Wiley Only A Dog Chemists And McCabe Prosecutions
Solicitor George P. McCabe testified before the House committee that he recommends prosecutions under the pure food law to the secretary of agriculture, not Dr Wiley. He said since July 4, 1910 he has passed on Wiley’s recommendations in all cases, urging further action in 2,150 of 2,801 total, and advising against action in 651 cases due to lack of evidence or other reasons.
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George P. McCabe
Department of Agriculture
House
Dr Wiley
Secretary of Agriculture
Wiley
Wickersham
Department “Personnel Board
McCabe
Henry EB. Davis
Food and Drugs Inspection Board
Dunlop
McGabe
Agricultural Department
Dr. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Inquiry into Freight Rates on Meat and Livestock
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders a broad inquiry into freight rates on live stock and packing house products and fresh meats across the central regions west of Chicago and east of Denver. Proceedings begin September in Oklahoma City, prompted by complaints from Oklahoma and Texas groups and observers in livestock shipments. Rivalry between Chicago meat packers also enters the case.
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Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma City
Central Wear
Denver
Railroad Commission of Oklahoma
Texas Cattle Ralserg’ Association
American National Live Stock Association
Acevedo Surrenders Amid Cuban Revolt Attempt
General Acevedo, who tried to spark a Cuban revolution, surrendered to Governor Albert in Santa Maria Del Rosario near Havana. He was jailed in Havana to await civil court action. Officials doubt his responsibility due to advanced tuberculosis and possible derangement.
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Acevedo
Cuba
Albert
Santa Maria del Rosario
Havana
Edward E. Jackson Fined for Wire Pool Indictments
Edward E. Jackson a New York attorney described by prosecutors as the head and brain of the wire trust was fined 45000 after pleading nolo contendere to nine indictments charging the formation of wire pools. Judge Archibald imposed 5000 on each indictment and denied a prison term for United States District Attorney Wise.
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Edward E. Jackson
E. &. Jackson
New York
Braina
Wire Trust
Archibald
United States
Wise
Chicago youth confess to killing father and framing note
Seventeen year old Joseph Vacek confessed to shooting his wealthy Chicago contractor father after demanding money. He then allegedly pinned a threatening Black Hand note to the body to smear the memory of the dead man following a reprimand over idle work.
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Chicago
Joseph Vacek
Vacele
Peace Conference Opens In Berne With Notables
The international peace conference opens in Berne with delegates including Professor Paul H. Reinsch of Wisconsin and Professor Jann Clark of Columbia, who presided over the peace committee, and Dr. Nicholas Murrey Butler, president of Columbia, leading the education section.
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Berne
Paul 8. Reinsch
University of Wisconsin
Jann Clark
Columbia University
Nicholas Murrey Butler
Will Welcome Leishman as American Ambassador to Berlin
Emperor William of Germany accepts John Leishman as American ambassador to Berlin. The German foreign secretary and German society welcome the appointment, noting Leishman’s long diplomatic service and the emperor’s desire for an experienced envoy. The Berlin posting is described as promptly arranged and favorable among the press.
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Emperor William
Germany
John Leishman
Berlin
Emperor Wiliam
Washington
Foreign Office
Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg
Major von Eiderlen Waechter
Leish- Tian
Leishman
Hill
Roosevelt on Steel Case Opens About 1907 Action
Theodora Roosevelt testifies before a New York House committee on U S Steel, detailing his father's role in approving the Tennessee Coal and Iron absorption in 1907 to avert a Wall Street crisis. He frames his actions as necessary and Rooseveltian, saying failure to act would have been criminal.
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Theodora Roosevelt
House of Representatives Committee of
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Tennessee Coal and Iron Company
The
Steel Corporation
United States
Wall Street
Wool Tariff Conferees Form Subcommittee Report
Conferees on the wool tariff bill appoint a subcommittee to compare the two houses. Senator Bailey moved to appoint La Follette and Underwood to the panel, saying they represent extreme elements of the Senate and House. Buffalo Bill honored with a loving cup in Clinton, Iowa, during his last visit. Attorney William B. Wayes delivered the presentation speech.
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la Follette
Underwood
Bailey
Senate
House
Buffalo Bill
Clinton
William B. Wayes
Mutilated Body of Woman Found Near Cincinnati
A mutilated body of an unidentified white woman was found in a small ravine in Norwood, a Cincinnati suburb. The head had been partly severed, apparently with an axe, according to police reports.
