Prison Labor Contracts Face State Board Conference
Des Moines reports detail new prison labor contracts to be drawn by the attorney general and reviewed by the state board of control and legislative committees. Contracts aim to replace canceled agreements and avoid work interruptions in Anamosa apron and Fort Madison shirt factories. A special session may approve terms to boost returns, curb free-labor competition, and guide future prison labor policy.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Board
House
Senate
Board of Control
A. M. McColl
McColl
Gibson
T. D. Butler
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Connecticut
Tennessee
Idaho
Michigan
Forty First General Assembly
Carpentier to Box Gibbons July Fourth in Blue Sky Arena
Georges Carpentier of France and Tommy Gibbons of Saint Paul are set to fight July 4 in Floyd Fitzsimmons blue sky arena in Michigan City Indiana with Jack Dempsey among the financial backers. Dempsey has paid arena taxes and may back a Dempsey Firpo return on Labor Day. The rivals are expected to arrive at least a month before the bout.
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ind
Georges Carpentier
France
Tommy Gibbons
St Paul
Floyd Fitz
Immon
Blue Sky
Jack Dempsey
Fitzsimmons
Carpentier
Gibbons
McAdoo Wins Easily In Georgia Primary
McAdoo secured a strong victory in Georgia with 322 of 412 convention votes, defeating Oscar W. Underwood who gathered 72 votes. Returns indicate McAdoo will lead the state delegation to the April 23 convention in Atlanta.
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McAdoo
Georgia
Atlanta
W. G. McAdoo
Oscar W. Underwood
Underwood
Pupil Actors Smoke In Play Triggers High School Strike
Catskill high school students go on strike after four pupils in a class play smoke cigarettes despite a faculty order to remove smoking. About half the enrollment joins the action, following the suspension of one actor.
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Associated Press
Catskill, N .Y
Catskill High School
Woman Enters Murder Tangle in Kansas City
Kansas City detective work tightens around the death of Dr. Zoe Wilkins, a marital adventuress and osteopath. An unidentified woman allegedly entered Wilkins home, while police question three men and probe motives tied to a $300,000 fortune from her marriage to banker Thomas Cunningham.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Zoe Wilkins
B. F. Tarply
Dr. Wilkins
Dillard Davis
Wilkins
Thomas W. Cunningham
Joplin, Mo
Youth 18 Receives Reward For Help In High School Kidnapping
Milburn Reed an 18 year old man will get most of a 3500 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of three assaulters who abducted a Davenport high school girl last Saturday night. Reed told Deputy Marshall Henry Lupton about a boast heard and the tip led to the suspects’ arrest and confinement in the county jail. The three youths remain under guard amid fears of lynching with riot guns in use at the jail.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Milburn Reed
Reed
Henry Lupton
William Bremener
Only Bargain Hunters At Crown Prince Sale
London reports a sale of furniture and property used by the former German crown prince during exile in Holland. At Wieringen island the goods brought about 100 pounds with few American or English souvenir hunters present, mostly locals.
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Associated Press
London
Holland
Frederick William
Hague
Wieringen
Bonus Expected To Be Given Preference In Senate
Washington March 20 The senate finance committee is expected to grant priority to the bonus bill over the tax measure. Senator Watson of Indiana, a Republican, said the move would likely be proposed within a day or two and work could start on the bonus measure next week.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Watson
Indiana
Rickard Fight Film Deal Under Congressional Review
Washington reports on Tex Rickard and others in the Carpentier Dempsey film deal probe. Witnesses dispute the amount of kickback and whether Attorney General Daugherty proposed or approved a share for Tex Rickard, Jap Muma, Will Orr, and the unnamed Ike Martin. Spellacy backs some Holdridge claims but says he did not verify Muma’s statements.
