Will Delve Into Labor Problem Committee of Nine Appointed
Senate action on the Borah bill triggers a federal inquiry into capital and labor relations. A nine member commission to be appointed by President Taft will lead the study with aims to prevent strikes and lockouts and improve labor capital contact. Included are representatives of capital labor and social settlement workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
Los Angeles
Cal
Lawrence
Mass
Rabbi Wise
New York
Jane Addams
Chicago
Edward T. Devine
Columbia University
Allen Burns
Pittsburgh
Taft
Fitzgerald
Tammany
House of Representatives
House
Sey
Commission
Banquet Held By R E Peterson For Electric Park Staff
At 5 o'clock this afternoon R E Peterson hosted a birthday banquet for fourteen Electric Park employees who assist him. The meal was served at the large table in the Peterson home at Sans Souci, continuing the annual birthday event.
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R. E. Peterson
Electric Park
Mr. Peterson
Peterson
Sans Souci
Evening gown with gray chiffon and Venetian lace accents
An evening gown features gray chiffon over white satin. Velvet trim outlines the tunic bottom and sleeves while a shaped band of heavy Venetian lace runs around from the left. A V shaped lace bodice front is topped by a deep lace collar and velvet girdle at the waist finished with satin ribbon.
Parents Mourn Baby Death in Illinois Burial Planned
Kenneth Mitchell aged fourteen months died after a four week diabetes illness at 328 Chestnut Street. Born July 19 1911 in Waterloo he lived with Mr and Mrs W H Mitchell who moved from Chicago three years ago where he had a sibling Marvin aged 10. A prayer service was held at home and the body will be taken to Chicago for burial.
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Kenneth
W. H. Mitchell
Chestnut Street
Waterloo
Chicago
City Fever Theme Drives Clyde Fitch Play The City
The Waterloo engagement on September 14 features United Play Company presenting The City with Hugo B Koch in the lead role. Producers anticipate a large audience after strong local interest and inquiries from rural areas.
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Mettropolis
Clyde Fitch
Fitch
Waterloo
United Play! Company
Hugo B. Koch
Boy Arrested in Connection With Welsh Girl Livery Theft
Sheriff F M Shores brought Lee Watson 18 to custody from Cedar Rapids after a Rock Island railroad agent linked him to Gertrude Welsh in the theft of a livery rig from Knapp. Watson, a Cedar Rapids signal tender paid 70 dollars monthly, claims he met Welsh by accident at Linn Junction and had no prior contact with her. Welsh, 18, is jailed in Shellsburg. the rig was recovered but the horse was overdriven and starved. If pursued, grand larceny penalties may apply.
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F. M. Shores
Cedar Rapids
Lee Watson
Morweiser
Rock Island Railroad
Gertrude Welsh
Knapp
Watson
Rock Island
Miss Welsh
Waterloo
Linn Junction
Leighton
Shellsburg
Dr Fullerton to Move Here from Cedar Falls
Dr. K. M. Fullerton and wife acquire the High and Lime street residence once owned by Peter Rivers and plan to move to Waterloo. The dentist will open a practice in the First National bank building and may rent rooms for a vocal studio. Rivers renovated the property with extensive cement work, garages, and gardens.
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High and
Lime Streets
Peter Rivers
K. M. Fullerton
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Fullerton
First National Bank
California
Pension Hold Up Destroys Aged Widow In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia an elderly 70 year old woman Mary Mason lay exhausted from hunger in a fourth floor room at 30 North Seventh street. The destitution is blamed on the hold up of pension legislation in Congress. Her husband William Mason a Civil War seaman and bosun's mate on the Monitor. For a week she subsisted on a pint of milk two tomatoes and two loaves of bread.
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Philadelphia
Mary Mason
North Seventh Street
Congress
Willam Mason
Bosun
Monitor
The
Merrimac
Probate petitions seek administration of three wills
Petitions for the probate of three wills were filed in probate court yesterday. They ask administration of the estates of Frank G. Wilson Susanna Rickert and Timothy Cranny. Mrs Rickert bequeaths 300 to the Waterloo Evangelical association for perpetual grave care. Cranny leaves all to his wife Ellen Cleary Cranny. Wilson leaves all to his brother E E Wilson who is named administrator. A farm in East Waterloo and other property in Waterloo are among real estate. Carleton Sias named guardian for Frank M and James P Lytle.
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Frank G. Wilson
Susanna Rickert
Timothy Cranny
Rickert
Waterloo Erhannel
The
Evangelical Association
Lincoln Township
Ellen Cleary Cranny
E. E. Wilson
Talk of Leach for Congress in Third District
Independence reports friends of attorney Robert E. Leach urging him to run in the Third district on the progressive ticket. Leach previously sought the congressional seat as a Republican but withdrew, with Waterloo rivals Pickett and A. D. Sumner remaining. He has long been a progressive Republican and admires Senator Cummins.
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Independence
Robert E. Leach
Leach
Pickett
A. D. Sumner
Waterloo
Cummins
Waterloo couple to visit Marshalltown with baby
Marshalltown Times-Republican reports Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moore and their baby daughter from Waterloo are expected to arrive in the city on Saturday.
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Marshalltown
Stanley Moore
Waterloo
City
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President Taft
Ansco
Knapp Drug Co
East Fourth St
Baby
Ao Girls
DR. Fullerton
Gorham’s Millinery
Evangelical
Association To Care For
Leagh
Hamilton
Just
M. Q
Paper and
Eastman Film
Iowa State Fair and Exposition
Des Moines
People’s Furniture Co
Lafayette Street
Frank C. Krueger Market
Milwaukee
Frank C. Krueger
the Growers of India Tea
Wittick Market
Pickerel, Ib
West 4Th St
Veal
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