Tariff Bill As Amended Sent To Senate
Washington D C Jan 17 The house emergency tariff bill as amended was presented to the senate by Senator Penrose committee chairman who pledged early passage He did not offer arguments for the bill or the ten amendments approved by the finance committee Senator Simmons said he would not file a formal minority report and would let debate proceed with directions developing later this week
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Penrose
Finance Committee
Simmons
North Carolina
Knoxville Contemplates Woman Mayor As Elections Loom
Knoxville La January 17 The city may elect a woman mayor after the March election. Mayor Cam Culbertson is deputy county recorder and cannot hold two offices. Mrs Dixie Gebhardt, former Democratic primary candidate, is considered for the post and is currently employed at the army hospital west of town.
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Knoxville
Cam Culbertson
Dixie Gebhardt
Army Hospital
30000 to Strike Over Wage Cut
Boston and St. Paul reports state unions calling a 30 000 strike for next Wednesday in protest of a 10 percent wage cut. In St. Paul the Northern Pacific Railway shop force in the district will work forty days to avoid layoff, affecting more than 2000 workers.
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Boston
United Building Trades Council
Building Trades Employer's Association
St. Paul
Northern Pacific Railway
Chicago Weather Indications Look for Fair Skies
The Weather Chicago Jan 17 indicates generally fair conditions for the next twenty four hours with rising temperatures tomorrow. Tonight and Tuesday see warmer trends especially in the northwest portion as temperatures lift.
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Chicago
Weather Summary Observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley
Local observations over the past 24 hours ending 7 a m report snow or sleet conditions. Details include precipitation intensity and temperature shifts, with notes on visibility and wind patterns impacting the region.
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H. M. Stanley
Public notes delay on Langdon shooting protest
Tokyo officials have not released the text of the American note protesting the shooting of Naval Lieutenant W. H. Langdon by a Japanese sentry at Vladivostok. Washington reportedly seeks reparations and a reduction or withdrawal of Japanese troops from the region, amid Sino-Siberian policy debate and tense U.S.-Japan relations.
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Tokio
Japan
Associated Press
W. H. Langdon
Vladivostok
Washington
Siberian
Far East
United States
Woman Charged With Bootlegging in Muscatine
Mrs. Harry Phillips of 728 Sampson Street was bound over to the grand jury on a liquor nuisance charge after police seized seventy gallons of mash and a fifteen gallon still in a raid at her home. She pleaded not guilty in Justice Horst's court with bond set at 200 dollars. Police continue seeking Phillips on a warrant for manufacturing moonshine.
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Muscatine
Harry Phillips
Sampson Street
H. D. Horst
Monay
Phillips
Former Physician of Mark Twain Dies in Hartford
Dr. Edward W. Kellogg, longtime family physician to Mark Twain Charles D. Warner and Harriet Beecher Stowe, died today in Hartford at age 839 years 4. He led the National Homeopathic Medical Society and was a Civil War veteran. Earlier he studied music and composed a Christmas carol titled We Three Kings of Orion Are.
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Hartford
Conn
Edward W. Kellogg
Mark Twain
Charles D. Warner
Harriet Beecher Stowe
National Homeopathic Medical Society
Kellogs
We Three Kings of
Orion
Arrest Prominent Man in P. O. Theft
Dallas January 17 Albert Rowan son of C T Rowan wealthy Dallas business man and property owner was arrested on charges of robbing the Jackson street sub post office Saturday Police have pursued Rowan after W S Scrivner confessed naming him as the mastermind who planned and directed the robbery
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Dallas
Tex
Albert Rowan
C. T. Rowan
Jackson Street
Young Rowan
W. S. Scrivner
Rowan
Bandits Kill Two In The Bank Cash Heist
Six bandits robbed an automobile from the Union depot in Toledo stealing 12000 dollars for New York Central Railway. Officers Louis Schroeder and A. E. Long were killed resisting the theft as bandits fled, exchanging fire with a pursuing taxicab driver.
