Free Sugar Platform Debate In Senate Riles Partisans
In Washington the controversy over President Wilson and the Underwood bill continues as Senator James accuses the platform of backing free sugar while Louisiana leaders press for definite sugar policy. Senator Ransdell questions Wilson’s free trade stance as James argues the president opposes free trade yet would finance a sugar plan. The debate touches on legitimate industry and cotton and wool tariffs as the Senate schedules early sessions for public hearings on the cant bill.
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D. C
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Wilson
Democratic Party
Ranedell
Brousserd
Louisiana
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Frealdont Wilson
Baltimore
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Democratica
Ranadell
Democratic National Committee
West
Firme Tha Chico
Iostructer
Aswell
Wilden
Kentucky
Jones
Gore
Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Payne-Aldrich
Pittsburgh
Mansdell
Loy South
Jnames
Smoot
Santor Smith
Georgia
Senator Smith
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New Fingland
Talser
Smith
Democrate
Senate
Vale
Ing
Ue Laken
Russell repeats bribe offer tale in Thaw case
New York May 16 Dr John YW Russell former superintendent of the Matteawan state hospital for the criminal insane testified in supreme court and described a meeting with lawyer John Aybur in which he was offered money to secure the release of Harry K Thaw Russell said Aybur offered 200 or more but he refused stating it would ruin his honor He testified as part of a Thaw related inquiry similar to earlier Albany testimony before the governor’s commission.
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New York
N.Y
John YW. Russell
Matteawan State Hospital
Supreme Court
John N. Aybur
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
Russell
Dr Nussell
Albany
Sulyer
Incendiary Fire Probes Shocks Oakville Creamery
Oakville residents reel from three suspected arson attempts on the Oakville Creamery, with bloodhounds from Springfield aiding the hunt. W. H. Prindle, an elderly resident, was taken into custody amid inquiries into his mental state. Sheriff Caithorne and State Fire Marshal Coming planned to join the investigation from Des Moines.
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Wupeto
Sheri
Springfeld
Oak~ville
Gr. Strampier
Pfannschmidt
Quincy
Jil
Oakvilla
Sherif
M. Caithorle
Louis County
W. H. Prindla
Prindle
Mareshal Los
Des Moines
Oakville Creamery Company
Man Kills Wife Then Commits Suicide After Threats
In Clothe Arly May 16 a man shot his wife, a county hospital nurse, and wounded three others including the wife’s mother and Winnie Rowe. George Hampton, a miner, reportedly aimed the weapon at the Webber home and blew off his head, after declaring he would “wipe out the whole family.” The couple had been separated, and Hampton’s acts ended in his suicide.
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Clothe
Arly
Wa. Webber
Winnie Rowe
George Hampton
Hampton
Webber
Swanca Committee Chairman Expects Refusal on Hear Iage
Chairman Simmons said hear age would be refused and some Republican tenders leaned toward agreement.
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Hairman Simmons
Swanca
Suffragette Bomb Campaign Persists in London and Provinces
Militants continue a bombing campaign aimed at forcing the government to grant women parliamentary suffrage. Cannisters with clocks and fuses were found in the Rotherhithe public library and a Wandsworth post office box, with further devices reported at Hastings church. The government vows prosecutions for future prints of the newspaper Sulzette, drawing protests from labor papers and figures like Lansbury and Keir Hardie. Sidney Dream pledges not to publish suffragist material again.
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Wandsworth
Ofice
Holy Trinity Church
Hastings
Oaon Most Netiva
Wild Warten
Sulzette
Archibald Bodkin
Treasury
Labor Press
Sipatal
Parlament
George Lansbury
James Keir Hardie
Saffragestes
Gegrge
Jodkin
Labor
Labor Party
Na Casa
British Isles
Edward Francis
Muscatine Man Is Given Promotion
Davenport May 18 Special B McCulloch of Muscatine has been appointed contracting freight agent of the Rock Island at Davenport to succeed A H Lovell recently named general agent of the Davenport and Moline. McCulloch has been in the Davenport freight office and was formerly chief clerk at the Muscatine freight office.
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Spe
Celal
B. McCulloch
Wwuseatine
The
Rock, Telfind Railroad
A. H| Lovell
Davenpark
Miscn- Mae
Advertising Answers for Everyday Life in Progressive Paper
The article extols modern newspaper advertising as a source of guidance for daily choices. It claims readers will find answers on what to wear eat live and more, urging readers to consult the advertising pages for inspiration and ideas.
Negro Janitor as Fortune's Deputy in $2,500,000 Estate Claim
Chicago May 16. The practice of Jon Hudson a negro janitor at the board of trade, saving letters placed in waste baskets, may lead to a $2,500,000 claim for Charles Baker. Baker, son of the late William Baker a former board president, seeks a share of profits from water power ventures in Seattle and Tacoma. The letters reportedly show the father viewed their relation as a partnership, entitling Baker to more than his estate share.
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Chicago
Jon Hudson
Nero Juniter
Board of Trade
Charles Baker
T. Baker
Wather
Water Power ‘Enterprise
Seattle
Taconis
Wash
Moore aide punished amid rank and salary reductions
Charles T. Burns, aide to the Neather bureau, was reduced in rank and pay by Secretary Houston for misconduct in duty. Myres was dismissed for serious irregularities and misuse of office amid a campaign for the secretary of agriculture post in President Wilson’s cabinet.
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Charles T. Burns
Forte
Wills L. Moore
Houston
Burns
Myers
Oliver L. Fassig
Moore
Fasyig
Moor
Kern Wil Demand Stake Probe Vote
Senator Kern urged an investigation into peonage and oppression of workers in West Virginia mines. The resolution, supported by affidavits, seeks action before adjournment. Labor leaders attended from the district as Montgomery of Kingwood sent a letter denouncing miners’ violence and the mining department’s indifference.
