Week in Review of National News and Events
Rumors swirl about Senator Lorimer possibly resigning before new inquiry. Senate votes on direct election resolution set for June. Treasury Secretary MacVaugh rumored to resign by July 1, president silent. House considers anti-trust penalties and a statehood measure for Arizona and New Mexico with conditions. Debates over Lorimer reinvestigation, Standard Oil prosecutions, and Russian entry conditions for American Jews. Bank robbery at Tea, Kansas, with $1,000 stolen. Shylock controversy affects New Britain schools. Wyoming battleship launched at Cramp Yard, Philadelphia. Wild West train section wreck near Lowell, four injured but recovering. Rail union mediation rejected by firemen. Choking death of burglar in New Were incident. Rev. Grant found guilty of heresy. Kentucky executes last by hanging, switch to electric chair. Taft declines pardons for Walsh and Morse. Senate tax levy delay tied to omnibus bill. risk of state bankruptcy. Tubercular leprosy found in Pittsburgh. Mohonk Peace Conference opens with Butler pledging Endowment funds for peace education. Supreme Court dissent on Standard Oil cited. Lynching of Laura Nelson and son in Oklahoma. Automobile road books gifted to Vice President Sherman. Bashful tragedy in Bramsach, Saxony. Morse pardon denial prompts relocation of wife. Ryan gravely ill in New York. possible move to England. Naval orders meet in Detroit. Cudahy children’ s custody change. Presbyterian Woman’s Missionary Society in Greeley selects Chicago for next meeting.
Diaz Leaves Mexico Amid Secrecy for Exile
Former Mexican president Porfirio Diaz travels from the capital at 2 AM with a small circle of trusted friends bound for Vera Cruz to take ships for Spain where he will likely settle in Madrid. Francisco I Madero Jr resigns as provisional president and urges Mexicans to back Senor de la Barra as sole executive. Seamen in Antwerp threaten to strike as warned by the international committee. Jewish charities gain access to $2,000,000 from the will of Charles Wertheimer who died in London leaving $3,040,000 estate.
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Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Spain
Madrid
Senor de la Barta
Charles Wertheimer
London
Nurses Meet at Waterloo Convention Draws 190 Members
The Iowa association of trained nurses held its annual convention in Waterloo this week with nearly 190 members present. A program of special interest to the visitors was given.
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Waterloo
Iowa Association of Trained Nurses
Train Strikes Traveler Near Milwaukee Line
A 45 year old man giving the name D. F. Applegate was struck by a Milwaukee passenger train northbound. He was knocked from the track and sustained injuries that likely will prove fatal.
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Dubuqque
D. F. Applegate
Milwaukee
Will Try Liquor Gase
Dows Marshal Weedman of this city is under arrest charged with illegal liquor selling. T P Joslin a justice of the peace for twenty years and former mayor of Bows is the informant.
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Dows
Marshal Weedman
T. P. Joslin
Bows
Two Boys Drown In Cedar Rapids Dam Incident
Cedar Rapids reports two boys drowned after Leo Kelly 14 was swept over the dam in a canoe. Later Benny Warner, who was searching for Kelly, drowned when his boat overturned during the rescue effort.
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Cedar Rapids
Leo Kelly
Benny Warner
Kelly
Scranton Man Paralyzed After Car Roll Injury
Scranton resident Walter Hensen was injured when a car rolled as he boarded a passenger train. A fall damaged his spine, resulting in paralysis of both legs and partial paralysis of the body.
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Scranton
Walter Hensen
Carroll
Confesses His Crimes Before Judge Platt
Waterloo man Waterloo Grover W Reynalis aged 26 admitted passing bad paper on fifty men in twelve states before Judge Platt and was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary.
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Waterloo
Grover W. Reynalis
Platt
Twenty Years for Mason City Man in Murder Attempt
Mason City Judge Clyde sentenced Virgil Crow to a twenty year indeterminate term in the Allamosa penitentiary for assault with intent to murder Pat Leonard.
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Mason City
Clyde
Virgil Crow
Allamosa Penitentiary
Pat Leonard
Dallas Center Grants Adel Mill Electric Franchise
In a special election, Dallas Center voters approved a ten-year franchise for Adel Mill Co to supply electricity to the town.
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Dallas Center
Adel Mill Company
Vote for 50000 Dollar School Bonds In Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine residents approved issuing bonds to fund a new high school building estimated at about 50 000 dollars. The measure passed as a local fiscal vote to enable construction and facilities improvements for education.
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Belle Plaine
Adel Captain Steele Found Dead in Hotel Bed
Captain James Samuel Steele, proprietor of the Arlington hotel in Adel and a well known state figure, was found dead in his bed at his Adel residence. Local authorities are investigating the death as a possible natural cause. The community mourns as tributes flow from civic and business leaders across the region.
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Steele
Adel
James Samuel Steele
Arlington Hotel
Two Pioneers Die In Oskaloosa
Death claimed two city pioneers Francis Castles aged 85 who helped build the state capitol at Des Moines and John R Baer aged 75 former county auditor and veteran of the Seventh Town infantry in Oskaloosa.
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Oskaloosa
Francis Castles
Des Moines
John R. Baer
Seventh Town Infantry
Druggist Fined Heavily in Nauor Law Violation
Mason City report: Lewis Kitten, a druggist, was fined 300 dollars and lost his license after a conviction for violating Nauor laws by Judge J J Clyde.
