Fire Victims Near Death In Ames Motor Bus Fire
Two victims Aladys Zismer and Albert Elliott were reported near death in a hospital after a bus fire in Ames. Other items note a prison death at Anamosa, a wife shot by her husband and later died by suicide, a poison liquor death in Sioux City, rattlesnakes costing Clayton county, and a spike in whisky prescriptions issued in Sioux City hospitals.
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Ames
Jan
Aladys Zismer
Albert Elliott
Sues for Broken Teeth in Emmetsburyjury Verdict
Mrs Jessie Woolford won 3500 in district court against her husband Rocky Adams after claiming he struck her causing her false teeth to break. In Moonport, Harold Metcalf plans to start making moonshine to remove varnish after varnish from his desk was spilled. Iowa City saw Mrs Elizabeth Sturm sue Western Union Telegraph for 50000 damages over losing an arm when struck by a high tension wire while walking.
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Emmetsburyg
Rocky” Adams
Jessie Woolford
Adams
Moonport
Harold Metcalf
Iowa City
Caure
Western Union Telegraph Company
Elizabeth Sturm
Sturm
Many Seek Monticello Mayor Job Amid Vacancies
Publicity over Monticello lacking a mayor for weeks drew diverse applications from across the country. A Kansas City man offered to assume duties if swamp land is absent, while another applicant asked for 50 dollars monthly with the right to hold other jobs.
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Monticello
Kansas City
Te City
McCaffery Estate Bequest To Widow Over Tower Rights
Maquoketa Iowa January 28 Mrs McCaffery will accept a 145000 bequest from the estate of her late husband Owen McCaffery wealthy tobacco merchant instead of her tower rights. Under law she would be entitled to 68152.92 The bulk of the 204068 estate goes to the deceased's children.
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Maquoketa
Jan
Owen McCaffery
Edwards in No Fear Grand Jury Action
Senator F Edward I Edwards of New Jersey denies an indictment tied to the New Jersey rum running case. He says the Weehawken liquor trial testimony closes the matter for him and he does not expect to testify again in the liquor investigation.
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Washington
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Weehawken
Fidwards
Eight Hurt As Central Train Collision Near Columbus
In Columbus Georgia eight persons were hurt when a Central of Georgia passenger train collided with a local train about 12 miles from Columbus. The express ran between Jacksonville and Birmingham, while the local connected Americus and Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohile
Here
Central of Georgia
Americus
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Pool license revocation hits two Sioux City halls
Two pool hall licenses were revoked by the city council upon the request of Chief of Police Joe Young after repeated police raids. Tan 22 and Tanthall monketors faced denial of operation following ongoing enforcement actions.
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Sioux City
Tan
Cownell
Joe Young
Iowans Watch Ninety Percent Solar Eclipse In 1923
Des Moines readers will witness a near total solar eclipse on Saturday morning. Dr Daniel W Morehouse of Drake University says the sun will be ninety percent obscured from seven fifty three as observers in the most populated U S area experience the event. Drake Observatory will photograph the eclipse using giant telescopes while public viewers use smaller instruments. Drake astronomy students will explain phases to visitors.
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Des Moines
Daniel W. Morehouse
Drake University
Old Sol
Dr. Morehouse
United States
Morehouse
Drake Municipal Observatory
Losa
Drake
Eclipse forecast uncertainty clouds solar event
By William Parker in New York on February 22 the government weather bureau declined to forecast sky conditions for the solar eclipse worrying universal interest. A separate forecast will be issued Friday, while hardy ingenuity pushes ahead with preparations and speculation about the celestial event.
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Wiliam Parker
New York
Government Weather Bureau
King of Iowa Booze Runners Captured by Rapids Police
Cedac Rapids, Jan. 22. Verne Sy: Sed, mmn runner, arrested yesterday with William Arnold, is accused as the king of Iowa bootleggers. Prohibition agent R. S. Slade identified them in custody. Arnold is said to be Syford’s brother in law, but the real name is undisclosed. They face conspiracy charges and will be arraigned before Commissioner Stoddard. Syford seeks his wife’s Des Moines trip with $5,000 bail. Des Moines dry agents have hunted them for months.
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Verne
Sed
Mmn
William Arnold
Lowa
R. S. Slade
Prohibition
Arnold
Syferd
Slide
Des Moines
Stoddard
Syford
Skule
Bes Moines
Tryhne
Tuberculosis Clinic Announcement at Court House
Benton County News reports a free tuberculosis clinic for adults is scheduled here Friday on the third floor of Benton county's courthouse. Patients will be examined from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. by Dr. John Peck of Des Moines.
