Anthracite Coal Region Faces Work Suspension as Talks Falter
Philadelphia March 12. The anthracite miners and operators sub committees resume talks with little change as mine owners refuse concessions and demand renewal of the present pact for three years. Miners insist any agreement must be signed by United Mine Workers of America and may lead to work stoppage starting April first.
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Philadelphia
United Mine Workers of America
Thomas L. Lewis
Rock Island Official Questions Iowa 2-Cent Fare Law
Des Moines reports Carroll Wright general attorney for the Rock Island railroad says the company will not seek to repeal the Iowa 2-cent fare law. He notes overall passenger receipts satisfactory, branch lines weaker, and expects Missouri to be overturned while Iowa remains under the rate. He cites Chicago talks with president Winchell and favorable main line results.
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Winchell
Chicago
Wright
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
Iowa
Northwestern
Davis
Score in Long Hike lead teams in six days race
At 11 o clock the score of the three leading teams in the six days pedestrian race was Cibot Orphee 587 miles two laps, Davis Metkus 566 6, Dineen Prouty 545 5.
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Long Hike
New York
N. Y
Cibot-Orphee
Davis-Metkus
Dineen-Prouty
Pope Improves Slowly After Vatican Meetings
Rome March 12 the pope, following doctors orders, did not attend the Lent en service this morning. He held the necessary audiences in his apartments to conduct Vatican affairs.
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Rome
Vatican
Indictment Charged Over Fraudulent Mail Use in Mowbray Case
Federal grand jury returns an indictment against John Maybray for use of the mails in fraud. Postoffice Inspector Swanson testifies on the J. C. Mowbray gang alleged to swindle many people named Mikes via horse and foot races wrestling boxing and other scams and urges victims to testify.
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Council Bluffs
Federal Grand Jury
John Maybray
Iowa
Postoffice
Swanson
J. C. Mowbray
Mowbray
Pinchot Favors Forestry Over Free Lumber Tariff
Gifford Pinchot chief of the US forest service says removing the lumber tariff would not lower prices or aid forests. In a letter to Serena Payne he argues free lumber would not conserve forests and stresses growing new timber as old stands are cut. He supports free pulp wood but warns waste in logging outweighs any import gains from Canada.
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Washington, D. C
Gifford Pinchot
United States Forest Service
Serena E. Payne
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pinchot
Canada
United States
CAPT BENJ OWEN DIES AT 83 IN IOWA CITY
Cap tain Benjamin Owen a Civil War veteran and longtime Iowa City resident has died at his home in his 84th year. He survived wounds in Farmington 1862 and six months in Jackson Miss confederate prison. He later reenlisted after walking on crutches and served through the war. His widow and daughter Bertha survive. Congress recently granted him a pension increase.
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Iowa City
Benjamin Owen
Bertha
Seventh Iowa Cavalry
Farmington
Jackson
Miss
Davenport
Congress
Death of Sebastian F. Deutsch Pioneer Farmer Dies in Modesto
Modesto California death notice reports Sebastian F. Deutsch in his 67th year, a pioneer Iowa City farmer and stock raiser. Survived by widow and seven children: J. L. Deutsch, A. S. Deutsch, C. B. Deutsch, R. C. Deutsch, Lewis Deutsch, W. E. Deutsch, H. L. Deutsch, and Mrs. Mary E. Grosjean.
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Iowa City
Modesto
Cal
Sebastian F. Deutsch
J. L
A. S. Modesto
C. B
R. C
Lewis
W. E
H. L
Arizona
Mary E. Grosjean
Richmond, Cal
Bryson Selected President of Bowling Congress
Robert H. Bryson of Indianapolis was today elected president of the American Bowling Congress in Pittsburg in a March 12 meeting.
Arrest of Former State Treasurer Over $70,000 Shortage
Salt Lake City March 12 James Christiansen former state treasurer who resigned January 1 was arrested on charges of defaulting about $70,000. He confessed responsibility for the shortage saying the money funded Nevada mining ventures. Bondsmen and friends deposited the shortage to the state.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
James Christiansen
Christiansen
Nevada
Public Utilities Law upheld by Appellate Division
New York March 12 the appellate division of the supreme court unanimously sustained the constitutionality of the public service commission law in a ruling rendered here today.
