Scribner Perjury Confessions Linked to Risk and King
Donning a murky tale of bribery and perjury, the Scribner case reveals confessions from King and Scott alleging Loren Risk offered money to testify. The trial involved accident damages for a boy run over by a street car, with investigators tracing King’s work near Brandon and questioning the legitimacy of earlier statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Scott
Edward Wing
Perry
Scribner
Red Railway
J. W. Ackerman
Loren Risk
Beribner
King
Scott
Ackerman
Coun
Wenner
Henderon
Court
Matthew Westate
Maurice Welsh
Bob Surray
Piper
Charles Scribner
Glen Scribner
Fourth Street
Joker
Littla
Hare
Sig
Brandon
Cedar Rapids
Mate
J. B. Sisco’s
Risk
J. T. Sullivan
Hie
Mattern
Welsh
Murray
Mason City
Sailors Save Battleship From Serious Fire
Philadelphia February 15 sailors aboard the battleship North Dakota at the navy yard quickly extinguished a brief engine room fire. A blown dynamo fuse ignited oil on woodwork but sailors leaped from bunks, used sand to douse the flames, and contained the blaze in about three minutes, testing fire drills across ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Oll
Waterloo to Build Giant Electric Power Plant and Sea Wall
Waterloo voters approved a 25 year franchise for Citizens Gas and Electric by 1602 to 769. The project will cost about 800000 for a high voltage plant, seawall along the Cedar River, tracks, and building improvements to serve Waterloo and many nearby communities by January 1917. Construction begins immediately with reshaping Virden creek and deep foundations, linking wall with adjacent properties to create a continuous riverfront barrier.
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Waterloo
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Electric Company
Towa
Iowa
Austin Burt
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Company
H. B. Maynard
Messrs
Burt
Maynard
Virden Creek
Tillinois
Wiiness Central
Electric
Parliament Reassembles as King Appeals for War Finish
British Parliament reopens as King George addresses the Commons urging unified resolve to prosecute the war. He praises allies, calls for reparations for victims, and pledges navy and army efforts while urging patriotism and loyalty from lawmakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lendon
George
Meyer Murder Case in Hands of the Jury
Winterset reports the trial of Mrs. Ida Meyer, 60, charged with complicity in the July 25 1915 murder of her daughter-in-law Ethel Meyer. Judge J H Applegate instructed the jury on evaluating circumstantial evidence, noting it can be as convincing as direct testimony. The case also involved Fred Meyer and Mrs. Ida Meyer.
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Winterset
Ids Meyer
Ethe
Meyer
J. H. Applegate
Applegate
Ethel Meyer
Here
Fred Meyer
Ida Meyer
Seed corn testing urged to avert losses in Black Hawk county
Farmers in Black Hawk county face potential losses of up to 1.5 million dollars if ears of corn used for seed are not thoroughly tested. The article argues testing every ear, not just cribs, and organizing a 1916 seed campaign to secure 15 000 to 16 000 bushels of uniformly strong seed, with farmers, bankers and businesses urged to unite for a guaranteed crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Neghssary
Black Hawk
German Moves in Nicaragua Under Probe
Senators discuss a report that Germany offered Nicaragua more than the US four million dollar option for an interoceanic canal while awaiting ratification of the Nicaraguan treaty. The House and Senate continue hearings on submarines and defense plans to federalize National Guard units as a reserve force.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Nicaragua
United States
Administration
Stone
Foreign Relations Committee
House Naval Committee
Albert W. Grant
House
Senate
Plot to Wreck Warship at Vera Cruz
Carranza officials report a plot to blow up the battleship Kentucky in Vera Cruz harbor. Consul Canada is alleged to be involved to force American intervention. State Department asks Carranza to present proof. viewed as continuation of three months of antagonism against the consul.
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Washington, D. C
Pelo
Carranze
State Department
Kentucky
Vera Cruz Harbor
Canada
Carranza
Mellen Denies Brandeis Ruined New Haven Road
Washington D C Feb 13 Former New Haven president Shartes S Mellen told the senate committee probing Laula D Brandeis nomination that he has no information to support the charge that Brandeis helped wreck the New Haven railroad He declined to attend further hearings. Brandeis faced criticism from Samuel W Winslow of United Shoe Machinery and Hollis R Bailey over alleged conflicts of interest involving estates and corporate dealings linking the Warren Paper Mills and other interests.
