Iowa News Roundup Highlights Local Civic and Crime Notes
Boone County Chicken Fanciers meet in Boone. Story county marks primary road system. Johnson County plans highway guards. Franklin County reports 337% motor vehicles and $53,350 in licenses. Des Moines group backs a $1,000,000 Memorial Union in Iowa City. Johnson County exceeds Near East relief pledge by $2,000 with $6,973. A box car wreck near Dubuque injures three. Sioux City hosts the Democratic state convention August 12 with three candidates for Supreme Court. Minburn pioneer Brown swims at Lake Okoboji. YWCA college girls conference at College Camp August 17–27. Grace Wilson bonds on shooting charge. Brockway death near Burlington noted. Mildland Packing stockholders seek resignations amid federal receivership. Iowa City Knights buy Post Office site for new home at $17,600. build cost around $100,000. Hamilton becomes judge in eleventh district. W R Law of Waterloo elected Iowa Pythians grand chancellor. Foss C Hush wireless station in Climax shows strong reception from European/Norwegian stations. 1920–21 Who’s Who includes 295 Iowans. most are professors, clergy, then lawmakers. Ludwig and Martin convicted for five years for subscriptions scam. Inquest into Ellis Bell death at Clarinda asylum links Dr Dash to threats. August Kimpe’s old plow endures after four generations. Otto Kuenke escapes death in a near-accident with a side-livery rake. Grinnell touts oldest woman voter, Mrs. Jim Rollins, voting Republican in three states.
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Boone, County
Chicago and Great Western
Dubuque
Sioux City
Supreme Court
Brown
Minburn
Lake Okoboji
Lake Geneva
College Camp
Grace Wilson
Homer Wilson
Charles A. Brockway
Denmark
Burlington
Mildland Packing Company
Iowa City Knights of Columbus
Charles C. Hamilton
Eleventh Judicial District
John W. Anderson
W. R. Law
Water ‘Loo
Iowa Pythians
Iowa Grand Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Law
Ben . Salinger, Jr
Foss C. Hush
Climax
Towa
Hush
Naum
Stavanger
Norway
Iowa
Des Moines
America
Otto Ludwig
J. H. Martin
Anamosa
Ludwig
Martin
J. I. Arnold
Ellis
Bell
Clarinda
Jacob R. Dash
Dosh
August Kimpe
Baxter
Henry Kimpe
August
John Deere
Kimpe
Otto Kuenke
la Motte
Grinnell
Jim Rollins
California
Oregon
America's Stand on Polish Issue
President Wilgon Jing outlines U S policy in the Polish situation via a 2500 word letter to Italian Ambassador Baron Camillo Avezzano Romano. Key points urge withdrawal of Russian and allied forces, assurances against Russia dismemberment, and a pledge not to recognize the Soviet government. He supports a limited armistice with the soviets and opposes a general peace conference or recognition of Bolshevik Russia. The United States would use all available means to aid Poland’s independence and territorial integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilgon Jing
America
Camillo Romano Avezzman
United States
Poland
Russia
Fatal accidents rise across United States report shows
Chicago reports on a surge in fatal accidents nationwide with seventeen deaths and many injuries across multiple states on a single Sunday. Highlights include five killed near Orton Michigan after an Interurban crash, a Huntington West Virginia wreck with two dead five missing, five killed near East Liverpool Ohio when a Pennsylvania train hit a car, five drownings near Butte Montana, and two drownings in the Mississippi at St Louis during rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
United States
Orton
Mich
Tluntington
W. Va
East Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Butte
Mont
St. Louis
Poles Brace for Warsaw Stand as Soviet Forces Close In
Paris reports bolshevik reinforcements tightening grip toward Warsaw with growing danger in the Mlawa sector. Polish forces may form a new army north of the capital to counter the advance, while a rearguard fight on the Vierprz and Vistula may determine the defense of Warsaw.
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Paris
Warsaw
Mlawa
Danzig
Vistula
Bug
Vierprz
Poles Move Government From Warsaw to Kalisz
Wireless dispatch from Moscow reports the Polish government has left Warsaw and moved the capital to Kalisz. Kalisz, 150 miles west-southwest of Warsaw near the old German border, sits on the Warsaw to Posen railway line, with foreign legations also relocating from Warsaw.
