Blacklisting suit against railroad ends with $500 verdict
Joseph Schranb sued Interurban Railway Company and C. T. Paerr over blacklisting after being discharged for carrying passengers on a caboose. A jury awarded $500 despite his $10,000 claim, leaving open further legal challenges likely to reach the supreme court. Schrath had worked as a freight train conductor and was dismissed, later found innocent, then allegedly barred from a second job by a letter from Superintendent Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Schranb
Interapan Railway Company
C. T. Paerr
Ferry
Supreme Court
Schrath
Interurban
Perry
Cedar Falls
Baker
Rock Island Officials Discuss Train Schedule Changes
Hal S. Ray and H. J. Gibson attended a smoker with Atlantic business men to discuss the removal of No. 26 eastbound local and No. 17 westbound local on the Rock Island division. About fifty participants debated, but officials could not promise near term schedule changes. The shift is part of a broader resenschment program. relief hinges on higher passenger revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal S. Ray
H. J. Gibson
Rock Island
Atlantic
Final land cost figures for Des Moines capitol extension
Governor Clarke received a formal cost report showing the state paid about 1,125,060 for 247 lots. The original land estimate was 1,200,000, making the purchase roughly 75,000 under budget. The project is nearly complete except for Jack Beyer and Joseph Wall parcels on Eleventh and Des Moines streets, which will be acquired later, keeping total cost about 50,000 under the initial estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clarke
Jack Beyer
Joseph Wall
Eleventh
Wisconsin Aids Iowa Suffragists Campaign
Miss Flora Dunlap, president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage association, returns to Des Moines from Milwaukee with pledges totaling 500 dollars from the Wisconsin convention Evanston Suffrage league and Chicago leaders Mrs Catherine Waugh McCulloch and Mrs Ella S Stewart. The Wisconsin convention also votes 100 dollars for Iowa and agrees to campaign for personal pledges matching that amount under the slogan Wisconsin for Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Iowa
Flora Dunlap
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Miss Dunlap
Evanston
Pardon petitions circulate for C B Lake in Keokuk
Petitions advocating clemency for C Bruce Lake, govt clerk once found short on county accounts, are circulating in Keokuk and gathering signatures. Lake, imprisoned at Fort Madison, has served three years after conviction. Pending cases against him and his bonding companies seek repayment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Lake
C. Bruce Lake
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Lake
Yates Given Eight Years For Manslaughter
J Albert Yates was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting and killing Dick Rees at a coal mining camp near Chariton. He received an eight year term in the Fort Madison penitentiary. Attorneys have filed notice of appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yates
J. Albert Yates
Dick Rees
Chariton
Fort Madison
Patent Infringement Charge Against Fort Dodge Bridge
Edward Thatcher of Chicago, via his attorney, informs Fort Dodge that the city infringed certain patents in a bridge erected this year. He seeks a royalty of 10 percent on bridges costing 10 000 dollars or less and 5 percent on more costly structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Thatcher
Chicago
Fort Dodge
Thatcher
Damage Suit Dismissed Against Homestead Editor
The $50,000 suit brought by Robert Henderson state printer against J M Pierce editor of the Homestead was dismissed at Des Moines. Henderson sued over Pierce s charges in his paper against the current method of naming the state printer and binder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Henderson
J. M. Pierce
Homestead
Des Moines
Henderson
Pierce
Street Car Kills Dubuque Woman
Mrs. Martin Meyer, 52, was fatally struck while crossing street car tracks in front of her home in Dubuque. In dodging a southbound car she was hit by a northbound vehicle. She leaves a husband and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Martin Meyer
Iowa State College Farm Week With Conventions Set
OWA HAFPERINGS Yield Large and Quality Fair In Webb ster County Street Car Kills Dubuque Woman Fonda Boy Hurt In Football Game. The big winter short course and farmers' week at Iowa State College Ames Jan 31 to Feb 5 will feature farmers conventions and conferences. Nearly a dozen arranged with more planned for clay and cement industries. Meetings cover all agriculture areas and conclude with a banquet for 1,000 to 1,500 attendees. Animal husbandry groups and the Iowa agricultural experiment association with 1,000 members will meet. The Iowa Fruit Growers and horticultural courses will join, while the Iowa Forestry and Conservation association convenes Feb 2. Iowa teachers of agriculture will hold their first conference Feb 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Beef Producers’ Association
Iowa Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ Association
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Iowa Fruit Growers’ Association
Iowa Forestry and Conservation Association
Iowa
Teachers of Agriculture
