Iowa moves to revise the Code as new Assembly opens
Des Moines Jan 8 The Fortieth Iowa General Assembly opened with plans to revise the Code of Iowa Governor Kendall is expected to advocate the move Rep Edson introduced a concurrent resolution to appoint a 16 person Code Revision committee due next Monday for action The House passed the bill Senate likely to hear it this afternoon The session also featured contests as Rep Springer is seated from Decatur County and a challenge by Democrat Ralph Rumley Speaker Anderson urged unity Lieut Governor Hammill chaired the Senate and J T Price was elected speaker after a caucus
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Des Moines
Associated Press
Fortieth
Iowa General Assembly
Iowa
N. E. Kendall
Edson
Buena Vista
House
Senate
Albia
Willard Springs New One on Fight Promoters
Former heavyweight champion Jess Willard declares willingness to fight any promoters chosen to prove he deserves a title bout with Jack Dempsey. He aims to meet Tex Rickard in New York and said he will fight any white challenger, then seek Dempsey afterward.
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Kansas City
Jess Willard
Jack Dempsey
Willard
Tex Rickard
New York
Union Station
Dempsey
Five Chicago Firemen Injured as Building Burns
Five firemen were seriously injured by falling debris when a morning blaze destroyed a four story building in Chicago. Loss estimated at 250000 dollars.
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Chicago, Ill
Associated Press
Weather data report by Dr. H M Stanley
Local observations for the past 24 hours show precipitation amounts and temperatures. Readings include highs around 86 and lows near 11 with several days of rainfall totaling tenths of an inch. Temperature at 1 pm reported as 41 degrees.
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H. M. Stanley
Esc Sas
French Occupation of Essen Thursday and Related Hearings
Oskaloosa reports the Mrs Eberle murder hearing postponed due to her bedbound nervous collapse. Paris notes Essen occupation planned for Thursday by a small French force with engineers and customs officers, with Belgian and Italian experts. Premier Poincare to update Parliament on Ruhr policy. allied reparations commission holds a three hour coal default hearing for Germany.
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Oskaloosa
Associated Press
Paul L. Eberle
Paris
France
Essen
Germany
Poincaire
Ruhr
Iowan Boy Shot by Officer Injured in Accident
Eugene Mulford fifteen year old son of Mr and Mrs T C Munford 306 North Walnut street was wounded when his gun discharged while hunting. The pellet struck his upper leg and hip he was taken to Greater Community Hospital and is recovering well with expected return home soon. Mulford has helped deliver the Daily Advertiser in Creston and is well known locally.
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Eugene Mulford
T. C. Munford
North
Walnut Street
Greater Community Hospital
Acci
Eugene
Mulford
Daily Advertiser
Creston
Fisher death blamed on neck fracture from prank kiss
Pittsburgh report states Harry E. Fisher 45 died from a fractured neck vertebra after attempting to avoid a coworker's joke to kiss his bald head. The coroner released findings today detailing the sequence of the prank and the fatal injury.
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Pittsburgh
Harry E. Fisher
Fisher
Man dies after stepping in front of shotgun blast
Sam Broad, 43, of Fort Dodge Iowa was instantly killed Sunday when he stepped in front of a companion's discharged gun while hunting. He was shot through the head in a tragic accident.
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Fort Dodge
Associated Press
Sam Broad
Justice of Peace Vanishes After Anonymous Letter
Duquoin Illinois January 8 Following an anonymous letter Justice of the Peace W A Veach of Lesser northeast of Duquoin has disappeared from his home. A few weeks earlier Veach assessed a small fine against two men on charges of flogging a young woman. Soon after he received a letter claiming two bullets remained in the gun. Authorities think worry over the letter caused his disappearance.
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Duquoin
Ill
Justice of the Peace
W. A. Veach
Lesser
Veech
Montana Governor Considered for Interior Secretary Role
Washington, Jan 8. President Harding seriously weighs Gar Dixon of Montana for Secretary of the Interior. Dixon aligns with the Republican progressive wing in a potential cabinet appointment.
