Woman murdered mystery linked to box car evidence
Slay woman and stash clothes in a box car sparks an investigation in Aurora Oregon. A bloodstained garment and a revolver are found in a lumber car from South Bend to Washington. A German grammar with Elsie Day of Springfield Oregon written inside suggests a missing student. Police pursue leads while confirming Day is alive in Des Moines Iowa. Authorities note clues point to a man with blunt fingers from fingerprints found on the car door. Miss Alice McCormick of Springfield cannot explain the book left by Day.
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Aurora
South Bend
Washington
Elsie Helba
Springfield
Ore
Des Moines
Miss Day
Alice McCormick
Alfred Love
Jows
Spokane
Wash
D. H. Smith
Unionville
Iowa
Miss McCormack
Karrisburg
Militants Lose Ground in Fight for Woman Suffrage
Chancellor Lloyd George says militant tactics have turned public opinion against granting parliamentary franchise to women in the British Isles. He told three deputations that passage is impossible while militancy continues, and the public opposes it.
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Osterd
Eng
Lloyd George
British Isles
Rees Named Commissioner for Mediterranean Exposition
Thomas Rees editor and owner of the Springfield Register and former state senator was appointed commissioner general to the countries bordering the Mediterranean for the Panama Exposition. He declined a prior offer to South America due to travel aboard a war vessel with Mrs Rees. He will accompany the Mediterranean trip.
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Washington
Thomas Rees
Springfield (1) Register
Mediterranean
Rees
South America
Stock Market Dullness Marked By Declining Interest
New York reports a unusually quiet week on the stock exchange with the dullest activity for this time of year in a decade. Trading was notably slow as many firms and individuals contemplate retirement from the street at year’s start. Holiday gratuities for employees are expected to be the smallest in years.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Weather Forecast for Rock Island and Vicinity Tonight
unsettled and colder weather tonight and Sunday with showers this afternoon or tonight. low tonight above freezing, moderate variable winds. 7 am temperature 69, highest yesterday 71, lowest last night 53. humidity 62 percent at 7 pm, 94 at midnight. no precipitation. phase of water 3.2, no change last 24 hours. astronomic events list evening stars Mercury Jupiter morning stars Saturn Mars Venus. Demon star Algol in Perseus near meridian at 11 pm.
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Rock Island
Davenport
Moline
Tam
J. M. Sherier
Mercury
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Constellation
Perseus
Fortune teller sparks a Kansas City tragedy
Agnes Fairbanks 20, living with her fiancé Donald Sargent 21, believed a spirit medium’s warning after a fortune reading. She shot herself the next day in a failed attempt to escape an unhappy marriage, amid claims the city’s clairvoyants drew support from police neglect.
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Kansas City
Agnes Fairbanks
Donald Sargent
Kas
Donald
Missouri
F. C. Kraas
Progressive Spiritual Church
State Highways Policy Aids Bridge and Road Planning
Springfield Nov 22 The State Highway Commission outlined future policies to examine and approve bridge plans from county superintendents and road officials and to prepare plans when requested by authorities. It will supply a competent supervisor if local authorities cover costs and will loan steam rollers with operators at actual wages where rollers are not used. Davenport church efficiency congress closes with officers elected P H Welshimer C L Depew J N Thouser Molly Jane Reed E J Meacham.
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Springfield
State Highway Commission
Naonal Church Efficiency Congress
Davenport
P. H. Welshimer
Canton
Ohio
C. L. Depew
Jacksonville
J. N. Thouser
Molly Jane Reed
Cincinnati
E. J. Meacham
Cincinnat
Mitchell Pressed For Labor Chief Amid Convention Turmoil
At the AFL convention in Seattle the fight over leadership intensifies as John Mitchell backs John P. White for vice president and seeks control, while resisting replacing Samuel Gompers. A federal probe into copper land theft and a split in the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers are also on the agenda, with a tentative unanimous copper resolution expected. The Mexican intervention issue is condemned for armed action.
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Seattle
Wash
American Federation of Labor
Committee On
Michigan
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
John Mitchell
John P. White
Mine Workers
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Mitchell
Gompers
John H. Walker
United Mine Workers
Western Federation of Miners
Canada Town Is Swept by Flame
Levis Quebec November 22 Saint Marie a town of 1600 inhabitants was swept by fire today and 150 houses destroyed. The fire was raging unchecked at 10 o clock and fire apparatus was sent from here. The damage is reported to be 200000 dollars.
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Levis
Quebec
Saint Marie
Man divorces wife to let her wed her lover in Indiana
Fred E. Barrows of Mishawaka sought and gained a divorce on infidelity in South Bend on November 22. He screened his wife from questioning and offered her custody of their two infants with a provision she would return them part of each year.
