Des Moines clan labeled a menace to the community
Horace Hollingsworth leads an investigation into a large Des Moines family labeled the third largest pauper clan in the United States. A chart lists 250 relatives across five generations, most with jail, state asylum, or prison records. Secretary Hollingsworth warns further marriages could worsen the threat.
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Union News Section
Des Moines
W.H. Harriman
Horace §. Hollingsworth
Associated Charities
United States
Hollingsworth
John Beardsley
Beardsley
West Virginia
Jukes
New York
Ishmael
Indiana
Ohio
Yas
Menace
Eight-Year-Old Thief Faces Reform School
Eight-year-old Johnnie Stoehr of Marshalltown is set to be sent to reform school after years of "joy riding" on horses and buggies, including a recent incident with Frank Youngrain’s team. The boy’s acts began at age six and prompted police action amid repeated reprimands until now.
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Marshalltown
Johnnie Stoehr
Reform School
Johnnie
Frank Youngrain
Will of lumber king Lindsay divides estate
Five million dollar Lindsay will dispersed last week among five heirs. J. E. Lindsay, known as a lumber magnate with holdings in Wisconsin Arkansas Louisiana Texas Oregon and Washington, left his estate to his son George F. Lindsay and the children of his other two children. The share for each heir was equal and no contest is expected.
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Davenport
J. E. Lindsay
Lindsay
Weyerhaengers
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Oregon
Washington
George F. Lindsay
Des Moines Banks See Record Corn Fueled Money Demand
Des Moines bankers report the greatest money demand in years as farmers seek loans to move abundant soft and good corn. Farmers with good corn borrow to finance shipments, while those with soft corn borrow to hold over until next season and buy feed stock.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Diploma Fight Decided By Iowa Supreme Court
Floyd Sweitzer of Van Meter was denied a real diploma by the Van Meter high school after a 1912 graduation. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled a mandamus writ can compel action but not override the school board’s discretion in awarding diplomas. A separate Iowa City dispute over December 22 closing for saloons hinges on license expiration and legislative changes.
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Floyd Sweitzer
van. Meter
van . Meter High School
Supreme Court
Sweitzer
Apple
Towa City
Iowa City
John 8
Hammond
Business Men's Temperance Association of Iowa
Mquor
A. E. Main
Iowa notes include postmaster appointment and revival gains
President Wilson named A. J. Killmer postmaster at Mason City while Iowa reports many silos being filled and a large revival in Atlantic. Other items note veterinarians seeking back pay, a drowning accident on the Mississippi, bridge work rules, a potential state tuberculosis lecturer, and cattle prospects.
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A. J. Killmer
Mason City
Des Moines
State Board of Audit
William Kautz
Tares Weeks
Atlantic
Bromley
Tabernacle
Towe Highway Commission
Iowa
T. M. Dealtry
Sioux City
Serbia transfers archives as Austro German advance pushes northwest
Military moves show Serbia relocating state archives from Nish to Prisrend amid Bulgarian activity. Austro German forces steadily advance into Serbia with claims of a junction west of Semendria. Rail link Nish Saloniki cut. Bulgaria reportedly reaches Vranya then contested. Bulga rian captures Tstip and Cotisna. Roumanian mission to France arrives. Romania may enter war. In New Jersey anti suffrage majority tallied. Wilson votes for woman suffrage. Princeton welcome subdued by crowds.
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P. Feickert
New Jersey Woman's State Suffrage Association
Washington
Wilson
Princeton
United States
White House
Premier Asquith Stricken Amid Cabinet Resignation Row
London reports Premier Asquith, absent from Parliament, ill with groto intestinal catarrh. David Lloyd George, acting, refused to press on Sir Basil Carson’s resignation. Recruiting controversy muted as conscriptionists pledge to test Lord Derby’s new scheme.
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Asquith
David Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Bae Ward Carson
Lord Derby
Fec
Downing Street
Wilson Bars Arms to Villa in Mexico Embargo
President Wilson announced an arms embargo on shipments to Mexico with a supplementary order excluding Carranza’s government from the embargo. The ban targets factions opposed to the recognized government and allows munitions to reach Carranza unhampered. The move includes naming Henry F. Pletcher as ambassador to Chile for a new diplomatic post.
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Wilson
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Henry F. Pletcher
Chile
Diplo Mattc
Governor Halts Hanging in Moore Case
Sprittgfeld M Oct 21 Governor Dunne grants a 30 day reprieve to Elaton Moore who was sentenced to hang at St Murphysboro next Friday for the murder of Clara Dalton. The reprieve follows a telegram from Sheriff James White of Jackson County regarding how many persons to invite to the hanging. Kaléer Honors Admiral
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Sprittgfeld
Dunne
Elaton Moore
St. Murphysboro
Clara Dalton
Sherif James White
Jackson County
German Divers Sink 29 Enemy Ships in September
Berlin reports submarines sank 29 enemy merchant ships totaling 103,316 tons in September. Two transports totaling 13,949 tons and seven trawlers of 1,200 tons were also sunk. Mines destroyed six ships.
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Berlin
Germans Lose Two Fights in East Retreat and Prisoner Losses
Berlin reports a German division was forced back in the Styr region with artillery losses. A separate battle between Pinek and Vilna yielded about 3,600 German prisoners and further fighting losses.
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Berlin
Styr
Pinek
Vilna
Passion Play Leader Anton Lang Killed in Battle
Anton Lang, famed for his role in the Passion play at Oberammergau, has died in battle. The report, relayed by his cousin Alois Lang of Manitowoc, cites a German government source for the fatality.
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Wis
Anton Lang
Oberammergan
Alois Lang
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