Rate pleas heard by Iowa railroad commission
Representatives from Des Moines and ten other cities met with the Iowa state railroad commission to seek changes in freight rates on 110 commodities. The railroads largely agreed to the requests, with several petitions withdrawn. The panel left for later consideration issues on shipper alternate rates and liability clauses, and discussed a future general revision of declared value requirements.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State House
State Railroad Commission
Northwestern Railroad
G. Wylie
Greater
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Waterlolo
Dubuque
Clinton
Janesville
Burlington
Manilla
Soldier Vote May Decide Iowa Election Outcomes
Des Moines reports state house officials say in numerous Iowa counties the soldier vote from troops on the Mexican border could decide the contests for representative and senator. In several counties challenges threaten to invalidate the soldier ballots on grounds the voting law was repealed.
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Des Moines
State House
Iowa
State Doing Good Work. Faye Albee Returns Home
Faye Albee a six year old boy returned to his Des Moines home after a year away. A year ago he was carried from Ames and paralyzed from the hips. He spent the year at the state hospital for crippled children at Iowa City where he improved greatly with proper care and feeding and may grow as strong as other boys.
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Iowa City
Faye Albee
Des Moines
Faye
Ames
State Hospital For
Former Iowa Student Serves as Sergeant Major Near Verdun
Ray Potter, once a University of Iowa student, serves as sergeant major in the English army and fights near Verdun. He enlisted as a private in the Canadian army at the war’s start and has earned multiple promotions after taking part in Verdun. Friends at the university recently received a postal card bearing his signature.
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Iowa Boys
Verdun
Iowa City
Ray Potter
Potter
Battle of
Report From Inebriate Hospital in Des Moines
Knoxville inebriate hospital funding shows counties paid 9429 in Q2 and 8104 in Q3, a drop linked to fewer inebriates admitted. State officials received the quarterly figures for the Des Moines institution.
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Inebriate Hospital
Des Moines
Knoxville
Prominent Iowa City Contractor Dies After Ill Health
J. J. Hotz a well known Iowa City contractor and longtime public servant has died at his home after more than two years of failing health. His death ends a notable career in local civic affairs with broad recognition across the state.
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Iowa City
J. J. Hotz
Iowa
Polk County Butter Production Reach Over Five Million Pounds
Food and dairy commission figures show Polk county produces 5 535 717 pounds of butter annually with over half exported. Output comes from 43 883 cows owned by 9 150 people using 9 000 cream separators daily. statewide total is 710 714 cows used for butter making.
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Des Moines
Food and Dairy Commission
Polk County
Sioux City Bank Clearings Hit New Monthly High
Sioux City banks reported a record monthly clearings total of 23.079 million dollars, beating the prior peak set in March. Year to date clearings for the first ten months of 1916 exceed any full year previously recorded by the local clearing house, reaching about 183 million dollars.
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Sioux City
University Professor A G Smith Dies in Iowa City
Prof A G Smith head of mathematics and astronomy at the University of Iowa died at his home after a short illness from pernicious anemia. He served 15 years as Iowa’s representative on the western intercollegiate conference board and twice as its chairman. He was an honored student athlete and played football as center and quarterback in 1889 1890, later contributing as the university’s first conference representative when Iowa joined in 1899.
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Iowa City
A. G. Smith
University of Iowa
Peronitus Aenemia
Western Intercollegiate Conference
Smith
Iowa
Open Hospital School In Iowa City Aims To Start
The hospital school for crippled children in the Perkins ward at University hospital Iowa City is now opened though funding gaps hinder full plans. Miss Jane Haworth from Cane Gerrardean Normal school Missouri leads the program and will teach the upper classes. Miss Miriam Chase will teach kindergarten through second grade. A hospital room has been prepared as the classroom.
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Open Hospital School
Iowa City
Perkins Ward
University Hospital
Jane Haworth
Cane Gerrardean Normal School of
Missouri
Miriam Chase
Son Discovers Father Dead Near Jefferson
Reu ben M. Henderson a farmer living southwest of town was found dead in bed by his twelve year old son after sending his wife to fetch their daughter who attends school in town Henderson had not been feeling well and planned to lie down until the boy returned from country school indicating a second sudden death in one day.
