Keltz Quits State Pharmacy Post in Controversy
Des Moines reports state Pharmacy Commissioner Bert F. Keltz of Webster City resigned after an executive council vote. The council withheld 116.24 dollars from Keltz's January and February per diems to cover alleged overcharges. The case may move to criminal action, though officials expect it to die.
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Des Moines
Bert F. Keltz
Webster City
Carroll
Hayward
Executive Council
State House
Keltz
Board of Pharmacy Commissioners
Harry Eaton
Shenandoah
Eaton
Tragedy at Oskaloosa Ends in Fatal Wounding
William Kirkpatrick fatally wounded his wife at the home of Thomas Cooney in Oskaloosa Iowa and shot Cooney in the thigh. Cooney wrestled him to the floor as Kirkpatrick fired several shots. Kirkpatrick, recently released from Fort Madison prison, fled and was later arrested. The wounded were sent to a hospital and the wife was not expected to survive.
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Oskaloosa
William Kirkpatrick
Thomas Cooney
Cooney
Kirkpatrick
Fort Madison
Robbers Crack Prairie City Post Office Safe
Prairie City Iowa crime report says thieves drilled ten holes in the safe at 2 a.m. took about 600 dollars in stamps and 400 dollars in cash plus postmaster papers. city marshal failed to stop them as the office was ransacked. In Newton Iowa a separate item notes Mrs. E A Barnard receiving a telegram that her husband was drugged robbed and murdered in Louisville with the body en route home.
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Prairie City
Michael
J. Mumert
Newton
E. A. Barnard
Louisville
Detective Department
Man Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder
Mason City Iowa April 23 Edward McNamara was found guilty of second degree murder after a five week trial for the killing of his father Edward McNamara He faces a life sentence at sentencing is set for a later date.
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Mason City
Edward McNamara
Supreme Court Hears Des Moines Street Car Case
Washington April 23 Des Moines street car case occupies the entire attention of the United States supreme court to the exclusion of all other matters.
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Washington
Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
Quadruple Chicago Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide
In Chicago on April 23 Harry Summers shot and killed his wife Henrietta and then killed himself after wounding his ten year old daughter Gladys and mother in law Mrs Anna McKenzie at McKenzies home. Summers fired on the two women as they fled upstairs and injured the child before turning the gun on his wife and himself. Police arrived as Summers died.
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Chicago
Harry L. Summers
Henrietta
Gladys
Anna McKenzie
Lifeboat by Lio nel Lukin showcased in London
The first lifeboat was built by Lio nel Lukin a London coach builder. It featured tight compartments cork slabs bolted to the top sides and iron ballast on the keel techniques still seen in lifeboats today.
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Lionel Lukin
London
Wheat King Patten withdraws from market amid price drop
Chicago reports James A Patten once famed as the wheat king has pulled out of May and July wheat positions. Prices slid over 9 cents in a week as bulls struggled to cope with a stronger crop outlook and Patten seeks rest at a New Mexico ranch.
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Chicago
James A Patten
Hans
Dolliver Attacks Tariff Bill Triggers Senate Debate
In Washington on April 23 Senator Dolliver assailed the Payne Aldrich tariff schedules as too high and misworded to raise rates. He urged reductions toward the Dingley level and warned many would ask why the body convened to lift duties. Democratic senators, led by Bailey, framed the debate as discriminatory against the South.
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Washington
Senate
Dolliver
Republican Party
House Committee
Deliver
Aldrich
Bailey
Tex
South
Talking Over the Tariff at Columbia Meeting
The Academy of Political Science opens its spring session at Columbia University with a tariff discussion. Speakers include President Nicholas Murray Butler Senator Albert Beveridge Leslie Shaw and Ida Tarbell along with fifteen addresses on tariff topics such as tariff revision works of art and the Payne Bill’s impact.
