Keota native Kreger led death-penalty cases in France
Keota Iowa December 12 1919 Brigadier General E A Kreger once judge advocate general of the expeditionary forces in France says there were eleven legal hangings of American soldiers. He explains appeals only to secretary of war and the president and notes Kreger served in the army law department in France during the war.
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Keota
Iowa
Watson
France
E. A. Kreger
Kreger
Army
William Kreger
United States
Cuba
Popocatepetl Erupts As President Observes Outburst
Mexico City reports Popocatepetl blasting ash 2,500 feet high as President Obregon watches from Chapultepec castle. Aviators sent to assess danger report rumbling and lava flow. Warnings issued to nearby villages, which have long since deserted amid successive intensifying eruptions.
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Mexico City
Mex
Associated Press
Popocatepetl
Obregon
Chapultepec Castle
Cherry's Daylight Shoe Store Ad Offers Wide Comfy Range
Our many designs in ladies and children's Comfys will offer you a wide range to select from. See our window. Cherry's Daylight Shoe Store.
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Cherry’s
Bank Hold Up Netted About Twenty Nine Thousand Dollars
Six bandits robbed the Bank of Panama in Greenville Illinois between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars. They held up seven men in a nearby poolroom and wounded an automobilist mistaken for pursuer. The robbers fled in an automobile.
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Associated Press
Greenville
Ill
Panama
Bank of Panama
Two Fingers Lost As Girl's Hand Is Caught In Machine
Miss Jessie Davis of 410 Main Street lost two fingers when her right hand was caught in a belt at the Weber pearl button plant. The second and third fingers were torn away and the index finger badly crushed but no amputation is needed. Doctor A J Oliver attended the case and she was taken to Hershey hospital.
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Jessie Davis
Main Street
Weber Pearl
A. J. Oliver
Hershey Hospital
Fire destroys Brown elevator in Bondurant blaze
A fire of unknown origin last night destroyed the Brown elevator in Bondurant Iowa causing $25,000 in damages. Several carloads of corn and other grains were burned.
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Des Moines
Bondurant
Robbery suspects held in Oakville released
Three men taken into custody at Oakville after a Saturday night robbery at the Joe B Fuller grocery were released Sunday afternoon. Ful ler and two customers identified none of the three as the culprits, while a fourth man escaped. Investigations prompt alerts in nearby towns.
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Oakville
Joe B. Fuller
Mr. Fuller
Henry Loesche
John Fanning
Muscatine
Fuller
Women Protest New Peace Pact At Armament Conference
In Washington on December 12 the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom adopted resolutions condemning the four power pact and urging universal disarmament and arbitration. Miss Jane Addams led a protest march after the meeting, leaving protest banners on the Pan-American building steps calling for disarmament and world peace. The group also urged aid to war famine victims and political prisoners and supported China’s inclusion in international agreements.
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Washington, D. C
Sunda
Msas
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
League
Jane Addams
Chicago
China
Supreme Court Rules Oil Transport Tax Valid and Interstate Commerce Precedent
The Supreme Court in Washington holds the West Virginia oil and gas pipeline privilege tax valid. The court also rules Kentucky registration law cannot restrain corporations engaged in interstate commerce. A revised temporary order lets Chicago Board of Trade operate after December 24 to align with the futures trading act.
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Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Board of Trade of Chicago
Women Thugs Rob Man in Des Moines Holdup
Charles E. Lockard reported to police in Des Moines that two women thugs robbed him of $6.25 and a gold watch at 7 30 this morning at his location.
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Des Moines
Charles E. Lockard
Former Consul Dies in South
Chattanooga Tenn Dec 12 H Clay Evans former United States commissioner of pensions and consul general at London 1902 1905 died suddenly at his home 78 years old Evans served in the 51st congress as a Third Tennessee representative and was twice named governor on the face of 1894 returns before a legislative recount overturned it He remained a delegate at large to Republican national conventions from 1892 to 1916.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
H. Clay Evans
United States Commissioner of Pensions
London
Funeral services for Maxwell W. Matteson
Maxwell W. Matteson, a St. Paul business man killed in an oil field near Breckenridge Texas, will have funeral services at Decorah Iowa his birthplace on Wednesday or Thursday. he formerly belonged to a local brokerage firm.
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Bury Minesotan
Iowa
St. Paul
Minn
Maxwell W. Matteson
Breckenridge
Texas
Decorah
Matteson
Dominion official Rourke takes poison in suicide
Ottawa reports that R. E. Rourke, comptroller of the currency for the Dominion government, ended his life by swallowing poison in a fatal act.
