Negro Stimulus Stabbing Near Eighteenth Street Bridge
Des Moines report details Harry J L Smith of Indianapolis fatally stabbed by three black assailants as he fished near the Eighteenth Street bridge. Smith plight grave. detectives Jackson and Pettit pursue across the Raccoon bottoms toward St Catherine’s home. Earlier, Henry Thomas killed Harry L Cook at East Fifth and Vine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Harry JL. Smith
Indianapolis
Ind
Raccoon River
Eighteenth Street
Smith
St. Catherine’s
Tie
Charles Jackson
Thomas Pettit
Harry L. Cook
Henry Thomas
East Fifth
Vine Streets
Cook
Mercy Hospital
Thomas
LIQUOR MEN RE ELECT KLEIN
Des Moines reports a strenuous protest at the Iowa Liquor Dealers association closing session where President J. J. Klein condemned strict Iowa liquor laws. Officers elected include President J. J. Klein. Secretary H. B. Mayne. Treasurer Fred Dierks. VPs William Haase, Charles II, W. J. Bilder, H McGoogan, J. F. Mazheim. national committeeman M. Inkwersen. convention delegate J. J. Klean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Dealers’ Association
J. J. Klein
Iown
Council Bluffs
H. B. Mayne
Sioux City
Fred Dierks
Turlington
William Haase
Davenport
Charles II
W. J. Bilder
Dubuque
H. §. McGoogan
J. F. Mazheim
Clinton
M. Inkwersen
J. J. Klean
Brakeman killed by car in Cambridge yard incident
Des Moines reports brakeman D A Fleming of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway died at Mercy hospital after injuries from being crushed beneath a coupling car in Cambridge Iowa yards. His remains were sent to Perry Iowa. Also, farmer Arnold Garst of Hamburg Iowa died in an auto wreck near his farm. His daughter sustained a head injury and two year old Sunshine Wright suffered a broken tar bone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
D. A. Fleming
Chicago, Milwaukee
Hamburg
Arnold Garst
Here
Sunshine Wright
Senators Pay Promise to Heirs Sparks Deficit Debate
In Washington June 233 Senator Dol liver inserted in the general deficiency bill a provision to pay one year's salary to the heirs of Senator Allison. Debate rises over legality and precedent as the measure moves through the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Washington
Dolliver
Senate
Train death of man from heat prostration in Bismarck
Thomas Daniels of Lucas Iowa died after being removed from a train in Bismarck North Dakota where he suffered heat prostration. He has a sister living in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jowan
Bismarck
N. D
Thomas
Daniels
Lucas
Des Moines
Democrats to Meet July 21 in Des Moines
John N. Smith, chairman of the Democratic congressional committee for the Seventh Iowa district, issued a call for a district convention to be held Thursday, July 21, in Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John N. Smith
Democratic Congressional Committee
Iowa
White Like Judas Wayman Ends His Argument
Chicago, June 23. State's Attorney Wayman closed his opening in the Lee O'Neil Browne case with a reading of the oath of Illinois officers and a claim that White's testimony is overwhelmingly corroborated. He contrasted Browne and White, saying both are guilty but Browne made the confession possible. He denounced Zentner and Sturmer as perjury and attacked the defense witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wayman
Lee O'Neil Browne
McSurely
CG. E. Erbstein
Mr. Erbstein
Christ
Judas Iscariot
Browne
White
Judas
Judas, Who Sold His Master For Pieces of Silver. Mr. Wayman
State of
Illinois
Link
Beckemeyer
Myers
Charley
Briggs House
Frederick Zentner
W. H. Sturmer
Link and Beckemeyer
New Tobacco Rules Made Washington Regulation Update
Washington reports revised tobacco tax regulations from the Internal Revenue Bureau. The Payne Aldrich tariff raises taxes on tobacco products but delays implementation until July 1. New packaging options include five and ten cigars and cigarettes, with various weight limits per thousand units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Engineering Teachers Meet in Madison Session Opens
In Madison Wisconsin on June 23 a large gathering of engineering teachers attended the eighteenth annual session of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education. President Henry S Munroe of Columbia University opened the meeting with welcomes and reports. Tomorrow evening after supper at the Golf club President Van Hise of the University of Wisconsin will speak on conservation. The meeting closes Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Society For the Promotion of Engineering Education
Henry S. Munroe
Columbia University
Golf Club
van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Deaths From Heat Sweep Across Cities in June Heat
A scorching six day heat wave across North America causes dozens of deaths. In Pittsburg mills workers collapse, with at least two dead and many prostrations across Homestead, Braddock, and Duquesne. Philadelphia registers ten heat deaths as temperatures reach 92. In New York Brooklyn and Coney Island record multiple fatalities and thousands seek shade. In Indiana two men drown seeking relief in White River, and Civil War veteran Michael Donohue dies by his own hand after noting unbearable heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Indiana
Chicago
Winnipeg
Cox
Pittsburg Mills
Monongahela Valley
United States Steel Corporation
Homestead
Braddock
Duquesne
Coneysland
New York
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Indianapolis
Indiannapolis
William Head
Henderson
William Fortman
White River
Lafayette
Ind
Michael Donohue
Donohue
Mrs Taft Sets Off for Beverly for Summer Residence
Mrs Taft wife of the president left Washington for New York on her way to the summer White House at Beverly. She will stay overnight in New York with relatives then proceed to Boston where she will be joined by her three children Robert Yale graduate Charlie and Misa Helen. The president will go to Beverly for the summer once Congress adjourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
New York
White House
Beverly
Boston
New Haven
Robert
Yale
Charlie
Misa
Helen
Congress
Matches Kill Two Children in Iredell Tex
Playing with matches resulted in the deaths of two boys, the sons of J O Taylor, aged 2 and 4 years, at Iredell Texas. The children were starting a small fire when their clothes caught alight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iredell
Tex
J. O. Taylor
Harmon Renominated for Second Term Governor
