Mellon Smoot to See Coolidge on Debt Issues
Washington August 14 The Belgian war debt talks to the United States are suspended awaiting a Monday conference between President Coolidge Secretary Mellon and Senator Smoot as the American debt commission seeks the president s view on funding the 480 million dollar claim. The Belgian commission awaits instruction while Mellon and Smoot prepare for Plymouth visit amid limited progress.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Belgium
Cowidge
Mellon
Smoot
Utah
American Commission
Plymouth
Two Months Illness Fatal For Mrs. Morgan
Mrs. John Pierpont Morgan dies at Glencove L I after two months of lethargic encephalitis and a sudden cardiac collapse. The Morgan & company notice cites physicians and notes she had shown gradual improvement before the fatal event.
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Mrs. Morgan
Associated Prasad
New York
John Pierpont Morgan
Glencove
L. I
Morgan and Company
Morgan
Hery S. Patterson
Everett C. Jessup
John H. Keating
Hubert S. Howe
Frederick Tilney
Marquis Girl Denies Death Attempt By Own Action
Dorothy Marquis 15 denied a Rock Island report that she attempted suicide after eloping with Harold Smith to Aledo Illinois. She says she will stand by her husband who is jailed on a statutory charge filed by her mother. The mother plans to seek annulment of the marriage.
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Associated Prese
Des Moines
Dorothy Marquis
Harold Smith
Aledo
Ill
Rock Island
Farmer’s Friend Sells Him City Hall for 15000
Abe Remus a 32 year old farmer near Butte Montana rushed into a police station on Thursday night claiming to have bought city hall for 15000 dollars from a “friend.” He said he paid 100 down and signed a contract for the balance. The incident was described as a dramatic clash with high finance and left officers puzzled.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Abe Remus
Butte, Mont
New Yorker Slaying Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Sedalia
Everett Adams of Wilmington D. C. youth pleaded not guilty to the murder of Professor Aden R. Clawson of Lodi New York. He was ordered held without bail as the preliminary hearing moved up today before Judge T. H. Fisher in Sedalia Mo.
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Associated Press
Sedalia
Everett Adams
Wilmington
Aden R. Clawson
Lodi
N. Y
T. H. Fisher
Justice of the Peace
Lene Bandit Holds Up Bank Employees in Dayton
A robber held up six employees at the North Dayton branch of the Dayton Savings and Trust Company in Dayton Ohio early today and escaped with about twenty thousand dollars. The thief reportedly hid in the basement of the building overnight before the robbery.
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Lene
Dayton, O
North Dayton
Dayton Savings and Trust Company
MacMillan Arctic Plan Advances Despite Plane Damaged
Washington reports one MacMillan plane damaged at Etah by a storm while NA-1 and NA-3 passed through intact. The expedition pushes ahead with two planes to set up an intermediate base at Flagler Fjord on Ellesmere Island about 100 miles from Etah, Greenland, for a reconnaissance flight and supply drop.
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Washington
MacMillan Arctic Expedition
Flagler Fjord
Ellesmere Island
Etah
Greenland
Cape Thomas
Farm land valuations lower after state council action
Union county farm land valuations for 1925 average $13.62 an acre less than 1923 levels set by the state executive council. L. J. Nickle explains to Douglas township residents at the farm bureau picnic that the assessment valuations are 24 percent lower than 1923, due to no increase this year. Gripp notes general assembly actions while about 100 attend the picnic at the Grant Sayre home near Cromwell.
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Union County
State Executive Council
L. J. Nickle
Farm Bureau
Douglas Township
Grant Sayre
Cromwell
State Council
Gripp
A. D. McKee
Township Farm Bureau
Ira A. Gripp
Afton
Nickle
General Assembly
Man Slaughter Charge After Wife’s Death in Pine Street Beating
Newbrough N Y August 14 Jan sen C Wells a 48 year old nightwatchman and deputy sheriff is under arrest for the death of his wife. He allegedly confessed to police that he beat and kicked her in their Pine street home as five children looked on. The quarrel followed whiskey. A shot fired to frighten her preceded more blows. He is charged with manslaughter.
