No War Indemnity Guides American Mexican Talks
The United States will not seek war indemnity from Mexico and supports a stable post Huerta government. Niagara Falls talks led to a harmonized stance with the Constitutionalist faction having a voice in provisional leadership and cabinet posts. Huerta plans no blocade of Tampico to disrupt mediation. Spain's ambassador Riano relayed this to Secretary Bryan.
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Mexico
United States
Huerta
Wilson
Vera Crug
Niagara Falls
Tampico
Riano
Bryan
Diva Wins Divorce From Rapp in Chicago Case
Opera star Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink is granted a divorce from William Rapp Jr. after a Chicago trial where tissue-ed letters to Mrs. Catherine Dean in New York were read as emotional evidence. Judge Sullivan instructed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Heink announced she would depart at once for Bayreuth to sing at a prominent Wagner festival.
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Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
William Ranp, Jr
Catherine Dean
New York
Chicago
Sullivan
Schumann-Heink
Rapp
Dean
Prolific 1915 News Capsule Contains Fires and Trials
A weathered sweep of 1915 items reports vast wind damage near Weapertown, a Rexford dynamite blast, a bank of robberies, a church fire at Breadsall, crops failing in Sonora, and Roosevelt set to preside over a Progressive rally at Chicago Coliseum. Also noted are a spelling champ in East St. Louis, a royal procession in Baltimore, and rail and industry updates from New York, Mexico, and Washington.
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Weapertown
United States
Alberta
Pyle
Henry Sturvis Marban
J. P. Morgan
Presbyterian Hospital
Mentot
Rexford
Morrt
Washington
John Early
Monongaheld
Pry
Breadsall
Bng
Yaqui River
Arizona
Sonora
Roosevelt
Progressive Party
Chicago Coliseum
William Boselager
East St. Louis
Senate
Baltimore
House
Norris
Keynon
Springfield
Ill
Wabash Railroad
Illinois Public Utilities Commission
Railroad Commissioners of Missouri
Tornado Rips Through Northwest Iowa Killing Seven
A Friday tornado swept through Sanborn Archer Hospers and Marcus areas, killing seven people including a child torn from a father's arms near Archer and injuring about a dozen others. Homes and farms were wrecked, with D. Dykstrahuis listed among the severely hurt near Hospers.
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Long Friday
P. W. Yetuma
Sanborn
Patrick Dougherty
McNutt Child
Archer
Bisland Child
William Bills
Howard Bills
William McDaniels
Marcus
M. G. Finch
J. B. Long
G. W. Bonner
Edward Dykstrahui
James Allen
Wilson Addresses Naval Academy Graduates at Annapolis
President Wilson told 154 Annapolis graduates that the United States must serve humanity not conquer. He delivered diplomas after the ceremony and urged the duty to serve the world, praying the Vera Cruz crisis ends without more fighting. He praised the midshipmen for their restraint and hoped their presence would soften Mexican opinion.
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Wilson
Naval Academy
Annapolis
United States
Vera Cruz
June Heat Wave Causes Multiple Deaths Across Cities
The heat wave in June claimed two more deaths in Chicago where temperatures reached 94 degrees. Fifteen heat prostrations were reported. Detroit saw four deaths and a young woman driven insane after heat exposure, with nineteen others prostrated as the city thermometer neared 98 degrees. Pittsburgh reported three heat-related deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Detroit
Government Street
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court Upholds ICC Power Over Interstate Rail Rates
The Supreme Court affirmed the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to strike down railroad rates that discriminate against interstate commerce. It noted Minnesota and other state rate losses might have been different if railroads had sought relief from the commission rather than the courts, marking a step toward centralized railroad regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rail Board
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minnesota
Commission For Relief
Cherokees Drive Cattle From Range in Oklahoma Hills
Cherokee Indians in the Suavinaw hills east of the Grand River Oklahoma rounded up 2000 head of cattle brought in by western cattlemen and drove them from the range delivering a warning not to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suavinaw Hills
Grand River
Oklahoma
Elmwood Grammar School Grads Wear Plain $1 Gowns
Thirty girls at Elmwood grammar school Hast Orange New Jersey recently graduated in white dresses costing no more than one dollar each. The simple gowns were without decoration as part of a quiet cloistered ceremony.
