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Newspaper

National Democrat

Location

Des Moines, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1914

Page

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Suffragists Attack Police And Art Attendants In London

London readers report militant suffragists smashing art and attacking guards at Dore Galleries in New Bond Street. An attendant near fatally injured was struck with a hatchet, while two women amid clashes at Buckingham Palace faced fines of ten dollars or a month in jail. Elsewhere in Belfast editors were assaulted and offices wrecked by suffragettes, one editor left unconscious.

Dore London New Bond Street Royal Academy and National Gallery Hartolowzi John Hap Buckingham Palace Mow Street Belfast Belfast Telegraph News-Letter

Collision at Sea Spurs Claims Over Empress of Ireland Disaster

Montreal June 4. Storstad owners sue Canadian Pacific for 50000 damages alleging Empress fault and navigational negligence in the collision that killed 1024. CP reports 1476 aboard. 452 saved. Capt Walsh vows unrelenting body recovery and possible raising of the sunken ship. Storstad claims 225 survivors rescued by crew and others aboard Eureka. Empress lifeboats aided 125 rescued by Storstad.

Montreal Que Storstad Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Canadian Pacific’ Railway Capt. Walsh Ireland Rimouski Motone-and -Beyond Walsh Ove Lange Maritime Steamship Company Eureka Starstad

Roosevelt Honored With Special Train Car In France

Paris on July 4 reports President Poincare will grant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt full courtesies during his France visit. A special presidential rail car will be attached to the boat train to Paris, and Roosevelt is expected to meet the president at the Elysee Palace on Saturday. Two Dead In Auto Accident In St Paul Minn June 4 N E Nebson a Duluth businessman and A A Corneil of Northfield were killed and five injured when their automobile overturned into a ditch during a road mishap.

Paris France Poincare Theodore Roosevelt Cherburg Roosevelt Palace of the Elysee St. Paul, Minn N. E. Nebson Duluth A. A. Corneil Northfield Minn

British Steamer Goes Ashore Near Sierra Leone

The British steamship Fullani bound from Calabar went ashore on Carpenter's Rock during a heavy gale off the Sierra Leone coast. The crew signalled for help as rescue actions commenced. Also noted, Miss Selins Lagerlot, Nobel literature prize winner in 1903, has just been elected the next female member of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm.

Sierra Leone West Coast of Africa Fulani Calabar Carpenter’s Rock Academy Stockholm

Confederate Shaft Ready for Arlington Unveiling Ceremony

Washington June 4 final arrangements completed for the unveiling of the Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery. The Arlington Confederate Monument association chaired by Col. Hilary A Herbert will place a large floral wreath on the grave marker of over 1,000 unknown dead after the ceremony. Generals Gardner and Young and sculptor Sir Moses Ezekiel participate in the ceremony.

Washington, D. C Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Confederate Monument Association Hilary A.herbert Washington Gardner Albion Mich Grand Army of the Republic Gen Bennett Young Louisville United Confederate Veterans Moses Ezectell

Explosion on Cruiser Salem injures three engineers

June 4 report from Commander Christy on the scout cruiser Salem at Puerto Mexico notes a boiler tube blew out injuring three engineers. Separate items recall a 17 second duel in Madrid between Antonio Maura’s son and Rodrigo Soriano that left both wounded. Paris announces Mme Caillaux’s murder trial set for July 10.

Washington Christy Salem Puerto Mexico Navy Department Fai Madrid Spain Antonio Maura Rodrigo Soriano Hime Caillaux Paris Mme Henrietta Caillaux Joseph Catlaux Finance Gaston Calmette le Pigaro

Redfield Warns Against Concentration of Industrial Power

Secretary of Commerce William C Redfield spoke at the University of North Carolina commencement denouncing the control of industry by a few. He urged truth and patriotism, warned against armed or economic coercion, and called for a vision of peace with power and prosperity both at home and in relations with neighboring nations.

Chapel Hill N. C America William C. Redfield United States Redfield University of North Carolina Mr. Redfield

Freight engine blows up near Duvall Ohio

June 4 near Duvall ten miles north of Circleville Norfolk and Western freight engine blew up from low water pressure. Engineer William Wier of Columbus, 40, died. Fireman K M Harmon died en route to hospital in Calumbus. Wreckage left only wheels. cars wrecked and track torn up.

Circleville Ohio Norfolk & Western Railroad Duvall Here William Wier Columbus K.M. Harmon Calumbus

Peace mediators deadlocked in Mexican crisis

Niagara Falls Ont June 4 deadlock persists as Washington mediators Huerta and Carranza keep firm positions. Spaniards ask US help for Spanish nationals in Tampico while Huerta spares students’ lives after assassination attempt. Carranza asserts constitutionalists govern Mexico.

