Solon speaker attacks prohibition and urges action
Johnstown Pa June 16 Representative Bart Bartholdi of Missouri assailed congressmen for lax stance on prohibition and sumptuary laws. He praised Taft for vetoing a week measure and warned of a growing puritan influence in politics. He urged liberals to join in resisting oppressions and claimed Germany would unite against encroachments on personal liberty.
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Congress
Bartholdt
Missouri
House
Senate
Missourian
United States
Bartholdi
Germany
Hunting Horses Debut at Town Fair Prizes
Des Moines Iowa June 16 for first time town fair offers prizes for hunting and jumping horses. Secretary A R Corey reports several hunter entries but demand remains light in the Midwest. Breeders in the east, England, and Europe show more interest. Exhibitions may be staged in front of the amphitheatre to attract spectators.
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Des Moines
Fair Board
A. R. Corey
Middle Western
England
Middle West
Delta youth drowned in the Iowa river near Le Grand
Leroy Cook, 20, of Delta Iowa, drowned yesterday afternoon in swift current of the Iowa river near Le Grand. He was swept under and despite a pulmotor effort, survived for too long. Father John's Medicine ad ends the item.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
I i Leroy Cook
Delta
Iowa River
le Grande
Delegation Heads Carnegie at Kaiser's 25th Anniversary
Berlin honors Emperor William on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his reign with notable observances and a peace-focused message. Andrew Carnegie led an American delegation delivering an address praising prosperity, commerce growth, industry, and the aim of lasting peace.
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Berlin
William
German Empire
Frederick
American Peace Society
Andrew Carnegie
R. S. Brookings
St. Louis
J. G. Schmiddlapp
Cincinnati
Carnegie
Germany
Carpenter Indicted Over Bribe Attempt For Postmaster Role
Los Angeles discloses Charles Breanbrach sixty three faces arraignment after grand jury charges he offered senator John D Works a thousand dollars to secure Santa Barbara postmastership. He admits the cash saving proposal and excuses it as carpenter wages bargaining.
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Los Angeles
Chas. Breanbrach
United States
Santa Barbara
Lucinda
Bessie
John D. Works
Ercanbrach
Senator Works
Brcanbrach
Mr. Works
Supreme Court Denies Rehearings in Key Cases
Washington June 16 the supreme court denied applications for rehearings of the ent rate patent decision and the Denver water case. The ruling closes appeals on two major regulatory actions, reinforcing prior decisions and signaling the court's stance on patent and water rights issues.
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Washington
Denver
Supreme Court
Intermountain Rate
Sugar Trust Fears Raised By Free Sugar Plan
Washington June 16 Henry T Oxnard vice president of American Beet Sugar told the senate lobby committee that free sugar would foster a new sugar trust Only the best managed factories would survive and a combination could form Reed pressed whether this would be a trust Oxnard said I have that in mind He recalled helping organize the old sugar trust in 1888 and noted no anti trust law would prevent it He also disclosed his salary and denied it was for legislative work
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Washington
Henry T. Oxnard
American Beet Sugar Company
Senate Lobby Committee
Reed
Oxnard
Old Sugar Trust
American Sugar Refining Company
Cattle Prices Rally to New High Mark in June
Chicago traders reported cattle selling at 9.20 the day’s top price with 18,000 head received against the 25,000 average. The market drew attention to the Agriculture Department beef shortage bulletin and market conditions.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Progressive Republicans Seek National Convention Stance
Washington June 16 Members of the conciliation committee of progressive Republicans who pressed for a national convention say they will oppose any reforms moved by the national committee without a convention. Senator Cummins and others discuss reducing southern representation recognizing primary delegations and other questions with a convention to decide final authority. Cummins argues a convention would have a salubrious effect. an address favoring an early convention is expected after a meeting next Saturday.
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Washington
Conciliation Committee
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Cummins
Hadley
Missouri
Jones
Crawford
Anderson
Minnesota
Cramton
Michigan
Rogers
Massachusetts
Unitu
Town Criers Hold Religious Service Aboard Steamer
On the steamship Jefferson heading to New York from Norfolk a Waterloo crowd joined a 11 o clock service led by Dr. Walter Rollins with Captain Theodore Atheryn approving. A $12.75 collection was given to the captain for a worthy cause, praised as the best boat service in twenty years.
