Samuel Gompers Dies On American Soil On Return
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor dies in a San Antonio hotel after returning from Mexico City. He had been ill months and died at 4:10 am with AFL leaders James Duncan, William Mahon, John Giles, Martin Ryan, Matthew Woll and Frank Morrison at his bedside. His body to lie in state, pallbearers named, and burial planned at Sleepy Hollow cemetery.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Samuel Gumpers
American Federation of Labor
United States
Mexico City
Labor
Mexico
James Duncan
Quincy
Mass
William D Mahon
Detroit
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Bill
Kansas City
Matthew Woll
Chicago
Frank Morrison
Federation
Gompere
Gompers
President Calleés
John W. Tobin
Labor Ieader
Sleepy Hollow
Planes Should Carry More Destructive Bombs
General Patrick told the House Aircraft Investigating Committee that recent attacks off Virginia Capes on the battleship Washington show new bombing planes must be developed to carry heavier payloads. He said American planes are obsolete because battleship armor has grown heavier.
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Associated Press
Washington
Virginia Capes
Patrick
Army Air Service
House
Postal Rate Increases Proposed by Postmaster General
Postmaster General New urged Congress to raise rates on almost all mail classes to raise about 66.39 million dollars annually to cover costs from the vetoed postal employees pay raise. Second class newspapers would add 16.88 million, fourth class parcel post 12 million, third class circulars 18 million, and post cards 1.5 cents to 2.5 cents, yielding 12.5 million more. An unrelated line mentions Andrew Carnegie plot with Mr. Gompere and Mr. Moners owning it jointly.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
New
Senator Sterling
Senate Post Office Committee
Possible Gompers Successors Named In AFL Consideration
The leading contenders to succeed Samuel Gompers as AFL president are William Green Matthew Woll and Thomas Rickett all sitting executive council members. The council will elect a provisional president within six days with a general election at the next annual convention.
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New York
Samual Gompers
American Federation of Labor
William Green
United Mine Workers of America
Matthew Woll
International Photo Engravers’ Union
Thomas Rickett
United Garment Workers
James Duncan
Granite Workers Union
Gompers
Secr
Frank Morrison
Peter J. Brady
Federation Bank
Samuel Gompers
James P. Holland
New York State Federation of Labor
United States
Sara Conboy
United Textile Workers
Women In Labor
Gompers to be buried at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
New York December 13 Samuel Gompers late president of the American Federation of Labor will be buried in Sleepy Hollow cemetery near Tarrytown New York it was said today by Harry M Moness a personal friend of Mr Gompers.
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New York
Gamuel Gompetrs
American Federation of Labor
Sleepy Hollow
Tarrytown
N. Y
Harry M. Moness
Gompers
Farmer Edward Rawlings Killed in Train Collision
In Hookdale Illinois on December 13 Edward Rawlings 72 a farmer near Smithboro was killed when his automobile was struck by a Chicago Burlington and Quincy train. His son Edward Rawlings Jr was seriously injured in the crash.
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Hookdale
Edward Rawlings
Smithboro
Edward, Jr
Chicago Burlington and Quincy
Hough Silent Before Trial After Murder Conviction
Carl Hough 23 faced a district court murder verdict for Lillian McKenney's death near Bedford Iowa. He maintains near total silence in jail with heavy guard, awaiting transfer to Ft Madison. Maude McKenney sought answers during a sheriff’s interview but he refused to talk.
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Associated Press
Bedford
Advertiser
Lillian McKenney
Herrick
Ss. D
Carl Hough
Ft. Madison
Missouri
Iowa
South Dakota
Maude McKenney
Hough
Lillian
Homer A. Fuller
Mt. Ayr
Pioneer of the West Jim Marshall dies in Denver
Denver obituary reports James Marshall known as Three Fingered Jim, a frontier gambler and deputy sheriff, died in a Denver hospital. He rose in Cripple Creek mining camps, controlled gambling in El Paso and Del Norte, later owned racehorses and raced on eastern tracks.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Jim Marshall
General Hospital
Cripple Creek
Jim
Marshall
el Paso
Tex
del Norte
Juarez
Mex
Louisville
Des Moines Man Jumps From 18 Story Building to Death
E D Gates, believed to have been spurned by Miss Maxine Keltz, jumped from Des Moines Equitable Building yesterday, dying as a result. He had arrived two weeks earlier from Minneapolis after working as a scale company salesman in New York. Police traced no known relatives.