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Toledo
New York Central Railway
Louis Schroeder
A. E. Long
Union Depot
Schroeder
Long
Three Alleged Thieves Nabbed by Night Watch Man
Guthrie Center Iowa January 17 Frank Sheridan assisted by a citizen detained three alleged automobile thieves. They named Smith Willis and Weinner with Willis suspected of a Fort Leavenworth escape. They were arrested at 2 am while dining, arrived from Adel, in a Ford traced to thefts at Waukee. They were jailed in Adel County.
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Adel
Waukee
Sheridan
Jap Tells How He Shot Langdon
A Japanese sentry testified about shooting Lieut. W. H. Langdon chief engineer of the Albany at Vladivostok. The account aligned with Langdon's postmortem statement. The dispatch from Admiral Gleaves at Manila says the sentry is recommended for court martial.
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Langdon
Washington, D. C
W. H. Langdon
Albany
Vladivostok
Navy Department
Gleaves
Manila
Russian Wife of Lt Langdon Ends Life After News
The Russian wife of Naval Lieutenant W. H. Langdon who was killed by a Japanese sentry in Manila reportedly died by suicide upon learning of her husband’s death, according to a Reuters dispatch from Vladivostok dated January 17.
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Manila
W. H. Langdon
Reuter
Vladivostok
Benjamin Denies Killing Wife in Algona
L T Benjamin, jailed over his wife’s death found in her kitchen, denies killing her. Police report she was struck with a hammer or similar instrument, investigators say.
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Algona
L. T. Benjamin
U S Certificates Oversubscribed Amid Treasury Offer
Washington January 17 Subscriptions totaling more than 50 million dollars were received for the combined issue of certificates of indebtedness to 250.9 million dollars offered for maturity April 15 and October 5. Subscriptions exceeded the issue by 100 percent and reflected a lower interest rate than in the last six months, signaling a possible easing in the money market.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Houston
Mrs. S. H. McCormick Dead at Washington
Mrs. Cyrus Hall McCormick wife of the International Harvester board chair died in a Washington hospital after a brief illness. Complications thought to stem from gallstone surgery years earlier led to her hospitalization. her husband was in New York on business and their son Gordon was at Princeton when summoned. Born in England she grew up in Chicago under Mrs. Edward Stickney.
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Washington, D. C
Cyrus Hall McCormick
International Harvester Company
McCormick
New York
Gordon
Princeton
Mrs. McCormick
England
Chicago
Edward Stickney
Woman Swallows Bootleg Evidence in Richmond Plot
In Richmond on January 17, police attempting to trap an alleged bootlegger used a marked $5 bill. Mrs Mollie Richardson reportedly swallowed the bill after the stakeout failed, and officers later admitted the undercover effort ended with the loss of the money.
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Richmond
Mollie Richardson
Murder Ends in Bed Axe Attack on Judge Price
Meridian Mississippi January 17 police worked on the murder of Judge Moody C. Price former U S commissioner killed in bed by two intruders with an axe. His wife Mrs Price was awakened and struck once but not seriously wounded.
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Meridian
Miss
Moody C. Price
United States
Judge Price
Mahaney Named 10 Represent Ud at Geneva
Roland B. Mahaney solicitor of the department of labor has been appointed by President Wilson as the American representative on the international commission of emigration. He will meet in Geneva Switzerland on a date fixed by the international labor office of the League of Nations.
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Washington, D. C
Roland B. Mahaney
Department of Labor
Wilson
International Commission of Emigration
Geneva
Switzerland
International Labor Office
League of Nations
Harding Near End of Consultations
President elect Harding nears the end of a series of finance and tax talks with national leaders in Marion Ohio. He met with Representative Fordney Michigan and former Senator Weeks Massachusetts plus former Governor Odell New York as cabinet talks continue. Harding also discussed military policy with Representative Tilson Connecticut as weekend engagements are planned.
