Summary of scattered Washington notes on tariffs and politics
Washington reports on the Mulhall lobby inquiry climax and Amery's closing remarks, plus President Wilson nominating Leavell as vice minister to Guatemala. Also noted are tariff bill progress, Postmaster Burleson’s mail handling shift, Panama exposition funding, cost of living trends, Grand Army encampment attendance in Tennessee, and a Spokane-like string of local incidents including a fatal crash in Idaho and New York crime updates.
Wreck Linked to Railway Workers and Other City News
Coroner ruling on the North Haven wreck assigns criminal responsibility to New York New Haven Hartford railroad employees following the September disaster that killed twenty one. Dr Ernest Arthur Mursf a dentist faces charges over forged ten dollar bills with Hans Schmidt who confessed to murder Anna. A New York minister and Norman E Mack dispute charges of misused gubernatorial campaign funds. Mack sued Hennessy in a libel case for five thousand dollars. The Times-Democrat and the Pleasure of New Orleans offer subscriptions at seven fifty a year after reductions. Wisconsin and Michigan reports span wage limits for women in candy plants and failed arbitration for Upper Peninsula copper mine talks. Chicago records high automobile and motorcycle fatalities. two dead, four injured. Plans for a new Army aviation center at Fort Sam Houston Texas include buildings around one hundred eighty thousand dollars.
Talk to Students 1 James Wilson to lecture at Ames College
James Wilson former secretary of agriculture and emeritus professor at Iowa State College plans a winter lecture course for students. Enrollment at the college surpassed 2 200 with forecasts of 2 400 or more, more than last year. About 370 new students enrolled Saturday evening including 150 freshmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilson
Towa State College
Wilson
Iowa
State College
Vas
Christian Meet at Truro Conference Officers Named
The annual session of the Des Moines Christian conference met at Truro with Rev. L. E. Follansbee as president and Rev. C. W. McDonald of Lake City named secretary. Guests included Rev. J. F. Burnett of Dayton Ohio secretary of the American Christian Convention and Rev. C. G. Nelson former Kansas Christian College president now pastor at Gresham Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truro
Des Moines Christian Conference
L. E. Follansbee
C. W. McDonald
Lake City
J. F.burnett
Dayton
American Christian Convention
Kansas Christian College
Gresham
Neb
Distracted Clerk Susie Smyth Dies in Ravine Near Burlington
Miss Susie Smyth, a longtime clerk in the Internal Revenue office, was found dead in a Burlington ravine. Police attributed the death to self-inflicted injury, noting mental distraction over a perceived life position involving consolidation with the Dubuque office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Internal Revenue Office
Dubuque
Susie Smyth
Knights of Pythias Forms Alpine Building Company
Alpine Building company formed by members of Alpine lodge Knights of Pythias in Iowa Falls Iowa with aim to build a Pythian temple or permanent lodge home. Incorporators have contracted for a lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights In
Iowa- Falls
Alpine
Alpine Lodge
Knights ‘of
Apple Blossom Time in Iowa City Area
Apple blossom timing in September described on August Weise's Iowa farm five miles south of Iowa City. Weise reports several trees may yield an apple crop around Christmas if warm weather persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa City
August Wiese
Weise
Mexican Revolt Trial Ends In El Paso Acquittals
T J Johan and Tom Heifrin of the United States customs and immigration services were acquitted in El Paso district court on charges related to the murder of Captain Aeasts of the Juarez garrison on September 6. American refugees from Torreon traveling overland to Saltillo reached Saltillo in safety, while about one hundred Americans including women and children refugees were reported captured by rebels en route to Saltillo. Authorities at Saltillo declined to send aid, fearing possible rebel atrocities against the refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Johan
Tom Heifrin
United States Customs and Immigration Services
el Paso
Tex
Aeasts
Juarez
Torreon
Mex
Saltillo
Nuevo Laredo
Funeral notices and fatal accidents from city and fairgrounds
Frank J Hough longtime Inquirer sporting editor dies at his Philadelphia home. A public funeral for Mayor Gaynor is set for Trinity Church on Broadway with Bishop Greer officiating and burial in Greenwood Cemetery. aviator Max Lille dies when his plane breaks apart at Galesburg fairgrounds watched by his wife. Thomas McCarthy freight handler in St. Louis dies and leaves 5000 dollars to Catholic charities in his will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J., Hough
the Inquirer
Philadelphia
Gaynor
old-Trinity' Church
Lower Broadway
Greer
New York Diocese
Protestant’ Episcopal Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Thomas McCarthy
St. Louis, Mo
Corn Pack Reduced as Dry Weather Hits Waverly Crop
The Kelley Canaging company closed its factory for the year after packing 55.06 boxes of corn in twenty four can lots totaling 1,320,000 cans. Acreage this year was about half of last year with dry weather lowering yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Kelley Canaging Company
Itg
Baptist Merger Proposed by Davenport and Washington Associations
