President Taft May Visit Waterloo on June 5
President Taft may fly from Chicago to Waterloo Iowa to address the presidential postmasters convention if railroads and Senator Kenyon can adjust the schedule. He would stop in Chicago June 4, then Waterloo for about 90 minutes, before returning to Baltimore for the Cardinal Gibbons celebration on June 6. Senator Kenyon pressed for June 5 by telegraph, and the White House cow Pauline Wayne has accepted an invitation to join Waterloo dairymen.
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Washington
Kenyon
Laws
Taft
Chicago
Waterloo
Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
White House
Pauline Wayne
Nicaragua to split into two nations under liberal plan
New Orleans Ma June 1 Nicar agua the war torn republic of the tropics is to be split into two nations if the plans of the liberal party materialize The scheme would create independent Atlantic and Pacific republics with Aldolfo Diaz to head the Pacific nation and Estrada to return as president of the Atlantic department Conservatives withdrew in the west while liberals dominated the new Atlantic republic following a revolution that ousted Zelaya.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
Republic of the Tropics
Liberal Party
Atlantic
Pacific
Zelaya
Aldolfo Diaz
Juan Estrada
Republic
Estrada
Lile
Atlantic Department
Commencement Address By East Waterloo Board President
J. W. Arbuckle president of the East Waterloo school board travels to Allison this evening to deliver the commencement address to the Allison high school graduating class of ten. He will stay as a guest in the home of ex Senator G. M. Craig and returns home tomorrow.
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J. W. Arbuckle
East Waterloo
Allison
Allison High School
Arbuckle
G. M. Craig
Democratic Wool Tariff in Caucus
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee bill to the Democratic caucus at noon. The plan reduces wool duties from 1 2 to 2 3 percent and imposes a 20 percent ad valorem duty on raw wool, replacing prior free status with a duty in the new tariff.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee of the House
Request to Wash Hands Ends in Fatal Quarrel
Chicago reports a dispute over a bartender washing hands before service led to a fatal quarrel. Emanuel Over, the bartender, is sought by police after Andrew Plewanek was struck, fell, and suffered a fractured skull. Plewanek died at county hospital while unconscious.
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Chicago
Andrew Plewanek
Emanuel
Plewanek
Train bandits flee after freight heist at Niagara Falls
Police search the Canadian frontier for four bandits who boarded a freight train at the city yards and, at gunpoint, forced it to stop. They escaped with about a carload of merchandise as the engine crew complied.
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Niagara Falls
Reab
Wedded Today At Des Moines
Mrs F Green and Miss Nellie Green travel to Des Moines to attend the marriage of Virgilia Purmort and Rev Clinton Jennings Greene at the bride's parents home at 5 30 PM. Purmort's Waterloo upbringing noted. she led domestic science at Iowa State College Ames last year. Waterloo friends offer congratulations. Also Illinois adjourns with Waterloo police appointments for William Reidy and J C Jensen. An anecdote closes.
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F. Green
Nellie Green
Des Moines
Virgilia Purmort
Clinton Jenning Greene
C. H. Purmort
Waterloo
Iowa State College
Ames
Miss Purmort
Coe College
Farewell Scene as Diaz Departs Mexico for Spain
Porfirio Diaz said goodbye to Mexico aboard the steamer Ypitinga bound for Spain, assisted by wife and guards. He praised the army, vowed to return if needed to restore peace, and expressed readiness to lead loyal forces under the Mexican flag if crisis returns. Huerta and Diaz exchanged embraces as officers bid farewell.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Spain
Diz
Ihen
Huer
Huerta
Diaz
Fortress explosion wipes out garrison in Nicaragua
The Tisapa hill fortress in Managua collapsed after an explosion at 3 pm. One hundred sixty soldiers died and ammunition was destroyed. U S Department of State officials await details while pondering whether the blast was an accident or rebellion. President Estrada’s resignation and Diaz’s rise prompt officials to doubt widespread discontent.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Tisapa Hill
Managua
Washington
Estrada
Diaz
Republic
East Waterloo High Plans Evening Commencement Exercises
East Waterloo High School will hold commencement exercises this evening in the manual training auditorium starting at 8 o'clock. The program includes orations music readings a class prophecy and a poem with history medals presented by Austin Burt from the Sons of the American Revolution. A large audience is expected and alumni banquet honoring graduates follows Friday at 6 30 in the high school gymnasium.
