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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
3
Senator Warner of Missouri, member of the board governing soldiers homes, regrets missing a visit to the homes to vote on railroad bill provisions. He expresses fondness for the old soldiers, noting they are aging and receive good care at the homes nationwide.
Prominent Democrats attend as Jerry B. Sullivan of Des Moines presides as temporary chair. W. D. Jamieson of Shenandoah named permanent chair with resolutions attacking Governor Carroll and favoring reforms. Possible plank for initiative referendum and Oregon plan. tariff stance favoring lower cotton wool and free iron steel.
Mae Gibson resisted a kidnapping attempt by several young men in an automobile. She fired a revolver twice but the gun misfired. The girl’s father and a friend intervened, were assaulted, and the would‑be kidnappers fled in their car.
Iowa bank deposits rose by 21 766 039 68 since May 18 1909 as reported to Auditor Bleakly with a concurrent drop in overdrafts and a total assets-liabilities shift. Governor Carroll named conservation delegates and alternates for the National Conservation congress in St Paul with Theodore Roosevelt as principal speaker. State health board reorganizes and assigns standing committees across auditing law, vaccination and sanitation, meat and dairy inspection, and public buildings.
The Nebraska Republican platform convention adopted a Taft friendly platform opposing Canonism and expressing support for the insurgent movement. It calls for county option to regulate liquor and an amendment for direct legislation in the state constitution.
Grand Island Nebraska July 27 Nebraska democrats wrested leadership of their state organization from William J Bryan on county option. They voted decisively after Bryan urged liquor interests seek political control of the state.
Kansas City reporter quotes Senator Albert B. Cummins predicting progressive Republicans will control the 1912 Republican National Convention and that progressives may gain congressional control before then.
Judge K. E. Wilcockson hears the Phillips mayoral case in Ottumwa. The court considers removal from office or continuation of T. J. Phillips as mayor after the case closed yesterday afternoon.
Heavy rains Monday visited sections of southwestern and western Iowa including Council Bluffs but many areas reported only a sprinkle or none at all.
Captain Christie, famed for running military tournaments at Madison Square Garden New York, is appointed by General Smith to oversee the program preliminaries and arena for the U S Army tourney in Des Moines from September 26 to October 1.
The state executive council cut the state tax levy from 3410 mills to 3310 mills citing higher Iowa real estate values last year as the main reason for the reduction.
Bills for the erection of the new concrete bridge over the Des Moines river at Walnut street will be opened in the council chamber on the morning of Aug. 10. Judge G S Robinson, chairman of the state board of control, and his bride have returned from Alaska where they have been spending their honeymoon. A life size bust portrait of the Rev. Charles S Medbury, pastor of the University Church of Christ, was prevented to the church.
Des Moines reports a new Iowa state board rule requiring two years of liberal arts study before medical college training for all who seek medical certificates. The rule takes effect Jan 1, 1911 and applies to graduates nationwide. Dr. Sumner remains secretary, with other leadership changes announced.
Miss Virailia Purmort is elected by the state faculty and finance committee to head the college of domestic technology at Ames college. A Drexel and Ames graduate, she recommends Miss Katherine McKay of Winnipeg for assistant and Miss Grace E. Russell for assistant professor, with Miss Grace M. Viall as instructor. Five major Des Moines attractions are forecast to draw about 395000 attendees from August to December 1910, including the Iowa state fair and Roosevelt day. Clint L. Price is nominated for Congress at the Democratic convention held at the YMCA auditorium.
A dairy show is planned for the coliseum in October featuring dairy product and machinery exhibits. Hugh Van Pelt of Waterloo, representing dairy interests, will helm the event.
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