Woman from Moline Uses Gun on Lover in Hotel
Evanston police report a 24 year old woman registered as Mrs. M F Flint of Moline attempted suicide and threatened to kill E J Reidy after his refusal to marry her. Reidy, an Evanston mobile firm sales manager, is reputed well to do. The woman, Marsha Kunckel, is the daughter of Wicliffe Kunckel of Moline and was married to M F Flint of Davenport five years ago. Her condition was described as critical after taking nearly an ounce of poison. The case involves an attempted homicide and suicide in a hotel, with family and residence details under investigation.
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Evanston
Ill
M. F. Flint
Moline
E. J. Reidy
Kelke
Fourteenth Street
Reidy
Marsha Kunckel
Wicliffe Kunckel
Mo Ling
Flint
Davenport
Fort Worth
Texas
Kunckel
Rock Island
Bremner Loses Battle With Radium at 55
Robert Gann Bremner congressman from New Jersey and editor of the Passaic Daily died in a Baltimore sanitarium from cancer after months of radium treatment. He was 55, a personal friend of President Wilson, and elected to Congress while in a sick bed. His death surprised lawmakers as the House prepared tributes amid sessions on labor safety.
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Baltimore
Robert Gann Bremper
New Janey
Passaic
Bremner
Europe
Congress
Wilson
Scotland
Washington
Washington, D. C
Bremnes
Clark
Cafes in Chicago Face a Big Strike
Chicago February 5 A walkout by waiters cooks and waitresses at Randolph street restaurants may be followed by a strike at 25 restaurants under the Restaurant Workers association if demands for higher wages shorter hours and one day off each week are not met, union officials say.
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Chicago
Randolph Street
Saale
Restaurant Kewers’ Association
Committees Off 10 Strike Zones in Congressional Actions
Washington February 6 committees plan withdrawal of strike zone measures as subcommittee led by Representative Taylor prepares Hancock investigation schedule. Colorado delegates outline procedures for expediting measures after Henver discussions. Western Federation executives meet to discuss the Michigan strike with Moyer and Dr. Ray Pierce present.
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Washington, D.C
Taylor
Hancock
Colorado
Henver
Colo
Michigan
Western Federation
Prexi- Moyer
Wilson Opposes Toll Exemption Action at Panama Act
Feb 6 report says Wilson would use influence to remove the toll exemption provision for American coastlines in the Panama act. The article notes political maneuvering and expected debate in Congress.
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Wilson Opposes
Weather forecast for Rock Island area through tomorrow
Unsettled tonight and Friday with light snow likely tonight and colder Friday. Lows near 15 degrees with moderate winds. Temperatures show a 7 a.m. reading of 10 and yesterday's high of 23. No precipitation. humidity 67 percent at 7 p m and 87 percent at 7 a m. Astronomical events note Mars Saturn visible. Saturn near the Moon about 6 degrees south, near the Pleiades in Taurus.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Jupiter
Pleiades
Constellation
Taurus
Immigrant Bill Passes House With Literacy Test Provision
Washington reports the Burnett immigration bill clearing the house with a literacy test requirement for newcomers. The measure outlines that applicants must read 20 to 40 words in English or another language, including Hebrew or Yiddish, and awaits senate action amid presidential misgivings. A separate push seeks to avoid Asiatic exclusions during diplomacy with Japan.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Bryan
House Immigration Committee
Baker
Japan
California
Burnett
United States
House
Alabama
Manahan
Minnesota
Burrett
Hay
Representative Manahan
Mann
Taft
Cleveland
Wilson
Huerta orders wider campaign as rebels gain ground
Mexico City february 5 President Huerta told army chiefs and governors to press a broader anti rebel drive while safeguarding non combatants. In El Paso more than 500000 rounds and thousands of rifles were seized earlier and are now being turned to the constitutionalists. Mazatlan fell to Carranza's forces, marking a rebel coastal foothold as Villa warned Spaniards against capture in Torreon.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Huerta
Washington
D. C
el Paso
Texas
International Bridge
Juarez
Wilson
Torreon
United States Army
Villa
United States
Ojinaga
Fort Bliss
General Villa
Mazatlan
Nogales
Ari
Sinaloa
Carranza
Cullan
de la Lama
Paris
France
Adolf de la Lama
New York
Switzerland
John Sebastian Granted Pension by Rock Island Rail
John Sebastian, retired Jan. 1 as third vice president of the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railway, begins a $150 monthly pension the maximum under the system. He served 34 years and earned a high salary previously. C. F. Jilson, former assistant secretary and treasurer, also receives $150 monthly.
