Washington News Roundup of Diplomacy and Labor
Congress passed the Newlands Bill expanding the arbitration board for eastern railroads and a Mexican frontier inspection by Secretary Garrigan. House lobby witness Mulhall accused Rep. Fairchild of taking pay from the National Manufacturers Association while Daniels tours navy yards. Underwood-Simmons tariff bill advances in senate with stronger reductions. Col Edwin P Brewer ordered to secure release of Americans from Hidalgo. New York Central probe proposed by Senate Norris. Boston Maine workmen drown in harbor. Fire at Michigan City lumber yards causes 31 million loss. Bryan lectures in Hendersonville. Los Angeles train collision kills and injures dozens. Anabella Wilson wreck near Port Colborne sinks. Dana Day survive. Plane feats and crashes noted. Diplomacy, war talk, and unrest sweep Europe and Americas with various incidents and political drama.
Notable deaths and charges across cities in brief
Personal T Beveridge, half-brother of ex senator Albert Beveridge, died by suicide in Litchfield Illinois using a butcher knife after months of ill health. Emma Duerkes found dead near her husband Peter Duerkes’s grave in Hackensack New Jersey from heart disease after weekly visits for fifteen years. Wintree Jr a Hopkinsville Kentucky visitor, shot himself in a hotel room reportedly due to health issues. Ex police sergeant Peter J Duffy jailed at Sing Sing for graft from illegal resort keepers in New York. William Jennings Bryan lectured in Hendersonville North Carolina claiming government money is insufficient. Rev Paul Drake arrested in Quincy Massachusetts for obstructing traffic while discussing socialism to a street crowd.
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T. L. Beveridge
United States
Albert L. Beveridge
Litchfield
Ill
Beveridge
Emma Duerkes
Peter Duérkes
Hackensack
N. J
Peter J. Duffy
New York
Sing Sing
Hamilton Slated for Iowa Attorneyship After Wilson Move
Authentic reports from Washington state say President Wilson will soon dispose of Iowa patronage. Former Congressman Dan Hamilton of the Sixth district is expected to be chosen as attorney for southern Iowa, with Claude Porter supporters and Judge Wade pushing Porter. Maquoketa postmaster resignations leave the office empty for weeks as several candidates file petitions and Pepper waits a month before acting.
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Pepper
Record 640 Acre Hamilton County Land Sold for 94000
Webster City reports the largest land deal in Hamilton county history. Michael Callahan of Williams owned the full 640 acres in one tract northeast of Blairsburg and nine miles from Webster City. W C Farley of Leland Illinois purchased it for 94000 dollars, equaling 150 dollars per acre.
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Webster City
Hamilton County
Michael Callahan
Williams
Blairsburg
W. C. Farley
Leland, Iil
Pauper Henry Kohl Found Dead Near Remsen Shed
The body of Henry Kohl, about 70 years old, was found in a shed at Ovens six miles east of LeMars with a rope around the neck. Kohl had been missing from the poor farm since Monday night and had been a county charge for years. He has relatives near Remsen.
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Himachs
LeMars
Henry Kohl
Ovens
Here
Kohl
Remsen
Federal Contract Let For New Post Office Building
Town Falls Postmaster Welden, custodian of the federal building site, reports the Treasury Department has let the contract for the erection of the new post office. The building must be completed by October 1, 1914.
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Town Falls
Welden
Federal
Treasury Department
Washington
Rifles Buried In Garden near State Center
Five .24 caliber rifles and fifteen empty boxes that once held .38 caliber revolvers were found hidden in the garden of Dr. Theodore Engle in State Center, uncovering a local mystery authorities are investigating.
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Marshalltown
State Center
Theodore Engle
Road Work Demonstration in Chickasaw County
In Chickasaw and New Hampton an interesting road demonstration is under way. Stretches of road have been surveyed and are now being worked on by large traction engines brought in to show how to construct a perfect road.
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New Hampton
Grinnell Rejects New Jail Plan At Special Election
Grinnell voters oppose building a new county jail valued at 15000 dollars after two jury condemnations and repeated calls to replace it. The Poweshiek county board now faces uncertainty on the next step amid strong public opposition.