At the Davenport Baptist association annual meeting a committee was appointed to visit the Washington association at Kalana. The committee will propose a merger of the two associations, each currently comprising eight churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downey
Davenport Baptist Association
Washington Association
Kalana
Waverly Editor Appointed Postmaster at Waverly
Waverly H J Roeger, editor of the Waverly Democrat, has been notified of his appointment as postmaster at Waverly to take effect when the current incumbent’s term ends next January. W H Tyrrel retires after twenty years in the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Plum
H_ J. Roeger
H_ Tyrrel
To Start Tri City Paper Founding Panel Planned
P. P. Brown of Monmouth announces the establishment of a heavy making panel here with head offices to be placed in Rock Island. A stock company capitalized at 30000 dollars has been formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City
Traverport
P. P. Brown
Monmouth
Rock Island
Campaign for Recruits Davenport Branch Recruiting Stations
Branch army recruiting stations will be established at Clinton Dubuque and Cedar Rapids. Capt Carroll D Power in charge of the local station will oversee the three branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Clinton
Dubuque
Cedar‘ Rapids
Carroll _D. Power
Lost Orphans Found After Disappearance
Davenport boys Clarence Durant and John Gil were found in Durant after walking away from Des Moines since disappearing. They were brought back to Davenport to be placed in the Soldiers Orphans Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Clarence
John Gil Twe
Des Moines
Durant
Jome
Presbytery Meeting Set for Edow Church
The fall meeting of the Stony City presbytery of Presbyterian churches will be held at Edow church. The moderator will be Rev. C. G. Butier of Le Mars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Cit
Stony City
Presbytery of Presbyterian Churches
Edow Church
le Mars
School Adopts Folk Dance in Keokuk Schools
Keokuk school board hesitated over introducing folk dancing this winter. Professor F C Hayden asked to add folk dancing to musical entertainments and received unanimous approval after a board member compared it to a sight of 1500 pupils dancing in Buffalo. The tango question was settled that folk dancing was not the tango.
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Keokuk
F.C. Hayden
A. B.hughes
Buffalo
Hayden
Folk Anc
Dng
Dubuque Retains Revenue Office Amid Iowa HQ Showdown
Representative Connally learned the revenue office would not move from Dubuque after Des Moines pressed to host internal revenue headquarters. Murphey and a Des Moines lobbying effort faced uphill odds as Treasury assurances kept the Dubuque office in place. Jerry Sullivan petitioned Secretary McAdoo on Des Moines’ behalf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neton
D. C
Connally
Dubuque
Des Moines
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Des “Moines
Treasury
Aly
Dubunvn
Jerry Sullivan
McAdoo
Murphy
Des ‘Moines
Sioux City Man Injured In Rail Wreck Found In Minneapolis
Charles Knight of Sioux City was injured in a railroad wreck and disappeared after leaving July 27. His wife located him in a Minneapolis hospital days later after a nationwide newspaper search identified him.
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Sioux City
Charles
Knight
Sioux‘City
Minneapolis
Five Acres Yield High Quality Crop In Marion County
Anorville Brea Covey report a first ever harvest in Marion county. The crop averaged sixteen bushels to the acre. The yield is described as one and a half bushels per acre above North Dakota and Canada averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anorville
Brea
Marion County
North
Dakota
Canada
Blasts Threaten Keokuk Homes in Damages Suit
Two Keokuk property owners sue Mississippi River Power Co claiming blasting to widen the river bed caused dynamite explosions. They allege damaged walls and ceilings and seek $2,000 each in damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Mississippi River Power Company
Pioneer Pastor Retires in Cerro Gordo County
Rev L O Pedersin resigns after thirty six years as pastor and twenty one years leading Elk Creek congregation. He spent his entire active life in Cerro Gordo and Worth counties, marking a long tenure and local service.
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Mason City
L. O. Pedersin
Elk Creek
Cerro Gordo
Worth Counties
Wreck at Wise Siding Destroys Eighteen Refrigerators Fielded
A freight train on the Illinois Central derailed at Wise Siding nineteen miles east of Waterloo. The incident left eighteen refrigerated cars loaded with fruit wrecked and the track torn for about 250 feet. No injuries reported. The cause is under investigation by railway crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Garé
Wise Siding
Ilinois Central
Cycle Tragedy Near Here Claims Youth
Boone Elmer Hansen, 16, killed when his motorcycle collided with a freight train on a Northwestern railroad track near here. The wreck damaged the train and left him fatally injured. Purity Oats Plant fire causes about 60000 dollars in losses as officials estimate. The blaze began in the grading area when dust exploded, fire doors and safeguards preventing spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Elmer Hansen
Oll
Northwestern
Purity Oats
Keokik
Purity- Oats Company
Man Shot at Railroad Camp Near Lovilia
Report says James Thomas was killed at a railroad camp near Lovilia after an altercation with two men who fled the scene. Sheriff Griffin is seeking John Henderson as a person of interest in the shooting.
