Death toll nears 100 after Tennessee storm surge
A major storm system sweeping Tennessee and neighboring states left an early death toll near 150 with over 200 injured. Horn Lake Mississippi reported eighteen deaths, Caddo Gap Arkansas similar losses, while towns across Tennessee including Fayettville and Humboldt reported multiple fatalities and injuries. Savannah and Philadelphia also experienced violent storms with property damage and injuries.
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Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Horn Lake
Mississippi
Caddo Gap
Ark
Fayettteville
Arkansas
Mariana
Beebe Ranch
Heber
Wilburn
Wheatly
Marion
Zeburton
Somerville
Bolivar
Dechard
Humboldt
Medina
Belts
Lula
Deliach
Henley
Clarksville
Guthrie
Ted County
Savannah
McKane
Philadelphia
Justice Stafford Refuses To Force Wilson On Flour Bleachers
Justice Stafford declines to compel Secretary Wilson to vacate his June prosecutions against flour makers using the bleached process. The court does not rule on whether flour bleaching violates the pure food law.
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Heagh
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Justice Stafford
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson
Funeral of Wisconsin Representative Babcock Cremated
Joseph W. Babcock former Wisconsin representative died in Washington May 1. The funeral was conducted at the family residence by Rev. Henry Condon chaplain of the house of representatives. Many public figures attended the services before the body was cremated.
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Wisconsin
Washington, D. C
Joseph W. Babcock
Henry Condon
House of Representatives
Copper Merger Plans Brewing in Copper Interests
William E. Corey of United States Steel is organizing a major merger among top copper interests after talks with forty leading copper executives. Henry H. Rogers, Amalgamated Copper, and United Metals Selling, plus several independents, are reported to back the plan in New York on May 1.
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New York
William E. Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Henry H. Rogers
Amalgamated Copper
United Metals Selling Company
Hains Cross Examination Continues in Killing Trial
In Flushing New York on May 1 the cross examination of Thornton J Hains proceeded in the trial of his brother Captain Hains for the killing of William E Annis The witness described his brothers actions as irrational while detailing family troubles
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Flushing
N. Y
Thornton J. Hains
Captain Hains
Wm. E. Annis
Price of Peace Is Obedience
In New York on May 1 Attorney General Wickersham outlined his anti trust enforcement plan before a legal gathering that included almost all New York judges and prominent figures. He stressed strict enforcement of the Sherman act and warned that no offense or corruption would escape scrutiny.
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New York
Supreme Court
Appellate Division
United States Circuit Court
Wickersham
Joseph H. Choate
April Showers and Snow Sting Day for Muscatine
The weather wanders between sun, rain, and snow with a strong spring wind. May forecasts clash with cold snaps and the forecast for tomorrow offers little encouragement. Heinz farms face cabbage plant exposure as workers rush to cover and protect stocks tonight from cold damage.
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Tropics
Tra Hicks
News Publishers in Court Today Indicted Libel Case
Indianapolis publishers Dela van Smith and Charles R. Williams of the Indianapolis News, indicted with New York World proprietors for criminal libel over Panama Canal purchase statements, will appear before Judge Anderson in federal court to be served warrants and post bonds for later appearance.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Delavan Smith
Charles R. Williams
Indianapolis News
Grand
District of Columbia
New York World
Panama Canal
United States
Anderson
Federal District Court
New Turkish Cabinet Formed Under Tewfik Pasha
Tewfik Pasha has formed a new cabinet with Salah Pasha as war minister and Rifaat Pasha as foreign affairs chief, signaling a potentially lenient rule as Mehmed V moves quietly through Friday prayers. State Department officials in Washington say confidence grows that conditions in provincial Turkey will improve, aided by American embassies and soon-arriving warships to safeguard lives and property. Dispatches from Constantinople report disturbances near Hadijin showing signs of winding down.
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Constantinople
Tewfik Pasha
Committee of Union and Progress
Salah Pasha
Rifaat Paasha
Mehmed V
Saloniki
Abdul
State Department
Washington, D. C
Turkey
Porte
Asia Minor
Hadijin
Boyle's Trial Put Off For May Fifth
Mercer Pennsylvania May 1 The trial of James H Boyle charged with abducting Billy Whitla was postponed until May 5. Mrs Boyle’s trial is scheduled for the following day.
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Billy
Whitla
Mercer
James H. Boyle
Billy’’ Whitla
Japs Entertained At The Golden Gate
San Francisco hosts a visiting Japanese warship squadron for the first time in years greeting Admiral Ijichi and officers of the cruisers Aso and Soya. City state and national representatives unite in the harbor welcome.
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San Francisco
Cal
Ijichi
Aso
Soya
Sugar Trust Faces Criminal Prosecution Initiated
New York May 1 Henry L. Stimson announced federal criminal prosecutions will begin stemming from disclosures in the government suit against the American Sugar Refining company. Stimson acts as special attorney for the government.