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Elmwood Grammar School
Hast Orange
N. J
Fees of Fake Ads Meet in Toronto
The Associated Advertising Clubs of America will hold its annual convention in Toronto from June 21 to June 25. The event carries the slogan Honest advertising is the only good business. About 5,690 delegates are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Associated Advertising Clubs of America
Jne
Ridley Freed From Prison by Huerta Order
Charles A. Ridley of Los Angeles was released from prison by presidential order at the request of the Brazilian minister. He was among Americans arrested April 23 at Baliillo.
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Fluerta
Charles A. Ridley
Los Angeles
Huerta
Ridley
Baliillo
Senate weighs antitrust moves after tolls repeal act
Preparations were made in the Senate to take up anti-trust legislation once the Panama tolls exemption repeal bill is disposed of this week. The Interstate Commerce Committee reported a bill creating a federal trade commission and the three anti-trust bills from the House were sent to Senate committees for consideration. They likely will linger weeks. Few senators foresee full enactment of House-scale measures. many expect passage of only the trade commission bill and adjournment.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
Federal Trade Commission
House
Trade Commission
Women Repeat 1856 Meet At Salem Ohio This Week
The famous women’s rights convention first held in Salem Ohio in 1840 is to be repeated Wednesday. Elvira Bushnell of East Cleveland, then seventeen, will attend as guest of Cleveland suffragists. She has a 64 year suffrage record and was secretary of the Western Reserve Suffrage society. She was a friend of Susan B Anthony and part of the 1850 Washington council of women.
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Salem
Elvira Bushnell
East Cleveland
Cleveland
Sisan B. Anthony
Council of Women
Washington
End of New Haven Hearing on Railroad Finances
Interstate Commerce Commission nearly ends inquiry into the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad finances. Commissioner McChord says hearings may resume if needed after notified parties and attorneys. Witnesses have provided material for a report to the Senate per Norris resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Interstate Ecommerce Commission
McChord
Senate
Arms Landed at Tampico on Sunshine, Captain Brown Says No Opposition
Arms and ammunition for the constitutionalists were landed at Tampico from the American ship Sunshine commanded by Captain Brown. The operation was carried out without opposition. Sunshine papers from Galveston were not deposited at the consulate, the captain declaring he saw no reason to.
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Vera Cruz
Tampico
Sunshine
Brown
Galveston
Wheat Crop Seen As Bumper Harvest This Year
The Department of Agriculture reports a record United States wheat yield this year totaling about 900 million bushels, half of world production, with 187 million more than the previous peak. The crop condition stands at 93.7 percent, eight points above the ten year average, and oats and barley also expected to yield large totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hats Shower for Quigley A Law Fraternity Tribute
Hats of all sizes and colors rained down on Cleveland attorney Eugene Quigley as Delta Theta Phi members gathered by messenger parcel post and express to honor him. He gathered the hats and donated them to the Salvation Army, a tribute to his tenure as supreme chancellor.
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Eugene Quigley
Cleveland
Messenger
Parcel Post
Express
Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
Quigley
Salvation Army
Duryea Committed to Matteawan For Murder
Chester B Duryea of New York who on May 5 shot and killed his father Hiram Duryea the millionaire starch manufacturer was committed to the state hospital for the criminal insane at Matteawan after physicians testified he suffered hallucinations and paranoiac delusions.
