Fraud Ring Indicts Students For Exam Influence Scheme
A Chicago firing of indictments charges medical students, instructors, and others in a ring that paid for influence to pass Illinois state board exams. Dr. St Clair Drake and Fred Farr testified, with schemes including fake diplomas and guaranteed passes, totaling about $50,000 from about 41 students, 36 of whom took exams and none passed.
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Otder Newa
Drake
Texas
Fred Fellows
aéd
Frank Achatz
Chicago
John Sharp
J. O. Bennett
J. B. White
Davenport college of chiropractic
Davenport
Charles Williams
A. B. Moore
Philip Gregg
Princeton
Silas Wesley
Attilla Judd
Waterloo
Illinois state board
Achatz
Marquette university
Milwaukee
Fellows
Farr
Williams
Wilsons Peace Note Sparks Berlin Interest
In Berlin James W. Gerard the American ambassador met with foreign secretary Alfred Zimmermann to discuss President Wilsons note. He outlined the American stance after meetings with Wilson and Lansing as Berlin newspapers and officials welcomed the peace endeavor amid renewed attention to prospects for an entente response.
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Wilson
Berlin
James W. Gerard
Alfred Zimmermman
Herr Zimmerman
Germany
Lansing
Associated Press
Joseph Grew
Foreign language newspapers aid Chicago night schools drive
Thirty Chicago newspapers printed in foreign languages donated ad space valued at 22 560 to advertise night schools for foreign born residents. Harry A. Yipsky of the school board announced the effort. A C Bedford elected president of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey succeeding the late John D Archbold. Bedford had served as vice president and treasurer.
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Chicago
Harry A. Yipsky
Archbold
New York
A. C. Bedford
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John D. Archbold
Bedford
Steamer Curuimalan Feared Sunk Near Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires reports fear that the Argentine steamer Curuimalan, which sailed from Cardid Wales on September 27 with a coal cargo, has not arrived and may have been sunk. The vessel carried a crew of twenty nine.
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Buenos Aires
Curuimalan
Cardid
Wales
Bank Robbery Reported Near Mabton Washington
Bank of Bickleton in North Yakima area robbed of 4000 dollars by a masked mounted robber who rode into Mabton and held up the bank before escaping on horseback.
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Yakima
Wash
Bickleton
Mabtor, Wash
Ig mtan
World's events briefed for busy readers
A compact world current covers peace notes to Tokyo, German and Allied moves in Europe, naval losses, and political shifts. Reports include British and American diplomacy, Italian and French fronts near Verdun, Roumanian offensives, and recalls of notable legal, crime, and labor stories across the United States.
Universal training debate in Senate military committee
Washington witnesses a clash over Senator Chamberlain's universal training bill to replace the volunteer system as defense policy. Army General Staff supports the plan while advocates urge reform of national service. President Wilson weighs promotions and diplomatic changes amid Mexico and tariff commission chatter.
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Washington
Chamberlain
army general staff
Mexico
Wilson
John J. Pershing
Ida Tarbell
federal tariff commission
Personal Princess Caraman Chimay and a string of late 19th century names
Clara Ward of Detroit known as Personal Princess Caraman Chimay resided at an Italian villa and counted European fame, marriage to Cas Kulota, and ties to royalty. Harvard psychologist Hugo Munsterberg died at Radcliffe. Joseph Miles author of a Spanish war song. and news notes include 16 dead at Santa Bora California.
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Caraman Chimay
Clara Ward
Detroit
Mich
Italy
Chinay
Hber B. Ward
walion
Europe
king
Caskulota
Joseph T. Miles
Santa Bora
Cal
Miles
Mexican War News Burned at the Stake in VILista Territory
A letter to El Paso from Larreanu reports the VIListas burned O. M. Northrop a longtime Mexican resident aged man. Coinciding with a congress request for 8.5 million dollars to aid dependents of guards, the War Department announced 16,647 militiamen withdrawn from the Mexican border leaving 75,000 stationed there.
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VIListas
El Paso
Tex
Larreanu
O. M. Northrop
Mexico
congress
war department
Washington
Foreign strike to protest food shortages in Spain
A country-wide strike in Spain will take effect soon as workers protest the shortage of food supplies. The action signals broad labor discontent and could affect daily life and commerce across major regions.
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Spain
voic
Iowa Crops Value Figures Show State's 1916 Totals
Iowa crops were valued at 697,165,673 dollars for 1916, up 93,770,000 from 1915, despite lower average yields due to moisture shortages. Corn led totals at 280,416,600 with 9,818,400 acres, oats 10,224,150, spring and winter wheat 2,969,012 and 12,417,062, tame hay 63,367,480, wild hay 5,715,834, alfalfa 8,057,030, potatoes 7,503,300, rye barley flaxseed and others making up the rest. fruit and garden truck added 87,500,000 and 4,760,000 respectively, with miscellaneous 19,000,000.
