Weekly roundup of political and legal shifts in Washington
A busy digest notes the Democratic sugar bill passage with 24 GOP defectors and 7 Democratic rebels. Harver W. Wiley resigns after 29 years as chief chemist. Supreme Court confirms Mahion Pitney as associate justice 50 to 26. Indiana leads in road mileage. Union Pacific Southern Pacific merger case opened before the court with Wickersham Kellogg Severance arguing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Louisiana
Colorado
Mahion Pitney
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
United States Supreme Court
United States Senate
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific Railway Systems
Supreme Court
Wickersham
Frank B. Kellogg
Cordenio A. Severance
Coal strike talk and Cleveland tribute headline mix
Domestic and industrial news items report strong labor support for miners after coal operators reject a three year renewal. Commemorations mark Grover Cleveland’s birth with eulogies and letters from Taft and governors.
Outlaws Captured After Virginia Courthouse Shootout
Sidna and Floyd Allen, leaders of the band blamed for the Carroll county courthouse attack in Hilleville Virginia, are in custody with severe wounds. Sidna Allen’s wife died in a mountain battle with a posse. Nancy Ayres, a 19 year old, was killed in the courthouse fusillade. Other items note political and transport incidents and a medical operation on Henry E. Griffin.
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Sidna
Floyd Allen
Carroll County
Hilleville
Sidne Allen
Nancy Ayres
Ocean liner collision in English Channel claims several lives
Foreign four passengers and many crew members are believed drowned after the Peninsular and Oriental liner Oceana collided with the German bark Pisagua off Beachy Head. The incident endangers 41 passengers and 280 crewmen.
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Oceana
Beachy Head
English Channel
Notable Navy Figure Melville Dies at 71 in Philadelphia
Personal Rear Admiral George W. Melville retired former engineer in chief of the U S Navy died suddenly at his Philadelphia home at 71 from a stroke of paralysis Dr Mars E Walker famed suffrage advocate was in New York City hospital treated for pneumonia R S Lovett head of Union Pacific tailway Company executive ill in Salt Lake City Alexis C Angell United States district judge resigned to President Taft noting unclear reason Appointed July 1 1941 William Whitney estate in Pittsfield Mass transfers title to a trust to preserve largest private game preserve in the east headed by Harry Payne Whitney
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George W. Melville
United States Navy
Philadelphia
S S
Mars E. Walker
Hes Dangerously
Presbyterian Hospital
New York City
R. S. Lovett
Union Pacific Tailwey Company
Salt Lake City
Alexis C. Angell
United States
Eastern District of
Michigan
Detroit
Taft
William ¢. Whitney
Pittefield
Mass
Harry Payne Whitney
Iowa Public Service plans gas network between Ames and Nevaes
A Des Moines group advances the Iowa Public Service company to install gas mains nine miles between Ames and Nevaes. Nine miles of mains will be laid, supplying farmers with gas as the company incorporates to operate the cress county system across Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Mountain
Des Moines
Iowa Public Service Company
Iowa
Samuel Josephs
Ubuque
Ollie Faleon
Fort Des Moines
A. B. Cummins
House
Senate
Iowa Association
John H. Cook
College Springs
Sarah Doughman
Tracey
James K. P. Norris
Mount Ayr
Evans Reed
Pleasanton
Seth Thayer
Delmar
Jacob Wikle
Marshalltown
Lewis J. C. Zeigenius
Clinton
R. F. Rysdam
Oskahoosa
Jessie Field
County
Young Women’s Christian Association
San Francisco
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Grand Lodge
Alice Dixon Lowther
Creston
District Court
John W. Lowther
Eagle Grove Farmers’ Elevator and Supply Company
A. J. Keithoff
Cedar Rapids
Charles Rozeveil
Ely
Roth Island
Clinton County Teachers’ Institute
George H. Betts
Cornell
Blanche Gowery
Marion
Fred Hrahall
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Welleburg
Congressional House Committee On Interstate Commerce
Court of Commerce
Seed corn and soil lectures to tour Iowa
An Iowa State College extension train will tour over eighty cities from Indianola to Des Moines with 40 to 50 minute lectures on seed corn and soil fertility. Prof. A H Snyder leads a team including Profs Bliss Hauser Mosher Burger and McDonald. The program includes germination testing, soil analysis, crop rotation, and scientific farming practices.
