Five in Launch Still Missing From Ord Neb Plea
The Keokuk Iowa report states five persons were aboard a motor boat that disappeared on the Mississippi river after a Thursday evening cruise. Miss Mayme Wilson was found, confirming all five drowned due to strong river undercurrents near the dam at Keokuk. The party included Mrs Pauline Marks of Ord Neb Alfred Gross Mae Wilson Mrs Mary Wright and John Laughlin. In Davenport Iowa Grace Gladden and Si Johnson are missing after canoeing. their overturned craft was found on a sandbank today. Johnson was a Daily Times employee and Gladden a department store clerk.
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Keokuk
Mayme Wilson
Mississippi River
City
Pauline Marks
Ord
Neb
Here
Ft. Madison
Mississippi
Marks
Alfred Gross
Mae Wilson
Mary Wright
John Laughlin
Wausau
Wis
Davenport
Grace Gladden
Si Johnson
Johnson
The
Daily Times
Sioux City
Miss Gladden
Kidnapers Must Serve Long Prison Sentence
In Salem Illinois on June 21 Frank Sul Jens and Ernest Harrison were found guilty of kidnapping Dorothy Holt last March. The jury set twenty five year terms for both men after the state sought the death penalty. Holt was taken to an abandoned mine where Sullens planned to deliver her to Harrison for five dollars. The girl was found in a critical condition and a mob protest led to state troops being called out.
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Salem
Ill
Frank Sul Jens
Ernest Harrison
Dorothy Holt
Sullens
Harrison
Hail Storm Causes Half Million To Million Damage in Florida
Reports from Quincy Florida state damage from a hail storm after a recent tornado in Gadsden and nearby counties in northern Florida and southern Georgia. Crops suffered a half million to a million dollars in losses, with tobacco fields and sheds housing tobacco taking the heaviest blows.
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Quincy
Fla
Gadsden
Florida
Georgia
Bicycle Rider Killed by Horse in Iowa Crash
Marshalltown Iowa June 21 Earl Buhrow a 24 year old rural mail carrier from Laurel was riding his motorcycle between Gilman and Laurel when a horse darted in front of him. He was thrown, suffered head and chest injuries and died at Gilman a few hours later.
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Marshalltown
Gilman
Laurel
Earl Buhrow
Gilmen
Bubhrow
Starving suffraget released after hunger strike
London June 21. Ill health from a hunger strike led to the release of Laura Lennox formerly editor of the Suffraget who had been sentenced to six months imprisonment for conspiring to commit malicious damage to property on June 17. Lennox and her companions refused food from jail admission.
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London
Laura Lennox
The
Suffraget
Criminal Court
Miss Lennox
Waterspout Seen Over Panama Bay
A waterspout was observed today over Panama Bay with no damage to shipping reported. The item notes a weather event and mentions an advertisement reference to Martin as a fiction creator.
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Panama
Panama Bay
World's Champion Egg Eater Eats Sixty One Eggs
Cairo Illinois June 21 Frank Blake a clerk in a railway office won a 25 bet by eating sixty one eggs surpassing the supposed world record of sixty eggs. The eggs were divided into scrambled fifteen soft boiled sixteen hard boiled fifteen and fried fifteen.
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Cairo
Frank Blake
Bulgarians to Attack Greeks and Servians on Vardar Front
Vienna reports Bulgarian troops planned action against Servians and Greeks on the Vardar in Macedonia with Greek and Servian forces allied. Servians fortified on the right bank. Montenegrin infantry march to join at the front. Bulgarians hold the left bank while Greeks and Servians occupy the opposite side. Belgrade says Russia may be told a Balkan summit at St Petersburg would be futile.
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Vienna
Vardar
Macedonia
Gulf of
Saloniki
Bound in Coils of Dozen Snakes Rolls Into Fire
George Ensor, a Piedmont businessman, was attacked by more than a dozen snakes while sitting on a rotted log near Mountain Dale. He rolled into a cooking fire to escape, his clothes catching fire, and then into a stream to extinguish them. He sustained severe burns but is expected to recover.