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East Waterloo High School
Manual Training
Austin Burt
Iowa Shoe Co Officers Quit Shakeup in Management
A major management shakeup at United Iowa Shoe occurred as President P. K. Smith Secretary L. C. Sweet and General Superintendent L. B. Sweet resigned. The plant will remain in operation under stockholders, with E. M. Storm as treasurer and plans for policy decisions to be made at a future stockholders meeting. The existing workforce is to remain and may grow.
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United Iowa Shoe Company
P. K. Smith
L. C. Sweet
L.B. Sweet
Model Shoe Company
Fourth Street
E. M. Storm
Ar Uusual
Bank clearings and transfers for Waterloo week 1911
The Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending June 1, 1911 totaled 886,144.72 with daily figures shown and May 1911 clearings estimated at 5,280,811.76. Realty transfers for the week ending May 31 include deeds 54 totaling 21,822 mortgages 16 totaling 28,220 chattel mortgages 19 totaling 4,374 bills of sale 2 totaling 297.84 and mortgages released 14 totaling 43,290.50. total instruments recorded to date 3,151 versus 3,441 previous year.
State Commercial Praveleys Convention Opens in Cilinton
The annual state convention of the United Commercial Praveleys opens in Cilinton with a reception for delegates and wives. An estimated 3,500 delegates will attend the opening business session tomorrow. A parade featuring bands from Cedar Rapids Dubuque and Davenport is planned. Mayor Smith will welcome delegates and the officer will respond. A steam Beal excursion is on the program.
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Cilinton
United Commercial
Resolution of Pomerene Would Jail Trust Men
Washington June 1 Criminal prosecution of officials of the Standard Oil, American Tobacco and their associated companies is proposed in concurrent resolutions by Senator Pomerene of Ohio. The measure would direct the attorney general to act at once under the Supreme Court decision. The resolution was laid over to allow Pomerene to speak.
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Washington
Standard Oi Company
American Tobacco Company
Pomerene
Ohio
BU Jreime
Pomerens
Gary Denies Knowledge of World Steel Trust Plan
Albert W. Gary chairman of United States Steel Corporation told a House committee in Washington he had no knowledge of any proposed move to form a world steel trust. He said he came to testify fully about what he knew of the major company.
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Washington
Albert W. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
House
Steel Trust
Frangily
John D Rockefeller Tops NYC Safe Fourth Fund
New York June 1 Rockefeller the nation’s leading philanthropist contributes the largest amount to a fund to ensure a safe and sane Fourth of July celebration in New York City. He heads the list with a substantial sum.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller
New York City
Long Tom Cannon Presented in El Paso Amid Mexican Rebellion
June 1 report notes Chihuahua legislature likely to meet and name Abram Gonzales as provisional governor. Alberto Madero arrives from Chihuahua to brief Senor Madero, while insurrecto commander Villers’ troops are to be inspected. Francisco I. Madero Sr. presents the cannon Long Tom at the international bridge as Mayor Kelley replies.
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Juarez
Chihuahua
Abram Gonzales
Gonazales
Mexico
Alberto Madero
Tranvisco I Madero, Jr
Senor Madero
General Viller
el Paso
Francisco I. Madero
International Bridge
Kelley
Barros turns to Rome again in Paris Rome Turin flight
Ronald Garros resumes the Paris Rome Turin leg from Pisa after receiving a new aeroplane. He climbs along the Mediterranean coast toward Rome to overtake rival Andre Beaumont as Vidart restarts from Nice and Frey stalls at Pisa awaiting repairs. Garros lands briefly at Civitavecchia before refueling and aiming for 2 pm arrival in Rome.
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Garros
Roa
Rone
Ronald Garton
Pisa
Ber
Rome
Andre Beaumont
Ronald Garros
Piga
Mediterranean
Japan
Fulmin
Anin‘tance
Prosseto
Frey
Civitavecchia
Bot
Vidart
Fall Fatal to Pioneer Iowan
Wakefield Massachusetts June 1 A fall a few days ago has caused the death of Dr Charles H Magnon early Iowa settler. He went to Alpona in 1847 and was the first government mail carrier from Fort Dodge to Algona. A year or two later he started a tree nursery in Tawa. He was 70 years old.
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Wakefield
Mass
Charles H. Magnon
Iowa
Alpona
Fort Dodge
Algona
Tawa
Boy Drowned in Shell Rock River Near Mason City
Mason City June 1 Stanley Brown, 20, drowned last night while wading in the Shell Rock River. His body was recovered about an hour later with a local coroner and Mayor Finch assisting in the recovery effort.