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Preas
Newbrough N. Y
Jansen C. Wells
Pine Street
Aged Bluffs Bachelor Dies After Wax Fire
Henry R. Arnold, 60, of Council Bluffs, died in a local hospital two weeks after a kitchen range wax fire at his home left him severely burned. He had lived in the city many years and never married, living alone near his home.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs
Henry R. Arnold
Des Moines Woman Identified as Burned Straw Stack Victim
Peggy Iva Smith, 27, identified as the woman whose charred body was found in a Carlisle straw stack, was located alive with her husband George Smith in Des Moines. Investigators weigh whether the Carlisle body is her sister, Peggy Smith, 24, missing since July 24.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Peggy Iva Smith
Carlisle
George Smith
Peggy Smith
H. F. Chubb
Jocal
Chubb
Ora Athy
Valley Junction
Ivan Smith
Mystery call linked to prank by medical students
Des Moines police identification expert Tom Pettit says the Wellington hotel telephone call seeking Kirksville Missouri officers to arrest Warren Taylor over the Carlisle slaying was likely a practical joke tied to a prank by medical students who may have placed an unidentified woman’s body in a burned straw stack. Kirksville authorities deny seeking Taylor and an earlier Novinger arrest report proved erroneous.
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Des Moines
Tom Pettit
Wellington
Kirkeville Mo
Warren Taylor
Carlisle
Des Moines Probe Links Missing Minnesota Woman to Carlisle Death
Authorities consider if the young woman killed near Carlisle on July 24 is Jeanette Miller of Luverne Minnesota. Miller checked into a Des Moines hotel July 23, left July 24, with coat and clothing left behind. Grace Wolf, a waitress missing since July, was found in Ottumwa. A tip from Ella Farrow recalled a car with two men and two women passing through Ford, Iowa, with a woman removed from the car and later seized.
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Des Moines
Carlisle
Iowa
Jeanette Miller
Laverne
Carliele
Grace Wolf
Ottumwa
Ella Farrow
Ford
Car Fele
Bopale
Standard Reduces Gas In New Jersey Territory
The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced another one cent a gallon tank wagon price reduction in its territory. New quotations appear in Baltimore Washington D C and New Jersey totaling 17 cents.
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Acaoemated Press
New York
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Gasoline price cut in Omaha by Standard Oil Nebraska
Omaha August 14 gasoline prices will drop one cent a gallon at Standard Oil stations to 20.5 cents including tax two cents. Tank wagon price remains 21.5 cents per gallon with tax. President A H Richard cited competitive pricing as the reason for the cut.
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Omaha Neb
Omaha
Standard Oil Company of
Nebraska
A. H. Richard
Roe May fights extradition in 1913 assault case
Union county seeks extradition of Charles Roe from Denver on a 1913 assault charge. Roe to resist extradition. daughter Iazelle Roe filed the complaint in Union county Justice of the Peace John Carson's court. Roe formerly lived in Afton, later in Canada. his wife was granted a divorce in 1916 on grounds of drunkenness and cruel treatment.
