Borah Named Chairman of Wheeler Indictment Inquiry
Senator Borah of Idaho was named chairman of the special senate committee to probe the Montana grand jury indictment of Senator Burton Wheeler. Other members include senators Melan, Sterling, Swanson, and Caraway. The panel also heard testimony on a telephone call by George B. Lockwood to Great Falls regarding Wheeler. Burns of the Justice Department said three agents worked in Montana on the Wheeler case. The committee pressed for Midland bank records tied to M. S. Daugherty as it considers a broader inquiry.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Mel#an
Connecticut
Sterling
South Dakota
Swanson
Virginia
Caraway
Arkansas
Daugherty Investigation Committee
George B. Lockwood
Republican National Committee
Great Falla
Mont
Wheeler
Arthur Lambdin
Telephone Company
Lockwood
Elvir Cohen
Rainbow Hotel
Palle
W. J. Burns
Secret Service
Department of Justice
Department
Montes
Hergeccainst
Burns
Post Office Department
Daugherty
Senator Wheeler
Gordon-Campbell
Gordon- Campbell Company
Cunningham
Great Falls
Blair Cohen
Midland Bank
M.S. Daugherty
Attoney
M. 8
Brookhart
Ohio
Daugherty Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Award Contract For 700 000 Pairs Of License Plates
Des Moines reports the state finance committee awarded next year’s automobile tag contract at 6 45 cents per plate to Adams Stamp and Stationery. The deal covers 700000 pairs with 50000 more tags this year than last, costing about 95000 and saving roughly 25000 despite higher plate counts.
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Associated Preas
Des Moines
State Finance Committee
Adams Stamp and Stationary Company
New Day Crusade Urged by Haynes at Policy Meeting
At Washington April 16 Roy A Haynes federal prohibition commissioner urged American women to enter a second crusade for prohibition and enforcement He spoke at the opening session of the Women s National Committee for Law Enforcement meeting Mrs Herbert Hoover presided and a White House reception followed Secretary Hughes message urged respect for all laws and the rule of law Mabel Walker Willebrandt Senator Walter F George Wilbur Kathleen Norris and other speakers joined Haynes in stressing civic duties and law obedience
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Associated Press
Washington
Women of America
Roy A. Haynes
Women's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Seecretary Hughes
White House
Herbert Hoover
Mra
Robert Lansing
Coolidge
Harding
Thomas J. Preston
Grover Cleveland
Taft
Commissioner Haynes
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Walter F. George
Georgia
Wilbur
Kathleen Norris
Hughes
Haynes
United States
Railroads Carrying Big Freight Loads
Washington April 10 More railroad cars were loaded with revenue freight from January 1 to March 24 than in any corresponding period on record. The thirteen week total reached 11 587 274 cars, up 270 534 cars or 2 4 percent from the 1923 record period.
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Associated Press
Washington
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Red Oak Bank to Reopen After $120000 Capital Raise
The Farmers' National Bank, closed two weeks ago by the comptroller of currency, will be reopened. Six hundred shares of stock have been sold to provide the $120,000 required by federal examiners.
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Red Oak
Farmers’ National Bank
Comptroller of Currency
Miller waives immunity in land grant cases
Miller, who received a large grant of Indian lands, waives immunity and may face as a defendant in the cases. He began a prepared statement but Senators Wheeler and Moses objected to reading it. He replied that there would be a fine if the statement was read.
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Miller
Wheeler
Moses
Bill to Equalize Bank Tax Rate Passed in Iowa
The Iowa Senate and House approved a bill harmonizing the tax on banks with real estate in the same community under the new tax law. Senator Dutcher and Representative Clark led the effort, arguing banks merit no extra consideration. The measure also addressed prison industries, with Campbell’s amendment on July 1, 1917 rejected and Bowman’s wage-guard clause adopted 35 to 9.
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Associated Press
Moses
Board of Control
ATE Capitol
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Senate
Dutcher
Johnson County
Clark
Linn County
Patterson
Kossuth
Control Board
Frenco
Potts
Campbell
Ida County
House
Hale
Jones County
Shinn
Harrison
Nator Horchem
Dubuque Ln
Bowman
Blackhawk
Cockburn Taken To Hospital After Prison Stay
Russell J. Cockburn, a former Des Moines city hall employee serving a sentence for embezzlement at Anamosa, was moved to University Hospital in Iowa City on Governor Kendall's orders. He had diabetes and illness since his trial. action followed physicians' recommendations from Anamosa and Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Russell J. Cockburn
Anamosa Reformatory
University Hospital
Iowa City
Kendall
Cotkburn
Reformatory
Anamosa
E. J. Hines
State Board of Control
Senate Finance Panel Delays Soldiers Bonus Bill
Washington April 10 The senate finance committee put off consideration of the soldiers bonus bill until Saturday morning. Chairman Smoot predicted agreement on a bill similar to the house version.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
House
Radio Corp Denies Unfair Methods Charge Before FTC
The Radio Corporation of America filed a general denial with the Federal Trade Commission challenging a complaint of unfair methods of competition. It asks to present original agreements with other concerns under government supervision before answering specific allegations. It says the corporation was created to perform a patriotic duty in developing radio transmission.
