Brief notices on tariff, politics, and local bills
Summary of weekly notes: tariff bill revisions adding free lists and higher cotton goods rates, White House stance on dry funds for labor probes, Pujo committee savings from coffee price cuts, court appeals by Gompers and others, Lovett Lovett Lovett probe into congressional influence, U S Norway arbitration treaty renewal, potential extra child exemption in income tax, meat product seizure rule changes, sugar lobby revelations, Hawaiian Japanese population figures, San Francisco mortar practice, Atlantic storm and La France incident, tornado and cyclone damages in Kentucky, Mount McKinley climb claim, garment workers strike threat, mine strike committee adjournment, Valley Forge monument unveiling, medical milk commissioners meeting, Illinois municipal utility bill passage.
Navy Aviator Clings to Wreck In Fatal Biplane Crash
A string of 1919 era incidents spans the globe from a Maryland naval airman clinging to a wreck in Chesapeake Bay after a biplane failure, to legal actions in Albany on state labor commissioner appointment, and reports of deaths in Louisville, Chicago, and London. The week also notes a Calgary trial, a Gettysburg dedication, and paradigm shifts in politics and aviation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William D. Billingsley
Chesapeake Bay
John A. Towers
Navy
Reunion at Little Brown Church Nailed in Iowa
A reunion gathered near the historic Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa. The frame church, built 1859 from Cedar river timber, gained fame via Dr. W. B. Pitts and 1866 song The Little Brown Church in the Vale.
Seven Meet Death in Wreck Near Clinton
A freight train collision on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line near Clinton left seven men dead and another man fatally injured. The crash occurred on a four mile downhill stretch between Delmar and Downs as the two trains collided head on at noon. Twenty eight cars piled into the gravel train. Two wrecking crews spent six hours clearing the wreck to reach a car with bodies. The injured worker, a Japanese laborer, was taken to a local hospital. An open switch is blamed for the collision. Neither crew member was hurt.
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Little Brown
Nashua
Cedar River
McGregor
W. 8. Pitts
The
Vale
Pitts
Tabor College
Ivor A. Thomas
Conservatory of Music
W. A. Stevens
Susan G. Jewell
Margaret Lawrence
Harriet K. Avery
Anna Reed
James Jackson
Crickett
Oskaloosa
Hamburg
Leon Glenn
Missouri
John Duffy
Folsom
Mills County
Duffy
Council Bluffs
Charles Keller
Keokuk
United States
Power Company
William Henle
Old Government Canal
Masonville
P. C. Mulvihill
Pike’s
Postoffice
Col- Bon
Raymond Merein
la Crosse
Wis
William Lynch
Burlington Road
East Dubuque
W. B. Seeley
Mt. Pleasant
Florence and
Jung
Ben
Clinton
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Patt
Here
Delmar
Downs Station
Nee
Five Die In Mississippi Lake Keokuk Launch Disaster
A launch party of five from Keokuk perished on Lake Cooper above the dam after a river trip. The group included John Loughlin Alfred J. Gross Miss Mardie Wilson Mrs Mary Wright and Mia Pauline Marks. Three bodies have been recovered and Loughlin shows burn injuries suggesting an engine explosion.
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Keokuk
Lake Cooper
Mississippi River
John Loughlin
Alfred J. Gross
Mamie Wilson
Mary Wright
Mia
Pauline Marks
Loughlin
Will Build Finest Hotel in Iowa in Dubuque
Dubuque announces a plan for a premier hotel costing 400000 dollars plus 100000 dollars for furnishings. The site is likely the former Julian House location destroyed by fire. Completion targeted for 1914 after start in 0 days. Directors include John T. Adams W F Bennis A F Heed Charles McLean W H Bay and C A Voelker.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Middle West
John T. Adams
Republican National Committee
A. F. Heed
Charles McLean
W. H. Bay, Dr
and. C. A. Voelker
Iowa Banker Must Go to Prison for False Entries
Fort Dodge report states Charles A. Isaace former assistant cashier of Forest City National bank pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of false entries. Judge Henry T. Reed of Cresco sentenced him to five years at Stillwater penitentiary with minimum term and sixty day withholding of commitment to permit clemency petition to President Wilson. Judge Reed and DA Van Wageman have received many letters from Isaace’s friends.
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Fort Dodge
Charles A. Isaace
Forest City National Bank
Henry T. Reed
Cresco
Stillwater
Wilson
Reed
van Wageman
Isaac
Summer school enrollment breaks records at Teachers College
Cedar Falls reports a summer term enrollment exceeding 1,400 with indications of reaching at least 1,600 before term ends. Last year’s summer term total was 1,320, marking a record-breaking rise in attendance at Teachers College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Teachers’ College
Iowa City Lad Crowns Tragic River Drowning
The Iowa City area reports the drowning of 14 year old Raymond Bartovsky while swimming with companions in the river. An airstem pulmotor was employed in a efforts to revive him but failed.