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New York
The
Academy of Political Science
Columbia University
Nicholas Murray Butler
United States
A. J. Beveridge
Leslie M. Shaw
Ida M. Tarbell
Henry C. Emery
Yale
Robert W. de Forest
Hugh J. Chisholm
George Haven Putnam
Charles H. Jones
Albert J. Beveridge
James T. McCleary
Ida M. Tar*eil
Great Lawyers Convention in Washington and Coal Trust Suit
The American Society of International Law holds its third annual meeting in Washington with Elihu Root as president and Taft and other notables among vice presidents. In Philadelphia the government suit to dissolve the coal trust is heard. expert witness Stevenson testifies that coal costs must rise as fields near depletion, arguing production costs drive price increases.
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Washington
American Society of International Law
Society
Elihu Root
New York
Oscar 8. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Charles Henry Butler
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Fuller
Justice Day
Andrew Carnegie
Joseph H. Choate
Justice Brewer
Philadelphia
George E. Stevenson
Luzerne
Lackawanna
Farnum Testifies in Gould Case
Dustin Farnum faced a tough deposition in Chicago as Attorney Watson questioned him about alleged misconduct by Katharine Clemmons Gould and her dealings with Farnum. He denied the charges, maintaining she was always proper and that he never recalled seeing her drink alcohol.
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Chicago
Watson
Howard Gould
Dustin Farnum
Louis C. Ehle
New York Supreme Court
Gould
Katherine Clemmons Gould
Farnum
Two Killed by Cave-In at M and M Mine Near Joplin
A cave-in at the M and M mine near Joplin Missouri killed two men and left another entombed beneath 25 feet of debris. Thomas Gibbs part owner was trapped as rescuers worked and heard his cries. Three men escaped without injury. In a separate note Conklin and Wright remain unbeaten in the national amateur championship after Conklin defeated Dr Mial.
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Joplin
M. and M
George Bennett
Charles Evans
Thomas Gibbs
Conklin
New York
C. F. Conklin
Chicago
H. A. Wright
San Francisco
Dr. L. L. Mial
Boyle Tries to End Life in Mercer Prison Bid
Mercer county authorities investigated an alleged suicide attempt by James H. Boyle the Whitla kidnapper and a separate outside plot to free him. He fell convulsing in his cell then improved after medical aid. A ladder was found at his window and a letter to Sharon Pa implied escape plans. Indictments against Boyle and Mrs Boyle were to be presented.
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Mercer
Mercer County
James H. Boyle
Whitla
Boyle
Sharon
Sultan May Keep His Job Amid Turkish Political Turmoil
Abdul Hamid offers to place government in ministers responsible to parliament and agrees to change palace troops. Compromise with constitutionalists approved by the sultan awaits military committee approval. Troop redeployments begin as disaffection in Constantinople grows, with deserters heading to Asia Minor and priests fleeing the city.
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Constantinople
Young Turks
Abdul Hamid
Tewfik Pasha
Chamber of Deputies
San Stefano
Asia Minor
Asia
Canadian Trade Conference Declares Annexation Sentiment Dead
J A McDonald of Toronto told 106 delegates in Detroit that Ottawa will not again negotiate a reciprocity treaty with the United States. He said Canadian sentiment toward annexation is dead and that Canada's protective tariff exists to counter the American tariff.
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Detroit
J. A. McDonald
Toronto
Ottawa
Washington
United States
Mr. McDonald
Canada
McDonald
Liberian Commission Plans Africa Visit from New York
The Liberian commission members Roland P. Falkner Dr George Sale and Emmett J. Scott met with President Taft for a final conference before sailing from New York to study conditions in Liberia. George A Finch serves as secretary.
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Liberian Commission
Taft
Washington
New York
Africa
Negro Republic
Roland P. Falkner
George Sale
Emmett J. Scott
George A. Finch
Burglars Nabbed in Vatican Gardens
In Rome on April 23 the papal gendarmes surprised three burglars in the Vatican gardens who were attempting to break into the adjacent Italian royal mint. The suspects were handed over to Italian police.
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Vatican Gardens
Rome
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