Judge Utterback Plans Prison Visits To Learn System
Des Moines criminal judge Hubert Utterback will tour Iowa’s five penal institutions to study their operations and inmate programs. He proposes a county and city farm for inmates to provide work, reform, and possible profits for the county, credited to prisoners on release.
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Des Moines
Hubert Utterback
Criminal Court
Iowa
Judge Utterback
Commonwealth
Utterback
Man Hurt by 23000 Volt Shock at Local Depot
J. F. Lance a 25 year old sub station operator for the Interurban company is in critical condition after an electric shock at the Mitchellville depot. He suffered burns on his feet hands and body and survived due to receiving eighteen times the lethal current.
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Mitchellville
Interurban
J. F. Lance
Lance
104 Years Old Shenandoah Man Celebrates Birthday
Uncle John M. Phipps turned 104 on February 14 in Shenandoah. A large reception was held by friends this year. He lives with his son between Farragut and Shenandoah. He joined the Shenandoah lodge of Elks at age 100. He survived a winter grip illness better than many younger locals.
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Shenandoah
John M. Phipps
Farragut
Phipps
Church Burns at Mason City Main Street Christian Church
Fire caused by an overheated furnace destroyed Mason City's Main Street Christian Church with an estimated loss of 20000 dollars. Dr. C H Devoe lost all sermons and twenty five years of ministry records. insurance partially covers the damage.
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Mason City
Main Street Christian Church
C. H. Devoe
Farmer Retires After Sixty Nine Years on Family Farm
Sigourney report: C H Knok, longtime farmer west of town, held a public sale and will retire from the farm where he has lived for 69 consecutive years. His father secured the property from the government.
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Sigourney
C. H. Knok
Here
Mr. Knok
Lodge Officer Reaches Half Century in Eldora
Eldora Odd Fellows treasurer William J. Moir, age 91, marked his fifty ninth year in the lodge. A pioneer Iowa legislator, he has long served the community and lodge with steady leadership.
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Eldora
William J. Moir
Eldora Lodge of Odd Fellows
Mr. Moir
Iowa
Gas Explosion Kills Man In Tank Car Incident
Cedar Rapids reports John Janda died after dropping a cap on a half filled gasoline tank car causing a spark. He was blown about forty feet into the air and killed by the fall.
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Cedar Rapids
John Janda
Mrs Meyer Found Guilty in Daughter-in-Law Murder
Mrs Ida Meyer aged 60 found guilty of second degree murder for complicity in the killing of her daughter-in-law Ethel Meyer last July. The Winterset defendant showed little emotion during trial and verdict, offering no statement as she left the courtroom.
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Meyer
Winterset
Ida Meyer
Ethel Meyer
Accident near Knoxville injures King severe leg injury
George King of ten miles south of Knoxville was trapped when a bee tree he and companions cut down split on him. The leg was badly crushed and doctors amputated below the knee. He remains in a serious condition with poor prospects for recovery.
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Knoxville
George King
Here
King
Altitude Record Set by Mab Grinnell Team Airplane Test
Will C. Robinson, thirdman of Grinnell, flew his custom Mab Grinnell airplane to 14 000 feet in 1 hour 53 minutes. He faced three cloud layers and variable temperatures from 30 to 40 degrees. the craft carries 1000 pounds of gasoline for a ten hour flight and aims to meet government and European demands.
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Grinnell
Will C. Robinson
Robinson
Will Build Roads Adjoining State Institutions In 1916
The Iowa state board of control plans extensive road gravelling and hard surfacing at state institutions in 1916, creating work for many honor convicts. Projects include a model gravel road at Woodward and road improvements from Rockwell City to the women's reformatory, plus work at Ames State College and Cherokee State Hospital. Officials seek a large appropriation after last year’s 15000 to 20000 dollar allocation.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
W. J. Dixon
Bard
Thomas H. MacDonald
Highway Commission
Woodward
Rockwell City
United States
Women’s Reformatory
Reformatory
State College
Ames
State Hospital
Cherokee
Closed Saloons Cut Arrests in Des Moines 1915 16
A Des Moines report shows arrests for intoxication from Feb 14 1915 to Feb 14 1916 without saloons total 2803, while with saloons the figure was 4516. Overall offenses drop from 9061 to 11467, a net decrease of 2405 in the dry year.
