Cummins Named Temporary Chairman at Iowa GOP Meet
Des Moines June 15 Senator Ab bert B Cummins was chosen temporary chairman of the Republican state convention by the state central committee The convention will be held in the Coliseum in Des Moines Aug 3 W W F Hunter of Webster City was elected secretary and trainer assistant secretary Both are progressive Republicans The committee adjourned after adopting resolutions on the death of H D Copeland and planned the future meeting of the convention is to include 1 3883 delegates
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Des Moines
Abbert B. Cummins
State Central
Coliseum
F. Hunter
Webster City
Sercetary
Trainer
Charles W. Lyon
Senator Cummins
H. D. Copeland
Chariton
Highth
Many Bankers Are Coming to Iowa Convention
Des Moines reports a large influx of bankers for the Iowa Bankers association convention with about one thousand attendees from the Midwest. Leslie M. Shaw of Philadelphia will speak on The Central Bank after arriving from Mount Vernon. Entertainment includes a theater party at Ingersoll park and a Dutch lunch at Hyperion Field club with a Des Moines Sioux City game possible if cement plant visit is cancelled.
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Des Moines
Middle West
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Rock Island
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Omaha
Minneapolis
St. Joseph
Leslie M. Shaw
Philadelphia
Title Guarantee & Trust Co
Mount Vernon
Central Bank
Ingersoll Park
New Hyperion Field
Guthrie Case Witnesses Testify in Dynamite Plot Trial
In Guthrie Iowa on June 18 Dr Alexander Hall and his wife testified in the trial of Dr Ida Guthrie charged with dynamiting the home of Hall’s father in law J A Quick near Prairie City weeks earlier.
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Hall
Guthrie
Newton
Alexander Hall
Ida Guthrie
J. A. Quick
Prairie City
Carroll Talks to Grand Jury in Des Moines Probe
Governor Carroll was called before the Polk county grand jury on Tuesday to tell his side of the Carroll Downie affair, the subject of a weeklong probe by the grand jury in Des Moines during June.
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Carroll
Grand Jury
Des Moines
Polk County Grand Jury
Carroll-Downie
White's Life Shown In Cross Examination In Browne Bribery Trial
In Chicago on June 15 Representative Charles A. White faced cross examination by defense attorney W S Forrest as jurors stood under guard. Forrest pressed on White s life and alleged bribery links to the Lorimer election, probing claims of flight from Tennessee and unpaid suit bills. White admitted some details but said he did not recall others while Forrest indicated more lines of questioning about past associations and receipts. The judge scheduled a single defense argument on whether Beckemeyer and Link may testify, with Forrest agreeing to present objections later.
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Chicago
Charles A. White
Lee O'Neil Browne
W. S. Forrest
White
Lorimer
Tennessee
Suit
Forrest
John E. W. Wayman
H. D. Stecker
Louisville
Tenn
Stecker
Knoxville
Forest
Johnson City
Newcomer's Hardware Store
McSurely
Beckemeyer
Link
MccSurely
Mr. Forrest
Iowa Fire Insurance Agents Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the Iowa fire insurance agents annual meeting as H. W. Binder of Council Bluffs opens the session at the Savery hotel. The schedule includes addresses this afternoon and tomorrow by Binder, H. R. Howell of Des Moines, H. H. Putnam of Boston, H. P. Guiney of Sioux City, followed by the annual banquet.
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Iowa
Des Moines
H. W. Binder
Council Bluffs
Savery Hotel
Binder
H. R. Howell
H. H. Putnam
Boston
H. P. Guiney
Sioux City
Revolt Reported in Western Brazil Independent Region
Advices from Rio de Janeiro state report insurgents in Jurua prefecture Acre district have driven out the governor and declared independence in western Brazil. Berlin dispatches confirm the revolt as of June. Local authorities have yet to restore order as tensions rise across the frontier.
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Brazil
Berlin
Germany
Rio de Jlveiro
Jurua
Acre
Braz
Greek man fatally shot in Omaha riot linked to alleged robbery
In Omaha Nebraska on June 15 a Greek immigrant Nicholas Mika was killed during a riot. Sixteen of his countrymen were arrested following the alleged robbery in South Omaha of a Greek boarding car.
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Omaha
Neb
Nicholas Mika
South
Flood Devastates Ahr Valley Killing Hundreds in Germany
Cologne June 15. A historic flood in the Ahr valley of the Hifel region killed about 200 people with eighty seven bodies recovered along river banks. A bridge collapse at Schult and widespread destruction left peasants distressed as rains caused the river to exceed its banks and wash away barracks and railway lines.
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Cologne
Germany
Ahr
Hifel
Schult
Laborers on Strike Riot in Rochester
Several hundred workers striking for higher wages clashed with police in Rochester New York. Policeman Otto and Mounted Policeman Beachell tried to disperse the crowd and were severely beaten. Otto fired when knocked down a man produced, Angelo Mallo, a striker, was shot. Reserves arrived and the rioters dispersed.
