Congress Row Dampens Deep Waterways Talk In House
In Washington the House heard Representative Clark of Missouri declare the army engineer said Congress can go to hell while noting a pending report on a fourteen foot deep Mississippi River navigation project. In the Senate, debate centered on tariff revision with emphasis on wire goods duties and a postponed adjournment after steel schedule discussion.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Clark
Missouri
House
Department of the Army
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Bartholdi
Secretary of War
Alexander
New York
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Senate
Sutherland
Utah
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Beveridge
Williams Resigns as Civil Service Commissioner
Washington May 17 James T. Williams Jr. tendered his resignation as civil service commissioner citing impaired health as the reason for leaving the service.
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Juits
Civil Service
Washington, D. C
James T. Williams, Jr
Williams
Chicago Banker Helge Haugan Dies at 61
Helge Alexander Haugan president of the State Bank of Chicago and head of the Chicago Clearing House died of heart trouble in Chicago at age sixty one. He was prominent in Scandinavian circles and led major financial institutions. May 17 report notes his death.
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Chicago, Ill
Helge Alexander Haugan
The
State Bank of Chicago
Chicago Clearing House
Iowa farmer kills wife over infant dispute
Waterloo patrols report George Penske, a farmer near Brandon, shot and killed his wife during a quarrel over their infant on Saturday night. A farmer posse later captured Penske in the aftermath.
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Iowa
Waterloo
George Penske
Brandon
Penike
Child Brei Dies at 13 Months in Sweetland Township
Lloyd Frederick Brei, the thirteen month old son of Henry Brei, died at his home in Sweetland Township at 6 am from an abscessed throat. He was born April 28, 1908. The funeral is set for 10 o clock tomorrow morning.
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Lloyd Frederick Brei
Henry Brei
Sweetland Township
Barnards Plan Westward Trip Including Seattle Exposition
Mr and Mrs Thomas Barnard will depart Wednesday for the west visiting Hot Lake Oregon where their son Art Barnard and daughter in law reside and have managed a laundry for a year from there they will proceed to the Yukon Pacific exposition in Seattle for the trip.
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Thomas Barnard
West
Hot Lake
Oregon
Art Barnard
Seattle
They Called Mr Hollingsworth in Congress Racey Edits
In Washington May 17 editorials from southern papers described Rep. Hollingsworth Ohio as an ass a bum from Sherman and other insults. The reading sparked laughter and emotion as Barrett and Fitzgerald pressed a privilege ruling. Speaker Cannon ruled Hollingsworth not attacked in his official capacity and halted further action.
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Washington, D. C
Sherman
Ohio
Hollingsworth
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi
Barrett
Georgia
Fitzgerald
New York
Cannon
Incendiary Fire in Fort Smith Cotton Compress
Fire at Fort Smith Arkansas today destroyed a cotton compress and about 5 000 bales. Loss estimated at 300 000 with insurance coverage of 15 000. The incident follows another incendiary blaze in Everett Marion County Iowa causing 40 600 in damages last night.
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Fort Smith
Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Mammoth Vein Coal Co
Everett
Marion County
Ft. Smith
Ark
Tragic Train Wreck Claims Life at Mason City
May 17 report from Mason City Iowa states Charlie Williams about 30 was fatally struck by train No. 64 at the Rock Island yards coal chute. He was treated at the baggage room and at S U S hospital after suffering head wounds multiple broken ribs and internal injuries. Williams had come from Chicago and worked in West Liberty.
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West Liberty
Charlie Williams
Rock Island
Williams
C. B. Kimball
S. U. S. Hospital
R. J. Wiley
Chicago
Ohio
Mason City
Iowa
Clarence Storr
W. A. McCune
Quigley
Northwestern
McCune
Pleasant Plain
Junction
Columbus Junction
N. T. Hendrix
Hains Sentenced Eight to Sixteen Years for Murder
Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. received an indeterminate term of eight to sixteen years in prison at hard labor for the murder of William E. Annis in Flushing New York. Judge Garretson noted a fair trial and denied motions for a new trial before sentencing.
