Penrose Denied Lobby Influence Amid Senate Probe
Senator Penrose testified before a special committee that in his 14 years in Washington no attempts to improperly influence members were known. He listed 175 contacts since January 1, said some agents act for legitimate industry groups, and noted Winthrop Marvin and others but denied tariff manipulation. The hearing progressed slowly as few audience members attended and several senators reported no improper lobbying activity.
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Washington, D. C
Panroso
Kpaate
Washington
Conetces
Cerkain Fn
Levye
Anid
Mr. Burgess
Str. Brown
Penrowa
Winthrop L. Marvin
Boston
Reed
LC Marvin
Penrosa
Payne
Penrose
Teed
Marwin
Joint Congressional Committee
Merchans Marine
Nogyniva
Senate
Bozad
Senate Nas
Ponato Itsilf
Brady
Idaho
Taut Milhy
doRn Italy
Trabe
Audiencs
McLean
Dillinghan
Pletcher
Fall
Providence
Hajad
Elgin Youth Sentenced to Life for Murder
June 3. Life imprisonment was imposed late yesterday on Henny Coppes the fourteen year old who murdered Mrs Manny Sleep and her two children here April 14 Coppes denied guilt as trial concluded with verdict and sentence in Elgin courts.
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Elgin
Henny Coppes
Manny Sleep
Coppers
Admitting Folger and Archbold Owners Linked to Oil Trust
Texas case involves Magnolia Petroleum and Corsicana Petroleum firms with linked stock in Archbold and Folger owned interests. Officials say Archbold and Folger held stock as individuals, with defense aiming to show no antitrust violations or monopolistic aims. First testimony session to prepare for trial, with Standard Oil entities not represented by counsel in this stage.
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Texas
Magnotia Petroleum Company
John J. Archbold
J. Co. Folger Sr
New York
Archbold
Fnfense
Theas
Testigory
Charles Robin
Magnolia Petroleum
Corsicana Petroleum
Hare
Standard 611 Company of
Standard of New Jersey
Xelther
Rockefeller
Avehboard
Standard Oil Companies
Wapello Elevator Destroyed by Fire
Fire destroyed the Wapello grain elevator owned by B. S. Cook in Wapello Indiana. The loss is estimated between 10 000 and 15 000 dollars with grain and flour stored in the lower part saved or destroyed. Origin is believed from a pile of torn straw used for fodder in the egg room. Insurance is thought to partially cover the loss.
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Wapello
Juana
B. 8
Llosa
Eggiuo
Sioux City Strike Spreads to Armour Plant
The Sioux City labor strike spreads from Cudahy to Armour & Company, with about two hundred workers idle in the packing plant. Workers seek twenty cents an hour for laborers and thirty cents for butchers, as both plants remain shut with police on duty in the stockyards district and no serious trouble reported.
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Sioux City
Cudahy
Armour & Company
Torea
Remains Recovered After City Launch Tragedy
Searchers recovered the body of James McDonald, a victim of the Millmeter launch disaster at Fort Madisons. Frank Decker, brother of the local fire chief, had been drowned the previous Sunday night. The bodies were found on June 3 in the Missouri river near Byennus Shade.
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Fort Madsons
Frank Decker
James McDonald
Sir Donald
Byennus Shade, Mo
Anthony Caminetti Nomination For Immigration Commissioner General
Immigration committee voted to report favorably the nomination of Anthony Caminetti as commissioner general of Immigration. Senate not in session meets Thursday with territories committee, investigation ongoing, documentary evidence gathering continues.
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Senate
Territories
Tobby
Virginia
Immigration
Anthony Caminetti
Jamie Gration
Hous Mog
Cattle and Wheat on Free List Plans Unfold in Senate
Senate Ais grance Committee chairmen announce plan to place cattle and wheat on the free list after talks with President Wilson. Simons says raw materials may be freed to equalize with free cattle and wheat. caucus and committee actions to follow next week. Wool and sugar schedules largely unchanged as finance committees prepare final recommendations.
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Chideman Simpsons
Senate Aisgrance Committee
Wilson
Awashington
Simons
Seiatte Fie
Nanca Committee
Dem Cooratié
Haan
Simmons
Senate
Weilan
White House
Simmond
Willams
Williams
Adeord
Rausdell and
Thornton
Louisiana
Willems
Stone
Democratis
Enteris
Cautus
Prisoners Labor in Town Triggers Union Action
Madison officials and local labor unions clash over convict labor in town. A meeting yesterday led to plans to consult the State Labor Commissioner in Des Moines and possible court injunctions if an amicable settlement fails. Labor leaders allege inmates perform varied tasks from paperwork to carpentry and cleaning, arguing it violates state courier labor on contract rules.
