Senate debates Philippine free trade amid tobacco claims
Washington June 15. Senate debate centers on Philippine tobacco imports with Bulkely of Connecticut opposing an amended plan to admit 300 000 tons of wrapper and filler duty free and cut free cigars to 70 million. Bristow amendment to admit sugar failed 11 to 49. House insurgents loom over tariff bill with Iowa members likely to oppose as is and seek conference changes.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Philippines
Bulkely
Connecticut
United States
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Bristow
Inland Daily Press Association Meets at Stratford Hotel
The June gathering of the Inland Daily Press association convened at the Stratford hotel in Chicago. Frank D. Throop of Muscatine Indiana served as president and presided over the meeting attended by owners and editors from Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and Kentucky.
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Chicago
Ill
Inland Daily Press Association
Stratford Hotel
Ilinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Kentucky
Frank D. Throop
Muscatine
Lodge Promises Tariff Revision Downward Says Bill Will Be Good
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge writes to the Somerville board of trade that the tariff is being revised downward and will be a good bill. He notes at least 579 reductions in many paragraphs and 30 increases centered on luxuries for revenue, expressing strong confidence in the bill’s quality.
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Boston
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge
Somerville Board of Trade
Mrs Frances Cleveland Testifies in Brandenburg Trial
New York June 15 Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland widow of Grover Cleveland testifies in the Brandenburg grand larceny trial. The magazine writer Brandenburg is accused of selling a newspaper article attributed to Cleveland. Cleveland repudiates the article and calls the signature false on the witness stand.
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New York
N. Y
Frances Folsom Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Broughton Brandenburg
Supreme
Gasoline Stove Explodes Wrecking Opera House Block Restaurant
Fire and explosion at H F Pitman’s lunch room in the Opera House block in Lone Tree Iowa destroy stock and fixtures. The blaze also damages surrounding store rooms and the theatre auditorium. Insurance covers most losses, with estimates around two thousand dollars.
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Lone Tree
Iowa
Opera House
H. F. Pitman
David Kirkpatrick
Americans 10 GE Part of Loan Affairs in China
Pekin reports that on Henry P. Fletcher’s representations China will not ratify foreign loans totaling 27.5 million dollars from British German and French bankers for the Hankow Sze Chuen railroad. It is hoped U.S. diplomats in London Paris and Berlin will push European arrangements allowing American participation.
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Pekin
Henry P. Fletcher
China
London
Paris
Berlin
Europe
Brave Police and Firemen Rescue Vividly in Tenement Fire
In Cincinnati on June 15 a blaze in a tenement saw police and firemen rush to the third floor and rescue a dozen panic-stricken residents. A woman was probably fatally burned. The fire, one of many suspected incendiary acts, caused minor monetary losses.
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Cincinnati
Sugar stocks plunge amid legal scrutiny and fears
New York June 15 There was an abrupt drop of eight dollars a share in American sugar refining stock in the first hour of trading on the stock exchange. The decline was blamed on litigation against the company and expectations of a strict government inquiry into its affairs. The fall affected nearly the entire list.
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New York
N. Y
Stock Exchange
Heinze Family and Counsel Indicted in Copper Case
A federal grand jury indicted F August Heinze head of United Copper, his brother Arthur H Heinze, and Sanford Robinson, Heinze counsel. They are charged with conspiracy and attempting to spirit away the company's books during federal scrutiny to obstruct justice.
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New York
N. Y
Federal Grand Jury
F. August Heinze
United Copper Company
Arthur H. Heinze
Sanford Robinson
Heinze
Administration of Justice
Leupp Resigns as Indian Affairs Commissioner
President accepts Francis E. Leupp resignation due to ill health and names Robert G. Valentine to succeed him as assistant commissioner.
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Washington, D. C
Francis E. Leupp
Robert G. Valentine
Leupp
American Woman 15 Honored at Royal Ascot
Royal Ascot opened with fanfare as Countess Granard the first American woman shown in the royal procession from Windsor to Ascot. Rush Cutter won the Ascot Stakes over two miles with Laughing Mirror second. Fifteen starters, no American entries.
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Ascot
Countess Granard
Beatrice Mills
New York
Windsor Castle
Ascot Course
Rush Cutter
Laughing Mirror
Iowa Branch Planned to Promote River Transport
Des Moines June 15 S A Thompson field secretary of the national rivers and harbors congress is here to organize an Iowa branch with representatives from Des Moines Ottumwa and other border cities. The aim is to urge the Iowa delegation to support water transportation on the Mississippi Missouri and interior rivers.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
S. A. Thompson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Iowa
Ottumwa
Congress
Mississippi
Missouri
Interior
Boat Sinks After Tip Leaves Two Men in Peril
In Columbus Junction Iowa on Monday Jess Knott and Earl Bedwell were fishing when their craft tipped and sank. They swam through the current to shore with Bedwell nearly collapsing. A tree branch reaching over the water saved him from drowning.
