Two Aviators Die as Plane Collapses in Test Crash
Washington reports the deaths of Lieut. Leighton W. Hazlehurst Jr and Alfred L. Welch when an army aircraft collapsed during government tests at a Wright brothers contracted machine. The crash occurred about 1,000 feet from hangars, wings folded upward, both men killed instantly. An army board will investigate, but cause may remain unknown.
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Washington, D. C
Leighton W. Hazlehurst, Jr
Seventeenth Infantry
Alfred L. Welch
Wright Brothers
War Department
Army
Welch
Hazlehurst
Little Tots Pets of Steamer Arrive in Boston Route
In transit from San Francisco to Boston two six and four year old siblings, Frank and Marie Cronin, arrive aboard the steamer Niles on the second leg of a world journey. They are in immigration custody en route to their grandmother at 68 Jackson Street, Boston, with passengers donating 85 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Boston
Mass
Frank Cronin
Marie
Jackson Street
Lone Robber Holds Up Bank in Denver
A man identifying himself as J Caldwell, 30, robbed the State Mercantile Bank in Denver with a pistol. He took about 115 dollars in gold, but was chased and captured after a brief pursuit during which several shots were fired and the money recovered. Caldwell claimed to have come from Spokane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
J. Caldwell
State Mercantile Bank
Earl B. Funk
Caldwell
Spokane
Wall of Water Drowns One in Buffalo Wyoming
A cloudburst in Clear Creek canyon ten miles west caused a wall of water twenty five feet high to surge into Buffalo Wyoming. One man is known to have drowned and many others narrowly escaped similar fates as the inland town faced severe flooding and destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Mont
Buffalo
Wyo
Clear Creek Canyon
Nomination Held Up For Noweta Postmaster
Washington, OC. The nomination of H. O. Jeffries as postmaster at Noweta Oklahoma was withdrawn from the senate by President Taft at the request of Senator Bradley of Kentucky and the senate post office committee while his record is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, OC. C
H. O. Jeffries
Noweta
Okla
Senate
Taft
Bradley
Kentucky
Senate Post Office Committee
Jeffries
Lincoln Electricians Strike In Lincoln Nebraska
Lincoln electrical workers both union and non union have declared a strike demanding higher wages. About one hundred men are involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln — Electrical Workers
Live Stock Market Sioux City Cattle and Hog Prices
Sioux City live stock market reports show cattle ranges for corn fed steers from 7.75 to 9.00, medium to good 6.50 to 7.75, fat cows and heifers 7.00 to 7.75, beef grades 4.50 to 7.00, canners 2.50 to 4.50, bulls 4.25 to 7.00, veals 4.00 to 38.00. Hogs priced 7.25 to 7.60 with bulk sales at 7.85 to 7.55. Sheep and lambs range 7.00 to 8.25, yearlings 6.00 to 7.50, ewes 3.50 to 5.50, wethers 5.00 to 6.90.
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Sioux City
House Votes Down Change in Tariff Revision Bill
Washington D C The house rejected the senate amendment by 144 to 101 delaying repeal of the Canadian reciprocity pact and setting a universal print paper duty of 2 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Nebraska Veteran Dies Suddenly in Mason City Cafe
Powen Neb resident So-Mark Brown dropped dead of apoplexy after arriving in Mason City and sharing lunch at a local cafe, minutes after his arrival. He was a veteran from Nebraska, and the death occurred within about a half hour of his arrival in town.
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Mason City
Mark Brown
Powen
Neb
Party delegates and presidential endorsements across states
The Republican national committee seated Indiana delegates, giving the president 84 and Roosevelt 2. North Carolina Democrats chose eight at large and backed Wilson. Harding announced Taft’s Chicago convention nomination and acceptance of Taft’s request. Minnesota Democrats unanimously endorsed Wilson and instructed their 24 delegates to vote as a unit unless two thirds oppose.