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Jefferson
Reuben M. Henderson
Patent Infringement Suit Filed Over Cement Block Machine
American Silo company of Wilma Minnesota sues Kale and Henshaw of Winterset in federal court for 50000 dollars alleging the Kale and Henshaw machine for making cement blocks for silos infringes patents.
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Des Moines
American Silo Company
Wilma
Farm Makes Big Increase Glidden
An interesting real estate deal closed recently as Mr. William Culton of Davenport sold a quarter section about three miles north of town to Bert Kline a local farmer. Culton bought the farm in 1877 at nine dollars per acre and sold for one hundred eighty five dollars per acre. The buyer plans to till the tract and raise its value to two hundred dollars per acre.
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Glidden
William Culton
Davenport
Bert Kline
Robber Gang Arrests Tied to Fort Dodge Case
Confession by Elmer Sanders in a bootlegging case leads police to arrest J. G. Brinegar of Des Moines George Kruse of Duncombe and Oliver Metzer of Fort Dodge. Police say the four men are members of a gang linked to robberies in several small town areas.
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Fort Dodge
Elmer Sanders
J. G. Brinegar
Des Moines
George Kruse
Duncombe
Oliver Metzer
Towa
Strangen Law Suit in Grinnell Over Farm Deed
John Moyer sues Joseph and wife Mochal in Montezuma district court seeking to nullify deed and mortgage on a farm alleged sold by F. X. Moyer for 175 an acre when its value was 225. The case draws county attention.
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Grinnell
John Moyer
Joseph Mochal
Montezuma
Moyer
F. X. Moyer
Mochals
Cedar Rapids Plans Potatoes For Cash Sales
The Cedar Rapids city council authorized Commissioner J. D. Kennedy to import and sell potatoes to residents for cash with a limit of ten bushels per buyer in a bid to curb high living costs.
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Cedar Rapids
J. D. Kennedy
Start New Dormitories for Grinnell College
Grinnell College breaks ground on three new men’s dormitories forming the proposed quadrangle. The buildings will house 120 students and feed twice that number, with completion targeted for late next summer.
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Auto Accidents Claim Eighteen in Iowa
The October bulletin of the state highway commission reports eighteen deaths and 648 injuries from automobile accidents in Iowa during September.
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Des Moines
The
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Detective Admits Slander Suit In Villisca Case
J N Wilkerson a Burns detective answers slander suit by Senator F F Jones of Villisca. He admits charging Jones with complicity in the Moore family murder at Villisca. Jones seeks heavy damages for the circulation of the story and had filed similar suits against town figures which were withdrawn. Wilkerson denies conspiracy to defame Jones.
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Jones
Red Oak
J. N. Wilkerson
Burns
F. F. Jones
Villisca
Moore
Wilkerson
Viljisca
More Pay For Teachers In Iowa Plan Sparks Debate
Des Moines reports Albert M. Deyoe, Iowa superintendent, opposed extending state aid to independent and denominational schools for teacher training. He urged higher teachers salaries, arguing pay should reflect preparation time and the demands of effective work.
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Des Moines
Albert M. Deyoe
Deyoe
Davenport
Anna J. Burdick
Public Schools
Sidney Mandelbaum
Mandelbaum Department Store
K. G. Smith
Iowa State College
Ames
J.F. Strief
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Sioux City
Allies win town front in Dobrudja and Transylvania
Bulgarian forces retreat along their Dobrudja front while Austro German units repulse attacks near Predeal. Hirsova is retaken with Danube naval aid after burning villages. In Transylvania the Georgeny region clashes continue as Austrian German forces advance toward Sircuiu and Surduiu near the Hungarian border.
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Bucharest
Dobrudja
Transylvania
Predeal
Buzen
War Office
Iouminian
Hirsova
Tehernnuvoda
Trotus
Goionia
Table Buzzi
Bratocen
Predelus
Prahovya
Dragosavele
Titesti
Racovitza
Danube River
Sayville
Hungary
Georgeny Mountains
Roumania
Rothenthurm Pass
Drobrudja
von Mackensen
Surdoiu
Germany Seeks World Peace Via International Tribunal
Berlin reports Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg told the reichstag committee that Germany will cooperate with other powers to pursue enduring world peace through an international tribunal. He stated there is nothing to fear from a tribunal and commented on British Foreign Secretary Lord Grey’s claim about war origins shaping peace terms.
