Taft Heads National Rivers and Harbors Congress
President Randall hails U.S. Engineers and the rivers and harbors act as the congress convenes in Washington with Taft expected to open remarks. Ambassador Dela Barra notes Mexico’s ports and the need for railroad and river cooperation to solve terminal transportation hurdles.
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Washington, D. C
National Rivers and Harbors’ Congress
Taft
Congress
Randell
Board of
U.S. Engineers
Mexico
Ambassador Dela Barra
United States
America
Adams Guilty in Jurors Verdict Eight-Year Deferred Sentence
Tipton Iowa December 7 Special The trial of Harry Adams and Ralph Burrows for the murder of Matthias Lang ended with a manslaughter verdict after over six hours of deliberation. Sentencing was deferred with an expected eight-year term. Lang died from injuries received in a September fight.
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Tipton
Harry Adams
Ralph Burrows
Matthias Lang
Adams
Lang
Roosevelt Replies to Baldwin Letters About Retraction
Roosevelt says he answered letters from Governor-elect Simeon Baldwin and that the correspondence is not complete. Baldwin pressed for a public retraction over labor decision charges. In New Haven Ullman seeks Baldwin’s acceptance to address the chamber with Roosevelt as guest of honor next Tuesday.
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New York
Roosevelt
Simeon Baldwin
Connecticut
Baldwin
New Haven
Conn
Ullman
Witnesses Testify Against Father in Double Tragedy
In New York on December 7, an 11 year old boy and a 9 year old girl testified against their father, Abraham Roth, charged with murdering his wife. The boy described quarrels and the father’s threat to kill, while the girl, not sworn, recalled the mother crying for help before collapsing from injuries near a window.
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New York
N. Y
Abraham Roth
Roth
Israel
Molly Roth
Molly
Becky
Winter wheat condition at 82.5 in national estimate
Washington December 7 The agricultural department reported winter wheat condition at 82.5 and rye at 92.6 in its latest crop outlook.
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Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Charities Body Elects Officers and Colony Proposal
Des Moines Iowa December 7 The state convention of charities and corrections elected E F Ensign Iowa City as president A T Burnell Des Moines as first vice president George Eaton Vinton as second vice president H L Houghton Sioux City as treasurer and George Moughridge Glenwood as secretary A legislative committee for the Drake University affiliated association is named with members from Keosauqua Davenport Independence Fayette Marshalltown Newton and other cities.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
State Convention of Charities and Corrections
E. F. Ensign
Iowa City
A. T. Burnell
George E. Eaton
Vinton
H. L. Houghton
Sioux City
George Moughridge
Glenwood
Trial stopped after jury impaneled in Curran case
The State of Iowa vs J R Curran ended abruptly after the jury was impaneled as Curran settled before trial. The Shenandoah man faced forgery indictments but the court dismissed the jury and discharged him. Also reported is the death of Dr Franks Burk’s wife in Iowa City from meningitis and a diphtheria scare involving Miss Clara Varney.
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Iowa City
State of Iowa
J. R. Curran
Curran
Shenandoah
Iowa
Frank O. Burk
Burk
Clara Varney
Liberal gains in UK and Irish elections shift balance
In London and Cork, liberal momentum grows as coalition secures six of ten seats for a parliamentary majority. William O'Brien defeats William Redmond in Cork with Healey beating Roche, marking gains for independents amid a generally subdued voter turnout.
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London
Coalition
Fp Ae A Ea Ee
Aea
Ace O
Coventry
Labor Party
Will Crooks
Woolwich
William Redmond
John Redmond
Healey
Roche
Frozen Earth Falls Kills Workman Near Oskaloosa
John M. Baker aged 24 of New Boston Missouri was crushed by a 400 pound mass of frozen earth in a rock quarry seven miles southeast of Oskaloosa Iowa last night. The impact broke his back and caused instant death.
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Iowa Evening Press
Oskaloosa
John M. Baker
New Boston
Here
Eddyville Man Falls Dead in Oskaloosa
Fred Miller of Eddyville, a resident and merchant, collapsed on a street in Oskaloosa at 9 o'clock while en route to the depot for home. The cause was neuralgia of the heart, and he died on the street.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa Fvening Press
Fred Miller
Eddyville
Growth in Dakotas Population Counts
North Dakota reaches 577 056 residents, up 257 910, while South Dakota stands at 583 888, up 182 318. The figures indicate continued population growth in both states.
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Washington, D. C
North Dakota
South Dakota
Senate Delays Cummins Tariff Bill and Meats Repeal Move
Washington December 7 Sen Hale uses senate rules to delay the Cummins resolution on tariff debate while Sulzer of New York introduces a bill to repeal the duty on meats and cattle Insurgents weigh appointive choices for Justice Hughes and George Pepper in the Pinchot Ballinger probe context La Follette letters suggest openness to White House talks on judicial picks with constitutional and public interest concern
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Hale
House
Sulzer
New York
Owa Hvening Fress
Supreme Court
Cummins
Justice Hughes
George Pepper
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot-Ballinger
Taft
LaFollette
Wisconsin
White House
Horton
Legislature to Advertise Iowa Meeting in Des Moines
E P Adler of Davenport president of the Iowa Associated Dailies and secretary Lafe Young Jr plan a January meeting in Des Moines to select officers and urge the legislature to fund advertising of Iowa. Editors from daily and weekly papers will attend as will the Iowa League of Commercial clubs to back similar action. A legislative committee will be formed.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
E. P. Adler
Davenport
Iowa Associated Dailies
Lafe Young, Jr
Iowa
Iowa League of Commercial Clubs
Algona Alderman Faces Possible Trouble Over Wire Cutting
Mason City reports E. G. Boyer, alderman and streets committee chair in Algona, allegedly overstepped by ordering Western Union wires cut, disrupting Northwestern Railway lines. Police investigate after the incident occurred yesterday afternoon.
