SIGALISTS LOSE IN MILWAUKEE
Milwaukee returns a non-partisan slate led by Mayor Gerhard A. Bading after a 6000 vote margin. The anti socialism trend sweeps alderman and city attorney races while Chicago and other cities report women voters influencing outcomes, notably against a city subway plan.
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Non
Fortisana
Bading
Milwaukee
Seifel
New Jersey
Gerhard A. Bading
Offee
Socialiam
Atlarga
Chicago
Polla
Marlon H. Drake
John J. Coughlin
Harrison
Httle
Springfield
Dixon
Aurora
Sterling
AntiSaloon League
Bloomington
Paterson
N. J
Don H. Drukker
Bremner
James J. O' Byrne
O’byrnea
Don H. Dukker
Rep
James J. O'Byrne
Gordon Demreat
Whitehead
Boston
James A. Gallivan
Congress
Suffrage Amendment Back on Senate Calendar Again
Washington April 9 the woman suffrage amendment defeated in the senate was reported again by the suffrage committee and placed on the calendar. Senator Hoke Smith gave notice that he would raise a point of order to Paasthet it.
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Washington
Senate
Suffrage ‘Committee
Calandar
Hoke Smith
Paathet
Underwood Wins In Alabama Senate Race
Oscar W. Underwood, House majority leader in Washington, defeats Richmond Pearson Hobson by a substantial margin in Alabama. Underwood’s lead was about twenty thousand. former Governor Comer led the gubernatorial contest with Charles Henderson second and R F E Kolb third. Abercrombie and Heflin ran unopposed in their House seats. In Michigan, Ingham County voted dry, while other counties shifted between dry and wet. several city mayors were elected in the same statewide round of votes.
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Birmingham
Ala
Oscar W. Underwood
House of Representatives
Washington
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Underwood
Comer
Charles Henderson
Troy
R. FE. Kolb
Montgomery
John W. Abercrombie
J. T. Heflin
Detroit
Mich
Michigan
Ingham County
Lansing
Claré
Roscommon
Ingham
Midland
Kalkaska
Mecosta
Benzie
Shiawaszee
Wexford
Gscoda
Aredac
Ogemaw
Glynn Declines to Spare Gunmen in Cuomo Case
Albany, April 9. Governor Glynn refuses to commute death sentences for four gunmen convicted in the Herman Tyosen case. He notes no reprieve after the second trial of ex-Lt. Charles Becket. The four are to die in Sing Sing next week, likely Monday.
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Glynn
Grant Raprieves
Albany
N. Y
Herman Tyosenthal
Charles Becket
Sing Sing
M Dermott censured urged by House Judiciary panel
The House Judiciary committee adopted a subcommittee report recommending reprimand for Representative McDermott of Chicago for grave indiscretion revealed in the House lobby committee inquiry. Chairman Clayton said the vote was practically unanimous.
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House Judiciary Body
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee
McDertmott
Chicago
House
House Lobby Committee
Clayton
Villa Deports 600 Spaniards in Torreon
Reports from Torreon and Washington detail General Francisco Villa ordering deportation of 600 Spaniards in Torreon with confiscation of property. American agents warn of a broader drive if constitutionalists capture Saltillo or Monterey. Instructions urge immediate exodus to El Paso and note foreigners’ freedom to depart otherwise.
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Washington
Catranza
Villa
Torreon
Saltillo
Monterey
Mex
Francisco Villa
el Paso
General Villa
J. M. Ulmer
Bryan
State Department
Carothera
Huerta
Juarez
Fierro
Carranza
William S. Newton
General Scott
United States Army
Tierra
Chihuahua City
Mob's Victim Very Low After Anti Catholic Assault
Rev Otis L Spurgeon a Des Moines Iowa Baptist minister was kidnapped beaten by about a dozen men angry at his anti Catholic lectures He faced several hemorrhages and doctors fear he may not recover He recalls being knocked down stamped on lashed with heavy straps fired at with a revolver and nearly mutilated with a knife He names some assailants as Knights of Columbus members and no arrests have been made
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St. Luke's Hospital
Spurgeon
Knights of Columbus
Nellie F. Ryer
Council Bluffs
Phoenix
Arizona
Iowa City
Charles Richmond Henderson
University of Chicago
University of Town
Alton Creanery Company
John Wallace Clatterbuck
G. W. Carter
Cornell Bluffs
Marion County
Virginia
O'Brien County Order
Donald Olsen
EB. H. Baker
Gaylord
Lumber King Frederick Weyerhauser Dies in Pasadena
Frederick Weyerhauser, famed as the lumber king and once considered the richest man, died at Oak Knoll in Pasadena at age eighty after a period of critical illness described as pneumonia. His vast wealth, estimated between 200 million and 300 million dollars, stemmed largely from lumber interests.
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U. S
Pasadena
Cal
Los Angeles
Frederick W. Weyerhauser
Oak Knoll
Corps of Physicians
Buttle
Croegun
Weyarhauser
America
Powers of Dixie in the G O P reduced
New York April 9 Charles D Hilles announced the Republican national committee plan to cut southern and territorial representation in the 1916 convention from about 35 percent to under 16 percent. The draft lists Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi New York North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Hawaii Porto Rico Philippines as affected. The plan allows states to use direct primaries or mix of at large and district delegates.
