Heated Iowa senate clash over road bill and lobbyist ties
In Des Moines on April 17 the Iowa senate debated house amendments to a gravel road bill. Senator Holdoegel urged a conference to reconcile differences while Senator Busey resisted, and Senator Brookhart triggered a cloak room lobbying controversy that led to sharp exchanges before the main bill on electric transmission franchises passed 40 to 9. Four other legalizing acts were approved before adjournment.
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Frty
State Capitol
Des Moines
Senate
House
Holdoegel
Calhoun County
Hrookhart
Busey
Muscatine County
Calhoun
Muscatine
Shing
Harrison
Hammill
Cedar Creek
Wapello County
Indianola
Jasper County
Ames Water Works
Brookhart
Des Moines Register
J. L. Brookhart
Washington County
Iowa Senate
Senator Brookhart
Ethell
Davis County
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Thurston
Clarke County
Russia ready to meet British claims under clean slate rule
Moscow reports War Minister Pretzky at Baku supported M Zo n iovieff statements that Russia would meet British claims only if both sides start with a clean slate. He said the Soviet government would honor any omissions the Russian delegation signs at London talks. He added Vienna talks with Romania broke off without war, but war remained possible. He said Bessarabia will be settled in limited quantities and foreign capital should enter Russia in strict limits.
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Moscow
Pretzky
Baku
M. Zinovieff
Russia
London
Romania
Vienna
Song Writers Battle Over Radio Royalties Opens Before Senate
Washington April 17 Authors composers and music publishers laid out their case before the senate patents committee. The dispute centers on Senator Dill’s bill to relieve radio statics from copyright royalties on non profitable music broadcasts. Gene Buck, head of the national association of authors composers and publishers, opened for the song artists.
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Washington
Senate Patents Committee
Sen. Dill
Democrat
Gene Buck
National Association of Authors, Composers and Publishers
Montana Man Testifies In Wheeler Indictment Hearing
Former Lewiston editor Thomas S. Stout testified before a Senate committee examining the Wheeler indictment. He said Wheeler advised he could represent Gordon Campbell only in state courts and that Wheeler sought a ten thousand dollar annual fee. Campbell, indicted with Wheeler, said Wheeler would avoid land cases after his election to the Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Thomas S. Stout
Lewiston
Mont
Senate
Montana
Burton K. Wheeler
Stout
Daily
Democrat-News
Wheeler
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
United States
Berger Proposes Amendment to Allow Constitutional Convention
Congress could call a constitutional convention by a majority vote of both houses under an amendment drafted by Representative Berger a socialist from Wisconsin. The plan envisions replacing the current amendment with a new process to amend the constitution.
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The
Asociated Press
Washington
Congress
Representative Berger
Socialist
Wisconsin
Jazz Spirit Cited as Cause of Personal Crisis
In an Associated Press report from New York dated April 17, Dr. Harry M Warren president of the Save-A Life League cites self destruction deaths in the United States last year, estimated between 15,000 and 50,000. He attributes the crisis to the "jaza spirit of the times" and blames parents teachers and clergymen for failing to impress the sanctity of human life.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
Harry M Warren
Save-A Life League
Times
Smuggling of Chinese Estimated at About One Thousand
Honolulu April 17. FP Wix supervising director of immigration in Hawaii says about one thousand Chinese have been smuggled into Hawaii. He had been in charge of investigating irregularities before departing for Washington.
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Associated? Pres
Honolulu
FP. Wixon
Immigration
Hawaiian District
Washington
Hawaii
Special Attorneys Authorized in Francis Probe
The house approved a resolution to authorize special counsel for the inquiry into Miss May E. Francis state superintendent of schools. The committee will select an attorney and begin hearings after the selection, with testimony likely not starting before tomorrow and the full probe not underway before Monday.
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Francis
Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Department
May E. Francis
State Superintendent of Schools
House
H. W. Byers
Clark
Judiciary Committee
World flight delayed by Alaska crash and engine delay
United States round-the-world squadron led by Major Frederick L. Martin faces a week long delay after a crank case crack on the cruiser Seattle caused a forced landing near Cape Kevak. Major Martin and Sergeant Alva Harvey recuperate in Kanatka awaiting a replacement engine from Unalaska as ships search for the missing aircraft.
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Globe
Boston
Chicago
New Orleans
Chignik
Eric B. Nelson
Seattle
Major Martin
Cape Kevak
Harvey
Nelson
United States
Corry
Hull
Airecruiser
Kanika
United States Coast Guard
Unalaska
Aleutian Island
Portage Bay
Reparations Board UKes German Note
Paris April 17 the reparations commission unanimously notes Germanys reply and approves conclusions within its authority. Louis Barthou says solution appears near optimistic though difficulties remain. Rome April 17 Corriere d Ita ln o notes Dawes talks welcome Italian adherence but warns if only negative parts are accepted, results may fail and lead to another conference.