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New York
N. Y
American Sugar Refining Company
Henry L. Stimson
Pure Food Law Upheld by Federal Court
Chicago May 1 Federal Judge Sanborn upheld the constitutionality of the government pure food and drug act in a test case questioning its validity.
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Chicago
Sanborn
Patten Winning Look Large on Wheat Delivery Day
May wheat on the Chicago board of trade delivered 2,100,000 bushels to Bartlett Patten & Co. Brokers. Patten estimated at about $1.08 per bushel for May wheat, implying potential profit around four cents a bushel if sold for July delivery at $1.12. May price opened at about $1.24 to $1.245.
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Chicago
Ill
Board of Trade
James A. Patten
Bartlett Patten & Co
Patten
May
Palmer Resigns United States Masonic Top Post
Henry L. Palmer resigns as sovereign grand commander of the supreme council Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rites Northern Jurisdiction due to ill health. He has held the highest Masonic office in the United States since 1873 in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Henry L. Palmer
Supreme Council
United States
Palmer
Mexican corn booster found in Mexico City
El Paso May 1 reports Senor Dominguez, head of Mexico National Corn exposition at Omaha and leading scientific farming figure, who was reported missing last Tuesday, is now located in Mexico City per a telegram received today.
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Mexico City
el Paso
Tex
Senor Dominguez
Omaha
Mexico
Dominguez
Funeral for Charles L Peasley Monday at Bloomington Friends Church
The funeral will be held Monday at 11 oclock from Bloomington Friends church. Mrs. Collins and Ira Carrell will conduct the services.
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Charles L. Peasley
Bloomington Friends Church
Collins
Ira Carrell
Muscatine Church
Heiress Acquitted in Ramsour Murder Case
Neosho Missouri May 1 Miss Davidson a young heiress on trial for the murder of Roy Ramsour sister's suitor was acquitted by the jury this morning in court.
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Neosho, Mo
Johnnie) Davidson
Roy Ramsour
Parole Revoked in Oskaloosa Case
Josephine Wilson arrested in Oskaloosa on Governor Carroll's order for parole violation. Carroll revokes her parole from Warren Garst December release and orders return to Anamosa to serve five year sentence for operating a house of prostitution in Mahaska county court per Judge Byron Preston.
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Oskaloosa
Josephine Wilson
Carroll
Warren Garst
Anamosa _ reformatory
Anamosa
Byron Preston
Mahaska
Rose and Dickie Debate Prohibition Question in Chicago
Mayor Rose of Milwaukee and President Dickie of Albion College debated prohibition before a cheering audience at the Auditorium Chicago last night. The second confrontation featured two leaders on opposing sides with strong applause for each speaker.
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Chicago
Rose
Milwaukee
Dickie
Albion College
Iowa Man Is Dead Wife Injured In Fury Murder Suicide
Waterloo reports Fred Cronk a Plainfield farmer killed his wife with a razor after dinner then took his own life. He died at 11 p m. His wife survives. In Iowa City a hotel fire injured G A Hiney who was overcome in bed and was rescued after bystanders forced entry. The fire damaged the room and a lighted pipe caused the blaze.
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Iowa Evening Press
Waterloo
Fred Cronk
Plainfield
Iowa City
Hawley Hotel
G. A. Hiney
Hiney
Supreme Court enjoins judge in railroad rate cases
Jefferson City Missouri May 1 The Missouri supreme court issues a restraining order against Judge Williams of the St Louis circuit court stopping him from handling railroad rate cases brought by Circuit Attorney Jones of St Louis The writ is returnable May 15 and was issued at the request of several railroad companies
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court of Missouri
Williams
St. Louis
Jones
Three Arches of New Bridge Collapse in Peoria
At dawn in Peoria Illinois three arches of the new concrete steel wagon bridge fell into the river. No one was on the structure at the time and there were no injuries reported.
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Peoria, Ill
Black Hand Attack On Chicago Detective
Two men attacked Detective Gabriel Longabardi, a top member of the police black hand squad, with a stiletto. Longabardi grappled with the assailant and was knocked unconscious for about fifteen minutes before the attackers escaped.
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Chicago
Gabriel Longabardi
Police
Black Hand
Longabardi
Fort Dodge Wins Debating Honors in State Final
Fort Dodge defeated Iowa City to claim the Iowa High School Debate League state championship in Iowa City. Judges favored Fort Dodge unanimously as about fifty schools debated the topic Exclusive Control by the Federal Government of all Corporations with thirty in league contests including Ames Winterset Afton Bedford Council Bluffs Red Oak and others. After district rounds the Fort Dodge Iowa City finalists met to decide the title.
