No Cash to Help Helm Committee in Bribery Probe
Springfield Illinois March 36 At torney General Stead informed Lieutenant Governor Oxleedy the latter could not legally sign vouch ers for expenses of the Helm bribery investigation committee. The house probably will refuse to appropriate money. Three subpoenas issued to Senator Womack Isler and Burgett. McElvain examined denying corruption ties in Lorimer case. Johnson gains little in recovery from Cleveland hospital setback after brief rest.
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Ill
Stead
Oxleedy
Helm Bribery Investigation Committee
House
Womack
Isler
Burgett
Senate
H. H. Kohlsaat
Chicago Record-Herald
Kohlsaat
William Lorimer
United States Senate
United States
Albert J. Hopkins
Aurora
Frank O. Lowden
Lorimer
Attorney Healy
Senator McElwain
Edict Bars Jews From Adopting Christian First Names
In St. Petersburg on March 3 the Holy Synod issued an edict prohibiting Jews from bearing Christian first names. The decree targets religious identity in personal naming and sets new norms for public and civil records across the empire. The policy signals intensified control of Jewish cultural practices within official life.
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St. Petersburg
The
Holy Synod Today
Funeral Procession Planned for Triangle Fire Victims
New York march 30 funeral event to honor 143 victims as 4 more bodies are identified leaving 16 unidentified. Relief fund nears 50000 dollars with DA and fire marshal probing blame. A major procession led by youth choristers from the Jewish Church will move bodies through streets past the morgue after the Washington building fire.
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Jewiah Church
Rei
Triangle Waist
Washington Sisey
Weather recap for Rock Island area through tomorrow
Generally fair tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Tonight's low near freezing, 7 am temperature 81, high yesterday 45, low last night 31. Wind 14 mph, precipitation .01 inch, humidity 100 at 7 pm and 66 at 7 am. Mississippi stages nearly stationary from Lubuque to Muscatine. Astronomical notes: Sun sets 6:18, rises 5:41, moon sets 6:41 pm and 1:42 am, moon near Mercury, Neptune stationary at 7 pm.
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Mississippi
Lubuque
Muscatine
J.m.scherier
Mercury
Neptune
Negotiations Loom as Rebels Press for Peace Talks
San Antonio dispatch reports Alfonso Maderos says a week will reveal if peace or renewed war comes in Mexico. A report from New York outlines ten tentative proposals between Limantour and Francisco I. Madero Sr. sent to the rebel chief near Chihuahua for his decision. Meanwhile Ures battles continue as federal forces claim progress. De La Barra travels home from San Antonio amid hopes for peace talks with insurrectos. Insurrectos west of Chihuahua concentrate, raising questions if strategic move or peace negotiation leverage.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mexico
Alfonso Madero
Limantour
Francisco I. Madero
New York
Chifushva
Ures
Hermosillo
Mdte
de la Barra
Mexico City
Madero
United States
Insurrectos
el Paso
Conductors on Santa Fe Discharge Sparks Probe Hint
Kansas City March 29 a large number of Santa Fe trainmen were discharged recently. It is said the grand jury will be asked to investigate fare collection on trains amid reports of misconduct by some conductors and train staff.
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Kansas City
Santa Fe
Grand
Torpedo Used as Weight Sparks $30,000 Suit
Grace Johnson of Iowa City sued the Rock Island railroad for 30000 after attempting to cut open a signal torpedo used by her railroad brakeman sweetheart as a weight to throw a note to her. The blast cost Johnson the use of one eye and severely damaged the other. The railroad says the brakeman acted without orders and Johnson was not told to use a hatchet on the device.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Grace Johnson
Rock Island
Food From U S Arrives Relief Ship to China
The United States transport Buford arrived at Shanghai bearing relief supplies for starving Chinese people. The cargo was collected in the United States and delivered to aid victims amid ongoing suffering in the Orient.
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Washington
United States
Buford
China
Shanghai
Kenyon Nominated as Iowa Senator Candidate in Caucus
W. S. Kenyon was chosen as the Republican candidate for U.S. senator by a 60 member Iowa legislature caucus in Des Moines. The single ballot produced 53 votes for Kenyon, 6 for H. E. Deemer, and 1 for Paul E. Stillman. 76 votes needed for election.
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Kenyon
Republican Caucus
Iowa
Des Moines
W. S. Kenyon
United States
H. E. Deemer
Paul E. Stillman
Man Hanged for Murder Refuses Priest Help in Pottsville
Joseph Christock was hanged in Pottsville Pa for the murder of Mrs Anna Richards last fall. He declined the offered assistance of a priest and deputy sheriff and walked to the gallows smiling.
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Pottsville
Joseph Christock
Anna Richards
Christock
Arrival of American transport amid Chinese famine reports
Reports from Shanxi and Nanking describe starving millions and extreme misery with people eating dirt as relief and sustenance vanish. A separate dispatch from Harbin explains Chinese fleeing plague centers are starving and attacking travelers in Amur province. In Albany a caucus move seeks to resolve a senate election deadlock. A graphic account notes a man hanged after choosing to die by the gallows, dead within 12 minutes.