Niagara Falls Ont Washington Huerta Carranza Car- Tanza Brm Mexico United States Senor Alanc Bryan Vera Cruz Agricultural College Alacuba Santiago

Sutherland resolution backs toll arbitration with Britain

Washington June 4 Senate foreign relations committee adopted the Sutherland measure urging President Wilson to seek special arbitration of the Panama tolls dispute with Great Britain. The plan proceeds to the Senate. In Hickory Mississippi on June 4 three well dressed men were found on a railroad track with severe injuries, believed murdered and robbed.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Washington Senate Foreign Relations Wilson Great Britain Panama Senate Hickory Misa

William M. R. French Dies After Cancer Operation

William M. R. French longtime director of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1880 died at St Luke's hospital in Chicago after a cancer operation. Family friends and sculptor Daniel Chester French attended. Born October 1 1843 in Exeter N H he studied at Exeter Academy Harvard MIT and served in the military before shaping Chicago art life.

Chicago William M. R. French Art Institute of Chicago St. Luke's Hospital Alice Helm French Henry H. and Prentiss French Daniel Chester French Frank W. Gunsaulus French Mr. French Exeter N. IL Phillips Exeter Academy Harvard College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston Mass

Father murders his son in Milwaukee dispute

Joseph Polezinski, 29, lies dead in his home after a family quarrel. His father John Polezinski, 63, is detained at the Central police station. Authorities describe the hatchet attack as brutal with a four inch gash behind the left ear and a three inch wound at the left temple. The incident follows a long quarrel. A separate note reports 126 tons of canned soup and pork and beans to be dumped into the sea by government inspectors after confiscation.

Milwaukee Wis Joseph Polezinski John Polezinski Central Polezinski San Francisco Golden Gate

Bank President Dies by Own Action in San Francisco

George L. Luehsinger, president of Humboldt Savings Bank, one of the city’s largest financial institutions, committed death by inhaling gas. Financial worry is believed to have prompted the act. Aviator Cevasco fell from a height in Sesto Calende, Italy, after hydroplane engine balked.

San Francisco George L. Luehsinger Humboldt Savings Bank Sesto Calonde Italy Cevasco Lake Mageio

Primary election results show Cummins and Conolly leading

Returns from 90 of 99 Iowa counties indicate Cummins will win the Republican nomination for senator with about 60 percent and Clarke is strong in the governor’s race. Connolly tops Meredith by about 10,000, with Savage and McGinnis also leading in their races. Shankland trails for supreme court, Thorne and Wilson lead railroad commissioner, and incumbents Cowles and Allen are renominated.

VinMins Connolly Meredith Sarke Mamitten McGinnis Lave Hity Savage Tenty Clarke Rowley Hamilton Spreme Court S. Shankland Des Moines Supreme Centre Shankland Salinger Ladd Thomas Withrow Prouty Weaver Coumies Railroad Commission Railroad Commissioner Clifford Thorne James H. Wilson Basher Schenk United States Republcan Martin Dubuque Mercer Jowsa City Joe Allen Pocahontas I la Monte Cowles Des Moines County Tc Lendende W. S. Kenyon Lafe Young Kenyon Cumming Savage

Saloon License Raised in Dubuque

Saloons operating in Dubuque after July 1 must pay the city 900 dollars annually in addition to the 600 mulet tax from the state and a 25 dollar government tax, totaling 1525 dollars in taxes.

Dubuque

Merchant Kills Himself in Waterloo After Fire At Shop

Waterloo police report a wealthy clothing merchant Lebowich committed suicide at his home following a recent fire that partially destroyed his place of business. Authorities note the incident may reflect the mental strain from the fire loss.

Waterloo Staat Lebowich Ae OU. Eer

State Ticket Nominees in Iowa Parties Provide Diverse Slates

Republican ticket fields Clarke for governor with Harding and allies across state offices as a varied slate. Democratic lines present Hamilton and Shelton alongside several candidates for secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, and attorney general. Progressive, socialist, and other parties supply lists of contenders for governor and statewide posts amid a crowded primary scene. In LeMars a religious agitator, J A Steward, was jailed for disturbing the peace after an Anti Catholic speech, fined 50 dollars and fifteen days.

George W. Clarke Adel W. L. Harding Sioux City W. S. Alien Wairfield J. H. Byrnes Waterloo B. Bilis Onawa J. F. Ford Fort Dodge Pls Shaw Toledo JF. Wall Mount Ayr W. €. Brown Clarion Parley Sheldon Ames John D. Dennison Dubuque J. R. Ratekin Shenandoah George Phillips Ottumwia W. J. Reinecke Strawberry Point J. F. McAinlay Osceola E. M. Carr Manchester W. B. Martin Dubacue S. W. Mercer Towa City T. Jones Ges Moines L. Clements Carvey George €. White Nevada Betty Davenport W. J. Lingard Archer Brice Francis Cedar Falls Tada Hilshoro M. E. Weldy Dos Moines L. R. Rosebrook Oskaloosa sociaList O. C. Wilson West Liberty O. H. Hoy Ida M. Dowell Muscatine G. 5 Nelson Andrew_Engle Newton T. H. Willis Clarinda G. M. Dowall McClain Oelwein LeMars Drn C. A. Steward

State Sunday School Meeting Shenandoah Prominent Speakers Planned

About one thousand Sunday school workers and several prominent speakers are expected to attend the State Sunday school convention in Shenandoah on June 4 2011.

Shenandoah

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