World Events From Washington to Manila in Brief
In Washington Major General Wood and other officers presented the congressional Medal of Honor to Captain Louis J. Van Beheick for gallantry in the Philippines. Secretary Bryan sparked a Hague Peace Tribunal anniversary gathering criticizing armor and battleship binding. The Penrose-La Follette tariff hearing motion failed 41 to 26 with party defections. Charles Burne of the Weather Bureau was suspended and demoted for misconduct during the Chief Willis L. Moore case.
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Washington
Wood
Stam
Wilson
Lous J. van Beheick
Sixth Infantry
Congress
Philippines
Bryan
Washington Peace Society
Hague
Senate Finance Committee
Ransdell
Thornton
Louisiana
Poindexter
Eos
Charles T. Burne
Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Houston
Burns
Strike Ends as Cincinnati Traction Officials Reach Accord
A conference between Cincinnati Traction company officials and street car workers ended in an agreement that ends the strike and resumes service. Other items: Agnes Mangers fined in New Jersey for foreign purchases. Buffalo machinists strike for 374 cents hourly, nine hour day, five hour Saturday. rail conductors ballot for wage hike. Tokyo business leaders urge equal rights for Japanese in America. Fay D. Slate arrested after Mount Auburn mayor’s death. tuberculosis serum linked to a Worcester teen’s death. Thaw asylum bribery case verdict in New York. New York City brothel estimate by health bureau. Rockefeller Jr. and others indicted for mail blackmail. California’s alien land law becomes state law August 10.
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Cincinnati Traction Company
Indictments Filed Against Major Railroads and Coal Company
Indictments charging rebating and discrimination in 62 counts were returned against the Vandalia Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Big Four Chicago Indiana Southern Grand Trunk railroad and O Gara Coal company by a federal grand jury in East St. Louis Illinois. J B Milhelland of Charleston Illinois was elected moderator of the Cumberland Presbyterian church general assembly in Bowling Green Kentucky succeeding Dr J M Lewis of Birmingham Alabama. The appellate division of the Fork state supreme court reversed a conviction in Charles H Hyde former city treasurer and ordered a new trial for bribery tied to city funds deposits. There is no agreement to fix steel prices, says James A Farrell president of United States Steel in New York. At a stormy Buffalo labor council session W Frank Cattell, a Socialist, was expelled. Dr M A Hoffman of Campbellsport Wisconsin killed. his six year old daughter Paula fatally hurt when their auto collided with a Chicago & Northwestern train at Fond du Lac.
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Vandalia
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Big Four
Chicago, Indiana & Southern
Grand Trunk Railroad
O'Gara Coal Company
St. Louis
Ilon
J.B. Milhelland
Charleston, IL
General Assembly
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Bowling Green
J. M. Lewis
Birmingham
Alace
The
Fork State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Charles H. Hyde
Hyde
Nothern Bank
Carnegie Trust Company
James A. Farrell
United States Steel Corporation
New York
M A. Hoffman
Campbellsport
Wis
Paula
Chicago & Northwestern
Fond du Lacsia
Arrest of Colorado Assembly Member on Murder Charge
Personal James L Bacon of the Colorado general assembly was arrested at Cripple Creek on a warrant charging him with murdering his wife Ida Bacon and stepdaughter Josephine Davidsson. The women were killed in an explosion that wrecked the Bacon home April 28. Horace Greeley Burt, former president of the Union Pacific railway, died in a Chicago hospital after an operation. Dr. David Starr Jordan, president of Stanford, resigned to accept the office of chancellor to be created for his benefit. Mrs Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wye, reelected for a second two year term. The first White House dance under Wilson was noted for absence of dances. Mme Sarah Bernhardt received a laurel wreath in New York. Brig Gen Frederick A Smith, commanding Fifth army brigade, retired from patrol duty on the Texas border. The general Assembly at Atlanta chose Rev John W Stone moderator by overwhelming majority.
