Insurgent Woodmen Contested Elections In Head Camp
Toledo June 1 insurgent Woodmen battle for control as regu lar administration forces resume head camp sessions in Ohio. Officers to be elected with Wisconsin push to curtail salaries and cut positions. Contests hinge on state versus congressional district authority.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Woodmen of America
Wisconsin
Harou
Pepechal
Argus
Ohio
Woodmen
Iowa
Delegaeies
Illinois
Nebraska
Anta
Minnesota
Laws
Frank Cummings
Cedar Rapids
Setion
Pers Een
Illinois Spanish American War Veterans pick Rock Island as 1915 convention site
The 1915 Illinois Spanish American War Veterans Convention, held in East St. Louis on June 19, chose Rock Island as the convention city for the year. Leaders and members agreed on location and planned events for the gathering.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Rock Island
Forecast for Rock Island Davenport and Vicinity
Cloudy and cooler tonight with a mainly dry day tomorrow for Rock Island Davenport Moline and surrounding area. Temperatures 66 at 7 am 83 yesterday 65 last night with light winds 11 mph and no precipitation. Humidity near 55 percent at 7 pm and 57 percent at 7 am. Water stage 9.4 up 0.4 in 24 hours. Local Forecaster J M Sherier signs. Astronomical events note evening stars Mercury Venus Mars and morning stars Jupiter Saturn. A faint Hy ura constellation stream noted from west to south.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Hyura
Mediation crisis deepens as Wilson must concede
June 19 dispatches report mediation near collapse over Mexico’s crisis. Noon arrives in Washington for talks with Wilson and Bryan as Niagara Falls delegates insist on Niagara principles. Wilson rejects any settlement outside those terms and plans a public statement if mediation fails. Villa Carranza patchwork and Villa’s north zone command outline shift.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Huerta
Niagara
Noon
Bryan
Washington, D. C
White House
Niagara Falls
Congress
United States
Carranza, Villa
Mexico
Villa
Carranza
Ont
Noan
Argentina
el Paso
Texas
Torreon
Zacatecas
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Gonzales
Tampico
Obregon
Pacific
Mazatlan
Sal Ullo
Man Faces Long Term in Bastile
Police Magistrate C. J. Smith told William Treagle he would continue the case until he reveals what happened to a block and tackle stolen from a carnival candy wagon owner. Treagle offered he did not know where the goods were sold and his information was sought from second hand dealers without success. The case was continued until June 27 as officials seek the buyers.
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C. J. Smith
Wiliam Treagle
Treagle
Carnival
Seecond Avenue
Smith
Magistrate scolds man for mooching and drunken conduct
A man with a broken arm in a four cast argued a right to box on streets before Magistrate C J Smith who warned him to leave town. In separate incidents Murray Billings and Fred Wilson were jailed for drunkenness after being arrested near Seventeenth Street and Third Avenue. Fred Davis, Peru resident, alleged trespass led to release after Rock Island Sand and Gravel officials declined prosecution. Charles S Winans of Michigan, serving as consul at Seville, was nominated for consul at Nuremberg Bavaria on June 19.
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Meck Kell
Frank Harris
Peru
Rock Island
Winans
Nuremberg
Washington, D. C
Charles 8S
Michigan
Seville
Bavaria
Cabinet reports upbeat business prospects in June
Washington June 19 Secretary Redfield informed the president that reports from multiple sources indicate unusually good business for this time of year with prospects improving. The president was encouraged and this boosts momentum to push the trust bills.
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Washington, D. C
Redfield
Weyerhaeuser Timber elects successor at Tacoma
Millions of lumbermen from Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Washington gather in Tacoma to honor the late Frederick Weyerhaeuser and to select his successor as president of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. His eldest son John P. Weyerhaeuser is expected to be elected president. The vote reduces capital stock to 12.5 million, retiring 2.51 million treasury shares. The firm’s timber holdings in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho are valued at 90 to 100 million dollars. Notables from multiple states attend the meeting.
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Tacoma
Wash
Milliom ‘Aire
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Washington
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Weyerhaeuser Timber Company
Weyerhaeuser
John P. Weyerhaeuser
Treasury
Oregon
Idaho
F. S. Bell
Winota
William Carson
Burlington
Arthur Cox
Iowa City
F. C. Denkmann
Rock Island
Charles Gilfillan
St. Paul
O. H
E. B. Ingram
Eall
Claire
H.H. Irvine
H. J. Richardson
C. A. Weyerhaeuser
Cloque
Minn
FP. E. Weyer
Hbaeuser
H. S. Rand
T. B. Davis
W. H. Marshall
Robert Marshall
C. R
P. M. Musser
Muscatine
Vardon Wins Sixth British Open Golf Championship
Harry Vardon of South Hertfordshire England captured the British open golf title for the sixth time at Prestwick on June 1. The event saw the familiar dominance of the English champion as he amplified his legacy with another victory.
