Norris Delay Action Stirs Senate on Sherman Antitrust
Panama Canal tolls repeal moves advance as Simmons predicts 54 votes in favor. Norris resolution to query the attorney general on New York Central lines legality is delayed by Senate references to Interstate Commerce Committee. Antitrust bill amended to shield labor and farmer organizations from conspiracy claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Interstate Commerce
Norris
New York Centralines
Interstate Commerce Committee
Panama
House
Waod
Four Men in a Boat Rescue on the Mississippi
Four men in a small boat on the Mississippi near Pleasant Little Party faced capsizing when two slipped from the upturned craft. Frank Rallenberger and a sheriff’s aide aided the rescue, saving two men while a third disappeared briefly before being recovered. All foursome were eventually rescued.
Geneva Island and Long Island Summer Homes Draw Visitors
Report notes many visitors to Geneva Island and growing interest in Long Island with three new cottages under construction. Edgewater cottage led by West HI club head Frank Curry, while Red Men Judge and Huttig Hose Company plan summer homes. Water Witch first trip, large bathing party, about fifty in water.
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Geneva Island
Long Island
Geneva
Edgewater
West HI
Frank Currys
Red Men
Judge
Huttlg Hose Company
Cvessing
Probe of Wreck On June Reveals Mass Identification
Quebec reports identify nearly a hundred of the 198 dead from the Empresa wreck after a collision with another vessel. Survivors, including families, linger on shore as funeral arrangements proceed. Notables among the identified include Sir Henry Savon Kerr and Dr. B A Barlow. The Lady Grey and the Essex assist and a sorrowful crowd gathers at the wreck site and in Quebec.
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Angel
Mrs. Andersen
Quebec
Que
Empresa of
Ireland
Lady Grey
Rimouski
Promcience
Ives
Impresa of
Henry Savon-Kerr
B. A. Barlow
Canada
W. Jeonara Palmer
London
Salvation Army
Lady Gray
Essex
Primary Election Vote Totals Show Slow Start in Muscatine
Voter activity in Muscatine on June 1 marks a weak start for the primary with ballots under 600 by 2:30 PM, far below the 721 at the last primary. Rural precincts move slowly as farmers resist long trips to polling places, with precinct totals and ward-by-ward counts noted as the day unfolds.
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Muscotine
Secoma
St Precinet Whird Ware
Dod
Wilson Considers Clemency Appeal Delays Leavenworth Surrender
The 24 dynamite case defendants, out on bond, face new surrender dates as President Wilson grants time for review of pardon petitions. Judge Banker set June 26 as the new surrender deadline after legal briefs from James H. Wilkerson and guidance from the attorney general. Substantial evidence from trial and appeals accompanied the petition.
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Chicago
Ill
Leavenworth
United States
Marshall Tere
Reapkelp
Wirgen
Banker
Miners Agree Wage Cut Show Reduced Idle in Paint Creek Area
Associated Press reports miners and operators on Paint Creek sign working agreements leading to a drop in idle miners to about 8000. Some Kanawha coal fields had not signed yet but workers remained on the job. Strike risk seen as short and expected to end soon.
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Associated Press Lease
Charlestown
W. Va
Juca di
United Mine Workers of America
Paint Creek
Kanawhas
Solvey Collieries Company
Talnt Creek
Christian Collieries Company
At & Mesting
Lynchburg
Bids Opened for New Hotel Mustatine Construction
Bids for the Mustatine hotel will be opened Monday at noon by architect Paul V Hyland in Chicago. Completed plans are with the architects and contractors. A postponement delayed bid receipt due to planning delays.
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Mustatine
Paul V. Hyland
Chicago Bx
Runaway buggy injures three near city
Miss Lilly Woods of 1410 East Second Street and Miss Kirkwood, a Salvation Army worker, were in a buggy overturned when a horse kicked near the city. Woods suffered serious injuries, likely rib fractures and possible internal injuries, while the other two escaped with minor harm. Dr. A J Weaver treated the group at the scene.
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Lilly Woods
East Second Street
Mosign E
Blankenship
Kirkwood
Salvation Army
Rinnaway
Miss Woods
Rhys
A. J. Weaver
Breaks limb in fall from buggy injures William Townsley
William Townsley aged 1 of West Sixth Street fell from a buggy while playing war at home last evening. He fractured his left leg about two inches below the thigh. He was picked up and Dr B E Byetsmeyer was summoned. He was taken to Hershey hospital and fasting as well as could be expected this afternoon.
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William Townsley
West Sixth Street
B. E. Byetsmeyer
Hershey Hospital
Meeting Tuesday Home Steaders Rally With Irwins
The regular meeting of the Home Steaders wil be held tomorrow evening at handl and will possess special interest because of the presence of Mr and Mrs J Irwin deputy s and the special membership campaign they conducting Mr and Mrs Irwin report excellent progress in the matter of securing new members and in order that the best possible results may be obtained desire the presence of this meeting of every resident member of the Order After the business session refreshments will be served and the evening will be enlivened by a five piece orchestra.