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Republican National Committee
Indiana
Rooseevlt
North Carolina
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Taft
Chicago
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Duluth
Minn
Wilson
Notable Obituaries and Appointments Across U.S. Figures
Personal Daniel B. Harwood of Bloomington Illinois dies at eighty one leaving two Chicago descendants. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley declines Boston health board chair offer in a letter to Rep. William F. Murray. Rear Admiral Lamberton dies in Washington aged sixty eight, once commanded the Olympia with Admiral Dewey in Manila. Congressman HB Hubbard buried in Sioux City after renomination loss. Rev. Capt H Percy Silver elected bishop co adjutor of Kansas diocese at Topeka. Clem W. Crum of Milton Wisconsin elevated to grand master of Wisconsin IOOF at Madison.
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Harvey W. Wiley
United States Bureau of Chemistry
Boston
Board of Health
William F. Murray
Massachusetts
Benjamin Peffer Lamberton
Washington
Admiral Lamberton
Dewey
Manila
Olympia
H. Percy Silver
Missionary Department of the Southwest
Protestant Episcopal Church
Kansas
Topeka
Clem W. Crum
Milton, Wis
Wisconsin Grand Lodge
Madison
Memorial mass on Washington monument grounds honors Spanish-American War dead
Cardinal Gibbons presided at a memorial field mass on Washington monument grounds under the Admiral George Dewey camp auspices. Separate news items report a $500,000 damages suit by attorney William J. Ammen against Judge Landis, a German fleet welcome in New York, and a Supreme Court ruling upholding a 400 foot wide Union Pacific right of way. The Minnesota upper house ratified a federal direct election amendment, as did the tower house. A Chicago & Alton Limited derailment near Hloorq neton resulted in twenty injuries and four deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Monument
Washington
Cardinal Gibbons
George Dewey
United
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
William J. Ammen
Chicago
Ammen
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Landis
A. L. Samborn
Union Pacific Railway Company
Delaware Indian Reservation
Supreme Court of the United States
Villisca Axe Murder Scene Reported with Family Found
Neighbors summoned officers to the Moore residence at Villisca Indiana where Joseph Moore his wife and four children along with two young women were found beaten and slain. An ax covered in blood and hair lay at the scene indicating the weapon used by the murderer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Moore
Moore
Villisca
Italians claim victory at Zenzur oasis in bloodiest battle
General Caneva reports Italian forces secured Tripoli coast after Zenzur oasis clash with Turks suffering 1 000 dead and 260 plus wounded. Italian losses listed as eleven killed and 252 wounded among officers and men. War news also notes a general strike in England threatening food supply.
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Caneva
Tripoli
Rome
Zenzur
Marines Repel Insurgents At Cuban Mine Site
A U S Marines detachment under Capt Edward B Manwaring guarding El Cuero mines in Cuba repelled an insurgent assault with no Marine casualties. Washington issue preparatory orders for a 5000 troop expedition to Cuba and commissioned four army transports at Newport News for movement and supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Edward B. Manwaring
el Cuero
Cuba
General Staff
Army
Washington
Newport News
Wood Loses Battle to Block Retirement on March 4
Washington dispatch reports a narrow three vote margin defeat by Wood supporters to block legislation retiring Gen Leonard Wood as chief of staff on March 4, barring reappointment. Senate to decide Lorimer case July 6 if session lasts. Columbus memorial unveiled in Union Station plaza with remarks by the Italian ambassador. Berger seeks impeachment of Judge Hanford of Seattle over alleged drunkenness and bench improprieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends
Leonard Wood
United States Army
House
Washington
Berger
Cornelius Hanford
Seattle
Judiciary Committee
Columbus Memorial
Union Station Plaza
Tait
Hanford
Wash
Hey Committee
Increase Holdings 10: Large Mortgages for Iowa Land
Des Moines reports about 2.3969 million dollars in new loans by a local insurance company since January 1. The mortgages cover gilt edged security and many fund land acquisitions. Farmers use funds to drain and tile low lands, boosting land value and farming output. the trend indicates Iowa farms shifting to new ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Auto Plunges From Bridge Near Traer
Auto driven by A J McGovern plunged from a bridge into a twelve foot embankment near Traer Iowa two people were fatally hurt five others seriously injured Mrs McGovern and her mother Mrs Gaffey were crushed and hurt internally and may die McGovern suffered cuts from broken glass four children endured severe bruises
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Cedar Rapids
Traer
A. J. McGovern
Girl Stage Struck Runs Away With Vaudeville Troupe
Sixteen year old Blanche Sawyer, long stage struck, ran away with a vaudeville troupe that played Fort Dodge. Her brother located the girl in Waterloo and brought her home, concluding she believes there is no place like home for a girl her age.
