Juror Mixup Delays Polk County Murder Trial
A jury mixup occurs in the Forest Gillette murder case in Polk County when a nonselected juror remains in the box and participates until the error is discovered. Two jurors from the panel misread statuses, causing confusion as W. G. Thompson and R. E. Ewing swapped roles and the trial began with the mistaken juror present.
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Bes Moines
Criminal Court
Polk County
Forest Gillette
Nick Tham
W. G. Thompson
R. E. Ewing
Thompson
Ewing
Maid rewarded in will after 30 years service
Miss Mary Zatechka, a long serving maid in the Birchard home, is granted the Main Street residence for as long as she occupies it and remains unmarried. The remaining property is divided equally among Mr. Birchard's grandchildren.
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Marshalltown
A. T. Birchard
Mary Zatechka
Business Men to Aid Militia Campaign in Iowa
The chamber of commerce in Masons City unanimously pledges support to the drive to bring Companies A and D of the Second Infantry to full peace strength before summer camp. Inspections rated these units highly and the aim is to make them the largest. Sioux City and Fort Dodge outfits expected to compete strongly.
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Masons City
Chamber of Commence
Iowa
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Boys Find a Broken Rail on Rock Island Line
Francis and Forest Mc Mullen aged 11 and 9 discovered a broken rail on the Rock Island road at Rockford. They alerted the agent and were rewarded with new suits ten gold pieces and a trip to the pictures. Their quick action possibly prevented a wreck.
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Waterloo
Francis
Forest McMullen
Rock Island Road
Rockford
Pleads Not Guilty In Des Moines Murder Case
Mrs Aliie Haradon pleaded not guilty at arraignment on murder charges after authorities found a baby corpse at a city dump. She says she placed the body near the Salvation Army home expecting aid, having adopted the infant from a Bagley Indiana woman who was unhealthy.
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Des Moines
Aliie Haradon
Salvation Army
Bagley
Reward for a Body in Towa City Water
A reward of $1,000 will be paid to the man who recovers the body of Lavern Chapman a Water Joo student drowned in the towa river at Coralville when his canoe swamped at the dam. Frank W. Chapman father of the youth a Waterloo contractor aiding in the search made the offer.
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Towa City
Lavern Chapman
Water Joo
Towa
Coralville
Frank W. Chapman
Waterloo
Boy Killed by Lightning Near Council Bluffs
A 20 year old named Harry Wella was struck by lightning while in a yard with his brother near the Iowa Missouri line and killed instantly. A bolt also killed scores of head of live stock. Several barns burned and buildings sustained heavy damage in the same event.
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Bolt
Council Bluffa
Iowa-Missouri Line
Harry Wella
Frey to Receive Hero Medal for Bravery
Conrad Frey of Davenport will be presented with a fire department bravery medal. He recently saved the life of the infant child of Mr and Mrs H C Wichel at the Wichelman residence during a blaze. The child was rescued from the burning building.
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Conrad Frey
Daven
Fire Department
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H. C. Wicheleat
Wichélman
Tha
Hees
Plot to Steal Autos Extends Across Nation Says Waterloo
Local officers report a nationwide auto theft plot involving about thirty principals. Ford cars are taken in the night from many cities, driven to central points where identifying marks are removed, then shipped to western destinations through the middle years.
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Waterloo
Middle West
New York
Fonda State Champion Debating Team Wins at Iowa University
The Fonda debating team of Joe B. Tye Ade DeVaul and Homer Higgs Whitney won the state championship at Iowa University by a 2 to 1 vote. Twenty of twenty one judges favored Fonda citing an unmatched record for a state title winner.
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Fonda
Joe B. Tye
Ade DeVaul
Homer Higgs Whitney
Iowa University
Ionda
Miners Win Slight Raise in Des Moines Agreement
After six weeks of daily meetings the scale committee of the Iowa Coal Operators' association and United Mine Workers reached a settlement. Miners will receive 77 cents per ton for subdistrict No 2. Both sides expressed satisfaction with the settlement.
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Des Moines
Iowa Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
Police Car Collision Fatality In Sioux City
Miss Jennie Vi Jones prominent woman golfer from Towa was killed Thursday night at 11 on Fourth Street midway between Nebraska and Jackson when her car collided with a speeding police automobile responding to a call. authorities investigate cause and safety factors.
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Sioux City
Jennie Vi Jones
Towa
Fourth Street
Nebraska
Jackson Streets
Start Weed Campaign Now at Des Moines
Iowa farmers lose about 25 million dollars annually to weeds. L H Pammel of Iowa State College at Ames urges immediate action with steps: prevent seed, select clean seed, crop rotation with clover and payoff, use sheep for weed destruction, grow dense crops like sorghum or millet, plow shallowly after harvest, and expose roots to sun. A weed bulletin is available at the college.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Ames
State House Notes and Iowa Developments
Fostoria gains a new bank Farmers Savings bank of Fostoria incorporated with 15000 capital. Mitchellville girls reform school passes semi annual inspection with excellent conditions. Keokuk Mississippi River Power to build a 1500 sewage system at Fort Madison penitentiary to replace Lake Cooper disruption. Iowa January 1916 deaths total 2907 with causes pneumonia leading 464, heart disease 270, grip 413, apoplexy 194, tuberculosis 121, violent deaths 93. Polk county deaths 151. Oil inspection reports increased coal oil use for machinery heating and factory operation.
