Nelson Not Guilty. Judge Hard Hitting Opinion Issued
Jefferson City Mo April 19 Wim R Nelson editor and owner of the Kansas City Star was found not guilty of malice in publishing an article about Judge Guthries divorce case The Missouri supreme court commissioner's report declared the article substantially true and as nearly correct as possible while noting several errors It also excluded certain parts including a judge Latshaw interview and set May 1 for the supreme court hearing on Nelsons appeal from Guthries contempt ruling
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Jefferson City
Wim. R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Joseph A. Guthrie
Missouri Supreme Court
Chas. C. Crow
Kansas City
Guthrie
Minnie L
Claude F. Clevinger
Clevingers
Murphy
Loyan
Clevinger
Karl Walter
Circuit Court
Jackson County
Missouri
Crow
Ralph Latshaw
Criminal Court
Nelson
Criminal Court of
Supreme Court
Faith Hope Charity Hope Lived Longest
Greenwich Conn April 19 The death notice for Mrs Hope Trower Albcorn the last of triplets born in England eighty years ago names Faith Hope and Charity Charity lived 52 Faith 74 The three were born in Harfield Sussex England in 1882 Faith and Charity never married Hope married Charles Albcorn in 1852 they had two children and moved to America with five more children born in Greenwich
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Greenwich
Conn
Hope Trower Albcorn
England
Faith
Hope
Charity
Hargfield
Sussex County
Charles Albcorn
America
Des Moines Auditor Estimates Legislature Cost
April 19 Des Moines Iowa the auditor of state estimated the legislature cost at 225000 for salaries of members and employes only. An amendment by Kulp to extend the millage tax to moneys and credits was defeated. Senators Wilson and De Wolf named to the permanent retrenchment and reform committee.
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Des Moines
Auditor of State Today
Kulp
Wilson
Clinton
de Wolf
Grundy
Grief and More of It For Mr. and Mrs. Adams
Mr and Mrs Cranst n R Adams of 14 Franklin street face a string of misfortunes in a single span. Adams a fireman for the Illinois Central was fined for beating his wife but the fine was suspended. His wife fell ill and was admitted to St Francis hospital. This morning Adams fell from a locomotive running board at the Jesup yards and broke his right lower leg. He is in St Francis hospital in Waterloo and is reported to be improving. The couple remain in adjoining wards and reconciliation seems likely. Also included is a report from Oakland of a varsity boat race where Washington beat Stanford by 175 yards and the Stanford freshmen defeated California.
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Cranston R. Adams
Franklin Street
Adams
Illinois Central Road
St. Francis Hospital
Jesup
Waterloo
Washington
Oakland
Cal
Wagh- Inston
Oakland Harbor
Stanford
University of California
California
Sacramento
State Capitol
Wilson
Bryan
Root
United States
Japan
Biyan
Johnson
State Department
Department
Belgium Strikers Hold Firm Amid Political Rights Battle
Twelve million dollars mark Belgium’s six day strike for equal suffrage with about 400 000 workers involved. Two thirds of the daily loss falls on employers as leaders vow to endure, while Premier Chag and ministers reject resignations and any referendum. Minor violence reported as nonstrikers are moved by railway workers in Mons.
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Brussels
Belgium
Chag
de Broineville
Albert
Pacific
Mons
Drake Carnival Draws 400 Athletes to Des Moines
Perfect track conditions and lowering skies greeted 400 athletes from seven states at Drake relay carnival in Des Moines. The university class features Hamline Minnesota and Brookings South Dakota as rising rivals, with many predicting record attempts. The first event began at 2 o'clock.
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Des Moines
Hamline
Minnesota
Brookings
South Dakota
Democrats Narrow Tariff Bill Changes Outline
Washington April 19 Democrats in the house pressed a caucus on tariff revision aiming to finish the administrative provisions and many Ways and Means amendments by nightfall. Amendments clarify language and adjust a few rates while preserving substance, with the sole substantial change the transfer of short machinery to the free list. Republicans and Ways and Means debated substitute amendments to the wool and cotton schedules.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and, Means
President Wilson Takes Day Off During First Term
Washington April 19 President Wilson did not attend the executive offices and spent the morning in the White House studying. He planned a long automobile ride in the afternoon as Secretary Tumulty kept the engagement list blank and deferred all business.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Toon
Tumulty
Pope Meets Brother Amid Convalescence at Vatican
Rome April 19 Angelo Sarto the pope's brother was allowed to see him for the first time since the illness. The meeting proceeded calmly under Dr Marchiafava supervision and ended with tears and a tearful exchange. The pope and his sisters later joined Angelo Sarto for lunch signaling a hopeful recovery as the pontiff rested well today.
