Des Moines Water Ballot Confusion Defeats Proposition
Confusion over a dual ballot in Des Moines waterworks elections led to the defeat of the proposed measure. Mayor James R. Hanna won a third term with 11,804 votes to Zell Roe’s 26. City council winners include J. J. Myerly, W. F. Mitchell, Harry B. Frase, and Fred German. Myerly led the ticket, while Frase, county auditor, was the league’s lone victory.
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Des Moines
Iowa
James R. Hanna
Zell G. Roe
J. J. Myerly
W. F. Mitchell
Harry B. Frase
Fred German
Myerly
Capital
Labor
Zell Roe
Labor League
R. M. Galbraith
Interchurch Council
Galbraith
Sioux City
Smith
A. A Smith
Jonathan W. Brown
Commission
Brown
Rudolph Beerend
Wesley
John Dineen
J. M. Lewis
Waterloo
R. C. Thompson
J. R. Rector
Roy E. Reed
Thompson
Rector
Reed
Supreme Court
Miners Strike Spreads in Ohio and Missouri Funding
Martins Ferry Ohio reports 6000 coal miners quitting over a wage dispute as operators refuse to sign the new mine law basis set to take effect May 20. Miners will not mine under the new terms until required by law. Denver announces Missouri miners vote to donate 150000 dollars to aid Colorado strikers. News confirms UMWA leadership telegram from Indianapolis.
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Martins Ferry
Ohio
Denver
Colo
Colorado
United Mine Workers & America Today
International Vee Present Hayex
Indianapolis
Alderman Takes His Life After Wife and Child Die
Spring Valley, IL March 31 Alderman Robert Blam, distraught by the death of his wife and infant, returned home from a council meeting and shot himself. In Chicago, Maude Oberg was freed from murder charges as the 14th woman to be acquitted in two years on the Breach case.
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Self Spring Valley
Robert Blam
Chicago
Casel & Maude Oberg
Murer
Edward Breach
Weather forecast and astronomical note for Rock Island area
Unsettled weather expected tonight and Wednesday with possible showers and little temperature change. High yesterday 44, low last night 39, current 39 at 7 am with nine mph winds. Precipitation 24 hours none. humidity 87 percent at 7 pm, river stage 4.2 feet with a 0.1 foot rise. Astronomical events list evening stars Mars Venus Saturn and morning stars Jupiter Mercury. Sirius described as a large, bright naked-eye star dominating the southern sky.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
J. M. Sherier
Mars
Venus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury
Sirius
Earth
Torreon Battle Still Rages Across Mexican Front
Dispatches from Washington to Jaurez and Chihuahua on March 31 describe Torreon as held with fierce fighting continuing house to house. Mexican officials cite front reports, while Gomez Palacio remains contested after heavy losses in last week’s assaults. Villa forces reportedly meet stubborn resistance with limited official updates.
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Washington
D. C
Foreign Office
Mexico City
Torreon
Gomez -Palacio
Chihuahua
Mexico
Villa
State Building at Expo Planned
The Illinois building plan at the Panama Pacific exposition was unanimously adopted by the state art commission. A three story structure 136 feet by 96 feet is set to cost 90000 with furnishings budgeted at 18000 to 20000. Work may start by May 15 with bids to follow, and James B. Debelka designed the plans. Martin Roche chaired the commission which includes architects sculptors painters and laymen.
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Chicago
Illinois
State Art Commission
James B. Debelka
Martin Roche
Wealthy Chicago printer D E Bockius dies at 74
Daniel E Bockius a Tribune composing room veteran of 48 years died of pneumonia in Chicago He was a night foreman and helped save material during the 1871 blaze Known for thrift and investments making him perhaps the richest working printer in Chicago or the United States He never married and was 74 years old
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D. E. Bockius
Tribune
Chicago
Daniel E. Bockius
Bockius
United States
Savannah man asks prisoner to marry in jail yard
Savannah on March 31 saw Frank M. Register climb a tree behind the city jail and propose to prisoner Miss Zeta Metlock. She accepted. No charges against Metlock. she remains in custody pending restoration to her parents.
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Savannah
Frank M. Register
Frederick Weyerhaeuser Reported in Critical State
Los Angeles March 31 Frederick Weyerhaeuser the Minnesota lumber magnate was in a Week long illness and in critical condition today according to dispatches from Los Angeles authorities.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Frederick Weyerhauser
Millonaireinnesota
Koetters Guilty of Murder and Life Term
John B. Koetters was found guilty today of murdering Emma Kraft of Cincinnati in a local hotel with a hammer and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury deliberated yesterday afternoon. The defense pressed an alibi for Kraft, but evidence placed her at the hotel at the critical time. Kraft, 60, widow, had just sold property for $3,000 amid a turbulent dispute over the money.
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Chicago
John B. Koetters
Emma Kraft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tax Books Nearing Finish Across Rural Townships
Township collectors have submitted books to county treasurer W. H. Whiteside. Five books remain incomplete in Rock Island areas. Assessors begin duties tomorrow. Ray Patterson Edgington reports totals of 19,924.04 with 387.50 commission and 126.16 school tax delinquent 4696.45 collected. Fred W. Krueger Drury shows 29,257.05 charged 7,397.17 delinquent 21,859.88 collected with 437.19 commission and 4,662.21 school tax collected with 93.93 commission.
