Mother Tries to Wipe Out Family in West Branch
West Branch Iowa July 14. Mrs. William Oliphant drove to insanity by domestic strife and ill health and poisoned four children and herself. Baby Jessie died. three older girls Laura Iola Nellie survived by spitting out candy coated with strychnine. Doctor Leech treated them. the mother remains in critical condition.
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West Branch
William Oliphant
Jessie
Dr. Leech
Oliphant
North Dakota
Oliphants
Tourists Off for Madison Wis Today
Glidden tourists began the third day of their reliability tour from Chicago heading to Madison Wisconsin about 7 o'clock. The 175 mile run is scheduled to take 8 hours and 20 minutes with an overnight stop in Madison.
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Chicago
Ill
Madison
Wis
Attorney General rules Busse bond bills affect 1909 assessments
Springfield Ill July 14 Attorney General Stead holds that the Busse bond bills changing the rate of assessment from one fifth to one third of actual cash value apply to the 1909 assessment and that boards of review must alter their figures to comply with the new law.
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Springfield
Ill
Stead
Busse
Boards of Review
Member of gang released on bonds flees to New York
John R. Dobbins of the Maybray gang was freed on $8,000 bonds after threatening to become state’s evidence. Bonds were signed by W. A. Maurer and H. L. Tinley. He left with his wife for New York.
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Iowa Evening Press
Council Bluffs
John R. Dobbins
Maybray
States
W. A. Maurer
H. L. Tinley
Dobbins
New York
Von Hollweg Replaces Von Buelow as German Chancellor
Berlin July 14 Dr Von Bethmann Hollweg named chancellor succeeding Prince Von Buelow. Cabinet reshuffle includes Delbrueck as interior minister, Sydow moves to commerce, Wormuth becomes treasury secretary, Holle retires and is replaced by Von Trott zu Solz, and Count Von Loebell appointed Brandenburg president.
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Berlin
von Bethmann Hollweg
Prince von Buelow
Herr Delbrueck
Interior Department
Interior
Reinhold Sydow
Imperial Treasury
Department of Commerce
Herr Wermuth
Treasury
Ludwig Holle
von Trott Zu Solz
Brandenburg
Count von Loebell
Imperial
Johnson Is Better After Illness Report
St Paul July 14 Gov Johnson who is suffering from stomach trouble was reported much better this morning.
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Johnson
St. Paul
Gov. Johnson
Brother of Sultan Dies in Constantinople
Prince Suleyman Effendi, brother of the sultan of Turkey, died today in Constantinople from heart failure.
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Sultan
Constantinople
Suleyman Effendi
Turkey
Taft to Visit Iowa for Military Tournament
President Taft will tour Iowa for a military tournament between September 20 and 25. He sent a signed telegram to Secretary Botsford of the Commercial Club confirming the trip and indicating three stops in Iowa towns to be announced.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Taft
Botsford
Commercial Club
Iowa
Perry Aroused by Deed of Fiend Lynching Talk
In Perry Iowa Walter Veersted aged 40 was arrested for criminal assault on Hazel Davis a 20 year old deaf and dumb girl. The girl wrote the tale after the attack and passers by saw the man enter and leave the house. Parents and townspeople discuss possible lynching though authorities act.
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Iowa Evening Press
Perry
Walter Veersted
Hazel Davis
R. J. Davis
Teeth Incident Closed During Elks Grand Lodge Meeting
The Elks grand lodge resumed its annual meeting in Los Angeles and closed the teeth emblem issue with a report finding no blame on members. Sammis of Iowa won the grand exalted ruler race 592 to 529 amid a bitter ballot fight involving Iowa and Ohio delegates.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Grand Lodge of Elks
Long Beach
Sammis
Grand Lodge of the Elks
J. A. Sammis
le Mars
Iowa
Warren G. Sayres
Wabash
Indiana
J. D. Jones
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Fred C. Robinson
Dubuque
Edwin R. Leach
New York
Pary A. Clay
Denver
Ryler
Charles L. Dicker
Bemidji
Minnesota
A. M. Taylor
St. Augustine
Florida
Hermann
Grand Lodge
Ohio
Rush L. Holland
Fire damages four Bayard business houses in Iowa blaze
Bayard, Iowa, woke to a 2 a m fire that destroyed four business houses valued at 3000 dollars before Perry aid arrived.
