Drownings Hit Several Iowa Rivers Last Sunday
Waterloo Cedar River claimed three victims including two farmers and a boiler maker from Faribault. Lee Terry 22 and Charles Lentz 21 drowned near Plainfield after Terry stepped from a sandbar into nine feet of water. Lentz swam to help him and both were dragged under. Thomas E. Leadon 26 of Faribault drowned in five feet of water after cramps. Mississippi drownings near Dubuque claimed Peter Buehr 23 and Nicholas Buehr 20, with Peter's body later found. Keokuk saw Harry Bordecker 18 drown at Demming slough despite aid attempts. Oskaloosa reported Fred Herrington 22 drowned in the Des Moines river during a camping party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Waterloo
Thomas E. Leadon
Lee Terry
Charles Lentz
Thomas EK
Leadon
Faribault
Minu
Plainfield
Terry
Lentz
Pennsylvania
Dubuque
Peter Buehr
Nicholas Buehr
Specht’s Ferry
Mississippi River
Nicholas
Peter
Keokuk
Harry Bordecker
Montana
Demmingslough
Montrose
Bordecker
Oskaloosa
Fred Herrington
Des Moines
Three Men Hurt in a Riot at Lennox Machine Company
Three non union machinists replacing strikers at Lennox Machine Company in Marshalltown Iowa were attacked by a mob of strikers and sympathizers. Benton and Dulany both from Omaha were wounded in the head by missiles. Howard, another strikebreaker, believes he shot a man in the leg. Police arrived too late to prevent the scuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Lennox Machine Company
R. J. Benton
Wm. Dulany
Omaha
R. W. Howard
Lawyers Gather for Iowa County Attorneys and Bar Associations
Des Moines hosts the County Attorneys Association of Iowa on Wednesday and Thursday and the Iowa State Bar Association convention on Thursday and Friday. About five hundred attorneys are expected, with most of the state’s county attorneys attending. Former Colorado Governor Charles S. Thomas will be the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
County Attorneys’ Association of
Iowa
Iowa State Bar Association
C. 5S. Thomas
Colorado
Bar Association
Hot Weather Boosts Iowa Crops In Week Of No Frost
Des Moines reports the heat wave greatly benefits the Iowa corn crop and other vegetation per a crop bulletin by Dr. George M. Chappel. The bulletin notes the week was frost-free in parts of the state for the first time since mid April. Also, Des Moines records the Iowa Automobile Club's 400 mile endurance run began with twenty three cars starting the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Des Moines
George M. Chappel
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Iowa Automobile Club
Girl Probably Fatally Burned In Gasoline Explosion
Louise Schonberger from Dubuque Iowa, aged 11, was likely fatally burned in a gasoline explosion at her home. She had just returned from having her picture taken in her communion veil and dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Louise Schonberger
National meat packers charged in price conspiracy
Jefferson City Mo June 21 Attorney General Elliott M Major filed quo warranto information in the Missouri Supreme Court seeking to oust five meat packing companies Armour Packing Morris Swift Hammond and St Louis Dressed Beef and Provision from corporate rights and to confiscate or fine their property The action traces back to 1909 with schemes to fix prices and restrain trade in live stock poultry butter eggs and related products and alleges the National Packing company formed in 1902 to consolidate and control meat packing nationwide through unlawful trusts and agreements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Elliott M. Major
Supreme Court
Armour Packing Company
Morris & Co
Swift & Co
Hammond Packing Company
St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company
Armour, Swift and Morris
Hammond and St. Louis Dressed Beef and Provision Company
National Packing Company
Missouri
Nve
Trust
Hammond and
St. Louis
Hammond
New Jersey
Combine
United States
Hammond and St. Louis
Floods along the Ohio cause great damage across regions
Pittsburg reports from districts cut off by late storms indicate damage will exceed initial estimates. One death, Julius Desrouche, 62, drowned near Brunet's island while trying to reach the north shore. Logs and lumber float from Cheat river toward Point Marion, threatening the town of 600 if the river rises five more feet. A cloudburst and ensuing fires burned several homes. Brownsville officials estimate $100,000 in property damage as the Monongahela rises to 35 feet and damages railroad access.
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Pittsburg
Julius Desrouche
Ohio River
Brunet
Point Marion
Cheat River
Marion
Brownsville
Police Balked in Murder of Aged Jeweler
New York reports the murder of Moses Sachs, a 70s jeweler, for 3000 diamonds and 300 dollars in cash. He was choked and placed alive in a trunk found in a Goerck street hallway. Police hope tracing the trunk leads to the dealer and purchaser. Sachs was last seen at a Chrystie street grocery Friday before the trunk appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moses Sachs
Goerek Street
Chrystie Street
Goerck Street
Pawned Skeleton of Mother-in-law Advertised for Sale
In San Jose on June 21 192? the skeleton of J D Scotts mother in law and un redeemed pledge was advertised for sale at a local pawnshop by Natti Weinberg. Scott had brought the bones to the shop nine months earlier after raising five dollars and claimed to have carried the skeleton for years. The woman was bitten by a rattlesnake in 1869 on San Miguel island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
J. D. Scott
Los Angeles
Natti Weinberg
Scott
Weinberg
San Miguel Island
Auto Smash-Up Kills Fourteen-Year-Old in Marion
In Marion Indiana on June 21 Cleo Shaffer fourteen died instantly when an auto ridden by a twelve year old driver lost steering control and rolled into a ditch. Seven playmates were injured in the crash. Nearby in Waukesha Wisconsin on the same day William Grobben was killed and John Kelly and Harry Doex injured when a car toppled down a steep embankment into a fence. all occupants were Milwaukee residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ind
Cleo Shaffer
Russell Gray
Waukesha
Wis
William Grobben
John Kelly
Harry Doex
Milwaukee
Taft Pushes Publicity Bill For Campaign Contributions
Washington June 21 President Taft energized by his legislative push assents to push Congress to pass before adjournment the bill requiring publicity of campaign contributions in all races for federal offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Congress
Nevada 1S Winner Quarters Set for Jeffries in Nevada
Reno dispatch reports Tex Rickard met with newspaper men at the St Francis before leaving for Reno to arrange sites for the Jeffries fight in Nevada. Quarters have been booked for Jeffries at Moana Springs and for Johnson at Lawton s Springs. Goldfield mobilizes offers up to 120000 to bring the bout to Goldfield, while Reno is favored by Rickard despite Goldfield talks. Mayor McCarthy remains silent as Kaufman Langford promotions end.