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Des Moines
E. D. Gates
Equitable
Maxine Keltz
Keltz
Gates
Howe Scale Company
New York
Minneapolis
Mrs Tom Roff Elected Head of Trainmen's Auxiliary
Mrs Tom Roff was elected president of the Ladies' auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen at a meeting Friday at the Odd Fellows hall. Officers named for the coming year include Mrs Howard Knapp vice president and Mrs W A McKee chaplain secretary and treasurer Mrs J C Lilley past president conductress and warden and other appointed posts.
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Tom Roff
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Odd Fellows Hall
Howard Knapp
W. A. McKee
Margaret Cadman
Fred Welcher
J. C. Lilley
B. J. McKee
J. Coleman
V. Lent
Inner Sentinel
Claud Lamb
Outer Sentinel
Ed Hipes
Mayor Johnson Leads Shelby Oil Syndicate for Big Find
Jim Johnson the Shelby Montana mayor who boosted the 1923 Dempsey Gibbons bout now heads an oil syndicate that struck in the Kevin Sunburst field. The initial production is estimated at 5000 barrels daily as a well flowed oil for about 20 minutes before control. Mayor Johnson offered little comment beyond optimism for a limousine future as the project advances.
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Prene
Great Falls
Mont
Jim Johnson
Shelby Mont
Nationa
Dempsey-Gibbons
Kevin-Sunburst
Mayor Johnson
Shelby
Kent Merchant Fined Here For Intoxication
Harry Mann, Kent hotel proprietor, paid $15 and costs in Mayor Ed Keith's court for intoxication after a small quantity of alleged liquor was seized by federal prohibition agent W H Green. Mann, arrested in a Creston grocery store, faced federal charges of illegal possession of liquor filed Sept 17 and arraigned the next day with a not guilty plea. Officers obtained evidence after permission to search Mann's lunch room, yielding two and a half pint bottles of alleged liquor.
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Harry Mann
Kent
Liberty
Ed. Keith
W. H. Green
Prohibition
Creston
Federa
Mann
United States
Dr. R. R. Chapman Found Dead In Bridgeport Office
Dr. R. R. Chapman of Bridgewater died suddenly Friday morning in his office. He belonged to Bethany Commandery of Creston and had relatives at Prescot. The funeral will be Sunday afternoon in Bridgewater.
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R. R Chapman
Bridgewater
Bethany Commandery
Creston
Prescot
Manchurian General Sends 40000 Troops Against Kiangsu Governor
Peking reports General Chang Tso-Lin is placing 40,000 troops at the disposal of General Lu Yung-Hsiang for an expedition against General Chi Hsieh-Yuan. One brigade has already begun moving toward Nanking.
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Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Lu Yung-Hsiang
Chekiang
Chi Hsieh-Yuan
Kiangsu
Nanking
J H Patt Narrow Escape In Car Accident
Creston businessman J H Patt, longtime county figure, was struck by a car driven by R S Shouse at Adams and Spruce. Patt was dragged briefly, injured but not fractured, while Shouse fainted from shock and received medical care.
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J. H. Patt
West Adams Street
Creston
R. S. Shouse
West Seneca Street
Adams and
Spruce Streets
Patt
Shouse
Adams
Warden bans sweets at Denver jail for smuggling fight
Denver officials report Warden Thomas H. Clennan ordered a diet of corn meal mush for prisoners to curb smuggling. He cited hidden saws in pies and narcotics in candy centers as proof and said gum remains unpolluted but will be barred to prevent further abuse.
