Senate postpones Tuck law exemption bill in election drama
In Des Moines on March 18 the senate deferred action on the counties exemption measure tied to the Tuck law amid a request for county funding data. Attorney General Gibson said no county proper administration should face election cost issues and about 60 were initially thought unable to comply. The delay aims to secure authentic county findings while the chamber also debated subpoenas for county attorneys and a separate teachers' bill stalled for indefinite postponement.
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Associate Ad Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Senate
Elections Committee
Funau
Gibson
Dutcher
Johnson
Mantz
Audubon
Buser
Muscatine
Eaid
Genera
Iowa
House of Representatives
Scott
Appanoose
North Dakota Holds Preferential Primary
Voters in Fargo North Dakota cast ballots to select presidential preferences in a three candidate Republican contest and a single Democratic endorsement for W G McAdoo. Coolidge and Hirlam Johnson head the Republican ticket with La Follette urged by a late sticker campaign. Each party chose a national committeeman five presidential electors and multiple delegates while a referred law to remove party designations from state offices drew attention amid Non Partisan League opposition.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
W. G. McAdoo
Coolidge
Hirlam Johnson
California
Repblicia
la Follette
Paris Says Americans Prefer Short Skirts
Paris reports a spring fashion trend toward shorter skirts with hems 18 inches from the floor in some cases and four to five inches above the ankles generally. Parisiennes note American buyers favor shorter looks while many models are kept by buyers as 10 to 12 inch from the floor compromises. In Berlin, bright colors dominate and apple leaf green ceres and purple emerge as popular shades.
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Associated Press
Paris
Amercan
Berlin
Man claims raw onions can yield blood transfusions
Thomas Kane, who just described his fifty ninth blood transfusion, says eating 18 to 24 raw onions daily can produce a pint of blood each week. He notes he can repeatedly donate a pint without depleting his system and earns $50 to $150 per transfusion, while also eating carrots celery and rice.
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Associated Press
New York
Thomas Kane
House Accepts Bonus Bill Of Paid Insurance
The House passed the soldiers' bonus bill by a 355 to 54 vote after a 40 minute debate under rules requiring a two thirds majority. The measure provides paid up twenty year endowment life insurance and cash payments for veterans not to exceed 50 dollars in adjusted compensation, with daily service credits for home and overseas service. The bill now goes to the Senate amid expectations it may be altered.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Green
Treadway
Massachusetts
Howard
Nebraska
Dickinson
Missouri
Coolidge and Lodge Attacked Over Oil Disclosures in Senate
In Washington on March 18 the Senate heatedly debated oil disclosures and the Coolidge McLean telegrams. Senator Neely of West Virginia assailed Senator Lodge for defending the president and urged Coolidge to accept the results of his choice of Edward B McLean as adviser. He linked oil inquiries to big business and corrupt politics and criticized press attacks as attacks on free speech.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Senate
Senator Neely
West Virginia
Senator Lodge
Coolidge
Edward B. McLean
Neely
Lodge
United States
Roger Williams
Garver and Barton Lead Des Moines Mayoral Ticket
Des Moines voters nominated Mayor Carl M. Garver and former Mayor H. H. Barton for mayor at the city primary. John Macvicar, a three term former mayor, was listed as a low-watt candidate in the mayoralty race. Mrs. C. H. Morris, the sole woman on the current council, was renominated for finance commissioner amid strong support. Four Ku Klux Klan backed candidates were nominated H. H. Barton for mayor John W. Jenny for public safety C H Kies for city parks and Don Elles for municipal judge.
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Associated Prose
Des Moines
Carl M. Garver
H. H. Barton
John Macvicar
C. H. Morris
Ku Klux Klan
John W. Jenny
C H Kies
Don Elles
Knutson Faces Brav e Charges Hearing Held in Arlington
Representative Harold Knutson of Minnesota and Leroy Hull a 29 year old government employee faced a preliminary hearing in Arlington Virginia on grave charges. Officers testified Knutson offered his automobile as collateral for a $100 payoff and suggested settling out of court. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment as his allies from Minnesota accompanied him.
