State House probe questions crookedness at meeting
Des Moines reports say state Superintendent P E McClenahan refused to discuss allegations linked to state departments. A joint legislative committee meeting considered irregularities with executive session policy to continue. John B Dorman, a school supplies dealer, testified as part of the inquiry.
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Des Moines
P. E. McClenahan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Legislative Committee
John B. Dorman
Anderson
Senate
Dorman
State Department of Public Instruction
House Tariff M en Fiddle Through Day in Washington
House tariff makers listened as W R Clymer of Columbus Ohio pressed for tariff protection for American violin makers. A local violinist demonstrated with fiddles from $10 to $1 800 while the hearing paused and the shorthand reporter sought a complete record of the testimony.
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Washington, D. C
House
Ways and Means
W. R. Clymer
Columbus
Clymer
Fordney
Arkansas
Building contracts to be cut twenty five percent
Webster City Iowa February 10 Wages in new contracts in building trades will be twenty percent lower for the ensuing year if notices sent to members of the Master Builders Association of Iowa today concerning wages and working agreements become effective in contracts Suggestions were made for new scales including a twenty percent cut in wages.
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Webster City
Master Builders Association of Iowa
Seek Anonymous Writer Linked to Death of Florence Stewart
Falls City Nebraska February 10 authorities said they will search for the anonymous writer of a letter attacking the character of Miss Florence Stewart a schoolteacher who shot herself Sunday night. The letter was written last July and addressed to Miss Stewart.
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Falls City
Neb
Florence Stewart
Spencer Memorial Chapel Gift Planned for Penn College
Oskaloosa Iowa Feb 10 announcement of a $50 600 gift by May E Spencer widow of Harry I Spencer to Penn college of Oskaloosa for a Spencer memorial chapel fund creation.
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Oskaloosa, Ja
May E. Spencer
Harry I. Spencer
Penn College of
Kansas Legislature Seeks $12 Day War Bonus Plan
A bill introduced in Kansas proposes a $1.00 daily bonus for veterans of the late war and calls for a bond issue of $255,000,000 to fund the program. The measure was launched in both houses as Topeka reporters noted the plan’s scope and funding.
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Kansas
Topeka
Kas
Weather outlook for Chicago next day
Chicago weather indications for the next twenty four hours show generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with unsettled east portions tonight and little change in temperature overall.
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Chicago
Weather Summary from Dr. H. M. Stanley Observations
Local observations by Dr. H. M. Stanley cover the past 24 hours ending 7 a.m. with snow or related precipitation noted. The report focuses on weather conditions, likely including temperature, wind, and visibility details as part of a daily meteorological summary.
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H. M. Stanley
Ohio House Votes for Soldiers Bonus Plan
Columbus Ohio February 10 by 11 to 0 the house adopted today the soldiers bonus resolution which had been adopted by the senate. The resolution provides for submission of a bond issue to the voters next November to raise money to pay bonus to Ohio soldiers in the world war.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Ohio
U S Knew Bergdoll Had Entered Germany
Philadelphia district attorney Charles D. McAvoy testified to the House military committee that the department of justice knew by last October Grover Cleveland Bergdoll a wealthy Philadelphia draft evader had escaped into Germany.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Germany
House Military Committee
Charles D. McAvoy
Armory Robbed in Oskaloosa. Guns Stolen
Oskaloosa Ia Feb 10 The cavalry armory here was entered last night and about forty automatic cavalry revolvers and a like number of rifles valued at more than $1 200 stolen No clue has been found.
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Oskaloosa
Germans and Belgians Clash in Aix La Chapelle
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam reports serious fighting between German residents and a Belgian patrol in Aix La Chapelle on February 10.
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London
Aix la Chappelle
Amsterdam
Farmer narrowly escapes explosion at haystack
Sioux City Iowa February 10 A Armstrong a farmer five miles from town nearly was blown apart when his fork pierced a canvas covering at a haystack. The blade hit a cache of dynamite caps nitroglycerin fuse and burglar tools. Police call it a miracle he survived.