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South Bend
Ind
Fred E. Barrows
Mishawaka
Barrows
Fictitious debt blamed for Frisco failure
In Washington the Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry into the Frisco receivership outlines causes of the collapse. It cites a fictitious indebtedness of 40 million dollars created by large commissions to bankers and brokers and promoter profits on feeder lines. Yoakum and associates are named for inflated sale prices and hefty profits. Annual interest on the bogus debt exceeded 1.6 million dollars. Director W K Bixby reports a personal $115000 loss from the syndicate promotion.
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St Bens
Ciere
E. E. Brown
Examiner
Interstate Commerce Commissi
Washington
Frisco
Congress
Southwest
B. F. Yoakum
Texas
Francisco
Yoakum
Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Race Feud Sparks Lodging House Slaying Report
Armenian laborer found dying with a bullet wound in the eye in a southwestern Chicago lodging house. A Greek man murdered a week earlier in the same building under similar circumstances fuels theory of a Greek Armenian feud. Sixty suspects are under arrest.
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Chicago
Six Cities Vie For G O P Convention Site
Washington November 22. Cities including Chicago Indianapolis Philadelphia Detroit Cincinnati and Washington press a vigorous campaign to influence national committee members who may choose the site for a special Republican convention to revise party rules and practices.
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Washington
Chicago
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cincinnati
Convention Movement Gains Momentum In Des Moines Plan
Local civic and trade bodies contrast with national committee views as discussions intensify about holding a party convention. Advocates led by Senator Cummins push for a March gathering to reorganize party rules before the congressional campaign opens, while the committee in town December 16 will decide on advisability.
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National Committee
Cummins
Harvard Yale clash caps day of grid and track events
Harvard defeated Yale 15 to 5 in football at Cambridge as 47000 spectators attended, with Harvard leading early and Yale finishing strong. Wisconsin beat Chicago in wind driven conditions and Watson of Minnesota won the Big Nine cross country meet in 26 minutes 44 seconds. Wisconsin took team honors, Illinois second.
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Columbus
Ohio
Watson
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
St Joseph Girl Clerks Call $5 Wage Too Small
Missouri Senate special committee report on wages for women and children in major cities notes 50 employees from candy clothing stores and restaurants testified. Average store wage for girls and women around 5 dollars a week. many rely on relatives for support. Employers claim comparable pay to other cities. The report follows note of labor day founder Father Day dead and Gettysburg student injury death.
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DI. Joseph
Missouri Senate
Jessie Wilson Wedding Cake and Gifts Across Cities
New York reports Jessie Wilsons 145 pound cake sent to Washington with 2000 small cakes in white boxes. Washington notes cake is 22 inches by 9 inches and not elaborate, replies to public requests. A live possum gift to President Wilson arrives at the zoo, with a humorous letter about potatoes and final yellow yams. Cincinnati reports a home products committee telegram congratulating Jessie on an American made marriage outfit.
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New York
Jessie Wilson
Washington
White House
Wilson
J. W. Wood
Roxie
Miss
Cincinnati
Ohio
Home Products Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Federals Close On Juarez As Villa Pulls Troops East
El Paso reports federal forces within 32 miles of Juarez with Villa sending 3,000 more men south to load onto trains. Villa concentrates troops 10 miles east of Juarez after placing 1,000 along the railroad. Also: Bryan denies Britain protest over warships near Mexico. New Hampshire sails toward Vera Cruz. Chester escorts refugees to Havana. talks of U.S. recognition for the northern Mexican territories. Other items note Huerta, Ixtapalapa mutiny probes, and France's Edward Lockroy passes away.
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el Paso
Texas
Juares
Villa
Juarez
Associated Press
Washington
Kennal Fletcher
New Hampshire
Tuxpam
Vera Cruz
General Aguilar
Tuxpan
Tampico
Chester
Madero
Havana
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Huerta
Cleveland Day Sundays enforcement of liquor laws tighter
Cleveland police ordered strict Sunday observance of liquor laws. Saloons and cigar stands must close from midnight Saturday to Monday opening, no entry for bookkeeping Sunday, staff barred from working, blinds kept up, and downtown cafes barred from Sunday restaurant service.
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Cleveland
Poli 2
In Fight Over a Bridge
Washington November 22 A senate commerce subcommittee heard a Cummins bill to authorize the Inter-City Bridge company to span the Mississippi between Keokuk Iowa and Hamilton Illinois. The plan uses a dam built by a power firm and faces opposition from the Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge company led by Theodore Gilman and J H Cole who operate the existing crossing.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Inter-City Bridge Company
Mississippi
Keokuk
Iowa
Hamilton
Ill
Theodore Gilman
J. H. Cole
Keokuk and Hamilton Bridge Company
Seven Years for German Banker
Dortmund Germany Nov 22 After a trial of 114 days Herr Ohm managing director of the Mieder deutsche bank which failed with liabilities of 12 000 000 in 1919 was sentenced to seven years for wrecking the bank and appropriating its funds The poorer classes lost heavily.
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Dortmund
Germany
Herr Ohm
Miederdeutsche Bank
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