Court Decision Denies Woman Vote Rights in Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa on February 18 the Political Equality club failed to secure an Iowa court ruling that women may vote on bond issues. Judge Brenan refused to enjoin the building of Des Moines new city hall and denied a ballot right for three women who tried to vote on the 260000 bond issuance. The court found bonds not directly provided for and ruled that women could not vote on that election.
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Yea Acines
Political Equality Club
Des Moines
Iowa
Brenan
Equity
Womer
Des Moines Civic League Wins Case
Des Moines Iowa February 1 A district judge ruled in favor of the Civic League in a quo warranto action against the Des Moines City and Interurban Railway to determine their operating franchise. The league contends the streetcar company should disclose its franchise and pay for use of the tracks as the case advances to trial.
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Des Moines
James A. Jone
Civic League
McPherson
Eno
Las It In
Byers Demands Better Law Enforcement
Burlington Iowa February letter from Attorney General Byers orders County Atty Kuhmeier to enforce the muter peremptoril law fully. Failure to comply threatens removal from office. Kuhmeier will take the matter under advisement.
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Burlington
Aly Kuhlmeier
Byers
Kuhimeier
Supreme Court Decisions Reported for Feb 18
Des Moines notes list court decisions handed down today. Several appeals across counties such as Muscatine Jasper Woodbury Monona Van Buren Johnson and others are affirmed with a few reversed.
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Des Moines
Farrel
Citizens’ Light and Railway Cry
Appellant
Muscatine
Affirmed
Awkine
Ve. Young
Jasper
Hants
May
Warren
Af Rowlsby
Gregory
Madigan
Barber Asphalt Paving Company
Ry County
Woodbury
Nesmith
Pratt
Rawlins
Monona
Ghey
Windrem
Iowa Key Men May Strike Again
Dee Moires Iowa February 18 telegraphers threaten another strike as railroad operators claim to bypass the nine hour per day federal law. An endless chain of letters from Des Moines asks operators to join the movement for protection. Telegrams of protest have been sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Dee Moires
Iowa
Des Moines
Ing Movement
Interstate Commerce Commission
Opposition to Sale of Ancient Chalice to J Pierpont Morgan
Church wardens of Churchill Worcester seek funds to refloat a church by selling an ancient chalice to J Pierpont Morgan. Morgan has made a large offer but the sale faces strong opposition led by the Antiquary Society which calls the vessel sacred and wary of desecration.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Churchill
Worcester
J. Pier
Morgan
Morgen
Antiquary Society
Mr. Morgan
Belshazzar
Man seeks 590000 prize for eye loss in collision
John A. Welter a traveling man aged 87 of Marshalltown filed a suit against the Chicago Great Western Railway for 590 600 alleging loss of an eye and injuries from a head on collision at the city on July 31 last.
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Marshalltown, Jr
John A. Welter
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Welter
Working Men Struggle As Labor Leader Warns
A L Urick president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor says times are worse for workers in Iowa than since 1896. He cites widespread unemployment, halted building, and bond market tightness hindering municipal projects. He urges immediate congressional finance action to unlock currency and resume public works.
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Des Moines
A. L. Urick
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Iowa
Urick
Congress
Wife accused of murdering Prescott man in Creston
Creston Iowa February 17 N 2 Taylor of Prescott had moved stock from Prescott to Creston for an auction when found dead in Shutt's boarding house with two bullet holes in his head His wife and two sons are under arrest charged with murder She had come to Creston to join the sale and cried out after discovering his body No weapon found refuting suicide claim and reports say she was wealthy before the marriage with disputes over money.
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Creston
Taylor
Prescott
Shutt
Sioux City Man Ends Life in Chicago Hospital Ward
William Andrews of Sioux City Iowa killed himself in the examining ward of a Chicago county hospital using scissors. He died during a struggle with a doctor and nurse. letters and a Bible found on him tied to his identity. A Moody Church worker noticed him ill and alerted police and an ambulance.
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Chicago
William Andrews
Sioux City
Moody Churching
Andrews
Chicago Avenue
Mabel Warwick
Atlast
Surgeons Perform Operation on Monkey at Fairmount Park
In Council Bluffs Iowa February 15 two veterinary surgeons Dr Miller and Dr Hollingsworth operated on the sole surviving monkey at Fairmount Park following the death of most of the troop from pneumonia and tuberculosis. The operation, done in the open without nurses or hospital equipment, used no anesthetics.
