Governor Carroll Replies to Cownie Charges Over Mitchellville School
Des Moines May 24 Governor Carroll issues a lengthy reply to John Cownie's open letter. He reports an investigation of Mitchellville School under Fitzgerald's management with Cownie's approval, finding drunkenness and immorality. He accuses Cownie of failing to act, inciting girls to riot, and using violent language toward the superintendent. The governor cites affidavits from four senior girls about Downie and alleges state-prison contracting without bids and improper cattle sales from Glenwood school.
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Town Evening Press
Des Moines
Carroll
John Cownie
State Board of Control
Cownie
Mitchellville
Fitzgerald
Downie
Glenwood School
South Omaha
Subsidy Probe Stops After Hackney Testimony
The house ship subsidy investigating committee adjourned to June 1 after hearing William P. Hackney of Winfield Kansas state his pamphlet claims about congressmen being influenced to oppose subsidy by wine suppers were based on belief not knowledge. New York representatives for shipping interests denied knowledge of a foreign lobby.
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Hackney
Washington, D. C
House
William P. Hackney
Winfield
Kansas
New York
Secretary Shoots a Man in Westville Tragedy
Danville Illinois May 24 Johnston Welsh secretary of the local miners union shot and killed Joseph Smith in Westville after a quarrel over a prior incident involving an Italian threat to UMW President John H. Walker Welsh surrendered and is guarded amid threats of vengeance.
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Joseph Smith
Westville
Danville
Ill
John Welsh
Welsh
John H. Walker
United Mine Workers of Illinois
Boy Dies After Horse Falls Near Vail
Ten year old son of Samuel Giblin of Dennison was riding a blind horse three miles west of Vail Iowa when the animal stumbled and fell killing him instantly. The tragedy occurred May 24 as the rider traveled at a fast pace.
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Iowa Evening Press
Dennison
Samuel Giblin
Vail
National Liquor Dealers Meet Urges Licenses for Charactered Men
Cincinnati May 24 The National Liquor Dealers association held a session with addresses and reports. Secretary Debar urged the convention to advocate license and regulatory laws with licenses granted only to men of good character.
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Cincinnati
National Liquor Dealers Association
Debar
Remonstrance Declared Ineffective in Court
Marshalltown, Iowa May 24. Anti Saloon Attorney Akers admitted in open court that the Marshalltown remonstrance petition is ineffective. Attempts are now being made to show that the mulci law is not in effect.
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Iowa Evening Press
Marshalltown
Akers
City Engineer Thomas Murray Dies Sudden in Davenport
Davenport Iowa May 24 city engineer Thomas Murray who served forty two years collapsed and died at his home this morning.
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Davenport
Iowa Evening Press
Thomas Murray
Lara in Attack on Provisional Forces at Bluefields
At Bluefields Nicaragua General Lara’s government troops press a rear assault on the provisionals. The Venus steamer brings 500 troops north of Bluefields bluff to coordinate with Lara. American gunboats Paducah and Dubuque do not intervene as artillery fires continue through the night. Washington reports Consul Moffatt notes Riva’s forces counterattacking Estrada’s near the city.
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Lara
Venus
Bluefields Bluff
Paducah
Dubuque
Washington
D. C
State Department
Consul Moffatt
Riva
Estrada
Publisher W D Boyce weds Virginia Lee in Chicago
Chicago May 24 A wealthy publisher and paper manufacturer W D Boyce married Virginia Lee yesterday though the wedding had been set for June 1. Boyce was assaulted last Thursday at a hotel by his son Benjamin who was later arrested. The son had objected to the marriage.
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Chicago
W. D. Boyce
Virginia Lee
Boyce
Benjamin
Young Boyce
Indictment of Browne contested in Chicago bribe case
In Chicago on May 24 Judge McSurely heard arguments on Representative Browne's motion to quash the indictment in the Lorimer bribery matter. The defense withdrew and refiled asserting bribery occurred in Springfield and that the indictment charges two bribes.