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Appellate Court of
New York
New York, N. Y
Public Service Commission
Appellate Division
Supreme Court
LaCrosse Man Testifies On Senatorial Campaign Funds
Madison and Springfield reports detail attorney G H Gordon of LaCrosse testifying before the senatorial investigating committee about receiving eighteen hundred dollars from the Stephenson campaign fund. He says the money funded campaign literature and workers at polls on primary day, not legislators. The Wisconsin inquisition will continue to April tenth. In Springfield the joint session reports no quorum in the latest senator election ballot with Hopkins six votes, Stringer three, and Shurtleff and Foss one each.
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Madison
Wis
G. H. Gordon
LaCrosse
Stephenson
Assembly
Springfield
Ill
Hopkins
Stringer
Shurtleff
Foss
Johnson County Pioneer in Iowa Dies at 70
Andrew Altmire, pioneer of Johnson county, collapsed dead at his Liberty township home. Aged nearly 70, he had lived forty years in the county. Survived by two sons John and Philip and an adopted daughter Mrs. Mary Sellman.
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Iowa City, Sea
Andrew Altmire
Johnson County
Liberty Township
John
Philip
Mary
Jacob) Sellman
Diplomatic Rift Deepens with Nicaragua Overseas
The state department ordered Secretary of Legation Gregory in Managua to return home, leaving the legation run by a consul without diplomatic status. In Mexico City rumors spread of war between Nicaragua and Salvador, citing a clash between Salvadoran gunboat President and Nicaraguan Momotombo, with no confirmed outcome.
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Washington ,D. C
Nicaragua
State Department
Legation
Gregory
Managua
Mexico City
Salvador
President
Momotombo
Hedrick Named Custodian of Capitol as Dry Measure Faces Setback
Governor selects Hedrick as custodian of the Capitol while primary bills head to conference. Other matters appear in the legislature as the dry measure suffers a setback but remains in contention.
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Capitol
Iowa Senate Deliberates Prohibition and Appoints Capitol Custodian
The Iowa Senate received Governor Carroll's nomination of W A Young of Hedrick as capitol custodian, and referred it to a committee for a report next Tuesday. Prohibition debates continue with Proudfoot pressing the amendment, while the senate signals opposition to final adoption. The Saunders bill creates a firemen pension fund. J W Bopp notes the shrinking ranks of veteran senators.
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State House
Des Moines
Senate
Carroll
W. A. Young
Hedrick
Keokuk County
Capitol
McCurdy
House
Lee
Peterson
Iowa
Committee On
Proudfoot
Clarke
Adopted Son Fires on Father Then Flees in Iowa
Des Moines reports Albert Carney of Loring shot in the face by his adopted son Edward W. Carney 16. Edward stole a horse and escaped. Marshalltown notes looming murder trial of Edward McNamara for killing his father Martin McNamara on Dec 26. McNamara attempted chloroform suicide after the act.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Albert Carney
Loring
Edward W. Carney
McNamara
Marshalltown
Iowa
Northwood
Edward McNamara
Martin McNamara
Young McNamara
Presidents Taft meets Cannon Watson in cabinet talks
In Washington Taft holds a conference with Speaker Cannon and Senators Burton Nelson and ex Representative Watson. Watson proclaims the insurgents in the House are licked, calling it a fact not a prediction. The full Taft cabinet also convenes with Secretary of War Dickinson arriving for the meeting.
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Washington
D. C
Taft
Cannon
Burton
Nelson
Watson
Dickinson
Scare at Fort Madison as Junkin Is Moved Under Guard
Sheriff Jackson and assistants spirited John Junkin from Burlington to Fort Madison by baggage car. a 500 strong crowd at the station watched a quiet transfer to avoid violence. In Burlington a larger mob jeered and pelted trains, while police and sheriffs protected Junkin during the reluctant departure.
