Woodmen Head Camp Opens With Debate On Sunday Outings
Milwaukee article reports the Modern Woodmen of America 14th biennial convention opening with 600 delegates. Head Consul Talbot reviews work, backs ending state head physicians, Foresters’ ban on Sunday picnics, and praises Junior Woodmen. Hawes reports financials and membership. convention adjourns to 1907.
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Talbot
A. R. Talbot
Supreme Medical Directors
Foresters’ Department
C. W. Hawes
Scc
SS&5
Madison Square Garden
New York
Equitable
Law Committee
Attempt to Unite Independent Telephone Men in Session
A meeting of independent telephone men convenes today to discuss unity and cooperative action. Representatives from regional exchanges gather to chart a common approach and strengthen bargaining power.
National Interstate Independent Telephone convention opens in Chicago
The ninth annual convention of the National Interstate Independent Telephone association opens in Chicago with delegates seeking stronger central organization. S. P. Sheerin dies suddenly while reading at the convention, blamed on apoplexy. A non union teamster suffers brutal torture near the union headquarters as deliveries resume. John C. Driscoll shows checks paid to labor leaders amid graft inquiries.
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National Interstate Independent Telephone Association
S. P. Sheerin
Indiana
Independent Telephone Convention
Sheerin
Democratic National Committee
Edward Rickett
National Express Company
Rickett
Teamsters
John C. Driscoll
Grand Jury
Albert Young
Driscoll
Employers’ Association
Weather Summary Des Moines June Week Exceeds Normal Heat
A hot week in Des Moines with above normal temperatures and abundant sunshine. Crops show vigorous growth with corn favored by warm soil and showers in parts, though stands are generally below normal and growth uneven due to replanting. Small grains headed. wheat oats suffer rust in parts. clover heavy. pastures good. strawberries yield above average. apples perform well north but not in the south.
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Des Moines
Norwegian Storthing Sends Letter to the King
The Norwegian Storthing has sent a formal letter to the king in a diplomatic move. Officials confirm the communication addresses constitutional matters and pending royal actions. The gesture signals ongoing parliamentary engagement with royal authority.
Wallace Return Unclear Purpose Rumored Resignation
Washington reports no information on Chief Engineer Wallace’s return from the Isthmian Canal Zone. He sought Taft’s permission citing urgency, with rumors he will resign and not return to the canal. An official memorial thanked him for new hours, wages, and welfare improvements.
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War Department
Wallace
Isthmian Canal Zone
Taft
Colon
John F. Wallace
Canal Zone
United States
Philippines
New York Herald Attacks the Agriculture Department
The New York Herald launches a fierce critique of Secretary Wilson and the agriculture department. It claims the agency operates as a self governing machine with broad power, doubled costs under Wilson, and cries of aggressive advertising and top heavy appointments.
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Wilson
Washington
New York Herald
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Herald
Department
Cedar Rapids Commercial Club to Tour Northern Iowa
The Cedar Rapids Commercial club plans a Rock Island trip to northern Iowa. Tentative schedule points to July 20 start at Garrison with stops at stations and visits with business men up to Dows or Clarion.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Commercial Club
Rock Island
Garrison
Dows Or
Clarion
Loomis Exonerated In Bowen-Loomis Controversy Report
Washington reports that the Loomis Bow en case is settled in Loomis’s favor and Bowen’s charges deemed unfounded. Taft’s forthcoming findings will be released publicly. Bowen faces insubordination criticism and likely removal from diplomatic service. The president to issue a full statement on the matter.
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Loomis-Bowen
Loomis
Bowen
Taft
Rainbow Trout Shipment Sent To Waukon Streams
A 20 000 rainbow trout shipment from Spring Branch hatchery was sent to Waukon for stream distribution near the town. This marks the second trout shipment to the area in recent weeks. A prior fish shipment went to the Portland exposition for the fishery exhibit.
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Spring Branch
Waukon
Portland Exposition
NO USE FOR DIVORCE COURT. Iowan had four marriages
Marshalltown report on W S Gower estate reveals Lillian May Gower had four marriages with three prior husbands all living and never divorced. She killed herself two weeks after Gower’s death, possibly to avoid disclosure of her past.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
W. S. Gower
Lillian May Gower
Mr. Gower
Gower
Morocco Conference Request Prompted by Moroccans
Washington a dispatch from Gummere the Moroccans minister reports a Moroccan government request for United States participation in a conference on affairs of Morocco. A similar request was sent to other governments.
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Washington
State Department
Gummere
Morocco
United States
Milwaukee agent missing and funds mislaid in Carpenters
Mason City Iowa June 20 J S Woodly a Milwaukee agent at Carpenter is missing along with 700 dollars of the companys money. His father a wealthy farmer has made good the deficiency. His troubles began last Friday when a circus visit left him pocketed of 500 dollars.
