Howard 19 elected as Iowa implement dealers protest high rates
Des Moines delegates from the Iowa Implement Dealers Association urged the railroad commission to lower heavy farm machinery transport rates. A Farrington led resolution pressed for a state legislature commerce and retail trade committee. Governor Carrall’s road narrowing plan received broad backing. The convention kept headquarters at the state fair, sought a manufacturers building, and called for stronger credit protections including attachable collateral. Officers elected: President W S Howard, Vice President J Z Vatshaw, Secretary-Treasurer B E Rymknecht, Board member W P Smith.
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Des Moines
Iowa Implement Dealers’ Association
Railroad Commission of
D. L. Farrington
Farrington
Carrall
le State Fair
F Air
Legigniure
W. S. Howard
Schaller
J. 2. Vatshaw
Waterloo
BE. P. Rymknecht
Donnellsai
W. PF. Smith
Winterset
Actor J C Williams poisons self over lover in Fort Dodge
Harry Adams 42 known as J C Williams drank carbolic acid in Ward hotel lobby to end life after failed attempt to reunite with Jennie Saggers 18 a chambermaid. The pair had toured Iowa Illinois Minnesota vaudeville circuits and Saggers is daughter of a Boone county farmer. Adams traced her Tuesday and sought reunion before his noon death.
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Fort Dodge
Ja. Dee
Harry Adams
J. C. Williams
Ward Hotel
Jonnie Saggers
Adams
Jennie Saggers
Stapleton
Minn
Boone County
Iowa
Ilinois
Minnesota
Dolliver Speaks at Chicago Press Club
Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver of Iowa, a leading insurgent, spoke at the Chicago Press Club. He called the last congress not acting unanimously a hopeful sign and predicted Taft would be friendly on insurance measures. he warned that the era of unanimous consent skin games harming the people would not return.
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Dolliver
Chicago
Jonathan BP. Dolliver
Iowa
Taft
Congress
Children Open Corn Show in Des Moines
About 600 school children joined a riverfront parade and crowd at the Coliseum as the seventh annual Iowa Corn Growers association contest and corn exposition opened.
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Des Moines
Iowa Cor Growers
Blizzard Is On Coal Short In Northwest Strike Actions Grow
St Paul reports half the switchmen wish to return but fear colleagues. State labor chief urges an interstate mediation board with ex governors to settle the strike. Blizzard hits Montana as traffic slows. Northern Pacific moves coal trains for its own use. Detroit-like conditions extend to Duluth and Grand Forks. Chicago recruits 1500 nonunion men to break the strike with 37 cents an hour plus board and lodging.
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St Paul, Minn
Morrison
Union Station
Switchmen’s Union
Soo
Omaha
W. TR. EL. McEwen
Eberhart
Board of Mediation
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Northern Pacific
F. D. Welsey
Great Northern
Grand Forks
Duluth
Twin Cities
Crookston
Minn
Hawley
Brotherhood of Railway
Ley
I.T. Kagley
Switchmen's Union of North America
Northwest
Twin City
Chicago
Loop
Masked Woman Hurls Acid In Bellfontaine Doorway
In Bellefontaine Ohio a masked woman who knocked on Mrs. George Mann door hurled vitriol into her face and fled. Manns eye injuries are serious though saved by doctors and deep facial burns will disfigure her. Mann later received letters threatening her death.
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Bellefontaine, O
George Mann
10000 Stolen Books Recovered in Brooklyn Rooms
Police recovered more than 3,000 stolen books from New York city public libraries in a Brooklyn boarding house. Detectives found the collection in two rooms. many titles are old and rare and the set is valued at over 10000 dollars.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
Maine
Woman's College Seeks 1 Million for Recitation Hall
Trustees of Harnad College announce a plan to raise 1 000 900 dollars for a new recitation hall and gymnasium in New York. The drive aims to fund construction and related facilities as part of campus improvements.
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Woman's College
New York
Harnad College
Walsh Refused Bas Handed Over to Marshal
John T. R. Walsh, former Chicago National Bank president, remains in federal custody after the appeals court denied a rehearing and bail extension. Deputy marshals will guard him until January 3 as the case goes to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari. Walsh, frail from illness, awaits a final ruling on his five year sentence and potential bond changes.
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Chicago
John TR. Walsh
United States
Federal Court of Appeals
Grosseup
Mr. Walsh
Fort Leavenworth
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicago National Bank
United States Supreme Court
Walsh
Hent Ant
Howard Northrup
Hoy
BE. C. Ritsher
Ruef Released from San Francisco Jail on Bonds
Abraham Ruef, a dominant figure in San Francisco politics, was freed from the county jail on bonds totalling 300000 dollars. He had been jailed since November 13 of the prior year after District Attorney Francis J. Heney was shot in the courtroom.
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Abraham Ruef
San Francisco
Ruef
Francis J. Heney
Plot Revolution in Russia Revealed in St Petersburg
Reports from Nev indicate a 4 A conspiracy to spark a revolution. Arrests extend across multiple locations with 488 people detained in connection with the plot.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Nev
Lotr
Wedded 50 Years Divorced in Los Angeles
Mrs Go vinda Sheppard aged 70, wife of Samuel Sheppard, was granted a divorce and alimony of 30 dollars monthly in Los Angeles on December 4. The couple had been married fifty years.
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Los Angeles
Gal
Govinda Sheppard
Samuel Sheppard
Political fight begins in England after prorogation
London reports the prorogation of parliament triggers party campaigning. David Lloyd George at the National Liberal club opened the scramble with a bold speech expected to guide radicals. Winston Churchill campaigned in Lancashire while Lord Lansdowne and J Austen Chamberlain spoke for the Unionists in Plymouth.