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Marion
Harding
Fordney
Michigan
House
Ways and Means
Joan W. Weeks
Massachusetts
B. B. Odell
New York
Weeks
Harting
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Denounced New Year Revel Takes Aim at Cedar Rapids
Dr. Rosina Wistein denounces the New Year revelry in Cedar Rapids as a symbol of city negligence. She calls the hotel party a sexual orgy and criticizes parents, politicians, and the school system for neglecting moral welfare and hygienic conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
Rosina Wistein
Drinkers' Hell Is Tank of Liquor, Says Zion Leader
Wilber Glenn Voliva of the Christian Catholic church in Zion announces advance sheets for a book and guide to hell. He says sinners will be punished with their own sins, including a tobacco smoker in tobacco smoke, a chewer in tobacco juice, and a drinker in a natatorium of beer wine and whisky.
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Yion City
Wilber Glenn Voliva
Christian Catholic Church
Zion
Hell
May Seize Autos Which Carry Booze
Washington D C January 17 The supreme court ruled that seizure of automobiles or other conveyances used to transport liquor is authorized even if the owners are found innocent or not in violation of the law in a Georgia case.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Georgia
Market Summary for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Market notes show cattle receipts around 29 000 with slow beef steer demand and prices 8.00 to 9.50. hogs receipts 59 000 with steady to firm tone and top around 9.80. sheep receipts 27 000 with generally 50 cent lower on killing classes and buttered market conditions. Grain futures list Chicago closes with mixed moves and pork and lard futures quoted.
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RRR Line Ltd
Local Cash Market Prices Snapshot
Prices listed for corn at 50 cents per unit, timothy hay at 15 dollars, straw 9 dollars, wild hay 12 dollars, thresher hay 12 dollars, wheat 1.5 dollars, clover seed 7 to 9 dollars, timothy seed 2 to 2.25 dollars, barley 85 cents, poultry eggs 50 cents, hens 24 cents, springs 22 cents, roosters 13 cents, ducks 19 cents, geese 15 cents, cream 43 cents, horse hides 2.25 dollars, turkeys 30 cents.
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Mark Cases Inc
Chicago
Lamson Bros. & Co
Hubbell
Des Moines
Tel
Miss Mabel Melester Returns to Thayer to Teach
Miss Mabel Melester has returned to Thayer Iowa where she is teaching school after spending the weekend with relatives and friends in this city.
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Mabel Melester
Thayer
Iowa
Harding Announces April 4 Call for Special Session
Washington Indicated by Fordney that Congress will convene in special session on April 4 as discussed with President elect Harding in Marion Ohio. Tariff and tax questions to top the agenda with hearings already under way.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
House
Fordney
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Fordnely
Minister ordained with three barrels of whisky tale told
Miss Robertson recalled a family anecdote at the capitol about her great grandfather being ordained for the ministry with a crowd that prompted him to open three barrels of whisky. Robert son, representative elect from Oklahoma, spoke with reporters as prohibition discussed.
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Washington, D.C
Alice” Robertson
Oklahoma
Capitol
Prohibition
Robertson
Restrict Use of W. O. W. in Colorado
Sovereign camp of the Woodmen of the World was permanently enjoined from doing business under that name in Colorado by Judge Morley. The ban also covers the symbol W. O. W. The Woodmen of the World organization with Denver headquarters filed the suit. the defendant has 30 days to appeal.
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Denver
Colo
The
Woodmen of the World
Colorado
Morley
Omaha
Pioneer Town Man Dies In Auto Crash
Captain A. D. Haskins aged 85 a pioneer of Dallas county died at a hospital after his car was struck by an M and St L train a mile north of Perry Ta. He suffered injuries when his automobile collided with the freight engine during the early hours of January 1.
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Perry, Ta
A. D. Haskins
Dallas County
Murphy Company to Cut Wages In Red Oak
The Murphy Calendar Company announced a general wage cut of 10 to 15 percent effective at the start of next week. The reduction affects 250 employees. County supervisors are also considering a wage cut.
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Red Oak
D. Murphy Calendar Company
Mrs Polly Visits Omaha Relative in City
Mrs. Polly of Omaha Nebraska arrived in the city yesterday for a few days visit at the home of her brother Ed Lacey and family.
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Fred Polly
Omaha
Nebraska
Ed. Lacey
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P. O
Benjamin
U. S
S. H. McCormick
Mahaney
International Commission On Emmigration
United States Bureau of Markets
Chicago Live Stock
St. Joseph Markets
Pioneer Town
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