Week in Review: Congressional Debates and Global Affairs
A rapid digest of major events from domestic policy to international developments. Democrats narrow focus to tariff measures as Victor Berger denounces all tariffs while Knox explains past state department scandals. Senate considers the Canadian reciprocity bill with varied views ahead of open-session debate. International Seamen's Union calls a coastwide strike, and a crash of political and legal episodes unfolds from Illinois to Venezuela as officials testify and respond to investigations.
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Lnes
Senate
Penrogue
Finance Committee
Foreign Herr Krueger Sentenced In Berlin Fortress Arrest
Retired naval constructor Herr Krueger was sentenced in Berlin to three months fortress arrest for betraying naval secrets. The Belgian cabinet formed by M. De Broqueville to replace the Schollaert ministry was announced. Judge John J. Jenkins, on leave from Porto Rico, died at his northern home in Chippewa Falls. General Jose Vera, leading 4,000 rebels in Mexico's federal district, sent an ultimatum to Madero demanding changes in military command or Mexico City would be seized. Two Colombians who stabbed the American vice-consul at Cartagena in 1809 were sentenced, one for 14 years and the other for six.
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Herr Krueger
Berlin
John J. Jenkins
Porto Rico
Chippewa Falls
Wis
Jose Vera
Madero
Federal District of
Mexico
Mexico City
William M. MacMaster
Giece
Cartegena
Iowa Taxable Property Up 1910 Net Value Figures
Iowa's total net taxable property value rose to 693 million in 1910 from 363 million in 1909. Land values increased by 1.36 million while personal property jumped by 8.23 million, as the state notes a lower tax rate over three years. County totals show Polk county up 482 thousand with land gains of 7.0 million and personal property up 434 thousand. The article also lists new corporate filings and stock ownership details tied to Des Moines capital activity.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Office of State Auditor
Jowa
Polk County
Towa
Chicago
Continental and Commercial National
Charles F. Alden
Clinton
F. J. Beatty
Tipton
A.D Bicknell
Humboldt
R. Carpenter
Fayette
Misa Ernestine A
Cotton
Atlantic
Burlington
D. N. Loose
Maquoketa
George L. Lovell
Monticello
Christian Makins
Cedar Rapids
Michael F. Mahoney
Mason City
G. B. Marquardt
Oscar P. Miller
Rock Rapids
Robert Moir
Cora Belle Morrison
Towa City
Mra. Eiizabeth F. Morneon
Iowa City
William Francis Morrison
Peter Musser
Muscatine
Anna B. McClelland
Davenport
Laura Musser McColm
Maurice D. O'Connell
Fort Dodge
Edith PF
Perkins
J. F. B. Portman
Decorah
John T. Remy
Emma A. R. Richardson
J. B. Richardson
J. J. Richardson
M. N. Richardson
H. N. Silliman
Cedar Falls
Ed H. Smith
H. L. Spencer
Oskaloosa
Tree C. Stone
Watcoma
W. H. Stone
H. A. Strub
James J. Sweney
Osage
Ida Mok ‘Tracy
Joel Turney
Wigex
First National
S. Alice
Fort Madgen
Mra
Mamie Hiller
Waverly
E. Laffer
Sigourney
Hugh Miller
Clarinda
J. M. Miller
Museatine
F la Salle Street
H. Ww. Huttig
East Cedar Rapids
Karen Nissen
E. D. Rayburn
Montezuma
Frank G. Ray
Vinton
J. B. Sax
Ottumwa
Nathan Shee
National City Bank
A. W. Bead
Hampton
G. F. Beed
G. F
C. A. Wise
Central Trust Company of Illinois
William Blake
James BH
Edwards
Henry Guenther
Wheatland
Josephine G. Grimes
Julia P. Grimes
Samuel R. McConnell
E. B. Pinney
James T. Whiting
Mt. Pleasant
John J. Waite
Chicago City
H. J. Haye
John D. Judgensen
Chicago Savings and Trust Company
A. C. McGill
Drexel State Bank of Chicago
Henry Reeves
McGregor
Wilbert Shallenberger
Waterloo
C. J. Weiser
Farwell Trust Company
G. Watson French
Nathaniel French
Ray W.matthews
Danville
Drovers’ Trust and Savings
W. Cc. Bruckslager
Lisbon
Confession Test Sparks Court Amid Embezzler Trial
In Cincinnati Edgar Cooke faces embezzlement charges of 24000 from the Big Four railroad. Dramatic court moments unfold as Mrs. Jeanette Ford asserts a child is Cooke’s daughter and tears flood jurors and spectators. Cross-examinations reveal past affairs and contested safekeeping of money and securities.