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Paris
Germany
Louis Barthou
Rome
Muscolini
Charles G. Dawes
Corriere d'Italiano Today
Dawes
Poincare
Europe
Florida Delegates Pledged to Coolidge at State Convention
Florida's ten votes at the national Republican convention were pledged to President Coolidge as the Florida state Republican convention convened in Palatka. Delegates go to Cleveland instructed on the pivotal ballots.
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Florida
Coolidge
Palatka
Fla
President Coolidge
Goto Cleveland
Iowa Senate Allocates 2000 For Insurance Inquiry
The Iowa Senate approved a 2000 appropriation to fund the insurance investigation committee. It directs continued surveying of insurance laws and drafting amendments to be filed with the Forty first General Assembly. Senator Shane, Wapello county, supported the measure amid calls for broad statutory reform.
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Free State
Des Moines
Senate
Insurance Investigating Committee
Iowa
Forty-first General Assembly
Shane
Wapello County
Royal Union Life Insurance Company
Thaw Testifies for Himself at Sanity Trial
Harry K. Thaw testified briefly in his sanity trial in Philadelphia on April 17, flushed and confident. His lawyers then turned he over to the opposing side for cross examinations.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Harry K. Thaw
Dent
Illinois awards nearly forty road and bridge contracts
Springfield April 17 nearly forty contracts were awarded to road and bridge contractors for state highway grading paving and bridge work by the state department of public works and buildings division of highways for work from April 1 to 15. Contracts include paving on route 9 in Fulton Peoria and route 26 in Ogle Lee counties and bridge work on state bond vane road route 5 in Daviess county with Olson Construction company and A P Munson among the bidders.
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Springfield
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Division of Highways
Apri
C. R. Miller
Department
Fulton-Peoria
Cameron. Joyce and Company
Keokuk
Iowa
Ogle-Lee
J. J. Dunnegan Construction Company
Shenandoah
Daviess County
A. Olson Construction Company
Waterloo
A. P. Munson
Marica
Paderewski Cancels Tour for Dog Illness in Chicago
World famed pianist Paderewski cancels part of his tour as his pet Wekinese Pingy, once linked to a Chinese prince, falls ill with rhinitis and gastritis. He rushes to Chicago to seek top Midwest veterinarians after two concerts were scrubbed and the train arrives with a four-vet team awaiting.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Pinry
Senace Paderewski
Poland
Middle West
Sioux Falls
Paderewski
Pingy
Aged Man Dies Under Train After Crisis in Thomson
In Thomson Iowa on April 7 authorities work to identify a man believed to be Charles Reber of Wichita Kansas about 70. He stepped from between tracks as a CBQ train neared and shot himself. A gold watch bearing a woman’s picture and the name address on it was found. He had told locals he was raised near Lena Michigan.
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Associated Press
Thomson. I
Charles Reber
Wichita
Kansas
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Thomson
Lena
Expect Action Soon on Drainage Bill
Des Moines April 11. Members of the house drainage committee sent the bill with amendments to conference after the house did not adopt all senate proposals. Over half of the minor senate amendments were adopted and Rep Parsone Calhoun county drainage seater said speedy action would lead to a report back in both houses in a few days.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
House Drainage Committee
Bil
House
Senate
Naval Promotion Board Selected for Officer Reviews
Secretary Wilbur called a naval board to convene June 2 at the Navy Department. Admiral E W Eberle will head the panel, which will review records of line officers in the ranks of captain commander and lieutenant commander for promotion consideration.
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Associated Preas
Washington
Naval Board
Wilbur
Navy Department
E. W. Eberle
Naval Operations
Senate Daugherty Probe Recess For Montana Hearing
The Daugherty committee in Washington recessed to allow Senator Wheeler, the committee prosecutor, to attend the opening hearing in Montana as part of the senate investigation into his indictment.
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Washington
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Japanese Leaders Admit There Is Nothing To Be Done
The article reports Japanese leaders broadly accepting the U S Senate's approval of the Japanese exclusion amendment and admitting they have little to gain from retaliation. Japan prioritizes economic ties with the United States and cooperation with Britain and America in China, hoping exclusion may be blocked by Congress or the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Torio
United States Senate
Japan
Senate
America
United States
Great Britain
China
Mateus
Asia
House
Supreme Court
Tokio
Mexico
Washington
Coolidge
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Lodge
White House
Willis
Ohio
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