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Chicago
John Sebastian
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Rompany
B. Ross
Pension Bureau of the Road
Sebastian
Rock Island
Ross
C. F. Jilson
The
Half Million to Battle Cholera
Washington authorities report the Senate approved a 500000 dollar appropriation for the agriculture department to combat hog cholera which threatens vast losses this year. The United States also called for a third peace conference at the Hague next year at Queen Wilhelmina of Holland's request.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Department of Agriculture
United States
The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Holland
Building plane to cross ocean by Curtiss
New York February 5 The Aero Club of America announces Rodman Wanamaker that Glenn Curtiss is building an immense hydro aeroplane to attempt a summer cross Atlantic flight. The craft is designed to complete the trip in about 15 hours.
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New York
Aero Club of America
Rodman Wanamaker
Glenn H. Curtiss
Atlantic
Johnson Bribe Claim Shown by Cablegram Evidence
Chicago February 5 F W Laurence city editor testified before the federal grand jury and produced a cablegram from Jack Johnson alleging he gave 20000 to be distributed among federal officials before his departure for Europe.
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Chicago
F. W. Lawrence
Federal
Jack Johnson
Johnson
Europe
Beaten and buried alive at Cleveland city hall site
Robert Mercer timekeeper at the new city hall in Cleveland was beaten robbed and buried three feet under the sub basement. His mother Mrs Jenny Mercer of Pittsburgh guided detectives to the site where his body was found amid missing money but intact jewelry and diamonds valued at 100 and 1000 respectively. Coroner attributed the death to blows from a club and burial. Police expect an arrest soon.
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Cleveland
Robert Mercer
New City Hall
Shibley
Jennie Mercer
Pittsburgh
Byrne
Merrer
Mercer
Mittleberger Hotel
Harry Cooper
City Hall
Alma McMillan
Alarm clocks spark disorderly conduct ruling
A Chicago man who wakes his wife at 2 a m to sleep in the car is fined 50 dollars for disorderly conduct, Judge Sullivan presiding. In other item, Miss Florence Lawler, a Brooklyn high school girl, is reported missing and located at the Central Young Women's Christian Association in Chicago.
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Chicago
Sullivan
Stanley Melish
Brooklyn
Florence Lawler
N. Y
Central Young Woman's Christian Association
Glass is Barred by Senate Vote
Washington reports a 32 to 31 Senate vote denying Frank P. Glass of Alabama a seat, amid debate over the Seventeenth Amendment and direct popular election. The ruling followed Glass’s appointment after Johnston’s death, deemed unconstitutional under the Amendment’s full effect.
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Washington
Frank P. Glass
Alabama
United States
Senate
Glass
O'Neal
Joseph F. Johnston
Blair Lee
Maryland
Elections Committee
Kern
Hitchcock
Johnson
Lane
Pomerone
Shively
Thompson
Walsh
Cherman
Ilinois
Sherman
Redfield urges foreign field aid at cannery convention
Baltimore Maryland February 5 secretary of commerce Redfield urged spending on foreign field demonstrations and distributing goods. He said put the best men on the job backed by steady production and clearly labeled foods to boost sales and warned tariffs should be reduced with administration cooperation.
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Baltimore
Secretary of Commerce
Redfield
White women in China opium den exposed as slave depot
San Francisco police raid on a Chinatown rooming house uncovered three white women hidden between ceiling and floorboards of a first and second story. The women, aged over 20, were kept in a concealed apartment behind a false ceiling. They will be held pending investigation into the opium den and alleged white slave activity.
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San Francisco
Cal
Chinatown
Suffis Held for Scotland Fires
Glasgow dispatch reports Rhoda Robinson a suffraget arrested today and sent to Dunblane in Perthshire in connection with the recent House of Rose and Aberchill Castle fires attributed to arson squads in St Fillan's mention.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Rhoda Robinson
Dunblane
Perthshire
House of Rose
St. Fillan's
Aberchill Castle
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