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Perred
Mexican Leader Arrested and War News From Vera Cruz
Reports from Washington detail the arrest of Quevado and followers at El Paso as Huerta forces retreat toward Mexican refuge Fort Wingate New Mexico. Brazilian envoy seeks release for an American prisoner in Mexico City amid ongoing negotiations. U S occupation at Vera Cruz passes one month with over 7,000 troops aboard and no deaths from disease. Harcules captures the schooner Garivaldi at Mazatlan under cover of darkness. Spanish authorities thank the American fleet for protection of Spanish subjects on the west coast.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
General Bliss
Quevado
Paso
Chiauahua
Fort Wingate
N M
Sime
Santa Cruz
Foreign Office
Smith
Vera Cruz
U. S. Army
Theodore W. Jones
Canali
Quadalajara
Guadalajara
U. S
California
Mazatlin
Mexico
iVia Whreleas
San Diego
Harcules
Itaaucceenes
Mazatlan
Garivaldi
United Sugar Company of
Los Machia
Hercules
Loza
Jea
Fines Hit Men Over Beer Theft and Public Disputes
Charles W. Weaver faced petty larceny charges after allegedly purloining a case of beer from Rock Island railroad. He received 50 fines plus costs in Judge Rowan's court. Three men from nearby cities were fined 10 and costs for a Saturday night celebration at Burkhardt restaurant. Joan Stack was ordered to leave Muscatine within two hours or face 30 days, after intoxication charges linked to a dispute with his wife.
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Rock Island Railroad
Burkhardt
East Second Street
Trinity
Muscatine
Rowan
Joan Stack
Free Speech After Hall Rent Is Paid
A grand jury in White Plains probes twelve Industrial Workers of the World demonstrants jailed after street protests in Tarrytown against John D Rockefeller Jr. The judge says free speech does not permit inciting disorder and that agitators must hire a hall with permits.
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C Associated Preay
White Plains
Industrial Workers of the World
Tarrytown
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colorado
Arthur
Tompkins
Young Wife Wyant Wuest Dies in Seattle Hospital
Mrs Josephine Wyant Wyeat known as Miss Josephine Wyant in Muscatine died suddenly at Providence Hospital Seattle Washington Her death shocked her relatives as funeral plans set in West Seattle and she is survived by her mother two brothers two sisters and stepfamily Funeral services will be held in Seattle with brother Cleo of Chicago attending Funeral announcement notes her teaching career in Muscatine Spokane and Seattle and marriage to John Wuest last June in Seattle.
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Josephine Wyant Wyeat
Sistem of
Providence Hospital
Seattle
Washington
Edward Niver
West Fourth Street
Mira
Wuest
Josephine Wyant
Muscatine
West
Spokane
John Wuest
Northwest School Furniture Company
Spokkanesoft
Oe Center
Kansas
Creo
Chicago
Niver
Grade Schools Adopt 12:30 Closing Hour Citywide
Grade schools will shift to a 12:30 pm closing time, following the high school schedule. The morning session will begin at 8:34 am and run through to 12:30 pm, with dismissal then for the day. Superintendent Ira McIntire announced the plan to parents, citing extreme heat and reduced quality of work in hotter afternoons.
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Ira MH. McIntire
Secret wedding denied in Davenport license issued to couple
Davenport Virginia June 1 Scott county clerk issued a license to Miss Lillian George and Bert C. Holmes of Muscatine. They are believed married today after visiting Davenport papers to delay notice by a month, a request newspapers refused.
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Journal
Davenport
Scott County
Lillian George
Bert C. Holmes
Muscatine
Muccating Launch Club Meeting Notice
Notice urges all Muccating Launch Club members to attend an important meeting at the club quarters Tuesday evening this week. Members are urged to be present.
Missionary Rally Guests Arrive for Congregational Event
Prominent members of the Women's Board of Missions of the Interior of the Congregational church are arriving for a missionary rally at the First Congregational church on Tuesday. Hosting arrangements include Me. F. L. Root of Ottumwa and several other dignitaries, with invitations sent to multiple churches. The afternoon session begins at 1 30 and runs to 4 00.