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Fort Dodge
Blanche Sawyer
Waterloo
Road Drag Day Observed in Owasa with Band Music
The Iowa Falls Military Band will provide music for the annual Road Drag Day in Owasa on Thursday June 20. A highlight will be an address by Prof. T H MacDonald state highway engineer of Ames on Roads and Bridges.
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Towa Falls
Iowa Falls
Owasa
T. H. MacDonald
Ames
Found Dead After Quarrel in Mason City Boxcar
Emil Krause a well known machinist, after a series of violent quarrels with his wife in which he threatened to kill family members, left home and was found dead in a box car in the railroad yards. No marks of violence were on his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Emil Krause
Injured player shows signs of life after local game accident
Ottumwa葛 Glen Walley, injured when a throw from Catcher McGee struck his temple as he attempted a steal of second, lay unconscious for 24 hours. Doctors report scattered indications of life as the amateur game continued.
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Diamond
Ottumwa
Glen Walley
McGees
Farmer Dies After Grader Accident In Cleveland Township
Rock Rapids reports Jacob Schindgell a 60 year old farmer from Cleveland township died from injuries after a road grader overturned on him. He died a few hours after the incident yesterday.
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Rock Rapids
Jacob Schindgell
Cleveland Township
Schindgell
Motor Boat Wreck Near Iowa City Injures Two
Clayton Eddy of Des Moines and Lee Bailey of Iowa City suffered serious injuries after their motor boat struck a submerged rock on the Iowa River the bottom ripped out. The accident occurred a few days ago and responders transported them for medical care.
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Iowa City
Clayton Eddy
Des Moines
Lee Bailey
Iowa River
New Members Initiated Into Daughters of Isabella
Mason City reports fifty two new members initiated into the Daughters of Isabella, an auxiliary to the Knights of Columbus, with large attendance from several Iowa towns as visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Order of Daughters of Isabella
Knights of Columbus
Iowa
Votes Down Bond Issue for Charles City Plant
Charles City residents rejected a $25,000 bonding proposal for a municipal pumping and lighting plant at the special election this week. The outcome reflects voter sentiment on city utility improvements and municipal financing.
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Charles City
Maple Valley fire men’s tournament postponed by rain
The Maple Valley fire men’s tournament is rescheduled to Thursday, June 20, due to wet weather, with organizers citing persistent rain as the reason for the delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Lake
Maple Valley Firemen
Complete Revetment Work Near Sioux Point
Government revetment work along the Missouri river near Sioux Point will be completed this week, federal engineers report. The project aims to protect the Iowa shore from erosion and inroads by the stream.
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Sioux City
Sioux Point
Missouri River
Iowa
Women injured as elevator falls four stories in Davenport
Five women suffered serious injuries when an elevator at a Davenport department store dropped four stories. Authorities say fatalities are not expected, and the condition of the injured is being monitored as investigators examine the incident.
