Missing Cairo Farmer Frank Rutt Traced in Muscatine
A Cairo farmer, Frank Rutt, missing since last Wednesday, is believed seen in Muscatine last Sunday as a day laborer among city work gangs. A Morning Sun attorney with a photo and a Glatstein store sighting fortified the lead, with shoes returned for identification as officials extend searches among work crews.
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Frank Rutt
Cairo
Muscatine
Journal
Butt
H. Glatstein & Sons
East Second Street
Harry Glatstein
Louisa County
Glatstein
Fred Courts
Morning Sun
G. J. Tomlinson
Courts
Young Glatstein
Mr. Tomlinson
Ratt
Tomlinson
Arrest Warrant Issued for Vermont Sailor in Foster Death
Massachusetts Attorney General sent a state officer with a warrant for David W. Williams a colored mess hand on the battleship Vermont charged with manslaughter in the boxing death of Harrison H. Foster after a March fight in Provincetown. In Washington officials said Navy boxing under supervision rarely proves fatal and Admiral Schroeder ordered a board of inquiry.
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Mass
Malone
Massachusetts
Bradford
David W. Williams
Vermont
Harrison H. Foster
Washington, D. C
Navy
Navy Department
Foster
Admiral Schroeder
Earthquake in Brancaleone Triggers Panic in Italy
An underground shock hit Brancaleone Italy this morning sending about a thousand residents into a panic. No injuries or serious damage were reported.
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Brancaleone
Italy
Street Laborers Strike Wider in Pittsburg Action
Street laborers strike expands with gangs parading streets to pressure higher wages. Police report plans to organize canal workers to unite, and an effort to form factions among foreign workers for mob activity is suspected in Pittsburg, Pa.
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Pittsburg
Minnesota Day at Seattle Fair honors James J. Hill bust
Minnesota celebrated its day at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle with the unveiling of a bronze bust of James J. Hill, celebrated railroad builder. Governor Johnson attended to deliver the Minnesota day address and untie the cords binding flags of Japan, Great Britain and the United States around the monument.
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Seattle
Wash
Minnesota
James J. Hill
Johnson
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Turkish Troops Sent to Crete by Sea Escort
A Constantinople dispatch reports four Turkish transports carrying troops departed for Crete with the Turkish fleet ordered to escort. The move suggests a planned landing on the island.
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St. Petersburg
The
Novae Vermya Today
Constantinople
Crete
Turkey
Sweden faces labor turmoil as troops called out
Stockholm August 3 labor troubles threaten to become a revolution as a general strike and lockout strain the country. The socialists push for upheaval while the government readies to quell disorder. King Gustave summons parliament to Stockholm and a special rigsdag session is anticipated.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Young Socialists’ Party
Gustave
Rigsdag
Conference report vote next Thursday assured
Leaders express confidence as passage seems assured with Leather Paragraph wording to suit senators. Alleged joker remark cited, streamlining rhetoric ahead of the vote.
West Liberty Man May Be Honored
C W Larson resigned as secretary of the Pharmacy Commission and the board may name Rep Moore of Eldon or G A Moore of West Liberty to fill the post. Mayor Henderson of Marengo faces a postponed trial due to ill health with new date set for August 17.
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C. W. Larson
G. A. Moore
West Liberty
Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Pharmacy Commission
Representative Moore
Eldon
Henderson
Marengo
WRECK THREAT NEAR CRAWFORD STOPS TRAIN
Burlington passenger train halted near Crawford Nebraska after discovering an obstruction of steel rails on the track ten miles out on a hazardous curve. The express car reportedly carried 240000 dollars in gold bullion. A farmer named Chrisberger was later jailed in Alliance after a search party found him nearby.
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Crawford, Neb
Burlington
Crawford
Chrisberger
Alliance
Corruption Found in German Section of Tientsin Pukow Rail Road
In Peking on August 3 authorities disclosed corruption in the German section of the Tientsin Pukow railway. The line's directors have been dismissed and some will be punished. The scandal may impact the financial schemes of foreign banks in China.
