Women Open Federation of Clubs Convention With 6000 Visitors
Los Angeles May 1 The Federation of Woman's Clubs opens its annual convention drawing about 6000 visitors, with trains bringing delegates from New York Chicago and the South. Ira Deeson and Mrs Burtette offer cautious statements on a possible presidential bid while other leaders decline or neutralize their plans. Decorations abound and auxiliary groups arrive, including a Catholic Women’s federation and park association exhibit. Remarks by Kate Bulkley welcome California delegates as the event launches its deliberations on bylaws and officer voting.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Federation of Woman's Clubs
New York
Chicago
Simpson Auditorium
Ira Dealson
Mes
Burdette
Mire
Robert Burtette
Pasadena
United States
General Federation
Woman's
National Park and Outdoor Association
Herman Ball
National Federation of Catholic Women’s League
Abs. T
Bra. Lowe
Urs Bulkley
Kate A. Bulkley
California Federation of Woman's Clubs
California Club
California
Mecca
Shometary
Mae
Emma Fox
Atys
New Era Club of
Boston
Fich
New Era Clubs
Fraternal Banquet Opens Semiannual Kaukauna Meeting
Special to The Northwestern Kaukauna Wis May 1 A signal crowd gathers for a semi annual meeting of Side Rank members with supper entertainment by MI and Nugent or heatra then speeches and hours of music. Officers elected include Grand high ruler Ba Obercheer Menasha H P Clowrey Oshkosh grand high secretary John A Kercher Green Bay grand high treasurer Ernest Otto Appleton and Kaukauna based leaders R C Grignon James I Toner Joseph Chopin Richard McCarty.
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Ba Obercheer
Menasha
H. P. Clowrey
Green Tay
John A. Kercher
Oshkosh
Grand Hich
Ernest Otto
Appleton
R. C. Grignon
James I Toner
Joseph Chopin
Richard McCarty
Prophet
Kaukauna
Ohkosh Courte of Foresters
Fox River Vale
Cathie Order
Foresters
Occas
Green Bay
Orag
Faward
Oberwelser
Awsha
Gram Schruger
Ff. Ry
Grand Rich
Stowe
A. Kircher
Oshkoshier
Ernst Otto
Carl BL Teats Ce
Frank PL
Gian Ysang
Dom
Carl 2. McCabe
Frank UW. Victoris
Pinak Tr
Gilien
Michael Dursan
Taule Lang
Wiliam
Delaney
Jon Leontardt
Arthur Malone
J. E. Kircher
Charles A. M Guire
Willam Vee
Revs Fed
Ten
Georko Dettiart
J Frank Murray
John de Srupin
Juceph &Tanderr Jone
Frank Schnider
Judge Cox Dead in Milwaukee After Divorce
Milwaukee May 1 Judge J G Cox a practicing lawyer for twelve years in Milwaukee and former probate judge of Columbia county died today His wife was informed by telegram and an undertaker from Portage planned to move the remains to that city for interment.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
J. G. Cox
Cox
Columbia County
Portage
Neenah
Morris S. Barnett
Tarnett
Gu O'Ciek
Barnett
Fond du Lac
Solomon Juneau
Daniel Wells Jr
First County
Milwaukee County
Stu
Barnette
Assembly
Congress
Fond du Lee County
J. R. Barnett
Chapin
Oak Ny
Bankers Name New Orleans for November Convention
Milwaukees Wis May 1 The new annual convention of the American Bankers association will be held in New Orleans some time during November. The announcement came from John Johnston of Milwaukee a member of the executive committee who had just returned from New York where the decision was made on the convention location.
