Muscatine Welcomes Iowa Veteran Encampment via Decorated City
Muscatine prepares to host the state Grand Army and auxiliary encampment with citywide decorations in red white and blue. Visitors arrive by train. headquarters at Grand Hotel and Congregational church to host events. The program includes receptions, rituals, campfire, and a grand parade with meetings through June 15.
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Grand Army
Muscatine
Boys In Blue
Grand Hotel
Department
Jennie Whedon
Winterset
Rae Hanchet
Waverly
Pearl City
W R. C
Congregational Church
Sons of Veterans
First Iowa Cavalry
Commercial Hotel
John E. Gilman
Council of Administration
R. C
A. O. U. W. Hall
Armory Hall
Grand Opera House
Church's Place in Social Work At National Conference
The morning session of the national conference of charities and corrections in Twentieth Century Hall discussed the church's role in social work. Rev. Charles Stelzle and Rev. F. M. North led a panel on preparing ministers for social work, followed by remarks from Jacob De Haas.
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Boston
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Twentieth Centry Hall
Charles Stelzle
Presbyterian Board of Home Missions
F. M. North
Committee
Federal Council of Churches
Jacob de Haas
George W. Goler
Rochester Health Bureau
Bureau
Jane Addams
Chicago
R. C. Cabot
Jas. F. Jacobson
Cleveland
James A. Collins
Indianapolis
Robert W. Hebberd
E. T. Bingham
Kansas City
Ophelia Amigh
Mary K. Simkhovich
Greenwich House
N. Y
Alleged Maybray Aides Surrender in Des Moines
Des Moines, June 12. William J. Conners and Irvine Dunn, indicted in the Maybray swindlers case, surrendered to federal authorities today after months as fugitives. They claimed innocence but said they were tired of being hunted and were released on bonds to appear before Judge McPherson in Council Bluffs on September 23.
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Des Moines
Wm. J. Conners
Irvine Dunn
Maybray
United States
Conners
McPherson
Council Bluffs
Post Sues Bucks Co. Injunction Dismissed
United States Circuit Judge Dyer dismissed C. W. Post's injunction suit against Bucks Stove & Range company Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor. The court sustained a demurrer for lack of jurisdiction and also rejected damages claims of 750 000.
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St. Louis
United States
Dyer
C. W. Post
Battle Creek
Michigan
Bucks’ Stove & Range Company
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Bucks Company
Bucks’ Company
Long-Bell Chief Testifies in Kansas City Lumber Suit
R A Long president of Long-Bell Lumber Co testified at the Kansas City hearing on the states ouster suit. He said the company cut yellow pine output 33 1 3 percent for six months in 1904 after the Southern Lumber Manufacturers association recommended curtailment due to oversupply. He noted the association later became the Yellow Pine Manufacturers Association and that the 1904 meeting in St Louis discussed curtailment. He also said the Long-Bell unit followed the recommendation, while he could not speak for others.
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Kansas City
St. Louis
R. A. Long
Long-Bell Lumber Company
Southern Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Long
Long- Bell Lumber Company
Yellow Pine Manufacturers’ Association
Atkinson
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Colorado
Georgia
Missouri
Des Moines Golf Tourney Opens At Waveland Links
Des Moines Iowa June 12 The city golf tournament began on the Waveland links with more than one hundred golfers in qualifying rounds Thirty two players will qualify today for the championship and first matches start tomorrow morning.
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Des Moines
Waveland Links
Woman Educator Shoots Self in Denver Tragedy
Denver reports Edith Culbertson 36, Republican candidate for Denver County schools superintendent, shot herself at home. Culbertson, a Vassar graduate, died from the self inflicted wound in the early afternoon.
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Denver
Colo
Edith Culbertson
Culbertson
Vassar
RestaurAnt Liquor Sale Ban Enforced By League
With Supreme Court backing, Anti-Saloon League officials and lawyers announce they will prosecute violations of the restaur ants liquor sale ban to the fullest extent under the mulci law.
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Anti-Saloon League
Des Moines
Supreme Court
W. C. Barber
League
Encampment Edition Promises Illustrated Muscatine Journal
The Muscatine Journal announces an Encampment Edition to be issued Wednesday with extensive illustrations about the encampment and local people. Readers are urged to order extra copies by phone numbers 26 or 27, as the issue serves as a daily advertising proposition with wide circulation and enduring value.
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Muscatine Journal
Sugar Trust Inquiry Opens as New England Control Emerges
Witnesses testifying before the House sugar investigation committee describe how New England stockholders, including women, gained control of the American Sugar Refining company after an 1887 merger masterminded by H. O. Havemeyer. E. F. Atkins says New England interests hold a majority and seek to reduce costs through refinery consolidation.
