Governors message prompts Iowa reform acts and utility reports
Des Moines January 10. Gov Carroll's message to the Iowa legislature calls for reforms and a larger state utilities commission. A bill would require public utilities to file annual valuations earnings and expenditures with city councils to aid price setting. Pending contests include three seat challenges in the house.
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Des Moines
van Law
Marshall County
Publi Utility
Smith
Mitchell
Oregon
McManus
Keorluk
Gerrett Klay
Siouxe County
Gar+rell
Iowa
State Board of Control and Parole Board
Railway Commission
Public Utilities Commission
Carroll
Inquest into Death of Desperadoes in Sidney Street Raid
London January 10 The inquest into the death of the desperadoes killed when police and soldiers raided their lodgings in Sidney street resumed yesterday. It failed to positively identify the two convicts as the men who murdered three officers during the Houndsditch burglary. Bessie Gershon, who housed the outlaws and was briefly detained, testified they came the night before the raid and forced her to remove her skirts shoes and stockings so she could not summon aid.
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London
Sidney Street
Houndsditch
Bessie Gershon
Destroyers Set New Time Record in New Orleans
New Orleans, La, Jan 10 The torpedo boat destroyers Paulding Roe and Verry arrived from Key West after a 116 mile trip up the Mississippi bar to South Pass in four hours and fifty minutes. Dense fog and two stops slowed them but the time beats by over an hour the Birmingham scout ship’s record from February 1909 during President Taft’s river voyage.
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New Orleans
Paulding
Roe
Verry
Key West
Florida
Mississippi Bar
South Pass
Birmingham
Taft
Commander Luby Dead Near Cape Verde Islands
Washington reports Commander John Luby of the cruiser Des Moines Mind is dead and was on board the vessel January in the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands, details scarce and pending confirmation.
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Luby
Washington
John Luby
Des Moines
Cape Verde Islands
Clark Receptive To Presidential Boom From Missouri
Washington January 10 progressive Democrats fear Harmon as reactionary while Champ Clark’s presidential boom gains momentum in Missouri. Clark is receptive and may soon signal candidacy though Folk of Missouri is a rival. Many progressives oppose Harmon and prefer Woodrow Wilson as they watch Clark grow and plan a strong house backed bid.
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Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Champ
United States
Missouri
Washington
Mr. Clark
Joseph W. Folk
Clark
Mr. Folk
Folk
Harmon
Ohio
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Cement Users Convention Opens in Cedar Rapids
The seventh annual Iowa Cement Users convention was set to meet in Cedar Rapids Iowa today. Delays in delegate arrivals pushed the first session to tomorrow while the main feature remains the large cement show in the city auditorium.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Incendiary Fires Burn Tobacco Barn and Storehouse
News from St Joseph Missouri reports an incendiary fire destroying a tobacco barn and 20 000 pounds of tobacco owned by W W Kyle a grower ten miles northwest of Weston The Weston area barns are now guarded by armed men as a result of the incident.
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St. Joseph
W.W. Kyle
Weston
Atlee Pomerene Self Made Man Elected Senator
Columbus Ohio January 10 Lieuten ant Governor Elect Atlee Pomerene progressive Democrat will be next United States senator from Ohio Pomerene a self made man born Berlin Ohio forty seven years ago worked through school and Princeton practiced law in Canton ran for Governor in 1908 defeated by Harmon was Harmon's running mate in November married with no children Pomerene will qualify and preside over the senate until March 4 Green William pro tem of the senate will succeed as lieutenant governor if Harmon seeks the presidency Green a former president of the Ohio miners.
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Columbus
Atlee Pomerene
United States
Ohio
Pomerene
Berlin
Princeton
Canton
Harmon
Senate
Washington
Pomerone
William Green
Green
The
Ohio Miners
Senator Elkins Saved by Cole Younger in Civil War Tale
Old residents of Lee's Summit Missouri recount the Civil War partnership between Cole Younger and Senator Stephen B. Wilkins. Younger, a Quantrill guerrilla, saved Elkins from execution by signaling a retreat, then helped Younger after his release from prison.
