Liquor canvass in Waterloo faces delay accusations
The Waterloo canvass on saloon petitions continues with 1,880 names checked and 3,400 to go. temperance groups challenge about 500 names for irregularities while Ewald accuses delay tactics. Hammond offers a classification plan claiming it will speed but draw scrutiny from opponents and officials.
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Board of Supervisors
Waterloo
Temperance Workers
Ewald
J. B. Hammond
Arya
Frank Campbell
Woolley
William Ewald
Gale
Darrah
Hward
Hammond
Plot to disrupt suffragist parade with mice plot in capital
Washington notes a bizarre plan by college students to stampede the March 3 suffrage parade by releasing mice along Pennsylvania Avenue. Suffrage leaders fear public chaos. police protection is promised but arrests depend on liberating the mice. Taft and Wilson are named guests of honor at the event.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ridolph
National
Taft
Wilson
National Woman Suffrage Association
Murderer Believed Hiding in Davenport Area
Davenport Iowa February 1 Police suspect Robert Webb, charged with Chicago detective Peter Hart’s murder, is local and matching the holdup description given Davenport grocer Ernest Dalldorf was shot resisting a robbery Webb reportedly left Chicago penniless and may need money. A reward fund is being raised for Dalldorf’s killer with $1,000 expected and reports of a man matching the description seen by John G Kemp of Muscatine.
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Davenport
Daniel O'Hara
Chicago
Robert Webb
Peter Hart
O'Hara
Webb
Ernest Dalldorf
Dalldorf
Saloons Petition Canvass Deliberations Jockey for Timely Venue
The article discusses appeal timing for district court in saloon petitions, noting February term filing deadlines and possible May term delays. It reports a crowded supervisors’ room as big crowds gather to hear canvassing details, with McQuilkin urging no smoking and two lady stenographers working amid the proceedings.
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Waterloo
McQuilkin
Temperature Report From February First Night and Day
Temperature readings show a night low below zero and an afternoon high of 20 above. The prior day’s low was below zero with a 20 degree high, while the same date last year recorded a 4 below minimum and 18 above maximum.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Editor Nelson Found Guilty of Contempt in Missouri
Kansas City Mo Feb 1 Editor and owner of the Kansas City Star Wmn R Nelson was found guilty of contempt by Judge Joseph A Guthrie in Jackson county circuit court The citation arose from a Star article claiming that attorney fees were paid before alimony in a divorce case The defense argued the finding would insult the court and referenced Blackstoneian theory while the record noted the contempt decision was prepared in advance
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Kansas City, Mo
Wmn. R. Nelson
Kansas City Star
Joseph A. Guthrie
Jackson County
the Star
Guthrie
Walsh
Ita
Nelson
Blackstone
Yates
President Returns Sick Cow to Uncle Ike
President Taft will retire with Pauline Wayne, his Holstein cow, who has supplied milk to the White House for two years. Taft sent the animal back to Senator Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin, believing life on Stephenson's farm will restore the cow’s health and vitality.
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Washington
Pauline Wayne
Taft
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Pauline
White House
Deserting Private Kills Four Officers In Russia
A deserting Russian artillery private killed his corporal and fatally wounded three other officers, including Capt. Kirb, during an attempted arrest in Kiev. The deserter was then shot and killed by one of the wounded men.
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Kiev
Russia
Kirb
Seven Injured When Speeding Car Hits Street Car
St. Louis February 1 seven persons injured when an automobile driven by Louis Moser president of a paper box company struck a street car at high speed. Four in the car were thrown out and three in the street car were so badly hurt they were sent to the city hospital.
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St. Louis
Louis Moser
Empress Plans Health Trip to Bad Nauheim
Berlin reports the German empress is expected to visit Bad Nauheim in March for a lengthy sojourn. Her majesty has seen her health waver in recent years and spent eight weeks there last year.
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Berlin
Bad Nauheim
Tariff Hearings Wind Up Today in Washington
Washington Feb 1 The tariff hearings end today after a month of daily House Ways and Means sessions. Witnesses covered the free list and tariff law phrasing including fur milk products tapioca church statuary cheesewax and bristles. Executive sessions will follow next week possibly continuing through February and March as tentative legislation is drafted for the new Congress. The free list portion is not to differ greatly from the prior bill though additions may be added. The old free list bill was projected to cut about 8.38 million annually, Taft raising that to 10 to 14 million.
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Washington
House
Taft
Sudden arrest in advance of oil prices
Pittsburgh Pa Feb 1 Despite predictions of oil men Pennsylvania crude did not end the week at $2.50 for the market, after a daily advance of 7 cents a barrel for five days, opened at yesterday's close $2.40. Competent authorities have no explanation to give for the sudden arrest in the advance. Rexsie union made te cigarAdvertisement.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Miracle escape on Iowa Central train No 5 near Dubuque
Forty passengers in the rear coach of Illinois Central train No 5 narrowly escaped death when the car left the track on a sharp curve, tipped, and swung across a bridge. Despite frantic attempts to flee, level-headed trainmen restrained passengers as the derailed train pulled two more cars from the tracks and halted on the bridge. Engineer Crockett and Conductor Lucas coordinated re-railing and rescue, with Waterloo officials reporting no serious injuries.
