Thorne and Wilson Leach for Railroad Commissioners Win
Returns from 74 of 99 counties indicate Clifford Thorne and James H Wilson secured the Republican railroad commissioner nominations. In the Democratic race Senator Connolly leads Meredith in the Senate contest with 28 188 to 30 197 in reported counties. A Second District outcome shows W T McDonald elected Democrat over Thomas Stapleton by 126 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cemsmins
Connelly
Meredith
Des Moines
Clifford Thorne
James H. Wilson
Connolly
H. T. Meredith
Clinton
Iowa
W. T. McDonald
Thomas Stapleton
Connolly Leads in Black Hawk County Senate Returns
Black Hawk County election results show Maurice Connolly of Dubuque leading United States Senate candidate E T Meredith by nearly three to one. Local totals highlight Cummins strong for Republicans and notable contests for governor, secretary of state, and county offices, with Rainbow and Pettit among top county vote-getters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Maurice Connolly
Dubuque
E. T. Meredith
Des Moines
Connolly
Meredith
Cummins
Savage
Cedar Falls
Clarke
Lee
Rochey
Harding
Drys
Barber
Allert
Joe Byrnes
Byrnes
Shaw
Wall
Ford
Ellis
Eof Brown
Cosson
Chicken Coop Marriage Leads to Jail Remand
Kansas City reports Charles Sumner a clerk who wed a year ago in a chicken coop before 10,000 at a poultry show convention hall. He was remanded to county jail on wife abandonment charges after a justice court hearing. Mrs Sumner said the novelty of marriage misled him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chas. Sumner
Convention
Sumner
Justice Welch
Waterloo judge may top vote total in council race
Merriau likely off general election ballot while Judge Mullah of Waterloo is expected to lead the total vote. Boies and Lovejoy also show strong support. Burbank leads for treasurer with 1,614 votes, followed by Naven 696 Berkley 623 and Eason 535.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boles Oo
Mullan
Turbill
Coves
Lovejoy
Organized Ball Scores Victory Over Outlaws
Chicago reports Judge Foell upheld an injunction stopping Chief Johnson from pitching for any club besides the Cincinnati Nationals. The ruling halts a planned mass player raid by organized and outlaw leagues, with Johnson barred within Illinois while Kansas City plans to pitch him elsewhere in the circuit. Kansas City manager George Stovall pledged to use Johnson in every city except Chicago, citing the injunction’s Cook County limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Foell
Cook County
Johnson
Cincinnati Nationals
Kansas City Federals
Cincinnati
Federals
Gilmore
Ilinois
Kansas City
George Stovall
Federal League
Illinois
State Treasurer Embezzler Pardoned After Appeals
Bismarck North Dakota June 3 George L. Bickford former state treasurer who was convicted of embezzlement of state funds was pardoned yesterday by the state board. His case went to the supreme court twice with the final verdict of guilty affirmed. He faced one to three years in prison but was pardoned before serving. At one time the alleged embezzlement totaled 360000 though most was repaid and the conviction rested on a shortage under 100.
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Bismarck
N. C
George L. Bickford
State Board
Bickford
Supreme Court
Trustees Order More Police to Protect John D Rockefeller
New York June 3 Trustees of Tarrytown authorize fifty special police for thirty days to guard the Rockefeller country home amid I W W demonstrations. Open air meeting permits are refused as village officials fear disorder. Debates planned at North Tarrytown church graveyard and 16 prisoners in White Plains jail eat after hunger strike. Fountain Square paving to deter gatherings. I W W protests tie to Colorado mine strike actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shariff Doyle
Westchester County
John D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
Industrial Workers of the World
J. E. Cater
St. Paul's M. E. Church
North Tarrytown
Alexander Herkman
Leonard Abbott
White Plains
Fountain Square
Rockefellers
Colorado
Young Suffraget Wields Hatchet in London Gallery Attack
A young suffraget, stylishly dressed, attacked an attendant at the Dore gallery in central London, damaging two paintings and injuring him while she hacked at a third piece. She fought back when restrained, was turned over to police, and later linked to further protests against Dr Francis Forward. Two women assaulted the Holloway jail medical officer with horsewhips as he left the prison, shouting protest against forcible feeding. Police detained them for disorderly conduct. An arson squad burned a cricket pavilion at Earlsfield and a country house near Belfast with small damage.