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Fort Madison
Jackson
John Junkin
Junkin
Burlington
Junken
Hiltz
McIntosh Lands Offers Big Purse for Jeffries Johnson Fight
Hugh McIntosh arrived on the Mauretania and announced a $50,000 purse for a Jeffries versus Johnson bout. He favored England but said the fight could be held in England, France, or Australia and aimed to persuade Jeffries to accept Johnson.
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New York
Hugh McIntosh
Johnson
Burns
Sydney
Mauretania
McIntosh
Jeffries
England
France
Australia
Cooper and Carmack Trial Opens to Small Nashville Crowd
In Nashville on March 12 the Cooper-Sharp trial resumed with a sparse audience. The defense led by General Washington presented a long argument, claiming Robin Cooper had a right to shoot Carmack like a dog and calling Carmack a coward who hid behind Mrs. Eastman to draw his revolver. The attorney closed a speech of over eleven hours with an appeal for acquittal.
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Nashville
Tenn
Cooper-Sharp
General Washington
Washington
Robin Cooper
Carmack
Mystery Body Found In Dayton Canal With Unknown Woman
Dayton Ohio reports a decomposed unknown white woman found in a canal below Apple Street bridge. Police fear identification may be impossible due to decomposition after about a month in water. A colored boy named Harry B. Keith discovered the body while rowing. Authorities weigh murder versus self harm while noting six recent unsolved female slayings in Dayton.
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Dayton
Ohio
Apple Street Bridge
Harry B. Keith
Dayterm
President Taft Joins Optimist Club Of America
President Taft became a full member of the Optimist Club of America in Washington joining founder William J. Robinson who named him to the club's executive committee. Andrew Carnegie serves as president of the organization which has about 250 000 members.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Optimist Club of America
William J. Robinson
New York
Robinson
Andrew Carnegie
Optimist Club
Navy appoints Hutchinson I Cone head of steam engineering
Lieutenant Commander Hutchinson I Cone is named head of the bureau of steam engineering in the navy with the rank and pay of rear admiral. He earned distinction for safely leading the torpedo boat flotilla from Newport News to San Francisco.
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Washington, D. C
Hutchinson I. Cone
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Navy
Newport News
San Francisco
World’s Record in Two-Men Bowling Shattered
Pittsburg March 12 world record for two men bowling teams was broken by Schwoegler and Schwoegler of Madison Wis who rolled 1304. The previous mark 1254 was held by Chalmers and Kiene of Chicago.
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Pittsburg
Schwoegler
Madison
Wis
Chalmers
Kiene
Chicago
Further Gains Indicated
Dispatches to Dans Review point to firmer business conditions in New York with modest progress, though the advance remains gradual.
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New York
N. Y
Dan
Bank Robbery Report From Kramer Nebraska
The Kramer state bank was looted early today by robbers who secured 1700 dollars and escaped.
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Kramer, Neb
Kramer State Bank
Scandals force Los Angeles mayor and officials to quit
Los Angeles faces a wave of resignations as Mayor A. C. Harper and Chief of Police Thomas H. Broadhead prepare to step down amid exposure threats. Recall leaders push for a recall opponent to George Alexander, with other city officials expected to resign amid scandals in the city administration and red light district.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. C. Harper
Thomas H. Broadhead
Police Commission
Harper
Edward Kern
Board of Public Works
Red Light
George Alexander
Suspects Held in Death of Father Nasion
Newark March 12 police have arrested five suspects in the assassination of Rev. Father Nasion. Three are accused of threatening the priest over personal differences as officers pursue leads in the case.
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Father Nasion
Newark
N. J
Weather roundup for Iowa and Illinois with mixed precipitation
Iowa faces snow tonight and possibly Saturday with warmer readings in the north. Illinois also sees rain in the south and snow in the north tonight with a chance of snow on Saturday. Temperatures show little change. Sunrise at 6 08, sunset 65 65, moonrise 10 50 p m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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Jas. Christianson
Public Utilities Law
Reg Pardon
Bulletin
Hedrick Man
Ora Williams
J. W. Bopp
Fayette County
Clear Lake
Grafton
Worth County
Congressman
Mintosh
Cooper
Col. Cooper
Dayton Canal
Wm. J. Robinson
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