Indiana Republicans Back Roosevelt Taft Policies Rally
The Hoosier Convention in Indianapolis endorses Roosevelt and Taft policies while avoiding the Payne Aldrich tariff. George A. Cunningham named permanent chairman. Beveridge’s tariff speech draws storms of applause as resolutions support a protective tariff and nominated state officers are listed.
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Beveridge
Indianapolis
Ind
Jamnican
Roosevelt
Taft
George A. Cunningham
Indiana
William Howard Taft
Internal Revenue
Philippines
Panama ‘Canal
Cuba
Cunningham
Albert J. Beveridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Otis E. Gulley
Danville
Augster
John FE. Réen
Muncie
Supreme Court
Edward V. Fitzpatrick
Portland
John L
Heetz
Kokomo
W. S. Blatchiey
Terre Haute
Oscar HH
Montgomery
Seymour
Ward H. Watson
Charlestown
C. Hadley
Veridge
Comet Halley Seen at Dawn and Morning Star Rise
On April 6 Halley's comet rises at 4 28 a m and again at 4 35 a m the next day. The sun rises at a.m. The object moves about 1670 miles per minute and is visible low in the east in the Pisces constellation near the southeastern corner of the great Square of Pegasus.
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Tomor
Constellation Fisces
Pagasua
Bank With Five Million Deposits Closed in Brooklyn
New York April 5 The Union Bank of Brooklyn was closed this morning and the state superintendent of banks has taken possession. The bank held a capital of 1 million dollars and deposits totaling over 5 million. The closure follows concerns over certain assets deemed questionable.
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New York
Union Bank of
Brooklyn
State Superintendent of Banks
Superintendent of Banks
Family charged in murder of Berryville man
Berryville Arkansas April 5 Mrs Elias Shaffer and her four children are jailed on murder charges in the death of her husband near Blue Springs The claim says one son seized the gun from under the pillow while he slept and shot him The boy says the father threatened to kill the family
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Berryville, Arth
Elias Shaffer
Mob Hangs Jail Deliverers in Centerville Texas
Centerville Texas April 5 Frank Bates and his son Dolly led a jail delivery raid and were hanged by a mob last night. The son was cut down before death. Both were wounded along with Jailer St John. All prisoners were recaptured.
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Centerville
Texas
Frank Bates
Dolly
St. John
Peruvians Ready to March to War
Lima April 5 The forces of Peru are under arms awaiting eventualities with Ecuador Admiral Villavicencio placed in command of the fleet and Colonel Alvarezar head of the land forces in Lambayeque The full fighting strength is prepared to advance at a moment's notice.
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Lima
Peru
Ecuador
Villavicencio
Alvarezar
Department of
Lambayeque
Diptheria Death Of Seventeen-Year-Old Emma Fasse
Emma H Fasse seventeen year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry C Fasse of Bennington township died at 2 05 am after a two week illness due to tonsillitis followed by diphtheria She lived in Bennington attended local school and was active in St Johns Lutheran church organist and member of the young people's society She is mourned by her parents one brother Arthur and two sisters Minnie and Ella Funeral at St Johns Lutheran Church Wednesday followed by burial in Bennington cemetery.
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Emma H. Fasse
Henry C. Fassee
Bennington Township
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Young People's Society
Arthur
Minnie
Ella
St. John's Lutheran Church
Bennington Cemetery
Mission Lecture Tomorrow Night at First Congregational
The Women's Missionary Society of the First Congregational church hosts an 8 pm event featuring Miss Mary Collins of the Santee Industrial school speaking on The Work Among the Indians. A silver offering for home missions is requested, light refreshments served, hosts include Mrs Burton EB Wilson and Mrs W J Peddicord with assistants Grace Friend, W D Welch, and W H Schwedler.
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Women’s Missionary Society
First Congregational Church
Mary Collins
Santee Industrial School
Home Missionary Organization
Burton EB. Wilson
W. J. Peddicord
Grace Friend
W. D. Welch
W. H. Schwedler
Former U S Congressman Heatwole Dies in Northfield
Joel P. Heatwole, once a member of Congress representing Minnesota's Third District, died suddenly yesterday afternoon in Northfield due to Bright's disease. He is survived by his wife and a stepdaughter. Funeral services will be held Wednesday.
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Heatwole Dread
Northfield
Minn
Joel P. Heatwole
Congress
Minnesota
Bright
Subsidy promoter nabbed for libel
Washington April 5 John A Pen ton of Cleveland D secretary of the Merchant Marine League of the United States was arrested on a criminal libel indictment as he left the committee room investigating the ship subsidy lobby The charge stems from an article in the league official paper accusing Representative Steenerson of Minnesota of dishonesty and patriotism in reference to the subsidy issue
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Washington
John A. Penton
Cleveland
Marine Psague
United States
Penton
Belling
Steenerson
Minnesota
Merchant Marine League
Hughes May Refuse Supreme Court Appointment
Albany April 5 Governor Hughes likely would refuse a U S Supreme Court appointment if offered, according to informed Albany circles. President Taft values Hughes highly, but his friends think the governor prefers returning to legal practice after his term.