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London
England
Dore
Dr. Forward
Francis Edward Forward
Holloway
Forward
Earlsfield
Belfast
Bankers Back E L Johnson for Federal Reserve Director
Waterloo bankers support E L Johnson of Leavitt and Johnson Trust company as a candidate for director of the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. A Waterloo delegation will attend the Iowa bankers convention in Clinton with letters from Chicago contenders Reynolds and Fargan seeking backing for Johnson and other votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterlooan
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
W. C. Logan
George W. Williams
FE. L. Johnson
Ira Rodamar
J. O. Trumbauer
Charles W. Knoop
F. W. Powers
George M. Reynolds
James B. Fargan
Reserve Bank
Delivery error contact numbers for late paper issues
If the paper is not delivered by 6 o clock due to carrier error or other causes, call 3830 for a copy. After 6:30 p.m. report complaints to the night line 2360-Blue or No 2 after 8 p.m.
Empress of Ireland Disaster Figures Revised and Inquiry
Montreal reports Lord Mersey to head a royal commission into the Empress of Ireland disaster. Canada names Chief Justice Ezekiel McLeod and Sir Adolph E. Routhier as members. two natural assessors to be chosen. Official death toll cited as 1,024 with 452 saved. 1,476 aboard. Funeral for crew delayed. questions over raising the ship and liability against Storstad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Lord Mersey
Ezekiel McLeod
New Brunswick
Adolph E. Routhier
Quebec
Canadian
Canadian Pacific Railway Steamship Company
Empress
Wateh
Canadian Pacific Railway
Storstad
Eureka
Empress of Ireland
Lange
Fotal
Canadian Pacific
Colliet Storstad
Wet and Dry Fight Shapes Local Election in Districts
In a non partisan primary the influence of wet and dry factions dominated results across districts. W A Blough led the supreme race in the Third District with 407 votes, J A McNaughton won in the Eleventh, and Tiffany trailed. In the Fifth, McNaughton and McQuilkin posted 153 and 23 votes respectively. Judge Dunham and Weaver fared poorly among county contenders.
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Pordon
Aupermaor
W. A. Blough
J. A. McNaughton
Blough
Tiffany
T. R. McElhinney
W. Virden
Yenner
McNaughton
John McQuilkin
Magee
FR. Decker
Leland
Clarence Dickey
F. J. Sehmitt
W. D. Strayer
FE. M. Lichty
Rownd
Weaver
Dunham
Waterloo
Jay Son Also Won By Rodeheaver
Witness for sister in breach of promise case against Homer Rodeheaver recalls conversion by the gospel singer. Frank Jay testifies Rodeheaver influenced his sister, causing hysteria after the jilt. A roomer describes her excitement over a “hope box” of linens and gifts seen with Rodeheaver.
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Chicago
Homer Rodeheaver
Billy Sunday
Georgia Jay
Frank
Jay
Rodeheaver
Harriet Weaver
Drex- 6l Avenue
University Avenus
Miss Jay
Hope Box
Business associate of "Big Tim" Sullivan dead
George F. Kraus, long time political and business associate of New YorkMayor Tim Sullivan, died at 63 in his home. An early self starter, Kraus built wealth and influence in the amusement field amid the city’s entertainment circuits, with notable involvement in promotions and stage ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Tim" Sullivan
New York
George F. Kraus
Tim” Sullivan
Kraus
Mex Federals Bottled Up At Vanegas Report
June 8. In Durango Mexico the federal forces retreating from Saltillo are bottled up at Vanegas about 100 miles south of Saltillo. Carranza’s forces under Gulterres cut off the retreat and forced General Mans to take refuge in Vanegas. A large federal detachment and officers who defected from Saltillo joined Gen Tarreg, with Pantilla Natera now commanding the center division. Discontent grows as Liberal leader Ingbalda Caldreon meets Carranza and Mexico City news notes unrest with Huerta. The US state department reports Theodora W. Jones freed by constitutionalists and safe after a prior arrest.
