Battleships Start Voyage on World Tour Ocean Cruise
No. 252 reports sixteen battleships of the Atlantic Fleet departing from Boston New York Philadelphia and Stormpton Roads for a two month voyage to French and English ports. Four divisions will rendezvous 250 miles off the coast on Nov 3 as part of a European tour.
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Washington, D. C
L—Spithord Kpan
Atlantic Reef
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Stormpton Roads
English Channel
Atlantic
Minnesota
Vermont
Idaho
Mississippi
Navy Yard
Sandy Hook
Pleads to Free IC Defendants Face Graft Hearing
Chicago nov 1 defense attorneys pressed to dismiss charges against former Illinois Central officials Frank B Harriman Charles L Ewing and John M Taylor in a 2 million car repair fraud case insisting no evidence shows they knew of the scheme They argued that their superiors ordered actions and that Osterman the alleged conspiracy chief never told them of padding the bills The hearing before municipal judge Bruggemeyer included witnesses Harahan Park and Drennan and adjournment to next Saturday with bonds and further testimony to follow
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Chicago
Frank B. Harriman
Charles JL. Ewing
John M. Taylor
Illinois Central
Hoover
Bruggemeyer
H. C. Osterman
Ilinoiis Central
Gruggemeyer
J. TV. Warahan
W. L. Park
John G. Drennan
Frank Reid
F. B. Harriman
C.L. Ewing
Brugegemeyer
Harahan
Park and Prennan
Chetlain
Reid
Barnes
Mr. Reid
Park
Mr. Drennan
Walter L. Fisher
Railroad
Drennan
Ooe
Car firms denied fraud claims in payment dispute
Attorney for defendants argued no proof of fraud and no conclusive evidence of padding or contracts with car repair companies. He claimed the Mindrs Central had right to earn from work done in the absence of an absolute contract and that the case would continue. In a separate report, a patient at a Nevada state asylum fatally stabbed another patient with a putty knife, death nearly immediate.
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Reid
Mindrs
Mr. Reid
Omaha Grain Exchange Loses Complaint on Rates
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed the Omaha Grain Exchange case alleging unreasonable railroad rates from South Dakota Minnesota and Iowa to Omaha. It found Minneapolis rates influenced by different competitive conditions and milling interests that do not apply to Omaha, creating substantially dissimilar conditions.
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Washington
Omaha Grain Exchange
Northwestern Railroad
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Omaha
Interstate Commerce Commission
Minneapolis
Converts Win Remains in New Castle Meeting Totals 6683
Evangelist William A Sunday stayed in New Castle to conclude two more meetings and added 300 converts, bringing the total to 6,683. He was presented a draft for 13,098 plus about 300 from other sources. Sunday and his party plan to reach Waterloo next Saturday morning.
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New Castle
Willian A
Waterloo
General Elections Held in Cuba Today
Havana reports that general elections are being conducted across Cuba with half the house and senate to be elected along with provincial and municipal officers. The process is described as orderly with no need for police or military intervention at this time.
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Havana
Cuba
House
Senate
Six Day Bicycle Race Narrowed to Twenty Riders
Twenty riders remain in the six day race in Boston with nine teams totaling 229 miles. Davenport Iowa rider Mitten is no longer partnered with West, and Mitten now teams with Walker of Australia. The pair ranks among the leaders.
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Boston
Mass
West
Mitten
Davenport
Iowa
Walker
Judge clears embezzlement case over technical grounds
Hatheld Chicago S S Mellvane Auburn and Thomas W Wilson Michael G Carter C H Walter and George W Kenney of Springfield facing embezzlement and conspiracy charges in a circuit court quashed by Judge Gast. Indictees linked to Fraternal Tribunes and American Home Circle, merger two years earlier allegedly looting a $55,000 reserve fund and related irregularities.
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Tribunes
Eminent Women Aid Strike of Working Girls
A thousand striking garment workers paraded Chicago's business district as prominent women from settlement and social welfare groups joined the effort. Pickets moved within legal bounds while mounted police intervened in the Bohemian district, injuring over a dozen with no serious harm reported.
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Chicago
Buebees
Mothers Oppose Vulgar Pictures in Iowa Legislature
Iowa Congress of Mothers begins effort to ban suggestive moving pictures. A Des Moines committee chaired by Mrs J bh Hilda will push city prohibitions and seek a single morality standard for both sexes. Mrs Frederick Schoff endorses the movement as Dr Margaret Clark speaks on social hygienics. A crowd gathers for action against white slave traffic.
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Des Moines
Iowa Congress of
Mathera
J. Bh. Hilda
Congress
HSC
Frederick Schoff
Margaret Clark
Waterloo
Wilson Praises Insurgents' Work in Interview
Secretary Wilson, en route to upstate points for campaigning, said in New York that if the House becomes Democratic, the East will support it while the West will not. He cited Kansas and Iowa as examples, noting they would send Republican delegations to Congress.