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Davenport
State College Graduates at Ames
Iowa State College conferred degrees on 246 graduates from its technical and science courses. The spread includes 91 agriculture, 119 engineering, 25 veterinary medicine, and 11 general science. Most graduates are from Iowa, with representation from South Africa, Mexico, China, England, Cuba, the Philippines, and states as far west as California and as far east as New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa State College
Division of Agriculture
School of Veterinary Medicine
Iowa
South Africa
Mexico
China
England
Cuba
Philippines
California
New Jersey
Governor Halts China Relief Gifts in Des Moines
Governor Carroll declares the Red Cross will receive no further funds for famine relief in China. Bishop Graves reports to national Red Cross that food and money distribution should stop as new crops are nearing harvest and conditions have materially improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Carroll
Red Cross
China
Bishop Graves
National Red Cross
Grain Company Suspended in South Dakota Receiver Appointed
Sioux City report states the M. T. Sheppard son Grain company is in receivership. Assets in Sioux City are not more than $1,500 for office furniture, while liabilities exceed $200,000 per the Hutchinson County Circuit Court filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
M. T. Sheppardson Grain Company
Hutchinson County
S. D
Unknown Man Found Dead Near Raymond Illinois Central Bridge
The body of a man about 65 was found at the east end of an Illinois Central trestle over a small creek near Raymond. No identification, no visible wounds, cause of death unknown. Police investigate to confirm identity and determine how he died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Raymond
Beet Crops Prospects Good In Clear Lake Area
Sugar beets planted nearby show fine growth with ample rainfall and mild weather keeping plants clean and thriving this season. The crop outlook is bright as beets continue strong development amid favorable conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Epworth Leaguers Meet at Ogden June 13
Boone district Epworth League convention will convene at Ogden Iowa on June 13 with about 250 delegates expected. An elaborate program has been prepared and speakers of wide reputation have been secured.
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Epworth
Ogden
Boone District
Webster County Fair Association plans county fair grounds
Fort Dodge area gains assured annual fairs as Webster County Fair Association closes on a contract to buy fifty five acres of suitable land near the city for a dedicated fair grounds.
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Fort Dodge
Webster County
Webster County Fair Association
Catholic priest transferred to Independence head priest
The Very Rev. J. Garland was transferred from Charles City to Independence where attendance is about twice as large. Garland will serve as head priest at Independence.
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Independence
Charles City
J. Garland
Dead Garland
Missouri River Rising Endangers Burlington Rail Line
Missouri River rises again in western Mills County, reaching about three feet. The June freshet threatens the Burlington right of way as the bank erodes, risking disruption to railroad operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grenwood
Mills County
Burlington
Rochester firm to move plant to Marshalltown Iowa
The Rochester Manufacturing Company of Rochester Minnesota, builders of the Bell automatic drive and field gate and other specialties, will soon relocate their plant to this city Marshalltown Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Marshalltown
Rochester Manufacturing Company of
Rochester, Minn
Bell
Masons In School Burlington Iowa Grand Lodge Session
About 100 district lecturers and other officers attend the Masonic school of instruction. The three days session of the Iowa grand lodge will open Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Masonic School of Instruction
Iowa Grand Lodge
Chosen Methodist Leader Flies to Baseball Captaincy at Morningside
Sioux City reports that "Big Ben" Holbert, famed as Morningside College's best all around athlete, has been elected captain of the next year's baseball team. He is widely praised for leadership and ball skills by college officials and fellow players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Big Ben” Holbert
Morningside College
Crushed Between Cars at Lehigh Cement Yard
Guy Montgomery was crushed between an engine and a car at the Lehigh cement plant yards in Mason City. His condition is serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Guy Montgomery
Lehigh Cement Plant
To Have Chautauqua Northwood Returns With Renowned Speakers
The Chautauqua will again be hosted in Northwood this year featuring excellent speakers divine music and wholesome sports.
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Northwood
Missing Dubuque man feared dead after May 13 disappearance
Fritz Felbvaum, 36, of Dubuque and worker near the Globe cottage sixteen miles north on the Mississippi, has been missing since May 13. Authorities fear foul play or that he may have met with an accident. Local search efforts are underway as relatives await news.