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Madison
State official may go before jury in Iowa case
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the attorney general may appear before a grand jury in a criminal case after Marshalltown judge Bradshaw initially barred Assistant AG Fletcher from appearing. The ruling overruled the judge and allows state legal representation in the proceedings.
Can Cure Cancer Contagious Claim Stirring Medical Meeting
In Cologne Germany Dr Otto Schmidt claimed cancer is contagious and can be cured. He reported at a medical society meeting that experiments show a parasite drives cancer growth and he has created a vaccine from animal serum that immunizes against further attacks. He urged a commission to review his process and offered full disclosure.
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Cologne
Germany
Otto Schmidt
Medical Society
Schmidt
Medical Sociery
Iowa State Sunday School Meeting Opens in Burlington
Delegates arriving by hundreds for the forty eighth annual Iowa State Sunday School convention gather in Burlington for the opening session. Trains carried workers and department meetings, with about three thousand visitors anticipated and dozens of homes left open for them. A large parade is planned for this evening as fifty automobile loads from Wayland and others pour in. the convention runs three days.
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Burlington
Wayland
West Virginia Coal Strike Probe Advances in Washington
A Senate special committee in Washington began a comprehensive inquiry into West Virginia coal strike conditions. Investigators sought all supporting evidence and examined immigrant labor practices while planning to request the department’s report and a Postal Service review of blocked miners’ access. Tomorrow, witnesses from miners and operators were expected.
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Washington
D.C
Senate
Br Pan
Javor
Department
Post Office’ Department
Postminster
Burleson
French aviator breaks world altitude and load records
Edmond Perreyon, French aviator, and his passenger set new world records in aviation at Buc on March 13. The pair achieved an altitude of 10,265 feet and a distance of 31.10 miles, breaking the previous records for an aircraft carrying two aboard. Perreyon already held the altitude record for an aircraft carrying a single pilot, reaching 650 feet higher than prior marks.
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Bue
France
Edmond Perreyon
Perreyon
Buc
Present and Wedding Advertisements in a Journal
Fragmentary text discusses wedding presents and invitations with critique of overthinking. It urges readers to consult the Journal or other food newspapers to browse advertisements for useful, beautiful articles and ideas suitable for gifts and weddings.
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Anne Bent
Journal
Sto Rus
Phan
Pioneer Resident Louisa Braunworth Dies in Muscatine
Mrs Louisa Braunworth a well known pioneer resident of Muscatine died today at 8 am at 703 East Sixth street after a paralytic stroke. Born November 11 1826 in Kleinga Realden Germany she came to America in 1845 and married Jacob Braunworth who died sixteen years ago. Surviving are eight children and numerous grandchildren. Funeral services will be private at 10 am Friday at the family home with Rev Webster Fakes of the Tralty Eylacoval church officiating.
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Muscatine
Louisa Braunworth
Famdty
East Sixth Street
Wags
Brian Braunworth
Dad
Germany
Kleinga Realden
Hanover
Braunschweig
America
Vandalia
Jacob Braunworth
Union
Mose
Sarah
Emma
Anna
Karol Charles
Jessie
William
Aveoalstead
Webster Fakes
Tralty Eylacoval Church
Offelating
Gems Worth 50 000 Stolen From New York Dealer
Isaac These, a Mulder Lane diamond dealer, reports gems valued between 340,000 and 50,000 stolen from his business on Maiden Lane during lunch hour. The thief forced the door of the eleventh floor shop at 47 Maiden Lane, grabbed a satchel, and fled with no clue left behind.
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New York
Isaac These
Mulder Lane
Hon
Tiethier
Theise
Maiden Lane
City of Matamoros in Hands of Rebels
Dallas dispatch reports Matamoros, Mexico, opposite Brownsville, under heavy fighting as constitutionalists attack. Later word claims Matamoros surrendered to constitutionalist forces.
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Matamoras
Dallas
Texas
Navicea
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mexico
Brownsville
Brownevilla
Matamieras
Tho
Stefansson Delayed By Welcome in Wynngard Home Visit
Stefansson arrives in Wynngard Sask after a five year Arctic expedition start. He planned to go to Victoria today to join his party but public reception and banquet preparations delay his trip. He signals a farewell visit to his mother and brother in this place before resuming voyage tomorrow.
School Supt Guilty of Improper Advances
Pittsburgh Pa June report of the board investigation finds School Superintendent S I Heeter guilty of making improper advances and taking unwar ranted liberties with three women. The board ordered a copy of the report be given to the superintendent and suspended pending a hearing under school regulations.