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Bayard, Towa
Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Bayard
Perry
Attack character of the Irish lacemaker
Walter E. McCormick testified he photographed the defendant in July last year and she gave the name Miss Wilson. David I. Thornton said he employed her as a cook, she fell ill requiring an operation, and he noted she kissed a man many times in public before leaving to tend a sister in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ill
Walter E. McCormick
Bellville
Canada
Gingles
Miss Gingles
Thornton
Funeral Held Without Widow at Crescent City Banker Killing
In Blairsville Pennsylvania on July 14 1923 Mrs Cora Miller wife of Dr William L Miller confessed emotional details of her husband banker Saylers death at Crescent City Illinois. Saylers daughter Golda 17 defended Dr Miller stating self defense amid fears of mob action.
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Blairsville
Cora Miller
Watseka
Ill
J. B. Sayler
Crescent City
W. L. Miller
Golda Sayler
John Byron Sayler
William R. Miller
Dr. Miller
W. P. Nightingale
Sayler
Nightingale
Fez Narrowly Falls Under Roghi Assault in Tetuan Dispatch
A Tetuan dispatch reports Roghi, leader of the rebellious tribes, attacked Fez and forced entry. His followers plundered stores while many merchants fled to Mequinez. The fate of Mulai Hafid remains unknown.
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Roghi
Madrid
Spain
Tetuan
Fez
Mequinez
Mulai Hafid
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Returns as State Witness in Thaw Case
White Plains New York July 14 Evelyn Nesbit Thaw reappears as a state witness in the Thaw case crowd fills the supreme court room at the start of today’s inquiry into Harry K Thaw's mental condition District Attorney Mack says Mrs Thaw will be recalled this afternoon Thaw's lawyers seek 24 hours to summon alienists before court run mental examination open to the court with Thaw on the stand.
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White Plains
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Mills
Thaw
Mack
Clark
SUE LUMBER MEN ALLEGE TRUST PENALTIES ASKED
Jackson Miss July 14 The Retail Lumber Dealers Association of Mississippi and Louisiana was sued in the chancery court at Lexington under the anti trust statute for penalties aggregating 14184000. The alleged offending agreement was entered into by 72 concerns admitted members of the association.
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Jackson
Miss
Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association of
Mississippi
Louisiana
Chancery Court
Lexington
Battle Rages in Teheran Amid Nationalist Assaults
In Teheran on July 14 fighting intensified as Persian Cossacks fire heavy artillery on nationalists. The attackers seized a garden near Col. Liakhoff’s residence, sheltering from Cossack fire. Rifle and artillery fire continued through the night with near continuous clashes since yesterday morning.
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Teheran
Liakhoff
Tariff Bill Soon Out of the Way and Other Taft Acts
Washington July 14 report that the tariff bill will be out of the way within ten days as president Taft continues his congressional lobbying. In Chicago Marian Grey’s sentence for improper use of the mails in an Elgin matrimonial agency is commuted from one year to thirty days due to poor health. Taft and foreign diplomats attend the funeral of famed scientist Prof Simon Newcomb.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Chicago
Simon Newcomb
Qualifying Round Concludes in Trans Miss Golf Meet
The thirty six hole qualifier for the ninth annual Trans Mississipp i Golf Association championship finished in rain. F P Thurston of Minneapolis posted the best score 178 in the final squad. William Chambers and J B Lindsay of Omaha shot 185 to join the mix for the championship. Five players tied at 185 advanced, including Donald McClain Des Moines A A McClure Omaha Jack Cady Arsenal Rock Island F L Woodward Denver and William Middleton Rock Island.