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Piedmont
W. Va
George Ensor
Mountaindale
Mr. Ensor
Refuse Divorce To Mrs Van Vlissingen
Chicago jury in Judge Fetit's court declines to grant Mrs. Jessie R. Van Vlissingen a divorce after finding she was cognizant of and profited by her husband Peter Van Vlissingen's forgeries. Peter, serving a Joliet mortgage forgery sentence, allegedly knew of the misdeeds before marriage.
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Chicago
Jessie R. van Vlissingen
Ambassador Page declares Fourth of July reception in London
London's Walter Hines Page, new ambassador, denies rumors of no July 4 reception. He vows to maintain the tradition, even if his residence is unsuitable, by arranging temporary quarters to entertain fellow citizens.
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London
Walter Hines Page
Court of St. James
Emperor William celebrates twenty five years on throne
Berlin reports a Bethmann Hollweg rescript praising 25 years of William II's reign. The emperor thanks God for peace and progress, noting steady acquisitions for the fatherland under peaceful skies. Corporate cigar ad follows.
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Berlin
William
Bethmann-Hollweg
Turks Still Lie Unburied in Scutari
In Vienna a parliamentary interpellation demands action on health conditions at Scutari where semidecomposed Turkish soldiers remain unburied near the fortress. The motion targets the so called negligent commander of Scutari, Vice Admiral Cecil Burney, who led the international fleet guarding the Montenegrin coast.
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Vienna
Austria
Scutari
Cecil Burney
International
Death Claims Julius Frank in Waterloo at Presbyterian Hospital
Julius Frank a former shoe merchant aged 58 died at Presbyterian Hospital Waterloo after a brief illness and a post operative decline. Born in Cincinnati he moved to Waterloo in 1881 and ran several shoe and tailoring businesses. Survived by three brothers Moses Abraham Louis and two sisters Salla and Jenette. Funeral Monday at Petersen Bros with private services and interment in Iowa Mausoleum Fairview Cemetery.
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Julius
Frank
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Frank
Cincinnati
Waterloo
Henry
Caroline Frank
Timmerman & Moore
Middleditch Block
Fourth Street
Commercial
Easley Clothing Store
Commercial Street
Algona
Ciy
Frank Bros
American Protective Association
Salla
Jenette
Moses
Abraham
Louis
Petersen Bros
Wrest
Iowa
Fairview
McNab resigns as U S Attorney in San Francisco
United States Attorney John L McNab announces his resignation after telegram exchanges with Washington over the San Francisco federal office. He cites orders from the attorney general to delay prosecutions in the Diges Caminetti white slave cases and Western Fuel company indictments, saying the department yields to influence and cripples the office.
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San Francisco
United States
John L. McNab
Washington
McNab
Wilson
Diges-Caminetti
Western Fuel Company
Department of Justice
Woman Killed by Elevator at Equitable Building
Miss Mary A. Monaghan of Winterset, 60, was instantly killed in Des Moines when her head was crushed between the elevator floor and the iron gate on the third floor. She fainted on boarding at the second floor and fell against the gate as the car rose, the elevator stopping almost immediately but the car traveling about three feet past the initial trap.
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Des Moines
Mary A. Monaghan
Winterset
Equitable
Wilson Firm for Lag Measure
President Wilson backs the Glass currency bill and urges specific legislation. He vows no compromise on core features concentrating reserves in New York and governing the money market. The $700,000,000 two percent bonds retirement sparks renewed party debate among House banking and currency committee members.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Congress
White House
New York City
House Committee
Ex-Police Captain Who Confessed Is Read
New York June 21 Thomas W Walsh the ex police captain whose confessions led to the graft conviction of Inspectors Murtha Thompson Hussey and Sweeney now serving time in the penitentiary dined at his Harlem home early today He had been in poor health for months and the fear of death prompted his confession He rallied and testified at the graft trial but never was again hin est
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New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Murtha
Thompson
Hussey
Sweeney
Harlem
Forged Small Postal Money Orders Reported in Cornel Buffs
It has been discovered that post office money orders for lifts cents each, cashed June 1 and 12, are forgeries. One was cashed at the post office window and others at local businesses. The orders were issued by the Westfelt post office and involve names Rogers and Porter with no identified perpetrators.