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Chicago
Ill
Browne
Lorimer
McSurely
Springfield
Bell Gifted to Keota Church Memorializes Mother
St Marys Catholic church in Keota Iowa receives a bell named Mary Elizabeth weighing 1005 pounds without a stand 1450 with stand donated by Miss Elizabeth Fischer in memory of her mother A public Decoration Day service May 30 1910 will feature solemn high mass a German sermon a German dinner and a blessing of the bell by Father Grothe followed by English sermon and benediction Sponsors are Mrs Charles F Singmaster and Nicholas Peiffer Sr
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Keota
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Elizabeth Fischer
Mary Elizabeth
Father Nugent
Jos. M. Fritz
St. Mary’s Church
Father Grothe
J. M. Walsh
Justices and Constables Seek Salaries in Burlington
Burlington, May 24. On reading a new act granting a Justice of the Peace 1200 and a constable 1000, Justice Hober and Constable Davidson filed claims for salaries from the county treasury.
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Iowa Evening Press
Burlington
Justices of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
Hober
Davidson
Good Bill Seeks Five Member Tariff Commission
Washington May 24 Representative Good introduced a bill to create a five member tariff commission with $7,500 yearly pay appointed by the president with senate consent. The measure bars any member from direct or indirect manufacturing or selling the taxed articles. House debates over a $250,000 tariff board expense appropriation ended with it being stricken from the sundry civil bill.
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Iowa Evening Press
Washington, D. C
Good Today
Taft
House
Senate
Tariff Board
Good
Commission
Congress
Washington
Mann
Illinois
Fitzgerald
New York
Tawney
Wandering Lad Found After Ames Disappearance
Des Moines youth Carl H. Schemann, who wandered from his boarding house May 18, was located in Marshalltown in a dazed state after a bout with rheumatic fever. Friends traced him after reports of sighting Sunday. he feared failing his final exam and considered self harm. He and companion C S Nichols had spent the night at Pilgrim's hotel before leaving.
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Iowa Evening Press
Ames
Marshalltown
Carl H. Schemann
Des Moines
Pilgrim’s Hotel
C. S. Nichols
Queen Mother Hosts Roosevelt at Buckingham Palace
London May 24 Queen Mother Alexandria welcomed Roosevelt at Buckingham Palace. Roosevelt's throat troubles persist and friends urge rest. Earlier he attended a luncheon of twenty big game hunters with Seth Bullock. In the afternoon he met Ambassador Reid, Andrew Carnegie and Dr. William Osler at Reid's home.
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London
Queen Mother
Alexandria
Roosevelt
Buckingham Palace
Seth Bullock
South Dakota
Ambassador Reid
Andrew Carnegie
William Osler
Alaska Officials Accuse Governors of Guggenheim Ties
Washington officials report Delegate Gickersham of Alaska filed charges against Governor Clark former Governor Hoggatt and Louis Shackleford. The inquiry seeks to link them with Guggenheim interests as of May 24.
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Washington, D. C
Gickersham
Alaska
Clark
Hoggatt
Louis Shackleford
Guggenheim
Muscatine Interurban Hope Hinges On Davenport Vote
Davenport voters weigh extending utilities franchises for eleven years with promises of an interurban line to Muscatine within two years. Other concessions include cheaper gas, 10 cent Davenport to Rock Island Moline fares, free carrier transport, through service Fejervary park, and arbitration of labor disputes.
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Davenport
Iowa
Muscatine
Rock Island
Moline
Central Park
Fejervary Park
Warren Street
Brady and
Harrison
Rock Island Street
Cairo mob indictments continued to June term
Cairo officials report that 112 residents indicted for leading a February jail assault will have the case continued to the June term of court. Local authorities provided no new dates or details.
