Senators Clash and Court Adjourns as War on Tobacco Persists
A fragment of early 20th century Washington news notes Senator Bradley charging the American Tobacco Company with crimes linked to the Night Riders, Congress debating a $260,000,000 isthmian canal appropriation, and Senate discussions on tariff and sugar. Major General MacArthur retires, General Leonard Wood becomes army senior officer, Mrs. Howe marks her 90th birthday in Boston, and John Benson and other figures appear in a string of political and legal snippets.
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Bradley
Tobaccd
Congress
Isthmian Canal
Arthur MacArthur
Leonard Wood
Julia Ward Howe
Boston
James’. al Moffatt
Standarail Company
New Jersey
Will
Henry H. Rogers
New York
John .A.benson
United States Appellate Court
San Francisco
Cal
E. Dand Durand
Taft
N. D. North
George W. Taylor
New Orleans
Los Angeles
William H. Burletson
Parma
Mich
John D. Rockefeller
Virginia Hot* Springs
Pocanto Hille
Max C. Baum
C. W. Bose
Brother Mason
Deaths and disasters span coast to coast in 1915 era news
A Brooklyn window tragedy ends Ella Friedmann life mirroring a prior loss. fireman Thomas McCue dies by jumping from an adjacent rooftop. Georgia railroad strike mediation begins in Atlanta as Interstate Commerce Commission figures arrive. Albany sailors avert shipboard fire near Corinto. Philippine frontier combat leaves privates dead and a sergeant wounded. A Benbow City bank robbery nets 8000 dollars. West Point bandmaster George Essigke death amid war probe. U S Steel boards H H Rogers honored. J P Morgan Sr joins board. Tornado lifts seven geese into a haymow near Mattoon Hill. John Mitchell replies to John Kirby on manufacturing policy. A blaze in Eil Goa, 18, kills John Carter and three grandchildren.
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New York
Brooklyn
Ella Friedmann
Thomas J. McCue
Nicaragua
Eighteenth Infantry
Mores
Philippines
People’s Bank
Benbow City
Steven Moore
George Essigke
West Point Military Academy
War
Scattered 1907 News Roundup From Across America
A broad of items covers wills in Chicago and Omaha boys aiding police in a train robbery case with a $16000 reward. Paris reports naval supply scandal in France. Berlin Reichstag walkout over tea and coffee taxes. A California divorce decree granted in Redding. A 1777 George Washington letter auctioned in New York. Retail grocers convene in Portland. Britain seeks naval alliance with the United States. Twelve mail trains start without passengers on Georgia rail. Indiana counties vote wet or dry. Tulsa grand jury indicts Gov. Haskell on town lot frauds. Thirteen Turks executed in Constantinople. A Michigan forest fire near Dalton. Northwestern students burned by powder at Watertown. A fatal shooting in Indianapolis. Senate sets June 10 for Bailey tax vote. Denver assembly bans tobacco for clergy, but not judges. Los Angeles divorce rate highlighted. Burglary loot in New York. A Cincinnati pincher nabbed. Pensacola artillery sets a new record. Seattle expo opened by Taft. A Vegas slayer held. National Anti Saloon League bill moves in Senate. Taft in Pittsburgh and Gettysburg engagements. Lincoln statue unveiled in Hodgenville. Watterson lauds Lincoln, Robert Lincoln guest. Chicago Commerce delegation trips northwest. Lorimer election under scrutiny in Springfield. Earthquake jolts multiple states. boiler explosion kills six in Dowagiac. Drowning incidents in Grand Rapids. New York school bans powder and beauty spots for girls. Harmony Lodge asks members to report violators to saloons.
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Henry H. Rogers
Chicago
Omaha
Union Pacific
Paris
Reichstag
Berlin
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
New York
General Synod
Rochestery
United States
Portland
Ore
England
Ambassador Bryce
Washington
Georgia
Indiana
Floyd
Lapoiérie
Harrison County
Tulsa
Okla
Haskell
Constantinople
Dalton
Mich
Rudolph Lederer
Edwin Hertier- Henry Schroeder
Edward’ Riem
Northwestern University
Watertown
Wis
George ‘W. Thompson
Indianapolis
Ind
Senate
Presbyterian General Assembly
Denver
Seattle
Taft
James Williams
Vegas
N. M
Peter Dieter
Pueblo
Cal
National Anti-Saloon League
Curtis
Kansas
State Fire Marshals’ Association of America
Edward Peterson
Minnesota
Pittsburg
Yale
Gettysburg
Helen Tult
Abraham Lincoln
Hodgenville
Henry Watterson
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago Association of Commerce
Northwest
Springfield
Hopkins
William Lorimer
United States Senate
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Dowagiac
Grand Rapids
Washington Irving High School
Rachel Benjamins
Harmony Lodge
Taft Addresses Gettysburg Shaft Dedication
President Taft unveils a granite memorial to Regular Army soldiers at Gettysburg, hailed by the commander in chief as a tribute to the armed forces. He argues against reducing the standing army and notes the need to honor military service properly. A crowd gathers as trains arrive and veterans escort the president.
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Gettysburg
Congress
Mias Helen Hiatt
Taft
United States - Army
Republic
Mr. Taft
United States
Pittsburg
York
Old Town
Aien
Dickinson
Battlefield Commission
John P. Nicholson
Earthquake Hits Greece in Athens Region Slight Damage
An earthquake was experienced on the Morea peninsula near Athens with only slight damage reported. No injuries are mentioned and authorities have not issued warnings.
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Greece
Athens
Morea Peninsula
New York Broker Dies by Own Action in Honolulu Hotel
Nichols a New York broker, age 74, committed suicide by taking chloroform in his Royal Hawaiian hotel apartment. The incident occurred in Honolulu as officials investigated the death.