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Washington, D. C
Brandeis
Welsh
Chilton
Mellen
Barron
New Haven
Walsh
Mell
Samuel W. Winslow
Hollis R. Bailey
Reston
Wilson
Brandesis
Shoe Machinery Company
Baller
Branfeis
Jessees and Jessora
Warren Paiper Mills
Rivers and Harbors Bill Before House Committee
Washington February 15 The rivers and harbors bill carries an appropriation of 40 million dollars for continued work and maintenance of existing projects The measure is reported set for final approval with only final consent pending on 700 thousand dollars for the East River channel in New York harbor It includes various preliminary examinations and surveys across the country
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Washington, D. C
Naval Rivers and Harbors
House
East River
New York Harbor
St Paul Bandit Suspect Caught in Des Moines
Des Moines on Feb 15 Frank Morrissey, 27, was arrested here suspected of taking part in the St Paul safe blow last week and fleeing in a gun battle with police. He will be returned to St Paul once transportation is arranged. San Felice, a quality Seelgar f advertisement.
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ST. Paul
Des Moines
Frank Morrissey
St. Traul
Morrissey
Madison clerk admits selling empty bottle in Orpet case
State's Attorney claims new chains of evidence link University of Wisconsin junior William Orpet to Marian Lambert's death near Lake Forest. Detectives pursue poison bottle, ash heap crystals, and Orpet's motions from Madison to Lake Forest as coroner's inquest tests the murder theory.
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Chicago
Marian Laanbert
Lake Horost
Maddison
Wis
William J1. Orpet
University At Wisconsin
Aclring
Madison
Orpet
Lake Forest
McCormick
Dady
Marino
Helm
Fie
Paper Delivery Note After Hours Pickup Instructions
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o'clock due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 for a replacement copy. After 6:20, call Tel No 3 for assistance.
Fire claims multiple miners at Anaconda Copper Mine
In Butte Montana a shaft fire at the Anaconda Copper Mining Co mine trapped 220 workers late last night. Rescue crews recovered ten bodies by morning, with about a dozen more missing. Two foremen, William Mitchell and Neil Berman, died during rescue efforts on the 600 foot level as the blaze, whose cause remains unknown, burned fiercely.
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Butte
Mont
Meb
Pennsylvania Ming
Anaconda Copper Mini Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
William Mitchell
Neil Berman
Young Wife of Farmer Hangs Self in Barn
Marshalltown Iowa reports Mrs M F Mishler 33 wife of a Liscomb farmer hanged herself in the barn late yesterday. Her husband left for the city in the morning and she cried as she kissed him goodbye. She gave no clear reason for the act and domestic relations were described as pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
M. F. Mishler
Liscomb
Senate urges firm stand on submarine question
Washington February 15 a resolution by Senator Sterling Republican of South Dakota calls the senate to express anxious concern over German admiralty orders allowing armed merchantmen to be sunk without warning. The measure argues against any acquiescence by the United States or other neutrals.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Sterling
South Dakota
United States
Italian town shelled by aeroplanes six killed
Reuters reports that Schio near Vicenza was bombarded by hostile aircraft. Six people died and others were wounded in the air attack on the Italian town yesterday near Vicenza. The dispatch from Vicenza is dated February 15.
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Schio
Newry Vicenza
London
Reuters
Vicenza
Italy
Plot to Wreck Churches and Cause Fatal Harm Uncovered
Police say an international anticlerical plot aimed to destroy buildings and harm people, with dynamite found at Joliet penitentiary and letters mentioning freeing imprisoned men. Ringleaders tied to Archbishop Mundelein banquet poisoning and plans target Chicago landmarks and several churches.
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Chicago
State Penitentiary of
Joliet
United States
John Adlegrint
Jean Crones
Mundelein
Healey
Nicholas Hunt
Herman Schuettler
Aftegrini
Cranes
Chicago University Club
Allegrini
People’s Gas, Light & Coke Company
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Persury
Scribner Gre
Joward King
Cedar River
Vera Cruz
Brandelg
New Haven Road
C. W- Barron
House Committee
San Felice
Orpet Home
Kline. Eae
UES
Montana
U.S
Havana
Jean Crones Reyeal
Band of International
Scope
Police
Moody Church
Grace Episcopal Church
Oakland Methodist Church
Norwood Park Methodist Church
Auburn Park Methodist Church
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