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Norwood
Cincinnati
Sheffield Man Shot by Wife In Domestic Tragedy
W. A. Tush, Rock Island agent at Sheffield Ja, was shot and killed by his wife after a violent quarrel. Infidelity was alleged by the woman.
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W. A. Tush
Rock Island
Sheffield
Review of Trade Signals Modest Gains Across Sectors
Bradstreet’s weekly trade review notes moderate improvement in dry goods and iron and steel orders, with railroads more willing to supply equipment. Leather trades unsettled by hides deals. cautious buyers await market stability. Overall conditions show irregularity but a mild year‑end upturn, with fall trade expectations improving at large centers.
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Don'a
Government
Plaza
Bradstreet
Tale of cruelty in Missouri court over husband beating wife
In Liberty Missouri Justice of the Peace Courtney presided as Lafayette Choat a 31 year old farmer faced a Clay county grand jury for feloniously beating his wife. He allegedly tied her to a post and to a team of mules while harrowing a field with six circuits. The wife testified she was struck choked and prodded as their two children watched.
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Justice of the Peace
Courtney
Liberty
Lafayette Choat
Clay County Grand Jury
Choat
White on Witness Stand Details Lorimer Bribe Claims
Former Union Legislature member Charles A White told the Lorimer Investigation Committee that he believed all fifty three Democrats who voted for Lorimer did so for money. He suggested some Republicans might have been paid as well but declined to name individuals, saying it would risk injustice. He cited his own bribe experience and others’ confessions as basis for his opinion.
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Lorimer
Charles A. White
Uniols
Senate
Lorimer Investigation Committee
White
Treaties Sent to Senate by President
President sent the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and with France to the Senate. Each treaty came with a formal transmittal message. Chairman Cullom said ratification might occur this session, though some opposition had developed.
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President 'Alt
United States
Great Britain
France
Senate
Cullom
Congress
Bank of Taft robbed in Oklo loot $1200
Robbers blew the safe at the Bank of Taft Oklahoma and escaped with $1,200. Other items: Moyer re-elected AF of Miners president. Mrs Hall dies Manila hooked worm in Utica. Togo a Taft guest. Senate raises House to 433 members. Reynolds nominated rear admiral. Fires in Angeles NF California. Canal fortifications begin at Pacific entrance. Carlin suicide in El Paso. Italian deaths in Midland sewer cave-in. Suit against coal combine in Columbus. Brillhart found dead NY hotel. Phipps dies in Los Angeles. Anna Langley shoots husband in San Francisco. Roosevelt testimony on steel merger. Pellagra cases rise in Kentucky asylum. Chicago arrest for alleged race conspiracy. Pauline Wayne to dairy expo Milwaukee. Chicago courthouse flood from water main break. Divorce papers served in Newport? Ethel Barrymore Colt case. Des Moines City Railway strike ends. London flag removal from decs. Will Miller stabbed in Gilman PA. Edward Murphy dies at Elberon. Dallas chosen for Ad Club meeting. Morocco crisis nears settlement between Germany and France. Cambon and von Kiderlin Waechter seek common ground.
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Taft
Oklo
Charles H. Moyer
American Federation of Miners
Albert Hall
Utica
Manila
Togo
White House
Senate
House of Representatives
Alfred Reynolds
Angeles National Forest
California
Panama Canal
J. H. Carlin
Rock Island
Chicago
el Paso
Tex
Midland
Equity
United States Court
Columbus
Charles E. Brillhart
United States Navy
Hotel Astor
New York
A. A. Phipps
Pittsburg
Andrew Carnegie
Los Angeles
Anna Langley
San Francisco
Roosevelt
Steel Corporation
Julius C. Baldeman
Kadaka
George Brown
Redstone Basin
Kentucky Insane Asylum
Bell
Whitely
Indu
Pauline Wayne
United States
Canada
Milwaukee
Court House
Ethel Barrymore Colt
Russell Griswold Colt
Rhode Island
Des Moines City Railway
Carmen's Union
Judge DeGraf Orders Strikers Back as Riot Flares in Des Moines
Des Moines August 7 riot surrounds city railway offices after Judge Lawrence DeGraf issues a mandamus ordering resumed operation. Conductor Ben Hiatt to be reinstated pending arbitration. union leaders told to call strike. About 500 conductors and motormen bid back to work as hundreds of strikebreakers flee to jail amid clashes and property damage. Police report rioters attacked strikebreakers en route to Chicago. injuries occur as dozens of workers seek safety. Grocers await weights law enforcement as state approves standard measures for goods.
