Congress Probes Currency Bill in Wilson Era Debates
Washington June 20 Congress shifted focus from tariffs to the administration currency bill as it nears introduction. Key figures like McAdoo Owen Glass and the president seek harmony for debate and amendments. The plan calls for twelve regional reserve banks with federal oversight and a government-controlled board to supervise operations.
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Washington
Congress
Wilson
McAdoo
Owen
Glass
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Qystem
Fderal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury Note
Reserve Banks
Regional Reserve Bank
United States
Former School Teacher Slays Three in Bremen Catholic School
A former teacher named Schmidt, described as demented, entered a Bremen Catholic school and fired six revolvers, killing three and wounding eight, including two teachers and three children fatally. The assailant was overpowered by bystanders and arrested. he offered no explanation.
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Bremen
Germany
Schmidt
Renewal of Money Trust Inquiry Urged
Representative Neeley of Kansas urged renewing the money trust inquiry in a long House speech. He favored immediate currency reform and said the Democratic Congress and President Wilson can devise a plan free from special interests, pledging to stay through the summer until the regular session in December.
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Washington
Neeley
Kansas
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Democratic Congress
Wilson
Democratic Party
Bankers Chop Up 10 President in Iowa Court
Chas A Isaacs former Forest City banker was sentenced to five years in Stillwater prison for false entries in the bank books. He pleaded guilty to one count, 38 counts dismissed. Judge Reed delayed sentence 60 days for potential clemency petition to President Wilson. Isaacs defense says he acted to save the bank. depositors allegedly did not lose money.
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Fort Dodge
Reed
Chas
A. Isaacs
Forest City
Stillwater
Isaacs
Wilson
WINS $2,000 OVER COLLISION IN ALR
Paris June 20 A court decided Captain Dikson was at fault in a 1910 Milan aviation collision between two aeroplanes. Dikson must pay Thomas $1,000 damages and $2,000 to the aeroplane makers, plus eight tenths of litigation costs. Thomas sought $16,000 damages. Dikson claimed $20,000.
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Paris
Dikson
Thomas
Milan
Dkson
Appeal Granted in Gompers Case by Supreme Court
Washington June 20 Chief Justice White granted an appeal to the supreme court for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison labor leaders convicted of contempt of court in the Buck's Stove and Range case The appeal will be heard after October Gompers Mitchell and Morrison were sentenced to jail terms which the U S supreme court later set aside due to the contempt proceeding being brought in the name of the Stove company
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Washington, D. C
White
Supreme Court
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Ruck’s Stove and Range Company
Gompers
Mitchell
Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Atoye Company
Young officer aviator killed in Chesapeake Bay crash
Ensign Wm. D. Billingsley of Mississippi was killed when the hydroaeroplane he and Lieutenant John H. Tower of Georgia piloted over Chesapeake Bay near Kent Island capsized at about 1,600 feet. A motor-boat party rescued Tower, who was badly injured and taken to the Annapolis naval hospital. Billingsley’s body was not recovered.
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Annapolis
Wm. D. Billingsley
Mississippi
John H. Tower
Georgia
Chesapeake Bay
Kent Island
Lieutenant Tower
Ensign Billingsley
Tower
Naval Hospital
Naval Academy
Claiborn
Aannuapolis
Thirty One Strikers Sentenced in Paterson Case
Thirty one silk mill workers from the Industrial Workers of the World were sentenced to three months hard labor in Paterson New Jersey for unlawful assembly. The court suspended the sentences on condition of good behavior.
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Paterson
N. J
Industrial Workers of the World
Tragic Gas Deaths Of Sarto Family In Chicago
Samuel Sarto and his wife Delicia Sarto, both killed by gas in the rear of their grocery at 910 West Polk Street, while their four children slept upstairs, authorities report.
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Chicago
Samuel Sarto
Delicia Sarto
West Polk Street
Meredith Nicholson Named Minister to Portugal
Meredith Nicholson, famed novelist, was selected for appointment as minister to Portugal by President Wilson. A man of letters like Dr. van Dyke and Ambassador Page, Nicholson is known for popular works such as The House of a Thousand Candles and The Port of Missing Men.
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Wishapolis
Ned Gaylor Dies In It From Overdose At 24
A telegram from St. Joseph Missouri notified Mrs Hannah Watson of the death of her son Ned Gaylor a Waterloo painter who left the city for the south on April 15. He died from the effects of an overdose at age 24 years 6 months and 11 days. Survived by his mother and father Chas Gaylor of Jefferson City plus siblings Ralph Virgil Hather Douglas and Mesdames Lucy Bearbower and Herman Harris. Grandson of Joppa Jenks. Body to arrive Waterloo this evening with funeral at Mt Auburn tomorrow at 2 PM and interment at Mt Auburn.
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Hannah Watson
Bluff Street
St. Joseph
Ned Gaylor
Waterlo
South
Gaylor
Chas. Gaylor
Jefferson City
Ralph
Virgil
Sioux Falls
Miss Hather and Douglas
Waterloo
Mesdames
Lucy Bearbower
Brandon
Herman Harris
Town Falls
Joppa Jenks
Mount Auburn
Mt. Auburn
Mit
Auburn
President Empowered To Change Tariff Rates In Tax Revision
Washington June 20 Democratic senators caucused on the aris bill revised by the finance committee. Income tax provisions were withheld for revision as schedules and admin sections were submitted. President would proclaim special rates for discriminating nations, with specific charges on fish wheat flour coffee tea and various goods. Additional duties possible on china ware lemons cheese wines malt liquors silk goods leather gloves and jewelry components. Sugar molasses and related products carry added polariscopic adjustments up to 76 degrees.