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Washington
Tex Rickhard
Jap Muma
Will A. Orr
Ike’’ Martin
Daugherty
G. O. Holdridge
Department of Justice
Holdridge
Muma
Thomas Spellacy
Spellacy
Tex Rickard
Legion Leader Denies Bergdoll Promises
Associated Press says the Ameri can promise to Bergdoll included no immunity for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll a draft evader. Garland Powell of Indianapolis says the only promise was Bergdoll’s safe return to New York.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Grover Cleveland
Bergdoll
United States
Garland Powell
Indianapolis
Powell
New York
Keokuk Men Purchase Hominy Company Plant
Keokuk investors Rich Brothers of Keokuk will buy the Keokuk Plant of the bankrupt American Hominy company for 225000. The sale, approved by Referee in Bankruptcy Harry Parkin, sets tomorrow as the completion date. Bids on other properties are deferred to March 25.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Keokuk
American Hominy Company
Rich Brothers
Purity Oats Company
Harry Parkin
Local residents arrive and depart Creston for business and study
This morning in Creston several figures including C. Parker of Lincoln and B. Campbell from Des Moines visited on business. Judge Ray Maxwell headed to Osceola to preside over court. J. C. Lilly and Mrs. Frank Coen traveled from Omaha and Des Moines to Creston respectively for family and visiting reasons. Other locals such as G. D. Walker, William Hanson, Edw Graft, Will Mackin, Mrs. Mackin, Harry Cox, Mrs. Frank Harkness, George Scurr, and Carnel Thomas are noted for travel, visits, and school vacations tied to Ames, Iowa State College, and nearby towns.
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C. Parker
Lincoln
Creston
Ray Maxwell
Osceola
J. C. Lilly
Omaha
G. D. Walker
Bedford
B. Campbell
Des Moines
United States
Roy Gault
Frank Coen
North Elm Street
William Hanson
Afton
Hanson
Edw. Graft
Ames
Farm Bureau
Will Mackin
Mackin
West Jefferson Street
Harry Cox
Oskaloosa
Hawkeye Lumber Company
Frank Harkness
Iowa City
Marion
University Hospital
Navy base plan at Alameda disapproved by House Navy Committee
The House Navy Committee rejected the Navy Department plan for a Alameda California naval base by a 6 to 13 vote. In other brief items a push for women’s admission to the House of Lords faces another attempt next week. Germany prepares coins after the war amid one two three and five mark denominations. Anti monarchist demonstrations in Teheran prompt the crown prince to leave the palace.
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Associated Seas
Washington
Navy Department
Alameda
California
House Naval Committee
London
House of Lords
Berlin
Germany
King Albert Again Refuses Salary Increase
Brussels reports King Albert was the only state functionary to refuse the recent salary raise, as Premier Theunig announced. The day also carried notes on China Russia relations, Ulster affairs, U.S. census figures, a prominent Indianapolis writer’s death, a Texas seating challenge, and Coolidge legislative drive details.
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Brussels
Albert
Theunig
Senate adopts resolution on Weeks arms sale info
Washington March 20 the senate adopted a resolution calling on Secretary Weeks for full information regarding the sale of arms in Mexico. The action seeks documented details and official records from the War and State departments.
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Washington
Weeks
Mexico
Senate
Nearly 1000 Men In State Penitentiary
Fort Madison reports that the Iowa state prison has grown from 139 inmates at its founding to 886 in a recent official count. The piece notes its antiquity, location disputes, and historical context in early Iowa, including selection by territorial authorities and shifts in regional population centers.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Territorial Assembly
Allance
Ioowa
Burlington
Iowa City
Des Moines
Mason City
Waterloo
Keokuk
Mount Pleasant
Secretary to Sinclair Still Missing In Oil Committee Probe
Washington March 20 The Senate oil committee faced a setback as it sought to locate G D Wahlberg former Sinclair secretary who was to testify today It also pursued questions on bonds stock records involving Attorney General Daugherty and Will Hays The panel adjourned until tomorrow while continuing to examine Jess Smith accounts and other oil stock transactions.
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Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Daugherty
Willi Hays
Republican National Committee
Treasury
G. D. Wahlberg
Sinclair
Hays
Wahlberg
Ryan
Thomas H. Ryan
New York
Louis F. Bond
Bond
Sinclair Consolidated
Jess Smith
Smith
W. W. Spaid
Spaid
Hibbs & Co
Mexican Seaboard
Ryan J
T. J. Ryan
Thomas Jefferson Ryan
Federal Trade Commission
Sixteenth Street
Wardman Park Hotel
Willard
Dempsey's 1924 Plans Expected To Shift
Jack Dempsey's 1924 program is likely to be altered after negotiations with California interests. Manager Jack Kearns declined to specify details and will travel to Los Angeles for a conference and a definite announcement.
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Dempsey
Associated
New York
Jack Dempsey
California
Jack Kearns
Kearns
Los Angeles
Tractors Sold to Local Buyers in Iowa Sale
C B Elliott lists Fordson tractors sold to Karl Preston Lenox H L Chicken Arispe and George Preston Lenox in a local transaction.