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Sioux City
Armstrong
Here
White Says Demo Meeting Needs Not Urgent
New York Feb 10 George White chairman said a reorganization meeting of the democratic national committee on March 1 depends on the executive committee action Feb 17. He noted only one of forty nine telegrams urged the meeting and that sentiment appeared limited to the far west. He said he would act as the committee decides.
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New York
Democratic National Committee
Executive Committee
George White
Party for Wife Off Ben Smason to Jail
Ben Smason, 71, cancels a planned birthday party for his wife after his arrest for possessing five pints of whisky and twelve bottles of home brew. He appeared before a U S commissioner and posted a $1,000 bond, crying as he explained his intent. He said he only wanted a small celebration for his wife's 70th birthday.
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Kansas City
Ben Smason
Smason
United States
Woman Military Leader Executed by Bolsheviki
Balaklava Crimea February 10. Madame Rado chief of a Crimea band in the women’s military group called the green army has been executed with ten other members. Bolsheviks accuse them of forming soviets to plunder and indulge in drunken orgies.
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Balaklava
Crimea
Madame Rado
Green Army
Colby Refuses Facts On Japan Treaty Talks
Washington February 10 Secretary Colby refused to transmit to the senate committee information on negotiations with Japan. The issue concerns framing a new treaty responding to the California anti alien land law and its effects.
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COLBY
Japan
Washington, D. C
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
California
Diamonds a Drug on the World Market
Amsterdam reports a diamond downturn with nearly 8,000 of about 10,000 union members idle. Experts say financial stringency has replaced free spending, turning precious stones into a market drug even as prices are kept stable.
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Amsterdam
Diamond Workers’ Union
Antwerp
Bank Robbers Hit Valley Junction Branch Early After Opening
The First National Bank at Valley Junction near Des Moines was robbed of $1,000 in cash by three young men about an hour after opening. They forced three employees into another part of the room and escaped in an automobile.
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Des Moines
First National Bank
Valley Junction
Here
Filipinos Kill Two Americans in Riots Trial Under Way
Manila February 10 witnesses testified that constabulary soldiers fired a volley during riots on December 15 killing Augustus Jacoman an American army field clerk and Policeman James W Driskell an American after they had held up their hands. Seventy seven constabulary soldiers face murder charges.
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Manila
P. I
Constabulary
Augustus Jacom
James W. Driskell
Wireless voices cross country by telephone link
A fifteen minute conversation was held by wire and wireless telephone between Avalon on Santa Catalina Island and the steamer Gloucester off the Cane Cog fishing banks, a distance of 4,200 miles. Officials announced the voices were plainly audible.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Avalon
Santa Catalina Island
Gloucester
Price Cuts Hit Illinois University Enrollment
Urbana Ill Feb 10 Registration for the second semester at the University of Illinois shows a drop of several hundred students from last fall. Officials attribute the decline to reduced funds caused by lower prices for farm products and other commodities.
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Urbana
Ill
University of Illinois
Iowa Legislature Debates Bill to Limit Women’s Working Hours
Des Moines reports a bill to cap women’s work at 54 hours weekly across many industries with exemptions for canning and executives and penalties of 25 to 100 dollars or 30 days in jail for violators. Separately, senate discussed a chiropractors board with physician members. Knickerbocker marriage license fee increase was defeated. a duties bill would require railroads to build up to three miles of spur tracks on petition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Banquet Raid Targets Newark Mayor Honor Event
Prohibition agents raided Krueger auditorium in Newark after reports of illegal liquor at a testimonial dinner for Mayor Charles P. Gillen. Six agents cited affidavits of alcohol purchases at the event. A prior seizure of whiskey and champagne valued at $20,000 in a Stable was linked to tonight’s banquet plans.
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Newark
N. J
Charles P. Gillen
Krueger
Prohibition Enforcement
Harry E. Sands
Washington
Sands
Renewed search for man missing eleven years
A renewed search for Ira Reddish also known as Ira Davis, missing eleven years, was requested by his brother Robert Reddish of Alliance Nebraska. The brother said estate settlement of about 75000 dollars is impossible without news of the missing man. Reddish traveled from Des Moines to Chicago for the inquiry. the estate is in Lafayette Indiana.
