Sunday's Booze Sermon Sparks Ottumwa Street Turmoil
Ottumwa Iowa reports Billy Sunday concluding his revival with 7353.77 in offerings and 3440 converts while saloon opposition swells with 600 petitions to revoke consent. An attempted assault on Sunday is stopped by Officer Earnest Kaul as crowds pledge aid to the needy with potential charity funds reaching 1500.
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Admiral Cervera Retires Amid Health Decline
Madrid reports Vice Admiral Cervera, commander of the Spanish fleet at Santiago, retired today at his own request due to failing health. He led the fleet during the battle of Santiago de Cuba.
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Negligence Cause of Many Deaths in U S Workplaces
A Washington bulletin from December reports 30 000 to 35 000 deaths and about two million injuries among U S workers in the past year. Iron and steel workers face high fatality rates while electricians miners and railway staff see outsized risks. many protective measures are neglected despite factory safety improvements over the last decade.
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Appeal Tabled Over Speaker’s Tie Breaker Vote
Washington DC December 14 The house adjournment resolution passed by passage and Payne moved to table DeArmond’s appeal challenging the speaker’s tie breaking vote on the aliens bill. 170 to 98. Eleven Democrats backed the speaker. Meanwhile Ways and Means Republicans formed a subcommittee to draft the new tariff bill with Democrats likely to accept a minority report.
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Illinois Direct Primary Law Declared Constitutional
Judge McSurely in Chicago's county criminal court affirmed the new Illinois direct primary law as constitutional in a decision that leaves indictments against three men charged with violating the act intact. The ruling is expected to be reviewed by the state supreme court.
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Five Prisoners Escape Ottumwa Jail by Teaspoon
Five inmates at Wapello County Jail in Ottumwa escaped early today using a tin teaspoon and a knife spring as weapons. One man was recaptured at Agency. four others remain at large, with two under ten year sentences pending transfer to Anamosa. Names include Frank Smith Harry Gray Walter Beverely Ovie House and James Morgan awaiting trial.
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Anamosa
Frank Smith
Harry Gray
Walter Beverely
Ovie House
Carnegie approves $63,000 gift for Coe Science Hall
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 14 Coe College today received authority from Andrew Carnegie to draw on him for sixty three thousand dollars to build a new Science hall.
Accidents at State Center Injure Man and Boy
Roy Gowdy of State Center was fatally injured when struck by an automobile on Saturday afternoon. Hardy Groth, son of a State Center Lutheran minister, was shot through the left hip while rabbit hunting.
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Iowa
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Twenty-Five Cent Broom Prices Soar After Corn Shortage
Terre Haute Indiana December 14 news that broom corn brokers have cornered Illinois supplies. A Paris firm offered $130 a ton for a thousand tons bought at $82.50. Broom factories raised the price of the lowest grades to 60 cents a dozen.
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Trial of Jenkins Hains Begins in Bayside Murder Case
The trial of Thornton Jenkins Hains, author and seafarer, opened in Flushing for an accessory charge in the murder of editor William E. Annis, who was shot at Bayside Hatch club last summer by Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. The case centers on alleged involvement with the shooting.
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Des Moines YMCA Member Commits Suicide at Hotel
Charles Thomas, a Des Moines YMCA member and dress club employee, shot himself in his Chamberlain Hotel room and is expected to die. The incident occurred December 14 in Des Moines Iowa and police are investigating circumstances.
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Powers Shorn by Court Ruling
The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Holmes, held that HR Harriman and Otto Kahn need not answer Interstate Commerce Commission questions about stock dealings involving Union Pacific. The ruling shifts to dissenting views on the I C C’s investigative power. The decision lowers the agency’s authority to probe certain interstate commerce matters.
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Great Western circuit purses total $480000
The Great Western harness association met in Chicago with purses totaling $480,000. George Keller of Decatur Ill was elected president and W H Smellinger of Peoria Ill the secretary treasurer. Scheduled meets include Peoria Springfield Libertyville Galesburg Davenport Dubuque Hamline Milwaukee with various purse amounts.
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Great Northern Purchases Duluth Superior & Western Rail
Deeds filed in Madison reveal the Great Northern Railroad and its subsidiary Allouez Bay Dock of Superior purchase the Duluth Superior & Western Railroad empire for 2,829,000 dollars.
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Dutch Seize Venezuelan Steamer Amid Rising War Clouds
Dutch forces capture a Venezuelan steamer claiming rights to actions under wartime conditions. The seizure occurs as tensions mount but no formal declaration of war is issued.
Venezuelan coast guard ship Alexus seized by Dutch cruiser
Caracas reports the seizure of the Venezuelan coast guard ship Alexus by a Dutch cruiser last Saturday. A large crowd supported the government as Acting President Gomez declares a state of defense. Foreign Minister protests territorial violations by Dutch warships cruising Venezuelan waters since December 2.
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Night riders on trial for crime in Union City
Late today Garrett Johnson Sam Applewhite Roy Ransom Bud Morris Fred Sinken Arthur Clear Tid Burton and Bob Huffman were placed on trial as alleged leaders of the Reel Foot lake night riders. They face murder charges in the killing of Captain Quinton Rankin of Trenton Tenn, an act that prompted state soldiers to assist in pursuing the outlaw clan.
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Roy Ransom
Bud Morris
Fred Sinken
Arthur Clear
Tid Burton
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Night Riders
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Trenton
Hand Is Shot Off in Bunting Incident
Oskaloosa Iowa December 14 Oliver Winegardner a well to do bachelor had his entire right hand shot off while bunting in a local mishap. his condition and circumstances are described in brief regional detail.
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Oliver Winegardner
Roosevelt and Foraker clash over Brownsville raid
Senator Foraker introduces an amendment to transfer authority from the president to Congress for reviewing the Brownsville raid and re enlistment decisions. Roosevelt publishes a full War Department report naming black soldiers as shooters and urges continued investigation with possible reinstatement for those who truthfully aid justice.
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Weather Summary for Iowa and Illinois
The forecast calls for a fair night in Iowa and cooler temperatures tonight and Tuesday. In Illinois expect partly cloudy skies with showers in the south and east portions tonight or Tuesday and cooler conditions on Tuesday.
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