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Northwestern
Milwaukes
Wis
American Lankers’ Association
New Orleans
John Johnston
New York
SEEK SAMAR ORDERS AND Senate Actions Today
Senate passes resolution to obtain all war orders on Samar operations under General Jacob Smith. Similar measure on civil service appointments laid aside. Bills authorize bridge in Florida and move Albemarle port of entry. Canal talks with Nicaragua and Costa Rica deferments noted. Patterson and Culberson actions dominate Senate day.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Couden
Sivid
House
Juday
Representative Cummings
New York
Baltimore
Burle
War Department
Philippines
Samar
Jacob H. Smith
Representative Conry
Massachusetts
Civil Service Commission
Albemarle
North Carolina
Edenton
Elizabeth Ity
United States and West Indian Steamship Company
Manatee River
Florida
Loudon Park National Cemetery
Mich
Culberson
Texas
Patterson
Colorado
Senate
Secretary of War
Gardener
United States
Rose Bud Reservation
South Dakota
Carmack
Tennessee
Henderson Renominated by Third District Convention
By Associated Press Des Moines May 1 Congress man D I Henderson speaker of the house renominated for eleventh successive time at the Third district convention in Water loo unanimous nomination with opponent withdrawn Resolutions commend the speaker Governor Cummins and President Roosevelt adopted Kyle also Renominated in Springfield Ohio for Seventh district
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Associated Press
Des Moines
D. i. Henderson
House of Representatives
Waterloo
Sir. Hemlerson
Cummins l
Roosevelt
Kyle
Springfield
Kyle of
Troy
Cameron Is Chief Ranger at Foresters Conference
At the triennial conference of the Supreme Court of the Independent Order of Foresters in Los Angeles on May 1, officers for the next three years were elected. The race for supreme vice chief ranger was close, with J. H. L. Cameron of Ohio chosen by a small margin over H. G. Mel Elfresh, high chief ranger of the California jurisdiction, after eastern delegates supported Cameron.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Supreme Court of Independent Order of Foresters
Supreme
J. HL. Cameron
Ohio
H. G. Mel Elfresh
California
Murdered former friend found guilty in Pecatur trial
Fletcher Patterson was found guilty of the murder of John Thomason in Pecatur Michigan. He received a fifteen year prison sentence after a dispute over Thomason approaching his home ended with a fatal shot. The defense claimed the gun discharged accidentally during a scuffle.
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Associated Preas
Pecatur
Fletcher Paterkxon
John Thomason
Paterson
Thomason
Palma and Palma Arrive in Santiago from Manzanillo
Santiago De Cuba May 1 The president elect of Cuba Sefsor Estrada Palma and his party arrived today from Manzanillo.
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Santiago de Cuba
Cuba
Sefsor Estrada Palma
Manzanillo
Strikes Roil Cities Urging Shorter Hours and Wages
On May Day 1906 Amalgamated and allied unions provoked widespread walkouts across construction and trades. Between 12,000 and 15,000 workers, including iron workers carpenters bricklayers sheet metal workers and electricians, joined stoppages in several cities as firms and architects faced delayed contracts and mounting labor demands.
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Associated Press
Pritebuis
Pal
Pittsburg
National Association of Blast Furnace Workers and Smelters of America
United States Steel Corporation
Repabiic Iron and Steel Company
Bessemer Association
Independent Furnaces
Strike Hits Indianapolis Iron Work Force
In Indianapolis a union strike saw sixty structural iron workers quit, with general opinion predicting a quick settlement and no lasting delay to projects.
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Indianapolis
Thera
Wisconsin governor rests after change in condition
Milwaukee May 1 special from Watertown reports Governor Jesse Stone passed a comfortable night and was resting easy today. There is a change in his condition. Ex-Governor Scofield visited Mr. Stone yesterday afternoon.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Watertown
Jesse Stone
Scofield
Sailors Set Free After Pardon for Damages
In Rome on May 1 King Victor Emmanuel pardoned the imprisoned United States cruiser Chicago officers in Venice after negotiations. Ambassador Meyer and Signor Prinetti confirmed release arrangements upon payment of civil damages of 2,000 dollars. The Chicago was to sail soon, while Brooklyn armored cruiser arrived at Sandy Hook later.
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Associated Press
Rome
United States
Chicago
Venice
Jownon
Washington
Washington, D. C
Hiag
Meyer
Chicaro
Signor Mayor
State Department
Hay
Tur
Merer
Signor Prinetti
Victor Emanuel
New York
Brooklyn
Sandy Hook
Remey
Ass ‘Aule
Casle
Death notices mark long life in Neenah and arrest shock
Morris S. Barnett of Neenah dies at 94 after a mild illness. Lizabeth Kinnan, longtime Neenah resident, passes away at 78. Adelbert H. McPherson seeks his Wisconsin mother, a Yale graduate turned attorney. W. T. Hamilton, paper mill organizer, arrested in Eau Claire on conspiracy charges, sparking union tensions locally. Miss Lena French and Miss Neva...