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Ames
Iowa
George M. Chappel
Iowa Weather and crop service
Demand for Dairy Cattle Boosts New Mexico Program
Iowa dairy leaders report New Mexico ranchmen bought seven carloads of Holsteins and Guernseys last year and plan to import fifteen more. W B Barney and J A Barber coordinated the sale. breeders supplied six Holsteins and one Guernsey for building a southern dairy industry.
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Ames
New Mexico
Iowa
W. B. Barney
J. A. Barber
Barney
Barber
florista
dairy
Parole Board Sees Heavy Docket at Fort Madison
The Iowa State Board of Parole, meeting at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison, faces a heavy docket. Since the last session it paroled twenty eight men and since January 1 has paroled 142 men, sixty nine more than those released by expiration of sentence. The lowest parole total for the year was three in August, while last month credited the highest number, twenty four.
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Parole Board
Fort Madison
Iowa state board of parole
Wreck Hamps Iowa Troops Train Near Grapeland Texas
A derailment of three sleeping cars from a mixed troop train carrying A and B batteries of the Iowa field artillery near Grapeland Texas injures two trainmen badly and bruises eight troops. A defective rail is blamed. The 516 men were part of the hospital detachment under Captain Compton and Captain Oakes. They are to be mustered out at Davenport Muscatine and Clinton after being stationed at Brownsville since July.
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Iowa field artillery
Grapeland
Tex- AB
W. ©. Dobson
medical corps
First Field
Fred ’ Obermillar
Charles B. ‘Smithers
Claude Dorsey
Howard Marquardson
Pred Humphrey
George Rowe
P. J. Smith
Brandt
Compton
Oakes
Davenport
Muscatine
Des Moines Horse Buyer Tells War Horse Market Rise
Des Moines horse buyer Jo Nugent reports the firm has supplied about 21,300 horses to France in sixteen months and a recent British order of 342 horses shipped eastward. The market has grown from a local station to the nation’s second largest horse market with allied spending in the state between 14 and 15 million dollars.
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Des Moinesx
Jo Nugent
Des Moines
United States
Nugent
Boy amputations feared after train ride accident
Charles Clark, employed at an Omehe restaurant, rode the Rock Island baggage car to save money. Thrown from the train on a sharp curve, he was found alive by a passing train crew. His feet and hands are frozen and may require amputation. his life and mobility are in danger. His parents live in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, while his father travels in the South. Clark is hospitalized.
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Falla
Atlantic
Charles Clark
Oshkosh
Wis
south
Clark
Rock Island
Horsemen To Cooperate At International Shows
The Iowa Draft Horse Breeders Association plans to make the cooperative draft horse exhibit a permanent feature at all international shows and state fairs beyond the Iowa fair following unprecedented success and wide commendation at the Chicago International Livestock Show.
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Chicago
Iowa Draft Horse Breeders’ aesociation
lowa fair
Relieve Soldiers Home Congestion Visit by Iowa G A R Committee
Members of the Iowa G A R committee investigated the crowded condition of the soldiers home in Marshalltown. They reviewed the state institution here recently and found overcrowding with many waiting for accommodations, and considered recommendations to the next legislative session for an additional building.
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Marshalltown
Iowa
Iowa Pioneer Caroline Wright Dies in Des Moines
Caroline Wright, said to be the first white child born in what is now Scott county, died at her daughter L. J. Liz's home in Des Moines. Born May 18, 1836 in a Davenport area covered wagon, she lived in Iowa eighty years. her Civil War veteran husband died over twenty years ago.
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Iowa
Davenport
Caroline Wright
Scott county
L. J
liz
Des Moines
Pleasantville Fire Destroys General Store. Loss Put At 4000
Fire believed to have started in a chimney burned the Ed Woods general store and a barber shop in Pleasantville. The I. C. C. F. ball team was located nearby. Citizens with buckets tried to douse the blaze but the fire raged, with damages estimated at four thousand dollars.
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Pleasantville
Ed Woods
I. C. C. F. ball
Lanesboro Fire Causes $7,000 Loss At Electric Plant
The Lanesboro blaze began in the electric light plant owned by J. R. Davis and spread to a garage and a picture show. Carroll fire department assisted in fighting the fire.
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Lanesboro
J. R. Davis
Carroll fire department
Luther Dedication of Boone County Consolidated School
Dedicate First Consolidated School at Luther, the first consolidated in Boone County. The $30,000 building features modern design, domestic science, manual training, a large gymnasium, and a regular high school course. Nine wagons transport students, with average daily attendance near 190.
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Luther
Boone County
Rail coal squeeze alleged to spur price rise
Complaint filed with the railroad commission accuses railroads and speculators of holding coal on sidetracks to push fuel prices higher. Demand in Iowa doubled since the cold snap, with some plants anxious about supply though no shutdowns reported. Mines near Des Moines say output rises to meet orders, while rail contracts prompt scrutiny to ensure delivery.
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Des Moines
railroad commission
lowa
Der. Moines
minaa
Iowa
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