VOTE SELLERS IN WAGONLOADS
In West Union Ohio indictments flood in as 124 new charges bring total to 752. Hundreds of voters plead guilty, receive suspended sentences, lose voting rights for five years, and pay fines up to 25 dollars plus costs. Governor Harmon pledges legislative graft inquiry with Judge Blair to probe Adams county corruption and extend to Pike Clermont Lawrence Jackson Gallia Scioto and other counties.
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West Union
Court House
Blair
Judson Harmon
Adams County
Harmon
Pike
Clermont
Lawrence
Jackson
Gallia
Scioto
Highland
Brown
Term of Woman Autoist-Slayer is Suspended
Mrs. Rose Seidel Tresselt pleaded guilty to manslaughter for running over Irene Cox, nine, in Fort Wayne on August 20. She was sentenced to twenty-one years but the term was suspended and she paid the child's father $5,390.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Rose Seidel Tresselt
Irene Cox
Saloon Consent Petition Question Sparks Canvass Debate
In Oskaloosa Iowa on December 27 the board of supervisors weighed whether a name withdrawn from the original saloon consent petition can be readded via an affidavit of renewed support. The canvass of 1,446 names left 28 rejected while prohibitionists withdrew 208 and saloon backers presented 75 affidavits of retraction. Courts likely will rule on the issue.
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Oskaloosa
Evening Press
Board of Supervisors
Magazine writer Captain Bennett's body found near Key West
The body of Captain Stuart Bennett of New York, a magazine writer and yacht Phra owner, was found near the western banks at Key West. His wife and crew member Herman Parker are believed drowned after the yacht sank in a collision Sunday night. Three crewmen were rescued Monday. six were aboard.
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Key West
Fla
Stuart Bennett
New York
Phra
Herman Parker
Christmas Job Proves Costly in Cedar Rapids Robbery
Fred Wandhasia of Dabaggno told Cedar Rapids police he was robbed by two men who claimed Clinton as their home. They took his gold watch and all his money after a holiday ring left him poorer.
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Cedar Rapids, Is
Evening Press
Fred Wandhasia
Dabaggno
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Caboose Collision Kills Three Near Farber Missouri
Train number 9 known as the red hammer on the Alton railroad left Chicago for Kansas City and struck a freight near Farber Missouri after a caboose failed to clear the main track. Three trainmen were killed: Davis Crabtrea and Hreinan plus brakeman Flora. No passengers were hurt.
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Kansas City
Alton
Chicago
Farber
Davis
M. J. Crabtrea
Hreinan
H. M. Flora
Resident of Tripoli Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Louis Pinchelman, 40, a lifelong Tripoli resident and sister of a Waterloo woman, died Sunday at Waverly hospital after a yearlong tuberculosis illness. She leaves her husband and four children. Funeral is at St. John's Lutheran Church tomorrow.
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Tripoli
Louis Pinchelman
Waverly Hospital
Waukerhan
Pinchelman
Tripolit
Fred Kroulin
Waterloo
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Seyferlich Made Permanent Chief of Chicago Fire
Charles Seyferlich was appointed fire marshal of Chicago today, succeeding the late James Horan, making him the department head in the city.
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Seyferlich
Chicago
Charles Seyferlich
James Horan
Rebels Could Meet Large Army Near Sierra Madre
El Paso reporter says rebels control the region around the Big Head and can defend it against a large army with mountain passes. They are said to smuggle arms from Texas and equip men to join insurgents in the Sierra Madre west of Chihuahua.
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el Paso
Texas
el Paso Herald
Sierra Madre
Chihuahua
Express Agent Absconds with Valuables in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police search for J. D. Timoney after he relived C. D. Wilson at Shellsburg and allegedly decamped with 1604 dollars in Express company valuables. The incident is reported in the Evening Press dated December 27.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
J. D. Timoney
Shellsburg
C. D. Wilson
United States Express Company
Timoney
Burns Prove Fatal to Ottumwa Lady
Mrs Ida Wright died in Ottumwa hospital after a lamp oil spill during a descent at her Des Moines home. She slipped while carrying a lit lamp, and the resulting burn caused severe agony before death.