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Associated Preesy
Washington
Harold Knutson
Minnesota
Leroy M. Hull
Arlington
Virginia
Knutson
Newton and
Larson
John Wise
Arlington County
Burke
Hull
Wise
Bergdoll May Return Too In Draft Evasion Case
New York dispatches report Grover Cleveland Bergdoll the convicted draft evader who fled to Germany in 1920 may return to the United States to serve five years at Atlanta federal prison. The statement came via H I Blood of the American Legion and Norman Hapgood editor of Hearst’s International. Bergdoll said he would return at the legion’s urging. Cincinnati leaders warned against premature disclosures while national commander Jon R. Quinn questioned the timing and called for official confirmation.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
Germany
United States
Atlanta
H. l. Blood
American Legion
Blood
Norman Hapgood
Hearst
International Magazine
Legion
Eberbach
Baden
Berlin
Cincinnati
Jon R. Quinn
Grover Bergdoll
Noirman Hapgood
Letters From Fallen Mail Pilot Urge Fellow Flyers To Persist
Mrs. Kate Hyde-Pearson released two letters written by Capt. Leonard Brooke Hyde-Pearson, killed in Pennsylvania. The notes praise comrades and urge perseverance in aviation service, noting pilots risk lives for the world. Hyde-Pearson was buried locally, and posthumously honored with the British Distinguished Service Cross and the Victorian Order.
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Cleveland
Kate Hyde-Pearson
Santa Monica
Califf
Leonard Brooke Hyde-Pearson
Pennsylvania
Hyde-Pearson
Counterfeit Notes From 1837 1839 Found In Estate Records
Four counterfeit notes worth two three and five dollars appeared in old estate records. Two drafts on the Bank of Illinois dated January 16 1839 and two on the North River bank New York dated July 4 1837 were discovered. Burlington reports mayoral ticket backed by the commission government in yesterday's primary, with the current council renominated.
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Associated Press
Burfington
Illinois
North River
New York
Burlington
Thomas J. Smith
Commission
Washington responds to drunkenness charges from Tinkham
Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League rebukes Representative Tinkham as Washington is claimed to be more drunken than Paris. In New York the Herald and Tribune publish final separate editions, merging tomorrow as the New York Herald Tribune after sale to Reed.
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Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Paris
New York
New York Hearld
The
New York Tribune
New York Hearld Tribune
Herald
James Gordon Bennet
Frank A. Munse
Reed
Tribune
Keokuk Mayor Ro vane Faces Opponent in Election
Keokuk voters chose John W. Rovane to face challenger John R Carpenter in the upcoming election after yesterday’s primary. For council two seats are up March 31 with candidates W L Kirchner Henry Kesselring T J Hickey and W V Moran.
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Keokuk
John W. Rovane
John R Carpenter
W. L. Kirchner
Henry Kesselring
T. J. Hickey
W. V. Moran
Senate Passes Poincare Reform Measures In Paris
Paris reports the senate today approved Premier Poincare’s fiscal reform package. The left reportedly gained votes as the measure cleared the chamber.
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Paris
Senate
Poincare
Green and Gilman Nominated for Sioux City Mayor
Sioux City voters at the city primaries chose Frank Green and W Stewart Gilman for mayor. All incumbent city council members were renominated as about 18 000 ballots were tallied.
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Sioux City
Frank Green
W. Stewart Gilman
Navy oil lands economy plan outlined by Acting Sec Roosevelt
Washington reports Acting Secretary Roosevelt forecast a strict economy program for future administration of naval oil lands including Teapot Dome and California reserves if court decisions return them to Navy jurisdiction.
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Washington
Naval Oil
Teapot Dome
California
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Arbitration treaty report favorably by Senate committee
Washington March 18 The arbitration treaty negotiated by the United States and 16 other American nations at the fifth Pan American conference in Santiago las May was favorably reported today by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Washington
United States
Santiago
Las May
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aurora Star Ends as Bank Seizes Equipment
The Aurora Star ceased publication on March 5 after Peter Klein, president of the American National Bank, seized its equipment under a chattel mortgage. Much of the gear had previously come from Klein when he halted the Daily Volksfreund.
