Replanting of Gorn Unfavorable Prospects for Stand
Des Moines reports generally poor prospects for an average stand due to cold weather and low rain. Replanting is widespread as seed corn is exhausted. Cut worms rise and worm digging for bait is in demand. All small grain, grass, and potatoes show improvement after rains, but hay and fruit crops look light. GEO M CHAPPEL notes hay will be lighter than recent years.
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Des Moines
Chappel
Geo
M. Chappel
Ghauffer Dies at Wheel in Ottumwa Auto Crash
Ottumwa June 1. Death struck the car carrying Mrs J W Jordan and J W Jordan a member of the board of supervisors and a well known Ottumwa man He died suddenly of heart disease on the return from a country trip Mrs Jordan unaware of his condition when the car veered off the beaten track she took control of the wheel and braked the vehicle.
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Ottumwa
J. W. Jordan
Board of Supervisors
Dollliver Breaks Into Home In Washington Banter
Senator Dol liver is the subject of banter after the Washington Herald depicted him as a porch climber trying to break into his own house. He returned from Mt Vernon to find himself locked out and used a jimmy to lift a window before enlisting a small boy to boost him through.
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Washington
Dolliver
Washington Herald
Mt. Vernon
Jimmy
Auto Falls Down Steep Embankment Near Montour
A carbound party from Montour including Hart Downs and his daughter Dorothy Ellis Downs escaped serious injury when the auto plunged down a 14 foot embankment near Montour on June 1. Switzer Ellis, W. A. Downs, and Dorothy were injured and taken to an area hospital. R. Austin was uninjured. They were returning to Toledo after purchasing Memorial Day flowers.
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Marshalltown
Montour
Switzer Ellis
W. A. Downs
Dorothy
Hart Downs
R. Austin
Toledo
Young Downs
Railroads burdened to prove rate reasonableness under amendment
Washington June 1 Senator Cummins offered an amendment to the railroad bill moving the burden of proving the reasonableness of any rates raised after January 1 1911 onto railroads and it was adopted without a division Read halted by Hannibal writ Hannibal Missouri June 1 Judge Dyer temporarily restrains twenty five western railroads from enforcing or making a general advance in interstate freight rates this action to prevent rate increases pending further orders
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Washington
Senator Cum Mins
Hannibal
Hannibal, Mo
Western
United States
Dyer
Former U S Treasurer Charles Treat Dies in New York
Charles Henry Treat former treasurer of the United States under Roosevelt died of apoplexy at the Hotel Victoria in New York. He was 68 born in Frankfort Maine and earlier served as Delaware delegate at-large to the 1888 Republican convention. He led a family trading fleet and later was collector of internal revenue for the Wall Street district during the Spanish American War.
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New York
Charles Henry Treat
United States
Roosevelt
Hotel Victoria
Mr. Treat
Frankfort
Robert Treat Paine
Robert Treat
Connecticut
Dartmouth College
Delaware
Chicago
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Wall Street
Rumors Rise of Higher Ups in Sugar Conspiracy Trial
In New York on June 1, after three defendants pleaded guilty, the sugar conspiracy case in the U.S. circuit court resumed amid talk that higher officials may soon face action. Arrest of former treasury agent James O Brzezewski for perjury sparked speculation. Remaining defendants include Charles R Heike of American Sugar Refining and aides Ernest W Gerbracht and James F Bendernagel. Judge Martin denied motions to dismiss the indictments.
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New York
United States
James O. Brzezewski
Special Treasury
Charles R. Heike
American Sugar Refining Company
Ernest W. Gerbracht
Williamsburg
James F. Bendernagel
Martin
Negro Secretly Lynched Near New Madrid Missouri
The body of a Black man taken from the jail was found hanged from a tree near New Madrid after he attacked City Marshal Richards when asked to move on. The coroner's jury found no evidence in the lynching case.
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New Madrid
Richards
Girl Heroine Drowns In Rescue Attempt At Ashland
In Ashland Kentucky on June 1 Miss Clara Simpson a society leader drowned while attempting to save William Jackson from the river. She swam to his side seized his body and tried to carry him to shore but exhaustion overcame them and both perished.
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Ashland
William Jackson
Clara Simpson
Railways Kill and Injure Over a Hundred in April
Harrisburg Pa June 1 One hundred and one persons were killed and 1 051 injured on the steam rail roads and electric railways of Pennsylvania in April according to reports to the state railroad commission. Of the dead 38 were trespassers 30 employees and 6 passengers. Steam roads caused 77 deaths trolley lines 24.
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Harrisburg
Electric Railways of
Pennsylvania
State Railroad Commission
Dynamite Safe Robbery In Unity Bank
In Unity Wisconsin on June 1 a bank safe was dynamited and $2,000 stolen. The robbers, thought to be two men who had loitered around the bank for days, escaped. The Unity State Bank, established in 1905 with $10,000 capital, was the target.
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Wausau
Wis
State Bank of Unity
St Louis ex Auditor Bernard Dierkes Shoots Self
St Louis June 1 Bernard Dierkes city auditor from 1901 to 1905 shot and killed himself Saturday morning he was found unconscious from partial.
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St. Louis
Bernard Dierkes
Hunt Girl's Slayer Police Dragnet Seeks Janitor
Louisville July report states Joseph Wendling the St Johns parochial school janitor is sought as Alma Kellner’s killer. Evidence includes a ring and pin, bloodstained clothing, a locked trap door, and a carpet match. Wendling disappeared January 14. his wife remains jailed as accessory.
