Belmont on the Grilling Before New York Legislative Committee
Belmont testifies before a New York legislative committee defending racing interests amid allegations of a $600,000 anti Hart Agnew fund. He says racing associations and jockey clubs fought anti racing bills fairly, notes the Jockey Club as a fifty member close corporation, and explains a $5,700 Coney Island club contribution was informal, not an assessment. Keene and Whitney travel in Europe. witnesses unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Belmont
Jockey Club
West Chester Racing Association
Legislative Investigation Committee
Jockey Clubs
Messrs. Keene and Whitney
Europe
Coney Island Jockey Club
Sale of Decayed Eggs Declares a Scandal in Buffalo
United States attorney John Lord O'Brien labeled the sale of decayed eggs for food as a scandal. The Henry Slozhe company of Buffalo was convicted of shipping 150 cans to Sam Rothnberg of New York, with Judge Holt imposing the $200 maximum fine for one violation of the pure food law. Five tons of bad eggs arrived in forty eight hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
John Lord O’brien
United States
Henry Slozhe Company
Sam Rothnberg
New York
Holt
New Rule Bans Nonmembers From Exchange Foyer
New York adopts a rule to bar nonmembers from the stock exchange foyer after December 1. Nonmembers may enter only to interview members and must leave once the business is completed, ending broker activity in the trading room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Baker Gives Bond In Car Repair Graft Case
Joseph E. Baker, ex superintendent of machinery for Illinois Central, appeared in criminal court and posted a $10,000 bond in the car repair graft investigation alongside Frank B. Harriman, John M. Taylor, and Charles L. Ewing. Reports had stated he was abroad when the indictments were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph E. Baker
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Frank B. Harriman
John M. Taylor
Charles L. Ewing
Dr Sylvester Scovel Dies at 75 in Wooster
Dr Sylvester Scovel, president of the American branch of the International Peace society and former Wooster University president, died at his home Tuesday night from pneumonia contracted on Thanksgiving Day. He was 75.
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Wooster
Sylvester Scovel
The
International Peace Society
Wooster University
Scovel
Fort Dodge Man Killed in Wyoming Work Train Collision
Fort Dodge man A. L. Peterson of Fort Dodge Iowa was instantly killed and C. K. Wellington fatally injured at Walcott Wyoming when a handcar carrying them was struck by a Union Pacific work train. Both men worked in the railroad’s engineering department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
A.L. Peterson
Fort Dodge
C. K. Wellington
Walcott
Union Pacific
Sioux City Live Stock Market Quoted Prices
Sioux City Iowa Tuesday market quotations show top beef cattle at 5.55 and top hogs at 7.17. Local buyers and sellers report activity steady with prices ranging by quality and weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Nebraska Official Vote Shows GOP Governor Plurality
Final returns from Nebraska's November election show Aldrich, Republican, with a 16310 plurality over Dahlman, Democrat. Every state officer elected is Republican, but Democrats hold a majority in both houses of the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Lincoln
Neb
Aldrich
Dahlman
Portland man sentenced in white slave traffic case
Portland Oregon resident David Westman was convicted of engaging in white slave traffic and received a five year federal prison sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
David Westman
Deaths and injuries touch Democratic leader Wetmore
Col Moses C Wetmore longtime Democratic national committee member and Bryan ally dies in St Louis after being struck by a wagon and horse. Michael Cudahy packing company president dies in Chicago from double pneumonia after appendicitis operation. Robert Cook of Foster Ohio perishes in sleep fire while walking, clothes lit by candle. Mrs John Kipling mother of Rudyard Kipling dies in London. A woman boarding Majestic near Queenstown en route to New York.