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Benton County News
Benton County
Court House
John Peck
Des Moines
Charles Hunt Named New Masonic Secretary
Cedar Rapids Jan 22 Charles C Hunt deputy grand secretary of Iowa Masons was appointed grand secretary by Grand Master Ernest R Moore to succeed the late Newton I Parvin He will serve until June when a successor is elected at the Davenport annual meeting It is expected he will be chosen for the place as he is in line for promotion
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Cedar Rapids
Charles C. Hunt
Iowa Masons
Ernest R. Moore
Newton I. Parvin
Hunt
Davenport
Move to amend law relating Iowa carriers
Des Moines Jan 22 The board of railroad commissioners urged action by the governor and general assembly to amend the motor carrier law deeming it faulty and discriminatory. They cite Judge Donner's recount decision and note weak price features such as the license tax and propose a yearly fee based on mileage with penalties for non payment. Senate has 8 bills and one in the house.
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Des Moines
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Gover
Donner
Polk County District Court
Manhattan OL Company
Delay Matricide Hearing Delayed One Week
In San Francisco on January 22 Dorothy Ellingsen known as Dance Mad, who killed her mother ten days ago, won a postponement of her juvenile court hearing. Attorney Maslin requested a continuance as the case judges whether the child defendant should be sent to a reformatory or tried for murder. Judge Murasaki ordered the hearing delayed for one week as Ellingsen remained under guard amid a restrained courtroom and police clashed with a wilt mob outside.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingsen
Matrices
Alexander Moshin
Frank Muraski
Maslin
Gir
Connor's incorporates in seven Iowa towns with eight stores
Articles of incorporation were granted to Connor's general merchandise for seven towns. Separate incorporations aggregating 330000 were granted for eight stores across Iowa. Robert R. Connor serves as treasurer for each corporation, which will operate in Decorah Elma Oelwein Hamburg Perry Belle Plaine and Gladbrook. Capitalization ranges from 15000 to 55000 dollars.
Senator White Draws Measure for Iowa Blind
Senator Harry White of Vinton introduces Senate File No. 26 to create a state commission including the school for the blind superintendent as an ex officio member. The bill funds industrial training and employment services for graduates and blind adults, aims to reduce sidewalk begging, and seeks blind registration with a $27,000 appropriation. Governor Hammill urged action to aid blind students in becoming self-supporting.
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Byes Moines
Senate
Harry White
Vinton
Hammill
Garrison Hot Bloods Up in Justice Court
In Garrison Justice Court Judge G. W. Burrhan acquitted R. J. Overman and ordered his release after a caustic hearing. Clyde Lahue had charged Overman with threats and a stove poker throw during a heated verbal tilt at a local restaurant. Witnesses Marshal Turner and Chris Nelson testified, with Lahue alleging a family slur triggered the clash. Overman admitted making no knife threat and claimed self defense as tensions rose.
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Benton County News
R. J. Overman
Garrison
G. W. Burrhan
Clyde Lahue
William Turner
Chris Nelson
Lahue
Overman
Overwin
Lahoe
Longworth in Chicago Hopes for Stork Arrival
Alice Roosevelt Longworth arrives in Chicago to await the birth of her first child with Theodore Roosevelt Jr. not traveling with a physician. She says she feels fine and will stay until her husband joins her in Washington, with no interviews planned.
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Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Capitol
Longworth
Washington
Longworthe
Frye
Robinson Receives Ten Year Sentence In Auto Theft Case
Leo R. Robinson pled guilty to stealing a car rented from an auto livery company. Judge C. C. Hamilton sentenced him to 10 years in the state reformatory at Anamosa. Robinson was arrested in Wichita, Kansas, after Sioux City officials last week linked him to the crime.
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Sioux City
Leo R. Robinson
State Reformatory
Anamosa
C. C. Hamilton
Robinson
Wichita
Kans
Dorothy Ellingson Never Was Spanked
Dorothy Ellingson, a jazz girl known for a fatal dance, testified she had never been spanked. She said her mother loved her too much and never punished her, believing the fault was hers.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Japs ready to drop immigration talks for now
Tokio Jan 22. Foreign Minister Shidehara informed the diet that Japan does not intend to continue discussions with the United States on the exclusion law for the present. He stressed cordial Japanese American relations and said no good would come from keeping the immigration talks alive.