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Burns
Ottumwa
Evening Press
Des Moines
Ida Wright
Ottumwa Hospital
Two Babies Die in Home Fire Allegedly Caused by Gas
In Columbus on December 27 Myrtle Sheets aged four and Margaret Sheets aged two were found burned to death by their mother who had just returned from a grocery errand. Authorities suspect an open gas fire caused the blaze.
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Columbus
Myrtle Sheets
Margaret Sheets
Safe blown open at Mason City laundry
Mason City police report the door of the steam laundry and the safe were found wide open this morning. Some contents are missing and the theft is believed to involve an inside acquaintance. Amount missing not yet known.
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Mason City
Evening Press
Yale Glee Club Concert Dances in Burlington
The Yale Glee Banjo and Mandolin club performed at the Y M C A auditorium in Burlington Fa before a large fashionable audience. After the concert they were honored with a dance and then departed for another engagement.
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Yale Glee Club
Burlington
Burlington, Fa
Yale Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club
Iowa Fighter Bites Ear In Saloon Brawl
In Dubuque on December 27, Jack Schwartz and Charles Anthony fought in a saloon. Schwartz bit Anthony's left ear during the brawl, and four men had to pull Schwartz off. The ear was severed neatly.
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Dubuque, Ja
Evening Press
Jack Schwartz
Charles Anthony
Schwartz
Anthony
German Church Burns Near Baxter and Nine Horses Die
In Marshalltown Iowa on December 27 a German church east of Baxter burned during Christmas exercises. The blaze started from tree trimmings and the church was destroyed with all inside escaping unharmed. Separately in Sioux City nine horses owned by Tuck Conley burned at Woodland Park. one man initially missing, later found. total loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
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Marshalltown
Evening Press
Baxter
Sioux City
Fvening Press
Tuck Conley
Woodland Track
Toraime
William St. John
Wall Lake to be saved from drainage plan
Clarion Indiana December 27 special report states Wall Lake will not be drained. Hugh Jameson, chairman of the board of supervisors, led efforts to beautify the lake area and ensure the legislature rescinds the drainage order. Jameson is brother of Waterloo banker W. KR Jameson.
Susong Elected Des Moines City Clerk Amid Political Shift
Horace J. Susong was elected city clerk to replace Neal P. Jones who resigned to become managing editor of the News. The election signals a machine of county and city officials led by Mayor Hanna and Councilmen Roe and Ash. Ash voted to convict Ab Day, ex police captain, if Roe backed Susong. Day shut the red light district. liberals pursued him. An ordinance setting gas price at zero per thousand was introduced and likely to pass.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
Horace J. Susong
Neal P. Jones
the News
Susong
Hanna
Roe
Ash
Ab Day
Day
Red Light
Thieves Robbed Post Office at Lisbon
Cedar Rapids man reports the Lis bon post office was entered last night and about 6 in money and a small quantity of stamps were stolen.
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P. O
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Bomb Explodes During Italian Theater Escape Turmoil
A Black Hand style bomb exploded in a lower hallway of an Italian theater in New York, bursting windows and destroying stairs and the escape route. Salvatore Carlotino, a factory owner, says he had recently received a $1,090 extortion demand under threat of death or destruction of his property.
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New York
Phe
Tanate
Salvatore Carlotinia
Rate uphold on coal from St Louis to Omaha
The Interstate Commerce Commission declares the $2 per ton rate on bituminous coal from St Louis to Omaha and South Omaha reasonable. Miners including Breeze-Trenton Mining Company argued the old $1.80 rate was fair, but the commission affirmed the higher charge and ruled carriers may set higher rates for competitive reasons without obligation to match lower rates.