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Poweshiek
Grinnell
Thief Catchers Active in Cromwell Farm Case
In Creston area two thieves broke into Ed Goldner’s Cromwell farm home and were sentenced to ten years in state prison after police recovered the stolen goods. The verdict followed a brief trial with the culprits found in possession of the loot.
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Creston
Ed Goldner
Cromwell
Elkhorn Installs New Bank Building
Atlantic A contract awarded for a brick bank building in Elkhorn Iowa to house Farmers' Bank a new institution organized within the last three weeks construction to begin and occupy the premises upon completion
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Elkhorn
Atlantic
Farmers’ Bank
Fire Wrecks Clayton Structures North of Dubuque
A blaze traced to a locomotive spark caused heavy damage at Clayton, destroying the Milwaukee Road grain elevator and warehouse, the opera house, and lodge rooms. Fire department efforts limited further spread as residents watched.
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Clayton
Dubuque
Milwaukee Road
School Treasurer Quits Over New Law at Humboldt
Humboldt residents face a budget issue as F. French resigns from the post of school treasurer. The new law provides that school treasurers shall receive no salary, leaving the district in a financial bind with ongoing duties and duties unsettled until a replacement is found.
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Humboldt
F. French
Waitrest Tries Death By Own Action
Creston pilot Lillian Blanchard a waitress attempted to kill herself by drinking carbolic acid She only drank enough to burn her mouth and will recover
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Waitrest
Creston
Lillian Blanchard
Methodist Young People Meet in Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines plans for the Iowa State Ep worth league assembly at Assembly park near Colfax from August 9 to 18. Midland Chautauqua of Des Moines will run the program with speakers including William H. Lewis former U S attorney general F M Nye former Minnesota congressman and brother of Bill Nye and Rev J Whitcomb Brougher pastor of Los Angeles Baptist Temple. The third biennial fpworth leagues convention will be held with the assembly, attracting several thousand young people.
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Des Moines
Epworth League Assembly
Assembly Park
Colfax
Midland Chautauqua
William H. Lewis
United States Attorney General
F. M. Nye
Congress
Minnesota
Bill” Nye
J. Whitcomb Brougher
Robert J. Burdette
Baptist Temple of
Los Angeles
Fpworth Leagues
Pythians Plan Conclave in Des Moines in August
A Des Moines committee of Pythians begins plans for the annual grand lodge conclave to be held August 12 to 14. The commercial club pledges cooperation to entertain about 2,000 attendees. Grand lodge meetings will be in the Auditorium and Pythian sisters events in the Coliseum. Attendance is projected to exceed last year’s 1,200.
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Des Moines
Pythians
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Lodies
Boone Girl Is Drowned Near Oak Park
Elizabeth Mitchell, 14, daughter of Arthur Mitchell the local barber, drowned near Oak Park after stepping off a sandbar into deep water with Vanita West. West was rescued by her father. Elizabeth's body was recovered about a mile from the scene.
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Boone
Elizabeth
Arthur Mitchell
Oak Park
Vanita West
West
Mitchell
State School Board Meeting Delayed by Ill Members
The state board of education will meet in Iowa City next week if two members recover. Parker K. Holtrack lies seriously ill at his Onawa home and H. M. Eicher of Washington is hospitalized with typhoid fever at the university facility.
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Iowa City
State Board of Education
Parker K. Holtrack
Onawa
H. M. Eicher
Washington
University Hospital
Guthrie Man Celebrates 102nd Birthday
B Dunley of Guthrie Center recently observed his one hundred second birthday. Despite extreme age he remains in good health and welcomed a large number of visitors on the celebration.
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Guthrie Center
B. Dunley
Mr. Dunley
Shoe Dealers End Convention at Fort Dodge Banquet
One hundred fifty members of the Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers association closed their third annual convention with an outdoor banquet at the Country club. Cedar Rapids was selected as the next meeting place.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa Retail Shoe Dealers’ Association
Country Club
Cedar Rapids
Boy Fatally Hurt in Fall on Hill Road
Guthrie Center area youth Purdy, 17, suffered probable fatal injuries riding a bicycle down a steep Guthrie Center to Panora hill. His bike struck a stone, pitched him into a culvert, piercing the skull and breaking other head bones.