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Cornel Buffs
Posbotlice
Westfelt
Alsin
Toa
Rogers
Tow
Porter
Cornell College Suspends 72 Frat Students Over Fraternity Ban
Cedar Rapids June 21 Cornell College is stirred by the suspension of 72 students including nine graduates for refusing to drop fraternities and sororities. Graduating girls signed the faculty ultimatum and received diplomas while four male graduates stand firm. The faculty refuses compromise, proposing one year probation for fraternities and a later faculty decision.
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Cornell College
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vornenu
Jothers
Catuslente Haves
Senate Debates Revised Tariff Bill Changes
Washington June 21 Senate Democrats resume work on the tariff bill with a revised finance committee version cutting duties and expanding free lists. Chemical schedule changes include lower Underwood rates on dyes for cotton and woolen goods, creosote oil, alazarin, and cyanides shifted to free list. Republican leaders study the plan as Penrose Smoot La Follette Burton Smith Borah aid minority report.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
Simmons
Finance Committee
Penrose
Smoot
la Follette
Burton
Smith
Michiwan
Borah
Senate
Defence Futile as McCarty Death Theory Battle Continues
Calgary, June 21. In Arthur Pelkey manslaughter trial, defense experts challenge crown medical testimony on Luther McCarty death. Crown doctors say death from a brain clot due to neck dislocation. Defense seeks to show McCarty was in poor condition before the May 24 bout and that Pelkey’s blow lacked fatal force. Six defense witnesses remain. crown rebuttal planned.
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Calgary
Alberta
Luther McCarty
Arthur Pelkey
McCarty
Pelkey
Escaped Through Sewer Now Found Guilty of Murder
Clyde Stratton, who escaped from Leavenworth via a sewer, was found guilty of murdering J. L. Crowder a Silvis banker. He received a fourteen year sentence at Joliet penitentiary after a Rock Island circuit court verdict reported after forty two hours. Stratton was one of three robbers who assaulted Crowder last December, leading to his death a month later. He was captured at Pekin days after escaping Leavenworth where he served five years for robbing the McCool Indiana post office.
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Stratton
Pekin
Fr. Leavenworth
McCool
Ind
K L C E Holds Twelfth Keystone League Meet
Delegates arrive by rail for the twelfth annual convention in Oakland Ta. The KL Kor Keystone League of Christian Endeavor of the United Evangelical church Des Moines conference draws participants from nearly all societies. Bishop Vo Sawengle, DoD Harrisburg, and Kev MoT Maive from Nebraska are among speakers in a robust program.
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Oakland
KL. Kor Keystone League of Christian Mendeaver
United Evangelical Church
Des Moines
Delpgains
Progr Ame
Sawengle
Dod
Harrisburg
Pin
Kev
Maive
TV Insegin
Neb
Labor Chile 4 Nos Note Aoaingt Strike
In Knoxville on June 21 President Woll of the International Photo Engravers union urged local unrest not be answered by strikes and lockouts. He called for union education in political and economic policy and supported dividing printing trades into several unions linked to an international body. Delegates at Halr Springs faced isolation with limited telephone links as a storm disrupted communications.
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Knoxville
Eon
Woll
International Photo Engravers’ Union
International Prepament S and Assistants
Halr Springs
Tenn
Tig
Julian
Hala Springs
Rogerasville
Amendment to constitution to prohibit liquor sale
Washington report on Senator Works proposed constitutional amendment to ban the sale manufacture and importation of distilled liquor containing alcohol with exceptions for mechanical scientific and medicinal use. The measure would allow three years for adjournment before it takes effect as a transition.
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Washington
Senator Works
Wilson Nominates Ministers and Officials Across Nations
President Wilson today announced nominations including John D. O'Rear for Bolivia and Henry Van Dyke for the Netherlands and Luxemburg. Other picks include Thomas R. Jones for Glasgow land office, Edwards Hargadine for receiver in Glasgow, John H. Shields as Wichita postmaster, Thomas Ewing Jr. for commissioner of patents, and Robt. T. Frasier as first assistant commissioner of patents.