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Montana
Fall
Washington, D. C
Joseph M. Dixon
Harding
Interior
Gov
Dixon
Republican Party
Engineer Declares Dust Explosions Preventable
Buffalo January 8 Dust explosions cannot be spontaneous and are preventable says David J Price engineer in charge of development work for the Bureau of Chemistry U S Department of Agriculture addressing the safety bureau of the chamber of commerce here In thirteen recent dust explosions in representative manufacturing plants 155 lives were lost and property valued at 16250000 destroyed Grain elevators feed mills sugar refineries and starch factories suffered the worst disasters but dust from powdered milk soap fertilizer cocoa spice and cork also ignited Smoking and open lights in dusty plants were the most frequent causes according to bureau statistics
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Buffalo
David J. Price
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Safety Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Price
Soviet Move to Cut Red Tape Under Lenin Drive
Moscow officials led by Premier Lenin pursue systematic curtailment of the Soviet apparatus to improve organization and reduce bureaucratic waste. Lenin called the effort a key task for years and urged the fourth congress of the Soviet Employees Union to aid.
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Moscow
Associated Press
Lenine
Soviet Employees Union
Congress
Five Men Indicted in Army Fraud Case at Fort Bliss
A federal grand jury at El Paso Texas indicted five businessmen on charges linked to the alleged fraudulent sale of government property at Fort Bliss. The named defendants are W O C Forester Gus Momsen E R Jones James Connors and Pat Grattan all charged with conspiracy to defraud the government and related offenses.
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Washington
el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
W. O. C. Forester
Gus Momsen
E. R. Jones
James Connors
Pat Grattan
Oskaloosa Man Fatally Shot During Robbery Attempt
Carl Sarr of Oskaloosa was fatally wounded by Night Watchman Chad Colgrove of Green Top Mo during an alleged robbery of a general store. Ernest Alley, an alleged accomplice, said Alley waited in a car while Sarr looted the store. The pair are also said to have robbed a Sublett Missouri store. Sarr died after arrival at his home.
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Oskaloosa
Carl Sarr
Chad Colgrove
Green Top
Sarr
Ernest Alley
Alley
Sublett
Dempsey Buys $250,000 Los Angeles Apartment
Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns closed a deal to purchase a Los Angeles apartment house for 250000 in the city’s fashionable section. Dempsey said he is buying the property purely as a speculative venture.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Boy testifies Kneeskern with victim on murder day
Charles City Iowa January 8 A neighbor boy testified he saw B F Kneeskern with Irene Van Brocklin the day of her murder and heard no quarrel over corn. The boy said Elmer Von Brocklin was away only about fifteen minutes and had no gun while Kneeskern possessed the gun. Defense attorney Hart cross examined for inconsistencies.
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Charlesity
Associated Press
B. F. Kneeskern
Irene van Brocklin
Robert Shoemaker
Elmer von Brocklin
Moore
Kneeskern
Hart
Flood waters recede as highways remain blocked
Seattle Wash Jan 8 The flood waters between Seattle and Tacoma are slowly receding. All highways and three towns between these points have been rendered impassable and inundated.
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Seattle
Wash
Associated Press
Tacoma
Enver Pasha Reported Alive and Well in Bokhara
Constantinople January 8 Enver Pasha is reported alive and well and happy He is said to be living at Bokhara Turkestan but wishes to return to Turkey Habbed Pasha Enver s uncle arrives in Constantinople en route to Angora He plans to lobby the nationalist capital to persuade Mustapha Kemal Pasha to reinstate the former leader.
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Constantinople
Enver Pasha
Bokhara
Turkestan
Turkey
Enver
Habbed Pasha
Angora
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turks Must Sign or Take Consequence
London reports that a draft Near East treaty will be presented to Turkey within two weeks. They will be told to sign it or tear it up and face consequences.
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London
Eng
Associated Press
Iowa Woman to Go to Trial for Slaying Youth
Atlantic Iowa January 8 Mrs Alfred Liebeck faces a first degree murder trial at Harlan this week over the shooting of George Bohnke at her Prairie Rose store last summer. The defense plans to claim Bohnke was a home wrecker and jealousy sparked the crime.