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Senator Elkins
Cole Younger
Lee’s Summit
Tan
Aissouri
Stephen B. Wilkins
West Virginia
Elkins
Younger
Quantrill
New Turn to Kennedy Strives for Status at Anis College
A Des Moines report dated January describes Kennedy of the Attke College at Anis amid controversy over a horse from a thoroughbred lineage tied to a state agency. The piece notes Kennedy’s status as a top champion in a recent international event and mentions debates over breeding lines and offspring claims.
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Moines
Wood
Kennedy
Lhe Attke College
Anis
Uniternational Spositien
Craw
Cabbeges Weber
Boek
Arciete
Taft Demands Public Rebuke For Commander Sims
President Taft ruled that Commander W S Sims should be publicly reprimanded for a London dinner remark stating that Britain could rely on every man dollar and drop of bread if the country faced serious threats. The dismissal followed Sims’s comment during a dinner hosted by London’s city mayor.
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Washington, D. C
Taft
W. $. Sims
Sims
United States
London
Clty
Great Britain
Landslide Buries Forty Spaniards in Casira Spain
A landslide in Casira Uidlales Spain buried a gang of laborers killing forty and injuring five. Officials reported the disaster occurred today as workers were at the site. Rescue crews searched the rubble for survivors and the injured were transported to nearby hospitals.
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Casira
Uidlales
Spain
Trade school bill eyed to fund state institution
Des Moines Iowa January 10 1910 the House will hear Rep W S Farley Polk propose a bill to create a state trade school financed by a one mill tax yielding about a half million dollars plus a small ongoing levy through 1916. Students would be boarded free and receive daily stipends rising to one dollar by year four. Proposed trades include printing binding leather work mill cabinet making garment work and more as the board deems practical.
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Des Moines
W. S. Farley
Polk County
Farley
Officer Robbed of Glug and Gun in Ottumwa Livery Office
Ottumwa Iowa January 10 The Evening Press reports night officer Neils Nelson patrolling a boat in South Ottumwa was held up by a masked highwayman in the Martin Quaral livery stable office. The robber seized Nelsons revolver and club and took $4 from William Pierce before forcing the officer to leave at gunpoint. The thief bid good night and vanished into darkness. Also Des Moines four masked men beat and robbed Tom Anderson a teamster of 110 dollars at East Fifth street and Court avenue. Jail delivery at Creston: Taylor Brown escaped from jail after being captured there Sunday. Rewards offered totaling 150 dollars. Authorities and banks pursuit ongoing.
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Ottumwa
Vening Press
Neils Nelson
South Ottumwa
Martin- Quara
William Pierce
Rob Teamster
Des Moines
Evening Press
Tom Anderson
East Fifth Street
Court Avenue
Creston
Taylor Brown
Bankers’ Association of
Keota
St. Jno
Medical Onow Men In Mix-Up At Solon East Night
In Solon Indiana at the Palmer hotel last evening The Modern Medicine Show performers B Frink and Dr. Warner clashed in a cutting affray. Dr Warner received facial slashes requiring twenty stitches. Frink fled in his nightgown before being arrested by the marshal. Warner was treated by a local physician. The show troupe, arriving from Des Moines a day earlier, disbanded due to the incident.
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Solon
Indan
Evening Press
B. Frink
Dr. Warner
Modern Medicine Show Company
Palmer Hotel
Warner
Frink
Warmer
Des Moines
Condemnation Step Moves Water Plant Conflict
In Council Bluffs January 10 the city council voted to condemn the water plant. An agreement with the mayor and city attorney withdraws the federal court injunction challenging the $600,100 water bond issued by the C. B. Nash company of Omaha. Immediate action toward condemnation aims at an early settlement of the municipal ownership dispute.