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C. B. Elliott
Fordson Tractors
Karl Preston
Lenox
H. L. Chicken
Arispe
George Preston
No Clue To Slayer to Auto Salesman
Davenport dispatch reports no clue to the slayer of E. Colicott, wealthy automobile dealer. Colicott died at Mercy hospital after a Tuesday night shooting. A $500 reward is offered for the arrest of the killer.
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Associated Press
Davenport
E. Colicott
Colicott
Mercy Hospital
Predistrict declamatory contest brings 12 speakers to high school
Twelve high school competitors from 11 schools contest in a predistrict declamatory event at the high school. Gold medals go to first and second place winners advancing to the Dallas Center district contest on March 28.
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Dallas Center
Chariton
Creston
Clarinda
Corning
Carson
Conn
Blockton
Shenandoah
St. Mary's
Grand River
Trur
Marcia Perry
Dallag Center
Humteidt
Army Planes Resume Flight Along Coast
Major Frederick Martin and lieutenants Lowell H. Smith and Leigh Wade resumed the fourth hop in their world flight from Vancouver Washington toward Seattle. They began at 10 20 am with two planes from Vancouver Barracks and halted here overnight after heavy rain hindered yesterday’s leg.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
Wash
Frederick Martin
Lowell H. Smith
Leigh Wade
Seattle
Vancouver Barracks
Haynes Visits Creston as Gubernatorial Candidate
Col Glenn C. Haynes, estate adjutant and Republican governor nominee candidate, is in Creston meeting business and professional leaders this afternoon. He is accompanied by former state senator Charles H. Thomas Roy E. Burne and Arthur L. Huntington.
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Glenn C. Haynes
Creston
Charles H. Thomas
Roy E. Burne
Arthur L. Huntington
Patt Couple Welcome James Henry In Kent
Mr and Mrs Clair Patt of Kent announce the birth of a seven pound baby boy at their home on Wednesday. The child was named James Henry.
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Clair Patt
Kent
James Henry
Miss Garnett Tissue Returns Home For Spring Vacation
Miss Garnett Tissue arrives home Wednesday evening from Ames to spend spring vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Tissue, at 402 North Maple Street. She is a student at Iowa State College. John Collins of Collins Electric Co of Des Moines, who has been in Creston for business, made a trip to Greenfield Wednesday afternoon.
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George Scurr
W. C. Scurr
North Walnut Street
George
Iowa State College
Ames
Carnel Thomas
Chas. H. Thomas
West Jefferson Street
Miss Garnett Tissue
R. J. Tissue
North Maple Street
Miss Tissue
John Collins
Collins Electric Company
Des Moines
Creston
Greenfield
Compensation Bill Cleared House in Iowa Session
Des Moines March 20 The workmen's compensation bill passed the Iowa house this morning after extensive committee work and public hearings. The measure, framed as a labor employer compromise, allows 50 percent of a decedent’s compensation to dependents of an alien resident and raises burial costs from 160 to 150 dollars. The senate meanwhile approved the jury commission bill to create appointive commissions in counties over 14,000 population, while ex officio commissioners remain in smaller counties.
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Preass
Des Moines
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Qdompensaton Board
Johnson Men Admit Loss of North Dakota
In Fargo North Dakota March 20 Calvin Coolidge was conceded victory in the republican presidential preferential primary by a Johnson campaign statement citing a minority vote. Coolidge leads with 39 226 to La Follette 23 920 and Johnson 23 633 in the reported precincts with 1 207 of 2 058 counted.
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Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
Calvin Coolidge
North Dakota
Hiram Johnson
Coolidge
Robert la Follette
la Follette
Johnson
Ernest Patt Dies In Los Angeles
Charles Ernest Patt died Wednesday evening at 4 10 in Los Angeles where he had gone last June for his health. His home was in Kansas City where he had long been a real estate man. He was born May 14 1874 in Bradford Illinois and came to Creston with his parents in 1881. He married Maude Hubble of Afton who died three years ago. He leaves a daughter Mrs Dow Gorham of Goshen Indiana a son Ben at Lawrence New Jersey his mother Mrs W F Patt of Los Angeles a sister Mrs H K Gresnell of Los Angeles and three brothers W N Patt of this city Herbert L Patt and Ralph F Patt of Kansas City. Funeral and burial will be in Kansas City.
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Charles Ernest Patt
Los Angeles
Calif
Kansas City
Bradford
Ill
Creston
Afton
Maude Hubble
Dow Gorham
Goshen
Ind
Ben
Lawrence
New Jersey
W.F. Patt
H. K. Gresne
W. N. Patt
This City
Herbert L. Patt
Ralph F. Patt
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