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Girls’ Reform School
Mitchellville
Mississippi River Power Company
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Lake Cooper
Iowa
State Board of Health
Polk County
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Iowa News Notes Highlight Graduates and Golf Gossip
Twenty eight Clear Lake high school students will graduate on June 2. Carrie Chapman Catt drew one of the largest crowds in Charles City on May 14. Swift Packing Company’s Sioux City plant talk gains from Louis Swift’s visit. Bersville school board awarded contracts for a new $35,000 consolidated building. The Weve Hixgon farm, midway between Belle Plaine and Marengo, Iowa, claims the most Clydesdale horses in the state and likely the nation, with over 70 on the property.
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Clear Lake
Carrie Chapman -Catt
Charles City
Swift
Sioux City
Louis Swift
Swift Packing Company
Bersville
Iowa
United States
Hixgon
Belle Plaine
Marengo
Hixdon
J AGREES TO U S TERMS ON UNWRITTEN AGREEMENT
President Wilson and his cabinet hear an optimistic border briefing from Secretary Baker after a El Paso conference with General Scott. Carranza and advisers gain clearer view of Washington motives, easing international tension following a Columbus raid era.
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Wilson
Saker
Scott
Carranza
el Paso
Funston
Obregon
Baker
Columbus
N. M
House Votes Flood Control Bill Cleared by House
The house passed a flood control measure by 180 to 53. It provides up to 45 million dollars for the Mississippi river and 5.6 million for the Sacramento river projects and moves to the senate for approval.
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Washington
Mississippi
Sacramento
House
Senate
Mississippi River
Mississippi River Commission
Sacramento River
California Debris Commission
Senate Adopts Army Bill After Debate On Mexican Issue
The Senate adopted the conference report on the army reorganization bill without a roll call after discussions on the Mexican situation the National Guard and the nitrate plant. The measure sets a peace strength regular army of 211000 and war strength about 60000 with a federalized National Guard up to 457000. Republicans and some Democrats opposed retaining the nitrate plant provision.
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Washington
National Guard
Senate
Bombardment Report From El Arish Egypt by British Forces
Official dispatch confirms that British warships and aircraft bombarded El Arish on the Egypt Palestine border. In a separate item from Bronx City May 20 a car collision killed Mise Jonnie Jones, holder of the Belt championship.
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London
el Arish
Egypt
Palestine
Bronx City
Mise Jonnie Jones
Irish Poet Arrested in Ireland Over Metal Disturbance
London reports poet Darrell Flegis known as Irieh was arrested in Ireland on Thursday in connection with a metal disturbance. He is confined in a military barracks.
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London
Darrell Flegis
Irieh
Ireland
Flegis
Meg-22 Corporal Kitten Rockwell Leads Atlanta Air Squad
Atlanta's Meg-22 Corporal Kitten Rockwell, a member of the American Aging squadron, drops German forces in a bold air operation. Details remain limited but the action signals a notable contribution from Rockwell aboard the craft.
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U. 8
Flyer
Kitten Rockwell
Atlanta
Raiders slain as Mexican bandits captured near Laguna del Fresno
Six bandits were shot as they tried to flee near Laguna del Fresno while about 75 others surrendered. Americans Jesse Deemer and Monroe Payne had been captured during Glen Springs and Boquillas raids and were rescued by Major Langhorne and Col. Sibley before the clash.
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Tex
Glen Springs
HitUlo
Laguna del Fresno
Langhorne
Sibley
Jesse Deemer
Monroe Payne
Boquillas
Deemer
Payne
Major Langhorne
Y. M. C. A. Hotel Dedication in Chicago
The Chicago Y M C A hotel dedicated after a three day program with leaders in religion and philanthropy. The 19 story building spans 96 to 166 feet of ground space, houses over 1800 sleeping rooms plus offices and recreation spaces, and cost above 1.35 million dollars funded by local businessmen. It aims to be self supporting with nominal patron charges and to serve visiting country youths seeking work or business footholds.
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Chicago
Berlin Warns Neutral Shipping Under International Law
Germany warns neutral governments that merchant ships flying neutral flags must follow international law when stopped by German submarines. If they turn toward a submarine they risk danger, according to a note presented to Secretary Lansing in Washington on May 18.
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Washington
Germany
Lansing
Birdsall Dies Suddenly Former Congressman Succumbs at Home
B P Birdsall former congressman for this district and successor to Col D B Henderson died suddenly after a brief illness at his home in Clarion May 18. Birdsall was well known statewide and served in Congress from 1902 to 1907.
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Clarion
B. P. Birdsall
D. B. Henderson
Mr. Birdsall
Congress
Mexican President Garianza Signals Tax Reform Plan
Washington dispatch from May 19 reports Congui Rob bers in Mexico City stating Gar ranza plans to modify the confiscatory taxes levied on mining property in Mexico.
