Means Trailed Tudor... Extensive Justice Dept Operation
Washington May 21 A description of an extensive detective operation by the Department of Justice regarding Gaston Means was provided to the investigating committee. Witnesses testified of a shadow group, five assistants, wire tapping, and an espionage system aimed at framing Senator Wheeler and railroading Means to prison.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Gaston
Senate
Daugherty
R. P Burrus
Department
Shadow
Means
Alaska FP. Davidson
Wheeler
Duckstein
H. C. Todd
New York
Montana
I. P. Burrus
Pettit
O’brien
Jess Smith
Sena
Caraway
Arkansas
Representative Woodruff
Michigan
Motion To Report Bill On Shoals Leasing Lost
In Washington on May 21 the Senate agricultural committee deadlocked 10 to 6 on a motion to report the Ford bill approving leasing of Muscle Shoals. The panel indicated it would report the Norris government ownership bill, with a Ford substitute possible if the Ford bid reaches the Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ford
Muscle Shoals
Senate Agricultural] Committee
Norris
Senate
Predict Solution Of Hammer Slaying Soon
Chicago police expected a breakthrough in the hammer slaying of James R. Barks after Mrs. Margaret Marks, one of eight suspects, summoned Lt. Alex Jenson for questioning. Jenson said she likely held key information and predicted a confession within the day. Barks was found dead with a hammer nearby and a towel around his neck.
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Associated Press
Chicago
James R. Barks
Margaret Marks
Alex Jenson
Marks
Burks
Drought Hits Southern and Western Iowa Crops
Des Moines May 21 drought across southern and western Iowa counties shown in the weekly weather and crop report. Rainfall since April 1 averages a third of normal with oats winter wheat and other crops suffering. planting 60 percent complete, fruit prospects good but need rain, frost damage reported in some counties May 11. No frost this morning and a possible light frost tonight remains.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Prese
Des Moine
Weather Bureau
Pre Volstead Liquor Covered as Household Goods
In Los Angeles Judge Paul Burks ruled in the case of C. T. Richmond versus Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance that intoxicating liquors bought before Prohibition qualify as household goods and are insurable. Richmond had insured five cases shipped from Ohio to California. the goods arrived without the liquor. The insurer argued no coverage for pilfered liquor, but the court held the policy paid for liquor, not bottles and boxes, granting the insured benefits.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Paul Burks
Supreme Court
C. T. Richmond
Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Company
Richmond
Ohio
California
Doisy May Continue With Chinese Plane
Shanghai May 21 Captain Pelletier Doisy French aviator who damaged his plane in landing here has overcome disappointment and is considering a Chinese plane offered by General Ho Feng Ling to continue his Paris to Tokio flight. If he accepts he will proceed toward Tokio within a week.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Pelletier Doisy
Paris
Tokio
Ho Feng-Ling
Daisy
Bids Considered For Clarinda Hospital Work
Des Moines May 21 The board of control considered 25 bids submitted for a new addition to the hospital for the insane at Clarinda. Thirteen bids covered excavation and construction. the rest were for installation of plumbing heating and lighting systems.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Board of Control Today
Clarinda
Tax reduction problems met by conferees
Conferees reach unanimous consent on a tax reduction bill with Simons schedule 40 percent surtax cap and 60 percent normal tax cut for incomes under 8 000, while Senate amendments on returns publicity and undistributed profits are rejected. Provisions on estate and gift taxes, earned income cut, jewelry tax, broker tax, and billiard tables adjust.
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Associated Press
Washington
Unanimou
Simons Democratic
Senate
Senate Republican Organization
Coolidge
Senate Democrats
House
Treasury
Mellon
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
More Klan Records To Be Shown Investigators
The Ku Klux Klan records will be brought to Washington for inspection by the Senate committee probing the Texas Mayfield election contest. Attorneys for George E. B. Peddy may visit Atlanta Klan headquarters, but the books will be examined in Washington. Tomorrow expected witnesses include E. Y. Clarke and Morris Mayfield.