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Iowa City
Towa City
Towa River
Raymond Bartovsky
Fireman Crushed By Train in Marshalltown
Roberts, Trinkle aged 29, a Minneapolis and St. Louis railway fireman, was instantly killed when his head was crushed between a box car and the frame of an engine cab in Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
Roberts
Trinkle
Minneapolis
St. Louis Railway
Young Banker Acquitted In Fake Entries Case
L. G. Larson, a former Crystal Lake bank official near Fort Dodge, was acquitted of making fake entries. The 22 year old testified as an inexper ienced youth, denying the accusations and maintaining his innocence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
L. G. Larson
Crystal Lake Bank
Larson
Witnepe
Girl 18 Dies After Self Inflicted Act in Stanton
Stanton report states Elony Hallquist aged 18 informed her mother of her action before calmly taking her own life. Two hours later she died, details note Mrs Frank Bresvennd as a witness to the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton
Elony’ *Hallquist
Frank
right to advertise coca cola sparks debate in press
A political attack on Coca-Cola advertising aims to muddy public opinion. The case centers on a chemist politician who lost a suit against Coca-Cola, with the court ruling the drink differs from coffee and tea mainly in caffeine and flavor. The piece questions whether promoting Coca-Cola is proper compared with other caffeinated beverages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coca-Cola Company
Coca- Cola Company
Oddest of Jails at Cliffton Arizona Described
Harper's Weekly details a strange limestone jail in Cliffton Graham County Arizona. Four large quarry chambers are hewn into solid quartz rock with a boxlike masonry vestibule three steel bar gates and windows fitted with steel bars. The cement floored rockbound prison has thick quarry walls and has never seen an escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliffton
Graham County
Ariz
Harper’s Weekly
Profanity as Art Warned By Carnegie Philosopher
Prof H C Long of Carnegie Tech defends profanity as artistic when it conveys feeling and cites George Washington as an artist in profanity. He argues profane outbursts on trivial matters degrade its virtue, noting Washington’s rare provocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eng
Heh
H. C. Long
Carnegie Institute of Technology
George Washington
Long
Carnegie “Tech
Washington
Red Tape In France Clocks 18 Years Stalled At Petit Palais
A clock at the Petit Palais in Paris has stood at one hour for 18 years after a Paris exhibition closing caused a busybody official to stop it. The clock has not been serviced because it does not appear on the council’s mandatory list for clock-winders, and no one has yet acted to fix it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Petit Palais
Obvious Course in Deep Water Speeds Bailout Joke
A quip about handling a speeding scare unfolds with a shy reply. The speaker asks what to do when caught speeding and answers by joking that they would summon the first friend they can think of to bail them out. The exchange captures casual humor about car trouble and social help.
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Senate Democrats
Cau Cue
Simone
Finance Committee
White House
Farmers’ Organization
Pujo Money Trust
Neeley
Kanese
House
White
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Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Bucks ,Store and Range
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Union-Southern Pacific
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Norway
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la France
Aren Sato
Hope
Hadison County
Kentucky
Archdeacon Hudson Stuck
Fairbanks
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Mount McKinley
Great Mountain
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Charleston
W. Va
Senator Swanson
Margaret Wilson
Valley Forge
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Continental Army
American Association of Medical Milk Commissioners
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Sulzer
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N. Y
State Court of Appeals
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Shawnee Park
Louisville, Ky
Henry Flaspeller
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Arthur Herbert
Mary
Louis M. Dennison
George Brew
Herbert
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Arthur Pelkey
Calgary
Luther McCarty
Gen
John Sedgwick
Connecticut
Gettysburg
Paschal Robinson
S J. Francis of Assisi
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London
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Anna Kenney
Cal
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Old World
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Iowa State Order of Elks
Iowa Brothers
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Guy Baker
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Oliver P. Driver
Wappinonoc Central School
James Ring
Mason City
Dewey Corbett
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Jefferson
W. P. Hohenschule
Lee
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George de Groote
Pocahontas County
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John Griffis
Marengo
Edward Hale
Hondurant
BH. W. Fellows
Denison
Farmingham
Mass
Imogene Benson
Bowman
University of Iowa
Emory
Cedar Rapids
Buena Vista College
Storm Lake
William Mott
Clear Lake
Mortimer Kimball
Keosauquat
M. G. Wyer
University of Nebraska
Barry
Howse
Pea Movies
American Brotherhood of Yeomen
Antion
Society
Oklahoma City
W. M. Welchabe
Aa ’Poke, Sueravers
Fi 2 Binder
Metropolitan Supply Company
Milwaukee
Keokuk Dam
Julian
Forest City Financial Institution
Townsend
LaSalle Bt
Ill
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Rials
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Reuter
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