Banker Says Was Buncoed In Des Moines Suit Over Stock
Des Moines pioneer banker G. W. Marquardt claims he was swindled after buying stock in the American Chronograph company led by S. G. Sedgwick of Indianola. He invested 2600 dollars expecting a device preventing railroad wrecks, and seeks return of his money as the court case proceeds.
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Des Moines
G. W. Marquardt
American Chronograph Company
S. G. Sedgwick
Indianola
Marquardt
Sedgwick
Clerks and Carriers Meet in Ottumwa Convention
Ottumwa hosts a joint convention of the Iowa chapters of the United National Association of Postoffice Clerks and the National Association of Letter Carriers on June 6 with more than 100 members expected. Frank F. Rogers, president of the clerks, will attend along with state and local officers.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
United National Association of Postoffice Clerks
National Association of Letter Carriers
Frank F. Rogers
Body of Clerks
J. P. Koenig
Fort Dodge
Florence Maple
Chariton
Fruit Growers Meet in Council Bluffs to Discuss Sulzer Bill
Fruit growers and buyers are invited to a Council Bluffs library meeting on June 11 to discuss the Sulzer bill, the new united standard apple barrel law. The session aims for a full discussion of the bill and will also cover crop reporting improvements and cooperative selling plans. The Iowa Fruit Growers Association calls the meeting, inviting all interested parties.
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WII
Council Bluffs
Ames
Iowa Fruit Growers’ Association
Bryan Grape Juice Ruling Commended
Burlington Iowa June 6 Resolutions adopted at the state Sunday school convention commend President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan for barring liquor from state banquets. New officers elected include President S M Mussellman Wayland first vice president Rev W M S Beachler Waterloo second vice president Marion D Woods Des Moines secretary John A Bliss Diagonal treasurer P B Sherriff Des Moines and executive committeemen F G Oliver Onawa S E McCosh Davenport for two years Professor Walter S Athern Des Moines and A W Murphy Shenandoah and for one year Rev E B Gregory Springdale and B H Jaqua Grinnell.
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Burlington
Wilson
Bryan
S. M. Mussellman
Waylland
W. M. S. Beachler
Waterloo
Marion D. Woods
Des Moines
John A. Bliss
Diagonal
P. B. Sherriff
F. G. Oliver
Onawa
S. BE. McCosh
Davenport
Walter S. Athern
A. W. Murphy
Shenandoah
EB. D. Gregory
Springdale
BH. J. Jaqua
Grinnell
Appraisers Fix the Loss in Greek Merchants Looting
Nine typewritten sheets list losses from eight wrecked places after riots that followed failed lynching attempts. Greek merchants owned all properties, with total damage set at 1,426.38 dollars. Towne, secretary of the Commercial club, noted Birbillis brothers minimized losses on three prime properties. Diamond imports break records as New York reports May gems valued at 4,606,328 dollars, a May record, with over 24 million since January.
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Council Bluffs
Francisco Guidec
O. B. Towne
Commercial Club
John
William Birbillis
New York
Paper Wings Libel Suit Verdict For Waterloo Times Tribune
Jury returns verdict for the defendant in a $2,500 libel suit filed by J. C. Kidnowhoks of Iowa Falls against the Waterloo Times-Tribune for publication of an alleged libelous article. The June 6 Waterloo, Iowa, report notes the ruling ends the case in favor of the newspaper.
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Waterloo
J. C. Kidnowhoks
Iowa Falls
Waterloo Times-Tribune Company
1916 convention site chosen for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
San Francisco members selected Detroit as the 1916 convention city. Other items note sanitation measures in California orchards, a tariff bill amendment, a fatal steeplechase accident, and a Japanese immigration venture to Brazil with 1500 settlers.
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Brotherhood of Railroad
San Francisco
Detroit
Butte County
California
Senate Commerce Committee
Customs Service
Auguste Bernard
Mme. Roche Amicel
Rue
John B. Wilkie
United States Secret Service
Washington
Chicago Railways Company
Hitchcock
James L. Lynch
Piping Rock
Long Island
Indianapolis
Chris von der Ahe
St. Louis
Japan
South America
Santos
Brazil
Triple Tragedy in Omaha Woman Wounded and Two Die
In Omaha a divorced husband John Jacobson shoots his former wife Lucy McBride and son Charles McBride after lurking in a closet. Charles dies from a head wound while Jacobson dies from a self-inflicted wound as police find both victims in a blood-splattered flat at 714 South Sixteenth Street. Lucy McBride is hospitalized in critical condition.
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John Jacobson
Charles McBride
Omaha
Jacobson
Lucy McBride
St. Joseph's Hospital
Wilson Talks With Chinda on Land Law Yet Not Advancing Arbitration
President Wilson held an informal talk with Viscount Chinda and said he would discuss the Tokyo note orally. He noted no document yet offered a solution to the land law dispute and that negotiations would proceed slowly to gain frank opinions. He said federal naturalization questions would eventually be resolved by courts, likely with Japanese residents initiating action. no arbitration proposal has been made.
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Becks
Polk County Board of Supervisors
A.H H. Davison
Executive Council
Mr. Davison
Mitchell County
Davison
Harriet Schultz
Young Women’s Christian Association
Clara M. Brewster
Association of Omaha
Verba Fieck
Ruth Jacob
Fay G. Wickwire
James A. Ridgley
Indianola
McPherson
Federal Court
Henry Littlebear
Ridgley
Boone
Littlebear
Washington
Wilson
Viscount Chinda
Tokyo
Mrs Mae Evans Arrested in Sioux Falls Murder Case
Mrs Mae Evans, a principal in a recent boardinghouse tragedy, was arrested on a murder charge in the death of Dr Edward Lockhart Moore, state veterinarian and Brookings college instructor. She was treated for self-inflicted wounds at the hospital before being moved to the county jail.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Mae Evans
Edward ‘Lockhart Moore
State Agricultural College
Brookings
Moore
Joplin Police Matron Instantly Arrests Man On Street
Miss Ver nie Goff Joplin's young police matron made her first arrest in a drive against street mashers after Harry Miller of Monett accosted her with a flippant hello kid remark. She flashed her star and declared you are under arrest marching him toward jail.
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Joplin
Ver Nie Goff
sHarry Miller
Monett
Miller
Mise Goff
Wood Case Given to Jury in Boston Conspiracy Trial
June 6 The dynamite conspiracy case against President William M. Wood of the American Woolen company Frederick E Atteaux and Dennis J Collins ended with the jury. They were charged with planting explosives at Lawrence in 1912 to discredit textile strikers. Also June 6 Columbus Ohio reports twenty indictments for rebating against the Grand Trunk Western railway. Alleged illegal freight concessions between Adrian Michigan and Newark are noted.
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Columbus
Grand
United States District Court
Grand Trunk Western Railway
Ilegal
Adrian
Mich
Newar
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Allerton
Oliver H. Herkins
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Ida Grove
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J. L. Foster
Laredo
Tex
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Tellez
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Candela
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Paper Wings
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