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Washington, D. C
Hast St. Lous
Omaha
South Omaha
Neb
Interstate Commerce Commission
Breeze-Trenton Mining Company
Ilinois
Mast St. Louis
Pountsy
Accuse Boy Of Theft Of $197
Clem Johnson 14 from Waterloo confessed to stealing $18 from a Waterloo restaurant and other alleged thefts after being picked up by Dubuque police. His mother arrived to take him home as local officers dispute the confession and say they have no knowledge of such thefts. The information came from the boy’s parents when he did not return home.
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Dubuque
Evening Press
Clem Johnson
Waterloo
Major Huxford Dead Veteran and Civil War Record
Major William B P Huxford United States Army retired at 66. He served 23 years as recorder of the loyal legion after enlisting in the Fourth Michigan, joining the 162nd New York and the regular army, with action in major Civil War battles.
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Washington, D. C
Wm. BP. Huxford
United States Army
Loyal Legion
Michigan
162Nd
New York
Regular Army
Western Poultry Fanciers' Show Opens in Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa Dec 27 The sixteenth annual Western Poultry Fanciers association exhibition opened today with 1500 birds on display at the event in Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Western Poultry Fanciers’ Association
Two Coal Miners Found Frozen to Death
Des Moines Iowa February 27 two coal miners Gas Oberg aged 40 and Otto Bark aged 55 were found frozen to death in an old house at 611 East Second Street. They had not been seen for a week and were out of work according to neighbor Mrs Henry Hahn. Police believe death was caused by freezing.
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Des Moines
Gas Oberg
Otto Bark
Okd
East Second Street
Henry Hahn
German Publisher Dies in Detroit Daily Abend Post Owner
Detroit December 27 German publisher August Marxhausen proprietor of the Abend Post a German daily newspaper is dead at age 77 in Detroit Mich per local obituary notice with brief details of his life and work.
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Detroit
Mich
Marxhausen
Abend Post
Iowa Good Roads Push as Legislature Targeted
Des Moines Iowa December 27 The Iowa Good Roads executive committee chaired by Judge Deemer plans an annual meeting to discuss road improvement efforts. Resolutions will urge the legislature to pass strengthened good road laws.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
Iowa Good Roads Executive Committee
Deemer al
German Soldier Hangs Self in Iowa City Hotel
Coroner orders an inquest into the death of Ernest Bergaman, 60, a former German soldier and pensioner, who hanged himself at the Dunkel hotel to avoid international complications. The report notes Mattoon, Illinois population at 11,445 after an increase of 1,834.
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Iowa City
Evening Press
Crossett
Ernest Bergaman
Dunkel Hotel
Bergaman
Mattoon
Washington
Til
Kidnappers Given Maximum Penalty in Brooklyn Case
In New York on December 27 Judge Fawcett sentenced Maria Rappa and Stanilo Pattenza for kidnapping two boys ages 83 and 10. They received the maximum term of 25 to 49 years and ten months in state prison after being convicted of abducting Giuseppe Longo and Michael Rizzo, sons of Brooklyn Italians.
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New York
Cftien
Fawcett
Brooklyn
Maria Rappa
Stanilao Pattenza
Guiseppe Longo
Michael Rizzo
Christmas Weddings at German Lutheran Church
Two Christmas wedding ceremonies were held at the German Lutheran church in Denver. Amelia Steinart wed Paul Kopperline in a gray satin gown, with a reception at the bride’s home and plans to settle in Waterloo. Merlin Koepke and John Kar also married at the same church with bridesmaids in white and a post ceremony dinner at the bride’s home, the couple to establish residence in Waterloo.
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Denver
Amelia Steinwart
Paul Kopperline
F. Sehlegnhohm
Broom
Wm. Koepke
John Kar
German Lutheran Church
Ida Guenther
F. Schoenbohm
Minnie Dans
Charles Koepke
Waterloo
Kar
Japanese Colony Resents U S Search in Manila
On December 27 Major General Duvall ordered a search of one story and several Japanese homes for explosives with police help. The operation, prompted by secret information, failed and provoked resentment within the Japanese community in Manila.
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Manila
P. I
Duvall
United States Army
Department of the Phillippines
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