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Rochester
N. Y
Otto
Beachell
Angelo Mallo
Newspaper Circulators Convene in Montreal Convention
Nearly 200 members of the National Association of Newspaper Circulation and their families converge in Montreal for the annual convention opening today at the Windsor hotel. A program of papers and entertainment is planned through Friday with Atlantic City and Atlanta as bidders for 1911. R. L. McLean of the Philadelphia Bulletin serves as president and J. R. Taylor of the Evening Press Grand Rapids as secretary and treasurer.
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Montreal
Can
National Association of Newspaper Cirulation
Windsor Hotel
Atlantic City
N. J
Atlanta
Slocum Memorial Observed in New York
Memorial services were held at St. Mark's Church on the sixth anniversary of the burning of the excursion steamer General Slocum. Several hundred church members were among the 1,200 who perished in the disaster near Hell Gate.
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New York
General Slocum
St. Mark's Church
Hell Gate
Handling of Baggage Discussed at Convention
In Detroit Michigan on June 15 the twenty ninth annual convention of the American Association of General Baggage Agents concluded discussions on baggage handling and the tariff on baggage. The meeting was held in Detroit and covered operational practices and pricing standards.
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Detroit
Mich
American Association of General Baggage Agents
Schooner Van Herdt Wrecks Off Curacao. Survivors Report Losses
The government schooner Van Herdt wrecked on Curacao's northeast coast during thick weather. Of the captain, crew, and passengers, all but four sailors and one passenger were drowned, including the governor of Buen Ayre. The vessel, en route from Buen Ayre, served interisland traffic in the Dutch Antilles. survivors number five.
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Willemstad
Curacao
van Herdt
Buen Ayre
Dutch Antilles
Islands
Burnham Heads Commission for Washington Beautification
President Taft appoints a Commission of Fine Arts to pass upon future D C building locations and plans. Daniel H. Burnham of Chicago is named chairman, with members including Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., Thomas Hastings, Daniel C. French, Frank D. Miller, Cass Gilbert, and Charles Moore.
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Washington
Commission of Fine Arts
District of Columbia
Taft
Congress
Daniel H. Burnham
Chicago
Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr
Boston
Thomas Hastings
New York
Daniel C. French
Frank D. Miller
Cass Gilbert
Charles Moore
Detroit Mich
Use of liquor on: decrease
New York June 15 The consumption of alcoholic beverages has decreased during the last two years by 110 185 000 according to the issue of the American Grocer The publication shows 1909 liquor consumption totals Whisky 566 923 331 beer 879 872 542 wines 107 219 990 total 1 554 005 863 For 1907 estimated total retail cost was 1 664 191 463 Population rose 2 749 966 in the same period Per capita use of spirits is the lowest since 1900 and beer since 1905 Last year s consumption of tea coffee and cocoa was the largest since 1905.
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New York
Bureau of Statistics
Big Glutton Pays Penalty at Marion Ohio
Dr. C. H. L. Bonner aged sixty nine died after years of abnormal appetite. He recently indulged in extreme eating, consuming a double steak, twelve large potatoes, two dishes of onions, two loaves of bread with a pound of butter, and finished with three dozen hard boiled eggs.
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Marion, O
C. H. L. Bonner
Bonner
Governor asks Hawkins to resign. Hawkins refuses
Austin June 15 Governor T M Campbell asked Commissioner of Insurance and Banking Hawkins to retire. Hawkins declines, saying he has committed no offense requiring resignation. The governor's reasons remain unknown.
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Austin
Tex
T. M. Campbell
Insurance and Banking
Hawkins
Rates Agreed Upon and New Court Powers Adopted in Rail Bill
Washington reports a complete railroad bill agreement after a conference of President and Senators Aldrich Elkins and Cravs with Eling. The bill creates a five judge commerce court to review Interstate Commerce Commission orders, tacks on broad regulation for telegraph telephone and cable firms, sets long and short haul rules, and empowers the commission to set just rates after hearings. It also imposes penalties for rate discrimination and requires carriers to disclose rate information while enabling stock and bond investigation commissions. The act slated to take effect 600 days after passage with specific provisions on new rates and commissions.
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Washington
Aldrich
Elkins
House
Commerce Court
United States Court of Commerce
Senate
Circuit Courts of the
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Circuit Court
Circuit Court of the
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Powers of Commerce Commission
Commission
Congress
Montreal Fire Deaths Reach Three Victims
In Montreal the Herald building fire yielded three bodies recovered. Police and fire crews continue digging for more victims as crowds gather at city morgues. Hospital reports list 26 injured in the disaster.
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Herald
Montreal
Railways in Mexico to acquire Pan American network
Mexico City June 15 The Mexican Herald reports strong belief that the National Railways of Mexico will soon absorb the Pan American railroad recently purchased by D Thompson former US ambassador to Mexico the Vera Cruz Isthmus system and the Tehuantepec National railroad per authority cited.
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Mexico City
National Railways of Mexico
Pan-American Railroad
D. ©. Thompson
United States
Mexico
Vera Cruz & Isthmus
Mexican Herald
Bay of 12 is Postoffice Robber
Postoffice inspectors are sent to Palmer Lee New Mexico to take charge of a twelve year old Mexican lad who has confessed to robbing the Palmer Lee postoffice. The youth is described as one of the youngest safe crackers in criminal history.
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Denver
Col
Palmerlee
N. M
Palmerlee Postoffice
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