Washington Rifts and Global Tensions Surface in Capitol News
In Washington, Democrats press currency bill amid five weeks of debate while ex president Castro’s Venezuela visit sparks State Department caution. Suffragists lobby Senate for votes for women as new plant discoveries and weather office shakeups unfold.
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Venezuela
State Department
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Russian nonparticipation at San Francisco exposition
The Russian government will not participate officially in the San Francisco exposition. Hamburger Nachrichten notes Standard Oil has acquired two 20 year leases on 2 000 acres and other land concessions in Roumania. Paris reports that Gladys Vanderbilt may sue Count Laszlo Szechenyi for divorce, denied by New York lawyer Morris Cukor. The French Senate ratified a long term contract with Compagnie Generale Transatlantique to carry American mails. General Pershing reports battles against Moros in the Philippine Islands.
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Roumania
Paris
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Morris Cukor
New York
Comprenie Generale Transatlantique
General Parshing
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Blackmail charge rocks DOJ agent in New Orleans
Special agent Personal C Raymond Mathews of the Department of Justice was arrested in New Orleans on a blackmail charge filed by former Campeche governor Emmanuel Castile Brito. The case involves alleged threats over money and papers.
Iowa man confesses after horse theft arrest in Victor
Thomas Dickerson, 70, arrested in Victor for stealing horses, is jailed in Boone County. He confesses but refuses to name others. He recalls Civil War service as a dispatch bearer during the Malcom chase and notes the large posse.
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Malcom
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Johnson County
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Loveland
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Sioux City
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Des Moines
Everett Cooley
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Manson
Samuel Wood
Milford
Tba
Masonic Temple
Carroll
Frank Fea
Muskogee
Okla
Young People's Alliance of the Evangelical Church
Chautauqua Park
Waterloo
John W. Myers
Carnaat
Shenandoah
Mr. Myers
Mauti
Tax Values Rise In Iowa. 300000 More Needed This Year
Des Moines reports show Iowa property values up over 30 percent by the state executive council acting as board of equalization. The 1913 state levy is 2.9 mills, with total state valuation at 7,080,296,731 and taxable value at 920,074,182.75, far above 1912 levels. Farm lands up about 15 percent. railroad values rise to 78,175,866. overall tax need is 2,800,000 with levy reductions offsetting higher valuations.
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Sully
Jasper County
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Donahue
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Chariton
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Sioux City
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Elmer Buckley
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Accident Reports Set For Iowa Manufacturers
Iowa manufacturers will receive initial accident report blanks under the workmen compensation act. The form, agreed by Industrial Commissioner Warren Garst and Labor Commissioner A. L. Urick, requires three parts: nature and timing of injury, extent and disability, and death or permanent injury. Reports go to the labor commissioner. Clerks in the railroad commission rate department did not receive July pay due to an appropriation error awaiting attorney general approval.
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Iowa
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Cerro Gordo County
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Vete Clarke
Pay Raises Sought for Iowa Teachers and School Upgrades
Iowa education officials urge higher salaries for agriculture and manual training teachers before state aid plans can work. A.M. Deyoe notes twelve districts consolidated since the new state aid law, due to requirements for approved grounds, buildings, and courses including agriculture, home economics, and manual training.
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