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Des Moines
Trans-Mississippi Golf Association
F. P. Thurston
Minneapolis
Acord
William Chambers
J. B. Lindsay
Omaha
Donald McClain
A. A. McClure
Jack Cady
the Arsenal
Rock Island
F. L. Woodward
Denver
William Middleton
Weston Aims for Oakland After Bengal Run
Goodyear California July 14 Edward Payson Weston left at 10 today headed for Bengal six miles distant. He said he expected to reach Oakland before 9 o'clock tonight.
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Goodyear
Calif
Edward Payson
Weston
Bengal
Oakland
Last Tribute Paid to Late Congressman Cushman
Thousands paid last tribute as funeral services for the late Congressman Cushman were held with Masonic rites in Tacoma Washington. The service included a viewing at the armory, a funeral address by Rev Alfred W Martin and former Senator John L Wilson, a procession to the cemetery with Masonic bodies and a National Guard detachment, and Masonic rites at the burial site.
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Tacoma
Wash
Cushman
Armory
Alfred W. Martin
United States
John L. Wilson
National Guard
Bauer alleged forger bound over in Iowa City
John Bauer an alleged forger and bank clerk was brought from Rock Island and waived examination before Justice Horak. Unable to post $2,000 bond, he was remanded to the county jail to await the September grand jury meeting.
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Iowa City
John Bauer
Rock Island
Horak
Strikers Clash With Police at Pittsburgh Plant
In Mickee's Rocks near Pittsburgh a strike of 200 pressed steel car workers escalated as 3000 strikers and sympathizers gathered. Police fired shots into the air after stones and clubs were hurled. 12 people were injured. By 3 PM the strike spread to the plant, with 5,000 men now on strike and fears of further trouble.
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Pittsburg
Mickee’s Rocks
Here
Pressed Steel Car Company
Leg Torn From Boy in Buggy Wheel Accident
Keokuk Iowa July 14 Joe Elder the son of a prominent citizen lost his right leg when it was torn from his body as he grabbed a wheel during a ride after a ball game. He was taken to the hospital and will live.
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Iowa Evening Press
Keokuk
Iowa
Joe Elder
French War Minister Thrown From Horse At Paris Review
General Picquart, the French minister of war, was thrown from his horse during the Longchamp military review on Bastille Day. The accident occurred before 60,000 troops and half a million spectators but he was not injured and remounted to allow the ceremony to continue.
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Paris
Picquart
Longchamps
China denies Leon Ling protection claim
Chinese legation officials in Washington and Denver disputed reports that Beijing approved protecting Leon Ling by Chinese Masons after the Elsie Sigel case. They called the statements unworthy of credence and entirely false.
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Denver
Colo
New York
Elsie Sigel
Leon Ling
Washington, D. C
Legation
Government of China
Leoon Ling
Virginia's Grand Old Man Passes Away
John Goode aged 80 a statesman lawyer and soldier died today after a stroke. Known as the Grand Old Man of Virginia he was the sole survivor of the Virginia secession convention and the oldest ex member of the national congress. He also served in the Confederate Congress.
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Norfolk
John Goode
Goode
Virginia
National Congress
Confederate Congress
Tire prices to rise as crude rubber doubles
New York July 14 rubber costs have doubled in three months prompting American tire makers to issue a circular. Automobile manufacturers and dealers will face a 15 to 25 percent increase in all tires effective next Friday.
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New York
N. Y
Rublee Stricken Before Returning Home from Vienna
William A. Rublee United States consul general at Vienna fell ill on the eve of leaving for America. He was taken to a sanitarium where an operation was performed with successful initial reports. The Vienna cablegram announced the development.
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New York
N. Y
William A. Rublee
Wisconsin
United States
Vienna
America
Rublee
Iowa And Illinois Weather Outlook With Showers Ahead
Partly cloudy Iowa with possible showers and storms tonight or Thursday. Illinois trend toward increasing clouds with likely local storms late tonight or Thursday, warmer in the north tonight. Sunrise 4:27, sunset 7:23, moonrise 1:46 a.m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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