Anthracite Mine Tie Up Follows Wage Talks
Reports from New York and Columbus indicate a suspension of work spread across the hard coal region as miners and operators await a Philadelphia meeting on April 10. About 400,000 workers are affected with 175,000 idle in the anthracite fields and Illinois reports 40,000 idle as wage disputes unfold.
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New York
Philadelphia
Ohio
Columbus
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Chicago
Illinois
Tes Moines
Rogers
Cigtony
Aya
Citizens Gas & Electric to explain new underground system
City engineers and residents invited to a meeting this evening where Austin Burt general manager of Citizens Gas and Electric will explain the newly installed underground system. The venue moved from the public library east to the junior-senior assembly room of the manual training building due to high water closures.
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Austin Burt
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Bloodhounds Trail Two Fugitive Allens Near Hillsville
Bloodhounds from Virginia track Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards in a widening hunt for the Carroll County officers’ killings. Dogs moved from Mount Airy to Sugar Loaf mountain and Buzzard’s Rock as detectives patrol key routes. Sidna Allen yesterday held up Lafayette Ayers and threatened his life.
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Hillsville
Sidna Allen
Wesley Edwards
Carroll County
Virginia
Beattie
Mount Airy
N. C
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Buzzard’s Rock
Lafayette Ayers
Pettit Named Clerk of Courts in Iowa District Court
Judges announce Pettit appointed as clerk to replace Bentley who resigned for railway work. Rankin becomes deputy clerk while his duties start immediately. Bird and Welker fill deputy recorder and deputy auditor posts as others leave. Pettit, longtime clerk with rail and mercantile experience, praised for capacity and integrity.
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Court House
S. M. Bentley
F. & N. Railway
Pettit
Board of Supervisors
Bentley
Delbert I. Rankin
Auditee’s
W., C.F. & WN. Railway
W. 1. Seash Land Co
Addie Zwanziger
Jennie
Bird
Russell L. de Gon
George L. Welker
Ed. Munger
Cedar Rapids
Cour
Floods Halt Western Rail Traffic Amid Record Water
Across multiple states April 1 reports show highest water levels on the Missouri and Des Moines rivers. Omaha notes no trains moving except Missouri Pacific and Burlington detours. track washouts disrupt service to Fremont. Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and other towns report extensive flood damage, submerged tracks, and business outages.
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Omaha
Union Pacific
Fremont
Missouri Pacific
Burlington
St. Joseph
Northwestern
Arlington
Governor on perilous trip across water
Lincoln April 1 Governor Alirich crossed a ruined railroad bridge at South Bend to reach Lincoln after being marooned by high water for over twenty four hours. A swaying ladder of trestles and rails replaced the washed bridge as he traveled seventy feet to safety. He had been visiting the state fisheries and aimed to reach the capital by morning.
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Lincoln
Neh
South Bend
Alirich
Freedom
Carpenters Strike Halts Chicago Construction Projects
In Chicago a 14 000 member carpenters union walked out today affecting Cook county building work. An estimated 30 100 000 to 50 000 000 in expenditures and 500 plus buildings may halt as demand rises to 64 cents per hour, up 6 cents. Downtown skyscrapers face the sharpest impact amid contractor stalemate warnings.
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Chicago
Cook County
Flood Engulfs Hickman as River Reaches Record Height
River gauge read 62.8 feet, highest on record, as levees are patrolled and thousands of sand bags prepared. Hickman factory district flooded when water topped the levee, with the Iron Mountain line between Cairo and Thebes submerged and trains detoured via Missouri Pacific routes. Cairo district largely protected by levees, but widespread inundation reported.
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Hickman
Iron Mountain
Cairo
Thebes
Mobile & Ohio
District
Supreme Court backs Missouri anti trust law upheld
Washington April 1 The Supreme Court upheld Missouri anti trust laws. It allowed the state to oust Standard Oil Company of Indiana and Republic Oil Company of New York and fined each $50,000 under these laws.
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Washington
Missouri
Supreme Court of the United States
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Republic Oil Company of New York
Cedar Rapids and Marion Street Railway Sold to United Railways
Cedar Rapids Iowa April 1 The Cedar Rapids and Marion Street Railway company passed under the control of the United Railways and Light company a firm owning gas electric light and interurban and street railway properties in many cities This concern has owned the Cedar Rapids gas plant for years.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion Street Railway
United Railways and Light Company
Gedat Rapids
Option on City Lighting Plant in Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids investors W G Dows John A Reed R S Cook and E B Smith secured an option on the Marshalltown Gas Electric Light and Trolley plant and plan about $200000 in improvements if the deal closes. Settlement of a controversy with the city is a condition. The Cedar Rapids group leads Cedar Rapids Electric Light & Power and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Interurban.