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Iowa Evening Press
Mason City
E. G. Boyer
Algona
Western Union
Northwestern Railway
Taft's Daughter Unveils Baron Von Steuben Statue
Miss Helen Taft unveiled the statue to Baron Von Steuben in Washington D C with a parade of German societies and speeches by President Taft German Ambassador Von Bernstorff Representative Bartholdt and Dr Hexamer head of the National German American Alliance.
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Washington, D. C
Helen Taft
Taft
Baron von Steuben
Republic
von Bernstorff
Bartholdt
Missouri
Hexamer
National
German-American Alliance
Farm hand commits suicide by drinking lye
John Cochran aged 65 a farm hand committed death by his own action last night at the home of Robert Linnette a short distance from Vinton Iowa He drank a large quantity of concentrated lye and died after lingering in agony He had been despondent for some time.
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Iowa Evening Press
Vinton
John Cochran
Robert Linnette
McCann Denied Rehearing in Bribery Case
The Illinois Supreme Court denied the petition for a rehearing and affirmed the lower court’s judgment in the case of Edward McCann former Chicago police inspector. McCann was convicted of receiving bribes from owners and keepers of disorderly houses.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Edward McCann
Chicago
McCann
Illinois Scholars Pass Rhodes Scholarships
Word from Oxford lists Illinois candidates who passed Rhodes scholarship exams. Loren Humphrey of Lincoln, Charles Leslie of Stewart, and Wesleyan University’s W Phillips Comstock from the University of Chicago are named among successful examinees.
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Champaign, Ill
Oxford
Illinois
Robert R. Humphrey
Lincoln, Il
Charles Leslie
Stewart, Ill
Wesleyan University
W. Phillips Comstock
University of Chicago
Garment Workers Parade Draws 50,000 in Chicago
Fifty thousand garment workers and sympathizers paraded through Chicago streets in an orderly demonstration on December 7, with workers describing the event as calm and organized.
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Chicago
Ill
Journal Extra prints Seventieth Anniversary Edition
Demand for extra copies leads the Journal to print a limited Seventieth Anniversary Edition priced at 5 cents. It offers valuable city and state historical data and will be fully illustrated. Orders should be phoned in promptly.
Wilson Heard by the Committee on Lorimer Vote
Illinois legislator Robert E. Wilson testified before the Lorimer investigating committee that his July 15 1909 trip to St Louis aimed to arrange a Browne Browne banquet and not to distribute a Jackpot He said he voted for Lorimer because former Sheriff Barrett on his deathbed asked him to do so He denied paying money to legislators.
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Washington, D. C
Robert E. Wilson
Illinois
Lorimer Investigating Committee
St. Louis
Lee Oneil Browne
Wilson
Lorimer
Barrett
Ballinger Cleared by Republican Majority Report
The Republican majority on the Ballinger Pinchot committee concluded Ballinger acted honorably and his actions were in the public interest. They faulted accusers as politically motivated and expressed no threat to the public’s coal interests in Alaska. Democratic members and Madison dissented, and the minority report urged Ballinger’s removal.
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Washington, D. C
Ballinger
Congressional Committee
Ballinger-Pinchot
Congress
Representative Madison
Kansas
Madison
Nelson
General Land Office
Gravis
Garfield
Taft
Wilson
Flint
Sutherland
Root
McCall
Olmstead
Denby
General Merritt Buried at Night with Lamplit Honors
Major General Wesley Merritt retired and former West Point superintendent was buried at night in the military reservation cemetery. The ceremony was brief due to storm delays, with lamp light, thirteen gun salutes, and the Taps bugle marking the solemn rite beside his wife.
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West Point
N. Y
Wesley Merritt
United States Military Academy
Military Reservation
Washington
Funeral for Mrs. Elizabeth Banks Thursday
The remains arrived from Seattle and were taken to Rankin undertaking parlor. The funeral is set for Thursday at 2 PM from Greenwood chapel with J. Elliott of the Presbyterian church likely to preside.
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Elizabeth Banks
Seattle
Wash
J. W. Rank
Greenwood Chapel
J. Elliott
The
Presbyterian Church
Storm Lake Farmer Missing
Storm Lake Iowa December 7 Henry Reaser a well known farmer near Storm Lake has vanished since the night of November 19 He faced financial trouble and authorities continue to search for him with all efforts focused on locating him.
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Storm Lake
Henry Reaser
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois Tonight
Iowa fair to night with cooler east Thursday and increasing cloudiness. Illinois generally fair to night and Thursday with cooler conditions in the north portion tonight. Sunset 4 19.
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Iowa
Illinois
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