Daugherty Ordered to Bed for Rest in Washington
Attorney General Daugherty, 63, is ordered to bed by his physicians due to a heavy cold and high blood pressure. He may be away from his office for two to three weeks, remaining at his hotel and attending only to pressing business. He recently vacationed at French Lick Springs and has been intermittently at his desk since his return.
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Washington, D. C
Daugherty
French Licke Springs
Washington
Mr. Daugherty
Bootleggers Travel in Convoys on Puget Sound Routes
Federal prohibition agents report bootleggers operating between British Columbia and Puget Sound have begun traveling in convoys with a pilot car to warn of danger. Four men were arrested and two automobiles with a quantity of whisky were seized in the crackdown.
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Seattle
Wash
British Columbia
Puget Sound
Disappearance of Kaufman Store Manager After $25,000 Cash
Mortimer E. Lautman, general merchandise manager at Kaufman department store in Pittsburg, vanished after cashing a $25,000 check and setting out for New York. A special police detail searched for him but could not learn his whereabouts.
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New York
Mortimer E. Lautman
Kaufman Department Store
Pittsburg
Real Estate Dealer Sues Over Dice Loss in Chicago
Joseph A. Kibert, a Chicago real estate dealer, sues for $35,000 claiming he was trimmed in an African golf dice game by William Co. Brown, Michael V. Shortail and George Schneider after misled bets. The suit accuses the players of unfair gambling practices and improper conduct in the game.
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Dice
Chicago
Joseph A. Kibert
William Co. Brown
Michael V. Shortail
George Schneider
Kibert
Two Youths Confess Mulder Autotheft and Slaying
Elcento Cal-Frank Campbell and Charles Davis both 18 at arrest confess to killing Leslie Nicholas insurance man with body found in the desert northeast of Niland. Nicholas served in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Two bullet wounds reported.
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Mulder
Elcento
Cal
Frank Campbell
Charles Davis
Leslie Nicholas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Niland
Louisiana Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in 1921 Murder Case
The Louisiana supreme court refused a rehearing for six men convicted in the Dallas Calmes murder at Independence in May 1921. They were sentenced to hang, leaving only an appeal to the U S Supreme Court as a path to a new trial.
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New Orleans
Louisiana Supreme Court
Dallas Calmes
Independence
United States Supreme Court
Episcopal school fund drive reaches 738000 in ten days
Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts, national campaign chairman, reports $738,000 raised toward the $1,000,000 goal for the Episcopal theological school in Cambridge at the close of the first ten days.
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New York
Bishop Lawrence
Massachusetts
Episcopal Theological School
Cambridge
Pearl Found in Oyster at Chicago Diner
Lieut. Axel Jensen of the detective bureau found a pearl the size of a pea while eating oysters in Chicago. His teeth struck a hard object that proved to be the pearl embedded in a pint of oysters.
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Chicago
Lieut
Axel Jensen
Detective Bureau
Lieut. Jensen
Dead Woman Reanimates at Funeral in Milan
In Milan a sensational event occurred as the body of Maria Bettesini rose from her coffin just as the funeral began. The woman had collapsed earlier and showed no signs of life until that moment.
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Milan
Maria Bettesini
Rancher J W Reed Found Dead Near Crofton Neb
Prominent rancher J W Reed was found dead in an abandoned house near his ranch in Crofton Nebraska. He had been ill but his condition was not considered serious.
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Crookston
Neb
J. W. Reed
Treasury orders coast guard aid to curb smuggling
The Treasury in Washington ordered all coast guard stations to assist in stopping smuggling linked to a liquor fleet off the New Jersey coast. Other items note the $498 million Senate independent offices bill, rising hog numbers, and various Washington political moves and incidents.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Coast Guard
New Jersey
Independent Offices
Senate
Paris and London Dispatches Report Near East Tensions
A London dispatch warns of a new Near East war threat as British and Turkish leaders clash over Mosul. Paris reports Germany’s Ruhr quietly linked to France, while Essen denies imminent hostilities. A farewell dinner honors Ambassador Warren and Masano Hanihara in New York.
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Mosul
Near East
London Dispatch
Paris
France
Germany
Ruhr
Tokyo
Charles B. Warren
Masano Hanihara
United States
Essen
Berlin
Band of twelve men plunder Chicago vault of whisky
A group of twelve men bored into a basement vault in Chicago and spent the night moving 600 cases of whisky by trucks valued at 75000 dollars. A Baltimore dispatch reports a mild influenza epidemic in Maryland with 564 cases in 18 days of January and 143 cases in January 1922. Nearly 200 cases are at the Naval Academy. Governor Blaine at Madison nominated Adolph Kanneberg of Milwaukee to the Wisconsin railroad commission.
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Chicago
Baltimore Dispatch
Maryland
Naval Academy
Blaine
Madison
Wis
Adolph Kanneberg
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Iowa News Roundup Highlights Bond Votes and Local Events
Eleven nations attend the Cosmopolitan club in Iowa City as voters consider an 850000 bond for Sioux City schools and improvements. The piece notes sheep clubs across eleven southeast counties, a Duroc sale in Iowa City, and visits by locals including Mrs. Ghoreyeb and Earl Duncan. It covers rural credit talks, a murder verdict with life imprisonment, a 1923 publicity push for Iowa, tax timing reform for farmers, school sick-day costs, and a historic gavel gift from Iowa to the Kiwanians.
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Iowa City
Sioux City
John Hobbs
Palestine
Albert Ghoreyeb
Hazel Titus
Spencer
Earl Duncan
Muscatine
United States
Fortieth General Assembly
Greater Des Moines
Hotel Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Mitchellville
County Board of Supervisors
B. F. Kneeskern
Castalia
Irene
Charles van Brocklin
Register and Tribune
Chicago
New York
Senate Committee
Shinn
William R. C. Kendrick
Iowa Senate
Blake
Fayette County
R. P. Fagan
State Board of Health
Tuck of
Corning
Attorney General
Kendall
Des Moines
Kiwafis Club
E. E. Strawn
Edgar R. Harlan
State Historical Department
House of Representatives of
Mississippi Valley
Lincoln
Early Fortieth General Assembly Marks Broad Legislative Activity
Unanimous House support for seating women in the chamber opens the session. The Iowa General Assembly reads the state highway commission recommendations, signaling possible major highway clashes if a bill aligns with federal aid rules by 1926. Bills pour into the hopper as the Senate shows readiness to revise the code and speed up work.
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State Highway Commission
Senate
Fortieth General Assembly
Thirty-Seventh
General Assembly
Highway Commission
County Boards of Supervisors
Commission
Iowa
House Journal
The
J. P. Gallagher
Iowa County
Congress
Bureau of Roads
Washington
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John S. Nolan
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Dwight M. Kinder
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