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Morris S. Barnett
Neenah Passon Aveny
Maine
Hamilton
Eau Claire
Cuunca
Tom
Kinnan
Lizabeth Kinnan
Fifth Street
Neenah
Patrick's Church
DeKelver
Adelbert H. McPherson
Bath
Mr. McPherson
Wisconsin
McPherson
New York
Binghamton
N. Y
Seation
Yale
Inaw
Bst Atlantic Steamship Companies
Kaukauna
W. TH. Hampton
Watertown
United Brotherdood of Papermakers
Carr
Neenah Union
Hall Claire
Whitch
Dells Paper and Pulp Company
W. S. Davis
Thia City
Fiamilton
Lena French
Neva
Waupun News Highlights and Local Notes
Waupun residents see visitors and illness updates as H J Gleason shows slight improvement while Mrs Ellen Kinnan of Island remains seriously ill with bronchitis. Frank J Fisher of Menominee visits Stebert Paine. Neenah Me memoranda note coal dealers selling for cash only. Chief of Police James Brown seeks Thomas Daugherty, and Ellen Geraghty returns from Oshkosh. missionary meeting at Menasha Congregational. Assessors Brynn and Clausen begin duties. Spanish-American war veterans plan Appleton parade. Neenah sewer work to start around May 15.
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Waupun
H. J. Gleason
W. L. Davis
Chicago
Ellen Kinnan
Jnland
Frank J. Fisher
Menominee
Mich
Stebert Paine
Tolly Neenah
Masba
Menasha Congregational Church
Thomas Gil
Milwaukee Awas
Hrynn and
Clausen
Company I
Appleton
J. Rasmussen & Sons of
Oshkosh
Neensh
Beef Packers Face Injunction Probe In Chicago
Chicago May 1 report states an injunction against the beef combine was prepared with Judge Day in Chicago. Attorney General Knox may authorize action after word from Washington. Pack ers see beef consumption drop about 37 percent since anti packer agitation began. Prices steady. exports influence demand as thousands of cattle moved and receipts noted.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Department of Justice
East
Washington
Bethea
Ouoiniong
New York
Alfred L. M. Bullowa
Republican Club Committee
Knox
Hts Mnal Menting
Lyman
Michael Cudahy
Nelson Morris
J. Ogien Armour
Gustavus Swift
Bullowa
Ballowa Sai
Vinegar Trust
Rochester
Tribune
Michigan
Northern Pacific
Northern Securitiea Company
Federal court orders sale of Washburn Bayfield railroad
May 1 in Mattson Wisconsin the clash of state and federal authority over a railroad ended when Judge Bunn of the U S circuit court directed Receiver A C Frost to publish a four week notice of sale of the road as an entirety with a fixed minimum price of 125 000.
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Northwestern
Mattson
Wis
Washburn, Bayfield& Tron River
Enite
Bunn
United States Circuit Court
A. C. Frost
Martinelli Recalled to Rome by Pope Leo XIII
Cardinal Martinelli, papal delegate to the United States, said in Philadelphia on May 1 that he has been recalled to Rome by Pope Leo XIII. He declined interviews and expects to sail for Rome promptly after settling papal delegation matters. The cardinal has been in the city since Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
Cantinal Martinelli
United States
Rome
Leo XIII
Carinal Martinelli
Thia City
Tuesaday
Books From Havemeyer Public Library Gift
Henry O Havemeyer donated 2000 volumes to the Greenwich public school library in Connecticut. The school, valued at 200000, was built by Havemeyer and his wife as a memorial. The gift enhances the school’s resources and honors their contribution to education.
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Associated Preas
New York
Henry O. Havemeyer
Greenwich
Conn
Sugar Trust Purchases Cuban Sugar Under Senate Probe
Henry Havemeyer of the American Sugar Refining Co testified before the Senate Cuban relations subcommittee in Washington on May 1. He said the firm bought about 93 000 tons of Cuban sugar this year, with 50 000 tons held or in transit, mostly from outports to avoid Havana storage limits, and that the firm refines roughly one percent of American refined sugar from its plants.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Cueban Sugar
Janda
Senate
Dlenry
Mavemeyer
American Sugar Refilning Company
Mevyrs
Platt
Connecticut
Burnham and Teller
Patterson
Mr. Havesmeyer
Arthur Downes
Henry Mott
Senator Platt
Havemeyer
The
Sugar Trust
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Settater Plate
Cuba
Java
Hamburg
Trieste
British West Indies
South America
Havgemeyer
Congress
Havana
Schools To Reopen As Smallpox Declines In Menasha
Special to The Northwestern reports smallpox cases in Menasha have declined over the past week and are mild with most patients recovered. Superintendent John Rosch says schools will probably reopen Monday. A St Mar’s church mission conducted by Jesuit Fathers New Neumueller and Jourdane from Prairie du Chien draws large crowds with multiple daily masses and sermons. A meeting will consider submitted hotel propositions and preliminary arrangements.