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London
Warsaw
Moscow
Kalisz
Posen
Wheat and Tobacco Crops Forecast by Agriculture Department
The Agriculture Department forecasted a three billion bushel corn crop for the third time under August 1 conditions. Spring wheat suffered from rust in July while winter wheat stock rose by 15,000,000 bushels. The total wheat crop is placed around 795,000,000 bushels, with July estimates trimming 14,000,000 bushels. Tobacco production is expected to exceed the 1918 record by about 200,000,000 pounds, totaling 1,544,000,000 pounds. Principal wheat states: Pennsylvania 25,581,000. Indiana 27,040,000. Illinois 29,959,000. Missouri 29,350,000. Nebraska 52,866,000. Kansas 128,600,000. Oklahoma 89,136,000 bushels.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Six Deaths in Denver Riots Spark Martial Law
Denver Colorado reports six men killed and forty seven wounded as striking street car workers unleash riots. Denver Post plant attacked, multiple street cars demolished, and property damage runs high. Federal troops from Camp Funston patrol downtown and car barns to restore order.
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Denver
Colo
Carmen
Denver Post
Camp Funston
Archbishop Mannix Arrested Off Irish Coast
Four British destroyers intercepted the liner Baltic carrying Archbishop Mannix from the United States. He was placed under technical arrest aboard a destroyer and escorted with his secretary to Fishguard, then redirected to Penzance before landing. Scotland Yard and a canon were involved, while London papers labeled the incident a blunder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Archbishop Mannix
United States
Wiverin
Scotland Yards
Archbishop
Prelfaite
Albert Vaughn
Fishguard
Admiralty
Penzance
England
Scotland Yard
Canon Wade
Morning Post
Express Workers Get Raise Chicago
The railway labor board increased wages for American Railway Express Company employees by 30 million dollars yearly retroactive to May 1, 1920. About eighty thousand men not covered by the railway award are affected. The raise is 16 cents an hour, yielding 8840 dollars monthly for messengers and train service staff, while others gain 82.64 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Railway Labor Board
American Railway Express Company
Two Die In Wreck At Hospers North Western Train Derailment
A North Western passenger train derailed in the yards at Hospers injuring ten others and killing two. Engineers Albert H. Heding of Sioux City and Ira Taylor of Sioux City died after the engine overturned and burned in the cab from escaping steam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospers
Albert H. Hedding
Ira Taylor
Sioux City
Express Rates to Go Up to Absorb Wage Award
Express rates to be increased by 90 million dollars to absorb the wage award declared by the railroad labor board. The filing will be made with the Interstate Commerce Commission soon, announced by T. B. Harrison, general counsel for the American Railway Express Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Railroad Labor Board
T. B. Harrison
American Railway Express Co
Citizens Take Over Railroad at Tabor and Iac
Citizens of Tabe take control of the Tabor and Northern railroad due to poor service. They say the line will be operated by local residents and aim to improve reliability and service delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tabor
Iac
Tabe
Utah activists warn IWW control of say J. W. W. s party
Say J. W. W.'s Control Party based in Salt Lake City Utah released a letter resigning from the former labor party to George Crosby state chairman accusing the Industrial Workers of the World of running the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Crosby
Industrial Workers of the World
Grain movement plan discussed at Great Lakes hearings
The interstate commerce commission and railways study ways to boost grain movement from the northwest as crops may reach 700 million bushels. Officials say 500,000 box cars are needed, rail lines have only 86 percent of cars, and lake transport could relieve car shortages.
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Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
Clark
Northwest
J. J. Murphy
South Dakota
O. P. B. Jacobson
Minnesota Railway and Warehouse Commission
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Lake Michigan
Lake Superior
Buffalo
Harding
H. Clarke
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Riot in West Frankfort Leaves One Dead
Federal troops patrol West Frankfort after a day and night of rioting that left one person dead and several injured. Initial reports of multiple deaths were incorrect as authorities investigated the murder of two boys, Tony Hemphill and Amel Calcaterera, and rumors about blackhand activity. The mob damaged Ber nardino's pool room, two Sicilian clubs, and several houses, beating foreigners in the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Tirst
Tony Hemphill
Amel Calcaterera
Guacomo Bernardino
Re-Nominated Leaders Dominate Kansas Primary Returns
Complete returns show Senator Curtis and Governor Allen winning re nominations by large margins. Curtis leads John A. Edwards two to one, while Governor Allen tops George B. Snow three to one. Democratic race for governor narrows to Jonathan Davis versus Wood Potts and W S Hyatt.
