Car Skid Crash Near LeMars Claims Mouw and Vanderwarf
LeMars Iowa motor accident early Sunday left Albert Mouw 20 dead and John Vanderwarf fatally injured after their car skid on a turn and overturned twice. John Drief and John Van Gorp escaped with minor to no injuries, thrown clear as the machine rolled into a ditch beside the Droetken farm lane.
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LeMars
Albert Mouw
L. A. Mouw
Orange City
Iain
John Vanderwarf
Chicago
City Hospital
John Drie
John van Gorp
Mouw
Vanderwurft
Droetken Farm
Groeten Farm House
Ven Derwari
Tonneau
Drief
van Gorp
Verdict of Guilty Against Cecil Chesterman
A verdict of guilty was returned against Cecil Chesterman brother of G K Chesterton at the central criminal court on a charge of criminal libel. Chesterton was fined 500 and all costs of the prosecution. He is to be kept in prison until the fine is paid. The judge noted the cruelty of his conduct and the potential ruin of Mr Godfrey Isaacs.
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London
Cecil Chesterman
G. K. Chesterton
Central Criminal Court
Chesterton
Godfrey Isaacs
Marconiv Company
Mr. Isaacs
Dodge law challenge by carpenters’ brotherhood in Nebraska
Frederick Hissler and C. K. Crooks, urging a referendum, challenge the Dodge act which authorizes prison convict labor by contractors. They contend the labor contract system should have been abolished, and seek to submit the issue to a state vote.
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Lincoln, Neb
Frederick Hissler
C. K. Crooks
Carpenters’ Brotherhood
Dodge
Columbia a Dark Horse in Intercollegiate Regatta
New York reports Columbia is seen as a dark horse in the eight oared varsity event of the intercollegiate regatta to be held in June 1921 on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. Cornell varsity, led by Pop Courtney, is favored though Columbia’s recent performances have boosted confidence in the blue and white crew.
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New York
Columbia
Hutson
Poughkeesia
Ag Nsiiat
Pop” Courtney
Cornell Varsity
Morganthau Declines Ambassadorship to Turkey
Henry Morganthau, a New York lawyer, declined President Wilsons offer to become ambassador to Turkey after a conference. He reportedly did not want to leave his New York practice. The matter was not discussed publicly. A separate report mentions a shooting tragedy in West Virginia with a man mortally wounded and another killed.
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Morganthau
Washington, D. C
Henry Morganthau
New York
Wilson
Turkey
Atown
South Ruffere
B. Morrison
sLeDaep
Gastoig
Fon
New York Port Official Sworn In Amid Ceremony
Hector froy Mitchel l of the port and William Bi New was sworn in at a ceremony in New York City. Loeb Jr. attended as a witness to the oath, marking a notable change in port leadership.
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Hector Froy Mitchell
William Bi New
New, York
Loeb, Jr
Brief News Notes From The Week In Washington and Abroad
Nine influential U S leaders protest renewal of the arbitration treaty with Great Britain. Senator Townsend accusesDemocrats of pressuring lawmakers on tariff. Japanese ambassador Chinda meets with President Wilson to present grievances. Secretary Bryan says Germany Bolivia and Argentina back universal peace drafts. Meat and meat product outlook foresees scarcity while the Senate subcommittee reopens the free list to livestock wheat and oats. Bishop Brent to discuss oriental policy with Bryan. A Canton man kills his mother in law sister in law and infant after his wife leaves him. An Ada Ohio salute cannon misfire injures a former student. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen selects Detroit as 1916 convention site. Bible Students in Hot Springs reject hell myth. Harry Copeland accused of torturing his father in law to death. Ohio post office inspectors raid a Cleveland mail order firm and arrest the proprietor for mail fraud.
Divorce Granted In Connecticut Court For Cook Pair
Domestic Jere Knode Cook the former pastor of St George s church Hempstead L I and Floretta Whaley the seventeen year old girl with whom he slept six years ago can now marry as Mrs Miranda Clarke Cook the wife of Cook was granted a divorce in the superior court at Harvard Conn Rev Dr George H Dryer in the supreme court was awarded six cents in his libel action against the Methodist Hook concern of Ohio and others.
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Jere Knode Cook
St. George's Church
Hempstead
L. J
Floretta Whaley
Miranda Clarke Cook
Cook
Harvard, Conn
George H. Dryer
Supreme Court
Methodist Hook Concern
Ohio
International and domestic turmoil dominates world reports
Reports detail a Germany suburb clash where police and strikers battle left seventy wounded, Moors assaulting Spanish posts near Tetuan with multiple fatalities, and a Belfast rifle haul linked to an Ulster Unionist conspiracy. Also notes Matamoras deaths cremation, Paris aviator tragedy, a Hungarian parliament riot, a Derby incident with a suffragist, and a Berlin doctor claiming a cancer vaccine.
