Senate Passed Control Bill Amid House Parley
Des Moines March 22 Special The senate approved the bill for state educational institutions control by 32 to 16. In the house a two cent fare bill faces a parliamentary clash as minority reports favor passage while majority reports seek postponement. The ensuing maneuvering signals a tangle over the bill and potential further action tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Senate
Board of
House
Committee On Railroads
Wise
Lundt
van Baton
DeMar
Lowrey
Roosevelt Hears Beef Packers Case Conference
President Roosevelt met with Attorney General Moody Secretary Taft and James Fr. Garfield to discuss Judge Humphrey’s adverse Chicago beef packers ruling. Moody will study the law to decide if government appeal is viable.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Moody
Taft
James FR. Garfield
Chicago
Humphrey
Heir to vast fortune born to Rockefeller family
A son was born to Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller Jr in New York on March 22 and is heir presumptive to the world’s greatest fortune. B F Yoakum of Rock Island and Frisco system underwent appendectomy with hopes of speedy recovery. A Grand Trunk freight train collision near Sarnia Ontario killed firemen Crapp and Hughes from the freight crew.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
B. F. Yoakum
Port Huron
Miceli
Grand Trunk Railroad
Sarnia
Ontario
Port Hinton
Crapp
Hughes
Ohio Road Blockade Near Wooster in Drift Scene
A drift on the Cleveland and Southwestern traction line between Wooster and Berea halted traffic five miles north of Wooster since 7:00 last night. Three cars and fifty added passengers were stranded until morning, rescued by local farmers and liverymen who dispatched three sleighs to the scene.
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Wooster
Ohio
Cleveland and Southwestern Traction
Berea
Special rule sends statehood bill to conference
Washington March 22 a special rule bringing the statehood bill to conference was offered by Dalzell as first business of the house today. The previous session adjournment was ordered by a vote of 149 to 124.
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Washington
Conerence
Dalzell
Har Andy
Roof Collapse at Tawa Dairy Separator Factory
Part of the roof fell on a factory room causing alarm but no injuries. Workers escaped as the roof crashed through the ceiling. Inca lodge of Royal Arcanum held a big meeting in K of B Pagl last evening with several candidates initiated and a dance to follow.
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Tawa Dairy Separator Company
Inca Lodge
Royal Arcanum
Mitchell's Motion Lost in Central District Conference
In Indianapolis the joint conference of operators and miners in the central competitive district rejected Mitchell's move to appoint a sub-committee to refer differences. Most operators opposed, except Robins of western Pennsylvania. Reported aim was to propose restoring the 2 year old scale to the sub-committee. J A Smith reports his son Osetr is safe and returning home soon after a trip.
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Indianapolis
Mitchell
Robins
Pennsylvania
J. A. Smith
Osetr
Governor responds to Gilliland resolution on railroad lobby
Des Moines reports Gov. Cummins rebukes the Gilliland resolution as flat and evasive. He reiterates claims that railroad lobbies spent money and manufactured public opinion to influence lawmakers while denying bribery by any assembly member. The governor accuses lobbyists of attempting to dominate politics and cites ongoing investigations and hotel registers as clues to their numbers.
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Des Moines
Washington
Allroad
Assembly
Dee Maines
Hangs Await Decisions On Busse And Smith
Iowa house committee considers commuting Louis Busse to life imprisonment ahead of an April 20 hanging while Joseph Smith faces a potential April 13 execution at Fort Madison. Warden Hunter reports Busse nervous but calm, Smith unconcerned as Monore County notes proceed.
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Des Moines
Maren
House Committee On Pardons
Louis Busse
Halkroid
Dawson
Wisi Busse
Busse
House
Joseph Smith
Monroe County
Smith
Fort Madison
Hunter
Anamosa
Bussé
Butler County
Bremer County
Ranmasa
Dusse
Tig BO
Jones
Port Madison
Rocker
Lyon County
State Supreme Court
Tin
Roskin
Supreme Court
Great Gale at Clear Lake
A terrible gale at Gleat Lake on Wednesday piled up ice and damaged lake shore properties. A 160 acre flag broke loose and drifted to the town shore. cement walls sidewalks lawns and docks suffered serious damage. ice harvest halted and equipment damaged.
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Gleat Lake
Hand Badly Injured at Iowa Dairy Separator Co
EM Margritz, a factory worker, suffered severe injuries at a stamping machine. The left hand lost index and middle fingers. third finger severed and amputated after attempts to save parts. Right hand lost thumb and index finger. He is about twenty years old and had been employed briefly. The notice also lists a Spiritualist event with W D Noyes and wife in Utica, N Y, at Federal Labor hall Sunday at 7:45 p.m.