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Washington
Mexico City
Garranza
Mrs Franklin MacVeagh Dead in Chicago Society Circles
Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh, wife of the former secretary of the treasury, dies in Chicago. The obituary notes her long involvement in Wash ington society and public circles, marking the end of a prominent family’s Washington era.
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Germany Urges German Citizens to Obey U S Laws
Washington May 20 Germany through Ambassador von Bernstorff instructed all German consuls in the United States to impress on German citizens the duty to scrupulously observe American laws. The move aims to curb alleged neutrality violations and prevent plots or unlawful acts by German nationals or sympathizers. Berlin officials emphasized disapproval of any conduct outside the law.
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Washington
Germany
von Bernstorff
United States
Berlin
Naval committee backs five battle cruisers and escorts
The House Naval Committee voted to abandon a five year build plan and instead authorize five battle cruisers at about $20.4 million each plus four protected cruisers ten torpedo destroyers twenty submarines one hospital ship one oil and one ammunition ship for the 1917 fiscal year. The total appropriation reaches about $200 million with a 13 to 8 vote on battle cruisers and submarines.
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House
Washington
House Naval Committee
Danieldy
Welch elected M E Bishop at Saratoga conference
Rev. Herbert Welch was elected bishop on the eighth ballot at the general conference in Saratoga N Y on May 20. Thomas Nicholson was elected bishop on the ninth ballot. Nicholson is fifty four years old born in Canada and a graduate of Northwestern University and Garrett Biblical Institute Evanston He became president of Dakota Wesleyan University in 1903 and later served as secretary of the denomination’s board of education.
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N. Y
Herbert Welch
Methodist Episcopal Church
Thomas Nicholson
Thomas
Nicholson
Canada
United States
Northwestern University
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Dakota Wesleyan University
Board of Education
Dr John Marquis Elected Moderator of Presbyterian Assembly
Dr John Marquis president of Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa was elected moderator of the general Presbyterian assembly on the second ballot in Atlantic City New Jersey on Thursday He is fifty one born in Washington County Pennsylvania and a descendant of the original Marquis family race he brings a long sermon background to the role
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Atlantic City
N. J
John Marquis
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
General Presbyterian Assembly
Naval loss toll high as submarines sink merchant ships
Berlin dispatch via Sayville wireless reports that since January 1 enemy merchant ships totaling 671,500 tons have been sunk by German and Austrian submarines.
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Berlin
Sayville
Three Americans Reported Missing From Sunk Ship
A May report from Washington cites a Consul in La Rochelle stating three Americans were lost when a ship sank. The dispatch, via the American embassy in Paris, notes the event and lists no further details.
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Washington
Conaul Batton
la Rochelle
Parla
Rock Island Arsenal to Become Major U.S. Munitions Plant
The House Appropriations Committee approves a large package for the Rock Island arsenal to build a field artillery ammunition plant at 1 250 000 and a powder plant at 500 000. Immediate improvements total 755 200 with broader funds for public buildings and fortifications nationwide.
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Rock Island Arsenal
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War Department
Arsenal
Secretary of War
Panama Canal
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Philippine
Ilinois
Cairo
Carrinville
Carrollton
Chicago
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Gatesburg
Mount Carmel
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Peoria
Quincy
Savanna
Taylorville
Woodstock
Town—Boone
Carroll
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Chariton
Charles City
Cherokee
Davenport
Des Moines
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Keokuk
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Albion
City
Calumet
Charlotte
Dowagiac
Flint
Hastings
Houeston
Jackson
Marquetta
Muskegon
Saginay
Ypsilanti
Roosevelt urges milita readiness and Americanism in Detroit
Theodo Roosevelt spoke in Detroit on May 22 urging thorough military preparedness and true Americanism. He addressed the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on social justice and appeared at a downtown hotel reception before departing for New York.
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Mich
Theodo Roosevelt
United Stat
Brotherhood of Ralway
Sho Ly
New York
Troit Athletic Club
Roosevelt
Opera House
Chicago
Middle West
Ford
Loss of Mira After Mediterranean Torpedo Attack
A French coasting steamer Mira of 3,050 tons was sunk by a torpedo in the Mediterranean near Marseille on May 16. One passenger or crew member died, with others saved, as the vessel was bound for Marseilles when attacked.
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Marceillea
France
Mediterranean
Marseilies
Cymric's Boilers Explode as Ship Arrives Liverpool
Report from Amsterdam patches state that members of the Cymric crew on arrival in Liverpool reported the White Star liner had exploded due to boiler failure. The incident occurred on the Cymric en route, with no immediate details on casualties or damages.
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Berlin
Amsterdam
Liverpool
Prisoners Fight Fire at Oregon Penitentiary
Prisoners at the Oregon state penitentiary helped combat a fire that broke out at the prison on a May Friday in Salem Oregon. The incident involved efforts to control and extinguish the blaze while maintaining security and preventing total destruction.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State
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