Diplomatic Honor for Iowa Man Dawson Named Special Ambassador
Washington June 1 Thomas C. Dawson of Council Bluffs former Des Moines resident will receive one of the highest honors in diplomatic service. He now serves as minister to Panama and has recently completed missions in Honduras and Nicaragua. He sails June 22 as special ambassador to Venezuela with Mrs. Dawson and a suite of attaches.
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Welhington
Towan
Thoms C. Dawson
Council Bluffs
Des Moinés
Dawson
Panama
Honduras
Nic.aragis
Venezuela
Cummins
Highlands
Miss Haugen
Maingen
Yeré
Europe
Appointment Ends Judicial Vacuum in Fifteenth District
Des Moines June 13. Governor Carroll appointed Thomas Arthur of Logan to the Fifteenth Judicial district vacancy caused by Judge Green’s resignation who was elected to Congress. Arthur is known as a strong standpatter and has run for judge before, near winner several times.
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Des Moines
Carroll
Fifteenth Judicial District
Thomas Arthur
Logan
Green
Congress
Arthur
Mason Survives 70 Foot Fall From Tower
Hawarden June 18 In a fall from a tower Mason employed by the Hawarden Sand and Gravel company dropped 70 feet while lowering cables between towers. He suffered multiple broken ribs a broken nose head injuries and internal injuries but is in the care of a physician and a trained Sioux City nurse. He is expected to recover and return home to Chicago.
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Hawarden
John Masorow
Hawarden ‘Sand and Gravel Company
York
Mason
Sioux City
Ty Thicago
Propeller Wreck at Grave Sparks Racing Incident
Davenport air race meet sees Bar ner crash after propeller hits headstone at Maud I. Davenport grave site. Bar ner narrowly avoids a spill as graveyard damage and wreckage disrupt the event. Sunday School session in Cedar Rapids criticizes Sunday amusements and urges moral public office standards. 590 delegates registered at Waterloo convention.
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Davenport
Jane
Jane Barder
Barner
Maud
Femons
Cedar Rapids
Tawa State Sunny School Association
Waterloo
Sugar Trust Under Fire Before House Committee
Washington reports on the American Sugar Refining company as B. Im. Atkins testifies to the House sugar trust investigation. He details New England stockholders gaining control in 1910, Havemeyer’s small stake, and the 1887 formation to reduce production costs. The case probes antitrust and interstate commerce violations while Lorimer probes continue in Illinois.
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Washington
American Sugar Refining Company
B. IM. Atkina
House Sugar Trust Ivestigatiing Committee
New England
H. C. Havemeyer
Havemeyer
Alling
Atkins
New
Samuel Carr
Charles H. Allen
William B. Thomas
Edward Marston
New England Syndicate
James @. Beck
American Sugar Being Company
Hardwick
Bay State Refining Company
Madison
Kansas
United States
Atkina
At~ Xing
Lorimer
Panic hits July wheat in Chicago trade
The July wheat market collapsed as sellers pressured prices amid hedging speculation. Prices tumbled from near 87 cents to an extreme low around 85 1/2 cents, with a brief bounce to 86 1/4 cents as traders reeled from the sharp reversal and unsettled nerves about the new crop outlook.
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Chicago
Bull Clique
Single Tax Speech Made in the House
In Washington on Saturday the House debated the Democratic wool tariff. Henry George Jr backed single taxation and government ownership of railroads while Rep Francis of Ohio opposed any duty cut on raw wool. George argued for land value taxation and predicted public ownership of public utilities, prompting questions on applying land tax to railroads.
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Washington
Henry George, Jr
Francis
Ohio
House of Representatives
George
Governor snubbed by Winthrop seniors in diplomas gesture
In Columbia on June 13, Winthrop College seniors demanded that Dr R B Johnson award diplomas instead of Governor C L Pleas. The petition cites longstanding discontent with Pleas and marks a shift from the governor officiating as ex officio chairman of the trustees.