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Tokio
Japan
United States
Shidehara
Diet
Oil swindle suspect Bischoff arrested in Los Angeles
Raymond J. Bischoff, indicted in Chicago three years ago in a $2,000,000 oil swindle case, was arrested today in Los Angeles by district attorney operatives and Chicago detectives. He was taken from his West 25th Street home to the county jail.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Raymond J. Bischoff
Chicago
District Attorney's Office
Bischoff
West 25Th Street
Twenty Badly Hurt in Trolley Wreck
Hoboken New Jersey January 22 Twenty persons were injured when an electric trolley jumped the track at the Westshore railroad yard trestle and plunged forty feet to the tracks below. The car bound from Hoboken terminal to Passaic and Paterson was traveling about 25 miles an hour.
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Westshore
Hoboken
Passaic
Paterson
Twelve Hurt In Colorado Train Wreck Near Ruby
Twelve persons were injured when Denver and Rio Grande Western passenger train No. 1 derailed near Ruby Colorado, about 25 miles west of Grand Junction. Injured were taken to a local hospital and two feared dead.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Ruby
Here
Weather outlook shows fair tonight and Friday
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with likely colder air arriving, followed by cooler temperatures on Friday. No precipitation expected. Local winds light to moderate as high pressure builds in.
Would Put Women's Reformatory Under State Parole Board
Des Moines Ia January 22 Senator A T Brookins Floyd county introduced two bills in the Iowa senate to place the women s reformatory at Rockwell City under the state parole board for pardons and paroles The institution is now under the board of control and is the only penal facility the board has parole jurisdiction Ft Madison penitentiary and the Anamosa reformatory for men have long been under the parole board The board of control already oversees inebriate asylums state hospitals and the training schools at Eldora and Mitchellville for boys and girls respectively
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Des Moines
A. T. Brookins
Floyd County
Iowa
Rockwell City
Board of Parole
Board of Control
Ft. Madison
Anamosa Reformatory
Parole Board
Eldora
Mitchellville
Talesmen Fail to Reach Verdict in Booze Case
A divided jury could not agree on a verdict in a liquor case after a trial marked by tense testimony and disputed statements. Jurors showed fatigue and the judge pressed for a decision as a mistrial seemed likely.
Rescue Ship's Crew From Derelict After Weeks of Suffering
A Norwegian schooner named Karen was found off the west coast of Norway after weeks at sea with sails gone and crew in starvation. The crew was rescued exhausted but alive, the ship bound for Ishinds in the North Atlantic and suffering on a hazardous voyage.
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Osie
Norway
Gehroner Karen
Jessinge Dee
North Atlantic
Borah Flays France For Dodging Debits Must Pay He Says
In a sharp senate address Senator William E Borah denounced France over war debts and declared formal notice that Paris must pay the amount owed. He spoke amid lingering Washington resentment at France's alleged indifference and hints of repudiation.
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France
Washington
Paris
Senate
Wm. Fr. Borah
Rush Building Measure Cleared for House Action Soon
Washington January 3 3 A 256000000 public buildings bill to be rushed into the House from the public buildings and grounds committee with plans perfected today. House leaders are not opposing the legislation and efforts to pass it this session are underway.
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Washington
Public Buildings and Grounds Committee
House
Reichstag Votes Confidence New Government in Germany
Berlin January 22 The Reichstag granted confidence to the new government by a vote of 246 yeas and 39 abstentions. Deputy Von Kardorff of the People’s Party dismissed claims Germany is preparing for war, citing General Allan Colonel Cox and General Bingham as witnesses for disarmament.
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Berlin
Reienstae
Germany
von Kardorff
German People’s Party
Allan
Cox
Bingham
Col. Cox
United States Army
General Bingham
Iowa invites Coolidge to speak at State Fair
Des Moines January 22. Gov. Hammill sent a message to President Calvin Coolidge inviting him to Iowa to speak on Education Day at the Iowa State Fair on September 1. The governor urged the nation’s chief executive to accept the invitation as a sign of Iowa’s eagerness.
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Des Moines
Calvin Coolidge Toiay
Hammill
Iowa
John Hammill
Copeland Confesses in Gallows Case in Washington
Washington January 22. Bert Copeland a Black man confessed to numerous serious cases including the killing of two capital policemen and a deputy before his execution at the gallows. He acknowledged causing fatal harm to a woman and waved to friends as he went to the scaffold. The sheriff quoted officers on the confession.
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Riends
Herbert Copeland
Sherif
Scattowl
Copeland
Womsson
Galveston
Texas
Chicago
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