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James L. Bacon
Colorado General Assembly
Cripple’ Creek
Ida Bacon
Josephine Davidsson
Bacon
David Starr. Jordan
Stanford University
Board of Trustees
Foreign King Peter of Servia to Abdicate Amid Balkans Peace
Foreign King Peter of Servia will abdicate as peace is restored in the Balkans. The 69 year old king’s health has suffered from prolonged war against Turkey. The report notes broader regional turmoil and multiple political shifts in Europe and the Americas.
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Peter of
Servia
Balkans
Turkey
Iowa Sunday School Convention Heads for Burlington Events
More than a thousand delegates from five thousand Sunday schools will gather in Burlington June 3 to 5 for the 48th Iowa Sunday School Association convention. Officials plan special trains, a Father of Waters boat ride, and a monster street parade. International speakers include Hugh Cork and J. H. Engle, with music led by W. E. M. Hackelman. Several delegates will later travel to Zurich for the Seventh World Sunday School Convention in July 1913.
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Burlington
Iowa
Sunday
Black Hawk
Polk
Mallaski
Commercial Club
Father of Waters
Hugh Cork
Chicago
Illinois
W. C. Pearce
International S
Zurich
Switzerland
County opposes hospital bond plan in Sioux City
Sioux City county supervisors refuse to appoint trustees for a general and tuberculosis hospital after voting to authorize $100,000 in bonds last fall. They determined not to permit the expenditure and will block the construction and management board.
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Sioux City
Auto Swerve Kills Rockwell City Driver at 19
Rockwell City reports the death of Ed Falk aged 19 in a Sunday automobile accident. He was driving with Irene Huff Clara Huff and Ida Goetz when the machine swerved off the grade overturned and pinned Falk. His neck was broken. The two Huff sisters and Goetz escaped injury.
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Rockwell City
Ed Falk
Falk
Irene
Clara Huff
Ida Goetz
Iowa Eclectic Medical Society elects officers
Des Moines led by Dr. L. E. Estick of Rockwell City was reelected president at the concluding session. Officers named include Dr. M. B. Stine of Des Moines as vice president, Dr. B. Minster of Des Moines as recording secretary, Dr. P. F. Price of Milo as corresponding secretary, and Dr. W. W. Maple of Des Moines as treasurer.
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Eclectic Medical Society
Des Moines
L. E. Estick
Rockwell City
Iowa Eclectic Medical Society
M. B. Stine
B. €. Minster
P.‘F, Price
Milo
W. W. Maple
Buttermaker Named Inspector for Northwest Iowa
L P Anderson, five years at Algona Cooperative creamery, appointed government state food and dairy inspector for northwest Iowa. Salary 1600 dollars plus expenses. Territory covers mine northwest Town counties with headquarters at Spencer.
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Algona
L. P. Anderson
Algona Cooperative Creamery
Iowa
Spencer
Afton Considers Public Square Electroliers Plan
Afton business men have raised funds to install elector lights around the public Square and the paving proposition is under discussion. The city council and others in charge are seeking much data and information to proceed.
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Afton
Knott Bond May Stand After Supreme Court Ruling
Henry Knott city marshal of Gravity faced murder charges in Bedford. The supreme court denied certiorari and allowed the $10,000 bond to stand, following an application for a writ.
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Knott
Creston
Henry Knott
Bedford
Supreme Court
Lightning Strikes Carpenter, 22, Killed Near Quagqueton
Marlon Willoughby, 22, was struck by lightning while working with his father and others on a house near Quagqueton. He was stunned and fell 22 feet to the ground, dying from the injuries.
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Marlon
Willoughby
Farmer's death by own action near Hastings
Hugo Menschel, a farmer living north of Hastings, committed death by own action while temporarily insane. His body was found about fifty rods from the house, lying close to the body was his automatic shotgun.