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Albany
Hughes
United States Supreme Court
Taft
New York
Kansas Students Oppose Football Abolition Plan
Lawrence Kan April 5 By unanimous vote the University of Kansas Athletic Association asks the board of regents to delay abolishing football until the final report of the national rules committee is published. The regents plan to substitute rugby for the American game.
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Lawrence
Kan
the Athletic Association of the
University of Kansas
Board of Regents
National Rules Committee
Seed corn train visits nearby towns in Iowa
The Rock Seed corn special visited Vinton Dysart Traer Reinbeck and Grundy Center today. Ames experts found many corn tests submitted by farmers to be very poor.
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Reinbeck, Ja
Evening Press
Vinton, Dysart
Traer, Reinbeck
Grundy Center
Ames
No Machine Guns for Year in War Dept Plans
Des Moines April 5 War Department has sent no machine guns for the year to the army and navy depots. The news follows rumors of equipment shortfalls and outlines the annual procurement plan. Active defense needs and supply chain status are not detailed.
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Des Moines, Ta
Bhvening Press
War Department
Funeral party delays Rock Island train for wedding
A ruse by a Clarion woman caused a Rock Island train on the Dots branch to be held an hour and twenty minutes for a presumed funeral party. The woman wired Belmond and later transferred to the waiting train, claiming the corpse would not come, then alighted at Forest City to attend the wedding.
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Iowa Falls
Rock Island Road
Clarion
Rock Island
Belmond
Germania
Great Western
Green Mountain
Forest City
Iowa Guardsmen to wait for new guns this year
Adjutant General Guy Logan informed that Iowa guardsmen will not receive machine guns for a year as new guns are under manufacture and not yet ready for issue. Cedar Rapids Sioux City and Iowa City have already formed companies.
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Guy Logan
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Iowa City
Hester Arrives in Waterloo From Eureka Springs
First Baseman Hester, from Eureka Spring Arkansas, arrived this morning and reported to headquarters in Waterloo. Cotton market in New York showed a broad decline with active months down about five dollars per bale due to rains in the southwest and leadership slips. Mr and Mrs Lore Alford and son Ricker returned from Cedar Rapids after visiting Mr and Mrs W M Powell by automobile despite slippery roads. Mrs Julia Pettit, wintering in Daytona Beach and Jacksonville, expected home tonight. Father Wirtz of Meyer in Mitchell county Iowa visits Father H H Forkenbrock.
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Hester
Waterloo
Eureka Spring
Arkansas
New York
Lore Alford
Ricker
Cedar Rapids
Julia Pettit
Daytona, Fla
Jacksonville
Roosevelt Cancels Reception For American Colony
Rome reports Roosevelt in a displeased mood canceling a planned reception for the American colony after Rev B M Tipple's Vatican remarks. He says he will not allow religious animosities to be inflamed and cites a prior open letter to Dr Lyman Abbott.
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Rome
Roosevelt
Vatican
B. M. Tipple
American Methodist Church
Tipple
Lyman Abbott
Leishman
Memorial Shaft Planned For Senator Allison
Des Moines April 4 plans were made at a state historical building conference to raise 30000 to erect a memorial shaft for the late Senator Allison. Participants included Major Granville M. Dodge Council Bluffs Senator A F Frodden Dubuque Representative O H Holmes Algona Governor Carroll and Curator Harian.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
Council
State Historical
Allison
Granville M. Dodge
Council Bluffs
A. F. Frodden
Dubuque
O. H. Holmes
Algona
Carroll
Harian
Oskaloosa Milk Test Raises Council Dairyman Protest
In Oskaloosa Iowa the council and city dairymen clash over a tuberculosis test for cattle. Dairymen refuse testing and threaten to cut milk if required. Dr G H Sumner of the state health board argued for the council stance as the Oskaloosa Women's Club follows the dispute. Mrs A P Houston reported ill at 713 Wellington Street. Martin's Standard quality cigar five cents.
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Oskaloosa
Evening Press
G. H. Sumner
State Board of Health
Des Moines
Coucil
A. P. Houston
Wellington Street
Travelers to Play Baseball in State League
Waterloo Included in List Saturday Games. The United Commercial travelers plan a state baseball league with clubs on Saturday afternoons. Proposed members include Cedar Rapids Waterloo Mason City Ottumwa Keokuk Burlington and Dubuque.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
United Commercial Travelers
Mason City
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Burlington
Dubuque
Falling timber paralysis hits Webster City farmer
Webster City April 5 John Flaws 60 prominent farmer was struck on the head by a falling timber while repairing an outbuilding. He is almost totally paralyzed and unconscious after the accident. Doctors hold out little hope for recovery.