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Aurora
Ill
Star
Albert L. Hall
Elgin
John L Brown
DuPage County
Peter Klein
American National Bank
Klein
Volks Freund
Sam Platt Speaks At Rotary Meeting
Sam Platt of Van Meter Iowa spoke on Permanent Building at the Rotary Club gathering held Monday evening at the Iowana hotel. John R. Young was admitted as a new member as the meeting marked his first attendance.
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Sam Platt
van Meter
Rotary Club
Iowana Hotel
John R. Young
Benevolent Society to Distribute Clothing
The Union Benevolent Society will distribute clothing and shoes at the south side voting booth on Wednesday afternoon at 2 30 o clock. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald notes a critical opinion on McAdoo suggesting retirement to contemplate wealth and life’s joys.
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The
Union Benevolent Society
South Side
Dubuque
Local residents attend party at the Golf Club
Lyle Musmaker of Greenfield attended a Monday evening party at the Golf Club. Herman York, son of Mr and Mrs T E York of North Sycamore Street, returned home Monday evening from the medical detachment at the Army hospital Fort McPherson Georgia.
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Lyle Musmaker
Greenfield
Golf Club
Herman York
T. E. York
North Sycamore Street
Army Hospital
Fort McPherson
Georgia
Army planes begin second leg of world flight from Mather Field
Three Douglas aircraft of the U S Army start the second leg of a 30 000 mile world flight departing Mather Field Sacramento at 9 48 am bound for Eugene Oregon Major Frederick L Martin flight commander leads Lieutenants Lowell Smith and Leigh Wade followed by ideal weather The plan calls for arrival about 3 pm in Eugene with a overnight stop before proceeding to Sandy Point near Seattle omitting Vancouver Barracks Washington originally on the schedule In Santa Monica Lieut Erik H Nelson lands world cruiser No 4 at 9 29 am and will rest before a 1 200 mile hop to Sandy Point to join the other cruisers
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Associated Press
Mather Field
Sacramento
Calif
Douglas
United States Army Service
Mather Feld
Eugene
Ore
Frederick L. Martin
Lowell Smith
Leigh Wade
Sacramento Valley
Siskiyou Range
California
Oregon
Martin
Sandy Point
Seattle
Vancouver Barracks
Wash
Portland
Associated Priest
Clover Field
Santa Monica
Erik H. Nelson
Rockwell Field
Seatle
Denver Man Confesses Cruel Murder in Trunk
Fred Janssen, arrested in Pueblo, confessed to killing his wife and placing her body in a trunk shipped to California. He says he struck her with a hammer. doctors say the victim was alive when the trunk was sealed.
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Denver
Fred Janssen
Pueblo
Ogden
Utah
W. A. Rinker
Rinker
Janssen
California
Divorce Granted in Perry Case Over Cruel Treatment
Noah R. Perry was granted a divorce from Beula P. Perry by District Court Judge A. R. Maxwell. The petition filed October 18, 1923 cited cruel and inhuman treatment including kicking, hair pulling, and life threats. The couple married January 23, 1923, at Osceola and separated October 11, 1923.
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Noah R. Perry
Beula P. Perry
A. R. Maxwell
Mr. Perry
Osceola
Volunteer Firemen Will Meet Tonight
An oyster supper will be served tonight in the city hall club room for all members of the volunteer fire department. The event honors the department's service after a roof fire at Frank L. Stream's home last Sunday, funded by a $10 donation from Stream.
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Frank L. Stream
North Maple
Posse Pursues Mex Railway Pay Bandits
A joint force of El Paso and Mexican officers surrounded the Rio Grande area to capture five mexicanos who killed two El Pasoans and wounded two others while trying to seize a $15,000 payroll for the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad shop. Juarez troops and fiscal guns patrol the river as El Paso officers pursue the bandits.