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Will
Duryea
Chester B. Duryea
New York
Hiram Duryea
State Hospital
Matteawan
Immortal Paul Deschanel Re-elected French Speaker
Paul Deschanel, hailed as an Immortal, was re-elected speaker of the French chamber of deputies with 411 votes to 24 for other candidates. The vote solidified Deschanel's leadership in the chamber amid the ongoing political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Deschanel
Chamber of Deputies
Market Highlights from Chicago Open and Livestock Quotes
Closing prices across Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Ribs show July and Sept futures. Cash markets report No. 2 nard wheat 93 1/4 cents No. 2 corn 73 3/4 cents and No 8 white oats 40 1/2 cents. Cattle receipts 8,000 slow trade hogs 18,900 lower trade with mixed steer and heifer values. calves to 41.25. Sheep and lambs firm.
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Chicago
Westmosteers
Sheen
Goce
Iowa Adventists Elect Officers at State Fair Meeting
The Seventh Day Adventists Iowa conference elected officers for next year at the state fair ground. Elected president Elder A B Ogden re elected. secretary Mrs Flora V Dorcas. executive committee members A P Hansen J W Dorcas J W McComas O J Nerland W Wolfe J L McGee. treasurer J W Dorcas. Sabbath school secretary Mrs Ora V Dorcas. field missionary Meta K Peterson. canvassing agent J Lu McGee. youth secretary B A Wolcott. tract society Roy Bowles. W A Posey county agricultural agent reports club work across Clay county with 626 youth in crop growing and gardening projects. an alfalfa club of 108 members. 566 hog herds totaling 30 000 head vaccinated for cholera.
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Conference of
Seventh Day Adventists
State Fair Ground
Iowa
A. B. Ogden
Nevada
Flora V. Dorcas
A. P. Hansen
J. W. Dorcas
J. W. McComas
O. J. Nerlund
W. Wolfe
J. L. McGee
W. A. Posey
Clay County
Iowa Primary Election Cost Soars Past Three Hundred Thousand
Secretary of State W. S. Allen estimates the last week’s primary cost Iowa more than 300000 dollars. County outlays exceeded 150000 dollars while candidate spending ranged from 150000 to 200000. Candidates file expense accounts, with some paying nothing and others 200 to 300 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
W. S. Allen
Attorneys Seek Habeas Corpus For Earl G. Jones
Attorneys for Corning musician Earl G. Jones, serving a Fort Madison penitentiary term for alleged kidnapping, argue in the supreme court that a constitutional amendment allows county attorney to file in formation in lieu of grand jury indictment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl G. Jones
Corning
Fort Madison
Grace Runyan
Supreme Court
Iowa fruit outlook improves despite apple shortage
Wesley Greene state horticulturist reports in June that while Iowa faces a apple shortfall, other fruits show better prospects than in years past. May fruit condition averaged 66 percent, a drop of about 12 to 14 percent in the month, with the apple crop now estimated at half of last year’s yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Wesley Greene
Governor to Name New Insurance Commissioner Soon
Governor Clarke expected to announce this week the appointee to the state insurance commissioner post created by the thirty fifth general assembly set to take effect July 1 1914. The salary is $3000 yearly. John L Bleakly auditor of state is reportedly under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Thirty-Fifth General Assembly
John L. Bleakly
Wheat harvest to begin in Pratt county banner year
A. L. Uriek state labor commissioner received notice from Pratt Kansas that 2,800 farm hands and 60 extra laborers are needed in the wheat fields. This will be the banner year for wheat in Pratt county with 220,000 acres to be harvested about June 23.
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A. L. Uriek
Pratt
Kan
Pratt County
Colfax man jailed for white slavery in Leavenworth sentence
George H. York of Colfax was convicted of white slavery and sentenced by Judge Smith McPhurson to a federal prison term of one year and one day at Leavenworth Kansas.
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George H. York
Colfax
Leavenworth
Kan
Smith McPhurson
Insurance agents to meet at Des Moines convention
The eighth annual convention of the Iowa State Association of Insurance Agents will be held at the Savery hotel in Des Moines on Friday. About 200 local agents from Iowa cities outside Des Moines are expected. A key feature is emphasis on gas and accident insurance as the Iowa workmen’s compensation act becomes operative July 1, with explanations on its details and proper writing under it.