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Aibia
James Thomas
Railroad Camp
Lovilia
Sheritt Griffin
John Henderson
Red
Thom
Hog Plague Still Rages in New Hamilton District
The hog cholera outbreak continues to devastate Chickasaw County with many farmers reporting total hog losses and some herds exceeding 100 head. The situation worsens as authorities urge improved sanitation and quarantines to curb spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hamilton
Chickasaw
Fishway not needed at Keokuk dam study says
Keokuk remains in focus as government experts argue a fishway may not be required at the Keokuk dam. W Murphy editor of the Burlington Post had warned that the dam could endanger fish life. A fish commission representative was sent to Keokuk to assess the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
W. Murphy
Burlington ‘Post
Washingt
Sixty Enroll at Trinity Stonx City
Sixty students enrolled on the first day of Trinity College's inaugural session conducted by the Franciscan fathers in Stonx City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
Stonx City
Trinity College
ROAD MEN SET OUT Board Refuses to Give Names of the Fired Bosts
Four county engineers were discharged by the state highway commission. C Beard, a commission member, refused to name the engineers or their employing counties. Road work in some counties improved after dismissals. the board seeks reports on dangerous grade crossings and demands county records for crossings to aid widening programs.
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Des Moines
State Highway Commission
Ames
C. Beard
Commission
Beard
Board of Supervisors
State Highways Commission
Mr. Beard
Missouri
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Washington
Mulhall
House
Dt- Representatives
James A. Amery
Employa
Senate
Thé.navy Yard
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Samuel A. Kephart
Coast Artillery Corps
Jamesb. Watson
Indiana
Martin M. Mulhall
National Association
Congress
Burleson
Comptroller
Tov
8 Snowe
oThe Senate
San Francis
South
Chattanooga
Tenn
Grand Army of
Tha Republic
Ashton
Idaho
Vogt Dry Goods Company
Springfield
Ill
United States District Court
Hana "Schmidt
St.Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church
Anna ‘Aumuller
Hudson
River At
New York
Bowery
Big Tim
Sullivan
New York, New Haven ,& Hartford
Alfred ‘Pope
Farming
Ton, Conn
Cleveland
Chicago
Sulzer
Wail Street
Cat
Melville D. Fuller
Tan‘agers
Fuller
Rufus W. Gaynor
William J. Gaynor
Mayor Gaynor
Baltic
Ernest Arther Mursf
Hans Schmidt
Norman E. Mack
John A. Hennessy
Times-Democrat
The
Pleasure of
United States
Milwaukee
State Industrial Commission
Ferris
Michigan
Upper ‘Peninsula
Lawton T. Hermans
State Railroad Commission
Jared
Chi
Varmy Aviation
Fort Samston
Teras
S of
Quartermaster Corps of the
Ames College
State Agricultural
Max ‘Lillie
Galesburg
Lille
Keokuk Board of Education
Loveesi
Flax
Marion
Towa
Joseph Allen
Pocahontas
Clarke
N. Y
Qet
Ailen
M. H.coben
Ties Moines Sand
J. A.mccon- Tomé
Gov
B. IF
Carralus Tax. Commission
George White
Nevada
John Wy Jacobs
Lake. City
Frak Pierce
Marshalltown
Jepsen
Bank Wag
Sowa
Farmmers' State Bank
Scranton
C. W." Cressler
H. “Arthurs
J. M. Hanning
John Page
Norman: Shaw
Grain, Company
Urbana
Miller
James ‘Brown
Hurd
Be Oneal
G. W. Barger
FP. We Barret
Nick ‘Nel
John Sand
General Fund
Board of Control
Fudge Smith “McPherson
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company
George F. Henry
McPherson
Fort
Dodge
Rockwell City
Colfax
Newton
Goddard
Port Madison
George Cosson
C. Sanders
Fort Madison
G. C. McClaughry
Anamosa
Cosson
Latreng Greene
Chis
Horticulture’ and Forestry Division
State's Secret Service
Legal Department of
State
Evie Gence
Iowa Schools Commission
Towa Schools Commission
State House
A. M. Deyoe
Scho
Calbert ” M. Devoe
Atate
Frank” Jonephe
WV. A. Woodruff
Consolidated
A.C. Fuller, Jr
Fred le Mahannah
Deyouwald
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