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Topeka
Kansa
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Overnor Henry J. Allen
Curtis
John A. Edwards
George Allen
George B. Snow
Oakland
Jonathan Davis
Bronson
Oo.t. Wood
Dempster Potts
Wichita
Parsons
Northwest Faces Bankruptcy and Car Shortage Strain
Northwest agricultural interests face bankruptcy due to a current car shortage. Railroad commissioners and shippers from Montana Minnesota North Dakota and South Dakota are declared involved. Authorities in Washington D C report the issue impacts northwest commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Northwest
Montana
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Break in Kansas Strike at Jackson Walker No 10 mine
Kansas coal miners begin to diverge from Alexander Howat's leadership as Fronte nac mill workers at Jackson Walker No 10 mine return to work signaling a first definite break in the ongoing strike.
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Pittsburgh
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Jackson Walker No. 10
Frontenac
Germans Call for Worker Action Over Allied Munitions
Berlin reports a proclamation by social democrats independents and spartacists urging German workers to prepare for action if Allied forces try to move munitions through Germany to Poland.
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Berlin
Social Democrats
Germany
Poland
President Wilson Praises Lewis Over Mine Strike Action
President Wilson expresses gratification to John L. Lewis over his prompt directive for Illinois and Indiana coal miners to return to work. Lewis reports telegrams sent to 80 Kansas local unions ordering striking miners there back to work. 8488 members noted in Kansas strike report.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Court action seeks advisory ruling on peace resolution veto power
Harry S McCartney of Chicago sues in Washington district supreme court to compel Secretary Bainbridge Colby to promulgate the joint congressional peace resolution declaring war at an end. He plans mandamus and asks the bar association for an advisory opinion on whether Congress validly exercised power and if the people can approve peace by vote.
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Ashington
Bult
Bainbridge Colby
Congress
Germany
District Supreme Court
Washington
Harry
Mecartney
Chicago
The
American Bar Association
Supreme Court
Ion
League of Nations
Bar Association
Federal workers press wage reform drive nationwide
The National Federation of Federal Employees launches a campaign to reclassify the civil service and set a $3 a day minimum wage. Charles F. Nagl leads the central west effort, with 25 local unions already affiliated. The drive aims to mobilize all federal workers to pressure Congress this fall and backs the Nolan minimum wage bill with merit-based pay under central agency administration.
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Orking
National Federation of Federal Employees
Congress
Executive Council
Charles F. Nagl
Federal
Chicago
Federation
Central West
National Federation
Mr. Nagl
Civil Service
Oan
Both Parties Endorse Good Roads for Nation’s Economy
The piece notes both Republican and Democratic platforms support federal aid for highways, arguing improved roads cut costs and aid agriculture, rural life, and defense. It highlights that nominees from both parties back continued highway development as essential to economic welfare.
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Egardless
Democratic
San Francisco
Hach
Gold Medals Planned For Miners Bravery
The Western Miners Safety Association will award gold hero medals for bravery in lifesaving over the past three years in the United States. Dr. Frederick G. Cottrell will present the medals at the international mine rescue contest in Deriver, Colorado, September 9 to 11. Recipients include John L. Boardman of Butte Montana and others from Minnesota Idaho and Montana who risked or sacrificed lives in mine incidents.
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Joseph
A. Holmes Safety Association
Hero Commission
United States
Frederick G. Cottrell
Bureau of Mines
Deriver
Colo
John L, Boardman
Butte, Mont
Anaconda Copper Company
West Colusa
Daniel Bionyitch
Biwabik
Minn
James Collins
James Dilimirk
Mullen
Ida
Gold “Hunter Mining and Smelter
Michael Conroy
Peter. Sheridan
James D. Moore
Butte
Butte Mont
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Hawkeye
State News
U. S
Express
Wilsott
Heroic Western
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