Mexico troops deny passage border governor's request
In Des Moines and Washington reports, Iowa House advances a Wallace export plan tied to the McNary-Haugen bill while Senate actions include licensing, electors and forfeiture measures. Cabinet talks on Tampico crisis hint at possible US naval moves. Mayo Indians march from Nogales toward Naco amid Mexican opposition to crossing into the United States.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Wallace Agricultural Export Corporation
MciNary-Haugen
Congress
House of Representatives
Himebauch
Emmet County
House
Senate
State Central Committee
Secretary of State
Holdoegel
Calhoun
Campbell
Ida
Fort Dodge
Elkhorne
General
District School House
Express Rate Reductions Delayed By ICC Action
The Interstate Commerce Commission halted its plan to cut express rates on foods. Reductions up to 11 percent, set to take effect February 21, were postponed indefinitely after an investigation into how express charges are calculated. The change to rate fixing methods was not reversed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wants Dickinson for Vice President
Mason City Iowa January 18 Muse editor of the Mason City Globe Gazette urges the nomination of L J Dickinson congressman from the tenth Iowa district for Vice President on the Republican ticket in 1924. Muse argues farmers in eight western states face unrest and the vice presidency should come from the West and stand for farmers interests.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Muse
Mason City Globe-Gazette
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Mississippi
Texas Governor denies Mexican troop transit
Acting Governor T. W. Davidson refused to permit Mexican Federal troops to pass across Texas in a telegram to Secretary Hughes. He cited potential trouble with Mexican residents on the Texas border as the reason for the refusal.
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Sun Associated Press
Austin
Texas
T. W. Davidson
Hughes
Mexican army detachment to cross border with consent
Washington reports a Mexican detach ment will move arms and troops from Naco Arizona into Texas to reenter Mexico against revolutionists if Texas governor approves. Obregon government sought permission and the state department says it looks favorably on the request with Arizona and New Mexico governors already approving the plan to protect American lives and interests.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jis
Nao, Ariz
Texas
Mexico
Arizona
New Mexico
Arizona Governor open to Mexican troop transit via Arizona
Governor George W. P. Hunt refused to comment on Acting Governor Davidson of Texas denying a request for Mexican troops to pass through Texas. He reiterated willingness to aid peace efforts in Mexico by permitting the troops to transit Arizona for transport to a Texas point.
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Associated Press
Tucson
Ariz
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
Davidson
Texas
Washington
Texas Executive
Mexico
Mexican Federal Troops Near El Paso Debate Detraining
In Juarez discussions centered on whether Mexican Federal troops near El Paso should detrain, about eight miles from the city, after Acting Governor Davidson disapproved their passage through Texas. The report notes that the move followed the rejection of troop transit via Texas.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
New Mexico-Mexico
Juarez
Texas
Davidson
Troop Transfer Plans Across Border Near Juarez Revealed
The text describes moving troops to AnaPra New Mexico near the Texas border then across into Juarez for redeployment on the eastern front under Guadalupe Sanchez. Governors Hinkle of New Mexico and Hunt of Arizona approved the transport.
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AnaPra
New Mexico
Texas
Juarez
Guadalupe Sanchez
Hinkle
Hunt
Arizona
Governor Hinkle on Mexican Fed troop movement through New Mexico
Governor J F Hinkle said he viewed his permission for Mexican Federal troops to move through New Mexico as a courtesy to both the US and Mexico. He believed the War Department had full power to authorize such movement if necessary.
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Associated Press
Santa Fe
N. M
J. F. Hinkle
New Mexico
Rebels Trap Federals Near Tampico in Tex Skirmish
Rebels under Feliciano Garcia seized arms and ammunition bound for Mexican Federal forces at Tampico. All bands from San Fernando to Victoria ordered to mobilize for an attack on Tampico as fighting erupts near Aldamas where Federals were drawn into a trap and nearly wiped out.
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Tampico
Associated Press
Brownsville
Tex
Feliciano Garia
Federtal
de la Huerta
Tamaulipas
San Fernando
Victoria
Aldamas
Capture of San Marcos Junction Reported by Rebels
El Paso January 18 wireless dispatches report rebels have captured the important San Marcos railway junction east of Mexico City. A dramatic shift in railway control could affect troop and supply movements in the region.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
San Marcos
Mexico City
Part of Tacoma Crew Taken Off After Reefing Near Vera Cruz
Washington dispatch reports part of the cruiser Tacoma crew was landed yesterday after the ship ran aground on a reef near Vera Cruz. The remainder of the crew and the commander remained aboard the vessel overnight.
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Tacoma
Associated Press
Washington
Vera Cruz
Navy Department
Last Democratic Convention Attendee Vo orhees To Attend 1924 Meet
John R Vo orhees a 94 year old descendant of Tammany Hall and the sole survivor attendee of the 1868 Democratic National Convention will be present for the 1924 convention opening in New York on June 24.