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W. H. Whiteside
Rock Island
South Rock Island
Moline
South Moline
Hampton
Ray Patterson
Edgington
Fred W. Krueger
Drury
Mock Election Plans In Fourteenth Street Presbyterian Site
Local option advocates in the fourth sixth and seventh precincts schedule a mock election Thursday at 7 30 pm at Central Presbyterian church Fourteenth street and Tenth avenue with ballot instructions and Q A for voters open to women citywide.
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Central Presbyterian Church
Fourteenth Street
Tenth Avenue
Woman's Local Option League
Fourteenth
Fifteenth
Longfellow School
A. D. Johnson
C. W. Foss
New Rates Suspended by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended about four thousand railroad tariffs until July 30 with exceptions for the Steel Corporation and other iron and steel companies in the east eliminating allowances to industrial railroads as rebates. The move aims to end rate rebates and may cost the Steel Corporation about 9 million annually. Hearings will proceed with advanced rate case testimony today and Thursday.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel Companies
Iron and Steel
Steel and Iron
Harlan
Grey Springs An Ireland Remedy
London March 31 Sir Edward Grey urged a federal system for the British Isles as a solution to the home rule issue. He drew strong attention in the house and suggested the government might call a general election if Parliament passes bills on plural voting home rule for Ireland and disestablishment of the Welsh church.
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London
England
British Isles
House of Commons
Edward Gray
House
Grey
Ireland
Suffrage Conference Enters Final Sessions In Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa March 31 Final sessions of the Mississippi valley suffrage conference were to consider plans for better organization in states with limited progress The main interest rested on the likely personnel of the new program committee in charge of next year’s meeting and the city for the next session Flora Dunlap president of the Town Suffrage association was confirmed on the committee
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Des Moines
Iowa
Flora Dunlap
Town Suffrage Association
Latin Talked by Dr Wiley Babe
Madison March 31 Dr W H Wiley pure food advocate here this week says his 23 month old son speaks Latin as well as English The proper training for infants and young children consists in pure food and good language His son Harvey W Wiley UI has never had meat poultry candy sugar ice cream tea coffee chocolate beer wine or whisky He is a perfectly developed boy and calls meals dinner
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Madison
Wis
W. H. Wiley
Harvey W. Wiley UI
Death of Clymer A. Coldren Former Muscatine Attorney
Clymer A. Coldren of Muscatine died in Mineral Wells Texas after a yearlong illness from Brights disease. He arrived in Muscatine in 1839, partnered with Martin W. Stapleton, served as county attorney from 1898, married Eva Shemmo, and is survived by his widow and one son.
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Muscatine
Clymer A. Coldren
Mineral Wells
Texas
Bright
Coldren
Law School
State University of Iowa
Martin W. Stapleton
Southwest
Eva Shemmo
Orville Anderson Shoots Sister in Accidental Rifle Incident
In Orion Illinois Merle Anderson eleven is recovering from a facial bullet wound caused when her brother Orville thirteen, attempting to explain a new rifle, discharged it. The weapon was loaded, the trigger snapped, and a pellet entered under the ear, lodging in the roof of the mouth and dislocating several teeth before a physician removed it.
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The
Argus
Orion
Ill
Wmerle
Oscar Anderson
Orville
Mrs Siegel Sues for Absolute Divorce in New York
New York March 31 Mrs Marie Siegel wife of the indicted banker and merchant is said to have filed for absolute divorce naming two corespondents. The couple married in 1898 and once maintained luxurious establishments in New York and Mamaro Neck London. The husband stopped paying $25 000 a year after his affairs became involved. Tito Mattei Italian pianist conductor died in London aged 80.
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New York
Marie Siegel
Siegel
Siegels
Mamaro Neck
London
Italy
Tito Mattei
Campobasso
Naples
Mattei
Maria di Gand
Tim Sullivan Dies in Ireland at 87
Dublin reports the death of Timothy Daniel Sullivan a renowned Irish patriot journalist and author of God Save Ireland aged 87. A 20 year nationalist in the house of commons he served two months in jail under the Coercion Act and two years as lord mayor of Dublin.
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Dublin
Ireland
Timothy Daniel Sullivan
God Save Ireland
House of Commons
Clark Praises Wilson as He Opposes Panama Tolls Repeal
In Washington March 31 Speaker Clark closed the house debate opposing repeal of the Panama canal tolls exemption while praising President Wilson. He rejected personal criticism of the president, defended party unity, and proposed suspending the exemption for two years. He challenged the notion that exemption violated the Hay-Paunceforte treaty and urged maintaining sovereignty while warning against shipping subsidies. The session drew a large crowd as lawmakers debated the issue and exposed partisan clashes over Wilson's policy. Also noted, Lyman L. Dryer, claimed oldest Mason in Indiana, died in Dayton, Indiana.
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Washington, D. C
Clark
House
Democratic Party
House Democrats
Wilson
New York World
America
Panama
Humphrey
Washington
Underwood and
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Burlington
Cross
Schick
Snyder
Council Bluffs
M. B. Snyder
Maloney
Ilinois
Sweetheart
Koetters
Wooer
East End
Jones
Springfield
Norman L. Jones
Greene County
Francis E. Baldwin
Jacksonville
Charles
Andrus
Thomas F. Merrill
Thomas Worthington
Tore Ost
Zephyrs
Muskogee
Okla
Marie Scott
Samuel Pearce
Albany
N. Y
Grey Springs
Mississippi Valley Association
DR. Wiley Babe
Financial Straits
Tim Sullivan
Indiana
Dayton
Ind
Lyman Lewis Dryer
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