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Union County
Des Moines
Hammill
Charles Roe
Denver
Roe
Justice of the Peace
John Carson
Iazel Roe
Afton
Canada
Union County District Court
Justice Carson
Pickford Kidnap Plotters Sentenced to 10 Years to Life
Superior Judge Victor McLucas sentenced C. Z. Stephens and Claude Holcombe to 10 years to life in San Quentin after their conviction for plotting to kidnap film star Mary Pickford. Adrian Wood was acquitted. The trio was arrested May 30 after discussions with Louis Geck about abducting notable film figures and Doheny heirs for ransom.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Calif
Victor McLucas
C.Z. Stephens
Claude Holcombe
San Quentin
Mary Pickford
Adrian Wood
Louis Geck
Jackie Coogan
Peggy
Pola Neek
E. L. Doheny
Quarry Helper Killed By Falling Rock
Henry Testroet a 30 year old quarry helper on a Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. drill rig in Mason City was crushed by a falling rock at 730 this morning. He died after being rushed to a hospital with severe injuries including a crushed blood vessel. The incident occurred at the quarry and prompted medical intervention but could not be reversed.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Henry Testroet
Northwestern States
Portland Cement Company
Dawes Commission Proposed for China by Batchelder
Williamstown Mass August 14 A Dawes commission for China was proposed by C C Batchelder former acting commercial attache at the institute of politics during a conference on the recent foreign policy of the United States He urged foreign assistance and the abolition of extraterritoriality as soon as conditions permit
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the Associates Press
Williamstown
Mass
Mystery of a Straw Stack Body Sparks Theories
In a historical case, officers debate whether a body found in a straw stack was the result of a prank by medical students or a deliberate crime. The investigation continues as authorities weigh possible motives and suspects.
Steck Margin in 50 Counties Narrowed in Iowa Recount
Washington Aug 14 The complete senate recount in 59 of 78 Iowa counties with paper ballots shows Democrat Daniel F Steck ahead of Republican Brookhart 206 574 to 195 991. Protests in 1 099 Steck and 3 600 Brookhart votes. missing ballots found in Madison county. some counties added, others disputed as supervisors seek exclusion from tally.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Iowa
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Steck
Themay
Lucas
Lyon
Madison
Mills
Brookhnart
Speer Shuts Out Moline to Lift Ottumwa
Dick Speer of Creston with Ottumwa club in the Mississippi Valley League pitched a three hit game against second place Moline and won 3 to 0. He collected two singles in three trips to the plate and boosted Ottumwa from sixth to fifth in the standings. Speer began the season as manager of Burlington but resigned weeks ago to join Ottumwa.
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Dick Speer
Creston
Ottumwa Club
Misissippi Valley Baseball League
Moline
Ottumwa
Speer
Burlington
Damages Sought From Burlington Railroad in Creston Injury Suit
Herman P. Petznick of near Creston sues the Burlington railroad seeking 10000 dollars in district court alleging a October 17 1924 shop injury left his right knee permanently lame and unable to work. He claims the hammer strike hindered full use of his leg.
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Burlington Railroad Company
Herman P. Petznick
Creston
Petznick
Auto Skids In Land Injuring Telegraph Manager
Cedar Rapids Aug 14 John Dunlap manager of the telephone exchange at Veftium Illinois is near death with fractured skull broken leg and internal injuries after a speeding auto skidded in sand and overturned near Center Point last night He was pulled from beneath the wreck and brought to Cedar Rapids He is 50 and was visiting his son.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
John Dunlap
Telephone Exchange
Veftium
Center Point
Dunlap
Iowa Roads Reported In Good Condition
Des Moines Aug 14 All lone roads are in good condition said the weekly bulletin of the Des Moines Automobile club today. They are all being dragged and are reported passable in all sections of the state. A few detours are list.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Des Moines Automobile Club
Hammond to Quit Chasing Liquor Violators
Waterloo reports John B. Hammond, famed Iowa dry raider, will quit liquor enforcement this fall to campaign for home ownership. The push is sponsored by the Social Purity League of America, announced at Westminster Presbyterian Church last evening.