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Atlantic
George Bohnke
Prairie Rose
Alfred Liebeck
Harlan
Belgian Troops to Be Sent to Ruhr District
Brussels January 8 The council of ministers unanimously approved the Belgian delegation's Paris conference attitude after remarks by Premier Theunis and F M Jasper It says two Belgian divisions will join seven French divisions in occupying Essen and the Ruhr district with reliable information of an arrangement between French and Belgian delegates.
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Brussels
Associated Press
Council of Ministers
Paris
Theuuis
Jasper
Essen
Ruhr
le Soir
Ex-Prince Andrew of Greece Plans American Visit
Paris, Jan. 8. Exiled Prince Andrew of Greece told Ambassador Myron T. Herrick he will sail for New York on the Olympic Wednesday. He plans to join Prince and Princess Christopher in New York and may stay in America several months.
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Paris
Associated Press
Prince Andrew
Greece
Asia Minor
Myron T. Herrick
New York
Prince
Princess Cristopher
America
Youth Admits Bombing Shopman's Home
Danville Illinois January 8 Glenn Fellers age 20 was arrested on a charge of placing a bomb that partly wrecked the home of John F Eeker a Chicago and Eastern Illinois shop employed New Year s Eve. Officers say Fellers confessed but later repudiated the confession saying he was given the bomb by an unnamed person.
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Danville
Ill
Glenn Fellers
John F. Eeker
Chicago
Fellers
Possible liquor leaks traced from embassy stores
Washington January 8. Efforts are under way to trace leaks alleged to channel liquor from embassy stores into illicit trade. Lieut. Davis of the investigating force said attaches of some embassies have acted as agents in the transfers.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Lieut. Davis
Rosewood fire destroys remaining Negro homes after riot
Twelve houses in Rosewood Florida, the last remaining of the Negro section, were set alight by a white mob on Friday afternoon after a deadly clash the previous night that left seven dead. The blaze consumed the structures in the once segregated district.
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Florida
Rosewood
Fla
Associated Press
Baby Burned to Death in Store Fire at Gladbrook
Gladbrook Iowa January 8 one and a half year old Marjorie Gemean burned to death in a $65,000 fire that destroyed four business houses. The mother and an aged man attempted rescue but failed. Investigators suspect spontaneous combustion from painters supplies stored in the building caused the blaze.
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Gladbrook
Associated Press
Marjorie Gemean
Marjorie
Veterans May Wear Medals at Any Time
The War Department announced it has no jurisdiction over when former soldiers may wear medals won in service. A new paragraph to Army regulations states civilian wear of decorations on all appropriate occasions is allowed and not restricted by army rules. The department urged that authorized medals be worn with civilian clothing on suitable events.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Department
Evelyn Nesbit in serious condition in Atlantic City hospital
Evelyn Nesbit, former chorus girl linked to the Stanford White trial, is in Wagoner hospital fighting for life with double pneumonia. Her 12 year old son Russell said she will win, and doctors warn she has not yet passed the crisis amid previous rehab efforts and a cabaret role.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Evelyn Nesbit
Wagoner Hospital
Russel
Harry Kendall Thaw
Stanford White
Miss Nesbit
Edwin H. Draper Dies at 46 in Marshalltown Traffic Career
Edwin H. Draper traffic manager for the Western Grocery Co. died at his Marshalltown home after a two week illness from pneumonia. He was widely known in traffic circles.
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Marshalltown
Associated Press
Edwin H. Draper
Western Grocery Co
Will Details Expensive Funeral Request in Duckworth Will
The will of Anne Demarest Duckworth filed for probate in White Plains New York requests a coffin of white cloth and a funeral with no expense spared. She is the mother of Dr. Ray Duckworth, an X ray specialist.
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White Plains N. Y
Anne Demarest Duckworth
Duckworth
Ray Duckworth
Crippled Boy Killed Near New Boston
Harold Brook, 18, crippled, died when a wagon skid and overturned near New Boston Illinois. He was driving a corn load to town with his father Link Crook nearby, when the wagon collapsed him beneath it.
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New Boston
Harold Brook
Link Crook
Bay Island
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