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Women's Board of Missions of the Interior
Congregational Church
First Congregational Church
F. L. Root
Ottumwa
Cherry
West Third
J. Scott Blackwell
F. Harding
Eldova
Ella Mulfore
Congregational
Clinton
Fairfield
Lyons
Grinnell
Davenport
Farge
Seventy-Ninth Birthday Celebration At Mrs Bitman Sr Home
Mrs Frank Bitman Sr hosted a six o clock birthday dinner for twenty five relatives at Hershey avenue Sunday to mark her seventy ninth birthday. Flowers roses and peonies adorned the home as guests enjoyed a warm social gathering in a Bloomington Friends church event a membership contest concluded with Miss Nora Schweitzer leading the victorious Red team and about sixty five attendees. The week featured a forthcoming wedding of Miss Cora Mittman and John Lohse to be held at the Mittman home with Rev W Martens to officiate. Also Baptism by Rev E R McCorkle at Letts saw Gleda Ludeling and Lewis C Johnson baptized at the parsonage with Ola Barnes and Ralph NeCleary as attendants.
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Frank Bitman
Hershey Avenue
Fifsir
Bloomington
Cora L. Mittman
John Mittman
South of the Sly
John Lohse
William Lohse
Pond Street
W. Martens
German Evangelical Church
E. R. McCorkle
United Brethren Church
Per
Gleda Ludeling
Lewis C. Johnson
Letts
Ang
Ola Barnes
Ralph NeCleary
Tobacco found in weeds near riverfront factory
Police report a case of chewing tobacco found in the weeds near the Yarek Button Factory on the river front in South Muscatine. Authorities say several cases of tobacco were taken from freight cars robbed Thursday night along the Puri Tan Ice company's tracks.
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Puritan Ice Company
Yarek
South Muscatine
Tobatco
Peculiar Door Accident Severes Finger in New York
Mrs Michael Donahue of East Ninth Street suffered a severe injury when her left hand finger was crushed between a door and its frame. Dr J L Klein treated the case describing the first phalanx severed as completely as if cut with a knife.
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Michael Donahue
East Ninth Street
J. L. Klein
June Term Opens Tuesday At District Court
The June term of the district court begins Tuesday at 1 PM under Judge L J Horan. Defaults will be taken Wednesday. The notice of petition for removal of George L Watkins v Milwaukee Railway Co to the US district court of Iowa was recorded. The will of Christina Niehardt was probated with hearing set for June 11 and Jules Niehardt named executor.
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District Court
L. J. Horan
George L. Watkins
Milwaukee Railway Company
U.S. Court
Southern District of Iowa
Christina Niehardt
Julins Niehardt
Union Meeting Speakers Announced for July and August
The Ministerial Association arranged union services for English churches with Rev. Webster Hakes opening July 5 on the Presbyterian lawn. July speakers include Hakes, Rendall, Graves and McCorkle, with Inez Batchelor and Dr. Grigsby among August speakers. German churches also set dates from July 5 through August 20 with Rev. Martens, Schwiet, Estllekenp, Lang, and Kettlekamp among presenters.
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Ministerial Association
Presbyterian Church
Webster Hakes
Presbyterian
Sunday School Institute
J. B. Rendall
G. Graves
Inez Batchelor
L. M. Grigsby
J. W. Graves
Ogen
E.R. McCorkle
MM. E
William Martens
H. Sehweab
AG. Lang
I. EB. Kettlekamp
Germen
Monthly Weather Report Highlights River Stage and Rainfall
The monthly weather report from Superintendent Molis of the water department notes an average river stage of 7 feet 7 inches, 1.44 inches of rain, and 5 inches more rainfall than last year. The month’s peak river stage reached 9 feet 4 inches on the 14th, while temperatures ranged from a high of 101? on May 26 to a low of 40s on May 12, with 7 cloudy, 4 partly cloudy, 17 clear, and 1 rainy day.
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Molis
Water Department
State wide primaries in progress across Iowa
State wide primaries open with lax initial interest but active candidate work. Democratic Senatorial race between Connolly and Meredith dominates attention. Republican races Kur Cumming Savage and Clark Lee also vigorous though focus remains on Meredith. Ottumwa reports fair but country turnout may lag due to plowing. Council Bluffs notes heavy voting with clear weather. Local birth announced: a girl born to Mr and Mrs Davidgen of Leroy Street weighing ten pounds.
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Burlingtont
Connolly- Meredith
Cumming
Savage
Clark
Lee
Outtumwa
Ottumwa
Council Bluffs
J. A. Davidgen
Leroy Street
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Y. Central Inquiry
Commerce Com
Panama Canal
Quariotie Rowming
Ty Ginols
Hare
A. Tlver
Frank Rallenberger
W& Ilsherman
Tnois
Kallenberger
Scana
Iveta
Long
Wm, Loren, & Norweplan
Norway
Seeens Yuard
Theodus
Yotal
Uae
Wilson
dJuna' G
Lew. VA
of Architects
Hershey Magspial
Nest Liberty Man
Tulay
Seattle Hospital
Josephine
Wyant Wuest
Cley
Western City
ISGSS
Presbyterian Lawn
W. P.chevalier
Muncatine City Schoolg
Kansas City
Spangler Chapel
Journal Office
Bo Ind
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