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Dubuque
Fritz Felbvaum
Globe Cottage
Mississippi
Highfer
Iowa Man Accidentally Shot
Osceola resident Don Crawford, a young man living on the town’s edge, lost two fingers on his left hand in a gun accident while shooting rats at his barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Osceola
Don Crawford
Back to the Farm committee formed at Iowa convention
At Cedar Rapids the Iowa State Bankers association named a Back to the Farm committee to push farm education. Led by J L Edwards and others, the drive calls rural high schools with agriculture on the curriculum to teach farming as a respected vocation. The campaign also promotes distributing literature statewide. A separate note recalls 1871 72 locusts and grasshoppers, their swarm behavior, and the temporary disruption they caused to trains and crops.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Bankers of Iowa
Iowa State Bankers’ Association
Joseph Chapman, Jr
Minneapolis
J. L. Edwards
Burlington
Charles. H. McNider
Mason City
C. A. Larson
New Hampton
J. A. Dunlap
Keokuk
P. W. Hall
Association
Iowa
Towa
Union Park
Stuart
Engineer Not to Blame in Track Tragedy Ruling
Supreme court holds a railroad engineer may assume a pedestrian on the tracks is aware, but if it becomes clear the person is oblivious to danger, the engineer must try to avoid harm. Court upholds a $1,400 verdict against Wabash Railroad for Charles Hicks of Bloomfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Wabash Railroad Company
Charles Hicks
Bloomfield
Declared to Be State Officers by Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that county board of supervisors are state officers under the statute and thus subject to at large elections. The decision, in a Sioux City bank assessment case, holds that a supervisor’s actions affect the county as a whole and that a supervisor is a county officer even when elected by district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Sullivan
County Board of Supervisors
Sioux City
High Court
Obscene pictures seized at Enos B Hunt offices
Five thousand obscene postcard pictures found in the offices of Enos B Hunt in the Iowa Loan and Trust building were seized by postal officials. The cards will be sent to Chicago as exhibits in a government case against a postcard manufacturer under arrest there for distributing obscene postals. Assistant Postmaster Ryan and Detective Sims joined the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enos B. Hunt
Iowa
High Court Defines How Fines Proceeds Are Used
The Iowa Supreme Court rules that only the legislature may prescribe deductions from police fines. It states that clear proceeds belong to the state, with 98 percent paid into the state treasury for the school fund, limiting county treasurer and supervisor powers to allocate fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court
Mahaska District Court
High Court
Iowa Bankers urge separate banking department and outsize real estate loans abroad
The Iowa Bankers Association at Cedar Rapids urges removing banking department control from state auditors and creating a separate department. They favor amending laws to permit real estate mortgaged loans in other states with valuation limits and back a nonpartisan currency revision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Seed-corn Dipping Confers Cut Worm Immunity Near Mondamin
Farmers near Mondamin report a discovery that dipping seed corn in stock dip before planting makes the seed immune to cut worm attack. The area has suffered heavy replanting due to the pest, prompting this precautionary method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondamin
Humane Water for Birds and Animals in Summer
An appeal urges the public to provide daily clean water for birds squirrels and other animals during hot weather. It warns that lack of water aids disease and stresses even dog haters should offer a drink to protect against hydrophobia in the heated term.
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Ray A. Smith
Akron
Frisco
Lincoln Electricians
Nebraska
Daniel B. Harwood
Bloomington
Carleton Holdredge
Kirk Harwood
HB. H. Hubbard
New York
Minnesota
Tower House
Chicago & Alton Limited
Edo
Hloorq 'Neton
Bunker
Society Folk of
London
Brussels
John Ball
Liverpool Club
Eng
Great Britain
Weatward-Ho
Ball
Abe Mitchell
P Lay
Count Tisza
Julius Kovacs
Cherbourg
Manchuria
Mukden
Tientsin
Charlie Webb
Oklahoma
United States Senate
Increase Holdings
Iowa Soil Owners Expand
WANT
Uncle Sam
Food and Dairy Commissioner
Railroad Commission
State Railroad Commission
Wrightman
Manufacturers’ Association
Middle West
Favor Bank Department
John L. Bleakly
Hayward
C. E. White
Congress
S. Kirkpatrick
Oskaloosa
EB. G. Moon
Fred Larrabee
Ft. Dodge
Sherman Doolittle
Ft. Des Moines
Doolittle
Board of Parole
D. E. Miller
Valley Junction
Court House
Clifford Thorne
Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners
Thorne lLeleves
Western
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