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London
House of Commons
David Lloyd-George
Tunncheon
National Liberal Club
Wwinston Spencer
Cunwehill
Lancashire
Lord Lansdowne
House of Lords
J. Austen Chamberlain
Ratfour
Plymouth
Town saved by buttermilk in Patch Grove fire
In Fennimore Wisconsin on December 4 a fire destroyed the A E Habberman Creamery plant. The town of 500 formed a bucket brigade and with 500 buckets of buttermilk saved the adjacent Wesley Garlach home. Had flames reached the residence the town might have burned.
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Fennimore
Wis
Patch Grove
A. E. Habberman Creamery Company
Wesley Garlach
Garlach
Blizzard Raging in West Hits Montana and Wyoming
A severe blizzard devastates eastern Montana and northern Wyoming. Wyoming stockmen fear heavy losses as 500 school children in Matinee and Sheridan are escorted home to prevent them from being stranded in the storm.
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Butte
Monk
Wee
Montanez
Wyoming
Matinee
Sheridan
Severe gale hits Britain coast towns and ships
Across Great Britain a severe gale caused substantial damage, especially along coastal areas. Minor maritime shipping suffered, but no loss of life reported. In Georgia a man died by his own action and a woman died after fainting during her son’s operation. China seeks to curb opium trade by banning poppy cultivation.
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London
Great Britain
China
Seattle
Wash
Dee
Minnesota
Prairie Transport Stranded In Delaware Mud After Grounding
The U S Army transport Prairie with 700 marines aboard is stuck in mud in the Delaware River near Pea Patch Island south of Philadelphia. Tugboats failed to free the vessel as high tide approached, leaving the ship immobilized until the next flood tide.
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Philadelphia
United States
Transport Prairie
Delaware
Central America
The
Prairie
F. L. Lubbet
Delaware River
Pea Patch Island
Fort Matt
New Jersey
Fort du Pont
Kintball
Kellogg
the Prairie
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Harris
Navy Yard
Red Star Line
New Castie
Sommers N. Smith
Wgs
Admiral Kimball
Skellogg
Samoset
New York
Senorio Bolanos
Bis Country
Nicaragua
Fog's Toll Is Heavy in Chicago Crash Toll
Dense fog in Chicago caused a series of crashes injuring several people and damaging vehicles. Two serious rear end collisions occurred on West 103rd Street and Vincennes Road, with two possibly fatal injuries. A third accident at Indiana Street Bridge crushed three men on a rear fender. Traffic stalled on the Metropolitan elevated after an accident at South 45th Avenue. A collision on 10k Street involved two Southern Traction cars bound for Kankakee. Police from Englewood and South Chicago stations responded and injured were taken home or cared for.
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Chicago
West One Hundred and Third Street
Vincennes Road
West 103d Street
Englewood
South Chisago
Sleepwalking son charged after shots injure parents
In South Framingham Massachusetts on December 4 a 17 year old, Hinman Knowlton, was arrested after three shots were fired into his parents’ room while they slept. One round grazed Mrs Knowlton’s forehead and another struck Mr Knowlton in the jaw. A small revolver was found on the floor. The youth claimed no knowledge of the shooting and appeared to be asleep at the time.
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South Framingham
Mass
Hinman Knowlton
Knowlton
Sugar Fraud Scales Demonstrated in Williams burg Trial
In New York in December experts demonstrated the alleged scales used in the sugar fraud scheme on the Williams burg sugar decks. Deputy Surveyor Richard Parr, famed for exposing earlier frauds, is expected to testify about the six former American Sugar Refining Co employees and their link to a conspiracy to defraud customs of millions in sugar duties.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Williamsburg
Richard Parr
American Sugar Refining Company
Gow
Striker Shot as Clash Breaks Out at Brooklyn Factory
In Brooklyn a clash between striking workers and a non-striker at a shirtwaist factory left Michael Lester shot and likely mortally wounded. About 200 strikers gathered outside, panicked and cried for Lynch him, as police dispersed the crowd.
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New York
Brooklyn
Michael Lester
Unwritten Law Fails in Georgia Murder Case
Americus, Ga December 4 Henry Patterson white man found guilty by a jury in the superior court of the murder of W F McRee who was waylaid and killed near here last July Patterson was sentenced to be hanged January 10 He admitted guilt but pleaded the unwritten law McRee had broken up his home Two of his kinsmen who testified supportively were sent to jail on perjury charges Want Reasonable Drink Law New York Dec 4 The New York State Hotel Men's association meeting here to discuss prohibition sentiment advises reasonable enforceable laws to govern hotel liquor sales in New York state
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Americus
Henry Patterson
W. F. MccRee
Here
Patterson
McRee
New York
New York State Hotel Men's Association
New York State
Franco Canadian trade pact adopted by Canadian senate
Ottawa reports the Canadian senate has adopted and ratified the Franco Canadian trade treaty, with assent by the governor general. French and Canadian governments will act to implement the pact before year’s end, enabling immediate effect before the new year. Guthrie gift pardon for 52 prisoners enables Christmas dinners at home.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canadian Senate
Guthrie
Glu
Gov
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Schaller Mat Heads Implement Dealers Association
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Joseph Myers
Merickel
Cigrenge
England
of Commons
Wisconsin
Britain
Evansville, Ind
William Puller
Elberfeld
Givens
Georgia
Columbus, Ga
J. M. Brown
Cleveland (D
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Berlin
Germany
J. W. F. Penn
Lokal Anzeiger
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T Harold Yotman
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