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Denver
Colo
Thomas H. Clennan
Clennan
Snow Shovels in Sioux City In Demand
Sioux City Ia Dec 13 Sioux City householders without snow shovels fear more snow and report no shovels for sale. Heavy early snow cleaned out stocks from wholesalers and retailers. Dealers estimate about 2000 shovels sold in the past week, with one large concern selling 25 percent more last Friday than in all of 1923 24.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
McCoy Saves Prisoner in Los Angeles Jail
Kid Mc Coy on trial for murder of Mrs. Theresa Mars helped save George Waterson a fellow inmate by stopping his suicide attempt. Waterson was found with a noose and was rushed to the general hospital in critical condition as Mc Coy and another prisoner intervened.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Kid McCoy
Theresa Mars
George Waterson
McCoy
Waterson
General Hospital
State Roads In Fair To Poor Condition Across District
The weekly Des Moines Automobile Club road report lists several routes in fair to poor condition. Lincoln Highway from Clinton to Council Bluffs shows snow and ice. Jefferson Highway and Whiteway 7 are poor. primary and secondary roads are fair with snow and ice. Route 17 south of Carlisle is poor.
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Associated Press
Dee Dee
Des Moines Automobile Club
Lincoln
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Jefferson Highway
Carlisle
Coal veins opened near Gravity Iowa show promising field
A 22 inch coal seam yielded a new mine near Gravity with two shafts sunk and prospecting across multiple sites. Morris mine west of Gravity and a Gravity leases operation near town report thick veins and quick local delivery. Dr L. Smith, state geologist, calls the field one of the few southwest Iowa coal developments.
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Advertiser
Morris
Daie ‘Morris
Clarinda
Burlington
Joe Reynolds
Des Moines
New Market
Yarinda
Bedford
Conway
Athelstan
George L. Smith
Assistan
Iowa
Local Shopman Files Bankruptcy Petition
Francis Roy Leach of Creston employed in Burlington shops files a voluntary bankruptcy in federal court listing debts of 1579.65 with 1083.25 unsecured and assets valued at 911 exempt. Roy M Brown of Sharpsburg and Rosa E Webster near Blanchard also filed petitions with various debts and exemptions noted.
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Francis Roy Leach
Creston
Burlington
Roy M. Brown
Sharpsburg
Rosa E Webster
Blanchard
Mr. Brown
Rosa E. Webster
Woman Files Suit Against Former Husband and Wife
Mrs. Georgianna Browne Corporon of Tama is named as defendant in a $10,000 alienation suit filed by her former husband’s first wife. The suit seeks to annul the divorce on grounds of fraud and requests alimony of $59 per month.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Georgianna Browne Corporon
Tama
Corporon
Weather Outlook For Week In Upper Mississippi And Missouri Valleys
Weekly forecast for the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for a cold week with mostly fair skies. Snow is expected about Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri
Bond Question 10 to be Decided by Creston Voters
Creston voters face a December 15 ballot on a 275000 bond plan to build and equip a new high school on the Irving site. The measure failed by two votes in September and returns to the polls after an intensified campaign led by the Citizens' committee. The election runs 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the city fire station on North Maple Street.
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Independent School District
Creston
Creaton
Irving
H. A. Greene
Bureau of Education Resarch
Iowa University
Maple Street
oWa
Olls
Crestoy
Citizens’ Committee
Charlee H. Thomas
Elmo Roor
H. W. Edaburn
L. McGregor
Chester Carter
Mattie Jennings
Edaburn
Vptra
Bond
Ssue
Tiowana
Iowa Signs Arkansas for Opening Football Game
Iowa City December 13 officials of the department of athletics announced Arkansas will open the 1925 season against Iowa on October 3. Coach Burt Ingwersen signed the contract. Arkansas assistant coach is Jack Crangile and head coach Francis A Schmidt is a former Nebraska star. The town has two schedule dates still to fill.
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Iowa City
University of Arkansas
Iowa
Department of Athletics
Burt Ingwersen
Jack Crangile
Illinois
Ingwersen
Arkansas Eleven
Francis A. Schmidt
Nebraska
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Mr. Gompers
John E. Giles
Martin Ryan
UNIES
Andrew Carnegie
Mr. Gompere
Mr. Moners
The
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Miss McKenney
Pioneer of the
Trainmen’s Auxiliary
R. R. Chapman
J. H. Pat
R. S. Shouse Auto
GHY
Arkansas
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