Scott Urges Action Over Talk on Tariff Bill
Washington May 14 Senator Scott urged Congress to suspend oratory and pass the tariff bill promptly amid wind jam efforts. Beveridge pressed an internal revenue tax increase on tobacco and products, accusing the tobacco trust of revenue loss since 1898 repeal. Dolliver warned of a fight over iron ore duty and opposed fixing a final voting day, signaling weeks of tariff struggle and growing revisionist Republican support.
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Washington, D. C
J. J. Hill
Senate
Scott
Congress
Oratory
Beveridge
Tobacco Trust
American Tobacco Company
Dolliver
Aldrich
Heinze faces new indictment over bank funds
In New York on May 14 F Augustus Heinze, already indicted for over-certifying his brother Otto Heinze’s checks, was arraigned in federal circuit court on a second indictment charging misapplication of Mercantile National Bank funds. He pleaded not guilty and a Friday date was set.
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New York
N.Y
F. Augustus Heinze
Otto Heinze
United States Circuit Court
Mercantile National Bank
Chamberlain denies relapse rumors about Joseph Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain stated there is no truth to rumors that Joseph Chamberlain, his father, suffered a relapse. The London report dated May 14 rejects the circulating claims as unfounded.
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Joseph Chamberlain
London
Austen Chamberlain
American aviator Cody flies near mile at Aldershot
In London the American Captain F. Cody, once lampooned for failed army aviation tests, achieved success by flying nearly a mile at Aldershot in the Prince of Wales’s presence.
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London
F.&. Cody
Prince of Wales
Aldershot
Will of Otis S. A. Sprague Leaves Large Charitable Bequests
Probate today in Chicago reveals Otis S. A. Sprague's estate valued at 3.5 million dollars. The American Sunday School Union and four Chicago charitable institutions share in 3 million in bequests. The remainder goes to the testator’s immediate family.
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Chicago, Ill
Otpo S. A. Sprague
American Sunday School Union
Chicago
Revered H Wennermark Delivers Conference Address
Rev. H Wennermark pastor of Grace English Lutheran in this city returned from Tipton Ia where the Eastern Conference of the Synod of Iowa met at Trinity Lutheran church. He delivered the concluding address on The Church Member In and Out of Church. Rev. H F Martin of Iowa City, former Grace pastor, spoke on Laymen's Missionary movement and was re elected secretary with Leech as president and Blanche as treasurer.
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H. Wennermark
Grace English Lutheran Church
Tipton
Eastern Conference
Synod of Iowa
English Lutheran Church
Trinity Lutheran Church
Wennermark
H. F. Martin
Iowa City
Grace Church
Harvey M. Leech
W. H. Blanche
Davenport
Lisbon
Will Tucker Dies at Isabel Kansas
Announcement from Muscatine records the death of William Tucker age 54 in Isabel Kansas from pneumonia and an abscess on the lungs. He left Muscatine two months ago to work with a concrete gang on the Milwaukee road and died after a fall from a bridge and subsequent illness. He leaves eight children and several siblings. burial occurred in Isabel Kansas.
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William Tucker
Muscatine
Alamander Blake
Isabel
Kan
Milwaukee Road
Kansas City
Fred Zimmerman
Jesse Blake
Will Shopp
Columbus Junction
Lena
Omaha
Neb
Fay
Harry
Clidy
Frank
Milwaukee Federation of Labor Inaugurates General Strike
Milwaukee workers in the building trades and breweries begin a general strike coordinated by the Milwaukee Federation of Labor to press brewers for an agreement. The action targets all union labor in the area to force negotiations.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Federation of Labor
Building Trades and Breweries
North Carolina Arrives at Mersina to Protect American Interests
The American cruiser North Carolina reached Mersina from Guantanamo Bay on May 14 to safeguard American interests in the region.
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Yankee
Mersina
North Carolina
Guantanamo Bay
Note of prisoner threat from Muscatine county note found
A bottle with a note allegedly from Psyche Klotz claims she is held prisoner near Saulsbury bridge in Muscatine county and will drown herself. Authorities doubt the note’s authenticity while linking it to a Columbus Junction woman with ties to Oklahoma City and a child in Columbus Junction.
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Solsberry Bridge
Cedar River
Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Psyche Klotz
March 18Th
Muscatine County
Iowa River
William Brown
Fredonia
Saulsbury Bridge
Oklahoma City
Iowa
Klotz
A. H. Bahns
Brown
Towa
Psyche Wilgus Klotz
Nate Fadwards
Bonnie Klotz
Hoax Suspected After River Study Near Saulsbury Bridge
A Cedar River bottoms investigation near Saulsbury Bridge and Tice's Ferry found no evidence of the note’s claimed condition near Fredonia. Sheriff Benham concluded the bottle note is a hoax, as locals report no recent residents in a cab in the area and would have known about the trio if present.
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Cedar River
Saulsbury Bridge
Tice’s Ferry
Fredonia
R. F. Benham
Benham
Trouble for Sioux City Saloonkeepers
Twenty eight Sioux City saloonkeepers were arrested this morning by T. E. Brent a special agent of the Indian service for selling liquor to Indians.
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Iowa Evening Press
Sioux City
T. E. Brent
The
Indian Service
Kermit Roosevelt Strays Overnight Then Reaches Rail Station
May 14 Nairobi reports that Kermit Roosevelt lost his way from his father’s camp near Machakos and spent the night alone on horseback. He reached the Kiu railway station fifty miles south of Nairobi on Saturday morning and asked for directions back to camp. Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit then arrived at Jura Ranch owned by George McMillan for a few days of hunting before returning to Nairobi.