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Jeffries
Moana Springs
Johnson
Lawton’s Springs
Kaufman- Langford
San Francisco
Tex Richard
St. Francis Hotel
Richard
Reno
Nevada
Fighting Fraternity
Rickard
Lawton's Springs
Goldfield
McCarthy
Louis Blot
Gillett
Brave fellow gives his life for others
Washington June 21 Charles Diver a motorman died in a hospital from injuries after he saved passengers from a live electric wire on the Cabin John bridge line. He thrust two women away and seized the wire with a newspaper, his clothes catching fire before bystanders smothered the flames and he was carried to the Potomac bank. His wife, a new mother, learned recovery was unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Diver
Nes
Cabin John Bridge
Diver
Potomac River
Miners Kill Man in Fight at Mine Cabin
In Rock Springs Wyoming on June 21 a brutal brawl at a cabin near mine No 1 left one man dead and others badly hurt. All involved were foreigners and unable to speak English. Police lack transcription ready names. Circumstantial evidence suggests the victim was held down while another man beat him with a crowbar. The crowd then wounded the killer, and three others were injured.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Mine No. 1
Edgewood church chicken salad sickens eighteen in Pawtucket
A lawn party hosted by the Ladies Aid society at Edgewood Congregational church allegedly caused ptomaine poisoning in eighteen people. Among the seriously affected are Col Arthur W. Warfield and his wife and daughter along with Rev Dr John Hale Larry and his wife. In a separate note, the French freighter La Rochelle sank after colliding with the Yews off Skerries, ten crew members drowned.
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Pawtucket
R. L
Ladies’ Aid Society
Edgewood Congregational Church
Arthur W. Warfield
John Hale Larry
Holyhead
Wales
la Rochelle
Bordeaux
Liverpool
Skerries
Ireland
Dougherty denied bail in appeal case
Springfield June 21 The motion of N C Dougherty former Peoria city schools head now jailed for forgery and embezzlement was denied by the supreme court in pending appeal. Detroit Industrial Exposition opens with 200 exhibits and abundant amusements Canada Day slated tomorrow. Boston June 21 Quadruplets born as Roosevelt lands Father of three boys and a girl says the birth coincides with the president's homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
N. C. Dougherty
Peoria
Joliet Penitentiary
Supreme Court
Detroit
Roosevelt
Boston
Samuel Anderson
Charlestown
Sultan of Jolo on world tour to study agriculture
The sultan of Jolo has sailed for India on a world tour and will spend two months in the United States to study agriculture. He carries Jolo pearls valued at 250000 dollars to sell for the benefit of Moro farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sultan of Jaoo
Manila
Sultan of Jolo
India
United States
Postal Clerks Call for Pensions Support
Chicago postoffice clerks join in a resolution urging Chicago congressmen to back the Golden bill providing graduated pensions for superannuated postal workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Postoffice Clerks’ Association
Postoffice
Bagmen of Bagdad In Session In Columbus
Members of the Ancient Mystic Order of Bagmen of Bagdad gather in Columbus on June 21 representing regions nationwide. Officers will be elected and candidates initiated. The meeting coincides with the supreme council session of the United Commercial Travelers, to which the Bagmen belong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagmen of Bagdad
Columbus, O
Order of Bagmen of Bagdad
Supreme Council of the United Commercial Travelers
Bagmen
Texas Democrats Name Date
Dallas June 21 Chairman A B Storey of the state Democratic executive committee has sent out the official call for the Democratic convention to be held at Galveston on August 9. All state officers are to be nominated at this convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
A. B. Storey
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Galveston
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Atlantic
Mississippi
Cedar Rivers
State Bar Association
After Meat Trust
Armour, Morris, Swift, and
Others
Ohio
Brunot's Island
Indiana Girl
Comepanions
SIG
Reno OR
Lawn Fete
Charles Washington
Thomas Carrol
Lake, Chicago
I. L. Lucky
Wentworth Avenue
Hast Seventy-fifth Street
Jayneh
South Chicago
Chas. A. Grubb
4Th and
Chestnut Streets
C. B. Clovis
Melcher’s
T. B. Swan
J. B. Rockafellow
Wood & Savery
John H. Wood
BRN
U. Wood C. W. Savery
Tule
Birth and
Chestnut
Sta
D. C. Herbert
East Fifth Street
Max Emmert
N. D
Musson
Bell
C. G. Clark
Homeopathic
Interne Hospital
State University of Iowa
R. A. Gamble
Opera House
Chas. D. Finley
Oateopath
Chestnut Street
C. L. Campbell
Gillespie Building
W. C. Heers
Smiley
Music Store
Green
IOWL
G. R. Miller
Butte
J. A. Giffen
C. Thurman Furniture Company
W. M. Bailey
Chestnut St. Atlantic
M. H. Butler
Mall-Ordey House
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