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Iowa State Association of Insurance Agents
Savery
Des Moines
Iowa
Dredge Boat Tragedy Claims Riverton Man
Joe Batcheldon of Riverton was ground to pieces in dredge boat machinery on the Missouri bottom five miles west of Sidney. Clarence Dodson, an assistant, stopped the gears but was severely injured. Joe Batcheldon was son of prominent Riverton resident George Batcheldon and ran the dredge with brother in law F B E Cowden.
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Joe Batcheldon
Riverton
Missouri
Sidney
Clarence Dodson
George Batcheldon
F. B E. Cowden
New Educational Buildings Planned for Iowa State Campuses
The state educational board plans many new buildings for Iowa City Ames and Cedar Falls to go before the legislature for approval. Existing approved projects are under way and further improvements hinge on millage tax repeal. A strong push will seek to continue modernizing the three institutions even if taxes remain in place.
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State Educational Board
Iowa City
Ames
Cedar Falls
Educational Board
Resignations Hit Iowa Panama Exposition Commission
Mason City official H McNider resigns from the Iowa commission on the Panama Pacific exposition amid secret meetings and anticipated retirements. Widespread criticism says the panel favors commercializing the Iowa exhibit at San Francisco over representing the state’s highest and best.
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Dc. H. McNider
Mason City
Iowa
San Francisco
Railroads in Iowa suspend rule on perishable freight
Railroads operating in Iowa surrendered to the state railroad commission and agreed to suspend the proposed rule limiting their liability on perish able freight within Iowa. They did not suspend the rule on interstate traffic. Judge J. H. Henderson was instructed to proceed against the roads before the interstate commerce commission to seek suspension of the objectionable rules. The application for suspension, pending a hearing, will be filed before June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
J. H. Henderson
Commerce Counsel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Stolen Horse Team Recovered by Dallas County Farmers
A herd of horses taken from farmer Henry Swallows near Booneville, Iowa, was recovered by Sheriff Griffin and a posse of about two hundred Dallas County farmers from the Anti-Horse Thief association. No thief was found. The horses were found grazing by the road near Clive.
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Henry Swallows
Booneville
Griffin
Dallas County
Swallows
Dallas County Anti-Horse Thief Association
Clive
Rail commission hearing on daily oil shipments dispute
Shippers and railroad representatives testified before the state railroad commission as shippers press for daily oil shipments. The roads argue that supplying cars at all stations every day is impossible, opposing the mandate.
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State Railroad Commission
County School Head Resigns to Lead Barlville Schools
Delaware county superintendent of schools Guy D. Ribbie resigns to become principal of Barlville schools. A convention of educators will be called in the county under the new law to select a new superintendent.
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Guy D. Ribbie
Delaware County
Barlville
Des Moines Becomes Headquarters for Iowa Express Division
The Iowa division of the American Express company is headquartered in Des Moines. T. J. Wortham, general agent of the company at Omaha, has been appointed superintendent of the Iowa division.
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Iowa
American Express Company
Des Moines
T. J. Wortham
Omaha
Hear Melon Shipment Dispute Before Railroad Board
The state railroad commission announced a hearing on the complaint by Des Moines and town officials over the melon and grape shipment ruling. The session is scheduled for June 23.
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State Railroad Commission
Des Moines and
Town Commission
Plumbers to Plead Soon in Federal Court
Thirty six indicted master plumbers must report to the federal court in Des Moines by July 7 and plead to charges of conspiracy in restraint of trade.
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Des Moines
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Edward Jackson
Newcastle
Ind
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Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Westinghouse Machine Company
Allegheny Congenial Industrial Union
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Liverpool
Arthur
Rospers
Pornado
American Press Association
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