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Associated Press
New York
John R. Voorhees
Tammany Hall
Horatio Seymour
Egyptian cabinet resigns after Zaglouist victory
Cairo dispatches report the Egyptian cabinet resigns in consequence of the electoral victory of the Zaglouists and the Nationalists.
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London
Cairo
Widow of Mississippi lumberman dies in Pasadena
Clinton Iowa January 18 Mrs Lafay ette Lamb widow of Lafayette Lamb pioneer Mississippi Valley lumberman died yesterday in Pasadena California according to word received here today The family was identified with the firm C Lamb and Sons lumbermen established here in 1865
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Clinton
Iowa
Lafayette Lamb
Mississippi Valley
Pasadena
Calif
Senator Francis Arrives in Moscow for Maryland Business
Former United States Senator Francis of Maryland arrives in Moscow on January to pursue business matters. He is met by local officials and schedules meetings with diplomatic contacts to discuss financial and political ties between Maryland and Russian entities.
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Moscow
United States
Francis
Maryland
Butler vows promotion for first officer to kill a bandit
In Philadelphia on January 18 General Butler pledged that the first policeman who kills a bandit will be promoted as part of his campaign to clean up the city.
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Philadelphia
General Butler
Railway official killed by Chicago Northwestern train
A Bramsdell assistant director of personnel and assistant vice president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway was killed early today by a Chicago and Northwestern train in northern Chicago. He had reportedly left a sanitarium shortly before his death.
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Chicago
A. Bramsdell
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
Chicago and Northwestern
Mrs Drinkwater Granted Divorce On Statuary Grounds
London Jan 18 Mrs John Drinkwater was granted a divorce here today from the author of Abraham Lincoln Robert E. Lee and other historical plays. The decree was awarded on statuary grounds.
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London
John Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E. Lee
Muscatine Muskies Even Series With Nationals Victory
In Muscatine Iowa last night the Muscatine Muskies defeated the New York Nationals 16 to 14 in the second game of their series, leveling the set with one win each.
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Muscatine
Muscatine Muskies
New York Nationals
Armed Robbery At Sioux City Cafe Reported
In Sioux City Iowa two armed men entered a cafe this morning and forced nine occupants into the kitchen. They robbed them and split up with one robber taking the money and fleeing while the other began beating a member of the group.
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Sioux City
Robber Knocked Unconscious After Des Moines Hold Up
A robbery ended with the suspect knocked unconscious. Police report the captive was taken to the station where he gave the name George Schoen and an address in Des Moines.
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George Schoen
Des Moines
Labor back Norris Sinclair bill to form farming finance body
Washington representatives of organized labor urged the House agricultural committee to back the Norris Sinclair bill creating a farmer and consumers financing corporation. In a Senate hearing, Benjamin Marsh of the National Farmers Council said farmers lost at least 5 billion dollars in 1923.
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Washington
Organized Labor Today
House Agricultural Committee
Norris Sinclair
Farmer and Consumers Financing Corporation
Senate Agricultural Committee
Benjamin ©. Marsh
National Farmers Council
Pastor Defends Name in Divorce Case Testimony
Chicago January 18 Reverend Carl D. Case of Oak Park First Baptist announced plans to fight to restore his name after being drawn into Albert R. Leland's divorce suit. Leland testified his wife confessed love for the pastor amid testimony.
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Chicago
Carl D. Case
First Baptist Church of
Oak Park
Albert R. Leland
Van Sickle Dies on Street Car in Sioux City
Fred E. Van Sickle aged 61 collapsed and died on a street car in Sioux City late last night. The incident was reported this morning with no further details about cause or mourners available.
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Sioux City
Fred E. van Sickle
Blakesly Charged With False Pretenses In Columbus
Lee Blakesly twenty four from Springfield Missouri arrived for a marriage but is jailed in Columbus Nebraska on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Columbus
Nebr
Lee Blakesly
Springfield
Plan to Improve Disabled Veterans Facilities Under Langley Bill
Director Hiney of the Veterans Bureau told the House Public Building Committee that a program for disabled veterans facilities would pass with the Langley bill providing 6,500,000 dollars. It calls for a national volunteer soldiers home at Sawtelle Colorado with 600 beds costing 1,500,000 dollars.
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Washington
Hiney
Veterans’ Bureau
House Public Building Committee
Langley
Sawtelle
Colo
Change of venue sought in Ruhles and Leonard highway robbery case
Dr. Renn B. Uhles and Frank Leonard faced a preliminary hearing in Oklahoma Kansas on charges of highway robbery. A motion for change of venue was presented and recessed for decision. Leonard, a patient at Uhles sanitarium in Overland Park, is accused of aiding in robbing milk dealer L. D. Breyfogle of $500 in liberty bonds.