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Iowa City
Fort Dodge
WFF
Chevalier
Muscatine
Register and Leader
Des Moines
Ames
Winterset
Afton
Bedford
Council Bluffs
Red Oak
Denison
Missouri Valley
Corning
Tabor
Algona
Emmetsburg
Eagle Grove
Webster City
Lemars
Cherokee
Clarion
Burlington
Grinnell
Washington
West Liberty
Osage
Elkader
Cedar Falls
Forest City
Grundy Center
Otumwa Mayor Threatened by Second Black Letter
Mayor T. J. Phillips received a second black letter this week threatening kidnapping if a $1,000 payment was not hidden in a city park ornament. The letter, from the same handwriting as the first, reproaches him for revealing the initial message and warns he is "a spotted man." He will turn the letter over to postal authorities.
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Ottumwa
T. J. Phillips
Phillips
Tragic Gale Sinks Lake Vessels Across Michigan
Michigan reports Friday gloom as multiple boats vanish in violent gales. The barge Nester sinks near Huron Islands with seven crew lost. the steamer Russia sinks off Detour with all saved. the Batava district barge found adrift near Fox Island with feared missing crew. Aurania crew drowned in Whitefish Bay? confirmations arrive in Sault Ste. Marie.
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Detroit
Mich
the Journal
Travers City
Ann Arbor
Fox Island
Northport
Marquette, Mich
George Nester
Huron Islands
Here
Nester
Russia
Port Huron
C. O. Duncan
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Aurania
White Fish Bay
Pringle
Morocco in Turmoil Reported from Tangier Legation
A May 1 dispatch to the state department from Tangier describes worsening interior conditions in Morocco. Rebels are said to have entered Moquinez near Fez, Fez remains besieged, and fears rise of a revolution with a potential push for the ex-sultan.
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Washington, D. C
Morocco
State Department
Tangier
Fez
Moquinez
New Trial Granted for Mrs Alice Webb in Worthless Check Case
Chicago May 1 Mrs Alice Webb former wife of tobacco magnate Brodie L Duke was granted a new trial largely due to her attorney arguing he was too ill to properly plead her cause when she was convicted on charges of passing worthless checks.
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Chicago, Il
Alice Webb
Brodie L. Duke
Iowa City Commercial club elects Ayres president
Former West Liberty man F. E. Ayres, now a leading lumber merchant in Iowa City, was chosen president of the Iowa City Commercial club for the coming year. W. D. Cannon Jr. was named vice president, J. W. Dvorsky secretary, and Hon. George W. Koontz treasurer.
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Iowa City
Col W T Shaw Dies Veteran of Mexican and Civil Wars
Col W T Shaw an Iowa pioneer and Civil War veteran died at his Anamosa home aged 80. He led the Fourteenth Iowa Infantry and was later assigned to command a brigade.
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Anamosa, la
W. T. Shaw
Iowa
Fourteenth
Iowa Infantry
Election Set for Major of Fifty Fourth Infantry
A special order by Adjutant General Guy E. Logan calls an election for major of the Fifty Fourth Infantry to fill the vacancy after F. S. Holsteen became lieutenant colonel. The vote will be at the company Armory on Monday May 10 with Captains Bradberry OsKaloosa Hollowell Fort Madison in the race and Captain O W Kulp Davenport as senior candidate unsure if he enters.
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Guy E. Logan
Fifty-Fourth Infantry
F. S. Holsteen
Company
John C. Bradberry
Oskaloosa
Hollowell
Fort Madison
O. W. Kulp
Davenport
Lake carriers face mass strike on Great Lakes amid union push
Chicago May 1 The Great Lakes labor strike widens as about 12 000 seamen across 400 vessels join the walkout. Union leaders seek endorsement from International Seamen to back Resolution No 1 demanding fair treatment and free ship employment. Lead miners strike spreads to Leadwood Missouri with 1700 idle workers and 3000 more potential joiners seeking wage restoration after the panic.
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Chicago
Ill
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Clander
Lake Seamen's Union
Lake Carriers Association
International Seamen’s Union
Boone Terre
Leadwood
St. Jor Lead Company
Auditor Retires $15,000 Court House Bonds
County Auditor A S Lawrence retired fifteen thousand dollars of court house bonds today. The entire amount had been held by Muscating banks.
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Lawrence
A. S. Lawrence
Court House
Queen Wilhelmina's Condition Satisfactory After Birth
The Hague report says both Queen Wilhelmina and the infant Princess Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina are in satisfactory condition. The newborn princess is named Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina.
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the Hague
Wilhelmina
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina
Weather outlook for Illinois with cold nights and light snow
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with continued cold temperatures. Partly cloudy in Illinois with possible light snow flurries in the north tonight. Sunrise at 4 46, sunset 6 48, moon set 3 33.
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Lawa
Illinois
River Forecast Says Slight Mississippi Changes Likely
The forecast notes only minor shifts along the Mississippi between Dubuque and Muscatine over the next 48 hours. Forecast issued by J. M. Sherier.
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Davenport
Muscatine
Rocomuie
St. Tatie
Mississippi
J. M. Sherier
Ferecasten
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