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Berlin
Germany
von Bethman Hollweg
Reichstag
Lord Grey
Men
Europe
Foreign Residents Flee Chihuahua City Train To Border
Reports from El Paso say a special train is being assembled in Chihuahua City to move French British and Chinese residents to the border amid fears Villa's forces may attack the capital. Foreign residents are evacuating as a precaution after the state capital's exodus began.
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Chihuahua City
el Paso
Tex
Villa
Chihuahua
Espagne in Sea Collision Reported on Transatlantic Voyage
The French line steamship Espagne arrived from Bordeaux after a rough voyage and reported a collision at sea with an unidentified vessel. The Espagne sustained only minor damage during the incident.
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New York
Bordeaux
King's Kin Siain in Battle
Prince Henry of Bavaria, nephew of King Louis, commanded a battalion of the king's infantry and was killed in battle. His mother has gone for the body.
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Berlin
Prince Henry of Bavarian
Louis
Princess Juliana Confined With Fever at Seven
A Reuters dispatch from The Hague reports Princess Juliana, seven, daughter of Queen Wilhelmina, is confined to bed with fever symptoms. The news comes from London on Wednesday November 10.
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Holland
III
London
Reuter
the Hague
Juliana
Wilhelmina
Elevator Fall at Florsheim Plant Kills Two in Chicago
A derailed elevator at the Florsheim Shoe Company plant on West Adams Street dropped from an upper story, killing two people and injuring several others among the passengers. The incident occurred on November 10 and involved more than a dozen workers and visitors. Investigators begin examining the cause of the collapse.
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Chicago
Florsheim Shoe Company
West Adis Street
Romanian Forces Push Teutons From Dobrudja
Bucharest reports Roumanian troops in Dobrudja forced Teutonic retirement. Retreating Germans and Austrians set fires to four villages Daeni Garlici Rosman and Baidar near Hirsova. Concurrent notices say Romanian withdrawals near Predeal as Austro German forces advance.
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Bucharest
War Office
Dobrudja
Daeni
Garlici
Danube
Hirsova
Rosman
Baidar
Predeal
War ‘Office
Berlin
Sayville
Roumania
Laoma
Rothenthurm
Szurduk Pass
Lanao Sinking Reported as Possible U S Ship
Acting Secretary of State says Cardiff advices report the Lanao sinking and that it was presumably an American ship carrying rice from Manila to Havre. Captain and crew affidavits will be sent. London embassy to provide more information.
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Washington
Osborne
Lathrop
Cardiff
Wales
Manila
Havre
Department
London
Department of Commerce
State Department
William P. Frye
Dr Constantine Dumba Dies in Vienna Dispatch
Geneva reports the death of Dr Constantin Dumba former Austrian ambassador to the United States He was appointed ambassador in January 1918 and served many years in diplomacy He was fifty six and recalled by Austria in September 1915 leaving the United States on October 3 last year
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Geneva
Constantin Dumba
United States
Vienna
Dumba
State Department
Suit amount is raised in Boston court action
Chicago reports permission from Boston courts allowing Illinois to raise damages in a suit against the estate of Samuel Raymond of Boston from 50000 to 4000000. Raymond served as Cook County treasurer 1898 to 1901 and was allowed to keep 2 percent of inheritance tax. The Illinois Supreme Court later invalidated that law, and the state seeks return of all money retained under it.
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Chicago
Boston
Mass
Illinois
Samuel Raymond
Raymond
Cook County
Supreme Court of Illinois
Mexicans Evacuate Town as Villa Advance Reported
An official report to General Funston states Ojinaga has been evacuated by the Carranza garrison. The evacuation is attributed to the advance of Villa troops.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
Ojinaga
Carranza
Villa
Mexican General Slain Amid Santa Rosalia Fight
Reports from Laredo Texas detail heavy fighting between Carranza and Villa forces at Santa Rosalia with Villa troops winning. The body of Carranza general Fortunato Maycotte was taken to Monterey.
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Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Villa
Santa Rosalia
Fortunato Maycotte
Monterey
Roumanian General Dragalina Dies From Wounds
Wireless dispatch from Bucharest reports General Dragalina commander of the First Roumanian army died of wounds suffered in battle. The Nov. 10 bulletin confirms his death.