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Columbus Junction
Jess Knott
Earl Bedwell
Iowa River
Bedwell
Limb Missing Death Claims Colfax Man
William Gordon a one legged resident of Colfax Iowa was struck and killed by a Rock Island train as he failed to clear the track today His mother resides at Valley Junction Date and other details.
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Iowa Evening Press
Colfax
William Gordon
Rock Island
Valley Junction
Taft Pleased Over Senate Tax Plan Progress
President Taft voiced satisfaction at a senate finance committee plan to enact a tax on undistributed net earnings of corporations. Senator Nelson introduced a constitutional amendment to allow a tax on income, while Senator Borah urged Philippine independence and an independent government for the Philippines.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Nelson
United States
Congress
Borah
University Alumni Elect Officers and Pharmacy Prize Winners
The University Alumni Association elected officers for the ensuing year including President W. O. Finkbine and secretary Myra Troth. Prize winners in the College of Pharmacy were announced by Dean W. J. Teeters with G. O. Caldwell winning the National Dispensatory prize and J. E. Booge receiving the high general average prize. Honorable mention went to Philip Sipfle and S. A. Bergren. The Thirteenth Annual Pharmaceutical Alumni meeting featured a program with listed contributors from multiple states.
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Iowa City
The
University Alumni Association
W. O. Finkbine
Des Moines
W. McElroy
Newton
Ben Swisher
Waterloo
Chas. Clark
Alumni Bureau of Information
J. J. McConnell
Cedar Rapids
Myra Troth
O. P. Brainerd
College of Pharmacy
University of Iowa
W. J. Teeters
G. O. Caldwell
Columbia
Pharmaceutical Alumni Association
Zach& Cooper
R. A. Kuever
J. E. Booge
Sioux City
Philip Sipfle
Edwardsville
Ill
S. A. Bergren
Stanton
Man Fires Gun In Family quarrel in Des Moines
Ed Riddle shot his brother Louis with a shotgun after a quarrel and wounded their mother in the shoulder and left leg as she tried to intervene. He faces insanity charges in Des Moines June 15.
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Des Moines
Riddle
Louis
No Contraband Found on Ships Bound for Venezuela
In Norfolk the steamer Nanticoke and the tug Dispatch, detained for alleged neutrality violations tied to a suspected Venezuelan filibuster plot, were searched and found to carry no contraband. Rifles in piano boxes were uncovered at Franklin, Virginia, connected to a larger shipment of 15,000 Mauser rifles.
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Norfolk
Nanticoke
Dispatch
Franklin
Maracaibo
Venezuela
New York
St. Louis
South America
Plot to kill Bellefontaine mayor thwarted fire
Bellefontaine Ohio June 15 a burning kerosene bottle was hurled through a plate glass window at Mayor William R Niven s residence. Curtains carpets and furniture were set afire but firemen extinguished the blaze. The mayor, a dry ticket advocate, was away.
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Bellefontaine
William R. Niven
Stenby Made Head. Des Moines Elects Lutherans Leaders
Des Moines, Iowa reports the national conference of the Evangelical Lutheran churches of America elected officers. S. M. Stenby of Clear Lake was chosen president, with E. Anderson of Taylor Wisconsin as vice president and A. L. Weak of Minneapolis as secretary. Leonard Peterson of Centerville South Dakota became treasurer. Trustees named O. Jacobson and A. A. Jorgen, both of Clear Lake, and electors include S. M. Stenby and I. T. Erickson.
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Des Moines
National Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America
S. M. Stenby
Clear Lake
E. Anderson
Taylor, Wis
A. L. Weak
Minneapolis
Woman Returns Stolen $20,000 After Thieves Send Back
A Seattle police dispatch reports Mrs. George Shea of Duluth recovered $15,000 of the money she hid under her mattress after thieves sent a letter claiming to have used $5,000 to furnish their home and returning the rest. The mishap began when she reported the loss during a parade.
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St. Paul, Minn
Seattle
Wash
George Shea
Duluth
Gould separation trial shows wife intoxication cited
New York June 15. In the Gould separation suit testimony covered Mrs. Gould s alleged intoxication at Castle Gould with witness Maurice Malloy noting occasions in mid 1906. The case centers on abandonment with cruelty and support to be reconsidered by Justice Dowling as the sole issue.
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New York
N. Y
Gould
Charlotte Nicoll Weston
Delancey Nicoll
Howard Gould
Maurice Malloy
Castle Gould
Shearn
Malloy
Katharine Clemmons Gould
Supreme Court
Justice Dowling
George Gould
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Illinois Tonight
Partly cloudy with possible showers in western Iowa tonight and Wednesday. Illinois remains fair tonight then cloudy and warmer on Wednesday. Sunrise at 4 14 a m and sunset at 7 29 p m with moonrise after midnight.
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Iowa
Illinois
River Forecast Notes Mississippi Drift
River Bulletin reports only a very slight fall in the Mississippi between Clinton and Muscatine. Forecaster J. M. Shelier notes the trend should continue with a gentle decline in the near term.
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Clinton
Muscatine
J. M. Shelier
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