The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-14

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| CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 1.-THE Chi
cago, Burlington G Quincy railroad
was fined $3.50 and costs by Federal
Judge George A. Carpenter. after
/ pleading guilty to violations Of the
hours of service act. The railroad
/, was indicted for the offense last win
| ter, which consisted of requiring two
| telegra piers to work more than nine
I hours a day.
| CHICAGO, H., April IA series
| of conferences between representa-
! tives of the Illinois Coal Operators
association and United Mine Workers
| of America, District No. II, was be-
| gun here to work out the details of a
| two-year wage contract for Illinois I'M
der the terms of the agreement for
| Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana and III
inois. which were decided on at re-
cent meeting in New York. The Chi
cago conferences are executive and
will continue for several weeks.
MISSOURI.
| MONROE CITY, Mo-, April 14.-W.
A. Chittenden, superintendent Of the
Notwithstanding division of the
i Burlington railrcad; w. H. Hills,
roadmaster, and f w. Muder, super
intendent of buildings, conferred here
! with committee from the Commercial
club relative to building new depot.
After looking over the situation they
decided to remodel the present struo-
ture.
! COLUMBIA, Mo-, April 14.-Hazing
was unanimously voted abolished at
mass meeting Of the students Of the
University of Missouri last night. The
| action, it was said, follows a general
| decline OF hazing popularity in the
| last few years
FULTON, Mo-, April 14.-Samuel A.
| Nichols, 81 years old, dean of Fulton
| druggists, died here yesterday.
| CHARLESTON, April 14-The Civic
| Improvement league OF Charleston is
waging a campaign against the house
| fly.
COLUMBIA. Mo-, April 14-Oscar
E. Riley, a member Of the Globe-Demo-
crat staff, was appointed by Dean VIII
liams OF the School of Journalism OF
I the Missouri State university, as a
member of the staff of the Japan Ad-
| vertiser of TOXIC, Japan. He will sue
| coed Prof F. l.. Martin, who will re-
| turn to Columbia in September Riley
viii sail from San Francisco on June
10, on board the Tenyo Maru.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April f.
Eighty millers from the states of Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Oklahoma, or
ganized the Millers' Exchange at
meeting held here Wednesday, Off
GERS elected included: Sam Plant. ST.
Louis, Mo-. who was made a member
of the executive board.
MONTGOMERY CITY. Mo-, April
14.-Dr David Huddleson. a promi-
nent physician of Montgomery county
aged 70 years.
| CHILLICOTHE, April IA meet
ing Of land owners in the Grand River
Valley, including Livingston, Putnam
Mercer, Harrison, Worth. Gentry, De
Kalb, Daviess, Caldwell, Grundy, Sui
Ivan, Linn, Carroll and Charlton
counties, will be held in this city next
Monday. S. H McCrory. chief Of the
drainage investigation department of
agriculture, will address the meeting
SEDAIlA, April 14.-After being
confined in the county Jail twelve
hours before by officers who be-
| lieved him to be temporarily insane,
Emmett R Curran, 80 years old, was
found dead in his cell by Sheriff
James Card. The coroner's jury re.
turned a verdict of death as a result
of alcoholism.
| JEFFERSON CITY, April 14.-At a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Jefferson City Comm ercial club,
Major Paul Hunt was selected as sec
rotary, to succeed E. e. Austin, who
will retire from the office May l.
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