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New York
Wilson
Upstate
House of Representatives
East
Kansas
Congress
Iowa
Blackmailers Fire A Saloon In Davenport
In Davenport Iowa on November 1, Emil Speth’s tavern and dance hall was set ablaze by incendiaries after blackmailers demanded 800. Speth and his family narrowly escaped as the building, valued at 10 000, burned while he confronted the threat with a loaded shotgun on several visits.
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Davenport
Emil Speth
Speth
Tragedy Stalks Five Times In Family In Six Months
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 1. Mrs. P. M. Guiou was killed at the Nevada asylum yesterday, marking the fifth tragedy in her family within six months. April 20 Louis Hilson murdered William Kinder to obtain a gun to harm the woman he loved, then killed her and himself. August 10 W. D. Guiou shot his 16 year old wife and wounded her. he faces attempted murder charges.
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Kansas City
P. M. Guiou
Nevada Asylum
Louis Hilson
W. D. Guiou
William Kinder
Woman in Clinton Attempts Suicide by Larkspur Lotion
Mrs. Clara Shepherd of Clinton attempted death by swallowing larkspur lotion last night. Her husband Alfred Shepherd, with the couple new to Clinton from Wyoming, faced reports that domestic troubles prompted the act. She is not believed to be fatally harmed and was expected to recover.
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Clinton
Evening Press
Clara Shepherd
Alfred Shepherd O
Wyoming
Infant Florance Avon Ransom Dies at Three Months
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ransom of 306 Columbia street mourn the death of their three months old daughter Florance Avon who died yesterday afternoon. She was the family’s only girl and seven brothers survive. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM conducted by Rev. J. H. Johnson of St. Paul’s church, with burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Wm. Ransom
Columbia Street
Florance Avon
Iowa Dairy
J. H. Johnson
St. Paul’s Church
Fairview Cemetery
Lima NIPS Rebellion Nip Planned Uprising
Lima Peru November 1 The government struck at the leaders of a loud rebellious movement deemed thoroughly plotted. The plot aimed for simultaneous uprisings at various locations across the republic.
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Government of
Peru
Lima
Republic
Indictments of fraternals killed railway case verdict
The Waterloo company wins in a personal injury suit filed by George Bodey against the Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern Railway. A jury verdict for the defendant was returned shortly before 3 o'clock. Indictments against K M Whitham L Aledo Dr A L Craig and GC E Winter were listed.
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George Bodey
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company
Rock Island
K. M. Whitham
Fifth and
LaFayette Streets
Aledo
A. L. Craig
GC. E. Winter
Indictment Voted For Butter Faker in Moonshine Scheme
Chicago news reports that a federal grand jury has voted an indictment against two men in the oleo margarine trade. The alleged conspiracy aimed to defraud the government through imitation butter operations. The indictment reportedly will not be opened in court.
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Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Man Crushed Under Heavy Load at Cedar Rapids Plant
Fred 3. Duncan, 50, a veteran railroad brakeman and conductor, was instantly killed at 3:30 yesterday afternoon at the Cedar Rapids and Iowa Electric Light and Power plant. His body was removed from under tons of metal and coal when an overloaded electric tram collapsed while transferring coal to the boiler room. He leaves a wife and one son.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
Fred
Duncan
Cedar Rapids & Iowa Electric Light & Power Company
Young Bride Is Called By Death in Hudson
Mrs. Frank Mastain, eight months married, died at $30 today at her home one mile northeast of here on the former site of Jockeytown. Her maiden name was Barbara Crawford. her parents live at Oelwein. They will arrive this evening by Chicago Great Western. funeral arrangements to be set after their arrival. The husband has the neighborhood’s sympathy in his bereavement.
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Hudson, Ja
Frank Mastain
Jockeytown
Barbara Crawford
Oelwein
City Gains by Recount in Newburgh Population
Washington report shows Newburgh New York population rising to 27,905 from 25,478 after a re enumeration prompted by protests. The recount increases city tally and adjusts original census figures.
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Washington
Newburgh
N. Y
Sunday Leader of Song to Wed Wisconsin Girl
New Castle Pa November 1 1910 Homer Rodeheaver famed Evangelist leader of the “Body” and bouquets will marry Miss Mary Bashford daughter of Mr and Mrs W Bashford at the bride’s Wisconsin home in Hinton Hilton Horton area. The chronicle notes the event is not yet certain and hints at a misdirected romance with playful humor about engagements and local society.