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Moses C. Wetmore
National Democratic Committee
W. J. Bryan
St. Louis
Michael Cudahy
Cudahy Packing Company
Chicago
Robert Cook
Foster, O
John Lockwood Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
London
Clara Leneve
Majestic
Queenstown
New York
Missouri
Christian Kohler
West
Gertrude Goldstein
Brooklyn
Charles Matheus
Denova
Matheus
Loeb
Secretary of the Treasury
Providence
Octave Chanute
Chanute
Brazil
Congress
Taft
St. Paul Road
Michael Crowley
Hitchcock
J. W. Knight
Knight, Yancy & Co
Decatur
Ala
Young’s
Winthrop Beach
Mass
John C. Beggs
J. Armstrong Drexel
Philadelphia
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Theodore N. “Vail
Aas
Elkins
Christ‘mas
Federation picks Atlanta for next year convention
The American Federation of Lebors closed its thirtieth annual convention in St. Louis endorsing woman suffrage by a unanimous vote. Officers were re-elected. President Hermes Fonseca faces mutinous Brazil fleet actions, while U S figures propose conscription and rural parcel post plans. Congressional party balance shows Democrats with a 63 seat majority.
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American Federation of Lebors
St. Louis
Atlanta
H. C. Barlow
Chicago Traffic Association
Washington
Barlow
Brazil
Minas
Gereas
Szo Paula
Bahia
Floriana
Hermes Fonseca
Everett
Wash
Wellington
Great Northern
Frederick Dent Grant
Department of the East
United States
Europe
Feldheim Company
Chicago
J. R. Whiting & Co
St. Clair, Mich
Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
District Court of Appeals
Hitchcock
Post Office Department
London
Dickinson
Nashville
Tenne
J. Overton Dickinson
Andrew Armstrong
Presbyterian Church
Trenton
N. J
Joseph Sears
House of Representatives
House
Newark Factory Fire Toll and Safety Warnings Rise
Ten minutes left 25 girls dead and many injured as a four story Newark factory fire and roof collapse send victims to the pavement. The disaster follows a string of crises from finance to aviation to politics, including figures like Battling Nelson, Moran, and a broad panorama of national incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Battling Nelson
San Fancisco
Owen Moran
England
Nelson
Ingledue Released as Verdict Sought for Mayor in Federal Probe
Des Moines dispatch reports Oliver L. Ingledue mayor of Marshalltown and four codefendants were freed on charges of interfering with federal officers after defense counsel moved for a directed verdict. Judge Smith McPherson chastised the mayor for actions and emphasized federal over state authority. A separate Clinton-Des Moines price comparison notes Porterhouse steaks at 20 to 25 cents in Des Moines versus Clinton at 100 cents per pound, with beef cuts showing notable price gaps due to labeling differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Oliver .L. Ingledue
Marshalltown
United States District Court
C. H. Boardman
Smith McPherson
McPherson
Ingledue
Robert Goodale
Frank Haas
Michael Clark
Arthur Shaw
Boardman
Huberto
Charles Nason
Samuel Wenger
John Jones
Leo
McNemara
Mars Halltown
Oliver Ingledue
Smith Ha
Des ‘Moines
Clinton
River City
Capital City
Porterhouse
May Oust Woman Recorder Carrie Vaughn Anderson Lucas
Carrie Vaughn Anderson Lucas, candidate for county recorder, reportedly married W. W. Lucas of Omaha two months before the election. The marriage was kept secret until after the vote, triggering a protest by her opponent alleging loss of legal existence and claiming voters believed she was a widow supporting four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Grove
Carrie Vaughn Anderson
W. W. Lucas
Omaha
County Board of Supervisors
Carrie Vaughn-Anderson-Lucas
Carrie Vaughn-Anderson
Student Legatee Wins Suit Over Will
Eldorado Francis W Cowles a student at Ellsworth college Iowa Falls Iowa will receive $30000 from Mrs Dora Bolander in a district court verdict upholding the will against relatives contest. Bolander widow came to Iowa Falls in 1905 and arranged for a student to aid around the house. Cowles was recommended while working his way through college. Two months before her death she left the bulk of her estate to him with only $1000 for each of two nieces who challenged the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldorado
Francis W. Cowles
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
Dora Bolander
Wright
Cowles
Bolander
Think Man Was Murdered Monticello
Coroner's jury decides the man found with a skull and body in J. C. Murray's cornfield seven miles north of the city died from a gunshot wound. The bullet hole was clearly visible in the skull and the shooter remains unidentified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
J. C. Murray
Ames Poultry Show to Feature Corn Exhibit
The Ames Poultry Breeders' association will hold its fifth annual exhibition December 6 through 10 in Ames. A special corn exhibit has been arranged with valuable prizes for the best ten ears of corn displayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Poultry Show
Ames
Ames Poultry Breeders’ Association
Red Fox Shot Near Storm Lake in Duck Hunt
Sam Holmes killed a large red fox during a duck hunting trip at the inlet of Red Fox near Storm Lake. It was the first specimen of its kind seen in this vicinity for years.