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Ames College
Rock Island
R. K. Bliss
W. H. Stevenson
Agronomy
R Biss
P. G. Holden
Rock Island Railway
Corps of
Eldon
Libertyville
Ira J. Scott
Nevada
Story County
W. L. Peck
Waukon
Allamakee County
Des Moines
Burlington
Iowa
Indianola
Peris
A. H. Snyder
Iowa State College At
Ames
G. H. Bliss
H. A. Hauser
H. L. Mosher
A. A. Burger
Harl McDonald
College Observes Natal Day at Ames
Forty three years since Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was dedicated and fifty four years since the legislature approved $10000 for locating expenses. Dr. O H Cessna noted the event at chapel. Walter B Miles of Iowa City spoke on The Cost of Precision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Ames
Mechanic ‘Arta
O. H. Cessna
Walter B. Miles
Iowa City
Logan Methodist Rally With Peat and Huddleston
Members of the Logan Methodist church plan a large meeting Thursday afternoon and evening March 19 with speakers Jacob F. Peat of Ching King China and Oscar Huddleston of Manila P I addressing on the Men and Religion Forward Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Methodist Church of
Jacob F. Peat
Ching King
China
Oscar Huddleston
Manila
P. I
Forty Acres Sold for Twelve Thousand Dollars
Belle Plaine March 19 A transaction closed for forty acres adjoining Belle Plaine to be laid out in city lots. Land held for years by the S. M. Beeson estate of Niles Michigan sold for twelve thousand dollars or three hundred dollars per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
S. M. Beeson
Niles
Mich
Vinton Plans Full Length Washington Street Paving
Vinton council orders Washington street paved from the current business district to Tilford academy at the city edge. The project starts in the existing paved area and extends to the outer corporate limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Washington Street
Tilford Academy
Rock Island Brakeman Injured Near Davenport
Robert Smith a 20 year old brakeman on the Rock Island between Eldon and Davenport was injured last night just west of Davenport his right leg amputated six inches below the hip joint in the accident as reported from Eldon March 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldon
Robert Smith
Rock Island
Davenport
Sioux City Seeks 9 PM Curfew Law
Sioux City council orders City Attorney F E Gill to draft an ordinance establishing a 9 o clock curfew and penalties for parents of children who disobey the rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
F. E. Gill
High Price Land Sale in Washington Township
Des Moines reports a major land deal as 80 acres in Washington township sell for 220 dollars per acre. The transaction totals 17200 dollars, with C. H. Kimberley selling to W. D. Fidler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Beason
Washington Township
C. H. Kimberley
W. D. Fidler
Boy Scouts Edge Mount Pleasant Team 35 to 28
In Fairfield the Boy Scouts team defeated Mount Pleasant Y M C A Intermediate squad 35 to 28 at Parsons College gymnasium on Saturday.
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Boy Scouts
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Y. M. C. A
Fairfield
Parsons College Gymnasium
State Executives Meet in Des Moines Conference
Des Moines on March 19 reports chief executive officers of the state institutions will gather today for the quarterly conference with the state board of control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Resinol Ointment Promises Skin Relief for Eczema
An advertisement touts Resinol Ointment as a cure for eczema and itching eruptions. It cites a doctor’s endorsement and a patient who reports relief after using a 6 percent preparation. The ad mentions Resinol Soap, suggests free samples, and lists Baltimore as the sample source.
Cold Welcome Sad Excuse
A humorous dialogue shows a man stuttering as he recalls never having married. He recounts asking a girl to marry him, she replies she would rather be excused, and he apologizes for his own awkward pun.
Five Dollar Fine Hitching Sign Draws Jests
A country clergyman laments that couples marrying in town bypass his house. The adviser quips about a tree sign reading Five dollars fine for hitching here, reflecting small town humor from Youth's Companion.
Cure Alleged for Infant Eczema by Cuticura Use
A Syracuse mother reports her eight month old daughter developed facial eczema linked to teething. After ineffective physician guidance she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, following the product booklet, and by age one the child was completely cured. The family notes no further eczema through age three.
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Freeman Craver
Lewis St
Syracuse
Dept. L. Boston
Quack Patent Remedies and Humorous Notes From 19th Century Page
A jumble of advertisements and jokes, including claims for Allen’s Faster Paste antiseptic powder and Sirs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children. The text mocks long engagements and mentions marriage to an heiress, with stray lines about misled spouses and aging hopes.
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Corstant
Allen
Alles G. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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Food Bureau
Wilson
Indiana
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Ohio
New York
Wisconsin
Kentucky
Illinois
California
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Office of Public Roads
Grover Cleveland
The
College of the City of
Dix
Harmon
Otto A. Rosalsky
Court of General Ressions
Owen Egan
Bureau of Combustibles
Benjamin Mears
Newton
Kan
Oklahoma
Mears
W. L. Plumb
San Diego
Cal
Katherine Tingley
Theosophist
Point Loma
George W. Patterson
Newesette
Theosophists. Es
A. E. Thomas
Bisbee
Ariz
Nogales
Sonora
Govs. Oswald West
Oregon
Tasker L. Oddle
Roosevelt
Chicago
Bathtub Trust
Detroit, Mich
Andrew Bennett
Bryant, S. D
Chicago Great Western
Dunkerton
Thhree
Nebraska Penitentiary
Lancaster
James Delahunty
Charlea Wagner
A. C. Heilman
A. G. Doody
New York Central
Poughkeepsie
David A. Trousdale
Wells-Fargo Express
Southern Pacific
Sanderson
Torrell County
Texas
William C. Lusk
Henry E. Griffin
Ottawa
Ont
Chicago Drainage Canal
Lake
St Lawrence
Victor Emmanuel
Rome
Eling
Antonio Dalba
Pantheon
Fofjat
Tripoli
J. W. Murphy
Glenwood
William H. Truebloog
William Galloway
Truetlood
Dogz
Grinnell
Rock Island Road
Audubon
Castana
Correctionville
Dyersville
Edgewood
Elliott
Graettinger
Hamburg
Lone Tree
North English
Springville
Strawberry Point
Wyoming
Susan Ward
Nichols
Holstein
Zoffka Bros
E. P. Cele
Creston Bank
Ralph Gill
Creston Business College
Kate Mattes
Joseph Mattes
Odebolt
Northwest
Schumann- Heink
Emmetsburg
Louise Campbell
Woodbine
Illinois& Iowa Interurban
West Union
Burlington Railroad
Experte
Iowa State Agricultural College
College
Gays Resino
F. M. Stevens
D.D
Dover
Resting Chemical Co
Baltimore
Griggse
Bachellor
Briggs
Henry
Peck
Alonzo
Sirs
Winslow
Soc & Bettie
Love
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