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Washington, D. Cy
Her
Luo
West Virginia
Senate
Kern
Mother Jones
Samuel B. Montgomery
Kingwood
State
Sento Mont-gomery
Immins & Alessons
Mining Department
Divorce Action Is Argued In Court
The divorce case Marie Ritchie versus George Ritchie was heard in district court this afternoon. The defendant did not appear and a separation was granted in the contempt proceedings, though no final decree was issued. The session overlapped with the To bin estate case and adjourned without further action.
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Marie Ritchie
George Ritchie
Duray
Tobin
Frank Brown
General strike menace grips Paterson mills in May unrest
Paterson New Jersey May 16 All power plants in the city were guard today amid threats of a general strike by speakers at a meeting of silk mill workers protesting the conviction of Patrick Quinlan IWW leader. Haywood and Lessig face further trials as boycott threats target merchants advertising in non IWW papers. Local and national labor actions spread from Cincinnati and New York to Philadelphia and beyond with barbers, longshoremen, and other unions joining demonstrations and work stoppages.
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Ademir Lesgig
Quinlan
Haywood
Lessiz
Dong Treska
Elizabeth Gurley
Lynn
Bitory
Giovannik
New Jersey
Cay
Cincinatri
Ohio
Cincinatti Traction Company
Avondale
Biarch
Inter
Cincinatti
Tis Union
Barbers In
Gotham
New York
N.Y
Fit Toon
Polic
Hamman House
Alos Genero
Barver
Phildelphia
Toy
Ner Westnointig
Huere Palanz
Wesgenwald
Guard Fort Worth Slay er State Troops Maintain Order
State troops remained on guard at the Tarrant county jail to deter a lynching of Tom Tice after a man killed Policeman Ogltree and wounded three others before killing himself in a sewer escape. Rioting damaged much of the negro section, especially East Ninth Street, as fires fed by liquor and debris were set, but police and property owners kept flames from spreading.
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Texas City
Fort Worth
Texas
Tarrant County
Tom Tice
Ogl-tree
East Ninth ‘Street
Senate Debates Refer Bill For Public Hearing And Indian Affairs Aid
In Congress the Senate resumed debate on referring a bill to committee with instructions for public hearing. A resolution for investigating the West Virginia coal mine strike progressed. Chief Forester Graves testified to territorial committees on Chugach national forest. An Indian appropriation amendment aimed at congressional inquiry into Indian service welfare passed a committee. The House discussed a conference report on the sundry civil bill and stood firm, adjourning at 1 07 p m until Thursday noon.
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Vernuie
West Virginia
Forester Graves
Territories
Chugadi National Fore
Sity Tailian Afakra
Indian Service
Norrig
HOUSE
Democratic National Committee Holds May 1 Campaign Confab
Washington May 1. Plans for drawing battleground lines for 1474 and 19h6 were discussed at the executive committee of the National Democratic Committee. The meeting reviewed strategies to strengthen party success in state and congressional elections two years hence. The open conference included officials like Falmer, Howell, Seils, Cummings, and Lrach, and emphasized unity and fundraising for a four year headquarters campaign.
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Natonal Democratic Committee
National Committee
Kha
Democratic Congressional Committee
Sopatore
Wilson
New Falmer
Pennsylvania
Clark Howell
Georgia
Gato Seils
Texas
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
Fred Lrach
Minnesota
Democratic National Committee
Executioe Committee
McComba
Safety Regulations Implemented by Local Traction Company
New safety rules issued by the Muscatine and Davenport Railway require motormen to handle exit and entrance with care. A bulletin bans opening the front vestibule door to permit luggage or bags to pass, aiming to reduce accidents. Boarding cars while in motion is discouraged.
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Muscatine & Davenport “Railway Company
Motormecn
Traction Company
Ridder Declines State Prison Superintendent Post
Albany May 16 Herman Ridder of New York announced he would not accept the position of superintendent of the state prison to which he was appointed recently by Governor Sincer.
U. S. To Deliver Its Reply To Japan Soon
President Wilson and the cabinet, after a three hour session, considered the U S reply to Japan protest against California anti loan land law and delivery to the Japanese ambassador likely soon The text of the Japanese protest may be published later and diplomacy is expected to settle the issue without troop movements.
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Wilson
United States
Japan
California
Bryan
New York
State Department
San Francisco
Hawaii
Insular
Canal Zone
General Staff
Taft
Stimson
Newport
Norfolk
Motta
Township Meetings Plan Weekly Farm Group Formation
A series of township meetings is planned to organize a farmer association under the County Farm. County Crop Advisor Kirkpatrick will speak at a Monday gathering in Sweetland, inviting all interested in farm advancement. Subsequent meetings tentatively target Moscow, Nichols, Wilton, Bloomington, and another Moscow or Nichols session.
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Ton
Bnot Sweet
Kirkpatrick
Mondey
Sweetland
Moscow
Nichols
Wilton
Ploomington Township
Masters Out Of Game In Starlings Waterloo Match
The Starlings faced Waterloo in the series second game as Creamy Masters is sidelined by shoulder rheumatism. Sours replaces Masters from right field while Fred Holy leaves his guarding post on the right garden.
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Starlings
Waterloo
Uld Sours
Fred Holy
Unsettled Iowa Weather Forecast Tonight Through Saturday
Unsettled weather with showers tonight or Saturday, warmer in the east portion, cooler Saturday. Moderate winds. Muscatine temperature around 44 at 8 o clock. River stage at Muscatine near 7.4 feet. Sunrise about 4:29, sunset near 5:57. Moon phase and time noted.
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Muscatine
Toy Fiay
Moouget
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