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Slayer
Anns
Flushing
N. Y
Peter C. Hains, Jr
William E. Annis
Hains
McIntyre & Young
Garretson
Heins
John P. Hains
Yankee Cruisers In Turkish Ports
In Mersina Captain Marshall of the North Carolina met Adana's governor Saturday and secured promise of full protection for American interests. Guards patrol American property. In Alexandretta the Montana arrived and calm prevailed. In Constantinople five more men were hanged for mutiny in the recent outbreak.
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Mersina
Marshall
North Carolina
Adana
Montana
Alexandretta
Constantinople
Stamboul
Admiral Swinburne Hauls Down Flag. Sebree Takes Command
San Francisco May 17 Rear Admiral W T Swinburne commander of the Pacific fleet hauls down his flag on the cruiser West Virginia having reached retirement age Rear Admiral Uriel Sebree assumes command raising his flag on the cruiser Tennessee which will be the new flagship.
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San Francisco
Cal
W. T. Swinburne
West Virginia
England Rejoices With Lord Roberts Golden Anniversary
Lord Roberts marks the golden anniversary of his wedding with widespread public celebration in London. The popular figure’s milestone has taken on imperial festival tones as towns and crowds share in the jubilation.
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London
Lord Roberts
Barnes Funeral This Afternoon At A M E Church
The funeral of Samuel Barnes was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon from the A. M. E. church. Flowers surrounded the bier as a quartet sang favorites. Pallbearers included Greenway, Bains, Seay, Bradley, Lamb, and Walker. Rev. Payton led the service with interment at Greenwood cemetery.
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Samuel Barnes
Walter Williams
Robert Hans
Hull
William Greenway
Edward Bains
Henry Seay
George Bradley
Jacob Lamb
Frank Walker
Rev. M. Payton
Greenwood Cemetery
Daughter Held for Father's Death in Ramsey County
Louise Arbogast, 19, daughter of Louis Arbogast, the wealthy Minneapolis butcher killed early Thursday, lies in Ramsey County jail under police court commitment charged with murder. Authorities believe she was insane at the time of the crime.
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St. Paul, Minn
Louise Arbogast
Louis Arbogast
Ramsy County
Man Tries to Blow Up Home in Everest
Osborne De Moss of Everest attempted to blow up his home in a drunken quarrel. He placed a keg of powder under the corner to ignite the house, cut the fuse too short, and his explosion blew off his clothes, badly injuring him in the road. The house suffered major damage but the family was unhurt.
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Iowa Evening Press
Hamilton, Ia
Osborne de Moss
Everest
Masked bandits rob Great Northern mail train near Spokane
In Spokane on May 17 masked bandits halted a Great Northern fast mail train No 3. They detached the engine and mail car looted about $20000 then sent the cars rushing back into passenger coaches. The conductor steered the runaway cars away from catastrophe and several passengers were injured. Police secret service and locals hunted for the robbers without success.
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Spokane
Wash
Great Northern
Longtime Iowa University Latin Professor Amos Currier Dead
Amos Noyes Currier, 76, longtime Latin professor and 20 year dean at Iowa University, died of pneumonia. He taught from 1867 until retirement in 1907, served as acting president in 1898-99, and was born in Canaan New Hampshire October 13 1832. Funeral 3 p.m. Tuesday at his residence.
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Iowa City
Amos Noyes Currier
Iowa University
Currier
University
Carnegie
College of Liberal Arts
Professor Currier
Canaan
Grafton County
N. H
Dartmouth College
Des Moines College
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Danbury
Central College
Pella
Eighth Iowa Cavalry
Eleventh Missouri Cavalry
Dean Currier
Manufacturers in Annual Session Endorse Fowler Currency Bill
New York May 17 reports at the opening of the National Association of Manufacturers annual convention show the currency committee backing the Fowler currency bill and urging passage. The panel favors legal amendments to permit supplemental asset currency with a guarantee fund and proper restrictions or a complete banking system shift from wartime to peacetime conditions. The traffic committee notes hardship from higher railroad rates harming shippers and contracts, urging adoption of a uniform bill of lading.
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New York
N. Y
National Association of Manufacturers
Congress
Committee On
English novelist George Meredith seriously ill in London
English novelist George Meredith is reported seriously ill in London after a May 17 dispatch from the city. The illness limits his public appearances and prompts concern from literary circles.
