Roxie Stinson Reveals More Justice Deals
Miss Stinson testifies before the Daugherty committee in Cleveland detailing alleged blackmail attempts by A. L. Fink and related whiskey schemes tied to Harry Daugherty. She describes confrontations, arrests for fictitious names, and a push to keep silent. Also cited are references to Jess Smith, cabinet positioning talks, and a telegram about securities in a safe deposit box.
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Washington
Roxie Stinson
Jess W. Smith
Daugherty Committee
Cleveland
A. L. Fink
Buffalo
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Fink
Harry Daugherty
Senator Jones
Jess Smith
Mr. Daugherty
Chicago
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Hammon
Daugherty
Smith Smith
Dr Zoe Wilkins Life Story Outlined By Relatives
The Associated Press reports that Dr Zoe Wilkins was slain in Kansas after a life described as troubled by failed marriages drugs and mental illness. Her brothers and sisters gathered with Charles Wilkins and said they believe he is not involved and dismissed talk of wealth as unfounded.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Zoe Wilkins
Charles Wilkins
Iasaneo
Alleged Seducer Is Held at Cedar Rapids
Harold Perry wanted for Des Moines on a seduction charge was arrested in Cedar Rapids. He will be sent back to Des Moines tonight. Perry claims a frame up and a badger game, and says he will hire attorneys to fight the case. He is employed by a Kansas City firm.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Harold Perry
Des Moines
Perry
Kansas City
Reformed Bandit Sees Explosion From Senate Testimony
Los Angeles March 22 Al Jennings the former train robber now active in religion real estate and politics prepared to depart for Washington to testify before the senate or investigating committee He predicted that his testimony on the alleged $1 000 000 price paid for the 1920 Republican nomination would meet the inflamed oil investigation atmosphere and trigger an explosion that will rock the country.
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Los Angeles
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Washington
Senate
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Sinclair
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Hays
G. D. Wahlberg
Hinkle Hays
Will H. Hays
Oil Committee Today
Harry F. Sinclair
Ladd
Waleh
Spencer
Couri
Congress
Bursa Republican
New Mexico
Cheyenne
Freight Rates Largely Follow Base Level Since 1867
Chicago March 22 Freight rates have shown little change relative to wholesale prices over 40 years, per a National Transportation Institute survey. The study maps rates and prices from 1867 to 1924, noting two major price trends, a postwar peak in 1920 and a sharp drop in 1923, with freight costs exerting minor influence on overall price movements.
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Associated Press
United States
Research Councill
National Transportation Institute
Research Council
Tourists Stranded in Kansas Blizzard Await Aid
130 automobile tourists are marooned in Kendall and other western Kansas towns by a week long blizzard. Many are ill and lack medical aid while officials mobilize Hamilton County crews to clear roads and provide relief. Provisions have been hauled to farmers by sleds.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Kendall
Western Kasas
Davis
Hamlton County
Kansas
No Hope For Japs In Damaged Submarine
Tokio March 22 news reports that 18 men trapped in the after compartment of submarine 48 off Sasebo were abandoned by rescue efforts this afternoon. Twenty six sailors drowned when the vessel sank after colliding with a warship on Wednesday. the remaining 18 crew likely perished from suffocation. An inquiry will be held next week.
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Axe
Tokio
Sasebo
Assembly May Adjourn Until July For Code Completion
Des Moines reports a proposed extra session adjournment on April 4 and reconvene July 1 to let former members handle affairs at home and push code bills to completion. Dialogue questions feasibility and printing limits, as most members can return after April 10. Senate passes legalizing act for a Black Hawk county poor farm building. tax exemption amendments discuss mortgage property limits.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Senate
Mentz
Audubon
Banta
Delaware
Black Hawk County
Shinn
Harrison County
Police Restore Order At Democrat Meet
Des Moines rally of Polk county Democrats turned violent over delegates to the state convention in Davenport on April 3. Police restored order as factions split into two delegations to settle their dispute in the convention city. The clash stemmed from the leadership contest between Wilbur Marsh and Clyde Herring for the national committee post.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Polk County
Davenport
Wilbur Marsh
Clyde Herring
Clinton Man Endorses Channel Development
Halleck W Seaman of Clinton representing the Mississippi Valley association endorsed before the house rivers and harbors committee a bill for channel development in the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri rivers. He argued the plan would move Texas phosphate Florida potash and Muscle Shoals nitrate up the system and open the South American market for farming implements while bringing nearer to the Midwest raw products such as agar hemp sugar copper and tin.
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Associated Press
Washington
Halleck W Seaman
Clinton
Mississippi Valley Association
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Florida
Midwest
Weekly Weather and Global News Briefs
Weather outlook for the week in the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys calls for generally cloudy skies with snow at the start and again midweek and near normal temperatures. Adolfo De La Huerta, Mexican rebel leader, moves toward Frontera Tabasco to prepare for harsher warfare. General Robert Nivelle, Verdun commander in the European war, has died in Paris.
