Iowa Attorney General Indicted Over Villisca Ax Murders
Logan Iowa November 7 Indictment of H M Havner Iowa attorney general on oppression in office stems from grand jury probe into the Villisca ax murders of 1912 The indictment was returned September 4 1917 in Red Oak after Havner examined Mrs Alice Willard and involved former state senator F F Jones and his son Albert Both Villisca suspects in the eight victims case amid a Wilkerson backed controversy and a call for Havners resignation.
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Associated Press
Logan
H. M. Havner
Iowa
Villisca
Red Oak
Lyn George J. Kelly
Havner
Harrison County
Montgomery County
State Supreme Court
Alice Willard
Villesca
F. F. Jones
Albert
J. N. Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Attorney General
Villlescu
Kelly
Rev Kellys Second Trial in Villisca Axe Murders
Rev Lyn George J Kelly faces a second trial in Red Oak Iowa on November 12 for the Villisca axe murders case. The first trial ended with eleven jurors for acquittal and one for insanity. Prosecution reports new evidence to bolster its case.
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Red Oak
Iowa
Lyn George J. Kelly
Villiesca
Weevil Decrease Reported Across Texas Cotton Belt
State entomologist Prof EB E Scholl reports Mexican cotton boll weevils are rapidly decreasing in Texas after a thorough survey of the cotton belt. He urges continued vigilance and eradication efforts so the next crop in 1918 faces no weevils with federal assistance aiding farmers.
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Austin
Texas
EB. E. Scholl
Department of Agriculture
Scholl
Department
Federal Department of Agriculture
Train Dynamited by Villa Forces Near Armendaertz
Villa forces dynamited a northbound Mexican Central train at Armendaertz station fifty miles south of Chihuahua. Sixty federal guards died, passengers wounded, and 110 bars of silver bullion were stolen from an American mining company. Passengers were robbed and several executed per returning Americans.
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Juarez
Mexico
Villa Followera
Mexican Central Railroad
Armendaertz Station
Chihuahua
Chihuahua City
New York Women Win Limited Suffrage in Election
New York state voters granted limited suffrage in yesterday’s election with a margin near 100000. Leadership foresees congressional pressure to act on constitutional amendments following the victory.
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New York
Associated Press
New York State
Congress
Brazos Saloon Men Plan Moves After Prohibition
From Fridays Daily Eagle plans for Brazos county saloon men after prohibition take shape. Jenkins will leave Bryan for New York Garrison & Co. Woiton moves to Houston shipping stock Galveston. Dorsby undecided Notot plans to stay Marwill remains Boriskie to quit saloon and run groceries Palermo may sell property and leave Bryan Kosh ill with no statement.
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Daily Eagle
Eagle
Joe Groginski
B. H. Knox
Brazos County
The
Jenkins
Bryan
New York
Garrison & Co
Sim C. Woiton
Houston
Joe Dorsby
Galveston
Joe Notot
John Boriskie
Charley Palermo
Frank Kosh
Cotton Holding Plan Spurs Growth in Texas Farmers
Austin reports that the 30 cent cotton holding plan is expanding quickly across Texas. W B Yeary of the state agriculture department says farmers are keeping cotton off the market, with buyers including fellow farmers and merchants. Banks stand ready to aid as farmers may need funds by January first.
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Austin
Texas
W. B. Yeary
State Department of Agriculture
Mr. Yeary
Campaign to Expand Texas Girls Economic Clubs
Mrs. J. L Landrum, organizer under Texas Department of Agriculture, launches a statewide drive to form many more girls economic clubs. There are over 150 clubs now. the campaign aims to double that number and includes a Girls Club Day at the Waco Cotton Palace on November 10 with a focus on conservation.
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Bv Associated Press
Austin
Texas
J. L Landrum
State Department of Agriculture
Central Texas
War taxes start in November with broad new levies
Washington reports the new war taxes take effect midnight tonight with a wide range of levies. Amusement admission one cent per ten cents. three percent on fright transportation. eight percent on passenger fares. ten percent on Pullman accommodations. taxes on tobacco products and cigars. and a host of other charges on mail, telegraph, and insurance. First class mail rates rise to three cents and post cards to four cents, with foreign mail extended.
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Post Office Department
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Panama
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Bahamas
Barbadoes
British Guinea
British Honduras
Santo Domingo
Dutch West Indies
Leeward Islands
Newfoundland
New Zealand
Hylan Wins Largest NYC Mayoral Plurality Ever
John F. Hylan, a Democrat, was elected mayor in yesterday’s election by the largest plurality ever given a New York City mayoral candidate. The Democratic ticket won all sixteen votes of the Board of Estimate, securing a strong start for the new administration. John P. Mitchel finished second.