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George Meredith
London
England
Taft to Open Yukon Alaska Exposition in Seattle
President Taft will open the Yukon Alaska exposition in Seattle on June 1 with a gold telegraphic key presented by Secretary Ballinger and Washington's congressional delegation. The key, mounted on Alaskan marble and inlaid with twenty-two gold nuggets, will connect to White House wires and be touched by the president to start the exposition's machinery.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
Seattle
Ballinger
Washington
Alaska
White House
Parents Thrown From Buggy in Iowa Accident
Keota Iowa May 17 A buggy accident near Sigourney injures Mrs Young and two children when a startled horse threw the family to the road. Eight year old Nina Young suffers severe facial wounds with flesh torn from the jaw. Passersby aid the family and the child is taken for medical care.
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Keota
Joe Young
Youngs
Henry Young
Sigourney
Nina
Mr. Young
Mrs. Young
Body of Newark Youth Found After Kidnapping Claim
In Newark Ohio on May 17 the body of six year old John Altmeyer was found in the river hours after a suspected kidnapping. Local authorities investigated the case as a possible abduction with the child missing since early today.
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Ohio River
Newark
Ohio
John Altmeyer
Towan Dies in Porto Rico
San Juan Porto Rico May 17 M J Jorns the Iown horticultural ist in the service of the American department of agriculture died in San Juan this morning of typhoid fever His body will be sent to New York on board the steamer Coame
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San Juan
Porto Rico
M. J. Jorns
American Department of Agriculture
New York
Fight Over Fence Ends in Two Deaths in Indiana
In Richmond and nearby, Ed Meek and son Raymond were killed in a dispute over a line fence. Joseph Railsback was wounded in the leg during the confrontation.
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Richmond
Ind
Ed Meek
Raymond
Here
Joseph Railsback
Railsback
Carnegie Receives Audience With Italian King
Andrew Carnegie was received in audience by King Victor Emanuel of Italy in Rome on May 17. The visit highlights Carnegie's ongoing philanthropic and cultural engagements during his European sojourn.
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Carnegie
Victor Emanuel
Italy
Rome
Andrew Carnegie
Brokers Fail For A Million Dollars
An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was filed against Tracy and Co stock brokers of New York and Chicago. The firm conducted substantial business with liabilities estimated at one million dollars.
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New York
N. Y
Tracy & Co
Chicago
Richmond Death Calls West Sixth Street Relative
George Casper of West Sixth street left this morning on the Western for Richmond Iowa summoned by the death of his niece Mrs Joseph Mohefer who died early today.
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Richmond
George Casper
West Sixth Street
Joseph Mohefer
Decorate Graves of Self Slain in Gotham
Memorial Day plans by the New York Branch of the National Committee for the Relief of the Unemployed call attention to unemployment induced despair. A cemetery decoration and a parade are arranged as a rival to G A R events to spotlight working conditions.
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New York
N. Y
New York City
National Committee For the Relief of the
J. Eads Howe
St. Louis
Ascension Day Celebrated in City Catholic Churches
May 20th feast marked as a holy day of obligation in Catholic churches. In Muscatine, St Matthias and St Marys host devotions with masses at 7 and 9:30 am. German church offers 6, 9 am and 7:30 pm services. St Matthias alumnae announce annual meeting next Sunday afternoon for preliminary alumnae reception planning.
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Muscatine
St. Matthias
St. Mary’s
Christ
Heaven
St. Matthias Church
Rev Preston to Attend Assembly in Cedar Rapids
Rev. B. C. Preston, pastor of the First Congregational church, left for Cedar Rapids to attend the State Association of Congregational churches convention opening tomorrow. Miss Sarah Bilkey, Mrs. B. C. Preston and Mrs. Elizabeth McQuesten plan to leave later.
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Preston
Cedar Rapids
B. C. Preston
First Congregational Church
State Association of Congregational Churches
Sarah Bilkey
Elizabeth McQuesten
Weather report for Iowa and Illinois showers and temperatures
Iowa sees showers tonight and Tuesday with warmer conditions in the east and cooler Tuesday afternoon or night. Illinois will have increasing clouds with showers late tonight or Tuesday and warmer tonight and in the north Tuesday. Sunrise 4 27 Sunset 7 05 Moonrise 3 33 am.
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Iowa
Illinois
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Turkish
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Samuel H. Barnes
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Fowler
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