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Frauendorf
Germany
Immorality charge ends superintendent’s tenure in Pittsburgh
Personal 8. L. Heeter, superintendent of the Pittsburgh public schools, dismissed by a 12 to 1 vote. W. H. Cottrell, general secretary of the M. C. A. at Council Bluffs, Ja., arrested at Clarinda, Ja., on an arson attempt charge. M. G. A. building April 1, Pred Nevers, chief clerk of the Wa tere-Pierce Oil Co. for five years in Oklahoma City, arrested in Los Angeles on a charge involving $7,600. Prof J. Turner Horner of Purdy, Mo., and his daughter Eva May Horner received diplomas as Drury College’s 42nd class graduated. Jack Johnson sentenced in Joliet to one year and one day, plus $1,000 fine, on white slavery charge.
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Pittsburgh Public Schools
Board of Education
W. H. Cottrell
Council Bluffs
Clarinda
Cornell
Pred Nevers
Watere-Pierce Oil Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Los Angeles
Cal
J. Turner Horner
Purdy, Mo
Eva May Horner
Drury College
Springfield
Jack” Johnson
Joliet
Carpenter
Chicago
Hawkeye State lands seventh on liat highway contracts
Iowa wins a federal state aid contract for fifty miles of Transcontinental highway through Boone Story Hoone counties. Total funding 37 00000 for Story county 25000 local and state shares plus 7000 state money. Story county to add 12000 local funds and 4000 from cities towns and townships. Packinghouse strike hits Sioux City as Cudahy workers walk out demanding higher wages. risk of Armour plant tie up.
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Des Moines
Hoone
Story
Mitten
Iowa
Town State College
Story County
Boone County
Sioux City
Cudahy Packing Company
Armour
Storm Lake Opens $65,000 Public School Building
Storm Lake opened its new $65,000 public school building last week with local speakers and high school musical groups. The modern school includes domestic science and manual training laboratories and features an immense basement gymnasium with two balcony tracks.
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Storm Lake
Hungarian Killed at Cement Plant Near Des Moines
Gust Samogei, a Hungarian worker, was fatally injured at the Ione Portland Cement plant southwest of Des Moines when his body became entangled in a shaft and drawn against the wall, causing severe trauma.
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Des Moines
Gust Samogei
Ione Portland Cement Company
Farm land values rise in Woodbury County
Sioux City reports the assessed valuation of farm lands in Woodbury county averages about five dollars per acre higher than in 1911 the last assessment. The figures were approved by the board of supervisors after review by the assessors.
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Boost
Sioux City
Woodbury County
Board of Supervisors
New Congregational Church Planned at Oskaloosa
At a meeting the Congregational church of Oskaloosa decided to build a new church to replace the one lost in a recent fire. The proposed structure will be in the residence district and cost about 40000 dollars. Iowa BD, A. R. le Honored, Marshalstown. Mrs. W. B. Kibbey, a leading D A R member, has been named to the national committee of the Children and Sons of the Republic, a juvenile group of the National D A R.
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Oskaloosa
Congregational
Iowa
A. R. le
Marshalstown
W. B. Kibbey
National Committee of the Children and Sons of the Republic
National
Wesley Greene
Greene
Sons of Herman lodge to hold pine convention here
Twenty one chapters of the Sons of Herman lodge will be represented at the pine convention here June 12 14. A C Lutze of Sioux City past president of the order will be the chief speaker.
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Sena
Herman
Davenport
Sons of Herman Lodge
A. C. Lutze
Sioux City
Order
Seek New Water System in Winfield Bond Plan
A committee circulates a petition to City Council calling for a special election to approve bonds of 12500 dollars for a waterworks system.
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Winfield
Open Wall Lake Season Opens at Wall Lake Resort
The fourth annual season starts this week at the Wall Lake summer resort. A ball game is scheduled between the Down and Williams teams to kickoff the event.
Fire damages Shenandoah lumber plant in blaze
Fire at the Green Gay Lumber company plant in Shenandoah caused about 25500 dollars in damage. Cause of the blaze is unknown.
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Shenandoah
Green Gay Lumber Company
Robbery Charge Brought Against Des Moines Pair
Harold Travor and Hadlon Mart of Des Moines arrest ed in southeast Marion county on breaking into the Durham general store and post office eight miles east of Knoxville.
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Helden
Knoxville
Iarold Travor
Hadlon Mart
Des Moines
Macrion County
Durham
Auto Crash Injures Mason City Supervisor C E Symers
C E Symers, supervisor of Cerra Gordo, was severely injured in a two car collision when another vehicle struck his rear. He was thrown to the pavement and sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash.