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Columbia
S. C
Gov. C. L
Winthrop College
R. B. Johnson
South Carolina
Board of Trusters
Johnson
Blease
New York
Woodrow Wilson
University of South Carolina
Calumbie College
Woman Politician Ends Life With Pistol in Denver
Denver, June 13. Edith Culbertson a republican candidate for Denver county schools superintendent shot herself at home. A note suggested personal safety concerns. Her husband Sydney Culbertson said they married this morning. Edith Culbertson aged 36 was a Vassar graduate.
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Denver
Colo
Edith Culbertson
Ody
Storm in New York Causes Great Damage
New York date June 13 five dead five missing and property losses near one million dollars after a two day storm across New York and surrounding areas. Torrents boost Croton watershed reservoirs while lightning at Craven Point blinds a passenger on a moving ferris wheel causing a scary panic. Several mills in Paterson New Jersey are toppled and streets flood in multiple towns.
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New York
Anyiong
Croton
Craven Point
aPiterson
New Jersey
Reciprocity Bill Certain To Pass In June Boston
Boston reports Taft opposed to the Root amendment yet says its adoption does not violate any formal agreement. Taft’s Chicago speech and White House talks with Senators and Representatives forecast a July passage, with the Root amendment seen as potentially perfecting the pact. Other notes cite internal revenue tax debate and a California oil lands case against the Southern Pacific.
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Boston
Chicago
Taft
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Washington
Smoot
Utah
White House
Smoot An
Cullom
Senate
Representative McCall
Massachusetts
Bacon
Georgia
Bystander killed in labor quarrel in Cleveland
Cleveland Ohio June 12 one man dead mother as under arrest charged with first degree murder and six others under arrest charged with disorderly conduct following today s developments in a strike of 3000 garment workers Pickets stationed before the H Black company plant clashed with police causing the fatal shooting George Ze muh 8 Leamatee a stranger to the dispute died four hours after being shot beneath the heart and groin Those charged with disorderly conduct include Milky Josephine Casey an organizer from Chicago and five other pickets who hooted the police and jeered workers in the factory
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Cleveland
Ohio
H. Black
Milky Josephine Casey
Chicaso
H. Black Company
Americans Triumph in Polo Cup Showdown
New York June 12 British cavalry officers outridden and outmaneuvered to lose to American players 4 to 1 at Meadowbrook. The victory ends England’s hopes of reclaiming the International polo cup in a decisive match.
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New York
Labor trouble ended at Southern railway dispute
Washington June 12 reports say the two week mediation between the Southern railway company and 14 firemen has ended with both sides making concessions. The dispute over wages and working conditions was resolved, ending the labor trouble.
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Washington
Southern Railway Company
Mada Con
Ceavlona
Bradstreet and Dan Report on Business June outlook
Bradstreet and Dan survey business conditions noting weak tariff expectations and steady textile activity. US business failures rise to 2233 for week ending June 8, while demand grows for agricultural implements and railroad orders. Pig tin prices climb to record highs in London as confidence slowly improves and manufacturers adjust to income and cost pressures.
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Bradstrest
Peo Deller
United States
Canada
Dun
London
Carrie Nation Ends Her Unique Career
Leavenworth Kansas, June 12. Carrie Nation died at 7 05 p m in a local sanatorium from paresis after months of ill health and a nervous breakdown. Relatives were telegraphed but only a nurse and Dr Sulwalsky attended her. Authorities link stress from lawsuits against a lecture bureau to her decline.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Carie Nation
Kansas
Killer shoots wife after dream in Denver restaurant
Augustus Niiams Marshall killed his wife by firing eight shots in a Denver restaurant on Eighteenth Street after dreaming she had been unfaithful. The 45 year old man shot Mrs Marshall, 28, at the establishment run by Mrs. Marshall and George Chute, who Marshall suspected of intrigue.
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Denver
Colo
Augustus Niiams Marshall
Resaurant
Eighteenth Street
Marshall
Busie Guth
Ponca, Jeb
Slorpe
Some Tie
Kiss After Joy Ride Causes Shooting in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh Janes, C F Ui wife of business operator was shot today. C R Shaunqua and Sam Dausen with a woman Sma Muller were arrested. The shooting occurred in the auto audience as the party returned home. Mrs Hi threw herself in front of Stagh and was shot in the side. she is expected to recover.