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Associated Press
Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missouri Valley
Galveston
Tex
Adolfo de la Huerta
Obregon
Frontera
Tabasco
Adolfo Jimenez
Paris
Robert Jeorge Nivelle
Verdun
Senate critic says soldier bonus bill cost too low
In Washington on March 22, Chairman Smoot of the Senate Finance Committee warned that the house estimate for the soldier bonus bill at 2,119,000,000 dollars is far too low. The remark signals possible revisions as lawmakers study the bill's funding.
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Washington
House
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Mine Workers Move to Explore Union Bank Feasibility
Des Moines report says the executive committee of the Mine Workers during a convention was instructed to investigate creating a bank controlled by the union. The panel will report to a special union committee likely this summer.
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Des Moines
Mine Workers In Convention Here
High School Championship Decided Tonight
Cornell Bluffs faces Sioux City in a state high school basketball final after eliminating Mason City and Fairfield in the late tournament. Also, transit strikes halt Omnibus and tramway service affecting about 3 500 vehicles with possible subway worker join in.
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Boone
Cornell Bluffs
Sioux City
Mason City
Fairfield
Two Youths Acquitted as One Gets One-Year Term
Munich reports two young men acquitted while a third receives a one year sentence for conspiring to kill Dr Van Kahr, former Bavarian military dictator.
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Munich
Dr van Kahr
Army Citizens Training Camps announced for August
Omaha, March 22 The United States Government will conduct three Citizens Military Training Camps in the Seventh Corps Area from August 1 to 30, 1924. Eligible are young men 17 to 24 of high character. Camps aim to develop fitness, discipline, and citizenship with outdoor and athletic coaching. The government pays travel, meals, lodging, uniforms and medical care.
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Omaha
United States
Seventh Corps
Army of the
Frank Crane
Citizens Military Training Camps
Nebraska
Sinclair to Be Charged With Contempt in Oil Inquiry
Washington March 22 by unanimous vote the oil committee certified Harry F Sinclair to the senate for contempt for refusing to testify. Proceedings next consider contempt before the senate or transfer to D C district attorney for grand jury.
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Harry Sinclar
Associated Press
Washington
Oil Committee
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
District of Columbia
Crowd attends funeral for drowned Mason City lads
Mason City filled First Methodist Church to pay final tribute to Arthur Tomby and Howard Ross, two of three 8 year old boys who died in Willow Creek on Tuesday. The third lad, Hobbard Gilbert, had been buried the day before. the turnout was described as the largest ever at a local funeral.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Arthur Tomby
Howard Ross
Willow Creek
Hobbard Gilbert
Jail term figures mark liquor law crackdown in Iowa
Des Moines report on ten months of 1923 shows 1,335 prosecutions for liquor law violations yielding 394,080 dollars in county funds. Jail sentences were rare with Clinton and Kosciusko counties each approving lengthy terms. Tama county imposed two sentences. The broader crime survey noted 1,648 jail punishments in ten months, up 60 percent from 1922 and 100 percent from 1921, led by larceny with 118 resulting in prison at Fort Madison or Anamosa.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Don A. Gibson
Ben J. Gibson
Clinton
Kossuth
Tama County
Davis
Fort Madison
Anamosa
Mutiny Rumor Dims After Queenstown Attack
Dublin reports fading echoes of Free State army mutiny as a Queenstown attack on a British troop detachment injures 21 and kills one. Four badly hurt victims were among a party of about 50 including wives and children. General Tobin, linked to the mutiny, remains at large and denies involvement. The incident prompts a protest from President Cosgrave.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Free State Army
Queenstown
Free State
Cosgrave
Spike Islad
Beenpants
Tobin
Worker Falls Forty Feet At Round House
Burlington report states Anton Rosendahl of Cedar Rapids, Rock Island railroad employee, fell forty feet to the ground this morning while working at the local round house. He was unconscious at first but later recovered consciousness and said he felt fine with no memory of the fall. He is not seriously injured.
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Associated Press
Burlington
Anton Rosendahl
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Round House
Speer Plans Local Semi Pro Baseball Team in Creston
G N Speer aims to form a semi pro baseball team in Creston using largely local players. With Lefty Bird Mike Augustine and Speer in key roles, the plan emphasizes community support, clean play and a low-cost setup modeled after methods in nearby towns.
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Bird
Mike
Augustine
Speer
Dimilar
Battery
Atlantic
Corning
Bedford
Chariton
Winterset
Creston
Ile
Rainbow Veterans Endorse Glenn Haynes for Iowa Governor
Des Moines reports copies of a District of Columbia Rainbow division veterans resolution urging Col. Glenn C. Haynes for Iowa governor. The March 14 resolution signed by Logan J. Purcell and Morris B. Daw cites integrity honesty fearlessness and efficiency as reasons he would benefit the state.
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Theistrict
Columbia
Rainbow Division
Glenn C. Haynes
Iowa
Ben Summerhay
Washington
Logan J. Purcell
Morris B. Daw
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