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Associated Prean PE
Paso
Tex
el Paso
Rio Grande
Probers Hear Of Deals Te Liqour Sales
Senate committee hearings reveal ties between the deal to show fight films and liquor cases as Attorney General Daugherty and the Justice Department face cross examination. Witness Will H. Orr describes possible retainers and payments, mentions liquor withdrawals and drug companies, and ties lotteries to prosecutions. Mace Stewart testifies the department knew of certain lotteries but did not prosecute.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Will H. Orr
Whiteman
New York
Orr
Wheeler
Howard Mannington
Green House
K Street
Jess Smith
Central Drug Company
Emmerald Drug Company
Mace Stewart
Galveston
Tex
Bounty Paid For Wolf and Six Pups in Union County
Union county records show a total of 34 dollars in wolf bounties paid Monday. Ray H Markus presented six wolf pups at the courthouse yesterday but was told to take them to the basement to kill them before the four dollar each bounty. The pups, claimed to be three or four days old, were found in a den ten miles southeast of Creston last Sunday. A ten dollar bounty rewarded Paw Reipe for an old wolf killed near the Elliott farm in Platte township.
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Union County
Ray H. Markus
Court House
Creston
Elliott Farm
Platte Township
Mrs. Sarah Sadler Dies at 71 in Creston Home
Mrs. Sarah BE Sadler died this morning at 5 30 at her home 503 North Pine street Creston at age 71 She had lived in Creston five years previously farming in Lincoln township for twenty years Survived by two sons Chas F Sadler of Creston and William A Sadler of Lincoln township Funeral arrangements to be announced later
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Sarah BE. Sadler
North Pine Street
Creston
Lincoln Township
Chas. F. Sadler
William A. Sadler
Swanson Returns Home From Winter Set Visit
D A Swanson arrived home in the morning after a visit in Winter set and Lorsimor.
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D. A. Swanson
Winterset
Lorsimor
Officials Had Oil Stock Ties in Naval Reserve Leasing
Public officials including Attorney General Daugherty and Senators Curtis and Elkins held Sinclair or Doheny oil stocks around naval reserve leases. Daugherty bought 100 Pan-American shares and sold for 543.50 profit. Slemp and others made trades, with records noting various purchases and profits amid the 1922 leasing activity.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Curtis
Kansas
Elkins
West Virginia
C. B. Bascom
Slemp
Coolidge
Sinclair
Doheny
Naval Oil Reserve
House
A B
Rouse
Kentucky
Wells Goodykoontz
I. Himes
Ohio
Thomas J. Ryan
New York
Oil Committee
Louis F. Bon
Federal Trade Commission
Pan-American
California
Sinclair Stock
Sinclair Consolidated
Bond
Senate
Elking
Mexican Petroleum
P. W. Slemp
Mexican Seaboard
Dusal a Capitalist Dies at Florida Hotel
Col. H. Reiman Dusal, president and chairman of the American Beet Sugar Co, died at a Florida hotel. He served as a director of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, the Eastern Railway of California, and the American Car and Foundry Co, and was a trustee of the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Col. H. Reiman Dusal
Colnel Dusal
The
American Beet Sugar Company
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Eastern Railway of California
American Car and Foundry Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Shannon City Youth Dies at Home in Shannon City
Mrs. George Ford of West Montgomery Street received word of the death of her nephew Juan Gustin this morning at 12 30 o clock at his Shannon City home. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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George Ford
West Montgomery Street
Juan Gustin
Shannon City
Funeral for Mrs. Ermina Waggoner in Massena Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ermina Waggoner of Massena will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Christian church in Massena. She died Sunday morning at the Greater Community hospital.
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Ermina Waggoner
Massena
Greater Community Hospital
Christian Church
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W. B. Hibbs & Co
W. W. Spaid
Hibbs & Co
Fall
Price McKinney
Albert B. Fall
McKinney
Fallman
Henry Woodhouse
California Naval Oil Reserve
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