Waterloo to be division point for Rock Island plans
Waterloo expected to gain a new Rock Island division point with a brick roundhouse, steel turntable and two acres of yards. Plans call for 10 stalls, a $35 000 roundhouse, $10 000 turntable and $30 000 coal chute plus three miles of track. Total city improvements exceed $260 000 with completion aimed before Sept. 1.
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J. T. Ryan
Chicago, Rock Island,& Pacific Railroad
W. B. Causey
Des Moines
South
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Waterloo
Vicinity
Ryan
Rock Island
Causey
Des Moine
Great Western
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Cedar Rapids
Manly
W. H. Peterson
Hawkeye
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
Rock Island, and Pacific
Illinois Central
Causey cites Waterloo line improvements and new track
Superintendent Causey argues his line has been liberal, noting about twenty seven miles of new track laid from Waterloo to Gelwein last year to show commitment to improvements for Waterloo and vicinity.
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Loo
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Causey
Gelwein
Belgian Workers Extend Strike Across Belgium
Brussels reports show the strike widening with fresh recruits joining, while some return to work. Free dining halls aid workers, and strikers organize concerts and lectures to stay engaged. Peaceful marches support equal suffrage as authorities prohibit a socialist cemetery meeting in Antwerp. Rowdy youths in Seraing disrupt housing districts but patrols deter violence.
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Brussels
Socialist Organization
Belgium
Antwerp
Seraing
License Bill Aims to Approve Dr Friedmann in DC
Washington April 17. Senator Hughes introduced a bill to license Dr Fried rich F Friedmann to practice medicine in Washington DC without the usual examination for aliens. The measure seeks to grant him professional eligibility through legislative action.
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Washington
Friedrich F. Friedmann
Hughes
Massachusetts Expo Fund May Be $500000
A special state commission recommended an appropriation of $600000 for a Massachusetts building at the Panama Pacific exposition in a communication to the legislative committee on federal relations dated April 17. The report names Martin in connection with the Great Bay advertising notice.
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St. Paul, Minn
Flora Dart
Nathanial J. Pousett
Miss Dart
C. W. Barnes
Pousett-Dart
Boston
Massachusetts
Legislative Committee On Federal Relations
Chicago Police Urged to Speed Murder Probe in Dietz Case
Chicago police plan rapid work on the murder of Geo Dietz a tailor found slain in his home last Monday. Geo Nurnberg a harness maker held on suspicion. Coroner Hoffman to conclude the inquest today with a possible arrest looming after the jury verdict. Mrs Dietz will tell her story to the coroner and handkerchief tied to a hammer is under scrutiny.
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Chicago
Geo. Dietz
Geo. Nurnberg
Hoffman
Dietz
Lieut
Mueller
Summerdale
Nurnberg
Aeroplanes Finish 500 Miles on Desert Trip
Four French army aeroplanes completed a 500 mile Sahara flight to Biskra, Algeria arriving with no escort. Col Boutteaux rode as a passenger on one machine. queen Corina of Havana cigars advertised.
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Biskra
Algeria
Sahara Desert
Col. Boutteaux
Hotel Fire Claims Six Lives in Malone NY
Six men died in a blaze that destroyed the De Wilson hotel in Malone. A man and a woman who leaped from the third story were seriously injured. Firefighters faced a sheet iron coated exterior as they battled the flames, with no further fatalities reported beyond those on the upper floor.
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Malone
N. Y
de Wilson
Fierce Attacks on Utilities Bill in Des Moines
Des Moines April 17 reports show strong opposition from several house members to a rewritten utilities bill. Critics call the measure a crime and rush to a vote with no amendments. Amendments and floor privileges sparked further defections, including Lund of Hamilton withdrawing support and pledging to vote against it.
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Des Moines
House
Lund
Hamilton
Klay
Sioux
Temperature record and property purchase notice at Prospect Hills
A weather note records April 17 temperatures with a 78 degree low and unknown high, alongside a deed notice stating Attorney H. B. Tullar purchased tract 163 on Sunset road in Prospect Hills for $1 and other valuable considerations.