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EM Margritz
Iowa Dairy Separator Co
Physicans
Margrils
Editorial Attack on Waterloo Politics Journalistic Mudslinging
A Waterloo editorial denounces a Morning Tomancer article as false and inflammatory. It accuses the piece of misrepresentation and mudslinging about council attendance and a proposed sewer plan, claiming the paper falsified records and slandered local leaders.
Keller not indicted in drunken husband shooting
Fort Dodge grand jury declined to indict Mrs. Donn Keller after she shot her husband in the abdomen when catching him with a female companion. He was wounded but not fatally, and was expected to recover. Bernice Gibeant was taken into custody at her Ankeny Street home.
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Fort Dodge
Grand Jury
Donn Keller
Misa Bernice Gibeant
Ankeny Street
Saloon Corrections Under Law Stir Local Debate
Saloon men are pressed to correct irregularities under the law as County Attorney Mears closes two Waterloo saloons. One closed for missing written property-holder consent. another for lacking consent across Fourth Street facing the Century building. Temperance leaders distance themselves while lawmen warn others to comply. John B. Hammond hints a public statement may be issued after a temperance committee meeting.
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Meirs
Carl White
Peter Wagner
Sycamore Street
White
Wagner
Fourth Street
Mears
Rainbow
Alfred Schroeder
A. J. Cushman
Roy Cushman
George van Arsdel
van Arado
John B. Hammond
Temperance People
M.C. A
Waterloo
Uie P
Ferry Funeral to Be Held at Home Friday
The W. W. Ferry funeral is set for Friday afternoon at the West Fourth Street home, with the remains in state from 9:30 to 11:00. Attendees include Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Reitzel of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fry of Stonx Falls, South Dakota. The city druggists' association handles arrangements and Waterloo merchants will pallbear. The body will be laid to rest in Elmwood Cemetery.
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W. W. Ferry
West Fourth Street
J. R. Reitzel
Chicago
Joel Fry
Stonx Falls
South Dakota
Drugeiais’ Association
Waterloo
Elmwood Cemetery
Wreck at Duncombe Kills Waterloo Fireman and Rider
A passenger No 1 train bound from Waterloo collided with a freight near Duncombe at 4 AM. Walter Cutting, an Iowa Falls born Waterloo fireman, was killed. engineer O M Brown and Ed Stark were hurt. Roy Wood the other fireman were injured while the crash damaged two locomotives and several freight cars. The wreck left crews seeking cause as trains were delayed and families notified.
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O. M. Brown
Ed. Stark
Roy Wood
Waterloo
Cutting
Widow
Babe
Winds Central
Duncombe
Walter Cutting
Ireman
Oscar M. Brown
Iddl
Stark
Freman
Fort Dodge
Angive
Ed, Stark
Diuneonthe
Webster City
Koney Smith
Joe, McNamara
Wainute
Dinscontha
Brown
Firaman Cutting
Mtr
Ulha
McNamara
Brent
Todd
Omaha
Walter Cutling
Trafic
Port Lodge
Pussene Peer Tramn
Uwell
Wacers Laokett
Tietht O'Glock
Bennett
Wire
Min Kopler
No. C
McGarehy
Ae Cleales
Giapadengey
Uhta
Janey
F. M. Jones
Fort
Dodge
Wiser
Weterlos Fils
Wood
Mygine Wit
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Cummins
Gillis
W. Hoxie
Warder Hunter
Clear Lake
W. D. Noyes
Utica
N. Y
WHL
Federal Labor Hall
Tomancer
Munchausen
Alon
Hildebrand
Wrench
Kurth
Rector
Byrnes
Smilth
Vale
Sedgwick
Dynes Smith Vale Mingworth Kurth
French
Ulingworth
Smith and
West
R. G. Thompson
People of
Citizens Ticket
Connell
Quar
Ferry
Illinois Central
Iowa Falls
Tauly
Railroml Jien
Reek Island
Bealdes
Town Falls
Mlveds
Gervlea
Rabhis
Orvis
Cemaine
Cling Wag
Maple Street
Cwo
Canduetar Wm
Medel
Stark Was Not Seriously Insured. Arr. Riedel
HH. W. Brown
Dulalx
Lou Smith
Walter E. Cutting
Maw
E.W. Went
Denver
Col
Ralloud
Thit Noy
Wadge
Walter BE. Cutting
Fingin Canral Freman
Ounceambe
Warerlog
Tewa
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