Commandant Horton to resign long Iowa Soldiers Home tenure
Commandant C C Horton of the Iowa Soldiers home at Marshalltown resigns effective May 1 1916 after eighteen years leading the institution. He was reappointed for four years beginning January 1 1915 but seeks rest at age seventy six and will move to Wyoming to live with his sons J Lisle Horton in Clearmont and Frank Horton in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Horton
Iowa
Marshalltown
Board of Control
Horton
Colonel Horton
Wyoming
J. Lisle Horton
Clearmont
Frank Horton
Buffalo
Iowa teen breaks corn yield record on single acre
Wade R Hauser, age 17 from Union Hardin County, raised 150.1 bushels on one acre to win first prize in a state contest involving 1100 contestants across Iowa. The event, led by Professor E C Bishop of Ames, state director of the boys and girls corn club, operated with federal agriculture support. Fourteen youths exceeded 100 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wade R. Hauser
Union
Hardin County
C. Bishop
Ames
Boys’ and Girls
Federal Department of Agriculture
Death of Jackson convention survivor marks Republican origins
George P. Criswold, a young Michigan attorney and 1854 Jackson convention member, died at his Marshalltown home at eighty six. He helped birth the Republican party and was a former candidate for judge of the Thirteenth district. He leaves a widow and four children after two years of declining health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Mich
George P. Criswold
Michigan
Thirteenth
Marshalltown
Delegates named to National Farm Credits Conference
Governor Clarke appoints 14 delegates for the third National Conference on Marketing and Farm Credits to be held in Chicago from November 29 to December 2. Delegates include Joseph Hisele Malcolm Gunn Buckingham C Orville Lee Sac City A E Holbert Greeley W H Arney Marshalltown H I Foskett Shenandoah J Waite Burlington D P Hogan Massena Henry Wallace Des Moines W J Ray Cole W I Beams Oskaloosa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Chicago
Joseph Hisele
Malcolm
Gunn
Buckingham
C. Orville Lee
Sac City
A. E. Holbert
Greeley
W. H. Arney
Marshalltown
H. I. Foskett
Shenandoah
J. Waite
Burlington
D. P. Hogan
Massena
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
W. J. Ray
Cole
W. I. Beams
Oskaloosa
Birthplace cornerstone of National Mc Winley memorial laid at Niles
The cornerstone of the National Mc Winley Birthpace Memorial was laid at Niles C with ceremonies recalling the former president's life. J Fred Heit writer of many songs died at Liberty N Y after tumor operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McWinley
Niles
J. Fred Heit
Liberty
N. Y
Devert S. Hadhey
Missouri
United States Senate
America
Gulfport
Miss
Carranza
Navy Aeronautic Station
Pensacola
Navy
Pablo Scauzer
Pablo Luna
Juarez
George Phillips, Jr
Cheyenne
J. D. Sugg
San Angelo
Tex
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Hiram W. Johnson
W. H. Askew
Rolla
School of Mines
United States Municipal Rifle Clubs
Springfield
Ill
Wilson
Gallinger
Representative Mann
Senate
House
Congress
H. H. Harris
Los Angeles
Adobe Station
Cal
Treasuries
Methodist Episcopal Conferences
Board of Conference
J. B. Hingeley
John Brokman
General Electric Company
Chicago
Oakland
Brokman
Hamburg American Steamship Line
New York
Frank P. McGlynn
W. T. Harrison
Council Hill
Okla
J. J. Bell
Harris
Madison
Train Crash Kills Dozens In Georgia Carnival Car Fire
A head on collision six miles west of Columbus Georgia between a passenger train and a twenty eight car carnival train caused a fire destroying twelve carnival cars and killing many animals. Six people were confirmed dead with dozens injured and eighteen missing as animals perished in the blaze. Mr and Mrs Fred S Kempf and their daughter Hazel were nearby. Hazel survived with injuries while the parents perished. Kennedy predicted many more fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Don T. Kennedy
Carnival Company
Fred S. Kempf
Kansas City
Hazel
Federal action pledged against factory violence and arson
The United States government pledges full resources to追捕 and prosecute attacks on American industries. Attorney General Gregory urges state authorities to act vigorously where federal jurisdiction is lacking, noting plans to indict under federal statutes for interstate explosions and conspiracies while recognizing state penalties for arson and property destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gregory
Department of Justice
High Seas
Plan to Blow Up Archbold in New York Estate Ride
Police believe a dynamite bomb found in a wheel rut on John D. Archbold’s estate in Tarrytown New York was intended to be activated as he rode his car on the South roadway from his home. The device consisted of four sticks of dynamite with wires and percussion caps. Archbold was president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Archbold
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Tarrytown
N. Y
William J. Bowles
Bowles
Mr. Archbold
Motorboat Upsets Claim Five Drown Near Rockaway Point
A twenty foot motorboat capsized in a squall off Rockaway Point near New York. Captain David Lorenz owned and piloted the craft which stalled its engine and filled with water. Five men died including John Ullinger, Charles Ullinger, Joseph Hoffman, Albert Benavisez, and Lorenz. William Webber and Henry Rossa survived after their life belts saved them and were picked up by another boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockaway Point