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H. EB. Tullar
Sunset Road
Prospect Hills
Perpetrator of Cubist Art Condemned to Die
Chicago reports a mock trial at the Art Institute over alleged cubist murders and art crimes. Oliver Rainville impersonated the condemned, jurors fainted at the "monster pieces," and the futurist died of conscience, a satirical stand against modern art.
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Chicago
Boston
Art Institute
Henri Matisse
Moore Fired for Improper Acts
Washington reports that Willie K. Moore chief of the weather bureau was summarily removed by President Wilson amid charges labeled irregularities. The probe centers on campaign activity to become secretary of agriculture and use of government employees on trips and meetings to back his candidacy. Moore denies the charges and blames political foes tied to Harvey W. Wiley.
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Washington
Wilson Yenter
Willie K. Moore
Weather Bureau
Department of Justices
Bureau of Investigation
Houston
White House
Moore
Wilson
Fowler
Illinoia
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles T. Burns
Harvey W. Wiley
Senator Works Attacks Present Day Journalism in DC News Ban
Washington April 17 Senator Works delivered a vigorous attack on present day journalism and U S newspapers arguing for a bill to bar District of Columbia papers from publishing details of crimes accidents and tragedies He argued such news harms readers and embarrasses relatives citing the Henry Clay Beattie case to illustrate the issue and noted the bill’s prior introduction in a previous session.
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Washington
Works
United States
District of C Lumbia
Henry Clay Beattie
Richmond
Des Moines Legislature Adjournment Efforts Falter
Des Moines April 17 News notes legislative adjournment attempts faltered as Jamison failed to move Senate resolution for today’s adjournment. Temporary Speaker Brady ruled the motion out of order. Senator Mattes of Sac said adjournment before Saturday was impossible due to pending appropriations.
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Des Moines
Jamison
Senate
Brady
House
Mattes
Sac
Shatouo
Europeans Protest California Alien Land Law
Washington reports protests by European syndicates against a California bill requiring landholding stockholders to be American citizens or declare intent. Diplomats query the law's scope, while officials expect a senate version to avoid treaty conflicts with Japan. European financiers warn of withdrawal if enacted.
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Washington
State Department
California Senate
California Assembly
Senate
United States
Japan
California
Secretary Cottrell Charged Over Y M C A Fire Attempts
Connell Bluffs April Willis EK Cottrell, general secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association of Council Bluffs, was formally charged with five fire destruction attempts on the Y M C A building during the past month. His father B H Cottrell of Curtice Ohio obtained a court order to have the youth examined by a san ity board. Directors say Cottrell confessed to the acts but gave no reason.
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Association
Acta
Pope Pius X Condition Improves Yet End Seen Impending
Rome April 17 Pope Pius X shows slight improvement with reduced cough and weaker weakness, but officials warn the end may come at any time. Doctors report more stable breathing and slower pulse yet stress rest and caution as the pontiff requests to sit up and endure bed rest despite fatigue.
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Rome
Amicd
Hite
Tome
Pius X
Marchiafava
Cardinal Merry del Val
Vatican
Amici
Amfict
Sixty I W W hunger strike in Denver jail
Sixty Industrial Workers of the World in Denver began a hunger strike and refused breakfast of bread and water provided for uninvited Pacific coast visitors. They vow to continue until a better menu or hospital admission, with talks of a compromise and possible release if rules are observed and visitors depart.
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Denver
Colo
Pacific Coast
Wilson Accepts Honorary Columbia Country Club Membership
President Wilson accepted an honorary membership in the Columbia country club in Washington on April 17 after a committee from the club extended the invitation. Earlier he declined an honorary membership in the Chevy Chace club.
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Wilson
Washington
Columbia Country Club
Senator O'Gorman
Chevy Chaio Club
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