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Associated Press
New York
John F. Hylan
New York City
Board of Estimate
John P. Mitchel
Galveston Securitiy Oversubscription Sets Local Record
Dallas over subscribed its second liberty loan quota by 2 351 650 amounting to 8 206 500 with Galveston posting the district s largest over subscription at about 47 percent and leading all eleventh federal reserve district cities in bond purchases Houston exceeded its quota by 1 330 350 reaching 7 983 500 Gainesville Greenville and Austin missed their quotas in the released list by J W Hoopes deputy governor of the bank
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Dallas
Texas
Galveston
Federal Reserve District
Houston
Gainesville
Greenville
Austin
J. W. Hoopes
Pink worm found in Jefferson and surrounding counties
Within sixty days of the first pink boll worm sighting near Hearne, the pest was detected in Jefferson county near Beaumont and in Chambers county near Anahuac. Field entomologists surveyed Southeast Texas and Dr. W D Hunter with thirteen assistants arrived to lead an eradication crusade.
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Beaumont
Texas
Hearne
Robertson County
Jefferson County
Chambers County
Anahuac
W. D. Hunter
United States Department of Agriculture
Erect a Monument To Ollie M Goodrun
A collection in Navasota raised funds to place a memorial over Ollie May Goodrum’s grave. She died from injuries after a horse collision with a drunken carload of men on a public road last June. Some suspects were arrested and one man was found hanged.
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Navasota
Ollie May Goodrum
Tax Schedule Changes Include Insurance and Bond Fees
Tax changes list new levies on insurance policies and bonds. It also details exemptions for services, certain travel tickets, club dues, and certain communications. Stamp taxes start December 1 on bonds, stocks, transfers, deeds, and other financial instruments.
Germans Pursue Italians Across Plains and Mountains
Berlin reports ongoing pursuit of Italian forces with several thousand prisoners taken. The war office notes heavy fighting in the mountains and Venetian plains. British troops penetrated Passchendaele area but later ceded eastern portions. fresh British forces made only a local advance.
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Berlin
War Office
Pass Chendaelee
Pass Chendaele
British Capture Gaza City in Palestine
London reported the war office announced that British forces have captured the city of Gaza in Palestine. The advance marks a major milestone in the campaign.
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Associated Press
London
Gaza
Palestine
War Office
Germans Fail to Retain Ground at Ypres After Night Clash
The Germans did not attempt during the night to hold the ground captured yesterday by the British in Ypres, according to today’s state ment.
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Preas Loken
Ypres
German Troops Hold Line Near Passchendaele
Berlin reports German troops on the Flanders front are holding a line along the eastern edge of Passchendaele village as military headquarters issue updates on the front.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Flanders
Passchendaele Village
German Attack Repulsed at Verdun Front Chaume Wood
Paris reports on the Verdun front Chaume wood where German forces attacked last night. The war office states the assault was repulsed and the French defense held.
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Associated Press
Paris
Verdun
Chaume Wood
War Office
Italians Withdrawn From Tagliamento Front Toward Livenza
Rome reports the Italians have withdrawn in good order from the Tagliamento river toward the Livenza. The move is confirmed in an official announcement.
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Associated Press
Rome
Tagliamento
Livenza
Saloon Closures Set After Robertson County Vote
Robertson county results from October 24 prohibition election show 1413 votes for prohibition and 765 against, a 648 majority. The order will publish Friday and take effect December 8, forcing eleven saloons in Hearne Mumford Benchley and Valley Junction to close.
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Franklin
Texas
Robertson County
Commissioners Court
Prohibition
Hearne
Mumford
Benchley
Valley Junction
Daily Eagle Personal Notices Mention Local Visitors
Prof Arthur Ford of Harvey visited the city yesterday afternoon. Numerous residents from Kurten Steep Hollow Wheelock North Zulch Harvey Tabor Wellborn Ridge and others were in Bryan today for visits business or shopping including J H Reed D G Locke J M Higgins and Miss Gladys Broach.