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Associated Press
Washington
the Radio Cortion of America Today
Federal Trade Commission
New Naval Oil Leasing Policy Announced by Wilbur
Washington April 10 A new naval oil policy to prevent risky leases was announced by Secretary Wilbur. No leases or contracts will be made without his personal approval and only after congressional authorization and competitive bidding when essential to prevent oil drainage. He cited Teapot Dome litigation and pledged to avoid actions that affect the government’s rights.
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Washington
Denby
Wilbur
Hale
Maine
Senate Naval Committee
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
Teapot Dome
Wibur
Johnson campaign offices in Chicago to be vacated Monday
Senator Johnsons Chicago campaign rooms on Presidential Row will be available for new tenants next Monday. Hotel officers expect the Johnson suite to be rented today or tomorrow. Although no longer national headquarters, the rooms have acted as a Midwest strategy clearing house and will transfer files to Harold L Ickes law offices in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Presidential Row
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Frank H. Hitchcock
Thve
Johnson Forces
Harold L. Ickes
Illinois
California
Rioters Held Without Bail in Johnstown Clashes
Judge John A. Evans ruled the 25 men arrested for rioting and wearing gowns and masks to be held without bail for the June term of criminal court. The arrests followed clashes between townspeople and visiting Ku Klux Klan members at Lilly last Saturday, where two men died.
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Ebensburg
Pennsylvania
John A. Evans
Johnstown
Lilly
Smoot Delivers Revenue Bill to Senate for Next Week
Chairman Smoot of the finance committee introduced a new revenue bill in the Senate today and stated it would be taken up for consideration next Wednesday.
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Washington
Senate Today
Smoot
Finans Committee
American planes take off for Sitka from Prince Rupert
A squadron of American army fliers taxied and rose into the air at dawn here and began a flight around the world heading toward Sitka Alaska about 300 miles northwest.
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Prince Rupert
Sitka
Alaska
McCormick presses Deneen lead in Illinois Senate race
Illinois primary returns show Senator Medill McCormick trailing former Governor Charles S. Deneen by about 4 587 votes with 5 020 of 5 668 precincts reported as counts trickle in from Cook and downstate counties. Legal challenges loom as both camps prepare to contest missing counties while Coolidge largely leads in presidential preference and Small leads Essington for governor.
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Chicago
Medill McCormick
Charles S. Deneen
Deneen
Cook County
McCormick
Cagie
Adeu
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Len Small
Thurlow G. Essington
Small
Essington
Oscar Carlstrom
McAdoo
Wm. G. McAdoo
Lee O’neil Browne
Norman J. Jones
A. A. Sprague
United States Senate
Wm. McKinley
Fred &. Sterling
PF. A. Garesche
O. N. Custer
J. C. Martin
Winnifred Mason Hmuck
Henry R. Rathbone
Richard Yates
Mary Ward Hart
Alien J Abert
Italians Lead in Naturalization List
The Department announced that 12 296 aliens received naturalization papers in February. Italians led with 2 249, Poles 2 149, British 1 973 and Russians 1 199.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Theather Department
Wife Refuses Divorce Triggered Shootings in Waterloo
In Waterloo on April 10 Herbert KR Lapole a brick mason and contractor shot his wife after she refused to reconsider a divorce action. The 38 caliber bullet narrowly missed fatal impact and their 21 year old son Elmer woke, helped his mother, and overpowered Lapole before a second shot could be fired.
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The
Associated Press
Waterloo
Herbert KR. Lapole
Elmer
Lapole
New Eugenics Law Up in Legislature
Des Moines reports a conference report on a marriage bill removing a joint physical exam and requiring five day affidavits declaring freedom from venereal diseases. The measure bans marriages of idiots and the embeciles, with five days notice unless courts waive it.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
General Assembly
Senate
House
Conference
Bowman
Campbell
Ida County
Blackhawk
Iowa
Board of Control
Wife Murderer Is On Way To Prison
Denver report details Fred Janssen bound for Canyon City as life sentence follows a March trial verdict for the murder of his wife Isbella Janssen whose body was found in a trunk in Ogden Utah. Judge Clarence J. Morley imposed the life term after a brief jury deliberation.
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Denver
Colo
Isbella Janssen
Ogden
Utah
Fred Janssen
Cayon City
Janssen
Clarence J. Morley
One Killed at Mining Camp Near Des Moines
April 10 report says WM Michaels was killed and Isadore Vitello, a Mexican, was seriously wounded in a shooting affray at Orlabor mining camp near Des Moines. Two men and two women, witnesses, are in police custody. All were intoxicated when arrested.
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Des Moines
Wm Michaels
Isadore Vittello
Orlabor
Here
Allied Reparation Reports Stir European Reactions
German foreign minister Stressmann says study of the Dawes Commission report is underway with open minds. Berlin papers largely accept the report as a basis for negotiations, while Paris officials note four key French concerns and the Dawes plan’s potential impact. Dawes then lunches with Belgian leaders in Brussels before heading to Paris.
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Associated Press
London
Stressman
Daily Express
Berlin
Dawes
Hugo Stinnes
Deutche Allgemine Zeitung
Ruhr
Deutsche Zeitung
Germany
Paris
Foreign Office
Mac Donald
England
France
M. Poincare
Reparations Commission
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