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Cincinnati
Edgar
Cooke
Big Four
Jeanette Stewart-Ford
Edgar 8
Mrs. Ford
Chicago
Charles W. Baker
Ford
Frank Comstock
Warriner
Comstock
Baker
S.L. F ir e Fire Destroys Major Lumber Plants
A massive blaze in St Louis wiped out eight acres of lumber warehouses and several plants, including Huttig Sash and Door, Fatham and Miller Planing Mill, Missouri Stair, and Mound City Box. Estimated loss is around 1 million dollars with 750 thousand insured. About one hundred families moved goods to the streets as wind aided spread. Charles Huttig, president of Huttig Sash and Door and of the Third National Bank, is noted.
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St. Louis
Huttig Sash and Door Company
Huttig Bush and Door Company
Fatham and Miller Planing Mill Company
Missouri Stair Company
Mound City Box Company
Manchester Avenue
Missouri Pacific
Talmare
Charles Huttig
The
Third National Bank
Mormon Head Subpoenaed in Sugar Trust Probe
The Hardwick sugar investigating committee seeks Joseph F. Smith president of the Mormon church as a witness despite opposition from Senator Reed Smoot. The inquiry explores the church affiliation with the sugar trust and its sympathies and interests.
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Washington
Mormon Church
Sugar Trust
Hardwick Sugar Investigating Committee
Reed Fmoot
Senate
Joseph F. Smith
Forgery Charges Sworn in Atlanta Bank Officer Case
Warrants charging forgery have been sworn out against J. Wylie Smith secretary and treasurer of the Commercial Loan and Trust Company. He disappeared after leaving behind an alleged shortage in an India account of $150,000.
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Atlanta
J. Wylie Smith
Commercial Loan and Trust Company
India
Twenty Die In Storm Rips Trieste Harbor
A hurricane force storm struck during the night in Trieste Austria causing extensive shipping damage. Rescue crews recovered twenty victims, with bodies found among wreckage as the weather raged.
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Trieste
Austria
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills Offer Mild Liver Stimulation
The ad claims Munyon's Paw Paw Pills uniquely promote liver and stomach activity without harsh laxatives. It warns modern cathartics damage the stomach lining and bowels, touting the pills as tonics that enrich blood, soothe nerves, and teach bowels to act, with a regular bottle of 45 pills priced at 25 cents from Munyon's Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Munnyon
53D &Efferson
Philadelphia
Munyon’s Laboratory
53D& Jefferson Sta
Unclear: Fragments cite marriage, health, and deception
Fragmented lines discuss marital interest in business, constipation causes and cures, Dr. Pierce's Pellets, sugar coated granules, and a bluff versus truth. The text mixes advice and advertising with uneasy tone and vague claims.
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Pierce
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G. W. Bicknell
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Jane EB. Higley
Joseph ‘H. Ingverson
Ma BH. Young
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Spencer
Standard Trust and Savings
H. Martin
State Bank of Chicago
Mangaret J
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Ames
Edgar &, Cooke
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Nedionos
Sebacco
James Braid
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Auguste
Pinehurst
Palm Beach
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