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Associated Press
Wellington
Ku Klux Klan
Washington
Senate
Senator Mayfield
Texas
George E. B. Peddy
Mayfield
Atlanta
E. Y. Clarke
Imperial Giant
Klan
Gosset Greer
Dallas
Morris Mayfield
Standard Oil Men Testify Before DC Grand Jury
John D Clarke of Standard Oil Indiana and Frank E. Keisler of Pioneer Oil were among witnesses before the special oil grand jury in the District of Columbia supreme court. Also testifying were Gerald Hughes of Denver and B B Brooks and R E Wertz of Casper Wyoming. The Pioneer Oil company is linked to Teapot Dome claims once bought by Harry F. Sinclair after he leased the reserve. Houston, May 21 Four Humble Oil and Refining tanks hit by lightning at Webster were burning with damage estimated at 600000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
John D Clarke
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Frank E. Keisler
Pioneer Oil Company
Special Oil Grand Jury
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Gerald Hughes
Denver
B. B. Brooks
R. E. Wertz
Casper
Wyo
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Houston
Tex
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Webster
Late News Flashes from Across the World
In Muscatine a decomposed body identified as Isaac Mitchell, late manager of Kristen View Co. of Meadville, Pa., was found in the Mississippi River. In Melbourne a former altitude record holder Captain Andrew Lang was killed in a fog related car crash. In Tama County a farmer Dale C. Cole committed suicide due to ill health. In Washington a bill on railway property consolidation proposed by Senator Cummins of Iowa was endorsed by Secretary Hoover before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Isaac Mitchell
Kristen View Company
Meadville
Mississippi River
Here
Melbourne
Australia
Andrew Lang
Marshalltown
Dale C. Cole
Gladbrook
Tama County
Washington
Cummins
Republican
Iowa
Hoover
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Coolidge immigration bill action forecast after Reed conference
Washington May 21 action by President Coolidge on the immigration bill is forecast before week’s end after a conference with Senator Reed Republican Pennsylvania who led the bill in the Senate. Milwaukee May 21 Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess Mother Houses conference began with speakers including Emil G chintund in Omaha Audubon. May 21 Nine poisoned at a teachers and parents dinner from spoiled food. all doctors say patients are out of danger except one local case.
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Washington
Coolidge
Reed
Pennsylvania
Senate
Milwaukee
Wis
Conference of the Evangelical Lutheran Deaconess
Emil G. Chintund
Omaha
Audubon
Extra
Prison Labor Contracts Near Final Approval
Attorney General Ben J. Gibson was asked to rule on the budget director’s approval of prison contracts to be signed by the board of control before July 1. With Senate approval of Fred L. Maytag pending, final authority may hinge on his confirmation. The board has held talks with Reliance Manufacturing, Salant and Salant, and Sterling about extending prison labor work into 1926 27.
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Associated Press Des Manes
Ben J. Gibson
Board of Control
Senate
Fred L. Maytag
Newton
Maytag
Gibson
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Fort Madson
J. Wallace
Salant and Salant Company of
New York
Sterling Company
World Court Question Is Still Undecided
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee spent two hours in general discussion on world court proposals and adjourned without a decision. An effort to endorse Harding Coolidge proposals for present court memorship with reservations failed. No one voiced more than a hopeful early action on pending plans.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Harding
Coolidge
Watery eye among chicks links to dusty litter says study
New Hampshire farmers saved about 100 dollars per ton by home mixing of fertilizer last year. Researchers note dusty litter causes eye trouble in young poultry and other ailments like watery eye.
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New Hampshire
Banker of Des Moines Charged with Larceny
Mitchell S D May 21 James E Stewart deputy state bank examiner in charge of the C L Branson & Co bank here today swore out a warrant for the arrest of H T Fuller vice president of the Iowa Loan and Trust company on the charge of grand larceny. He allegedly took securities totaling 35505 15 from the Branson bank after its closure by state authorities on May 4. Fuller acted as agent for D H McKee president of the Des Moines firm which had purchased the Branson bank last winter and the securities were said to secure loans to the Branson firm. An Iowa official called the warrant a mistake arising from a mis understanding of facts.
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Associated Press
Mitchell
James E Stewart
State Bank Examiner
C. L. Branson & Co
H. T. Fuller
Des Moines
Iowa Loan and Trust Company
Fuller
Stewart
Branson Bank
State Bankng Department
D. H. McKee
Loan and Trust Company of
Branson Institution
O. L. Branson
Branson
McKee
Associten Rrese
J. M. Parsons
Mitchel
3. D
Des Moines Bank
Parsons
Branson & Co Bank
Branson & Co. Bank
South Dakota
Supervisors Seek Relief From Bus Traffic Costs
Boone May 21 Supervisors from ten districts met to discuss revising state motor bus laws to relieve counties of highway maintenance costs. Members complained buses damage roads and raise freight rates and road taxes. A committee was appointed to draft a resolution urging the legislature to revise the bus law.
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Associated Press
Boone
Wesley Johnson
Webster County
H. T. Cook
Boone Chamber of Commerce
Nebraskan Says Slush Fund Used By Lobdell
Senator Howell alleged a slush fund was used at times from an account held by former Farm Loan Board chairman Charles E. Lobdell in a local bank. He urged immediate Senate action for a special committee investigation, but the chair sent the matter to the Audit and Control Committee.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles E. Lobdell
Farm Loan Board
Howell
Republican
Nebraska
Senate
Former Seattle Mayor Charged With Theft
Former Seattle mayor Ole Hanson, now a Los Angeles real estate subdivider, faces a horse theft charge in Pasadena court. Clarence W. Basten alleges Hanson took a strawberry roan from his pasture. Hanson admits taking the hat but says the horse theft claim is a joke and the horse remains with Hanson on bail set at $1,000.