Dayton Ohio June 23 Governor Judson Harmon was renominated for governor on the Democratic ticket by acclamation. He attacked the Payne Aldrich tariff in his convention address. The committee on resolutions rejected endorsing a U S senator, closing the Democratic state convention. The platform endorses Harmon’s administration and pledges support for him as the 1912 Democratic presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, O
Judson Harmon
Committee On
W. J. Bryan
United States
Harmon
New Typhoid Vaccine Found in Paris Discovery
Paris announces a new antityphoid vaccine that may interest American medical men. Commissioner Eugene T. Porter of the New York state health department notes the U S has more typhoid cases than any country and 1300 deaths were reported in New York in 1909. The vaccine is made by steeping typhoid bacilli in a weak saline solution with ether.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Eugene T. Porter
New York State Department of Health
United States
Merger Moves Forward for Chicago Elevated Lines
Chicago June 23 merger of four elevated railways nears certainty as directors of South Side and Metropolitan West Side accept Henry A Blair offers. Northwestern Elevated and Chicago Oak Park Elevated, Blair controlled, had voiced intent to join the plan months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side Elevated Railroad
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway
Henry A. Blair
Northwestern Elevated Railroad
Chicago& Oak Park Elevated Railroad
Mr. Blair
Ex German Envoy to Be Executed in Chile
The supreme court confirmed the death sentence for Wilhelm Beckert, former chancellor of the German legation, who killed a legal department employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Chile
Supreme Court
Wilhelm Beckert
Legation
Drought in Dakota broken by rains near Rugby
Rains west of Rugby North Dakota ended a long drought as storms moved eastward. The precipitation spread across the area, bringing relief to farmland and local streams, with broader showers reported in the western counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Grand Forks
N. D
Rugby
Airship Deutschland Opens Regular Passenger Service
Regular airship passenger service began as Count Zeppelin's Deutschland carried 20 passengers from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf, a 300 mile trip in nine hours. The craft traveled Stuttgart to Cologne at 41 mph, with best one hour speed of 43.5 mph. Crowds lined the route as the 435 foot airship landed in Düsseldorf at noon. Tickets for early trips range from 25 to 50 dollars and the ship includes a buffet service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duesseldorf
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Friedrichshafen
Stuttgart
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
German Airship Stock Company
Mannheim
Cologne
Deusseldorf
Enterprise
Auto tire bursts kill man in Hamburg
Arnold Garst of Hamburg was killed when his car overturned after a tire exploded near town. His two young children riding in the tonneau escaped almost uninjured as the vehicle toppled and Garst was found with his body terribly mangled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Arnold Garst
Garst
Tonneau
Indiana Democratic Editorial association opens in French Lick
The mid-summer meeting in French Lick Indiana runs for three days with President Clay W Metsker of Plymouth and Secretary Charles J Arnold of Greencastle presenting papers discussions and amusement as the event begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Editors of
Indiana
French Lick
Ind
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association
Clay W. Metsker
Plymouth
Charles J. Arnold
Greencastle
Young mining engineer dies in desert disaster near Borax Lake
G Herbert Masters, a Berkeley mining engineer and Borax lake expedition member, recounts the lethal desert ordeal that claimed Charles Stracher Davidson. After Davidson’s burial near the lake shore, Masters and the remaining party endured 24 hours of extreme heat before reaching safety in Randsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkeley
Cal
Dordering
G. Herbert Masters
Charles Stracher Davidson
University of California Mining College
Randsberg
Davidson
Randsburg
Borax Lake
Masters
Illinois State Bar Association Opens Big Meeting
Chicago hosts the thirty fourth annual Illinois State Bar association gathering at the La Salle with Attorney General Wickersham scheduled to speak tomorrow. Judges from seven states were invited and Edgar A Bancroft delivered the president’s address today. Roscoe Pound opens discussions on reforms in practice and procedure as committees report on law reform ethics and judicial administration. A banquet at South Shore Country Club closes the meeting with speeches by Wickersham and visiting judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ilinois State Bar Association
la Salle
Wickersham
Supreme Courts of
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Edgar A. Bancroft
Roscoe Pound
South Shore Country Club
France proposes measures to boost birth rate in parliament
Paris moves to raise births with laws forcing marriage for state workers over 29, extra military service for bachelors, and pensions for families with three or more children. Proposals include mandating equal estate shares among children, amid statistics showing low birth totals in 1908 and slow population growth since 1851.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Republic
Taft and Tariff Praised At Pennsylvania GOP Convention
Harrisburg June 23 praise of President Taft and the tariff marked the Pennsylvania Republican platform. Judge James F. Taylor of Washington county placed John K. Tener’s name for governor, the only name offered. John M. Reynolds was nominated for lieutenant governor, Henry Houck for secretary of interior affairs, and C Fred Wright for state treasurer with no opposing candidates named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Taft
James F. Taylor
Washington County
John K. Tener
John M. Reynolds
Henry Houck
C. Fred Wright
Accident on Switchback Railway at Coney Island
On June 23 at Coney Island the Rough Riders ride on the Switchback railway reached 70 mph. Two cars jumped the track and sixteen people were hurled from a 60 foot height. Six victims were dying at Coney Island Hospital.
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New York
Coney Island
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Atlantic
Jowa
NEGRO
ST. Catherine's Home
Eighteenth Street Bridge
Klein
Carl
Dell Fleming
Cambridge
Attorney Erbstein
Internal Revenue Department
Mrs. Taft
Gov
America
South Side Road
Zeppelin
Machine
Turtle
California
Illinois Bar Association
Tariff
Pennsylvania
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