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Chicago
Ira Reddish
Ira Davis
Robert Reddish
Alliance
Neb
Reddish
Des Moines
Iowa
la Fayette
Ind
Harding Back at Work After Vacation
St Augustine Florida February 10 President elect Harding resumes work after a three week vacation. He confronts a large backlog of correspondence and miscellaneous business that must be cleared before he can decide on cabinet appointments and other major issues.
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St. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Bryan Says Voters Must Control Democratic Party
Miami reports William Jennings Bryan at his winter home reacts to news of a New York announcement by Former Judge R Cooper of Nebraska that Bryan and his brother Charles plan a re organization of the Democratic Party.
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Miami
Fla
Democratic Party
William Jennings Bryan
New York
R. Cooper
Nebraska
Irish Republican Army Marches on Skibbereen in Cork
Reports from Skibbereen, county Cork, say an IRA detachment several hundred strong is marching toward the town. The Central News dispatch notes the march was observed today from Skibbereen.
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Irish Republican Army
London
Skibdereen
County Cork
Skiddereen
Anarchists Bomb Buildings in Rio Janeiro
Anarchists damaged the ministry of foreign affairs and the stock exchange in Rio de Janeiro with bombs early this morning. Police and emergency crews responded, and investigations began into the perpetrators and motives.
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Rio
Janeiro
Rio Janeiro
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The
Stock Exchange
Markets Report Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Cattle receipts 9 000 market better grades beef steers opened steady top steers 10.00 bulk 7.50 to 9.00 cows and heifers 600 to 6.25 canners and cutters 300 to 4.00 calves vealers 150 to 1150 hogs receipts 38 000 market fairly active steady to 15 cents lower top 85 bulk 200 lbs and down 9.15 to 9.75 bulk 220 lbs and up 8.10 to 9.00 sheep receipts 10 000 market generally steady closing grain and provisions notes and prices for Chicago include butter higher eggs steady and poultry live prices.
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Chicago
Local Cash Market Prices for Farm Staples and Poultry
Readable list shows prices for corn oats timothy hay straw wild hay thresher hay wheat clover seed timothy seed barley and poultry products including eggs hens springs old roosters stags ducks geese cream hides horse hides turkeys at various cents and dollars per unit. Units include 50c for corn 40c oats 15.00 for hay and 1.80 for wheat with other figures in a mixed commodity price table.
National Wage Agreements Remain Unchanged Denial Issued
Chicago February 10 The federal railroad labor board refused the American Association of Railway Executives bid to abolish the national wage agreements with the brotherhoods and set a new local basic rate for unskilled labor. The board said it lacked jurisdiction over operating costs and urged continuing the pending hearing on standard rules. B M Jewell AF L official defended unionism amid the dispute.
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Chicago, Ill
Federal Railroad Labor Board
American Association of Railway Executives
Brotherhoods
B. M. Jewell
Railway Employees Department
American Federation of Labor
W W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroads
Mr. Jewell
Chicago
Jewell
Sleeping Sickness Causes 26 Deaths This Year
New York officials report 26 deaths among 125 cases of encephalitis lethargica since January 1, with Health Commissioner Copeland stating the illness is not infectious though its cause is unknown. The disease is often seen as a post influenza condition.
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New York
Copeland
Senator Gronna Seeks $5 Million Seed Loans for Farmers
Washington Feb 10 The Senate Agricultural Committee approves the annual farm bill with an amendment by Senator Gronna Republican North Dakota proposing $5,000,000 for loans to farmers in burned regions to buy seed grain.
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Washington, D. C
Gronna
North Dakota
Senate Agricultural Committee
Senate Approves Immigration Bill in Senate Committee
The Senate immigration committee unanimously approves a bill limiting immigration from any one country to five percent of aliens from that country in the United States as per the last census. It serves as a substitute for the House measure aimed at drastically reducing immigration for a period.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Senate Immigration Committee
House
Oklahoma Lieut. Gov Trapp Faces Impeachment Fight
Oklahoma City February 14 Impeachment of Lieut Gov Trapp of Oklahoma for alleged fraud in bond purchases in Seminole and Adair counties is recommended in a report read by the investigation committee in the house Tuesday.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Gov
Trapp
Oklahoma
Simingle
Adair Counties
House
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W. J. Bryan
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