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Miinels Central
Waterloo
Chicago
Sioux City
Dubuque
F. E. Lucas
Muir
Attorney Tuller
David Crockett
Fred Austin
F. &. Lucas
Associated Press
Iinois Central
Former Waterloo teacher joins Arctic dash in April
Mae Belle Allstrand, later Mrs. R. M. Anderson, a former East High German instructor and Sioux City teacher, will accompany her explorer husband Stefaneson in the April start of the Arctic Ocean expedition. The couple now live in New York City, with her Iowa City past and Waterloo connections noted by University circles.
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Alistrand
Hast High School
Husband
R. M. Anderson
Iowa City
Waterloo
Misa Mae Belle Allstrand
East High
Sioux City
Anderson
Mae Belle Allstrand
Dr. Anderson
Stefaneson and
Arctic Ocean
New York City
Cedar Falls contestant faints during declamatory contest
Miss Alva Voorhies of Cedar Falls fainted during her dramatic reading titled A Point of Knuckling Down as she spoke of calling an ambulance. Onlookers mistook the fall for stage action while Mina Voorhies explained the air was oppressive and the room hot.
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MissAlva Voorhies
Mina Voorhies
Unclear Fragments Describe Ear Cupants and Leap Attempt
Fragmentary text notes occupants of the ear and a number who attempted to leap but were prevented. No injuries are reported.
Fatally Hurt by Northwestern Train at Fleet Street Crossing
Webster City Iowa February 1 Mrs William Hahne mother of Councilman Fred Hahne died this morning at Mercy hospital from injuries after a Northwestern passenger train struck her at the Fleet street crossing last night. She was returning home and did not hear the approaching train.
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Webster City
Wiliam Hahne
Fred Hahne
Northwestern
Fleet Street
Mercy Hospital
Steamer Burns Cabin Fixtures to Reach Port
Melbourne Australia February reports the steamer Burns Cabin fixtures to reach port after weeks overdue from Astoria Oregon. The oil burning apparatus failed early, the ship limped into port with boilers blazing and the crew nearly starving. It averaged less than half speed as stores ran out before docking.
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Melbourne
Australia
Astoria
Oregon
Pacifc
PARDONED BANKER FEELS "WONDERFULLY FIT"
New York February 1 Charles W Morse the banker whose Taft commutation sentence was reduced is much improved in health. Telegrams say he walks daily in Florence Italy for one to three miles and feels wonderfully fit his return to America remains undecided despite earlier serious condition reports.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Taft
Florence
Italy
America
Morse
Renewed Efforts to Put Down the Rebels
Reports from Mexico indicate the Masero government intensifying efforts to quell rebels. Ambassador Wilson says northern federal troops are guarding American mining properties in Chihuahua while Juarez’s commander goes on the offensive, expanding railway access and sending forces south toward the rebels.
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Washington
Mexico
Wilson
North
Chihuahua
Juarez
Denmark Accepts Invitation to Exposition
Copenhagen reports the Danish government accepts the invitation to participate in the Panama-Pacific exposition. Minister Constantin Brun in Washington is instructed to select a site for a building suitable to Denmark’s representation at the fair.
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Copenhagen
Washington
Constantin Brun
Denmark
Taft Endorses Lincoln Memorial Plan in Potomac Park
President Taft signed a congressional resolution authorizing a Lincoln Memorial temple in Potomac Park. The plan, approved by Congress, requires a later appropriation of 2 million dollars to fund construction and related expenses.
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Washington
Taft
Lincoln
Potomac Park
Congress
Wheeler Named President Of United States Chamber
Washington Feb 1 Harry A Wheeler of Chicago has accepted the presidency of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for 1913. When elected a few weeks ago he withheld his acceptance.
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Washington
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
U S Ambassador Guest of Emperor of Japan
Tokio February 1 Lars Anderson the new United States ambassador to Japan presented his credentials today and was later the guest of the emperor and empress at luncheon with Mrs Anderson in attendance. PA VON HOLLEBEN DEAD
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Tokio
United States
Japan
Lars Anderson
PA. von Holleben
Berlin
Theodore von Holleben
Washington
von Holleben
Harvard
Final Effort To Stop War In Balkan Crisis
London reports a last effort by Constantinople and Sofia to avert renewed Balkan war. Armies prepare to enter Adrianople as Bulgarians claim an exemplary siege effort and rival factions race to plant the allied flag. Scutari and Janina become bargaining chips amid push for armistice failure.
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London
Balkan Peninsula
Constantinople
Sofia
Adrianople
Savoff
Russia
France
Scutari
Janina
Nicholas
Montenegro
Constantine
Greece
Aegean
Bulgaria
Tachtalaya
Washington
Schurman
Athena
Saloniki
Rockhill
Jackson
Littoral
Sea of Marmora
St. Petersburg
Austria- Hungary
Servia
Prague
Bosnia
Brooklyn Youth Dies By Own Action With Civil War Sword
New York Feb 1 Louis Duryea a Brooklyn youth tied his father's Civil War sword to a chair then fell onto the blade impaling himself He was found dead later medical exam revealed a deep abdomen wound Initially believed to be heart disease no note was left explaining the death
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New York
Louis Duryea
Brooklyn
Tama Jim Will Speak to Corn Show Boys
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson and house agriculture committee members arrived to attend the fifth national corn show. Wilson will speak this afternoon at the boys' day celebration following a banquet for 800 corn and tomato club youths hosted by the chamber of commerce.
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Tama Jim
Corn Show Boys
Columbia
Wilson
House Committees On Agriculture
Corn and Tomato Club
Chameber of Commerce
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