Peace prospects amid Mexican civil conflict and federal reinforcements
May 17 reports from Juarez and Eagle Pass describe provisional President Madero and officials in talks on a peace agreement. Federal garrisons bolster defenses near Ciudad Porfirio Diaz as refugees flood Eagle Pass. battles loom near Bacum and Yaqui villages. Jose Castello, en route from Europe, predicts timely stabilization in Mexico.
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Juarez
Francisco I. Madero, Jr
Gomez
Carbajal
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Tex
Cludad Porfirio Diaz
Sey City
Las Vegas
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Col. Pena
New York
Jose Castello
Mexican Senate
Europe
Mexico City
Adkins Flings Deal At Deneen In Springfield Speech
In Springfield Illinois on May 17 Speaker Adkins declared that no deep waterways legislation would pass in the present session. He attacked the governor and state office holders insisting he would shoulder the responsibility if a special session is called to push a waterway bill. He told office holders to return home and earn their salaries as he delivered a sharp rebuke to state executives.
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Springfield
Ill
Adkins
House
Adakins
Forty-seventh General Assembly
Board of Health President Quits Des Moines
President A. C. Moerke of the state board of health resigned, citing insufficient legislative appropriation to fund the board’s work. Des Moines, May 17.
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Board OF Health
Des Moines
A. C. Moerke
State Board of Health
Crowds Hear Divine Sarah Tour at Mason City
Mason City crowds packed Wilson Theatre for Sarah Bernhardt on May 24 as tickets went on sale. The first hour yielded receipts of one thousand dollars, drawing a large attendance and signaling strong public interest in the performance.
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Mason City
Sarah Bernhardt
Wilson Theatre
Taft Stirring Swipes at Small Headed Club Men
President Taft drew sharp attention in Washington after a night speech at a Jewish temple in which he attacked small headed men in prominent clubs who show their “greatness” by blackballing candidates. He said the remarks targeted a New York congressman and several newly elected senators, a friend of the president.
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Washington
Taft
New York
Longressman
Wayzata Delegation Seeks Taft Summer Capital Site
A Minneapolis delegation from Wayzata led by W. T. Coe appeared before the Commercial Club public affairs committee to push Wayzata as President Taft s summer capital. The panel will likely send a delegate to Washington to back Congressman Frank M. Nye s plan to form a committee to study the offer. Nye departed Sunday night.
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Minneapolis
Wyzata
W. T. Coe
The
Commercial Club
Taft
Washington
Frank M. Nye
Congress
Wayzata
Sreseman Nye
Taft Rejects Antitrust Amendments Facing Progressive Push
Washington May 17 President Taft declines to urge new antitrust amendments during the extraordinary session. He favors federal incorporation legislation and continues prosecutions of trusts. Progressives and Democrats insist on stronger law to outlaw all restraints of trade and oppose the Wickersham draft.
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Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Taft
Congress
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oi
Wickersham
Ducks Affected by Gold-Laden Ducks Near Lynch Nebraska
Live ducks sent from William Farrell's ranch near Lynch to Omaha yielded gold in their crops. Nuggets ranged from a dime to fifty cents, with some as large as 50 cents. The ducks swam in a gulch stream where nuggets washed down from surrounding hills. Farrells and neighbors study the Niobrara area for possible gold deposits.
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Omaha
Neb
William Farrell
Lynch
Niobrara River
Nebraska
Farrell
Farrel Ranch
Reciproc ity Vote Deliberations Highlight Congress
Washington reports show Senate leaders pressing for votes on reciprocity as House debates statehood for Arizona and New Mexico. Democrats clash over Rules Committee action on a sugar trust inquiry and potential committee changes loom amid ongoing discussions.
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Washington
Stone
Missouri
Senate Finance Committee
Penrose
House
Arizona
New Mexico
Rules Committee
Sugar Trust
Henry
Palmer Called by Death Pioneer Fox Township Resident
Ab Palmer, longtime Fox township resident, died at his home near Jesup Iowa at 11 last night from Brights disease at age 60. Born 1850 in Springville Pennsylvania, he moved to Illinois then Iowa in 1866. He married Mary Ann Arnold, daughter of John D Arnold, pioneer and justice of the peace, on August 6, 1877. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 1:30 with interment in Barclay cemetery.
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Jesup, Ta
Ab. Palmer
Fox Township
Here
Bright
Pennsylvania
Mr. Palmer
Springville
Illinois
Iowa
Mary Ann Arnold
John D. Arnold
Fall of cow causes fatal injury to resident
Mason City Iowa May 17 Chris Hansen a pioneer resident was killed when a cow became entangled in a rope and fell on him. Internal injuries proved fatal a few hours after the accident.
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Mason City
Iowa
Chris Hansen
Fire Leaves Forty Thousand Homeless in Kirin
Harbin May 17 reports say Kirin, Manchuria, was devastated by a recent fire. About 40,000 residents are homeless, with an estimated $20,000,000 loss. Four thousand shops, 15 banks, and 8,387 other buildings burned. Details were scarce as telegraph lines were disrupted.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Kirtnu
Pekin
Kirin
Accused Taunts State Witness at Camorra Trial
In Iterbo Italy on May 17 Francisco Desiderio faced the state informer during the Camorra trial. Desiderio denied charges and tried to confuse the witness while Alfano and priest Vitozzi urged denouncements. Abbatemaggio remained calm and refused to be confused.