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New York
Charles D. Hilles
Republican National Committee
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Wea
Cgven
North Carolina
Saison
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
William ©. Borah
Idaho
Henry D. Hatfield
West Virginia
National Committee
Cy Warman dies in Chicago after paralytic stroke
Cy Warman known as the poet of the Rockies died at St. Luke's hospital Chicago after a paralytic stroke. He fell ill in a Chicago hotel this winter and was moved to hospital weeks ago. A former railroad writer, he worked in Salida Colorado as a wiper, foreman, and locomotive engineer before his illness. Warman was a native of Illinois.
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Rockies
Chiicago
Chicago
Ty Warman
St. Luke's Hospital
Hare
Railroad Literature
Sal
Fire devastates Linn & Scruggs store in Decatur blaze
Fire swept through a full block destroying the Linn & Scruggs department store and Powers Theater in Decatur. Estimated loss around 675000 with 450000 insured. origin unknown though flames started near the roof by the main smokestack. Many workers displaced by the blaze.
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Decatur
Linn & Scruggs
Powers Theater
State
East Main
Woods
Iests
Des Moines to Close Disorderly Houses and Gambling
Des Moines officials vow a targeted cleanup of disorderly houses and gambling without mass raids. Police chief designate Councilman W F Mitchell says places will receive notice to close, then enforcement begins, stressing lawful action over show.
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Union News Service
Des Moines
W. F. Mitchell
Public Safety
Mitchell
Winterset Child Killed In Shed Collapse
Everett McAdow three year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McAdow of Lincoln township died when a 30 foot shed being torn down toppled in a strong gust. The boy played in the yard as the wall fell, and his sister later found him beneath the debris.
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Winterset
Slater
Everett
Oppose Drainage Project Delays Board Review
Logan Plsgah delegates march with banners and a special train to oppose the proposed drainage project for the upper Soldier river district. The Board of Supervisors delayed further consideration until June. Property owners oppose the plan 40 to 1. district covers 4,890 acres with excavation costs estimated at 44,776 dollars. Damages claimed by Northwestern total 30,000 dollars and by landowners 52,000 dollars, making construction and damages far exceed benefits per the owners.
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Logan
Plsgah
Soldier River
Board of Supervisors
Northwestern
Fort Dodge packing plant to reopen under Wissmuth family
Fort Dodge will see a reopens of the Corn Belt Packing plant with a two year lease by Charles Wissmuth of St Louis and his brother who ran a plant at Fort Madison. They plan to open May 1 and have an option to buy. The plant has been idle since Sulzberger Sons closed it.
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Fort Dodge
Charles Wissmuth
St. Louis
Fort Madison
Corn Belt Packing Company
Corn Belt
Sulzberger & Sons
Iowa Supreme Court Upgrades Gulliver Case Sentence
Attorneys for Glenn Gulliver won a victory in the Iowa Supreme Court in a decision handed down recently. The motion to modify the sentence was sustained, reducing the term to a fine of 600 dollars plus costs or 150 days in the Mitchell county jail for the attack on a bank cashier in December 1911.
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Des Moines
Glenn Gulliver
Orchard
Supreme Court of Iowa
Mitchell County
Wanted In Indiana Towa City
Harry Apgar of Princeton, Jud., was arrested to be taken back under a charge of bastardy. He was caught when he called at the post office for a letter mailed to him there. Apgar claims an attempt is being made to extort money from him.
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Indiana
Towa City
Harry Apgar
Princeton
Jud
Apgar
Bin
Tax Act Under Fire Over Electric Line Tax
Des Moines reports challenge to chapter 369 of the general acts aiming to tax five percent on property within five miles of an electric railroad extension. William T. Salisbury of Osage investigates passage as the Charles City and Western line from Marble Rock to Charles City is electrified. Salisbury represents 240 farmers whose lands are taken for the project and argues the law allows taxing an interstate district.
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Res Moines
Ansente Hty
William ‘T. Salisbury
Osage
Des Moines
Charles Cty
Western Road
Marble Rock
Charles Cire
Hne
Ela
M Salisbury
The
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Irit Lar
Iowa News Notes and Local Notables Gatherings
Iowa items report anniversaries for S T Rosseau of Hansburg and John M Wright in Keota, plus Cedar Falls clubs uniting. lore includes D A R musicale in Ottumwa, Jefferson Day turnout at Centerville, and a ward of civic appointments. Several deaths, farm sale near Boone, Sidney barn fire, and legal bequests in Council Bluffs complete the misc. notes.
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Hutchinson
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von Papen
Franz von Papen
Mexico City
Drys
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A. J. Wallac
Adrian
A. W. Chase
Charlotte
Charles Ditta
Mount Clemens
William Pontiac
Lon Brown
Tonla
W. Green
Muskegon
John Moore
Albion
Burnett
Hallamazoo
A. &. Connable
Johns
George Schoenhals
Mason
A. A. Beraman
Dem
South Haven
Harry W. Barnard
Prog
M'Dermott
Villa Deports
Carranza Combinaion
Willam
Benton
F. W. Weyerhauser
Charles Nagel
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Rothermef
Pennsylvania
Committee On Expenditures
Department of Commerce
Helles
South
CY Warman
General News of
Iowa
Iowa News
S. T. Rosseau
Hansburg
Ees Glaytor
Cerro Gordo
Giai Story
D. A. R’s of
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Centuryville
Cedar Falls
W. A. Wade, Sr
Bonaparte
H. Gooppinger
Boone
Limita
Walter Dech
Stratford
Sidney
J. ‘Mills
Woodbine
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Mra. Mills
B. G. Brod
Arick of
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Dupont Nitrate Company
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