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Council Bluffs
Fairmount Park
Litzmann Sues Lemars City for 10000 Damages
Louis Litzmann of Lincoln township sues the city of LeMars claiming 10000 damages after a runaway incident left him badly hurt against scrap iron in an alley. Adolph Haack sues Frank Schultze for 1000 damages over a malicious prosecution arising from last summer arrest over alleged theft of a cart and harness.
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LeMars
Louis Litzmann
Lincoln Township
Adolph Haack
Frank Schultze
Schultze
Haack
Father Finds Child After Long Search in Ta
August Shiel of Spencer after seven years locates his kidnapped daughter, taken by her mother from Minneapolis, at a Proctor home near Moneta. Sheriff’s habeas corpus failed, a writ was obtained, and the mother and child vanished. Shiel learns the mother is in California and hopes to regain custody soon.
Wealthy Sibley man Flynn dies after illness
Sibley Iowa February 17 das Flynn a town council member and longtime pillar of the community died after a brief illness Brights disease He began as a lodge hostler for a wealthy family and rose to trust positions with the Iowa Land company which later moved to St Paul He later returned to Sibley to manage his real estate holdings Providing a life of ascent from humble roots to local prominence.
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Sibley
Das. Flynn
Bright
Flynn Ibley
Iowa Land Company
St. Paul
Flynn
IOWA UNIONS PLAN FIGHT ON TAFT
Des Moines reports preparations by Iowa union men to oppose Taft in the state. A. L. Urick, president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor, chairs the executive committee and is preparing a circular urging union members statewide to defeat Taft. The circular will be distributed to every union member.
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Iowa
Taft
Des Moines
A. L. Urick
Iowa State Federation of Labor
University Degree Granted to Sioux City Student
The midwinter convocation at the State University of Iowa will be held February 22 in Iowa City. Lafe Young editor of the Des Moines Capital will speak on the Panama Canal. Thirteen candidates receive degrees, including F H Garvey of Sioux City who earns a Master of Arts.
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Iowa City
Ifa
State University of
Widow Granted $10 900 in Yager Case
Hatherville Iowa February 15. After about 15 hours the jury returned a verdict of 10 900 for the plaintiff in the Yager case. Mrs Yeager's husband was killed about a year ago while switching in the Rock Island yards at Hatherville and she sued the railroad for 30 000.
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Hatherville
Yager
Spirit Lake to Rebuild Hotel Orleans After Fire
Spirit Lake Minnesota February 15 Many townspeople will be interested to learn that the Hotel Orleans burned at Spirit Lake will be rebuilt John Burmister says a much better building will be erected Insurance on the destroyed structure and contents is 15000 The hotel drew many visitors from southern Minnesota and northern Iowa and it was unsure if it would be rebuilt.
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Spirit Lake
Minnesota
Orleans
John Burmister
Iowa
Divorces Denied Over Ungrounded Grounds by Spokane Judge
Spokane County Judge Miles Poindexter ruled that mutual dissatisfaction and incompatibility do not justify divorce. He warned that allowing easy divorces fosters a de facto trial marriage and harms families and children, citing a case between Julian Tiffany and Lillian Tiffany.
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Miles Poindexter
Spokane County
Addme
Rooseveltian
Spokane
Wash
Iowa's oldest doctor passes away in Des Moines
Dr. Oscar Burbank of Waverly Iowa, oldest physician in the state and a pupil of Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes at Harvard, died from pneumonia after overexertion. A surgeon and inventor, he studied in Drake lectures and once practiced in Lowell before moving to Cedar Rapids. He was related to Luther Burbank.
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Des Moines
Oscar Burbank
Waverly
Iowa
Oliver Wendel Holmes
Harvard University
Drake
Burbank
Luther Burbank
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Lowell
Mass
Cedar Rapids
Husband and wife divorce case ends with tender advice
In Denver a 29 year old groom, 8 8 Floss, sought divorce claiming his wife demanded back scratching after bathing. Judge Hudson granted the decree noting the couple’s love and criticizing meddling parents while suggesting quarantine for the elders and keeping the couple apart from disruption.
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Denver
Floss
Ross
Hudson
Manson Doctor Heads Drainage Society
Fort Dodge February meeting of the State Drainage convention ended with enthusiastic programs and royal entertainment. Members report renewed impetus for drainage work and a larger membership. Dr. Henry Youngs of Manson elected president succeeding H. Hartshorn of Clarion. Prof. W. H. Stevenson of Ames to continue as secretary.
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Fort Dodge
Henry Youngs
Manson
H. «. Hartshorn
Clarion
W. H. Stevenson
Ames
Iowa Attorney General Rules on Candidate Announcements
Des Moines reports Attorney General Byers will allow candidates before the June 2 primaries to announce themselves as often as they wish. He interprets the primary law as not limiting announcements to a single newspaper issue, permitting repeated publicity in any newspaper.