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Mason City
J. S. Woodly
Milwaukee
Carpenter
Russia open to August meeting with Japan on arms talks
St Petersburg reports Russia shows no objection to August 1 as the date for plenipotentiaries to meet with Japan. The foreign office denies any plan to sign a temporary armistice and says there have been no official exchanges on the subject.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Associated Press
Japan
Cassini
Washington
Takahira
Foreign Office
Morton Answers Charges
Paul Morton outlines a strong defense over rebate allegations tied to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe case. Public statements from the President and attorney general accompany his reply and a letter from Harmon and Judson, the government's special counsel.
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Washington, D. C
Paul Morton
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Messrs. Harmon and
Judson
Elephants Fail to Swim at Clinton Exhibition
Ten thousand people gathered in Clinton to watch the Hagenbeck troupe elephants swim in the river but high water and steep banks prevented entry. The exhibition was canceled with disappointed crowds.
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Clinton
Clinton, Ja
Hagenbeck
Deneen Likely to Attend Illinois Day at Lewis and Clark Fair
Portland expects Governor Charles Deneen of Illinois to attend Illinois Day at the Lewis and Clark exposition with a large party including U S senators members of Congress and state legislators in early July.
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Portland
Ore
Charles Deneen
Ilinois
United States
Congress
Prominent Bank President Dies in Garden
Boone Iowa June 20 Frank Champlin president of the city bank and former member of the order of Railway Conductors dropped dead in his garden this morning from apoplexy. He was 74 years old.
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Frank Champlin
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Order of Railway Conductors
Train Strikes Two In Bloomington Touring Car
Bloomington reports an accident as Attorney Andrew Jackson Barr and Miss Elizabeth Herbert of Polo Alabama were struck by a Chicago and Alton passenger train while crossing the tracks two miles from town yesterday afternoon.
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Chicago & Alton Railway
Andrew Jackson Barr
Elizabeth Herbert
Polo
Mob executes man after alleged assault near Riversoe
Nashville reports Simon Ford, a Black man, who allegedly assaulted a white woman near Riversoe, was taken from the Hohenwald jail by a mob and shot to death after admitting the crime.
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Riversoe
Hohenwald
Ford
Auto Crash Near Portland Injures Several People
An automobile carrying four people collided with a wood wagon about three miles east of Portland Oregon this morning. F R Allen and two women were perhaps fatally injured while the wood wagon driver sustained serious injuries.
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Oregon
Ore
F. R. Allen
Trainmen Die in Newington Collision Wreck
A light engine struck an eastbound freight near the High Hartford junction of the New Haven railroad at Newington Connecticut on June 20. Three trainmen were killed instantly and a fourth likely fatally injured with a fifth seriously hurt.
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Highand
Hartford
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Colfax Begins Victoria Hotel and Sanitarium Addition
Work has started on the new Victoria hotel and sanitarium in Colfax Iowa. The existing structure will remain and an addition plus improvements valued at about 15000 dollars will be made.
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Victoria Hotel and Sanitarium
Colfax
Polk County Bar Association President David Ryan Dies
In Des Moines Iowa on June 20 special report says David Ryan president of the Polk County Bar Association died of apoplexy last night.
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Polk County Bar Association
Des Moines
David Ryan
Peace plenipotentiaries to sail June 30 for Yokohama
Reports from Tokyo and Washington indicate the peace plenipotentiaries may be appointed and the staff organized in time to sail by June 30 from Yokohama or Vancouver. In the meantime military actions continue and no major developments are expected in Washington.
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Novoe Vremya Today
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Russia
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India
Morton to investigate Equitable affairs under new chairman
New York June 20. Paul Morton the newly elected chairman of the board of directors orders an immediate inquiry into the Equitable Life Assurance society. Price Waterhouse and Haskins & Sells are to audit all aspects of the society including work investments and relations.
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Equitable
New York
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paul Morton
Price, Waterhouse & Co
Haskins & Sells
Hay at His Desk Secretary of State in Washington
Secretary Hay was at his desk in the state department handling a large amount of correspondence. He plans to leave soon for his New Hampshire home.
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Washington
Hay
State Department
New Hampshire
Mennonites Bar Recitals In Children's Day Program
Springfield O June 20 Men nonites at New Carlisle yesterday adopted resolutions against children's day exercises citing speaking singing and other features of the program as fostering a taste for the stage among the children and should not be encouraged
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Mennonites
New Carlisle
Weather Outlook for Iowa Showers Tonight and Wednesday
Chicago reports special indications for Iowa predicting probable showers tonight and Wednesday. Daylight hours include sunrise at 4 16 and sunset at 7 28 with the moon rising at 10 10 p m.
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