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Milla
Glenwood
Hugo Menschel
Hastings
Jail Follows Gun Play in Mason City
Charles E. F. Davis is jailed in Clear Creek county after firing four shots at Percy Fistler. Davis claimed Fistler had urged a conductor to eject him from an Interurban train. The incident centers on alleged provocation and criminal threat.
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Mason City
Charles EF. Davis
Clear
Percy Fistler
Insurgent Woodmen Elects New Secretary at Meet
Six hundred insurgent Modern Woodmen of America members met to oust current officers. Charles Lyon of Des Moines declined the permanent secretary role, so Harry F. Hooper of Tecumseh, Oklahoma was chosen. Resolutions committee members include Dr N. D. Arnold of Fort Collins, J. D. Dennison of Dubuque, and Edgar Howard of Columbus.
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Springiela
Woodmen of America
Charles Lyon
Des Moines
Harry F. Hooper
Tecumseh
Okla
N. D. Arnold
Fort Collins
Colo
J. D. Dennison
Dubuatie
Edgar Howard
Columbus
Neb
P E O W A Close Convention Names Iowa Officers
Burlington hosts the twenty first annual convention closing after three days with officers elected including President Mrs Walter McHenry Des Moines First Vice President Mrs Lillian Long Griffith Harlan Second Vice President Mrs May France Burlington Recording Secretary Miss Bessie Brown Manning Keosauqua Corresponding Secretary Mrs Stella M Porter Ottumwa Treasurer Mrs Cornelia T Sawyer Sioux City Organizer Mrs Louise Hensley Grinnell.
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Burlington
Iowa
Walter McHenry
Des Moines
Lillian “Long Griffith
Harlan
May France
Bessie Brown Manning
Keosauqua
Stella M. Porter
Ott Utr
Cornelia T. Sawyer
Sioux City
Louise Hensley
Grinnell
Mount Pleasant Editors Banned From Junior Annual
Town Wesleyan college named department editors for next year with associate editors Ralph Campbell and Ruth Willits from Mount Pleasant among those banned. Other names include Katherine Druse Burlington Amy Zimmerman Marengo joke editor Aimee Core Barnes City forensics Ralph Hileman Centerville athletics Colum bus Hayes New London artist Percy Caris Mount Pleasant.
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Mount Pleasant
Town Wesleyan College
Ralph Campbell
Ruth Willits
Katherine Druse
Burlington
Amy Zimmerman
Marengol
Aimee Core
Barnes City
Ralph Hileman
Centerville
Columbus
Hayes
New London
Percy Caris
Good Farm in Bremer Waverly Willow Lawn Farm Summary
Willow Lawn farm in Bremer Waverly spans 251 acres. It plants 75 acres of sugar beets for the Town Sugar company and silty acres of sweet corn for the Kelley Canning factory. The farm has 35 acres of clover settled last year, 40 acres of oats also seeded with clover, and 52 registered Jersey cows.
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Good_Farm
Bremer
Waverly
Willow Lawn
Town Sugar Company
Kelley Canning Factory
Wild Animal Capture Report From Estherville Area
Estherville area reports an uptick in wild animal captures this season. Fred Hurd claims to have killed over 400 gophers. George Dotson displays two red foxes in a local furniture store window. William Garst brings in seven wolf cubs and collects the bounty.
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Estherville
Fred Hurd
George Dotson
William Garst
No Cadets Encampment In Iowa City This Spring
There will be no military camp for the state university cadets this spring due to lack of tents. General Guy Logan refused accommodation because of the expense of shipping tents to and from Iowa City, ending the cadet regiment's appeal to the state militia.
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Jowa City
State University
Guy Logan
Iowa City
Seventh Cavalry
F. DeFord
Valley Junction
Iowa‘Volunteer Cavalry
Des Moines
Trefla
Girl 11 Vanishes in Night in Springs Town
Residents conclude Pearl Metcalf disappeared in night clothes died by her own action. Searchers expect find her body at Hornick where nets are stretched in the Little Sioux river.