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Red Fox
Storm Lake
Sam Holmes
Oldest Black Hawk County man wrote funeral address
Abbott aged 94 in Cedar Falls, known as a spiritualist, called his niece Mrs. James Miller to him before death and revealed a funeral address he typed six years earlier. He asked Mrs. D. N. Hurd to read it at his service, a long-time family friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serman
Cedar
Falls
Abbott
Black Hawk County
James Miller
D. N. Hurd
Yoke of Oxen in Glenwood Draws Crowd
A yoke of steers half buffalo and half Jersey, recently driven through Glenwood streets by Wilbur Brown who arrived from Montana, has caused a sensation. The broken animals are offered for exhibition at the upcoming short course in Glenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Wilbur Brown
Montana
Brown
Alta Preacher Takes Own Life in Parsonage
Rev. J. O. Kingstrom pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church at Alta killed himself with a razor in a parsonage fit of mental distress. His wife found him downstairs in a pool of blood. He had served there for two years and had a nervous temperament and poor health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta
J. O. Kingstrom
Swedish Lutheran Church
Girl Injured Husking Corn in Nevada Field
Miss Maude Albright a young woman from near Zearing suffered a serious accident while husking corn alone in a Nevada field. As she stooped to recover a cart under a wagon the team started up and a wheel struck her head cutting a deep gash in her cheek and injuring her scalp.
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Nevada
Maude Albright
Zearing
Dolliver Monument Fund Receives Notable Donations
Senator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota pledges 25 to aid the bronze statue honoring the late Senator Dolliver. Capt. George Ringland, a longtime friend, subscribes 500 to the memorial fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolliver
Fort “Dodge
Moses E. Clapp
Minnesota
School Teacher Shortage Triggers Special Exam in Mason City
Mason City officials report teachers are scarce to meet demand. Superintendent Fred Mahannah called a special examination hoping to attract candidates for teaching certificates. Several district schools in the county lack teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
City
Fred Mahannah
Trappers Clear Wealth on Nine Day Trip Near Estherville
Es therville men Rob Wils Frank Koehler and Arlen Aitcheson earned 180 dollars on a nine day trapping trip to Fourmile lake east of the city. They trapped 92 muskrats 22 skunks 7 mink and others from a skunk den yielded thirteen skunks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Fourmile Lake
Rob Wils
Frank Koehler
Arlen Aitcheson
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs Samuel R Strong
Marshalltown residents Mr. and Mrs. Samuel R Strong celebrated their golden wedding at home surrounded by eight living children, nineteen grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
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Marshalltown
Samuel R. Strong
This County
Here
Notice to install fishways on Alden and Iowa Falls dams
Deputy Game Warden WW I Martin served notices on the owners of the mil dams at Alden and Iowa Falls to install fishways within sixty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mul Dan
Iowa Falls
Martin
Alden
Breaks Neck By Fall In Forest City Area
Thomas Dona hue, a well known farmer living east of Forest City, lies at the point of death after a wagon mishap caused a broken neck. The accident left him completely paralyzed from the neck down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Thomas Donahue
Fire at Clinton Sheridan Club causes seven thousand loss
Fire swept the Clinton Sheridan Club rooms in Clinton causing about 7000 dollars damage. The flames were confined to the club apart from water damage, with the Tall Black noted as the origin of the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton Sheridan Club
Clinton
Sheridan Club
Iowa says soap club selling drugs requires license
Des Moines reports the state pharmacy commission ruled that soap and medicine clubs, operating by taking orders and delivering goods under the club plan, constitute itinerant vending and require a $100 annual license. Firms like Larkin may challenge the ruling in court. Separately, a horse and buggy with a sermon owned by Rev. E. C. Fintel and borrowed from ex mayor Mattern were stolen before dawn. the detective department investigations led to recovery near Fifth and Chestnut streets.