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Des Moines
Rural Route Service Restored After Post Office Changes
Shenandoah and Coin mail routes readjusted to original patterns following complaints to the Post Office Department. Two routes from Shenandoah and two from Coin affected with expected restoration at Essex Shambaugh and Blanchard. Page County complaints cited serious impairment of service.
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Shenandoah
Coin
Post Office Department
Essex
Shambaugh
Blanchard
Page County
Potter Held on Arson Charge in Jefferson Fire
Ross Potter proprietor of a local furniture store was arrested on arson charges after state fire marshal investigators tied him to the December 28 blaze. He was seen leaving the rear of the store shortly before the fire was discovered and the loss was about 12000 dollars.
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Jefferson
Ross Potter
State Fire Marshal's Office
Potter
Sixteen Years in Prison for Ida Meyer Murder Case
Winterset district court overruled a new trial motion and sentenced Ida Meyer to sixteen years for second degree murder in the killing of her daughter in law Ethel Meyer last July. Bail set at 20000 pending appeal. Meyer claimed she and her son were not involved. Fred Meyer also received fifteen years for the same charge at his December trial.
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Winterset
Applegate
Ida Meyer
Ethel Meyer
Fred Meyer
Missing Man Returns From Council Bluffs
Dubuque merchant Benjamin F. Kuhl returns home after disappearance. He cannot explain his trip to Council Bluffs. Authorities allege he is short about 12,000 dollars in school board accounts where he served as treasurer. Involuntary bankruptcy actions have been filed against him.
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Dubuque
Benjamin F. Kuhl
Dubuque Commission
Council Bluffs
Kuhl
Want Postmaster Retained in Creston Fight Before Wilson
Friends of Postmaster W H Robb plan to press his retention before President Wilson after his resignation was requested by the post office department due to poor health. Robb, a leading Democrat in the area, formerly published the Creston American.
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Creston
W. H. Robb
Post Office Department
Wilson
Robb
Creston American
Deems Not a Candidate for Iowa Governor
Burlington report states J. F. Deems is not a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa. Deems had been viewed as a likely candidate and had pledged to base his platform on soil conservation.
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Burlington
J. F. Deems
Iowa
Deems
Woman Sells Much Butter Traer Iowa
Mrs. Arthur Manful of Traer North has marketed an average of 65 pounds of butter weekly at a local store for a year earning a total of 922 dollars 87 cents.
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Traer
Arthur Manful
Comparison of Food Prices Iowa Falls
Prices from fifty years ago show beans at 1.00 per bushel and now five cents per pound. Potatoes rise from 65 to 80 cents per bushel to 1.50 with potential to reach 2.00. Creamery eggs move from 25 cents a dozen to 32-35 cents. Fresh creamery potatoes now 35-40 cents per pound.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Iowa Colleges Among Best Ranked by Size in Nation
The Grinnell Iowa area claims three of the nine largest independent colleges in the United States Grinnell Cornell and Coe appear in the ranking with Grinnell third Cornell seventh and Coe ninth The list places Dartmouth Oberlin Colorado Williams Pomona Carleston and Coe as top institutions.
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Iowa
Grinnell
United States
Cornell
Coe
Dartmouth
Oberlin
Colorado
Williams Pomona
Carleston
Iowa Battery C May Be Mustered Out After Short Service
Muscatine Battery C the second Iowa field battery may be mustered out after only a few months. A recently dedicated £50,000 armory building is unfit for artillery use. Federal Inspector Daugherty refused favorable report on the present building and 140 men may be retained only with a new structure. The hall was built for infantry and fails to meet government regulations.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Daugherty
Methodists Launch Forward Movement at Iowa Conference
The Iowa conference outlines a church growth plan led by Bishops Henderson Hughes and Bristol. The program targets 250,000 new members and 500,000 recruits in the Time region, conceived by Bishop Henderson as he chaired the evangelical commission.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Theodore S. Henderson
Chattanooga
Tenn
EB. W. Hughes
San Francisco
Frank M. Bristol
Omaha
Bishop Henderson
Evangelical Commission
Electric Shock Survivor Recovers After Fatal Voltage
Mitchellville agent Fay Lance at the Inter-Urban station is slowly recovering after a 23 000 volt shock that passed through his body. The incident occurred when he collided with a high tension wire and transformer, the force reportedly throwing him across the room and breaking the current.
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Mitchellville
Fay Lance
State May Open Canning Plant at Knoxville
M C Mackin superintendent of the state hospital for inebriates at Knoxville recommends the board of control install a canning plant at the institution to process crops from the farm at an estimated cost of 1000 dollars. The board finds coal on the state property in pockets not worth mining. The state tile plant at Knoxville is turning out excellent products, Colonel MecConlogue reports.