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Vardon
Prestwick
Harry Vardon
South Herfordshire
England
Butte Miners to Quit Federation Unrest in Butte
In Butte Montana June 19 the executive committee of Insurgents local No 1 Western Federation met twice to plan future action. The insurgents expect to reveal plans at a Sunday miners meeting. President Moyer arrived from Denver seeking peace and to block a local from reorganizing as an independent union.
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Butte
Mont
Western Federation
Moyer
Denver
Fifty Dead in Hill Crest Mine Disaster Near Fernie
Vancouver reports 200 miners killed in the Hill Crest mine after an explosion near Fernie, BC. Six hundred entered the mine this morning. more than 400 escaped and 50 bodies recovered as doctors and nurses rushed to the scene. A Calgary relief train and government rescue units assist amid heavy smoke.
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Vancouver
B. C
Hill Crest
Fernie
Calgary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hill Crest Mine
Blair
Yale Oarsmen Fall to Harvard in Dual Races
In New London Connecticut on June 19 Yale oarsmen were defeated by Harvard. Harvard won the second varsity eight race by seven lengths and the freshmen eight event by four lengths on a two mile course. A large crowd attended. The varsity eights race was to be held on a four mile course this afternoon.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Attempt to Secure Pardon for a Son
Mr and Mrs J P Cooney of Dubuque parents of J J Cooney who with Randolph Waugh and Ray McGrath were sent to the penitentiary from this city for the theft of auto tires from the machine of Leon Mitchell are in the city today seeking the assistance of State's Attorney F E Thompson and Judge R W Olmsted to obtain their son's pardon. They arrived last evening from Springfield where they interviewed Gov E F Dunne on the matter.
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J. P. Cooney
Dubuque
J. J. Cooney
Randolph Waugh
Ray McGrath
Leon Mitchell
F. E. Thompson
R. W. Olmsted
Springfield
E. F. Dunne
Niblack Named Receiver for Paola Street Bank
Judge Windes appointed W. C. Niblack vice president of Chicago Title & Trust as receiver for Paola Street Trust & Savings Bank after its closure by the state examiner. Bond set at 2.5 million dollars. petition filed by Attorney General Lucey.
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Chicago
Windes
W. C. Niblack
Chicago Title & Epee Company
Paola Street Trust & Savings Bank
Niblack
Lucey
Springfield
Brady
Bethalto
Farmers’ State Bank
Marshalship to Iowan Approved
Washington D C July 19 The senate confirmed the nomination of E R Moore for United States marshal of northern Iowa despite opposition from Iowa senators Telegrams from New York bankers denying charges by Senator Smith of Michigan about Nicaraguan bond issues were read at the senate request Sylvester reelected target Grand Rapids Mich June 19 Major Sylvester of Washington D C was reelected president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
E. R. Moore
United States Marshal
Iowa
New York
Smith
Michigan
Senate
O'Gorman
Sylvester
Grand Rapids
Mich
Major Sylvester
Internatonal Association of Chiefs of Police
Charges Against Speer Are Weak
Washington June 19 the sub committee report on impeachment charges against Federal Judge Emory Speer of Mason Georgia is not expected before the full committee next week. Investigators say a majority found evidence not sufficient to warrant impeachment.
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Washington, D. C
Emory Speer
Mason
Asquith Yields to Militant Suffragists Hearings Planned
London June 19 Premier Asquith capitulated to suffragists agreeing to receive a deputation of East End working women in Downing Street Saturday morning. Sylvia Pankhurst completed her eighth hunger strike and, released from Holloway, joined the crowd with nurses and cushions as she walked to Westminster. Kier Hardie and Lansbury aided negotiations, and the premier’s concession followed a series of protests and arrests.
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London
England
Asquith
East End
Downing Street
Sylvia Pankhurst
House of Commons
James Kier Hardie
George Lansbury
Westminster
T. Asquith
Miss Pankhurst
Holloway
Kier Hardie
Parliament House
Mr. Lansbury
Sylvia
Palace Yard
Mr. Hardie
Miss Pankhur
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Butte Miners TO Quit
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