Des Moines Reverend named Buena Vista College president
The Rev. Everet L. Jones of Des Moines was named president of Buena Vista College by the board of trustees. He will assume the presidency on June first, succeeding Dr. Arthur M. Boyd.
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Storm Lake
Everet L. Jones
Des Moines
Buena Vista College
Jones
Arthur M. Boyd
Supreme Court decision awards Union County seven thousand dollars
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court ruled for Union County in R E Witham's suit over $8000 in land damages tied to the Creston Afton highway. Witham, who farms west of Creston, had previously received $850 for fence and land damages. The county earlier sought dismissal. Judge Evans sided with Witham, but the high court reversed, finding for the county.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Union County
R. E. Witham
Creston
Afton
Witham
C. B
Q. R.R
Board of Supervisors
District Court
Evans
Iowa Supreme Court
Maupin Hanged as Rope Breaks at Fort Madison
Roy Maupin, an African American man from Carney Iowa, was hanged at 7 26 a m for the murder of Joe Hayes. The rope snapped midway but doctors declared death by neck fracture occurred, and the body was to be sent to Des Moines for burial.
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Associated Press
Fort Madison
Roy Maupin
Joe Hayes
Carney
Maupin
T. P. Hollowell
Des Moines
House Debates Petition Rules for Discharge of Committees
Washington on January 18 reports the House again debated new rules allowing members by petition to seek discharge of committees for legislation. The chamber failed twice yesterday to fix the required number of petitioners.
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Washington
House
Trotsky Resigns Posts. Kamenov Appointed in War Council
Reports from socialist quarters claim Trotsky has resigned all posts in Soviet Russia and Leo Kamenev is named his temporary successor in the war council. General Budenny is said to become the Red army’s prospective commander.
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Berlin
Trotsky
Russia
Leo Kamenef
Budenny
Red Army
Sioux City Boxing Star Turns Pro Wrestler
Sioux City, Iowa, January 18. “Big” Man, a former University of Nebraska athletic star, known for a knockout prone pugilistic career against Jack Clifford of St. Paul and Charley Paulson, announces he will quit boxing and enter the ranks of professional wrestlers.
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Sioux City
Univeristy of Nebraska Athletic
Jack Clifford
St. Paul
Charley Paulson
Moran to Box Dundee in 15 Round New York Bout
Pat Moran of New Orleans will fight featherweight champion Johnny Dun Dee in a 15 round bout in New York on February 1, announced today.
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St. Louis
Pat Moran
New Orleans
Johnny Dundee
New York
Star pitcher withdraws plea to be free agent
Chicago January 18 Urban Shock er star pitcher of the St Louis Browns withdrew his plea to be declared a free agent. He asked Commissioner Landis to dismiss his case against the St Louis club.
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Chicago
Urban Shocker
St Louis Browns
Landis
St Louis
Normand in Nervous Collapse Over Courtland Shooting Case
Mable Normand the film actress showed complete nervous collapse and could not attend Horace A. Greer hearing in Denver on New Year’s night following the shooting of Courtland 8 Dines. The testimony was postponed per a certificate from Dr. Dudley Fulton.
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Los Angeles
Mable Normand
Courtland
Dines
Denver
Horace A. Greer
Greer
Dudley Fulton
Ford Buys Little Red School House
Detroit on January 18 Henry Ford purchased the little red school house where as a youth he learned little from formal schooling over fifty years ago. The quaint building with a sloping roof bell cupola and steps has not been used for two years and Ford offered no plan for its use.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Little Red
Henry Ford
Baker Not Candidate For Political Office
Former secretary of war Neywton D. Baker rejects a St Petersburg dispatch claiming he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination. He says he has had no contact with Milton Young for a year and favors no candidacy while concentrating on foreign policy and U.S. entry into the League of Nations.
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Associated Press
Cleveland, O
Neywton D. Baker
St. Petersburg
Milton Young
Baker
TI J
United States
League of Nations
Farm Bureau Supports McNary-Haugen Bill At Iowa Meeting
Des Moines Jan 18 resolutions at the fifth annual Iowa Farm Bureau federation convention endorsed the McNary-Haugen Bill for an agricultural export corporation and urged tax restraint. The group also backed creation of a state agricultural department, adoption of Torrens title, and development of Midwest waterways. All officers were re elected.
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Des Moines
McNary-Haugen
Agricultural Export Corporation
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Mid-West
Three Thousand Banished From Moscow Island Or Siberia
Moscow officials announced that three thousand people have been banished from the city. The targets were sent to the Island of Solovetsky in the White Sea or to Siberia as part of a campaign to rid Moscow of objectionable elements.
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Kureki
Solovetak
White Sea
Siberia
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