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E. L. Corton
New York
Jefferson
Norfolk
Waterloo
Theodore ‘Atheryn
Walter H. Rollins
Paul Davis
Eling
Percy Hanna
W. J. Teddicord
W. A. Bryant
Harry Dpasdden
Hanna
Wilson to Read New Message Bill Launched This Week
President Wilson will read his currency reform message to both houses of Congress as the banking and currency bill is launched this week. The plan, about 1200 words, urges immediate reform and reflects coordinated input from Treasury Secretary McAdoo and the currency committees. Democrats report harmony but not unanimous agreement. Owen and Glass say the bill is nearly completed and will advance in committee this week.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
House
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Owen and Glaga
Senate
House Banking and Currency Committees
White House
Owen
Glass
Steamer Jesse Spalding Arrives After Lake Collision
The steamer Jesse Spalding, damaged bow from a Lake Superior collision, reached Sault Ste. Marie with the crew safe, per a telegram from Captain L. A. Gary. Also arriving in Duluth, the steamer Snyder, involved in the same collision near Manton Island, reports forward damage.
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Chicago
Jesse Spalding
Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
L. A. Gary
Duluth
Minn
Snyder
Manton Island
Government Not Responsible for Floods
Washington June 16 The Supreme Court ruled the federal government not financially responsible for flooding of more than 1 000,000 acres on the Mississippi due to levee construction. Plaintiffs sought about 70 million dollars in damages but the court dismissed the claim.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Mississippi
Ten Bodies Recovered From Lexington Avenue Subway Cave
New York June 16 The body of John Green a driller was recovered early today from a pile of broken rock where he and nine other workers were buried in a cave during wider construction on Lexington avenue subway. Ten bodies have now been recovered.
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New York
John Green
Lexington Avenue Subway
Hand to Hand Fight Captures Philippine Peak
June 16 The war department had no report today of the latest fighting on the island of Jolo. Brig Gen Pershing reported further details of last week saying Friday at noon Capt Patrick Moylan with the 31st and 14th Philippine scouts took Mount Bunga after a hand to hand clash. One scout from the 31st was killed. Mountainside was very steep with guns carried up by hand.
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Washington
War Department
Jolo
Pershing
Patrick Moylan
Philippine Scouts
Mount
Bunga
Honda
Cedar River claims first victim of year
William Scott aged 21 of 629 Dawson street drowned in the Cedar river about one mile above Sans Souci park Sunday at 1:30 PM. Tyler narrowly escaped when Scott grasped his hair. rescue efforts continued with police and fire crews all day and into morning but the body was not recovered. The river's depth and unclear cause leave heart trouble suspected. Scott, born March 18, 1892, leaves mother Hattie Kahler and brother Harold. burial planned at Greenwood Cemetery Cedar Falls.
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William Scott
Dawson Street
Cedar River
Sans Souci Park
Tyler
Newell Street
Scott
Dunham
Stark
McKay
Dunn
Hattie S. Kahler
Des Moines
Roy Bronson
Grant Avenue
C. M. Bronson
Wellington Street
Harold Scott
San Francisco
Waterloo
St. Pat
Ryan Implement Company
Greenwood Cemetery
Cedar Falls
Train Dispatchers Meet at 26th Annual Convention
Train dispatchers from across the United States and Canada gathered in Los Angeles for the twenty sixth annual convention of the Train Dispatchers Association of America. Delegates spent the day in social interaction and sightseeing with no business conducted.
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Los Angeles
United States
Canada
Gourt Decides Against Roads in Missouri Rate Case
The Missouri rate decision upholds Arkansas and Oregon laws while invalidating Kansas statutes. Supreme Court finds two cent passenger and maximum freight rates valid for several railroads, but reverses lower court decrees for Missouri lines. City ordinance on Omaha Power rejected as unconstitutional. St Louis Road case yields federal court victory for Terminal railroad.
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Washington
Missouri
Supreme Court
St. Louis
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Kansas City Southern
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Arkansas
West Virginia
Oregon Railroad Commission
Portland
Terminal Railroad of
Sanborn and Smith
Prowning at Clinton Drowns 19-Year-Old Emil Lus
Emil Lus aged 19 drowned on Saturday afternoon in the Mississippi River near Clinton Iowa after an incident described as prowling. Lifesavers and authorities reported the drowning and began investigations.
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Clinton
Emil Lus
Mississippi
Mother Hen Victor in Fight with Rabbit
Clorinda June 16. L. French reports a bizarre scene as a mother hen attacked a rabbit over a nest. The rabbit died and the hen and brood of chickens showed the hen was guarding her young, while the rabbit defended a nest site.
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Mother Hen
Victor
Rabbit
Clorinda
L. French
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