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Peking
Tienstin-Pukow
China
Taft Plans Beverly Visit Amid Tariff Vote Developments
Washington reports Taft will leave for Beverly Hills Friday afternoon as Congress likely adjourns. Senate set to vote on the tariff conference report at 2 p m Thursday. Debate over leather, cotton bagging and the range senators continues with Aldrich and Newlands guiding edits.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Taft
Washington
Beverly
Senate
Clapp
Bailey
Aldrich
Culberson
Newlands
White House
Piles
Riverside Man in Search for Son Disappears from Galesburg
M. E. Brown of Riverside Iowa travels to St. Louis seeking Frank E. Brown who vanished from his Galesburg Illinois home three weeks ago. The bride of six months remains with her husband's parents at Riverside while the father gathers clues and the wife is puzzled by the disappearance.
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St. Louis
M. E. Brown
Riverside
Frank E. Brown
Galesburg
Ill
Brown
Peage Reigns in Spain Amid Riot Toll Report
Official advices claim most disorders are ended with isolated pockets in Catalonia. Madrid reports calm across Spain with minor local disturbances. Don Jaime, the Carlist pretender, says he will not interfere and has retired to Frohnorf in Lower Austria.
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Madrid
Spain
Catalonia
Vienna
Don Jaime
Frohdorf
Lower Austria
Officers Round Up 14 Dogs Overdue Tax at Station
Officer Hugh Smith conducted a second round up collecting fourteen canines placed at the station for two days. If their owners do not pay the tax by then, the dogs face the same fate as previous animals.
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Hugh Smith
Knights in Great Parade at Columbus Annual Meeting
Mobile Alabama August 3 delegates and officers paraded to Immaculate Conception Cathedral for pontifical mass as the Knights of Columbus open their annual meeting. Archbishop Glennon preached and Supreme Knight Hearn spoke pledging to raise a $500,000 fund for Catholic university scholarships.
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Mobile
Ala
National Council of the Knights of Columbus
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
John J. Glennon
Edward L. Hearn
New Haven
Conn
Catholic Universities of America
Reorganization Plan Operative for Chicago Great Western
New York August 3 The plan of the re organization of the Chicago Great Western Railway was declared operative in an announcement by J P Morgan Co They stated that 75 percent of the total stock issues had been deposited under the plan.
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New York
N. Y
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Cotton Mill Officer Arrested in South Carolina
Anderson, S C August 3 Calhoun Harris secretary and assistant cashier of the Orr Cotton mills was arrested charged with breach of trust. Experts auditing the books say about 50000 dollars is missing. Harris denies wrongdoing calling it a clerical error and promises full explanation.
Capt Newberry Dies from Lobster Poisoning in Croton
Croton Conn Aug 3 Capt Christopher G Newberry died yesterday from ptomaine poisoning after eating lobsters. John Blifford of New York is in a precarious condition.
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Croton
Conn
Christopher G. Newberry
John Blifford
New York
Thaw Insanity Witness Recalled In Matteawan Hearing
Dr. Amos T. Baker, Matteawan’s first assistant physician, testifies on Thaw’s mental condition and the possibility of ongoing insanity. The judge and Jerome question Thaw as experts debate his state and safety risk. Baker recalls questioning, notes bad judgment, and cites thirty sexual newspaper clippings as evidence.
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White Plains
Amos T. Baker
Matteawan Asylum
Baker
Justice Mills
Thaw
Matteawan
Morschauser
Poughkeepsie
Jerome
Mills
Taft Pardons Palmer of Syracuse Bank
President Taft pardons Manning C. Palmer former president of the American Exchange National Bank of Syracuse New York. Palmer was convicted of misapplication of funds and sentenced to five years in Auburn prison.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Manning C. Palmer
American Exchange National Bank of
Syracuse
N. Y
Auburn
Weather summary for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa expects partly cloudy skies tonight with possible showers in the far east and cooler conditions. Illinois receives generally fair weather tonight and Wednesday with local showers in the extreme north, followed by cooler air in the north tonight. Sunrise 4 44 sunset 7 08 moonrise 8 4%
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Illinois
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