Iowa Senate Deadlock Prompts Dark Horse Talk In Des Moines
Des Moines February 4 The Iowa senate stalls after fifteen ballots with Kenyon leading at 66 votes and Young at 43 as factions swing between Kenyon Funk and Porter. Debate on the Harding bill and road laws continues as legislators, including farmers, weigh standpatters against progressives in a beleaguered session.
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Judge Kenyon
Punk
Young
Claude Porter
General Assembly
Garst
Cady Chase
Stillman
House
Olson
Boomgarten
Senate
Missing Philadelphia postmaster vanishes on pier
Aged Philadelphia postmaster Richard L. Ashhurst, 72, disappeared last Monday night from the Longport shore. Police believe he may be dead after a witness placed him on the pier at 4:30. Dragging of the ocean bed and beach searches continue as family members search quietly and await news. Also noted is the ongoing case of Dorothy Arnold, heiress, still missing with no leads pointing to her whereabouts or ransom.
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Atlantic City
N. 1
Bob
Richard L. Ashhurst
Philadelphia
Woodruff
Ali
Ashhurst
Mini
Marlborough-Bienferm
Longport
Jana Adnans
Arnold
New York
Dorothy Arnold
Quaker City
Young Explains His Ship Subsidy Vote
In Des Moines Feb 4 Senator Lafayette Young explained his senate vote for the ship subsidy measure. He argued American ships should carry mail to Central and South American points and that it is unfair to send mail to Europe first. He added the U S will not reap full Panama Canal benefits unless shipping industries are encouraged and repeated that the West will oppose the East on the Canadian reciprocity issue.
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Des Moines
Lafayette Young
Senate
Europe
U. S
Panama Canal
Young
Commerce Court Judge Takes Oath
Judge Mack of Chicago was sworn in as a member of the new commerce court today The oath was administered by Judge Peter S Grosscup in the U S circuit court The brief ceremony was witnessed by many lawyers and friends The judge has long served on the Cook County bench
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Chicago
Mack
New Commerce Court
Peter S. Grosscup
U. S. Circouit Court
Cook County
Persian cabinet member shot in Tehran as politics roil
San Ed Dowlah, Persian minister of finance, was shot dead in the street in Tehran. Armenians suspected. two assailants fled but were pursued. The killing comes amid fierce parliamentary battles over American advisers and the cabinet’s future, with Dowlah a key reform figure who once led education and later finance.
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Teheran
Perala
San Bd Dowlah
Sani Hada Dowlan
Thursady
U. S
Frevehmen
Chamber of Deputies
Rusaia
Great Britain
Finance
San Ed Dow- Jol
Legation
Believing Sight Restoration Delayed By Test of Faith
Pittsburg February 4 Miss Margaret Shipley a Mekkeesport blind girl who fasted eight days to test her faith will lead an all day prayer meeting tomorrow After Sunday night services she and a dozen friends expect her vision to return If not recovered soon her father May seek to end the services for her health
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Pittsburg
Margaret Shipley
Mekkeesport
Misa Shipley
President White Welcome to Miners in Iowa
Two thousand citizens greeted John P. White newly elected president of the United Mine Workers at his home in Oskaloosa. A parade led by the Iowa Brigade band escorted White to the Bagtes lodge where a formal reception was held.
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Ottumwa, Ja
John P. White
United Mine Workers
Oskaloosa
Iowa Brigade
White
Bagtes* Lodge
Child killed as tank falls on boy in Livermore
In Livermore Iowa on February 4 the four year old son of T. E. Miller station agent for the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway was killed before his father when a wind toppled a tank onto the child.
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Des Moines
Iac
T. E. Miller
Minneapolis and St. Louis
Livermore
Prussian Population Figures Reach Over Forty Million
Berlin reports official Prussia population at 40,157,573 as of December 1, with a rise over the last five years slightly exceeding the rate of the prior census period. The release, dated February 4, outlines the latest census figures and the modest growth.
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Berlin
Prussia
Mrs Leslie Carter Plans Installment Debt Repayment
New York February 4 Mrs Leslie Carter known privately as Mrs Caroline Payne proposes to creditors to repay all debts on an installment plan. The move comes after an involuntary bankruptcy petition by Simon Lind for 2000 dollars. Payne's assets are about 1000 dollars with liabilities around 20000 dollars as she would hand substantial income to a trustee chosen by creditors while keeping enough to meet ordinary expenses.
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Leslie.carter
New York
Leslie Carter
Caroline L. D. Payne
Simon Lind
Tariff and Senate Doubt Over Reciproc ity Bill Fate
Washington Feb 4 Chairman Payne of the ways and means committee said hearings on the Canadian reciprocity agreement will close next Thursday at 5 pm. The Senate finance committee postponed further action on the tariff board bill until next Tuesday, with Democratic opposition seen to block passage this session. Senator Borah pressed a direct election of senators, moving the program forward amid Republican resistance. In other news, Jefferson F. P. Moser sued Secretary Meyer to place his name on the naval retired list as rear admiral, not captain.