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J. Heeter
Pittsburgh
Httaburgh
S. I. Heeter
Mittee
Board of Education
Grasshopper plague tales lie
Kansas City reports from Kansas and Missouri deny a grasshopper plague. Western Kansas counties report minor hopper activity with negligible damage. Joplin and southern Kansas Missiouri crops show no danger per WW Marshall. Some cut worm damage noted in Ford Barton Stafford McPherson counties but not widespread.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Missouri
Pawnes
Asen St Joplin
Missori
WW. G. Marshall
Association
Ford
Barton
Stafford
McPherson
Court Order Halts Capitol Park Plans
Judge Hunter at Oteusern grants temporary injunction against State Executive Council halting state capitol grounds improvement. suit by Van Buren and Wapello residents claims unconstitutional act. hearing set for July 1 at Otumwva. Des Moines officials cite $2,000,000 plan to buy eighteen blocks around capitol.
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Hunter
Oteusern
State Executive Council
Des Moines
State Capitol
General Assembly
Francie
Heater
Otumve
W. Rowley
van Buren
Wapella
Munter
Atace
Cone ci
Oltumwva
Executive Council
Fairfield
Hold Eight Pending Bluffs Riot Probe
Gonwell Blavs In Tune Kiss men are under arrest here for the Thursday night attempt to lynch Guidice a young Trallan charged with the murder of Howard Jones. John Bowen a Great Western trainman was last seen on his run. They are held for grand jury action as the inquiry continues. A governor appointed committee assessing damage to Greek and Italian property expects to report today for federal aid to set foreign claims.
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Gonwell Blavs
Guidice
Trallan
Howard Jones
Yost
John Bowen
Great Western
Trop
Nis
May permit convict to visit dying child
Des Moines dispatch reports Leo Wildman, an Anamosa inmate under guard for wife desertion, may be allowed to visit his dying child in Oskaloosa. The request came from Wildman’s wife, now with his parents, and the governor’s office considered it with warden McClaughry en route to Des Moines for consultation.
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Des Moines
Tuna
Leo Wildman
Anamosa
Oskaloosa Ag & Tesuit
Wildwen
Lae
Newton
Gealn
Oskaloosa
Wildman
Guar
C. McClaughry
Des Moles
Instructed Verdict Sought in Wood Conspiracy Trial
Boston reports that counsel for William Wood of American Woolen Co asked the court to instruct the jury to render a not guilty verdict on his client’s indictment. The defense contends the government showed no active participation by Wood in the alleged plot linked to a January 1912 dynamite plan in Lawrence and Andover.
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Meads of American Woolen Co
Boston
Masa, Jone
William Mf. Xwood
American Jwoden Company
Frederick BE. Atteaux
Dennis J. Collins
John J. Breen
Lawrence
Ernest W. Pitman
Andover
Dyns‘mite
Cho Stella Textile A
Hulbert
Tor Wood
Mrr. Wood
Felletler
Crosby
Hurlburs
Wood
Sirthar Pha
Pira
Atteaux
Branklin
Washington
Padls Dvad at Wife's Feet Iowa Falls Man Dies
Charles H. Warn a long time resident collapsed at his Iowa Falls home while in the garden. He died suddenly from heart failure on July 3. He and his wife were outside when he gasped and collapsed at her feet. Surviving children named.
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Iowa Falls
Iown Falls
Charles H. Warn
Washington catcher suspended for dirt-throwing incident
Eddie Ainsmith of the Washington baseball team received an indefinite suspension after he hurled a handful of dirt at umpire Leaven in yesterday's game. President Johnson notified Clark Griffith of the action in Washington D C.
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Otourblin
Washington
D. C
Clark Griffith
Johnson
Eddie Ainsmith
Olevehlin
Iowa Abstractors Meet Moves Ahead in Des Moines
Nearly 1,000 delegates from every section of Iowa attend the tenth annual Iowa Abstractors' Association convention in Des Moines for a two day session beginning today.
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Des Moines
Iowa Abstractors’ Association
Suffragettes blamed for Oxford boathouse fire
In Oxford England on June 3 a fire destroyed the big boathouse on the River Isis and about 49 or 50 boats belonging to Oxford University students were damaged. Cards reading Votes for women were found near the scene.
Knox Presuman Drowns At Country Club Lake
George Elliott, an eighteen year old Knox College freshman, died after being pulled from Spangetown Country Club lake in Ghlesburg Illinois on June 3. Companions conducting a bird study expedition found him with a piece of barb wire attached, after several hours of searching.
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George Elliott
Country Club Lake
Ghlesburg
Ill
Knox College
Spangetaeh Country Club
Bia
Weather report for Fall area tonight and Wednesday
Cooler tonight with moderate winds. Muscatine temperature at 7 oclock in the morning reported 74 degrees. River stage at Mascatine today 10 feet 1 inch. Rose 1 inch. sunrise 4 16. sunset 7 22. moonrise 2 09 a.m.
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Muscatine
Seven Oelock
Mascatine
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Congress
Bern
Folger and
Allomeys
Texag
E. B
CHOI
Owa
West Virginia
Nroken
Stefansson
Capitol Park
Amnsotic
Iowa
Knox Presuman
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