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Cedar Rupids
W. G. Dows
John A. Reed
R. S. Cook
B. Smith
Cedar Rapids
Marshalstown
lGas
Marshalltown
Marshall ‘Town
Supreme Court Reverses Commerce Court in Water Lines Case
The Supreme Court ruled the Interstate Commerce Commission can compel water utilities to report intrastate and interstate business. This marks the commerce court’s first decision, reversed by the high court.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Commission
Commerce Court
Supreme Court
Water at Danger Line at Ottumwa
Ottumwa Iowa April 1 Fifty families in the Central addition near a bend of the Des Moines River were driven from homes by high water. The river rose from 5 PM last night to noon today, reaching 12.2 feet on Market Street bridge. The water nears the danger point as a few inches could flood cellars in the business district. Some lower cellars already flooded. The Central association ballpark is floored though games are scheduled next week.
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Des Moines
Boone
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway Company
Raccoon River
Des Moines River
Walnut Creek
Valley Junction
Mason City
Fountain Lake
Alberta Lea
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Davenport
Sea Gorge
Savlenport
Mississippi
Muscatine
Rock Taland
Bayfield
Muscatine Westernine
Countooo
Tryneeheny
Buchanan
Cinton Iown City
Rock Island
Cairo
Missouri
Kentucky
Linois
Oho
Ottumwa
Central Addition
Per Moines
Font
Market Street
Central Association
La Porte Couple Married on Farm Near La Porte
Fred Baker and Pearl Wayzlett of La Porte were married today at Justice of the Peace E. Dempster’s office. The couple will reside on Baker’s farm as they begin their life together amid the Cedar Rapids river area conditions described.
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Fred Baker
Pearl Wayzlett
la Parte
Bo Jnatiee Z
E. Dempster
la Porte
Powder Mills Blow Up in New Jersey
Laflin-Rand powder mills at Wayne five miles west of Little Falls New Jersey exploded this morning. Two men were killed and three injured as three factory buildings were destroyed. Mills operated by RE Tl Dupont de Nemours company of Wilmington Delaware. Wallace Barber dies at 73 after illness. Remains sent to Hileman Gindt parlors. services planned Wednesday.
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Little Falls
N. J
Wayne
Here
RE. Tl. Dupont de Nemours Company
Wilmington
Dela
Watdlace Barber
Wallace Barber
Gimsmith
Hileman & Gindt
Mr. Barker
Equitable
Park Avenue
Former teacher now an author from Marshalltown
Mrs. Bess Streeter Aldrich, once a city public school teacher and Cedar Falls native now living in Edmond, Nebraska, has become a writer. She recently sold a story to Curtis Publishing and another tale earned $178, saying she wrote them in the afternoon after putting the baby to bed. Her husband, Taphealy Aldrich, was with Company Forty-ninth Iowa in the Spanish American War and formerly Tipton’s city attorney.
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Marshalltowwn
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Cedar Falls
Fdmwead
Net
Iis
Aldrich
Fuat
Curtis Publighing Company
Taphelly Aldrich
Company Fortyeninth
Iowa
Tipfen
Cedar Downey Brothers Tragedy On Cedar River
Walter Downey, two, drowns when a rowboat capsizes on the Cedar River near Sedgwick Island while Archie Downey, 19, is rescued. Walter’s body is recovered at noon after hours of grappling. Archie aids in the search and returns to the scene after changing clothes. The family resides on Miller Street. funeral plans pending.
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Chautauqua Park
MiNor Street
Walter
Archie Downey
Cedar River
Clark
Archie
J. Porter
Sedgwick Cottage
Westfield
Aréther
C. Spangler
Miller Street
Drag River
A. A. Dunham
Walter Downey
Ed Chapman
Edward Chapman
Walter Downer
Chicago Great Western
George Downey
Melvin
C. Shangier
Oldie Downey
David Spangler
Alvin Richards
Toledo
Balton Street
Pike Road
Sedewick Island
Governors for States Rights Protest State Boundary Powers
The governors as a body filed a historic brief with the U S Supreme Court opposing the push to strike down state railroad rates as interfering with interstate commerce. Led by Judson Hermon, Herbert Hadley and Charles Aldrich, the protest argues state control over internal rates is lawful and should not disrupt interstate traffic.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Friends of the Court
Judson Hermon
Ohio
Herbert 8. Hadley
Missouri
Charles H. Aldrich
Nebraska
State Mae
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Circuit
Minnesota
Oregon
Kentucky
Arkansas
West Virginia
Committee of Governors
St. Paul
Minn
Duluth
Superior
Wis
Kansas City
Kan
Covington and
Newport, Ky
Temperature forecast and notes from Buchanan Optical Co
Weather snippet shows April temperatures with markings from Buchanan Optical Co. Syndicate Block. Mentions minimums around 2 and maximum near 46 degrees and a reference to tonight’s conditions. Partial OCR yields unclear data and stray letters.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Ieeceepense
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Missouri River
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Adoko Martin
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