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Council Bluffs
Evening Press
C. B. Nash Company
Omaha
Sherwin Named Chief Justice in Des Moines Arrival
Des Moines Iowa January 10 The Supreme Court opened with a new chief justice John G Sherwin The session included a decision affirming rural telephone firms may enter cities and towns but notes a concurrent right of regulation by authorities
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Des Moines
Bvaning Press
Supreme Court
John G. Sherwin
Shellsburg Agents Arrested in Texas
Centar Rapids, Iowa, Tan 10 Evening Press reports James Timmoney and CH Benson, sought for Shellsburg defalcation of about $3,000, were arrested in Delhart, Texas after posing as Shellsburg agents and operators and fleeing with money and property.
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Centar Rapids
Tan
Evening Press
J—James Timmoney
CH. Benson
Shellsburg
Delhart
Tex
Timmoney
Benson
Fish in boiler kill an engine in Cresion Jan. 11
A Burlington engine sent here for repairs stopped working after being loaded with three bushels of small fish found in the boiler tank. Officials say fish entered through the intake pipe when the screener was off, causing the engine to fail.
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Cresion
Sevening Press
Burlington
Thayer
Meal Plant Fire Wipes Out Alfalfa Plant in Luas
In Luas, Louisiana, the Alfalfa Meal company plant, valued at 50000 dollars, burned completely last night after sparks from a passing engine. About 30000 bales of alfalfa were destroyed. Water pressure was poor and firefighters could not contain the blaze. Insurance totaling 530000 was in force.
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Samel Bluffs
Eroening Press
Alfalfa Meal Company
Delait
Denison
Evening Press
Mystic
Centerville
Haines
Shopwomen Hurl Attacks as Non-Unionists Targeted
Chicago January report details a mob assault on non-union Hirsh Wickware clothiers workers. Abs Lottie Mills Paugh and two daughters were beaten with a billy while one victim died on the sidewalk. Louis Garnett also struck. Detectives escorting workers withdrawn. assailants fled.
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Chicago
Onion
Keverful Srocks
Abs
Lottie Millspaugh
Eliona Barnett
Hirsh Wickware Comy
Clothiers
Millspaugh
Billy
Louis Garnett
Beef prices blamed on reduced grazing land at convention
Fort Worth Texas January 10 President Jastra of the National Jive stock association told a convention that high beef prices stem from shrinking grazing lands and smaller herds. He added that livestock raising is not as profitable as in earlier years.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jastra
National Jivestock Association
Ife
Fort Dodge Man Shot in New York State
Tunnnell N Y Jan 19 a Fort Dodge Iowa man Janes Morton Schenck was shot here last night and may die. He says the shooting was accidental and offered few details while noting a deal to buy a job printing office and a significant amount of money.
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Tunnnell N. Y
Janes Morton Schenck
Ert
Dodge
Iowa
Schenck
Lorimer Under Renewed Fire Over Senate Seat
Senator Crawford of South Dakota denounces Lorimer election as Illinois senate fraud and urges unseating Lorimer. He traces plan from Shurtleff’s Speakership to Browne’s leadership and accuses Lorimer of directing corrupt votes before May 26, 1909. Root plans to oppose Lorimer in Congress.
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Washington
Crawford
South Dakota
Lorimer
Illinois
Senate
Innocenee
Edward Shurtleff
Hopkins
Larimer
Joe O’nell Browne
Shurtlefe
Browne
Springfield
Shurtles
Gamble
Root
New York
New York Tribune Today
William Lorimer
Mir
Black Hawk Nat Bank Reports Strong Jan 7 Condition
Pursuant to a call by the comptroller the Black Hawk National Bank presents its January 7 condition report. Deposits and assets rise, with total assets at 1,414,032.66. In Scranton, Hugh Jennings, manager of the Detroit club, marries Nora M. O'Brien at St Peter's Cathedral.
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Comptroller of the Treasury
Black Hawk National Bank
Courier
Jennings
Scranton
Hugh Jennings
Detroit
Nora M. O'Brien
St. Peter's Cathedral
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank Report
The Leavitt and Johnson National Bank shows a satisfactory financial showing with assets totaling 1,716,899.36 dollars. The report follows a treasury controller request and indicates anticipated business growth for the city’s oldest banking institution.
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Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Comptroller of the Treasury
Courier
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