Pass Bill to Increase Inheritance Tax In Iowa
The Doolittle inheritance tax bill passed 67 to 34, boosting state receipts by one million. It raises rates on nonresident inheritances to 50 percent, increases collateral heirs tax, and cuts widow exemptions while expanding other exemptions. A separate coal mine tax was rejected 18 to 27. A code revision session may be called after the governor reviews the committee report.
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Iowa
Gr Mi
Senate
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Eaton
Kendall
Dutcher
Joint
Chancellor Cuno attacks French over Essen deaths
Berlin dispatch reports Chancellor Cuno rejecting French officials' regret for the Krupp plant killings in Essen. He says Germans offered to reach understanding and cites Hughes plan as solution. Also notes a pending special legislative session and missing House official Hauge amid school funding debates.
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Illinois Legislature Opens Herrin Riot Hearings
The Illinois House committee will begin secret investigations of the Herrin mine riots this afternoon excluding the public and press. Likely witnesses include Governor Len Small Adjutant General Black Col Sam Hunter and Attorney General Boundage. An open hearing will be held in Herrin to call alleged mob members without secrecy.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Herrin
Representative McCarthy
House Committee
Len Small
Black
Sam Hunter
Boundage
McCarthy
Herriv
Americans Donate Over 100 Million to Near East Relief
The Associated Press reports that since the armistice Americans have given more than 100 million dollars for Near East relief. Beneficiaries exceed 5.6 million, including about 250,000 children, with aid distributed across Turkey, the Caucasus, Southern Russia, Greece, and the Aegean Islands.
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Europe
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Black Sea
Mediterranean
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Alexandropol
Iowa Senate Upholds Nepotism Ban on Public Officials
Des Moines April 10. The senate passed the Hauge nepotism bill prohibiting public officers from employing relatives within the third degree. Provisions exempt current deputy county officers during their present terms. upon house concurrence the bill moves to the governor for approval.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
State Senate
Senate
House
Senate clashes as lobbyists return after removal
A skirmish over six lobbyists ends with their removal from the senate chamber then they reoccupy seats in the back. Reports indicate a Quincey Willis audit on State Treasurer Burbank will be handed to the state executive council today. Two re appointments to state offices were sent to the senate J H Striff and J Ray Murphy. Several bills were withdrawn at the house opening including highway code Torrence land title Knutson fishing license and funding for normal teacher training. Conger and Mrs Davin are in Washington today.
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Burbank
Wwernd
State Board of Parole
House
Woman Leader Opposes League On World Court Debate
Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton, national Republican women’s chairman, opposes league of nations endorsements and U.S. acceptance of the world court. At a Des Moines luncheon she said the republicans refuse to back the league, signaling a conflict with forthcoming league resolutions. The convention includes speeches by Sir Robert Cecil and Herbert Hoover, with Hoover addressing a mass meeting on America’s responsibility for world peace. Governor Kendall and Judge Florence Allen also scheduled to speak.
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Iowa
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United States
World Court
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Harriet Taylor Upton
Elyria
Ohio
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Upton
Robert Cecil
Herbert Hoover
Commercce
Ruth Morgan
Willard Straight
New York
Lafayette Young
John Brigham
J. N. Marling
J. B. Weaver
Tes Moines
Hoover
Miss Morgan
Smoking Fish with Mahogany Sawdust Technique
A brief note describes smoking fish over sawdust from mahogany wood to impart flavor, using slow burning in a camp setting. The method highlights the use of wood smoke and steady heat for preserving and flavoring fish in outdoor cooking.
Germans Are Placed Under Arrest Today
In Schranhhorst on April 10 the French arrested Herr Edward Hamm secretary to the chancellor of the Cuno cabinet and former Prussia premier Adam Siegerwald. The latter two were released while Hamm remains in custody over officials barred from the occupied zone. In Dortmund on April 10 Hugo Steines and his wife arrived after French guards detained them at Lecharnhorst and released them following baggage searches.
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Herr Edward Hamm
Cuno
Adam Siegerwald
Prussia
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Herr Hamm
Dortmund
Hugo Steines
Lcharnhorst
Chief of I R I Rebels Chief Captured Near Castle
Dublin April 10 Liam Lynch chief of staff of the British irregulars has been captured by free state forces near New Castle after an engagement in which he was seriously wounded The official announcement came this afternoon confirming the capture.
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Liam Lynch
Lynch
Free State
New Castle
Thackeray and the Pantomime Adorer
William Struke Thackeray was a fervent admirer of pantomime and never missed a show if possible. He admitted that very few men could expect to see all the pantomimes of a season.
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Thackeray
William Struke Peace
Fire kills five at Iowa farm home near Smithland
A man and four children died in a morning blaze that destroyed the Colonel Bol farm home two and a half miles west of Smithland Iowa. The victims are John Babb 41 and children Harry 13 Bessie 11 Opal 9 and James Babb. Colonel and Mrs Babb and two other children survived after severe burns.
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Sioux City
Colonel Bol
Smit’land
Iowa
John Babb
Colonel Babb
Harry Babb
Bessie Babb
Opal Babb
James Babb
Interstate Commerce Commission declines to reopen case
The Interstate Commerce Commission denied petitions for reconsideration of a ruling requiring railroads to publish mileage rate books at reduced rates. A garbled shopping pitch for crystal candle sticks and bowls followed in the text despite the official dispatch.
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Ph Avene
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Way Down Upon the Suwannee River Ballad Noted
The Suwannee River rises in southern Georgia near the Okefenokee swamp and runs about 300 miles south southwest through Florida to the Gulf of Mexico at Suwannee bay, celebrated in the ballad.
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Georgia
Okefenokee
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Suwanee Bay
Origin of Wrongful Things Phrase
A reflective quotation discusses why people commit wrong actions revealing that many acts occur despite conscience once a clear decision is disregarded. attributed to Rev. Robert A. Watson.
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Les Dublows
Robert A. Watson
Mare Mara Legends Hollowed Jewels Describe Nine Demons
A historical note explains mare as a corruption of mara, describing nine malevolent demons believed to possess a nest of treasures and jewels in tradition. The account frames the myth as local lore tied to ancestral beliefs.
Davenport Saloon Keeper Dies by Suicide in River
Ernest Wentsel, former Davenport saloon owner, walked into the Mississippi River for fifteen feet and shot himself in the brain this morning. He had suffered melancholy over Prohibition for several years, and this worry is believed to have prompted the act.
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Associated
Treas Davenport
Mississippi River
Ernest Wentsel
Davenport
Cedar Rapids Box Factory Destroyed by Fire
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Enterprise Box factory in Cedar Rapids early today, causing damage estimated at 40,000 pounds.
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Cedar Rapids
Enterprise
Bavaria CLAIMS Wittelsbach Estates From Imperial Rulers
Bavaria wins state ownership of Wittelsbach castles palaces and properties once held by imperial rulers to 1918. The state will fund upkeep and convert sites to museums while preserving key residences like Nymphenburg and Würzburg.
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Associated Press
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Wittelsbachs
German Empire
Ludwig III
Angrty
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