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Associated Proae
Los Angeles
Ole Hanson
Seattle
Pasadena Justice Court
Hanson
Clarence W. Basten
Basten
Enya
Bad Weather Delays World Flying Aces Over Japan
American army aviators circling the globe face delays at Hiloka phu Bay near Kushiro due to persistent fog and storms along Japan s eastern coast. An official dispatch from a Japanese destroyer notes plans to aid emergency landings, while warnings from the embassy and Tokyo observatory project possible further delays before Minato in northern Japan.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Hilokaphu Bay
Votorofu
Kurela
Navy Department
John PD. Ford
Ay Smith
Lowell H. Smith
Ford
Kushiro
Hokkaido
Tokio Central Observatory
Japan
Minato
Yetorofu
British Aviator Arrives in Akyab Burma from Calcutta
A British aviator, Stuart Maclaren, arrived at Akyab Burma today while flying around the world. He had departed Calcutta earlier and was reported by a dispatch received tonight.
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Associated Preae Shangha
Stuart Maclaren
Akyab Burmasi
Calcoutta
Injured Student Is In Serious Condition
Des Moines May 21 Paul Reece of Union Iowa remains unconscious in city hospital after a Rock Island train collision with the automobile carrying Des Moines University students. Miss Angeline Donoghue is recovering while James Hogee the driver is dead.
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Associand
P Des Moines
Paul Reece
Union
Iowa
Rock Island
Des Moines University
Angeline Donoghue
James Hogee
Hosper
Grandfather 71 Weds 85 Year Old in Richmond
William Wells aged 71 and Mrs. Mary A. Little Fair, both of Richmond, were married in Oakland yesterday. Mrs Wells is 85 with 15 children, 30 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren. Wells has four children, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
William Wells
Mary A. Littlefair
Richmond
Remus' Wife Arrested in Conspiracy Charge
Mrs. Imogene Remus wife of George Remus renowned bootlegger now in a Atlanta federal prison on conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act was arrested in Cincinnati Ohio today on a similar charge.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Imogene Remus
George Remus
King of
Federal
Atlanta
Probers Hear Shipping Board Opposed Strike
Thomas F. Rice testified before the House Shipping Board investigating committee that the Shipowners’ Association and the Pacific American Steamship Association faced Sherman law probes on the Pacific coast. He said the probe was prompted by Justice Department information from labor leaders, with suspected funding of anti strike efforts totaling about $1,250,000 and a $160,000 outlay in 1919 to oppose a strike via employment offices and private-operator contributions.
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Associa Press
Washington
Shipowners’ Association
Pacific American Steamehp Association
Pacific Coast
Thomas F. Rice
House (Hipping Board
Department of Justice
Rice
The
Shipping Board
Iit
San Francisco
Indicted Witness Linked to Film Transport Probe
Jasper Muma of New York, tied to Washington senate probes, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Newark for conspiring to transport film of the Dempsey Carpentier fight in interstate commerce. Tex Rickard named in the indictment along with four others and one corporation.
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Newark
N. J
Jasper Muma
New York
Senate
Washington
Tex’ Rickard
Runyon
Edward B
Gates Speaks at Kiwanis Meeting in Des Moines
The Kiwanis club held its regular Tuesday evening meeting at the Lowana hotel. Dr. George M. Gates of Lincoln Nebraska gave an engaging lecture and showed stereoscopic views of Yellowstone park. Monthly meetings run June July and August with the second Tuesday in July and August and the third Tuesday in June due to ministers’ hotel schedule.
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Kiwanis Club
Lowana
George M. Gates
Lincoln
Nebr
Gates
Yellowstone Park
Creston Briefs Highlight Local Movements and Visits
Corning business visitor Laude Stanley traveled to Creston for the morning. Afton resident Lauder Fleming visited Creston Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. G. V. Alexander visits Des Moines with the Dutton Stahl couple. Minnie and Gladys Wray of Afton spent Tuesday in Creston with friends. Bernard Tennant drove to Corning to see friends. Hatch Motor reports a Ford coupe sold to Leonard Blair of Creston. Vince Bradley Floyd Thompson Hugh Gray and John Bradley spent Tuesday evening in Lenox. Eric Joneson returned from Chicago to Creston. W L Leavitt of Cornell Bluffs spent Tuesday evening in Creston on business and social visits. Miss Cola Monroe of Omaha, here nursing at the hospital, returned home this morning. Grant Chapman from Ames college extension department arrived in Creston Tuesday evening for several days on business.
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Laude Stanley
Corning
Creston
Lauder Fleming
Afton
G. V. Alexander
Des Moines
Dutton Stahl
Minnie
Gladys Wray
Bernard Tennant
Hatch Motor Company
Leonard Blair
Vince Bradley
Floyd Thompson
Hugh Gray
John Bradley
Lenox
Eric Joneson
Chicago
W.L. Leavitt
Cornell Bluffs
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Shadow For Justice
Doisy
Clarinda Hospital
Simons
Bill
Standard Oil
Iowa Loan and Trust
Nebraskan
Lobdell
Remus
Dr. Geo. M. Gates
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