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Pearl Metcalf
Hornick
Little Sioux River
Pastor Tritt reassigned from Swea City to Luverne
The Rev. A. J. Tritt who led the Swea City Methodist church for several years has been appointed to shepherd the Methodist church in Luverne.
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Swea City
Algona
A. J. Tritt
Methodist Church
Luverne
Schaub Accepts Northwestern Philosophy Head Post
Dr BE L Schaub professor of philosophy at the University of Texas has accepted the position as head of the philosophy department at Northwestern University in Evanston.
Friends Programme Fixed Varlham
The nineteenth annual meeting of the Christian Workers Assembly, a Friends church state organization, will be held at Bark Lem from June 16 to 20.
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Friends
Varlham
the Christian Workers’ Aesembly
The
Friends’ Church
Bark Lem
Build Church at Albion in Marshalltown Plans
The Presbyterian church of Albion prepares to construct a $10,000 church this summer with seating for 300 people.
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Albion
Marshalltown
Presbyterian Church of
Albions
600 Spring Chicks Hatch for Mrs Watt of High Jan
Mrs H B Watt of High Jan township owns 600 spring hatched chicks. The young birds are lively and healthy, showing strong vitality and good vigor as they grow this season.
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Creston
H. B. Watt
High- Jan Township
Mission School Planned Onawa Lake Okoboji
An interdenominational mission school will be held at Lake Okoboji, following a district convention decision of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. The event reflects a cooperative effort among religious groups to promote missionary education in the region.
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Onawa
Lake ‘Okoboji
Woman's Foreign Missionary
Methodist
Hera
Plan Session at Colfax Cofax
The Jasper County Sunday School association met here this week in annual convention. J. W. Jarnigan, editor of the Town Farmer, spoke as one of the speakers.
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Colfax
Cofax
Jasper County Sunday School of Association
J- W. Jarnigan
The
Town Farmer
State House Query In Iowa Budget Debate Sparks Varying Views
Des Moines auditors spar over recognizing vouchers for efficiency engineers salaries and printing workmen's compensation pamphlets. Legislation directs printing with 25 cents per pamphlet, while attorneys general argue resolutions bind only the legislature and its officers. Separate notes cover tuberculosis risk from dairy cows, hog cholera serum funds for Ames, and session law printouts. Seventh Cavalry reunion details urged by local commander.
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Des Moines
Auditor of State
State House
Iowa
Executive Council
School Superintendents Meet Over New Iowa Laws
County superintendents gather at the state house for their annual convention to discuss revisions in high school tuition, teacher preparation, minimum wage law, and state aid. A. M. Deyoe announces the program, including Prof. Irwin’s paper on school houses and grounds.
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A. M. Deyoe
Allen-Townsend
Department of Public Instruction
Thirty- Fifth General Assembly
A. T. Irwin
Ames
Iowa
Deyoe
Achoel
New Law Will Be Tested In Court Says Attorney
Des Moines attorney I M Earle opposed the blue sky law and predicts its constitutionality will be tested in the courts. A taxpayer may seek a district court injunction against state spending to enforce the law, or affected individuals may resist and raise constitutional defenses under section 11. The law would stay in force until an injunction or ruling concludes otherwise.
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I. M. Earle
Des‘Moines
Earle
District Court
Secretary of State
May Not Get Money for Veterans to Go
Holdover senators may sign a note to fund transportation for Gettysburg veterans to a July reunion, but conflicts of interest could bar those signers from voting. A two thirds majority is needed to approve any appropriation. Of 50 senators, sixteen could sign without blocking reimbursement. total costs include rail and transport to the battlefield totaling about 2800 dollars. Senator Taylor defends capstone expansion amid criticism and party politics. Iowa county sheriffs gain state help to curb horse theft. a special agent will start July 1, with the attorney general to announce the appointee.
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Iowa
Deg Molned
George Cosson
Cosson
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