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Des Moines
Lawrence DeGraf
District Court
Carmen
Des Moines City Railway Company
DeGraf
Ben Hiatt
de Graff
Carmen's
Porta
Jewst
Big Chris
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
W. B. Barney
Dairy and Food
Algo
Holden Asked to Explain at Board Meeting
The state board of education summoned P. G. Holden of Ames College to explain alleged promotion of western land schemes while in office. The board reelected all extension department members except Holden and will meet in St. Next at Vinton on September 7. Governor Carroll returned from a trip to review prison methods and will consider charges against Fort Madison prison management. One inmate at Fort Madison denounces the warden and system, drawing political reaction.
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Holden
State Board of Education
Iowa City
P. G. Holden
Ames College
Sth
Vinton
Carroll
Uinols
Fort Madison
Iife
Rights of Auto Owners Questioned in Town Lights Case
A western town faces a court fight over whether automobile owners must keep lights on after dark. Two men were arrested for leaving motors idle on a wide street at night without lights, challenging the town ordinance as beyond its authority and arguing that lights on stationary vehicles cannot be required.
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Towa
Despondent Carpenter Ends Life in Cedar Rapids Boarding House
John W. Gleim a carpenter killed himself by turning on a gas in his boarding house room in Cedar Rapids. Illness and despondency were cited as the causes in the report.
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John W. Gleim
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Priest Risks Life in Church Fire Rescue
Rev Father H Roerhoss of the White Fathers crawled from the burning Brooklyn Iowa church with the Holy Eucharist in his grasp. He lies critically injured at the parochial home as investigators attribute the blaze to a probable gas explosion. The church loss is about 5000 dollars.
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Father Roerhoss
Brooklyn
Father H. Roerhoss
Order of White Fathers
Father Boerhoss
St. Patrick's
Father Curtin
Spirit Lake Fire Destroys Ice Cream and Livery Barn
A large fire in Spirit Lake Iowa destroyed the ice cream and produce building owned by Andrew Woods with losses of about 25,000 plus 18,000 insured. The livery barn of F D Bixby burned, valued at 7,000 with 4,000 insured. Seven horses died in the Bixby barn. Woods also faced 75,000 in egg-price losses and recently his Rockwell City company was bankrupt.
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Spirit Lake
Andrew Woods
F. D. Bixby
Rockwell City
Bixby
Saloon Case Submitted for Supreme Court Review
The cases in which all Council Bluffs saloonists are interested have been submitted to Judge Wheeler on an agreed statement of facts. The issue is whether the fifty three men may continue in business or be reduced to the Moon law limit. The loser will appeal to the supreme court at once.
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Council Bluffs
Supreme Court
Wheeler
Costly Fire Destroys Clarion Light Plant and Opera House
A large blaze leveled Clarion's electric light plant and opera house. Carr and Mozingo own the light plant with $8,000 loss and $4,500 insured. The Western Farm Land company owns the opera house with $4,00?0 loss and $2,000 insured. Some machinery worth $1,500 can be repaired. Temporary water service arrangements are being made for the city tank.
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Clarion
Carr & Mozingo
Western Farm Land Company
Postal Bank at Manchester Opens Aug 26
Postmaster H. L. Ran reports that Manchester will receive a postal savings bank. An inspector will assist local staff in adopting the system and the branch will begin business on August 26.
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Mantheater
H. L. Ran
Washington
Counties Fail to Report Township Totals for Auto Tax
Three counties have not reported township counts, delaying distribution of automobile tax funds. State treasurer cannot allocate funds until a complete township list is received. The treasurer has $110,000 to distribute.
Brindley Elected Secretary of State Tax Commission
Prof J D Brindley of Ames elected permanent secretary of the State tax commission. He assumes duties at once and will begin work in Des Moines gathering data on taxation problems.
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Brindley
J. D. Brindley
Ames
State Tax Commission
Des Moines
Grasshoppers Fly Over City and New College President
A vast swarm of grasshoppers rose 100 feet above Webster City and moved eastward for about ninety minutes. no landing site known. Dr. Albert B D Craig of Wilmington Delaware is chosen as the new president of Morningside College succeeding Dr. Luther Freeman who has resigned.
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Lawa
Webster City
Morningaide
Albert BD. Craig
Wilmington
Del
Morningside College
Luther Freeman
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Troy
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Nagel
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Associated Advertising Cluba of America
Boston
Jules Cambon
Vott Kiderlin Waechter
Iowa
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George de Vany
Davenport
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