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Rome
Angelo Sarto
Marchiafava
Angelo Surio
Angelo
Bepi
Prof
Marchiufava
Lanches
Pope
Vatican
Insurgents Bombard Guaymas Across Gulf of California
Nogales April 19 insurgent forces estimated at over 3000 began a long range artillery and rifle bombardment of Guaymas. The federal garrison of about 60 regulars held a suburb position as reinforcements from Hermosillo were reported en route to the California gulf city.
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Nogales
Ariz
Iowa Railroad Commission Files Complaint With ICC
Washington April 11 the Iowa railroad commission complains inadequate equipment of cars and locomotives for transporting Iowa products. It asks the interstate commerce commission to require railroads in town to provide sufficient equipment and to ensure fair early distribution of cars among Iowa shippers.
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Washington
State of
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Commission
Iowa Railroad Commission
Desertion case arraignment ends with McCoy discharged
Harvey N. McCoy was arraigned before Justice B. Dempster on a charge of deserting his wife. The hearing began at 2 o clock and extended to just before midnight when Dempster adjourned the court for the day and McCoy was discharged.
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Loco
Justices of the Peace
Harvey N. McCoy
Histrict B. Dempster
Dempster
McCoy
Bryan and Clark bury hatchet after years of bitterness
Washington reports a private luncheon where Speaker Champ Clark and Secretary William Jennings Bryan shook hands and declared they had buried the hatchet. Theodore A. Bell arranged the event, with Washington Post editor Bennett hosting. Bryan and Clark issued statements seeking cooperation for the administration’s policies.
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Washington
D.C
Champ Clark
William Jennings Bryan
Yestardiay
Ata
Haltimore
Theodore A. Bell
Californiia
Denver
California
Clark
Baltimore
Int BE. Bennett
Washington Post
Suffragists Fail To Blow Up Smeaton Tower Relic
A militant suffrage group in Plymouth attempts to blow up the Smeaton tower on Plymouth Hoe, the historic Edystone lighthouse replica. The cylindrical bomb fails to detonate as wind extinguishes the fuse. the women painted Votes for women and death in ten minutes on the device amid suffrage literature.
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Plymouth
England
Smeaton
Plymouth Hoe
Edystone
John Smeaton
Adjournment Hints After Iowa Senate Passes Mileage Tax
Des Moines reports the Iowa senate approved a mileage tax for the Iowa state college at 7 p m. The session nears adjournment as engrossing work finishes early evening. The house had nearly completed its business by noon and awaits senate cleanup. The omnibus appropriation bill and state schools funding had earlier passed the house.
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Des Moines
Senate
Iowa State College
House
Large Fray in Congress Over Women Suffrage Debate
In Washington on April 19 anti suffragists gathered in force to oppose a Constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote. They protested the brief two hour slot for arguments and met in the Judiciary committee room due to expected women attendees. Letters from Kate Douglas Wiggin and Molly Eliot Seawell were circulated, with Mrs Frances M Scott overseeing the documents.
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Washington
Capitol
Woman's Suffrage Committee
Judiciary Committee
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Molly Eliot Seawell
Frances M. Scott
Aviator Otto W. Brodie Killed in Flying Accident
Chicago reports professional flyer Otto W. Brodie died after his aircraft fell 45 feet at the aviation grounds on West Sixty third Street and South Fifty second Avenue. He led a school of aviation and was mentoring a trainee when a clothing snag near the engine is believed to have caused the crash.
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Chicago
Otto W. Brodie
West Sixty-third Street
South Fifty-second Avenue
Brodie
Nils
Free List Expanded to Include Buckwheat Rye and Savings Banks
Washington April 19 The ways and means committees majority agreed to an amendment transferring buckwheat and rye to the free list and adding savings banks not conducted for profit to the list of exemptions from the income tax.
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Washington
Ways and Means
London Girl Travels 5000 Miles for Waterloo Wedding
Miss Violet Davis journeyed from London to Waterloo Iowa to wed Edward Smith of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine Works. They met as children in England and plan to marry at Christ Episcopal Church with Rev. Georges W. Hinkle officiating.
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London
England
Waterloo
Iowa
Violet Davis
New York
Edward Smith
Smith
Blackman
la Porte Read
Georges W. Hinkle
Christ! Episcopal Church
Efforts to Preserve Peace Over California Alien Land Bills
Washington dispatch notes a California legislative pause on alien land bills to curb Japan tensions. Secretary Bryan urges Governor Johnson to strike language denying citizenship to prevent treaty violations, while officials weigh protest options and gather treaty context.
Stephen A Jenks Dies After Industrial Innovation
Stephen A Jenks, noted president of a textile company and son of the spinning ring inventor, died today in Jarvington. The death ends a career that helped revolutionize textile production and advertising in the period.
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Stephen A. Jenks
Jarvington, Root
Severe al Textile Companies
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