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Arthur Ford
Harvey
City
John Yeager
Charlie Shram
Ernest Weezer
Kurten
R. H. Carroll
Donna May
S. S. Rozier
Wixon
I. M. Cook
Steep Hollow
R. J. Garret
Wheelock
J. H. Parger
W. 8. McGee
North Zulch
Smith Hall
T. EB. Bullock
Houston
J. H. Reed
J. K. Presnal
Tabor
D. G. Locke
Cottonwood
J. M. Higgins
Bryan
Rock Prairie
Jacob Fuchs
Pitts Bridge
John Eden
Joe Arnold
Navasota
F. M. Arnold
Wellborn
W. S. Hanover
Daniel Boyett
Ridge
J. A. D. Robinson
T. B. Martin
G. Davidson
Reliance
W. L. Cross
Gladys Broach
R. H. Chapman
Hearne
New Mexico Votes Day
New Mexico adopted prohibition yesterday by a decisive majority on the face of partial returns.
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New Mexico
Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Patrol Boat Alcedo Sunk by German Submarine
The American patrol boat Alcedo was torpedoed and sunk in the war zone early Monday. One officer and twenty enlisted men are missing, with the ship sinking in four minutes after the hit. The Alcedo carried seven officers and eighty five men. no Texas crew members are listed among the missing.
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Washington
Navy Department
Sims
Cassin
Texas
Hunger Strike Spreads in Jail Involving Rose Winslow
Militants from the women's party widen the hunger strike as Rose Winslow joins Alice Paul in jail hospital. Both refuse food to press for better meals for five other picketers at the White House. The protest has lasted forty eight hours.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Women's Party
Miss Rose Winslow
New York
Alice Paul
White House
Grimes County Declares Dry By Wide Margin
Grimes County voted dry by over 700 majority as Navasota also went dry 256 to 116. The election drew a lively crowd with hundreds of women working at the polls serving coffee and sandwiches, singing and tallying. Antis mingled with voters, conceding defeat amid a festive mood.
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Navasota
Texas
Grimes County
Taubenhaus in Waco for railroads fellowship plan
Dr. J. J. Taubenhaus of the Texas agricultural experiment station attends a joint Southwestern Claim Prevention group meeting in Waco. The goal is to urge railroad general managers to fund one or two industrial fellowships to study preventing rot in perishables in transit with an annual $5,000 appropriation for two pathologists working with Taubenhaus. The plan has prior support from the association.
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Taubenhaus
Petrograd Government Orders Prosecution of Military Committee
The government will not use armed force against the soldiers and workers delegates but will prosecute its members. Military authorities would act if a revolt occurs. The revolutionary committee demanded control over all general staff orders in the Petrograd district, which was refused. The committee then directed the military and invited troops to observe only committee orders, and authorities broke relations with the committee. Bridges between workers quarters and the city center were cut.
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Associated Press
Petrograd
Military Committee of Soldiers and Workmen
Revolutionary Committee of Soldiers and Workmen
Military Committee of Soldiers
Workmen
German Snipers No More Along American Front
An American infantryman in France reports that many German snipers will snipe American troops no more. He notes snipers are active on clear days and both sides pressed artillery along the trenches, but little else was achieved in recent days.
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France
AVTTG Leads In OWI Election In Ohio
Cincinnati Nov 7 anti prohibitionists held a 3 753 vote lead at noon with 429 precincts reporting from all Ohio counties except Harrison county in yesterday's election.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harrison County
Red Cross Secures Medical Care for Ill Members
The American Red Cross has arranged care for sick or injured members. The American Civil Hospital at Neuilly will provide thirty beds to the Red Cross staff. The hospital, highly equipped, sits in a premier Paris suburb location.
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RED Cross
Associated Press
Paris
American Red Cross
Neuilly
France
East St. Louis Adopts Commission Government by Narrow Vote
East St. Louis voters approve the commission form by 4 784 to 2 454 in a 2 to 1 tally though only about one third of the 7 238 ballots were cast. The Nov 7 action establishes a new municipal government structure for the city.
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East ST. Louis
King of Batavia Presents 899 Pearl Cluster for Gold Purchase
Munich reports the king of Batavia offered 899 pearls valued at about $100,000 to the empire's Gold Purchasing Headquarters buying old family heirlooms and precious items. He has already submitted diamonds rubies and other stones valued at $25,000.
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Associated Press
Munich
Batavia
Book claims success in cancer treatment offered free
A new book by Dr. O. A. Johnson from Kansas City Missouri claims a combination medical approach treats most cancers when applied in time. It cites living witnesses treated years ago and offers the book free on request from Suite 560 1320 Main St.
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O. A. Johnson
Main St
Kansas City
Brazos County Cotton Ginned Totals Compared by October
George Chance, cotton census enumerator, reports Brazos County ginned 13 366 bales up to October 18 this year, down from 23 416 bales on the same date last year.
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Brazos
Daily Eagle
George Chance
Brazos County
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