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Washington
Finance Committee
Simmons
United States
Polariscape
Temperature summary from June 20 with range data
Temperature report notes yesterday’s minimum 75 and maximum 97 with a year ago sixes 59 and 74. Markings supplied by Buchanan Optional Co. ground floor Syndicate block lists times 6 am 10 am 1 pm. Corina queen of Havana cigars advertised.
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Buchanan Optionl Co
Town Criers Return From East on Special Train
The Town Criers of Waterloo Iowa returned home at 6 40 PM after a ten state tour aboard a six car special train with 112 people. They were greeted by a large home crowd in Waterloo and celebrated their successful publicity mission that drew attention to civic pride and local industry.
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Waterloo
Chicago Great Western Railway
Freeport
Indianapolis
Dayton
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Wheeling
Norfolk
New York
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Baltimore
East Side
Chicago
Union Depot
West Side
Union Station
St. Charles
Great Western Road
George Bristow
Des Moines
T. J. Cleary
Waterlon
ATI
Stockton
Beltine
Oelwein
W. A. Preston
Baltimore & Ohio
Tie
Kiester
Pallsenger
Thea Ul
Noi Central
Town Criers
Iowa
Last Member of the House of 1861 Dies in Reading
Sydenham W. Ancona, aged about ninety nine or ten, a Democrat who served in the 37th 38th and 29th Congresses and was said to be the last surviving member who served in 1861, died in Reading Pa He was honored in Washington last year when the House recessed for fifteen minutes and gave him a reception.
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Reading
Sydenham W. Ancona
Prnt
National House of Representatives
Washington
House of Repredematives
Suffragette Miss Lenton Escapes in Leeds Garb
London reports Miss Lillian Lenton the militant suffragette escaped from a Leeds house while in men’s clothing. She had been jailed for starting a fire at the Kew tea garden pavilion and had been on license after illness. Police followed a dramatic Doncaster case where a witness claimed to be guilty and Miss Lenton returned to jail before breaking free again yesterday.
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London
Lillian Lenton
Kew Tea Garden
Leeds
Miss Lenton
Doncaster
Winship
Westfield
May Dennis
Miss L#iton
Hcense
AMA Milk Certification Debate Shifts To Public Education
Minneapolis in June measures the sixty fourth annual American Medical association convention closing phase. A joint session with the American Association of Medical Milk Commissions urged pure milk for children. Dr. McClere credited milk commissioners for advancing consumer access to pure milk while Mosher and Helmholz stressed public education and infant welfare. Technical questions were discussed by Dr. Hogan and others.
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Minneapolis
American Medical Association
American Association of Medical Milk Commissions
T. C. McClere
Berkeley
Gal
American Association of Medical Milk Commissioners
George C. Mosher
Kansas City
Henry F. Helmholz
Chicago
J. J. Hogan
San Francisco
Wilson to Sign Exemption Bill Amid Proviso Restrictions
Washington June 20 President Wilson intends to sign the fund appropriation bill with a proviso barring use of funds to prosecute labor unions and farmers' organizations under the antitrust law. He will issue a memorandum stating his attitude toward the exemptions and the reasons for signing.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Labor Officers Re-Elected by Waterloo Central Union
The Waterloo Central Labor union re elected all existing officers at a regular meeting last Wednesday in the Labor Temple. Officers named were President C Vaughn Vice President R Redington General Secretary J H Rooger Recording Secretary W A Moore Treasurer Roy F Reed Trustees I M Walters FP Riggs and A J Hall.
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Waterloo Central Labor Union
Labor Temple
C. Vaughn
R. Redington
Kinancral
J. H. Rooger
W. A. Moore
Roy FB
Reed
Trustoca
I. M. Walters
FP. Riggs
A. J. Hal
Harvard Wins Both Races At New London Regatta
Harvard's crew swept both varsity four oared and freshmen eight as steady rain fell on New London. The varsity four finished 11:52 to 12:11 over two miles, while the freshmen race ended with Harvard at 10:41 and Yale at 10:44, a margin of four seconds.
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Negatta Course
New London
Harvard
Craw
Yale
Crimson
Thames
Freshies
Cambridge
Elis
Four missing on Mississippi river trip near Keokuk
Keokuk Iowa June 20 four persons two young women and two men are missing and believed drowned after a river pleasure trip on the Mississippi above Keokuk. Search parties have found no trace of the party. The missing are Al Gross Keokuk John Laughlin Warsaw Wis Mayme Wilson and Mary Wright Keokuk.
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Keokuk, Ja
Mississippi River
Keokuk
al Gross
Keaokuk
John Laughlin
Warsaw
Wis
Mayme Wilson
Mary Wright
Fairbanks To Speak On Northwest Tour
Former Vice President Chas W Fairbanks leaves for a speaking tour during the second World's Christian Citizenship conference in Portland Oregon starting June 23 He will address several engagements in the Northwest and tomorrow attends a trustees meeting of the McKinley National Memorial association in Canton Ohio.
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Indianapolis
Chas. W. Fairbanks
Portland
Ore
Northwest
McKinley National Memorial Association
Canton
Waterloo Grocer Lands State Office
Waterloo grocer J H Schaeffer of Davenport was reelected president of the Town Retail Dealers association at its three day session in Council Bluffs. The executive committee will meet in six weeks to choose the next meeting site likely Sioux City. Other officers named include J Keppner and John A Cunningham with an expanded slate of local industry leaders.
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Council Bluffs
Town Retail Dealers’ Association
Sioux City
Bens Timent
J. H. Schaeffer
Davenport
J. Keppner
John A. Cunningham
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W. D. Billingsley
Lieut. Tower
Meredith Nicholson
Portugal Post
Joseph
Corina
Havana
Medics
LABOR
Fairbanks
Waterloo Grocer Lands State Office
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