New York
David Lorenz
William Webber
Henry Rossa
Lorenz
John
Charles Ullinger
Joseph Hoffman
Albert Benavisez
Webber
Rossa
Western rate case open at ICC as hearings end
The interstate commerce commission heard extended arguments in the Western rate case where western railroads seek higher freight rates. Carriers and shippers presented substantial evidence and the commission postponed decision for several weeks while it reviews the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Western
Washington
Mistaken for Scab Beast Beaten to Death in Chicago
Michael Guszkowski, a union tailor, died in Chicago after being beaten by striking garment workers who mistook him for a nonunion worker. The killing is the second murder since the strike began two months ago. Four of the ten suspects have been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scab
Michael Guszkowski
Chicago
Guszkowski
Corn Picking Under Way Near Duncombe Iowa
Corn picking is well underway around Duncombe in Webster County amid a picker shortage. Yields per acre compare favorably with past years, ranging 45 to 65 bushels. Reports show varying quality with some fields yielding 69 percent No 4 grade corn, others around 25 percent, and in places as low as 15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncombe
Webster County
Denial on Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern line plans
Denial made at Des Moines that the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railway will be converted into a new line from Des Moines to Sioux City by fifty St Louis capitalists. They say they are interested only in the bonds of the road and deny plans to buy and electrify the Keokuk and Des Moines road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Fonda Boy Killed In Football Game
In a Fort Deare clash between Fonda and the high school second team Paul Kay of Fonda suffered a broken nose and multiple knocked out teeth with the incident described as a serious on field injury during the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Deare
Fonda
Paul Kay
Children greet Liberty Bell in St Louis sunrise tribute
About 40,000 school children prayed at sunrise to honor the Liberty Bell in St Louis. During its seven and a half hour stay, 100000 to 125000 residents of St Louis and nearby towns passed before the bell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Eruption of Stromboli Forces Islander Flight
Eruption of Stromboli volcano drives residents to safety as lava streams crack the slopes and eject immense smoke plumes seen forty miles away. Stromboli stands off Sicily in the Lipari group in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stromboli
Lipari Islands
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Secretary Lane Announces Large Open-Entry Lands in SD
Secretary Lane of the interior department approves an order declaring 830000 acres in Stanley and Lyman counties South Dakota nonirrigable and open to entry under the enlarged homestead act. Homesteading is increased to 320 acres from 160.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Interior Department
Stanley
Lyman Counties
South Dakota
Pierre Land District
Anthrax Death At Endicott Tannery Worker
William C. Eldredge, a tannery worker in Endicott, N Y, died from anthrax. Dr C H Wilson of Johnson City and Burt Nelson of Binghamton declared after examination that the disease was positively demonstrated. Eldredge cut his neck slightly while shaving a week earlier and fell ill several days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Eldredge
Endicott
N.Y
C. H. Wilson
Johnson City
Burt Nelson
Binghamton
Eldredge
Porter Charlton Released After Murder Trial in Italy
Porter Charlton, an American formerly of Omaha, who faced trial at Como, Italy for the murder of his wife, was found guilty and sentenced to six years and eight months in prison, and was released on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Charlton
Omaha
Como
Italy
Sultty
Convenience of the Mirror
The Philadelphia Record notes a mirror proves handy when seeking a friend, framing it as a practical accessory for daily life and social connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
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Rock Island Service
Capitol Extension
Webbster County
Fonda Boy
Commandant Horton
Republican Party
Befanies
World Court League of America
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Lahonda Valley
Redwood City
William McClellan
Mrs. Galt
White House
South Trimble
Kentucky
Joseph Hillstrom
Utah
W. B. Haywood
Industrial Workers of the World
Hillstrom
Pope Benedict
Vatican
Georgia
Cardinal Hartmann
Cologne
Rome
American Press Association
U. S
Archbold
Sioux City
Liberty Bell
Willie F. Hoppe
Phaco
Amercan Press Association
Hilo Ornia Lorida
Hals
Ray
L. P. Aldrich
Laurensia
Groves & Grossnickle General Auctioneers
Laurens
Wateman T Webb, M.D
State Bank
J. R. Tool
F. C. Steele General
P. E. Fagan
D. V.S
Aurens
E. S. Greenwood, D. V. M
Ass't
Dr. R. Morton
First National Bank
J M. Carroll
J. H. Hovenden
F. O. Nineson
M. D
Towa
F. C. Gilchrist
Attorney Atlaw
Bisoph & Vosen Land Locators
Kremlin
Montana
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