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State
M. C. Mackin
State Hospital
Knoxville
Board of Control
MecConlogue
Wilson Enters Race 21 Perish in Mine Fire
President Wilson consents to have his name used in Ohio primary ballots while urging peaceful end to nomination contest. In Montana, 21 miners dead or missing after Pennsylvania mine fire. nine bodies recovered. rescuers die attempting to reach others.
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Wilson
Washington
Secretary of State
Ohio
Charles Q. Hildebrandt
Butte
Mont
Pennsylvania
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Zebina Bardwell
Bert DuLong
George Tippett
John Soderman
Jack Brennan
William Kelly
Neil Brennan
William Mitchell
Fred Curnow
Frank
Swedish plans 6.2 million for neutrality defenses
Copenhagen reports the Swedish government will ask parliament for 6 2 million dollars to fund neutrality defense costs. Amsterdam dispatch notes Echo Belge reports three killed and ten wounded in Assenede Belgium when German troops opened fire on protesters over requisitions.
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Copenhagen
Parliament
Stockholm
Amsterdam
Echo Belge
Assenede
Belgium
Car Hurls Auto Over Bridge in Omaha Tragedy
James Murray died when a street car struck his big motor truck on a bridge in Omaha on Feb 19. Several others were bruised as the truck was hurled sixty feet to the ground.
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Omaha
James Murray
New Duties for Crown Prince in Alsace Lorraine and Argonne
Paris February 19 Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany has been placed in command of the German armies in Alsace Lorraine as well as that in the Argonne according to the Echo de Paris.
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Paris
Frederick William of
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
The
Argonne
Eceho de Paris
Battleship Oregon Retired to California Naval Militia
Vallejo California February 17 The battleship Oregon known as the bulldog of the navy was placed on the retired list and turned over without ceremony to the naval militia of California at Mare Island navy yard.
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Oregon
Vallejo
Cal
Navy
Naval Militia of
California
Mare Island Navy Yard
Boeschenstein Files Wilson Primary Petition
Springfield Illinois February 17 Charles Boeschenstein Democratic national committeeman for Illinois filed Woodrow Wilson's primary petition as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president.
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Wilson
Springfield
Charles Boeschenstein
Illinois
Woodrow Wilson
Ambassador Marye to Quit War Strain Forces Resignation
Washington reports United States Ambassador George T. Marye at Petrograd is unable to endure the war strain and plans to retire from the diplomatic service. confidential advices indicate he has resigned or will soon. Marye, born in Maryland and long resident of California, returned to Washington with his secretary Ray Baker.
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Washington
United States
George T.marye
Petrograd
Russia
Marye
Ray Baker
Wilson
Marge
Maryland
California
Army Aeroplanes to Manila
Four of the United States army hydro aeroplanes tested at San Diego are to be shipped to Manila after recent trials by civilian aviator Floyd Smith.
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Army
Manila
San Diego
Cal
United States Army
Floyd Smith
Republicans Refuse Whitman Endorsement at State Convention
New York February 18. The committee on resolutions at the Republican state convention voted 36 to 8 against including in the main platform an indorsement of Gov. Charles S. Whitman.
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Whitman
New York
Charlies S. Whitman
Aetna Nitro Plant Burned Near Gary
The Aetna Explosives nitro plant near Gary Indiana was destroyed by fire. Officials say the blaze started from a leaking steam pipe. Loss estimated at about 20000 dollars.
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Aetna
Gary
Ind
Aetna Explosives Company
Here
Senate backs inquiry into government ownership of utilities
Washington Feb 17 by a 39 to 23 vote the senate went on record as favoring a congressional inquiry into the advisability of government ownership of public utilities as against government regulation and control.
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U. & Ownership
Washington
Senate
Russians Capture Erzerum in Bold Caucasus Campaign
London reports Grand Duke Nicholas led a Russian assault that captured Erzerum after five days of heavy fighting. The fall opens a path toward Constantinople as two German leaders were said quartered nearby and heavy losses were suffered by both sides.
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London
Nicholas
Caucasus
Erzerum
Asia Minor
Petrograd
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Kut-El-Amara
Armenia
Constantinople
Herzorum
Tiflis
Caucasus Mountains
Lusitania Case Held Up In Submarine Warfare Debate
Washington reports the Lusitania case is delayed as Germany and Austria declare armed merchantmen may be sunk without warning. Secretary Lansing after talks with Count von Bernstorff said the case hinges on future submarine actions. The administration would accept a revised answer if ships carrying passengers are not sunk without warning.