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Washington
Wilson
John D. O’rear
Missouri
Bolivia
Henry van Dyke
New Jersey
Netherlands
Luxemburg
Register of Land Office
Glasgow
Mont
Thomas R. Jones
Edwards
Hargadine
Wichita
Kan
John. H. Shields
Thomas Ewing, Jr
New York
Robt. T. Frasier
Tennessee
Australians to Form New Cabinet
Melbourne reports Joseph Hume Cook, Liberal leader, commissioned by Baron Denman to form a new Australian cabinet replacing Andrew Fisher after his resignation. Cook, a free trader and former defense minister, previously backed shipbuilding and compulsory service. The Liberal shift follows Labor’s defeat after 1910 election.
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Melbourne
Australia
Joseph Hume Cook
Liberal Party
Commonwealth
Baron Denman
Andrew Fisher
Cook
Alfred Dekin
Labor Party
Hhe
Trial of Woman for Murder Begins in Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls June 21 The trial of Mrs Mae Evans accused of murdering Dr Lockhart Moore at a rooming house on May 26 will begin Monday The case also alleges she attempted suicide by shooting and the judge expects a sensational proceeding
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Sioux Falls
Mae Evans
Lockhart Moore
South Dakota Agricultural College
Moore
New Danish Cabinet Formed Under Zahle Leadership
Copenhagen June 21 reports the new Danish cabinet formed by C. Zahle, former premier and radical party leader. Zahle holds premiership and justice. Minard Brandis named finance minister and provisional foreign affairs minister. Mr Rode becomes interior minister.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
C. Zahle
Radical Party
Mr. Zahle
Justice
Minard Brandis
Mr. Rode
Employers Strike Looms in Chicago Cooperation Threat
Simon O'Donnell, president of the building trade council, says a coast to coast strike could follow a Chicago lockout by the Building Construction Employers association. He cites union support nationwide and warns work may halt from San Francisco to Maine if Chicago issues the word, though he contends leaders hesitate to cripple the country.
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Chicago
Building Construction Employers’ Association
Simon O'Donnell
Building Trade Council
O'Donnell
San Francisco
Maine
Militant suffragists burn landmark sites in Scotland and England
London reports militant suffragists carried arson actions in St Andrews Scotland and the South End on the Thames. The Gatty Marine Laboratory East Wing at the university suffered extensive fire damage with loss of instruments and charts. At St John church the organ loft was set ablaze though the fire was contained.
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London
St. Andrews
Scotland
South End
Lower Thames
Gattymerine Laboratory
University
Church of St. John
Marsh Seeks Tariff on Cream Separators
Wilbur Marsh of Waterloo urged Congress to maintain a moderate tariff on cream separators for revenue and protection. He warned against placing separators on the free list or lowering duties, and he met with several lawmakers in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Wilbur Marsh
Waterloo
Marsh
Congress
Illinois Solons Quit at Daylight
Springfield Illinois June 21 both houses adjourned the forty eighth general assembly after morning session and recessed to June 30 for a special session to receive any messages from Governor Dunne. Temperature records show a high of 77 in a day and a low of 68 with prior year figures 80 and 66.
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Springfield
Illinois Legislature
Forty-Eighth General Assembly
Dunne
Buchanan Optical Co
Five Injured When Street Car Struck Auto in Des Moines
In Des Moines on June 25 five people were injured when a Valley Junction street car struck an automobile driven by W E Shierbork of Neola. One person was seriously hurt and Grace Shierbork age 19 sustained a fractured collar bone as the Shierbork family was en route home.
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Des Moines. In
W.E. Shierbork
Neola
Valley Junction
Grace Shierbork
Shierbock
Eighteen Nations Accept Bryan Peace Plan
Washington June 21 Spain has accepted in principle Secretary Bryan's proposal for international peace. Eighteen nations now have accepted Mr Bryan's invitation to consider this plan.
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Washington
Spain
Bryan
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