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New York
Honolulu
Starr - Hoyt
Nichols
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Opening of Yukon Exposition at White House
President Taft will open the Yukon Alaska exposition in the White House East Room at 3 oclock Tuesday. He will touch a solid gold key adorned with Alaska gold nuggets and transmit the spark to start machinery on the exposition grounds, receiving and sending congratulatory messages.
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Washington
White House
Taft
Alaska
Five More Railroads Demur In Anti-Trust Suit
In Jefferson City Missouri five more railroads filed demurrers to the information brought by Attorney General Major seeking to oust fifteen Missouri trunk lines for alleged anti trust violations. Defendants named: Frisco Rock Island Kansas City Southern St Louis Kansas City and Colorado and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul systems. Their pleadings echo earlier demurrers by the Chicago alton.
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Jefferson City
Major
Missouri
Frisco
Rock Island
Kansas City
St. Louis
Wireless Saves Damaged Ship at Guaymas Port
The American steamer Precursor, stranded after a broken propeller, was rescued by wireless telegraphy and towed to Guaymas, Mexico. After three days adrift, a tug reached the vessel, calming passengers who had to be confined to staterooms to maintain order.
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Guaymas
Mexico
Prosecutions and parole debate stir state discussants
A Iowa lab finds many temperance drinks contain alcohol with some up to two percent. Wright warns grocers and soda fountain vendors may face criminal prosecution for liquor control violations. Ice cream makers defend against butter-fat claims. A public debate emerges on parole leniency as Canon Bell calls for more mercy while Secretary Garrett cites 90 percent parole success.
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Towa Pure Food Commission
Malta
Ptate
Gold State Food and Dairy
Wright
Des Moines
New Aldine Method Taught At Iowa Highland Park Summer School
An Iowa summer school in Des Moines will begin June 15 teaching the Aldine method of primary heading. The program uses a rhymed verse approach with eight new words per seventeen rhymes, illustrated on blackboards as students recite couplets. Ministers will not move to end Sunday funerals. the matter was discussed but dropped by the Miniaterial association.
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Highland -Park College
Des. Moines
Miniaterial Association
Des Moines bankers push bid for Iowa bankers meeting
Des Moines bankers sent over 1000 letters urging Iowa Bankers Association to choose Des Moines for the 1916 annual meeting to be held in Waterloo. Clearing House association backed the effort at Savery hotel as Jamestown style, while Brotherhood of American Yeomen convocation at Minneapolis in June will feature Iowa and Des Moines prominently.
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Des Moines
Iowa Bankera
Iowa
Waterloo
Jocelbankers
Clearing House ‘Association
Savery “Hotel
Iowa Yeamen
Des Molines
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Minneapolis
Directory Board
Atste
Courts to rule on corporal punishment in public schools
Iowa Supreme Court will decide if beating children in public schools is justifiable as two Des Moines teachers who were beaten were fined by a police court judge and appealed. Mothers clubs, city councils, and the Des Moines plan of government watch the case, while officials prepare and publicize new laws effective July 4. Delegates named by Governor Carroll to taxation and navigation conferences may influence next legislature. Des Moines may adopt Chicago street railway plan features, with city gains from net earnings under existing Iowa law.
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Dudgep
Supreme Court of Iowa
Des* Moines
Doy
Steward
Supreme Court
Dre Moines
Cty
Y ‘General
Des Moines
Hayward
Independence Gay
Carroll
Louisville
Iowa
Chicago
Baily
Ninety Per Cent Reform for Paroled Convicts
State Board of Parole reports 96 percent of released convicts over seven and a half years have succeeded, many now in good jobs despite being labeled rail birds. Railroads show no increase in assessments. earnings decline suggesting downward revisions. Former Governor Hanly will address Norwegian Lutheran meeting in June with about 3,500 delegates. Iowa dairymen weigh merging with corn growers to co‑host dairy show during winter festival. Cedar Rapids and Fort Dodge to be considered.
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State Board of Parole
Cummins
State Executive Council
Hanly
Hanley
Indiana
Utheran
Inwa State Dairy Association
Tawa Corn Growers’ Association
Corn Growers’ Association
Ume
Cedar Rapids Sod Fort Dodge
Revival meets end with sixty accessions at Corning
Iowa notes report a two weeks series of revival meetings at Corning ending with sixty church accessions. Marshalltown hosts an upcoming summer training school for Sunday school and Christian workers starting in July. The roundup also notes a missing Grundy Center businessman, a Des Moines laboratory plan, and several local incidents including a Cedar Rapids interurban scare and a fatal fall in a Logan election preview.
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Corning
Marshall Town
Henry Frerichs
Grundy Center
Windom
Ming
Des Moines
John Jinkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwe
Centerville
Fort Madison
Clark
State Optometrists’ Association
Carl D. Fisk
West Union
J. A. Ryan
Charles City
G. J.feige
Dea! Moines
Secentary
Drake Yaw
Traer
A. L. Clark
Dubuque
Trucks
Dain
Ottumwa
Fender Rod
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Logan
Sta Biatory
Henry Freriche
Home Bank
Minnesota
Minn
Laura N. Haas
Ofice
L. G. Weld
College of Liberal Arts
Charles H. Neeley
Chicago
Neeley
Bedford
Harrison County
Fort Dodge, Ded Moines & Southern Interurban Company
Newton & Northwestern
Fort Dodge Junction
Rockwell City
Fritz Thompson
Nora Springs
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Canon Bell
Eiliscopal Church
Howland Hanson
Garrett
State Board of Parole Alaa
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the Courts
B. F. Carroll
Missouri River Navigation Congress
Yankton
J. L. Kennedy
Sioux City
Victor E. Bender
Daniel Bluffs
William Whiting
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