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Ottawa
R. E. Rourke
Dominion
Women mob storms mine near Pittsburg Kansas
A mob of about 2 000 women and relatives of striking miners blocked Jackson-Walker mine No. 17 in Franklin and prevented 125 workers from returning to work. They halted motor cars and interurban trains near the mine, with sheriffs powerless to intervene. Plans of further demonstrations at nearby mines were reported.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Howat
Jackson-Walker Company
Franklin
Jackson-Walker
Gould
Junction Man Held On Assault Charge Hearing Waived
Columbus Junction Iowa December 12 Fred Cosgro of this city arrested on a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily injury on his father was taken to the county jail at Wapello by Sheriff Fred Schwab Cosgro waived preliminary hearing and is held to appear before the grand jury to answer to the charge Schools To Close The Columbus Consolidated schools will close for the holidays Tuesday evening December 20 and re open Wednesday morning January 4 Church Planned The Ladies Aid society of the Reform church will have a social at the home of Mrs J S Blair Monday evening December 12 Members and friends invited and bring a free will offering The Ladies Aid at Cotter will serve a chicken dinner at noon and an oyster supper at the I O O F hall in Cotter Thursday December 15 Miller Wagner Paul Miller married last week to Miss Irma Wagner wedding at Washington Harry Davis of the Welsh neighborhood departed for Wymore Nebraska on a business trip Mrs Fenton Hammond of Cotter visited relatives here Saturday Mrs John Thompson of Wapello visited her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Reece the last of the week
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Fred Cosgro
Ciay
Wapello
Fred Schwab
Cosgro
Columbus Consolidated
Ladies’ Aid Society of the Reformed Church
J. S. Blair
Miller- Wagner
Paul Miller
Bollenbach
Irma Wagner
Washington
Harry Davis
Wymore
Neb
Fenton Hammond of
Cotter
John Thompson
Charles Reece
Jailbreak by O Connor and accomplices shocks Chicago
O Connor Darrow Le Porte and Sponagel escaped from a Chicago jail after subduing guards and seizing keys. Four cars were seized, one driver killed his own engine, and a chase followed with police pursuing the gunman who vowed not to surrender. A bishop was briefly questioned as a possible suspect.
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McDermott
O’connor
Big Man
O'Connor
Darrow
LePorte
Sponagel
Liberty
Joliet Penitentiary
Charles W. Morse Returns to New York Amid Inquiry
Charles W. Morse, ship building contractor under investigation in Washington, lands in New York with his two sons aboard the Paris. Four Justice Department agents are present but decline to discuss any warrant. Morse refuses to speak to reporters and says he will go to his New York home before traveling to Washington.
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Charles W. Morse
New York
Washington
America
Daugherty
Paris
Department of Justice
Wife of farmer takes own life at Iowa farm
Despondent over illness, Mrs. Ray Blankenhorn broke a carbolic acid bottle Sunday evening and died before Dr. W L Alcorn could reach the home near Ainsworth. Survived by husband and a 7 year old son David. Funeral plans not announced.
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Ainsworth
Ray Blankenhorn
Here
Four Power Treaty Critics Seized by Irish Freedom Group
The Friends of Irish Freedom, in a New York convention, pledges unwavering support for Irish independence and denounces the four power treaty as a betrayal of American principles. It calls the Irish Free State plan unacceptable unless full national independence is achieved and urges the U S Senate to reject ratification to avoid ceding naval supremacy.
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New York
Ireland
Friends of Irish Freedom
Senate
United States
Washington
Hughes
America
Great Britain
Hold Brother as Murder Suspect in Iowa Shooting
Decorah Iowa December 12 Mr and Mrs Cal Van Brocklin of near Frankville Winneshiek county were shot and killed yesterday A shotgun was the weapon used Sheriff C O Ellingson of Winneshiek county is holding a brother of Van Brocklin as a suspect No motive is known for the shooting.
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Decorah
Iowa
Cal van Brocklin
Frankville
Winneshiek County
C. O. Ellingson
van Brocklin
W. C. T. U. Meeting Held at Ainsworth Church
The W. C. T. U. met Tuesday afternoon in the Methodist Episcopal church parlors with county superintendent Mrs. Lucy Morgan presenting a report from the state convention. A ten cent tea was served and the social club plans an all day meeting at Mrs. Gladys Evans home on Wednesday.
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Ainsworth
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lucy Morgan
Gladys Evans
Seek Higher Ups in Whiskey Deals in Chicago
Walter G. Walker assistant chief of the bureau of investigation sought the higher ups in a whiskey ring reportedly handling over 1,000,000 dollars worth of liquor in the last year in Chicago. The ring is said to be directed by a group of federal city and police officers.
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Chicago
Ill
Walter G. Walker
Bureau of Investigation
Flood Hearing Opens in Imperial Valley Colorado River Plan
San Diego December 12 news that many Imperial Valley residents attended the opening hearing before Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall on government steps to develop the Colorado River to reduce flood danger. Arthur P. Davis, director of the reclamation service, accompanied Fall at the session.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Calif
Imperial Valley
California
Gardner Jury Disagrees in Mail Car Robbery Trial
A Phoenix jury failed to reach a verdict in the Roy Gardner case for the Nov 3 mail car robbery near Maricopa and was discharged. A second charge of attempted robbery in Phoenix will be tried immediately.
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Gardner
Phoenix
Ariz
Roy Gardner
Maricopa
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