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Guthrie Center
Emmet Purdy
Panora
Charged With White Slavery in Creston Case
Creston Lowell Howard remains jailed after failing to post a $5,000 bond following a preliminary hearing on a white slavery charge brought by Miss Eldna Gilliland, with her mother awaiting grand jury action in the city.
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Creston
Lowell Howard
Baby Falls Twenty Feat Sioux City Helen
The twenty months old child of Mr and Mrs Charles K Johnson fell from a second story window after pushing a screen out, landing on a cement sidewalk and is reported in danger of death.
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Sioux City
Helen
Charles K. Johnson
Women Help to Carry Election in Bayard
In Bayard the town voted to install a municipal electric light plant by a substantial majority. The contest was spirited with the Ladies' Booster club taking a prominent role. The proposal is to bond for $6,000.
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Bayard
Ladies
Alleges bad meat sale leads to arrest in Sumner
Pure Food Inspector Chris Ottosen had F. H. Brennecke arrested in Sumner on a charge of selling impure meat. The case cites Brennecke bought a steer fattened for market but not shipped due to disease, implying adulteration concerns.
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Waverly
Chris Ottosen
F. H. Brennecke
Sumner
Brennecke
Amateur racer McFadden injured in Bloomington crash
Towa City rider F. B. McFadden injured while avoiding an automobile he collided with a buggy. He was blinded by the car's lights as the crash occurred.
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Towa City
F. B. McFadden
Avoild
Iowa factories and resources fuel state growth
Iowa fortifies its status as a manufacturing state with rich fuel deposits, mineral ores, clays for bricks and pottery, timber, flax and straw fibers, and abundant vegetable products. Manufacturing output in 1912 neared 325 million, more than half of farm production. Civil service openings offer attractive salaries for experts and assistants, with shifts in the auditor and revenue offices and new high school admission rules requiring a diploma for rural graduates.
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Des Moines
Iowa
United States
South America
Towa
Waukon
New Exhibitors to Exhibit at Fair Cattle Show
Dutch Belted cattle will be exhibited this year with prizes totaling $200 from the National Breeders Association in addition to board offerings. Secretary Mr. Corey said at least three representative herds will be shown and many new exhibitors are expected. W H Violet of Silver Lake Kansas has offered to exhibit eighteen head of cattle.
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National Breeder's Association
Corey
W. H. Violet
Silver Lake
Kan
Violet
Executive Council Orders Levy On State Projects
The executive council approved tax levies totaling over 1.5 million dollars. About 1 million comes from new levies by the last general assembly, funding capital grounds, Ames extension, state board of control institutions, and portions for the state university agricultural college and teachers college. Capitol land costs are expected near a million, with a half mill levy for two years plus 150,000 for eight years for new buildings and improving grounds beyond the purchase. Iowa railroads plan to resist a rate order for the Iowa state fair, with potential constitutional challenges and possible fines if the law is enforced.
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Executive Council
General Assembly
Capital Grounds
Ames
State Board of Control
State University
State Agricultural College
State Teachers’ College
Capitol Grounds
State House
Iowa
Iowa State Fair
Railroad Commission
Thirty-ffth General Assembly
Reada
Defense of Capitol Extension Watchdog Update
The attorney general may gain aid from the executive council in the suit to enjoin extending and improving the capitol grounds. Rumors hint some council members favor hiring A C Parker of Des Moines as George Cosson returns for injunc tion proceedings at Ottumwa. Guardsmen Will Shoot Iowa national guardsmen compete for spots on a Camp Perry team as two veterans of the U S international matches join the field. First Victim of Gun Law A coal miner Thomas Gibson pleads guilty to carrying a deadly weapon and is jailed for 45 days under the new law. Beacon crossing improvements plan to shorten sight lines and remove obstructive fences after Burlington Railway compromise.
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Executive Council
Capitol
A. C. Parker
Des Moines
George Cosson
Ottumway
State House
Iowa
Camp Perry
National Guard
Seagirt
N. J
United States
Thomas Gibson
Charles A. Dudfey
District Court
Gibson
Carney
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Laura M. Pederson
Pure Food
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G. H. Teller
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