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Webster City
Evening Press
John Flaws
Drake to close medical school after merger
Des Moines April 5 The Drake University Medical School which absorbed Keokuk Medical College will shut down at the end of the school year. Trustees said new National Medical Society requirements would cost 20000 annually and require a 500000 endowment which could not be obtained.
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Des Moines
Drake University Medical School
Keokuk Medical College
National Medical Society
Embezzlement Case Against Noted Guard Officer
Captain J. G. Poston a leading National Guard officer from VilLisca faces trial on charges of embezzling state funds. Indicted for falsifying payrolls and improper use of armory rents, with a formal inquiry by General Guy Logan and Major B. C. Worthington, and the case sent to Attorney General Byers.
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Red Oak
Evening Press
J. G. Poston
National Guard
Villisca
Des Moines
Poston
Guy Logan
B. C. Worthington
Byers
Elder Elected Mayor of Keokuk
Keokuk held its first election under the commission plan of government yesterday. J F Elder was elected mayor by a majority of 950 while Thomas Wray and Frank Schmidt were elected councilmen by large majorities.
Suffocated Pioneer Peter Arp Found After Fire
In Cedar Rapids on April 5 Peter Arp a Pioneer was suffocated when his bed clothing caught fire from an unknown cause. He was found dead with his feet badly burned.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Peter Arp
Roosevelt Letter Stirs Vatican Reception Controversy
The Vatican incident drew Catholic protest and American nonattendance, prompting Roosevelt to seek calm. A public letter from Roosevelt urged restraint and harmony between Catholics and Protestants, stressing goodwill and avoidance of bitterness. King Emmanuel met Roosevelt at the hotel, then toured barracks and a monument with a public reception.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
King Emmanuel
Cuirassiers
Victor Emmanuel II
Fates of Cities Decided Today in Dry Election
Chicago polls opened at 6 am for a key aldermanic vote in 35 wards. Reform groups target the so called gray wolves as the council may shape major reforms including gas and telephone price controls and a passenger subway. In Wisconsin many towns vote on local option with Milwaukee seeing a three way mayoral race and other states holding municipal elections. In Danville Illinois violence erupted with fist fights around the dry contest and Earl Springer injured amid clashes at Grape Creeks precinct. deputy sheriffs deployed as tensions rose.
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Chicago
Gray Wolves
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Kansas
Missouri
Danville
Judge Clark
Earl Springer
Grape Creeks
Springer
Twenty Michigan Counties Vote Day
Complete returns from Michigan counties show twenty dry and sixteen wet in local option elections. Of eighty-three counties, forty will be dry and thirty-three wet.
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Detroit
Michigan
Mrs H Kendall Slightly Better
Friends of Mrs Harriett Kendall of Waterloo report improving health after a ten day stay at Pennoyer sanitarium Kenosha Wisconsin A letter to Mrs T G Taylor conveyed encouraging news and hope for her recovery Mrs Kendall has lived in Waterloo ten years and has been active with the Ladies Literary society D A R and other groups
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Harriett Kendall
Pennoyer Sanitarium
Kenosha
Wis
T. G. Taylor
Amy Capper
Bismark
N. D
Kendall
Waterloo
T. G. Tarleron
Fourth Street West
Ladies’ Literary Society
Aged couple given license to wed in district court
Mrs Mary R Duff of Waterloo and C S Carnahan of St Johns Kaw were granted a marriage license by the district court clerk in the afternoon. Both parties are near seventy. Miller on stand in Sayler murder trial testified to his account of the shooting in Watseka.
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Mary R. Duff
Waterloo
C. S. Carnahan
St. Johns
Kaw
Miller
Watseka
Dr. Ww
Sayler
Taj
Funeral for Edwin Hill Held Sunday in Cedar Falls
Edwin Hill long time Waters Loop resident died after months of illness. Funeral at Cedar Falls home conducted by Rev J B Snowden. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Survived by wife Minnie Shirey and daughter Queen Elizabeth, plus six brothers and one sister. Hill suffered a paralytic stroke in 1905 and moved to Cedar Falls in 1907.
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Cedar Falls
Edwin Hill
Watersloo
Reve J. B. Snowden
Congregational Church
Fairview Cemetery
L. Clark
A. J. Pampous
C. Weisbard
D. Shank
Charles Klingaman
James Lichty
Waterloo
Thompson Harrod Creamery
JL. Clark
Burgoon
Minnie Shirey
Jonathon Shirey
Cedar ‘Falls
Pierce Hill
South Dakote
William
Henry
Frank Joe
Flore
Wiliam
Lamod
D. Daniel
Texas
Henry Binder
Dubuque
Dia
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Payne Law
Committee On
Daily Bulletin
Frederic Campbell
Se. D
Sire
Wirtz
Meyer
Mitchell County
H. H.forkenbrock
Roogevelt
Council AT
Major Dodge
Senator Fradden
Martin
Travelers
Drake
Fillisca
Mathodrate
Rioosevelt
Selahman
Merry del Val
Outlook
Africa
Mfe
Tinola
Grey Wolves
Waters
Loo
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