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Louisville
Joseph Wendling
St. John’s
Alma Kellner
Wendling
Kellner
Alma
Woman Sells Girls for 2 in Philadelphia Case
Two young witnesses Lena Stewert fourteen and Ruth Morris fifteen testified that Henry Northstein thirty five paid two dollars for their care and harboring minors for improper purposes. He was committed to prison without bail by a magistrate. The police seek the woman involved.
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Philadelphia
Henry Northstein
Lena Stewert
Ruth Morris
Demand for Direct Vote for U S Senators
Senator Owen of Oklahoma urges a constitutional amendment to elect U S senators by direct vote. He argues direct election would curb legislative corruption, curb moneyed campaigns, invite scrutiny, and reduce deadlocks while aligning government with popular will and widespread state support.
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Washington
Owen
Oklahoma
Congress
Senate
Socialist nominating convention names for three states
In Bridgeport at the Connecticut Socialist party convention Robert Hunter of Noroton was nominated for governor and Ella Reeve Bloor of Waterbury for secretary of state amid gender opposition. In Jersey City on May 31 Wilson B Killingbeck of Orange won the New Jersey Socialist nomination for governor.
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Bridgeport
N. J
Wilson B. Killingbeck
Orange
New Jersey
Socialist Party
Earthquake Shakes Mexico City Causes Alarm
A slight quake lasting about ninety seconds rocked Mexico City on June 1 with west to east oscillation. No damage occurred but guests at hotels fled to hallways and streets. Residents in residence districts left homes as the tremor passed without notable harm.
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Mexico City
Brother forces baby to drink carbolic acid, dies
In Bridgeport on June 1 six year old Harry Silvikas found an opened bottle of carbolic acid on a table and forced the contents into his ten month old brother's mouth while their mother was away. The infant died within an hour.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Harry Silvikas
Roosevelt Receives Freedom of London at Guildhall
Theodore Roosevelt was presented the freedom of the city of London at Guildhall where he spoke boldly on Britain's role in Egypt Uganda and Sudan. He praised British governance yet urged withdrawal if wrong, denounced Egypt’s Nationalist party and urged a decisive English role, drawing a large, excited audience despite a rainy morning.
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London
Theodore Ro
Old Guild
American Statesman
Motherland
Africa
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Egypt
Britain
Council Hall
Guildhall
Anne Askew
Earl of Surrey
Jane Grey
United
Ambassador Reid
Ray
Dorchesterhouse
King Street
Lord Myer
Roosevit
Mansion House
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tower Bridge
Eland
Hogland
United States
Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale
Berlain
Jol Ati
Woman's name on regular party ticket in Connecticut
Bridgeport June 1 for the first time in Connecticut history a woman's name appears on a regular party ticket Ella Reeve Bloor of Waterbury has been nominated for secretary of state by the Socialists who are in convention here this week. Also reported killed by a train near Asheville N Y June 14 and two others injured in a mishap as a man walked on a railroad track.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Connecticut
Atte
Ella Reeve Bloor
Waterbury
Asheville
N. Y
Ford Abernethy
Luginbergicaler
Bridgewater
Robert Hodges
Government to Fight Rate Increase by Western Traffic
Washington June 1 A summit among the president and Attorney General Wickersham resulted in the decision to file an injunction and suit to block the proposed freight rate hikes by the Western Traffic association. The action may be filed in Chicago as the central venue, with the Justice Department handling details. The move aligns with pending railroad rate control measures granting the Interstate Commerce Commission power to suspend increases for 60 days pending investigation. Senator La Follette urged immediate suit and a resolution to bar any rate rise without ICA approval.
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Washington
Wickersham
Western Traffic Association
Chicago
Department of Justice
United States
White House
la Follette
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fraternal Congress Meets in Boston in 1911 Session
Officers and representatives from the United States and Canada gathered in Boston for the triennial session of the supreme congress of the United Fraternal League. Supreme President John Merrill opened the meeting at 11 oclock, reporting healthy growth in members and funds. The agenda includes amendments to the constitution and selecting a host city for the 1912 session as several cities compete. The convention plans to conclude Thursday.
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United Fraternal League
Boston
United States
Canada
Supreme Congress of the United Fraternal League
John Merrill
Merrill
Chicago hosts Illinois State's Attorneys meeting
At the federal building in Chicago a gathering of Illinois State's Attorneys opened to discuss problems facing prosecutors. President Charles W Hadley spoke, with talks by N H Welch James M Sheean and Thomas Marshall. Evening events include Chicago by night and a banquet tomorrow featuring Eckhart Batten and Henderson.
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Chicago
Sinois State’s Attorneys’ Association
Federal
Charles W. Hadley
Dupage County
N. H. Welch
James M. Sheean
Thomas Marshall
Charles G. Eckhart
Board of Pardons
John H. Batten
Hamilton Club
Charles R. Henderson
Butter Hits High Mark In New York Market
May butter receipts rose above normal while top grade prices climbed beyond early season levels. Western speculators have been purchasing supplies in wholesale markets, keeping prices elevated. Best grades fetch 28 to 28 1/2 cents per pound, higher than last year’s 24 to 26 1/2 cents.
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New York
Wreck injures 25 on Union Pacific train near Ogallala
Reported derailment of a Union Pacific passenger train 102 near Ogallala Kansas injures 25 passengers none seriously. Most cars left track with only a sleeper and a toll car remaining off the rails. Authorities investigate cause as limited details emerge.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Jung
Union’ Pacific
Ogallalah
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