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Durango
Mex
Yia
Paco
Saltillo
Vanegas
Carranza
Eulatio Lule
Ulterres
Gulterres
Vanegaa
Bia
Smany
San Lula Potost
Tarreg
Pantilla Natera
Zaratired
Army of the Center
Ingbalda Caldreon
Liberal Party
Mexico City
Huerta
Constitutionalista
United States Department of State
Rafael Buelna
Tepic
Theodora W. Jones
Jones
Second Yacht Race Selects Gap Defender on Long Island Sound
The second preparatory race for the America's Cup defense on Long Island Sound saw Resolute, skippered by Charles Francis Adams II, overtake Vanitie owned by Alexander Smith Cochran. Start times were Resolute 12:16:30 and Vanitie 12:18:42. The windward and leeward course covered about 27 1/2 miles, with Resolute edging ahead by the half hour, then Vanitie gaining pace as breeze held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Glencove
Long Island
Wireless
Long Island Sound
Vanitie
Alexander Smith Cochran
Resolute
Charles Francis Adams II
Windward
Leeward
Great Captain's Island Grit
Mott's Point
Hempstead Bay
Huts
Bank President Dies by Gas Suicide in San Francisco
Humboldt Savings Bank president Jane Wuchsinger, a top city financier, died today by inhaling gas. Officials cited financial worry as the motive, while bank officers reported an internal examination found the bank in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Jane
Geo
Wuchsinger
Humboldt Savings Bank
Estranged couple race to claim auto in wild chase
In Decatur Wisconsin to Omaha, Mrs J Shetler and her husband raced for a car. A bystander, their son, and police involvement followed as both parties sought ownership. An armistice ended the chase with Mrs Shetler returning to her camp and parental arrangements set for the vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Dee Chin
Shetler
Decature
Trad
Omaha
Shetter
Would Study Fads of Simian Society
Cambridge Massachusetts June 4 Professor Robert Yerkes of Harvard plans a station in Borneo or Java to study apes and origin of human behavior. Under favorable conditions apes might be bred and observed year after year. An exhaustive study of anthropoid behavior could illuminate instincts including parental instinct and child activities, aiding understanding of backward or defective children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Masa
Robert Yerkes
Harvard
Borneo
Duva
Yerkes
Sued Father-In-Law for Loss of Bride
Chicago reports Max Frederick Kiedat a gardener who married Juliet Brettung sues Edward N Breitung of White Plains New York for 250000 dollars claiming alienation of his wife’s affections. The case was moved from state to federal court as parties live in different states. Breitung denies the charges and says his daughter is free to return to Kleist anytime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Max Frederick Kiedat
Gardner
Juliet
Edward N. Brettung
Marquette
Mich
Breitung
White Plains
N. Y
Kleist
Tha Breitungs
Would Arbitrate Tolls Question
Washington D C July 3 By a vote of eight to seven the Senate committee adopted the Sutherland resolution calling on President Wilson to seek spatial arbitration with Great Britain over the Panama tolls dispute The measure now goes to the Senate Senators Borah not present later protested voting against reporting the resolution Joining Stone O Gorman Pom erent Swanson and Smith of Arizona and Smith of Michigan in opposition Senators Hitch neck Williams Saulsbury Dodge Root McCumber Sutherland Burton supported it O Gorman said the action would not affect the fight against repeal</s>
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Washington
1. C
Ketate Forelem Relations Committee
Wilson
Great Britain
Panama
Senate
Borah
Stone
Spvven
O'Gorman
Pomerent
Swanson
Smith
Arizona
Michigan
Hitchneck
Willams
Saulsbury
Dodge
Root
McCumber
Sutherland
Burton
O'Goriman
Daniel V. Janeh Held for Grand Jury in Dynamite Attempt
Washington June 3 Daniel V Janeh confessed to police he planted four sticks of dynamite in the department of agriculture to gain recognition as a hero. He was held for the grand jury in default of bail on a charge of attempting to dynamite a building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Daniel V. Janeh
Department of Agriculture
Morgan Miller and Rockefeller Dominate New Haven Board
Washington June 2. J Elton, a New Haven director, testified before the Interstate Commerce Commission. He named Morgan Rockefeller and Miller as dominating figures at board meetings and reported the $11,000,000 expenditure for the road. Elton claimed Mellen was the dominating figure, with the board generally accepting Morgan’s recommendations. He said he knew little of trolley transactions beyond Mellen’s testimony and opposed the Rhode Island trolley takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
J. Elton
New Haven Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Joseph W. Folk
New Haven
Elton
Morgan, Rockefeller and Miller
New York
Westchester
Boston
Messrs. Morgan
Rockefeller
Miller
Mellen
J. Pierepont Morgan
Byrnes
Connecticut
Mr. Hilton
Mesere
Morgan
Brush
Mr. Morgan
Powder Attack On Woman Sparks Waterloo White Slaver Fear
Miss Margaret Beehner and sister Eva Miller were assaulted with powdered drug near Lafayette street and Hyryank Transfer barns. Beehner revived by a physician, trio seen in shadows but not found. Police to watch for similar assaults as white slaver activity suspected in Waterloo.
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Lafayette Street
Margaret Beehner
Eva Miller
Lemon
Hyryank Transfer Company
Miss Beehner
Eighth Street
Miss Beemer
Waterloo
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Kepford
Tullar
Boyce
Rainbow
James J. Rainbow
Pettit
Miss Bird
Henderson
Leighton
O’bleness
Dietz
Wenner
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Kistner
Sidney Smith
Blark
Henocoop
Judge
Merriau
Outlaws
Williamson
Black Hawk Delaware
Preharen
Grundy
TH. Mertian Eal
Boies
Lovejoy Heber Beige
Dunham Coca
John D
E. L. Johnson
St. Lawrence River
Mersey 'S
Royal Commission of Investigation
Llords
St. Lawrence
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Storstaa
John M'Quilkin
Cial
Jay Son
Rodeneaver
Brougrt
Gira
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