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Washington
State Department
Count von Bernstorff
Lansing
Nine Die In Mexia Theater Fire At Art Exhibit
A theater fire in Mexia Texas killed nine people and injured fifteen as the opera house burned during a public school art exhibit. The blaze started in a nearby groceries store and destroyed several shops and homes. Victims include Ray Cox Oscar Johansen Claude Johansen Paul Veldell Ray Hitt Prof C Burton A Weisner and a child of Prof Burton. Professor Burton and Superintendent Weisner died attempting to save the children.
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Mexia
Tex
Opera House
Ray Cox
Oscar Johansen
Claude Johansen
Paul Veldell
Ray Hitt
Prof. C. Burton
A. Weisner
Burton
Weisner
Wreck injures forty on Sea Board Air Line train
The Florida Special No. 10 northbound wrecked at Bellwood plantation between Richmond and Chester. Forty persons injured with fourteen in serious condition.
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Richmond
Seaboard Air Line
Bellwood Plantation
Here
Chester
Miss Gibson Engaged In New York Announcement
The engagement of Miss Irene Langhorne Gibson daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Dana Gibson and George B Post Jr of New York was announced here on Thursday.
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Gibson
New York
Irene Langhorne Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson
George B. Post, Jr
Fire Threat Fails to Destroy Driggs Seabury Forge
Fire of unknown origin endangered the forge department at the Driggs Seabury Ordnance company in Sharon Pennsylvania, but rapid action by the fire department prevented total destruction of the building.
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Sharon
Driggs‘Seabury Ordnance Company
Fire Claims Two Lives in Midland Business District
A blaze in Midland Michigan destroyed business district property causing $80 000 in damage. Victims were Miss Della Taylor and William L Baker president of the People s Bank of Midland.
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Midland
Mich
Della Taylor
Williaml. Baker
The
People’s Bank of Midland
Data on Mexican Situation Revealed by State Department
President Wilson transmitted part of the State Department data on Mexico to the Senate after a Foreign Relations Committee vote. The records show 1913 to 1915 Mexican killings in U S and Mexican territory, Carranza described as military de facto, and calls for orderly constitutional government. Senator Fall criticized withholding Brazilian minister and consular reports as overemphasis on criticism.
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Fall
Washington
State Department
Senate
Wilson
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
Mexico
Lansing
Department of State
Department
Swill
Fail
Secretary of State
Sweden asks U S to help defend neutrals rights
Sweden sends formal note to the United States urging neutral cooperation to uphold international law against belligerent acts. It accuses Britain of willful violations, especially mail seizures, and seeks U S collaboration with Sweden and possibly other nations.
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Washington
Britain
Sweden
United States
Eloper Follansbee Sentenced in Mann Act Case
Charles Follansbee of Waterloo Wisconsin was sentenced in Superior to two and a half years in Leavenworth prison for violation of the Mann act after eloping with Mrs Anna Kelly. The case highlights a cross state elopement ending in federal conviction.
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Eloper
Madison
Wis
Charles Follansbee
Waterloo
Superior
Leavenworth
Follansbee
Anna Kelly
Flames Wreck Steel Plant
Bridgeport Conn Feb 19 The Farist Steel company plant was nearly destroyed by fire with losses around 450000 The firm supplied steel for the Remington Arms company
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Bridgeport, Conn
Farist Steel Company
Remington Arms Company
French air raid on Strumnitza Bulgaria drops 158 bombs
Thirteen French aeroplanes raided Strum nitza Bulgaria on Wednesday afternoon dropping 158 bombs. Several fires started. All machines returned safely.
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London
Strumnitza
Bulgaria
British Destroyer Viking Damaged by Firs
The British destroyer Viking was towed into Dover harbor in a sinking condition after being damaged by a firs on January 29, according to advices to a New York shipping firm.
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New York
Dover Harbor
Channel
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Tournai
Mezieres Mth
Sertus
Ychalons O
Marson
Flanders
Poperinghe
Lille
Lens
Lieven
Frise
Somme
Oise
Reims
Ste. Marie-a- Py
Champagne
Lusse
St. Die
Abersept
Seppois
Upper
Alsace
Lona Birdman
Soares
Rashams
Butte, Mont
U. S
Lusitania
Republic
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