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Des Moines
Byers
Adopted son sues for big estate in Iowa and Missouri
Council Bluffs Feb 14 The adopted son George Collins claims he is the rightful heir to the estate of William Patton who died testate. Patton left $150000 with 65 acres in Pottawattamie and Harrison counties Iowa and 2000 acres in Missouri.
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Council Bluffs
William Patton
George Collins
Patton
Pottawattamie
Harrison Counties
Iowa
Missouri
Robbery assault reported near John Beno store
Olga erk of Bluffs was attacked by an unknown Black man while walking home from work about 6 30 last evening. She was dragged into a vacant lot but fought back and bystanders frightened the assailant who fled. Several boys witnessed the incident.
Leavenworth Adopts Galveston Style City Government
After a weeks long campaign Leavenworth Kansas voted by about 500 to adopt a commission form of government patterned after Galveston. Many stores and factories closed at noon to let employees vote.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Galveston
Robbery at South Memphis House Nets $20,000 In Jewelry
In Memphis a dinner guests gathering at Frank Graham Jones's home saw thieves ransack rooms and steal jewels valued at about $20,000 including a $10,000 necklace owned by Mrs Garret Lamb of Clinton Iowa. Police note total loss but no arrests reported. In Boone Iowa a separate case reports Mrs John Byruns stopping her husband from shooting her. he was arrested and sent to the insane asylum after jealousy motive cited.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank Graham Jones
Garret Lamb
Clinton
Chas
Nancy Lamb
Minneapolis
Minn
Mr. Jones
Misses Jones
Boone
John Byurns
Byurns
Supreme Court Decisions List From Iowa Dated Today
Des Moines Iowa February 13 decisions handed down by the Iowa supreme court include reversals affirmations and a modification across counties and parties. Cases listed involve Buie Leasman Richards Hibbets Davis Norton Semones Wilson Hedrick Wallace Athey Teeple and others with counties including Johnson Madison Hardin Lucas Cass Polk Wapello Benton Clinton and Hardy ranks.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
State of Iowa
Buiecheck
Johnson County
Leasman
Madison County
Richards
Moran
Hardin County
Hibbets
Threlkeld
Lucas County
Davis
Town of Bonaparte
van Buren County
Norton
Catholic Order of Foresters
Clinton County
Semones
Needies
Cass County
Wilson
Royal Mutual Insurance Company
Polk
Hedrick
Smith & Reed
Wapello County
Wallace
Lutas County
Athey
Slife
Benton County
Teeple
Northwest rail project aims for Puget Sound electric line
Spokane reports a five million dollar South Dakota incorporated company plans an electric railway to Puget Sound via Spokane with a Fargo to Aberdeen branch. Boston and New York financiers and Detroit bankers are organizing a syndicate likely to attract New England capital. The project aims to split business with northern transcontinental routes and may absorb Spokane & Inland Empire and other Washington lines.
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Spokane
Wash
South Dakota
Puget Sound
Fargo
Aberdeen
Gay Bros. Stone & Webster
Boston
Hever, Walker & Co
New York
Seligman & Co
Omaha
W. N. Coler & Co
Detroit
New England
Northwest
Federal Judge Bans 11 Ticket Brokers in Rail Rate Scam
United States District Judge McPherson issued a permanent injunction prohibiting 11 ticket brokers from buying or selling nontransferable reduced rate railroad tickets or sharing where to obtain them. The Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad filed the suit. Burlington and Alton cases are pending and the Santa Fe decision covers them. The ruling shuts the remaining scalpers offices in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
United States
McPherson
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Burlington and Alton Railroads
Santa Fe
Count Boni Castellane Fined for Assault in Paris Church Row
In Paris on February 1 Count Boni Castellane was found guilty of criminal assault and battery against his cousin Prince Helie de Sagan. He was fined $24 as damages were awarded to the prince. The clash occurred January 2 after memorial services for Lady Stanley Errington at St. Pierre de Chaillot.
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Bouj de Castellane
Helie de Sagan
Castellane
DeSagar
Count Boni
Prince Helle
Boni
Jean
Helle
Madame Gould
Anti-Saloon League Wins Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court today affirmed an injunction against state express prohibition leaders publishing census figures. The ruling backs the Anti Saloon League claim that padding the census to reach a 50 percent voter threshold would legalize the major saloon petition.
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Anti-Saloon League
Supreme Court
Les Maines
Prention
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