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Iterbo
Italy
Francisco Desiderio
Abbatemaggio
Aida
Gennaro Cucccolo
Camorra
Desiderio
Alfano
Vitozzi
Alfonso
Abbattomaggio
Assaasin
Oil rate upheld by commission at Findlay refinery
Washington May 17 The interstate commerce commission held there is no legal obligation for an interstate carrier to cut freight rates due to natural shortages. National Refining of Ohio operating Findlay refinery argued 13 1 3 cents per hundred pounds for crude from Flat Rock Mil is excessive. The commission found the rate reasonable, noting exhaustion of local crude will eventually be faced by such manufacturers.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Refining Company
Ohio
Findlay
Flat Rock
Mil
Douglasess Return for Visit in Iowa
HI. O. Douglass former deputy county auditor arrives in Waterloo with his son Howard. Mrs. Douglass visits her sister at Baxter. Dr. Crawford the dentist suffers rheumatism affecting the eyes. The Douglasses have lived in Houston recently and may return to Waterloo or stay in Houston where Douglass has been offered a secretarial post with the M. C. AL headed by Ed Munger. The Munger organization features a five story, $200000 building and thirteen assistants.
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HI. O. Douglass
Waterloo
Howard
Douglass
M. C. AL
Ed, Munger
Munger
Girl Freed of Murder Charge at Fort Dodge
Lena L Angland, Eagle Grove girl indicted for smothering her baby, was freed by a directed verdict after the trial as prosecutors failed to prove corroboration of the alleged confession. Bonds cannot be deducted under Iowa tax law, according to a special ruling.
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Fort Dodge
Lena L. Angland
Eagle Grove
Albrook
Ihes Moines
Lea
Office of the Attorney, General Today
Inwa
Packers Denial Shapes Sherman Act Hearing
Chicago May 17 Judge George A Carpenter refused to hear oral argument on a rehearing petition by indicted Chicago meat packers. He overruled May 12 and set a week for briefs. The decision centers on whether the Sherman Act is a penal statute and if the Supreme Court ruling affects penalties or merely defines violation.
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Chicago
George A. Carpenter
United States District Court
Carpenter
Ala
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Miget
Court of Equity
Woman Hurts Jumping From Disk in Nashua
A Nashua report details Mrs Byron Brown suffering severe injuries after leaping from a running disk pulled by four horses. She escaped fatal harm though thigh to knee injury, ankle break, and multiple cuts. Also noted is the death of Mrs George Huffman after a three day illness from appendicitis. Funeral set for Congregational church Ionia. German American potash conference in Hamburg reaches price agreement.
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Nashua
Byron Brown
Washum
George Huffman
Here
Huffman
Ceph Huffman
J. W. Hann
Congregational Church
Ionia
Greenwood Cemetery
Burglary Shootings Endangers Girl in Clinton Street
In New York on May 17 a man fired at burglars escaping via a rear fire escape, hitting Annie Duke aged 16 in a house opposite. she lies gravely wounded as the assailants flee. The shooter Joseph Rudan fainted on learning the outcome of his shot. Nearby in Winsted a Plymouth stock hen was found aboard a moving New Haven line train near Plymouth Rock after an engineer and fireman misread the scene. A bystander quipped the bird left its car fare.
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New York
Joseph Rudan
Clinton Street
Annie Duke
Rudan
Winsted
Conn
Pleasant Excur sion to Rock Island Texas Farm Offer
The French and Frazee Company advertises a June 6 private car trip from Union depot to Rock Island Texas. A $20 round trip rate includes tourist sleepers, vs the usual $46.50. They promote 10 acre Gulf Coast fruit and vegetable farms with easy payment plans and the chance to inspect land with no obligation to buy.
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French & Frazee Company
Union
Rock Island
Texas
Gulf Coast
Texas Gulf Coast
W. J. French
French & Frazee
French
Mr. Frazee
Vie
Houston
Black Hawk Bank
Jones
Government to borrow 50 million for Panama Canal work
Seventy seven mail bags carry bids for Uncle Sam s new 50 million 3 percent bonds to reimburse treasury for Panama canal expenditures. Subscriptions open to banks and public with payments by checks or money orders. Bonds dated June 1 1911 mature in fifty years.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
McVeagh
Washington, D. C
MacVeagh
Treasury General Fund
Panama Canal
Tobacco At Root Of Woes In Medical Talk
Des Moines May 17 Dr Samuel Bailey of Mt Ayr condemned tobacco in a Iowa State Medical association address. He warned tobacco poisons the nervous system and robs users of moral tone. He also linked early tobacco use to present troubles and recalled a past claim about an apple curing alcohol habit.
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Des Moines
Samuel Bailey
Mt. Ayr
Iowa State Medical Association
Bailey
Hottest Day Yet as Humidity Takes Toll Across May 17
Weather report notes record highs and humidity with official observer R B Slippy recording a May 17 high of 87 degrees at 7 am, the year’s peak in 12 years. Past days showed 76 on Mar 14, 78 on May 15, and 85 on May 16, highlighting ongoing heat and discomfort.
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Buchanan Optical Co
R. B. Slippy
Sippy
Former Residents Return for Extended Waterloo Visit
Mr and Mrs W W Fisher of Ontario California are due in Waterloo for an extended visit with their daughters Mrs W Parrott Mr R B Brown Mrs Roy Nichols and Mrs Eva Mattox Their daughter Miss Nellie will accompany them They left Waterloo for California seven years ago
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W. W. Fisher
Ontario
California
Waterloo
W .¥. Parrott
R. 8. Brown
Roy Nichols
Eva Mattox
Mise Nellie
Aged Woman Dies in House Fire in Glenwood Towai
In Glenwood Towai on May 17 a 74 year old woman named Fox died after she poured kerosene into a stove and a blaze ensued. Firefighters and neighbors aided others nearby as the tragedy unfolded in a small community setting.
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Glenwood
Towa
Fox
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