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London
Bucharest
Dragalina
Kansas Prison Cellhouse Burns
Fire in the north front cellhouse at the Kansas State Penitentiary in Leavenworth forced moving 800 convicts to another building. No injuries reported.
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Kansas
Leavenworth
Kan
Kansas State Penitentiary
Forty Die as Boston Elevated Car Plunges from Drawbridge
A crowded Boston Elevated streetcar plunged into Fort Point Channel near South Station killing forty and leaving twelve rescued. Motorman Gerald Walsh and conductor George McKeon faced manslaughter charges after leaping to safety as investigators blamed the drawbridge’s unlit gates for the disaster. Most victims were Western Electric Company workers returning from the South Boston factory.
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Boston
Boston Elevated Street Railway
Fort Point Channel
South Station
Thomas J. Gannon
Gerald Walsh
George McKeon
J. Harvey White
Boston Elevated Railway
Western Islectric Company
South Boston
French Make New Gains in St Pierre Vaast Wood
Allied forces report continued French progress in the northern St Pierre Vaast wood with additional prisoners. The German war office says Franco British units suffered heavy losses on the Somme, achieving only a local northern St Pierre Vaast gain. ten officers and 380 men with 11 machine guns captured.
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Paris
Qlondon
St. Pierre- Vaast
Berlin
Somme
Germany
War Office
von Buelow
St. Pierre-Vaast
Seven Die In Allegheny Coal Train Wreck Near Altoona
Seven men are believed killed and another dying in Altoona after a Newportage Junction wreck on the Newportage branch. A coal train ran wild, crashed into a light engine, wrecking 47 of 60 cars and triggering a coal fire. Victims named include A. L. Riseing R. C. Schuma Frank Fry R. F P. Jackson J. H. Gordon W. C. Horner and W. I. Thompson.
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Altoona
Altoona Hospital
Newportage Junction
Newportage
Pennsylvania Railroad
Allegheny Mountains
A. L. Riseing
R. C. Schuma
Frank Fry
R. F P. Jackson
J. H. Gordon
W. C. Horner
W. I. Thompson
Another British Ship Sunk Sails From Alexandria torpedoed
The British steam er of 1,095 tons sailing from Alexandria Egypt October 24 with cotton for Liverpool has been torpedoed and sunk according to private advices received in Boston on November 11.
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Boston
Alexandria
Egypt
Liverpool
Immigrant Loss: Arabia Sinking Ships Passengers Count
London reports 487 passengers aboard the Peninsular and Oriental line steamship Arabia sunk in the Mediterranean by a submarine. Of them 198 have landed at Malta and 84 at Port Said.
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London
Peninsular and Oriental Line
Arabia
Mediterranean
Malta
Port Said
New York Central Plans 15 Million for New Cars
A. H. Smith, president of the New York Central Railway, told the Ohio public utilities commission the railroad will invest about 15 million dollars in new equipment.
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Columbus
A. H. Smith
New York Central Railway Company
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
England Loses Ships in War Report
Berlin reports through Overseas News agency that since the war began England has lost 14 percent of her battleships 80 percent of her armored cruisers and 14 percent of her protected cruisers.
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England
Berlin
Appointive State Offices Scramble After election
Following the election scramble began for appointive state offices under the new administration in Des Moines. Many current officials face possible ousters, while some departments keep their heads for two more years, and others anticipate a complete office force overhaul.
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Des Moines
H. M. Havner
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Railroad Commission
Commerce Counsel
State Library
Historical Department
Library Commission
Department of Agriculture
Geological Survey
A. M. Deyoe
Guy E. Logan
A. B. Funk
Emory H. English
E. C. Hinshaw
W. E B. Holland
Rhys T. Rhys
Edward Sweeney
Ole O. Roe
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Iowa Department of Agriculture
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John al Gusher
Winterset
W. 8. Allen
Republican’ State Central Committee
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Legal Department
W.W. Anderson
Scranton
Mississippi River
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Cosson
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Ill
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State Board of Control
W. J. Dixon
George Chittick
State Department of Justice
Templars
Chittick
Dairy and Food Commission
Ivan Whitted
State Board, of Agriculture
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Templar
Fort Madison
Lee County
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HE. E. Bacher
R. G. Cunningham
H. J. Davis
P. F. Greenawalt
E. H. Haskins
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Bessie L. Mincer
Cozad
Neb
B. E. Noll
Spirit Lake
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