Iowa News Roundup Highlights Elections and Local Happenings
Fifty candidates joined the Ladies of the Modern Macabees in Des Moines at a central Iowa convention. Delegates were chosen for a Bay City Michigan review in June. Iowa figures include new dorms at Grinnell College and a Salem church home project in Roland. A wave of civic incidents spans thefts, legal cases, and public notices across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Iowa
Des Moines
Bay City
Mich
Augusta F. Garmer
Martha Hull
Eldon
J. H. Kirkland
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
John I. Williams
Winthrop
Chicago
Williams
Big City
Grinnell College
Main
Frank C. Pellett
Dustman Apiary
Floyd Wacbean
S. F. Weston
National Peace Association
Pella
Des Moines College
Salem
Roland
J. B. Malley
James Collins
Iowa Falls
Stillwater
Marshalltown
Iowa Walls
Burlington
State Railroad Commission
Osceola
Clarinda
Shenandoah
Webster City
Robert Wampler
Waukon
Allamakee County
G. A. R. and Women’s Relief Corps
Grenville M. Dodge
Councy Bluffs
The
Loyal Legion
General Dodge
J. E. Hawkins
Colorado Midland
Leadville
Colo
Burlington System
Flias Bueghly
Liscomb
Repubican
Bueghly
Marshall County
Heat, Light and Power Company
Oscar F. Peterson
Centerville
Prohibition Amendment AIDS Hearing and Senate Skirmishes
Prohibition advocates press a constitutional amendment before the Senate Judiciary Committee, aligning with Hobson, while Southern Democrats filibuster Terrel’s DC municipal judge confirmation. Other items include oil field surveys for navy fuel, labor and industrial relations notes, and a stock of political and legal developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sheppard
House Committee
Hobson
Robert H. Terrel
District of Columbia
Senate
Vardaman
Mississippi
Washington
House
Judiciary Committee
United States
Alabama
Police: Saltta gets prison for lemon consign ment theft
Philip Saltta a New York lawyer is sentenced to two to four years for stealing proceeds of a 1500 dollar lemon consign ment. A diamond tray worth 15000 was stolen from a Broadway jeweler and the thief fled in a taxi. Other items note Muerta's apology to defuse tensions with Mexico, morals court findings on female vice, Tennessee GOP renomination of Ben Hooper, and Iowa rail order on coal cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Saltta
New York
Prognosis of Sakura Jima Activity Cited by Jaggar
Dr Thomas A Jaggar MIT geologist who has just ascended Sakura Jima says further eruptions likely after January devastation. In London news of a polar expedition by Nordenskjold Polander and Andersen plans to explore Antarctic routes akin to the 1914 Stackhouse party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sakura-jima
Japan
Thomas A. Jaggar
Massachusetts Institute
London
Nordenskjold
Admiral Polander
Gunar Andersen
Antarctic
Stackhouse
Abrahams Land
War Plans Active as Huerta Refuses Flag Salute
President Wilson moves to Congress for authority to use armed force after Victoriano Huerta refuses to salute the American flag over Tampico incidents. Navy fleets advance toward Mexican waters as cabinet meets to discuss blockades and possible port seizures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Victoriano Huerta
Mexico
United States
Congress
Wilson
Huerta
Tampico
O'Shaughnessy
White Sulphur Springs
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Senate
House
Son Indicted for Father’s Murder in Ringgold County
Elmer Williams indicted for the murder of his father John Williams near Redding after evidence gathered by the assistant attorney general over a year. Authorities say the March 11 1913 death was made to look like a suicide with the body found in a hog yard bearing bullet holes and jaw damage. The elder Williams allegedly planned to will property to his brother’s divorced wife if cared for, a plan the son opposed. the case stirs strong local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
Mary Regina Kerr
Kentucky
Jeffersonville
Ind
John Beck
William Barta
Waterloo
State College
E. B. Bush
Ames
Roy van Nice
Iowa
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
van Nice
R. L. van Nice
Presbyterian Church of
Waukon
China
John A. Earl
Des Moines College
Des Moines
Alfred Marolf
Hopkinton
Fahey
Indianola
Mary Nolen
William H. Glenn
Cumming
Good Reads
Marshall County
Lincoln Highway
Marshalltown
J. J. Brause
Boone
Council Bluffs
Mexican
Carleton H. Wright
New Hampton
New Hampshire
Mount Ayr
John Williams
Redding
Ringgold County
John Fletcher
Elmer Williams
Williams
Lawyer Indicted Over False Pretenses in Cedar Rapids Case
Linn county grand jury indicts W. E. Steele former attorney for Cedar Rapids and Marion Interurban Railway on cheating by false pretenses. He allegedly withheld portions of settlements with claimants for himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
W. E. Steele
Cedar Rapids and Marion Interurban Railway Company
Linn County Grand Jury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hawkeye
Southern Iowa Editorial Association
Grinnell
Polk County
Irving Brant
Iowa City Republican
Clinton Herald
David Brant
Winterset
William Welden
Welden
Hardin County
Clifford Hansen
Clear Lake
Paton
News OF the
Sells
Indian of
Ice
Boyd
Navy
Oklahoma
Gulf
Elections Committee
Industrial Relations Commission
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Brandeis
America
Public Lands Committee
Interior Department
Secretary of Interior
United
San Francisco
Mary Jones
Huerfano County
Walsenburg
Liberty
United Mine Workers
Illinois Coal Operators
Peoria
Oliver Luckett
Missouri State Penitentiary
Jefferson City
Luckett
Otis L. Spurgeon
Denver
Denver County
Department of Agriculture
Lemmon
8. D
Harry Mathews
Bellingham
Wash
J. W. Weininger
J. J. Barrett
Butte, Mont
J. J. Murphy
Butte
Edward
Charles Barrett
Arthur Friedman
Frank Witt
Witt
New Hall
United Mine Workers of America
Iselin
Broadway
Muerta
Chicago Morals Court
Tennessee
Ben W. Hooper
National Committee
Supreme Court
Iowa Railroad Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Palace of Peace
William T. Stead
TSB
Ganized Government
Mount Aye
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