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Washington
State Department
Shanxi
Nanking
Bostick
Pochow
St. Petersburg
Foreign Office
Harbin
Senate to Try Judge for Drunkenness in North Dakota
The North Dakota senate has formalized impeachment proceedings against Judge John F. Cowan of the Second Judicial district. He faces charges of habitual drunkenness malfeasance of office and being intoxicated on the bench and delaying judicial procedure.
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North Dakota
Bismarck
N. D
Senate
John F. Cowan
Second Judicial District
Stack Justifies Kidnaping of Son in Michigan Farm Case
St. Louis March 30 Richard B Stack wealthy Escanaba Michigan lumberman on trial here for kidnaping his son John King Stack 11 from the home of his former wife's relatives will attempt to justify himself on the grounds that the boy should never again visit his home in Michigan. Stack would not reveal where he is concealing the boy.
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St. Louis
Richard B. Stack
Escanaba
Mich
John King Stack
Roy E. Burbank
Michigan
Stack
Fort Madison Court House Fire Finds Records Safe
Firemen cleared debris in Fort Madison Iowa court house burned last night and found the county records intact in the vault. Also reports say robbers halted a train at Windsor securing $40 000. two passengers wounded. In Lima Peru a band of 160 bandits is levying tribute on merchants, troops dispatched.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
St. Petersburg
Widsow
Lima
Peru
Underwood Favors Absolute Free Trade With Canada
Special correspondence from Washington reports Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama congressman and chairman of the ways and means committee, favoring absolute free trade with Canada if Canada grants free trade for U S products. He notes reciprocity may remove tariff walls between adjoining nations, and supports adding a clause allowing presidential tariff reductions if Canada agrees. Continues on Page Eight.
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the Argus
Washington
Canada
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Democratic Wars and Means Committee
Underwood
Vermont
New Hampshire
Union
Illinois House Backs Pay Hikes and Shifts Civil Service to Voting
Springfield March 30. The Illinois House amended the statewide civil service bill to provide for election of state civil service commissioners, a bitter debate. The same day the finance committee favored a bill boosting Assembly pay to 5000 per term plus mileage and stationery allowances. A slow Senate session saw several bills passed or introduced, including measures on real estate contracts, minority representation, and county road supervision.
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Ill
House
Chiperfield
House Finance Committee
General Assembly
Senate
Smiler Clark
Chicago Board of Wade
Jones
Chicago Board of Trade
McElwain
Yeas
Andrus
Landee
Etteleon
Cook County
Follo
Barr
Lves
Stewart
Mutual Loan Association
Chamberlain
Harburgh
47Th General Assembly
Dunlap
University of Miinois
Temperance
Supreme Court Buck et Shop Ruling Sparks Appeal
The District of Columbia supreme court ruled the bucket shop amendments unconstitutional, saying the law deprived citizens of liberty to contract. The attorney general intends to appeal to the U S Supreme Court to settle the issue and allow continued prosecutions if the law is upheld. Chicago prosecutions remain unaffected, grounded in the old statute against mail fraud.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Chicac
Chicago
Wright
District of Columba Supreme Court
TelegraphersMay Strike in South Central on April First
Chicago March 30 officials from Illinois Central and telegraphers union met over wages. Telegrapher members, 1,600 strong, voted 95 percent to strike unless a 20 percent wage increase is granted, with a potential walkout set for April 1.
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Chicago
W. L. Park
Illineia Central
H. B. Perham
St. Louis
J. W. Miller
Ouisiana
Telegraphers’ Union
State Bank Growth Surges in Oklahoma Since January
Guthrie Okla March 30 The consolidated report of Oklahoma state banks shows 13 new banks organized since January 1 despite 18 banks rationalizing their state tags. The conversions largely explain the $5 2 decrease in individual deposits as many conversions occurred in larger cities and towns.
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Oklahoma
Guthrie
Okla
J. D. Lankford
Tawna
Albanians Rise Against Turkey Reported In Scutari
Rumors say Albanian insurgents occupy Scutari the capital of Scutari vilayet in Albania amid reports of local dissatisfaction. Turkish authorities reportedly struggle to control unrest in the region.
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Turkey
Constantinople
Merenam
Scutari
Vilayet of
Albania
Bank Guaranty Law Goes Into Effect in Nebraska
Lincoln Nebraska March 30 The bank guarantee law became effective at noon today after the U S supreme court mandate was received reversing Judges Munger and Vandervanter and placing the act guaranteeing bank deposits into operation which passed two years ago
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
United States Supreme Court
Munger and Vandervanter
German Chancellor Rules Out Universal Arbitration Plans
Berlin March 20 Chancellor Hollweg declared universal arbitration and universal disarmament ideals impossible of realization while discussing extending international arbitration in the Reichstag.
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Reichstag
Hollweg
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