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Nairobi
Kermit Roosevelt
Machakos
Kiu
Theodore Roosevelt
Kermit
Jura Ranch
George McMillan
McMillan
Evans to Speak at Davenport Tri-City Press Club Dinner
Admiral Robley D. Evans and his wife arrive in Davenport for a Tri-City Press club event. He will speak at Burtis opera house about his Horn voyage as commander of the American fleet, and will be guest of honor at a dinner tonight. The admiral was affable but gave no new statements.
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Davenport
Robly D. Evans
Tri-Cities
Tri-City Press Club
Burtis Opera House
Press Club
Horn
German Emperor and Empress Reach Vienna
The emperor and Empress of Germany arrived in Vienna from Pola to a hearty public welcome. Emperor Francis Joseph and the Austrian archdukes and archduchesses greeted their majesties at the station with exceptionally cordial exchanges.
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Vienna
Germany
Pola
Francis Joseph
Farmer Drowns in Cis tern Body Found
Marshalltown Iowa May 14 Man Knoll 69 a well known farmer of Haverhill was drowned last evening in his cistern His wife found the body on her return after a day away.
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Iowa Evening Press
Marshalltown
Herman Knoll
Haverhill
Keep Taint From Children Needs Keep Taint From Children Needs
Washington May 14 The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis heard that overrating the danger to children from milk from tuberculous cattle diverts attention from human contagion. Doctors urged prevention of tuberculosis in children and noted family history as prior evidence of infection. They called for intensified home safeguards to curb the disease during childhood.
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Washington, D. C
National Association For the Study and Prevention
Henry Shaw
Arthur T. Laird
Albany
N. Y
Striking Postal Employees in Paris Diminish as Other Cities Rest
Paris on May 14 reports a drop in the number of striking postal workers while leaders threaten possible broad action through the general federation of labor. Authorities expect the movement to fade in days as strikers in Lyons Toulouse and Marseilles resume work.
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Paris
General Federation of Labor
Lyons
Toulouse
Marseilles
Rates Cut on Bituminous Coal Transport by ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a sharp rate reduction from 5.20 to 2.70 per ton for bituminous coal moving from Sterling Indiana to Wausa Nebraska. The complaint claimed the Chicago and North Western Railway charged an excessive and unreasonable rate, which the commission sustained.
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Washington, D. C
Sterling, Till
Wausa
Nebraska
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
Redmond Introduces Bill to Reform Oath of Accession
In London on May 14 William Redmond introduced a comprehensive bill in the House of Commons to remove Roman Catholic disabilities and alter the accession oath. The measure also repeals prohibitions on Jesuits and monastic orders and lifts the ban on Catholics holding office such as Lord Chancellor and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Prime Minister Asquith supported the bill.
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London
William Redmond
House of Commons
Redmond
Great Britain
Ireland
Asquith
Notable speakers highlighted at Episcopal congress closing
Boston May 14 The closing session of the National Episcopal congress featured international figures as speakers. The roster included Bishop William Creswell Doane of Albany Rev Hensley Henson of Westminster Rev William R Huntington of Grace Church New York Rev Henry Oberly of Elizabeth Rev William F Faber of Detroit and Rev Joseph G H Barry of Nashotah Theological Seminary Wisconsin.
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Boston
Mass
National Episcopal Congress
William Creswell Doane
Albany
N. Y
H. Hensley Henson
Cannon
Westminster
London
William R. Huntington
Grace Church
New York
Henry H. Oberly
Elizabeth
N. J
William F. Faber
Detroit
Mich
Joseph G. H. Barry
Nashotah Theological Seminary
Wisconsin
Eighteen Sentenced to Siberia for Life in Moscow Trial
The trial of local social democratic members ends in Moscow. Eighteen prisoners receive perpetual exile in Siberia. twenty others are sentenced to fortress imprisonment for one to three and a half years. Among the exiles is Professor Rochkoff of the University of Moscow.
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Moscow
Social Democratic
Siberia
Rochkoff
University of Moscow
Death bed sermon heard by dying man Elias B. Burns
Elias B. Burns an 88 year old Gas City resident on his death bed today called for his minister Rev. Henry Schwan and forty friends to hold a funeral service in his room. Hymns were sung and the sermon preached before Burns relapsed into delirium hours later.
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Gas City
Ind
Elias B. Burns
Burns
Henry
Schwan
Tri City Woman Sued Over Chauffeur Affair Millionaire Heiress Named
Los Angeles on May 14 Mrs Jane Harris filed suit for 150000 damages claiming Grace Welie Harper of Rock Island Moline Ill Davenport Ia used arts and allurements to alienate her husband Sidney Harris from his wife and child. Stuart Harper also named in suit.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Jane Harris
Grace Welie Harper
Rock Island
Moline
Ill
Davenport
Stuart Harper
Sidney Harris
Cecil Sidney Harris
Weather Showers and Thunderstorms Across Regions
Iowa reports showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday with warming in the northeast and cooling in the west. Illinois expects partly cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday, warmer in the north tonight. Sunrise 4 30 a m, sunset 7 02 p m. Mooprise 2 12 a m.
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Iowa
Illinois
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