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Cairo
Ill
Presbyterian Assembly Size Defeated in New Vote
Atlantic City May 24 The proposition to reduce the Presbyterian general assembly size was defeated. Davenport Man Is Chosen Janesville Wis May 24 The Industrial and Commercial club has hired Louis De Armand of Davenport Ia as permanent secretary.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Presbyterian General Assembly
Davenport
Iowa Evening Press
Janesville, Wis
Industrial and Commercial Club
Louis de Armand
Davenport, Ia
Monmouth Hotel Fire Claims Two Lives
A blaze at the City hotel in Monmouth Illinois early today killed John Jacobs of Galesburg and Bud Miller of Monmouth. Edward Calhoun of Galesburg was badly injured after leaping from a window. other guests escaped with narrow margins. Jacobs's body lay beside a shattered lamp believed to have caused the fire.
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Monmouth
Ill
John Jacobs
Galesburg
Bud Miller
Edward Calhoun
Jacobs
Complete Doxey jury by evening in Missouri murder trial
The second day of the Doxey murder trial in St. Louis opened with a morbid crowd present. Mrs. Doxey appeared healthy and smiling, while Dr. Doxey had a separate trial. Veniremen were examined and likely finished tonight, with a 24 hour limit for both sides’ challenges. A recess was likely Wednesday, with opening arguments to follow Thursday.
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St. Louis
Doxey
Settle Row in the Ladies of the G. A. R.
In Des Moines Iowa on May 24 a secret trial cleared four Des Moines women by reinstatement. State president Mrs Vina Bath led the meeting. Judge Weston was ousted as judge advocate while Mrs E B Dalton of Kansas City conducted the case.
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Iowa Evening Press
Des Moines
Vina Bath
Weston
Green
E. B. Dalton
Kansas City
Senate President Cummings pushes rail rate approval amendment
In Washington and the Senate today Senator Cummings pressed his amendment to the railroad bill requiring rate increases to gain interstate commerce commission approval before taking effect. A six month review compromise gained favor as rates jump nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Cummings
Interstate Commerce Commission
One Woman Killed and Another Injured in Runaway
In Council Bluffs Iowa on May 24 Mrs Jane Haas 71 died instantly and her daughter in law Mrs Frank S Haas was probably fatally injured when the horse they were driving in Fairmont Park ran away shortly before noon. Mrs Haas was widow of Samuel Haas president of the Harle Haas Drug company and a pioneer resident.
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Towa Evening Press
Council Bluffs
Jane Haas
Inlaw
Frank S. Haas
Fairmont Park
Samuel Haas
Harle-Haas Drug Company
Lake steamers collide in fog near Thunder Bay
In heavy fog off Thunder Bay the steel steamers James B. Woog and Frank B. Goodyear collided. The Goodyear sank in 47 fathoms with many deaths from falling hatches while the Wood limped to Port Huron with a six foot bow hole. survivors say the Goodyear sank rapidly leaving little chance for most aboard.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James B. Woog
Gilchrist
Frank B. Goodyear
Mitchell
Thunder Bay
Goodyear
Heminger
Wood
Port Huron
Mich
Point Aux Barquis
Steward Bassett
Frank Mellick
George Grant
Cedar Rapids postmasters hold fourteenth annual session
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 24. The Cedar Rapids district postmasters of the third and fourth classes opened their fourteenth annual session with large attendance and an elaborate program arranged for the event.
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Iowa Evening Press
Cedar Rapids
Prosecution Rested in Seyler Murder Trial
In Mays Landing New Jersey on May 24 the prosecution in the murder case against William Seyler rested its case. The defense then began presenting witnesses.
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Mays Landing
N. J
William Seyler
Jane Adams
Chinese loan completed in Paris signing of $30 million pact
In Paris on May 24 representatives of financial groups from the United States France Great Britain and Germany signed the Hankow Sze Chuen loan agreement worth 30 million dollars. The accord closes a major international financing operation with four nations backing the project.
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Paris
United States
France
Great Britain
Germany
River Forecast Slight Mississippi Change Near Dubuque Muscatine
Forecaster J. M. Sherier reports for the next 48 hours only slight changes in the Mississippi River from Dubuque to Muscatine.
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Dubuque
Muscatine
J. M. Sherier
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