breyfogel
Chicago
Freight House Burned at Hamburg Burlington
Freight house at Hamburg Burlington was burned by fire of unknown origin. Records and most freight wagons were saved. The blaze began before firemen arrived, delaying suppression of the flames.
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Hamburg
Burlington
Iowa bank deposits rise in Iowa since June 29 1912
Des Moines reports show an overall deposit increase of 26,083,490.64 in Iowa state and savings banks to June 28 1912, marking the third report of the year. Decreases in deposits and total assets since April 17 are noted, with 7 new banks formed and 52 opened this year, totaling 121,449,322.25 for state banks and trust companies and 247,970,470.41 for savings banks in Iowa.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Bank Department
Batka
Electric lines to be extended to Fonda and Pomeroy
Humboldt report notes Northern Iowa Power company extending lines to Fonda and Pomeroy with Des Moines river generated power anticipated this fall. Pocahontas and Manson considered, after eighteen towns applied for service. Water supply strong this summer but fall and winter low water to be bridged by a large steam power horse under construction.
Probe Into Baby Death Near Cedar Rapids
A coroner jury investigates the death of a baby whose body was found buried under a hen house. They examine Mr and Mrs Marion La Reintz and the grandmother of Mrs La Reveitz. The claim is that the infant starved and was poisoned to hasten death.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion la Reintz
la~ Ateinte
la Révitz
Woman crushed under wheels by runaway hay wagon
Mrs Strand, 30, wife of a farmer living near Thompson, Mason City, was killed instantly when a swarm of bees spurred horses to plunge. The wagon wheel passed over her head, crushing it at her home.
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Mason City
S. Strand
Thompson
Waldorf College Expands as Growth Outpaces Space
Waldorf college in Forest City reports rapid growth with new construction and equipment. A $40,000 building finished last year already proves too small to house students as additions to buildings and upgrades proceed for the next year.
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Waldorf College
Forest City
Masonic Temple contract let for 30,769 in Muskogee bid
The re building contract for the Masonic temple was awarded to Frank Fee of Muskogee Oklahoma. The bid price is 30 769 not including plumbing heating or wiring Judge Preston Bios Cedar Rapids died at home Tuesday aged 75 after three weeks illness Joseph H Preston a prominent Iowa attorney and former district judge dies Veterans Reunion set for August 21 Floyd County Veterans Association to meet Rockford with EH G Dunn as principal speaker
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Carroll
Frank Fee
Muskogee
Okla
Preston
Cedar, Rapids
Joseph H. Preston
Iowa
District Court
Hig
Veterans
Mason City
The
Floyd County Veterans’ Association
Rockford
EH. G.dunn
Farmer Found Dead Nearby in Apparent Suicide
Report describes Oscar Carlson, a wealthy farmer near the area, found hanging on his farm with no stated cause. Unmarried resident, rumor spreads about plant sales and local officials weighing a Grinnell heating and light plant sale to a syndicate. Mason City notes Andrew Jamison, 45, killed instantly after a horse kick to the neck while working south of Nora Springs.
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Oscar Carlson
Carlson
Rumor Light
Gringel
Grinnell Heating, and ‘Light
Mason City
Andrew Jamison
Nora Springs
Iowa Greeks Affected by Grants Reserve Change
A notice states that the Greece reserve policy affects 160 Greek members in Mazon City who must report by September 20. The measure requires a three year departure from active reserves, impacting local Greek groups and the community planning.
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Iowa
Mazon City
Greece
Bees Swarm in Glidden High School Building
Bees have taken possession of Glidden high school building with five swarms locating in the caps above the windows. The board is trying to find a method to evict the tenants.
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Glidden
Glidden High School
Board Ig
New London to Issue 15000 Bond for Water Works
The city council passed an ordinance to issue bonds of 15000 for water works in accord with the election held April of the present year.
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Lasue Ice Works
New London
Iowa Officials Propose County Engineer Valuation Method
Des Moines Ketchum rail and telegraph valuation plan advocates a county-by-county engineer valuation system to determine actual property worth for public utilities. It argues a civil engineer in each county could produce consistent figures, avoiding statewide figure floundering and educating students as future engineers.
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Des Moinea
Ketchum
Wats Railroad
Ketcham
Byaty
Executive Council
Des Moinnes
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