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Iowa State Commission
Des Moines
State Pharmacy Commission
J. J. Moore
Pharmacy Commission
Larkin Company
Commission of Pharmacy
ED. J. Moore
Larkin
Fintel
E. C. Fintel
Asbury Church
Mattern
Fifth and
Chestnut Streets
Interurban profits and legal battles spark Iowa rail news
The Cedar Rapids Iowa City Interurban reported a year end surplus of 41005.27 with net income 69759.88 and 6 percent dividends totaling 28654.61. Other items include divorce petition by Toni Wendelburg against Otto Wendelburg, postals outrage voiced by Judge Smith McPherson, widow Sarah Gordon to receive 3850 damages from Rock Island Railroad, Des Moines auditing cost share proposal, Iowa congressional apportionment risk dropping from eleven to ten, and Jackson elected night captain of police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Say 8 Grocers in Combine Des Moines
A Des Moines inquiry into a suspected grocers combine aims to fix prices and stifle competition. Mayor Hanna reports affidavits from some merchants denying the claim and says grand jury involvement may be necessary due to limited council powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna
Des Moines Council
Des Moines
James R. Hanna
R. O. Brennan
Supreme Court affirms life term for Charles Davenport
The Polk district court judge Miller sentenced Charles Davenport a year ago to life imprisonment after convicting him of breaking and entering. The Supreme Court has affirmed the sentence. In a separate report, police arrested thirty-two men in a raid on Tom Murphy's pool hall at 208 Nast Fifth Street. Murphy was bonded at $50 to answer a charge of conducting a disorderly house.
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Charles Davenport
Miller
Polk District Court
Supreme Court
Tom Murphy
Nast Fifth Street
Bond Plan For Agar Packing Des Moines
Plans to rehabilitate the Agar Packing company of Des Moines propose issuing 200000 dollars in bonds payable within twenty years. The scheme is now on foot and endorsed by the Greater Des Moines committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agar Packing Company
Des Moines
Greater Des Moines
White Slavers Kept Behind Bars Supreme Court ruling
Des Moines news items report Joe Manning and John Mitchell jailed after a supreme court decision upholding time served for involvement in white slave trafficking. Evangelist William Sunday spoke on the liquor question at the Auditorium. Caroline A Lockwood, 82, pioneer Des Moines woman, died at Victoria hotel after two weeks illness. Iowa Implement Dealers hold fifteenth annual convention in Coliseum from November 29 to December 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Manning
John Mitchell
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Capital City
Evangelist
Caroline A. Lockwood
Pioneer Women of
Des Mines
Victoria Hotel
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
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Belmont ON Grill
York Legislative
Keene and
Whitney
Baker
Bond
General News
Commission of Internal Revenue
Chihuahua
Mexico
Maderistas
William Redmond
Cork
William O’brien
Robert Schiel
Ingledue Released
Iowa
Pharmacy Board
Wendelburg
Toni Wendelburg
Otto Wendelburg
West High
Bertha Young
Sarah Gordon
William Gordon
Rock Island Railroad Company
McHenry
District Court
Des Moines City Railway Company
Koto
Davenport
Mt. Pleasant
Ottumwa
Roy Hartman
Eldora
R. A. Elzy
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