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Waterloo
John B.hammond
Iowa
Social Purity League of America
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Officers Raid Sioux City Homes After Bootlegger Murder
Sioux City officers raided two adjoining houses early this morning arresting six people. Among those taken into custody were Richard Olson alias Frank Smith and L Sturdivan alias Stanley, both tied to the Omaha bootlegging resort murder. Several others, including Lucille Reilly and Carrie Reilly, were also detained. A suspect identified Olson and Sturdivan as the men who used a green automobile the night of the murder.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Richard Olson
Frank Smith
L. Sturdivan
Stanley
Charles Dller
Madge Fredericks
Omaha
S*urdivan
Dick Chrissinger
Olsom
Sturdivan
Fire causes damage to Brennan buildings in 1925
The Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Company and Westchester Fire Insurance Company of New York sue Burlington Railroad for 1448.54 claiming a freight train blocked Elm Street crossing six to seven minutes delaying fire response to the January 1 1925 blaze that destroyed Brennan buildings and damaged nearby property. The suits seek 448.54 and 1000 respectively alleging violation of a city crossing rule and greater damage due to delay.
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Burlington Railroad Company
Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Company
Westchester Fire Insurance Company of
New York
Brennan
South Elm Street
Fred Danielson
Frank Keehn
Westchester Company
Danielson
Globe and Rutgers Company
Keehn
Fire
Elm Street
Elm
Union Streets
Millroad
Late Rally Fails To Bring Creston Victory
Creston semi pro baseball team loses at Bridgewater 5 to 4 after a late rally. Creston tallies four runs in the final frame on two triples a wild pitch a single and a double. Fred Kiisinger allows eight hits but strikes out nine. A second game is set for Bridgewater Sunday afternoon. Creston then travels to Grand River to face the Capitol City Giants.
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Bridgewater
Creston
Bift’ Smith
Fred Kiisinger
Smith
Crestonites
Grand River
Capitol City Giants
County Officials Meet At Waterloo Next Year
Waterloo chosen as next convention city by County Officials Association at closing session. Ed Madigan of Waterloo elected president succeeding William Baldwin of Des Moines. Howard Churchill of Cedar Rapids named vice president. R. L. Borner of Jessup treasurer. L. L. Randall of Cedar Rapids county recorder named secretary. Dates August 12 13 and 14 set for next year’s gathering.
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Preas
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
County Officials Association
Ed Madigan
William Baldwin
Des Moines
Howard Churchill
Board of Supervisors
R. L. Borner
Jessup
L. L. Randall
New Court Actions Filed in Two Days
Preparation for printing the August term district court docket began in Union County with 31 new actions filed over two days. Among them are suits by state banking receiver L. A. Andrews against G. W. Craig and others for various unpaid notes and overdrafts totaling over 3 000 dollars.
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Union County District Court
Todey
George C. Figgins
L. A. Andrews
State Savings Bank of Afton
George W
Maggie Craig
Mr. Craig
Cc Brb
Crumpacker
Cloonen Poultry Company
Ninety Five Plan Omaha Trip For Creston Day
Ninety five Creston automobile owners plan to drive to Omaha next Monday afternoon for Creston Day at Ak-Sar-Ben park. Each car carries five passengers, totaling at least 95 travelers and likely over 100. Joe W Goodsell, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, announced details to come.
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Creston
Omaha
Ak Sar-Ben Park
Joe W. Goodsell
Chamber of Commerce
Knights of
Ak-Sar-Ben
Goodse
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MacMillan
Douglas Bureau
Asnoctatad Press
E. P. Eastman
Chittenden and Eastman Company of
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Eastman
Citizens Water Company of
Hotel Burlington Company
Bluffs
Mrs. Athy
Dee Moines
Standard
New Jersey Territory
Pickford
Dawes Commission
China
Winterset
Washington Fund
Hammond
A. Weeter
Thayer
KE. C. Foster
Alfred McChesney
Foster
Weeter
J. H. Garrels
John Lauffer
Frank Halm
G. W. Weeter
McChesney
Garreis
Lauffer
Mr. Halm
C. B. Pickerill
A. H. Hollenbeck
Little
Mr. Pickerill
Hollenbeck
Pickerlll
C. B. Campbell
Berger Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Union Wail Paper and Paint Company
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