Relief Efforts Rock Italy After Devastating Earthquake
Southern Italy and Sicily receive aid as soldiers and refugees move to Naples. California reports earthquake shocks at Messina and Stromboli. The king and queen aid survivors while Congress approves 800000 for relief. Ambassadors Griscom and the Bayern ship supplies to Messina amid martial law and evacuations.
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Italy
Sicily
Naples
Lipari Islands
Messina
Taomina
Stromboli
Stromboli Island
Griscom
Suez
Rome
Congress
Roosevelt
Count Taverna
Red Cross
Reggio
Canary Islands
New York
Bayern
Civita Vecchia
Zermatt
Switzerland
Roosevelt approves steel merger and probes drop
Washington notes report Roosevelt told Senate he approved the absorption of Tennessee Coal and Iron by United States Steel and instructed the attorney general not to respond to a prosecution inquiry. Other items include treaties with Colombia and Panama, fitness tests for naval officers, and several Supreme Court decisions.
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Roosevelt
Senate
Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
United States Steel Corporation
Bonaparte
United States
Colombia
Panama
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Company
Chicago & Alton Railway Company
Faithorn
Wann
Grand Jury
Washington
Jules M. Waterbury
Oregon
Idaho
Shurtlett Elected Illinois House Speaker for Third Time
Edward D. Shurtlett of Marengo was elected speaker of the Illinois house of representatives for the third time by a coalition of Democrats and anti administration Republicans. Walter Zeller of Vineland New Jersey 19 years old was found guilty of murdering his grandfather. Former President Castro had a relapse after surgery in Berlin and his condition was critical. J Harry McMillan a millionaire miner was arrested in Tonopah Nevada on charges of passing worthless checks. Former President Castro operated on by Lt. Israel in Berlin and is doing well. Wanted in Chicago on embezzlement charges Herman Paley a theatrical agent was arrested in Seattle and admitted guilt.
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Edward D. Shurtlett
Marengo
Il Nois
House of Representatives
Walter Zeller
Vineland
N. J
Castro
Berlin
J. Harry McMillan
Tonopah
Nev
Fires and deaths hit multiple towns in midwest report
The dismembered body of Rev. John J. Carmichael was found in a church near Columbus after being burned. Dean Frederick Howard of Drake University was killed by morphine in Iowa. Chicago fire caused nearly a million dollars in damage. The TNinois club house and its art collection burned. Springfield Baldwin theater fire endangers the business district. Four men died and others escaped after the steamer Samuel collided with a raft in Green River near Rockport Kentucky. Mutinous Chinese soldiers fought government troops near Mukden with heavy casualties reported.
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John J. Carmichael
Columbus
St. Clair County
Michigan
Frederick Howard
Drake University
Towa
Chicago
Tninois Club
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Crimes and Local Moves
Fugitive Louis Hamon known as Cheiro the Palmist faces embezzlement charges in France. Minneapolis real estate broker Harry Dunham dies by suicide while about to be arrested. AAU suspensions reversed for several athletes. United States Steel announces new profit sharing. Possible Venezuela reappointment for William Russell as tensions ease. Dominion surveyors report Eskimo party missing near Winnipeg. Russian steamer Sviatoslav sinks with 384 dead. Paul Finn murders his mother in New York. Media Pa murder trial defense closed. $15,000,600 moving picture merger announced in New York. Nebraska Iowa and eastern states form incubator alliance. Three South Carolina blacks lose elections in Congress. Detroit bank exec Potter dies by suicide. Iowa reports on gas, schools, courthouses, and urban projects across towns.
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Louis Hamon
America
Europe
Cheiro
Palmist
Plain John Warner
France
Harry C. Dunham
Minneapolis
Melvin W. Sheppard
Fred Bellares
George V. Ronhag
Charles J. Bacon
Marty Porter
John Lee
Buchanan
Gomez
Dominion
Winnipeg
Fort Churchill
Tucson Bay
Maj
Moody
Mounted Police
Peltier
Paul C. Finn
New York
Florence Erb
Catherine Bessel
Media
J. Clayton Erb
Beisel
Erb
Moving Picture
Nebraska
Iowa
Burlington
United States
South Carolina
Congress
Henry C. Potter, Jr
The
People’s State Bank of
Detroit
Mich
Thea Pera Marquette Railroad
Des Moines Regulated Telephone Firms Seek Iowa**
Independent telephone groups in Iowa press for state regulation or Nebraska style supervision. They have met with Governor, incoming governor, attorney general, and the railroad commission to secure a winter enactment of the Nebraska law or a general public utilities commission to oversee telephone business.
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Des Moines
Telephone People
Iowa
State Railroad Commission
Nebraska
Railroad Commission
New York
Kennedy
Sioux City
William Ellis
Milwaukee Railroad Company
Riverside
Milwaukee
Foe
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Washington Notes
Iowa News
Fairfield Gas and Electric Company
Iowa State College
Jasper County
Newton
Grundy Center
Iowa Construction Company
Cedar Falls
Lura Phillips
Henry Marshall
Matt Parrott & Sons Company
Waterloo
Wm. Westphal
Davenport
Moscow City
Jack Selyers
John Conro
Sam Mercer
Greenfield
Adair County
Marshall County
Marshalltown
Knoxville
W. S. Bibby
R. J .Welch
Bilby
Dan Vorhees
Murray
James Games
Bloomfield Democrat
John Tetrie
Council Bluffs
United States Grand Jury
N. A. Crawford
Tetrie
Jocks
Denison
Tierman Jocks
Goodrich
Mary Stallisworth
Poliice
Stewart
Edward McNamara
Grafton
Martin McNamara
Worth County
Hoe
Corcoran
Hesata
Jamison
First National Bank
Chariton
Literary Magazine of
Albla
Hiteman
Buxton
Dayton
Federal
Esterville
Oskaloosa
National Refining Company
Frrederick Sargent
O. A. Byington
Iowa City
LeGrand Byington
Linn County
Ingledue
Billy
University
A. T. Hukill
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Ohio
Greater
Anna Brown
Spencer
Swisher Brothers
Grinnell
Creston
Cumberland Branch
Mable
Dave Meeks
Polk County
Bar of Justice
Saame Court
Clarence van der Wert
Wort Des Moines
Anamosa
van der Wert
Thomas Loftus
Dubuque
Loftue
Bank and Insurance
Rock Island
Iowa Falls
Cedar Rapids
Muir
William D. Lewis
Walnut Street
Johnstown
First Congregational Church
Maquoketa
Lora L. Richardson
E County
Frederick John Alber
Office of Auditor of State
Bleakly
Garst
Alber
State Senate
J. I. Carroll
John L. Bleakly
C. C. Heer
W. M. Lewis
B. F. Carroll
C. B. Ellis
E.nds
C.B. Wills
Monroe County
Lewis
State House
B. I. Carroll
Warren Garst
W. Co. Wayward
W. W. Morrow
Byers
Riggs
Warren Garet
Assembly
Polk
John B. Sullivan
F H. Hunter
Meers
Mr. Hunter
Collea
Sullivan
Hunter
Isaac Drandt
Compion
Barr
Tomain
Dea’Mo
Dra
Carroll
Bloomfie
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