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Menasha
Supteof
John Rosch
St. Mars’s Church
Fathers New
Neumueller
Jourdane
Prairie du Chien
Ents City
Infants Die in City Mortality Report
Mortality notes multiple infant deaths from heart disease likely linked to diphtheria. Henry Zlebel aged three years died this morning. Conrad Schlegel six months died Wednesday. Burl Margaret Kelsey one year old died after a three month illness. Funerals scheduled private or at St Peter's Church. list of pallbearers for John Dausen’s funeral.
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Henry Zlebel
Leopold Zlebell
Sawyer Avenue
Conrad Schlegel
Sixemon
Phillip Schlegel
West Algoma Street
Burl Margaret Kelsey
Stephen Kelly
Grand Avenue
St. Peter's Church
John Dauf
John Dausen Wi
John Backert
Josph Stadmiller
Joseph Schneider
William Schneider
Frank Luts
Frank Schur
Carnegie's New Plan for Milwaukee Music Library
Milwaukee banker John Johnston reported that Andrew Carnegie will not donate a city music library. He will fund future gifts only to public libraries that provide the usual ten percent annual maintenance fund. Johnston relayed Carnegie's interview in New York after soliciting a Milwaukee library gift.
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Northwestern
Milwaukee
Wis
Andrew Carnegle
John Johnston
Carnegie
New York
Ripon Gets New Postmaster Nomination
Washington May 1 The president sent to the Senate a nomination for postmaster at Ripon Wisconsin Thomas C Chittenden.
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Ripon
Associated Presa
Washington, D. C
Penate
Ripon, Wie
Thomas C. Chittenden
Japanese Statesmen Tour Aims to Study U S Conditions
Count Masayoshi Matsukata former Japanese prime minister and T Menta director of revenue recently arrived in San Francisco and traveled to New York. They tour America and Europe to study political and economic conditions wearing American dress and speaking in English. They note Japan’s rapid progress and see much to copy from the United States.
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Masayoshi Matsukata
Japan
T. Menta
San Francisco
New York
Amerlea
Europe
United States
Average valuations banned in Wisconsin property assessments
Special to The Northwestern Madison Wis May 1 1925 average valuations of different classes of property have been banned by state tax commission instructions. Mora Morse Waushara county assessor urged exempting lambs pigs calves colts and poultry, but the commission upheld individual appraisal and ruled that fixed-scale classifications are illegal and each parcel must be separately valued.
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Madiscon
Wis
BH. J. Morss
Waushara County
Condemnation Placed For Right Of Way In Black Wolf
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh Electric Railway begin condemnation actions against multiple Black Wolf farmers to acquire a 50 to 80 foot wide right of way. A three-member commission will appraise compensation. Attorneys are Quarles Spence Quarles of Milwaukee. Next court date set for Thursday May 12. Landowners include Ernst and Wilhelmine Ruppel, Lu ebke and Ruedeinger families, Klugman, Padidatz, Pinkerton, Pfoltf eler, and German American Bank of Oshkosh. The railway has largely secured the route but faces disputes over price equity between near and far properties.
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Fond da Lie
Oshkosh Electric Railway
Creuit
Quarles, Spence & Quarles of
Milwaukee
Electric Railway Company
Byron
Ernst Huppel
Wilhelmine Ruppel
Herman Wolff
Fredericka Wolff
Inil Kitamann
Minnie Kigmann
Fiedericka Luebke
Augusta Luebke
Henry Luebke
Henrietta Ruedeinger
Anna M. Ruedeinger
Clara Ruedeinger
Frederick Ruedeinger
Cora Ruedeinger
Caroline Ruedeinger
Joan August Ruedeinger
Joseph Kleeckner
Velentine Rueceinger
Ludwig Klugman
Otto K. Padidatz
F. W. Pinkerton
Caoper Pfoltfer
Mack Wolf
German American Bank of
van Dyne
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Fork du Lac
Ralway Company
Contents Nation
Trains Kill Four In Fatal Main Street Crossing Crash
Four youths died when an eastbound Burlington mail train struck a carriage at the Main street crossing in Kewanee. Victims named Miss Alageie Keester, Miss Blanche Harding, C. A. Buters, and A. Merry. The mangled bodies were recovered. investigation ongoing.
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Associated Press
Kewanee, Jr
Main Street
Burlington Road
Burlington
Kewanee I
Alageie Keester
Kewanee
Blanche Harding
C. A. Buters
Galvaz
A. Merry
Galva
Phil Delphlasibaster
Philadelphia
Iaeen
Clear
Harburger
Hothan
Mery Horanken
Mary
Allogo
Mary Measle
Phyeiclang
Mlagdtoranken
Racine
Wis
Mabel L Shas
St. Paul
Kahoks
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