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Mason City
Lewis Kitten
J. J. Clyde
Ex Mayor of Fort Dodge Dead and Civic Leader Dies
Fort Dodge mourns S J Bennett, 72, four term mayor and four term county supervisor, longtime president of Fort Dodge’s Knights Templar lodge, head of Commercial National Bank for two decades, and former president of the Iowa League of Municipalities. Also notes Iowa editor convention plans, Webster City electric plant funding, Davenport murder trial result, and a Charles City farmer surviving a bull attack that broke three ribs.
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Fort Dodge
S. J. Bennett
Knights Templar Lodge
Commercial National Bank
Iowa League of Municipalities
Shriners Take Special Train to Marshalltown
Des Moines Shriners including the Arab patrol of forty members traveled by special Northwestern train to Marshalltown for a ceremonial session in the evening. The train carried between 100 and 150 Shriners from Des Moines.
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Shriners
Marshalltown
Des Moines
Northwestern
Rain Dooms Crops Across Marshalltown Region
Heavy rain floods lowlands wash away crops on hillsides causing replants in many areas. Young corn damaged, with ongoing concern for yields and farm activity in Marshalltown and surrounding countryside.
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Marshalltown
Tragedy in Fulton yards kills C M & St P switchman
Clinton M McLaughlin from St Paul, a C M and St P switchman, was struck by a freight engine in Fulton yards. He suffered severe injuries including amputation of head, arm, and leg and did not survive.
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Clinton
McLaughlin
C. M
St. P
St. Paul
Fulton Yards
Eight Years for Murder in Centerville Case
Centerville man Vince Marengo received eight years in Anamosa prison after pleading guilty to the murder of Paul Stepkevich during a beer drinking bout. Judge Hunter imposed the sentence following the guilty plea.
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Centerville
Vince Marengo
Anamosa
Paul Stepkevich
Hunter
Labor League Formed in Waterloo
Articles of incorporation for the Loyal Labor League, an organization of wage earners united for mutual aid, were filed with the county recorder in Waterloo.
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Labor League
Waterloo
Loyal Labor League
County Recorder
Grant Telephone Franchise in Manilla City Vote
Manilla votes 98 to 2 to grant a telephone franchise to the Ila Electric Light Company in a special election. Local plan outlines funding for the project.
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Manilla
Manila Electric Light Company
Storm Lake store burned and owner named in loss
Storm Lake reports the general store of H. E. Swore burned to a total loss, with the building owned by W. A. Jones. In a separate note Elliott Dean Reynolds, son of D. G. Reynolds, shot himself in the hand with a rifle, feared unloaded, and was taken to Red Oak for an operation.
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Storm Lake
H. E. Swore
W. A Jones
Elliott—Dean Reynolds
D. G. Reynolds
Red Oak
Student Shot in Oelwein Incident
Fayette student Waterioo-Gerald Paul was shot through the neck in Oelwein while with companions who were teasing an Italian prior to the attack. Authorities and local witnesses describe the incident as an unprovoked shooting with uncertain motive and ongoing investigation.
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Bown
Waterioo
Gerald Paul
Fayette
Oelwein
Paul
Lad's Body Recovered After Cedar River Drowning
Cedar Rapids report of Leo Kelly a 14 year old who drowned in the Cedar river with the body recovered from the water by Harry Cress of Mount Vernon.
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Lad
Cedar Rapids
Leo Kelly
Cedar River
Harry Cress
Mount Vernon
Iowa Central Railroad to improve Eldora to Steamboat Rock track
The Iowa Central Railroad plans extensive roadbed improvements on the line between Eldora and Steamboat Rock. The project aims to upgrade track quality and reliability across the corridor, enhancing service and safety for local travelers and freight.
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Marshalltowna
Iowa Central Railroad
Eldora
Steamboat Rock
Boy’s legs broken in stump puller accident
Donald Madison, 13, suffered both legs broken when a cable on a stump puller slipped and struck him above the knees in Charles City.
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Charles City
Donald Madison
Wellman Votes $30,000 School, Towa City
Taxpayers of Wellman, Towa, approved a new school building costing 30000 dollars. In Mason City near Britt, John P. Miller, a young farmer, died when his head was crushed by a gasoline engine wheel after it stopped on a dead center.
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Wellman
Towa
Mason City
John P. Miller
Britt
Prescott Methodists plan new church contract at five thousand
A Prescott Methodist church project moves forward with plans to erect a new church at a cost of five thousand dollars. About one thousand dollars has already been subscribed, indicating early fundraising momentum for the building.
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Prescott
New Tax Decision Opines On Bank Stock Value
Des Moines reports an attorney general opinion on property tax rules for bank shares. Real estate in which bank capital is vested may be deducted from share value to avoid double taxation. Also summaries on barleybrew labeling, state school budget plans, 15 percent pay raises for state hospital workers, new Iowa corporations, and a fraud case involving Roseboom in Sioux County.
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Attorney General's Office
Barney
Glate Food and Dairy Department
Iowa Supreme Court
Chittick
Supreme Court of the State
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Yoseboom
Roseboom
Sioux County
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Davenport
Quincy Willis
Willis
Elise Montenson
Dalum
Denmark
Peter H. Peterson
Scott County
United States
Tama
Ogden Mine Trouble Shows Racial Labor Dispute
At Ogden Coal mine Des Moines talks failed to resolve a dispute over employing negro workers who joined the mine and union cards. Miner leader W. B. Rodgers returned to Ottumwa as 200 workers, mostly new hires, remain on site. The miners seek to bar black workers from the union.
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Ogden Coal Company
Ogden
Des Moines
W. BR. Rodgers
Ottumwa
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