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Washington, D.C
Payne
Ways and Means Committee
House
Tariff Board
Senate
Senate Committee On Finance
Gorah
Borah
Idaho
George von L. Meyer
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
Jefferson, FP. Moser
California
Mr. Moser
Weather forecast for Midwest and Plains regions
Weather forecast from Chicago for February 4 notes Iowa and Minnesota fair tonight with increasing cloudiness Sunday. Missouri and South Dakota expect increasing cloudiness with warmth tonight and Sunday. North Dakota and Montana forecast fair conditions, warmer tonight, with Montana possible snow in the west. Sunrise 7 00, moonset 1 07 p m.
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Chicago
Iowa
Timneis
Missouri
Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Christmas Now in Puerto Cortez Remains in Command
General Lee Christmas arrived with part of his forces to take over Puerto Cortez after government forces evacuated the city. He will command until the arrival of former President Manuel Bonilla, amid a cordial local demonstration. Puerto Cortez is the Atlantic coast port of Honduras.
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Puerto
Cortez
Honduras
New Orleans
Lee Christmas
Christmas
Manuel Bonilla
Cavilla
Washington
Hayti
Prince
Fort Liberty
Onanam- Intat
Terou
State Department
Furniss
Port Au Prince
Haitain
Gonaives
Cahobas
Arranged for Manslaughter in New Jersey Powder Boat Disaster
Eight defendants including seven Central Railroad of New Jersey officials and Dupont De Nemours Powder company workers and Captain James Healing of the destroyer powder boat faced manslaughter charges over the Commuunipan dynamite explosion. They waived examination in Jersey City and were ordered held under bond awaiting the Hudson county grand jury. Bail amounts were set by Judge Blair after the others waived examination.
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New York, Keb
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Dupont de Nemours Powder Company
James Healing
Tha Jtutherina W
Commuunipan Jas
John W
Queen of
Second Criminal Court
Jersey City
Hudson County Grand Jury
Blair
Court of Oyer
Powder Company
Chastine M. Snyder Dies at Des Moines
Des Moines reports the death of Chastine M. Snyder aged 64 a general clerk in the governor's office and a well known old soldier He is survived by sister Mrs Frank Flatton wife of a former Washington Post owner The item notes the date February 4 and location Des Moines.
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Des Moines. In
Chastine M. Snyder
Gov. Carroll
Frank Flatton
Washington Post
Des Moines Petition Canvass Completes with Surplus Signatures
Des Moines Iowa February 4 completion of the canvass shows 7 787 signatures on the brewery petition, about 1 000 more than required. The final tally confirms a substantial surplus over the threshold for the measure to proceed.
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Des Moines
Des Moines, Ja
Des Moines Brewery
Officer's Name Stricken From Rolls After Disappearance
London February 4 Lieut Broderick Fermor Hesketh of the Ninth Lancers is removed from army rolls for absence without leave. A royal line of aristocrats is cited. he vanished after leaving his mother's home on October 26 en route to dinner. Last seen arriving at Kingston Ireland the next morning. The family suggests a possible voyage to the Nile or the world beyond. a worldwide search yielded no clue.
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London
Broderick Fermor Hesketh
Ninth Landers
Leutenant
Thomas George Fermor
Mermor-Hesketh
Wm. Sharon
U. S
Nevada
Fermor Hesketh
Florence Emily Sharon
Royal Military College
Trinity College
Cambridge
Wastern Neston
Tenchester
Kingston
Ireland
Juarez Warned as Insurrection Near Border City
Pago Texas Feb 4 A renewed exodus from Juarez follows notice from General Orozco that an incident will occur without delay. Officials desert, guards mobilize, refugees crowd the Paso border as reinforcements are not sighted. U S authorities warn foreigners to leave Juarez while Mexican forces mass near the city.
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Pago
Texas
Juarey
Pascaqualo Orozco
Mexico
Orozco
Juarez
Friends
Juares
Chihuahua City
Republic
Mexico Cty
International ‘Bridge
HE Paso Bora
Orazcols Wardle
Ciudad Jacarez
Mex
Martinez
Onate
Jesus Orozco
Juan Baragon
Juare
Ality
General de la Blanca
Bauche
Porinte
Henorts
Dorante
Rauchman
Diaz
Salgado
Marfa
Eugene PF. Warren
United States
Rio ‘Grande
Archbishop Ryan Shows Jims Improvement After Night
Archbishop Ryan in Philadelphia shows signs of improvement after a bad night as doctors report his heart remains weak with the archbishop resting under careful observation.
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Archishop Ryan
Philadelphia
Beth
Ryan
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