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Washington, D. C
American Sugar Refining Company
E. F. Atkins
House Sugar “Trust
New England
H. O. Havemeyer
Mr. Havemeyer
Atkins
Mr. Atkins
Samuel Carr
Chas. H. Allen
W. B. Thomas
Edward Marston
New England Syndicate
House
Congress
American Sugar Refining Co
James M. Beck
Edwin F. Atkins
Boston
Hardwick
Havemeyer
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Maine
Pennsylvania
Louisiana
Missouri
Bay State Refining Company
Iowa fruit trees damaged by wind across central regions
Des Moines reports from several Central and Northern Iowa towns say yesterday's high winds caused significant damage to fruit bearing trees. Winds reached 25 miles per hour at times, with many Des Moines trees blown down and torn limbs common, especially affecting ripened cherries.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Baseball Sermon Praises St Paul as Fan at Brooklyn Service
Bedford Presbyterian church in Brooklyn held its annual sermon on baseball with Rev. Dr. Edward Young noting St. Paul would be an enthusiastic fan and attend all games if preaching in America. He likened Paul to a runner and boxer and warned against gambling and dishonor in the sport.
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New York
N. Y
Bedford Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn
New York League
Edward Young
St. Paul
America
Paul
Panic Hits July Option in Wheat
A Chicago Wheat market panic on June 12 drove July wheat below the September level as traders feared cash May contracts being hedged into July. Early selling by bulls and unloading attempts pressed prices, with July slipping to 857.5 cents and later recovering to around 861.25 cents before settling unsettled.
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Chicago
Ill
Bull Clique
Cooke's Trial Begins in Cincinnati on Embezzlement Charge
Edgardo S Cooke of Chicago faces trial in Cincinnati for allegedly embezzling 20000 dollars from the Big Four railroad while employed there. The case stems from a larger 643000 dollar theft by Charles L Warriner who is serving six years in the Ohio penitentiary and has traveled from Columbus to testify. The jury was completed in the morning session.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Edgards. Cooke
Chicago
Big Four Railroad
Cooke
Charles L. Warriner
Warriner
Columbus
Women Break Ground for New Fort Madison Methodist Church
Women of the congregation wielded picks and shovels as ground was broken for the new $15,000 Methodist church in Fort Madison Iowa. Elaborate ceremonies marked the groundbreaking event.
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Fort Madison
Inspect Dairy Farms As Chicago Health Inspectors Begin
Chicago health inspectors started a survey of about twelve thousand dairy farms within 250 miles of the city. Daily reports will assess cow barns and water quality, and milk from unsanitary farms may be held up and returned to producers.
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Chicago
Ill
Health Department
Prominent men to be examined in Lorimer inquiry
Subpoenas for several prominent figures have been issued and a special officer heads to Chicago to serve them amid tight secrecy. Names include Lee O Neill Brown Edward Hines Edward Tilden and Clarence S Funk as the Lorimer investigation advances with committee members reviewing Illinois testimony. Lorimer appeared in the Senate for the first time in weeks returning from Chicago for a vote on direct election of senators.
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Washington, D. C
Lorimer
Senate
Chicago
Lee O'Neill Brown
Illinois House
Edward Hines
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Edward Tilden
Clarence S. Funk
International Harvester Company
Helm Investigating Committee
Illinois
Mondell Opposes Wool Tariff Bill in House Debate
Representative Mondell of Wyoming assailed the democratic wool tariff revision, saying its raw wool tariff cut would abolish about three fourths of current protections for sheep raisers. He charged William J. Bryan influenced the Democratic caucus to accept a 20 percent duty as not true tariff revision doctrine.
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Washington
House
Representative Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
America
Wm. J. Bryan
Special election in Keokuk on the lighting and street rail franchises
Keokuk Iowa June 12 a special election is in progress to decide whether the electric lighting and street railway companies shall receive franchises to expire in 1920 and 1936 A city publicity bureau proposal is also on the ballot Advocates for both measures predict victory nearby voters watch results through the day
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Keokuk
Grain Buyer Missing From Alta Iowa
George Devries, grain buyer for the Western Elevator company at Alta for ten years, disappeared after leaving Alta June 2 for a proposed fishing trip to Storm Lake. Efforts to locate him have failed.
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George Devries
Alta
Iowa
Storm Lake
Geo. Devries
Western Elevator Company
Direct Election of U S Senators Debated in Senate
Washington D C June 12 The Senate opened debate on direct election of U S senators with Senator McCumber warning of new evils from the system He feared primaries would be costly and that papers would libel opponents while others urged federal supervision and rapid passage of the proposal.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
U. S
McCumber
North Dakota
Johnstone
Alabama
Mail Clerks Shy At Labor Affiliations
Syracuse June 12 Peter J. Schardt newly elected president of the National Railway Mail Clerks association outlines goals including service promotion based on tenure and work, higher traveling allowances, and federal pay. He notes no current push for affiliation with the American Federation of Labor but says no hostility to organized labor.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Peter J. Schardt
National Railway Mail Clerks’ Association
Milwaukee
Wis
Congress
Railway Mail Association
American Federation of Labor
Weather outlook for The Weathers Iowa and Illinois
The bulletin shows Iowa fair tonight and Tuesday. Illinois remains generally fair with unsettled conditions in the north tonight and cooler air in the south. Sunrise is 4 14, sunset 7 29, noonrise 8 38.
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Iowa
Illinois
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