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Mason City
Sentimental Tommy Foulkes Meets New Love in Court
Chicago June 1. Sentimental Tom my Foulkes, chief comedian in the drama of finance, faces a fresh heart interest after testifying how Miss Londa Miller swindled him out of 11000. Mrs Evelyn Casper, a new witness, attracts his eye and he hints at romance. She says J Marion Miller defrauded her of 500, she is 19 and wore a modern outfit and a flamboyant hat.
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Chicago
Tommy” Foulkes
Dever
Londavaine Miller
Tommy
Evelyn Casper
Erickson
Veady
Erielson
Tie
Miss From Dubuque Reunited After Romance Escape
Hazel Patton of Fort Dodge was found fainting and starving last January and aided by locals. Her Dubuque bricklayer father Schnes located her and brought her home today. She claimed parents were dead and she fled to avoid an arranged marriage with an old man, seeking romance after reading cheap novels.
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Fort Dodge
Hazel Patton
Gince
Dubuque
Schnes
Miss Dalton
Schnee
Ian
Body of murdered marshal to Albia home
Roswell Nova Scotia June 3 The body of Marshal Roy Wooster who was shot and fatally wounded by James Lynch charged with violating the prohibition law will be taken today to his former home in Albia. Yesterday Lynch was remanded to jail without bond on a charge of murder.
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Roswell
NS. M
Roy Wooster
James Lynch
Albia Fa
Lynch
Jall
Population of Scotland rises to 4,759,445
London reports provisional census figures showing Scotland's population at 4,759,445, an increase of 287,342 since 1901. The note claims this is the smallest increase in any census since TSOL.
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London
Scotland
Castro Again Squelched by U S
Washington reports former President Castro of Venezuela found at Jashon. He had been there since May 15 after leaving a Spanish port en route to Portugal. The State Department cabled the American charge d’affaires to inform Portugal that the U S stance on Castro remains unchanged and he should not organize a filibuster expedition against Venezuela. Portugal expected to enforce neutrality laws strictly.
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Washington
Castro
Venezuela
Jashon
State Department
Portugal
United States
Prof Black Explores Bom Human Craniums in Iowa
Professor J Black of Vision visits Iowa and neighboring states to chart minds by cranial shape. His sessions use his Rigers technique to classify candidates, deciding if they should preach, plow corn, or pursue other professions.
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Prof
Black
J. Black
Iowa
Bystander Dies in Hotel Barroom Shooting Tragedy
Denver June 1 One week after Lt Von Phul of St Louis and two innocent bystanders were wounded in a midnight fusillade by Tiarold Henwood the second chapter in the tragedy unfolded George F E Copeland a wealthy mining man of Victor Colorado died from his wounds Henwood had pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of Von Phul and bail hearing was set for June 3 the impact of Copeland's death on the case is not yet known Brooke Martins Standard 60 cigar.
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Denver, Cole
von Phul
St. Louis
Tiarold F. Henwond
Brown “Alare
George FE. Copeland
Victor
Colo
Ienwood
Hiulfets
Great Northern bonds sold as part of massive mortgage plan
New York reports James J. Hill announces a $600 million Great Northern mortgage. The Great Northern sells $20 million of four and a quarter percent bonds to First National Bank of New York for general corporate use including highway and extension plans. Bankers Trust named trustee on the mortgage.
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Great Northern Road
New York Bank
New York
James J. Hil
St Paul
Great Northern Railway Company
Great Northern
First National Bank of
Bankers’ Trust Company of New York
Burlington
Keat
Northern
Northern Pacific
Standard Trust Company of
Hills
J. Hill
Mr. Hill
Burlington Joint
Great Southern
Holiness Camp Meeting Opens in Oskaloosa
The National and Town Holiness association opened its annual camp meeting at University Park Oskaloosa on June 1 with several hundred state members in attendance. Meetings will continue until June 12.
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Oskaloosa
National and Town Holiness Association
University Park
Mountain Given to State as Walter Harriman Memorial
A New Hampshire dune mountain memorial to General Walter Harriman, governor in 1867 1868, is given to the state by his son in law Joseph H Felson of Newton Mass The memorial will be known as the Walter Harriman reservation It includes Steward Mink’s bill 1663 fort high and an extensive loaded area near Concord and Nor.
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Concord
N. A
Dune L
General Harriman
New Hampshire
Staas
Joseph H. Felson
Newton
Mass
Walter Harriman
Steward Mink
Fort
Warship Delaware to coronation
New York news reports that the battleship Delaware departed Whitman navy yard to attend the coronation of King George. She will be the largest American warship at the event in English waters and will outclass other nations’ sea fighters at the ceremony.
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New York
Whitman Navy Yards
Delaware
George
States Navy
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