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Mason City
C. E. Symers
Cerra Gordo
Bla Auto
Doctor Brown Admits Guilt In Federal Case
Des Moines reports Dr E Brown of Madrid pleaded guilty before Judge McPherson to using the mails to furnish information to women. He paid a 260 fine. Post office inspector G A Caine helped trap him with a decoy letter. In Chicago arrest of Dr Ralph Hanson Dr Sarah Hanson and Dr George H McCall. bonds set at 2000 each for November term. They head a suspected Iowa Illinois Nebraska fraud ring. Prescott Arrested In Magon City After Shooting Former Wife At Civic League Rest Room Mrs Prescott wounded four bullets in arm and body. she may recover. Prescott held.
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Des Moines
E. ©. Brown
Madrid
McPherson
G. A. ‘Caine
Post Office
Browd
W. ©. McArthur
Chicago
Ralph Hanson
Sarah B. Hanson
George H. McCall
Federal Grand Jury
Iowa
Illinoia
Nebraska
Magon City
Lewis Prescott
Civic League
Fraud Charges Denied in Jewell Electric Foreclosure Case
Judge Wright quickly disposed of a foreclosure suit by William Anderson and others against Jewell Electric company. The Ames Savings Bank and others’ intervention was rejected and judgment favored the Anderson faction. Local proceedings centered on the Jewell Electric dispute and related claims.
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Webster City
Wright
William Anderson
Jewell Electric Company
Ames Savings Bank
Allen
Jewell
Anderson
Carp Seizure At Clear Lake Nets 7000 Pounds
North end pond under game warden supervision yielded over seven thousand pounds of carp headed for eastern markets and the game fish reserve. Some fish weighed forty and fifty pounds each as authorities plan further removals.
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Clear Lake
Correctionville youth tracked to Sioux City then Sioux City boarding train
A 14 year old boy who disappeared from Kingsley was found in Sioux City and taken by officers as he boarded a train after following a show troupe from Kingsley to Sioux City. Bert Shoe Downe Bert Munden Ogden. In a wrestling match here Bert Shoe of Ogden defeated Bert Munden of Ames with a side scissors and a full nelson. The first fall was 45 minutes, the second 26 minutes. Shoe seeks a 160 pound opponent to come to Ogden.
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Correctionville
Lawrence Fullerton
Kingsley
Sioux City
Bert Shoe
Bert Munden
Ogden
Ames
Nine Year Old Lawrence Fullerton Runs Away
Lawrence Fullerton, nine, left home last week with part of 27 dollars and a railroad ticket to Sioux City. Parents report he disappeared and are in despair over the missing boy.
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Kinsley
Lawrence Fullerton
Sioux City
Railroad Seeks Grads From University of Towa
All graduates of the mechanical engineering department at the University of Towa have been placed under contract by the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railroad to enter the mechanical department next month.
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Towa City
University of Towa
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Two Boys Drowned in Cedar River Here
In Cedar Rapids Theodore Bretgers, 14, and Jain Miller, 13, drowned at separate Cedar River locations. Bretgers leapt from a heat and sank after his lead, and was rendered unconscious. Miller died in another Cedar River incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Theodore Bretgers
Jain Miller
Cedar River
Bretgers
Drowning in Mississippi claims a local youth
A launch ride on the Mississippi ends in tragedy as Frank Decker, a known young man from the city and brother to Fire Chief William Decker, drowns after a slight lurch of the boat. In another item, Iowa Retail Association Secretary Cunningham calls the annual state convention for Council Bluffs June 15 and 17 with about 1,000 expected attendees.
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Big River
Yor Madison
Mississippi
Frank Decker
Decker
William Decker
Iowa Retail Association
Dubuque
Cunningham
The
Iowa State Retail Association
Council Bluffs
Special Election Called on $340,000 High School Bond
The school board has issued a call for a special election on July 2 to approve a bond issue totaling 340000 for the erection and equipment of a made up high school building.
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Clinton
Hag Te
Dr Niemack slashes fly nuisance with ten cent plan
Health officer Dr Niemack proposes a ten cent per hundred flies charge to curb the pest. Hoye balked at fitting flies for ten cents a quart, forcing a price increase.
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Charles City
7. Niemack
Hoye
Suit Against State Over Capitol Grounds Expansion
A suit filed in Des Moines seeks to invalidate the Thirty-fifth General Assembly act enabling a $2,000,000 expansion of the state capitol grounds. John W. Rowley and others petition for a temporary injunction, arguing the act is unconstitutional as it exceeds indebtedness limits. Proceedings set for Ottumwa on July 18 before District Judge Francis Hunter, with further hearings in Fairfield.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Moines
Executive Council
John W. Rowley
Sdilor
Keosauqua Republican
George W. Clarke
Allen
John L. Bleakly
W. ©. Brown
A. H. Davison
Ottumwa
Francis Hunter
Fairfield
Thirty-fifth General Assembly
Carson
State Legal Department
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