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Pittaburg
Janes
Mee
C.F Ui
Wwemlthy
C. R. Shaun Qua
Sam Dausen
Sma Muller
Hii
Hotowlig
Deaton
Almed
Rteun
Hersolf
Stagh
July Wheat Drops in Chicago Market
July wheat futures fell in Chicago trading as selling pressured the op ton price and left the market demoralized. Despite efforts by traders in Winnipeg to push July wheat to lower levels, strong cash market support from large holders prevented a complete collapse.
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Chicago
Tawrers
Winnipeg
Muffalo
Chinese Student Shoots Woman After Rejection at Orono
A Chinese student at the University of Maine fired four revolver shots at Miss Christine Shaw, a former University of Sekines graduate and Orono High School teacher, after she refused his marriage proposal. She survived, and the student faced questioning over alleged mental strain and motive to harm.
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Christine Shai
Orono
Sues Moe
Link
Arte
Oronpatient
Linn
Misa Shaw
Miss Shaw
University of Sekines
Reene
Mixa Shaw
Weste Inn
the Eye
Dian Mielata
Wife of publisher killed in automobile accident
Pittsburg Kan June 10 Mrs J Howe Wayland wife of the editor of the Appeal to Reason died after an auto crash last night. The steering gear failed and the car veered into a ditch striking a pole, she sustaining skull injuries and dying in the car. She was 29 and married six years ago. A private stenographer to Mr Wayland, she and her husband were in the car with two children and Mrs Clem ents of Indiana who was visiting. No other passenger injured.
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Pittsburg
Kan
J. Howa Ree
Reason
Biiahed Ae Peneness
Todi
Tillabandy
Mra
Clements
Indiana
Wayland
Sane Fing
Han Hos
Wits
Or Appeal To Reason
Stenog
Automobile Party
Union Women Urged to Marry Union Men
Boston June 10 Mrs Frances Robins of Chicago spoke at a national conference of women’s trade union leagues urging union women to marry union men. She argued wages for women workers are too low and called for strikes until protections promised by votes for women exist. She added a trade union wife should avoid marrying a non unionist, regardless of wealth or status.
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Boston
Almple Comfort
Fraymond Robins
Chicago
Wilson Refuses to Sign a Liquor Bill
A Burlington County Liquor Dealers Association delegation urged Governor Wilson to sign a bill making misrepresenting age to obtain liquor a misdemeanor. Governor Harmon declined, saying the bill’s provision impaired its merit. The temperance side argued it would hinder convictions against minor-sales. Also appears: notes on American and Russian industry and a Massachusetts population drop per the last census.
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Trenton
N. d
Burlington County Liquor Dealers
State House
Wilson
Nathan Smith
Burlington
Association
F. J. Cutter
Richard Tharmb
Mount Holly
Edward Reading
Florence
Gilbert Troms
John
S. Conway
David Atkinson
Jame Brennan
Paul Flood
James M Davis
Davis
Harmon
Ohl
Toshington
Wad
Aldrich
Rhode Island
United States
Russia
Massachusetts
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Maude A
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Gree
W.ny
Pia Rest Gation
Pinerd
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Tih
Torn Belt Telephone Company
Pull
Towo
Fe Moines
Supreme Court de Hojo
Whee
Wynn
Alta
George Devring
Western Elevator Company
Tinny Lake
Smeany
SUGAR
Gant Octopus
Epeditt
Sumnone
Leo O'Nell Browne
Hinda House
Edward Tiden
Clarence 5
Punk
International Harvester Company
Llinis
Fime
Girls’ College
Francisco
Sian Fryquince
John F. Seymour
D. A White
Beawell
White
Police
Warburton
Imea
Southern Pacific Railroad
Caliornia
MT Wade
Ionally
Garment
Bradstreet
Dan
Carrie Nation
Baya
J. H. Wayland
Girard, Kan
Raymond Robins
Minora
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