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Wisconsin
Rodebeaver
Homer B. Rodejeaver
Society
Roy
Ot Koes
Mordecai Brown
Cornelius
Mary Bashford
W. Bashford
Hinton
Hilton
Horton
Rody
New Castle
Anyeney
Traveling man commits suicide in Cedar Rapids hotel
J. J. Rayner, a traveling man from New York, drank carbolic acid in a Cedar Rapids hotel and died. He left a note asking his Detroit wife be notified, while another woman claiming to be Mrs. Rayner heads toward the city from West Virginia. A grain elevator burned in Blair, Atchison, destroying 100000 bushels of grain and causing $125,600 in losses.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
J. J. Rayner
New York
Detroit
Halloween Miscreant Shoots Blacksmith in Town City
Town City November 1 Evening Press reports an unknown assailant, likely a Halloween marauder, shot Lee Gibson, a renowned blacksmith, in his country lawn. The shot tore into his leg, he was hospitalized. Separately, pranksters set a freight car on fire on the Rock Island tracks, destroying the car and damaging rail property, threatening 125 cars of lumber.
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Town City
Evening Press
Hallowe’cn
Lee Gibson
Rock Island
Winter arrives in Mason City and Waterloo with first snow
Mason City reports three inches of snow with ongoing fall as of noon on November 1. Waterloo experiences its first genuine snowstorm of 1910-11 with strong north wind, driving snow, and temperatures dropping from 40 to 36 degrees. Streetcars crowd as the day progresses.
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Mason City
Fuening Press
Waterloo
Milwaukee Train in Derailment Near Clinton
A northbound Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul extra freight derailed yesterday afternoon just below Camanche on D. R. 1 and N. W. tracks due to a broken brake beam. Seven cars left the rails but no injuries were reported.
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Clinton
Eevening Press
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Camanche
N. W
New Pension Agent in Charge in Des Moines
Des Moines activates a new pension agent as Col. Hugh R. B. Wedge takes over from W. W. Wilcox who resigns after two years. Wilcox’s term expired December 15, 1909, but he served over until a successor was appointed.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
W. W. Wilcox
Hugh RB. Wedge
Air ship viewed at Cedar Rapids
The monoplane built by A. J. Cronkhite of Cedar Rapids was placed on exhibition in an old church building and viewed by hundreds of people. The event took place on November 1 as reported by the Evening Press. El Verso, Havana loe Clger.
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Cedar Rapids
Evening Press
A. J. Cronkhite
Halloween prank linked to man's death in alley excavation
Chicago on November first reports a Halloween prank believed to cause the death of an unidentified man found in an excavation in an alley behind Golay Street. Local boys reportedly removed the railing guarding the pit. A jury will issue a final report on November 21.
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Chicago
Ins Alley Golay
Aleted
Striking Decrease in U S Food Exports This Year
Washington reports a sharp drop in breadstuffs exports for the first nine months, with values falling from 433,492,242 in 1908 to 82,661,542 in 1909 and down to 64,462.54 in 1910. The Bureau of Statistics by the Department of Commerce and Labor notes the continuing decline compared with the prior year.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Jones 15 Hopeful For Prohibition
A. MacKachron of This City and state prohibition leaders predict a record vote for MacKachron in the upcoming governor race. Jones cites rising temperance sentiment, notes past Prohibition party results, and plans a strong statewide campaign with Capt. Stanley and Chas. Hall touring towns and the Y M C A.
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Durant Jones
Perry
Prohibition Party
Prohibition
Courier
Us Morning
MacKachron
Iowa
Porter
Carroll
Mr. Jones
MacEachran
Jones
Story County
Minnesota
Capt. Stanley
Chas. J. Hall
Moore Relents and Is Released in Parole Case
J N Moore, disheartened by fines for violating the Members license ordinance, agreed to weekly court payments after initial refusal. He had been jailed several days on bread and water, arguing the city lacks the right to license plumbers. Aged custodian James Barry was badly hurt by a sidewalk fall in Iowa City, may sue the city for lack of lighting.
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J. N. Moore
Moore
Inquirer
Jowa
Wheither
Iowa City
James Barry
Jie
Remarkable bribery tale from juror wife in Browne case
Chicago November 1 Juror Grant McCutchen’s wife testified that she did not corroborate to a significant degree the juror’s confession and Stacy's regarding alleged jury fixing in the Browne second trial. She described signals, payments, and plans for a comfortable life, tied to Stacy’s influence and the Adams Express employment link.
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Chicago
Grant McCutchen
Wayman
Harry T. Stacy
Lee O'Neil Browne
Criminal Court
Charles B. Wyman
McCutchen
Stacy
Fred EB. Erickson
Erbstein
Milwaukee Avenue
Atick
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Harriman
Ewing and
Taylor
Nevada
Laura Lirskert
St. Louis
OMANA
Interstate Commerce Board
KEW
Avok
Run
Par- Lee
Rayner
Atchison, Kan
Blair
San Felice
Milwaukee
el Verso
Maas
A. MacKachron
West Lawrence Avenue
Adams Express Company
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