Iowa Senate probes state insurance department over irregularities
A resolution by Senator C. B. Brown of Jackson County calls for a seven member committee to investigate the Iowa state insurance department and report within 15 days. The measure cites court involvement, unaccounted funds, questioned dividends, and blue sky law exemptions for some fire and hall insurers. Public officials and Kendrick face calls for scrutiny amid reports of mismanagement and reorganizations such as the North American National Fire Insurance Company.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Insurance Department
Senate
C. 8. Brown
Jackson County
Fire and Hall Insurance
Iown
Brown
Insurance Department
Iowa
Nenate
MctIntosh
Decatur
Insurance
North American National Fire Insurance Company
Hall
Towa
Kendrick
W. R. C. Kendrick
Hungary to release Romanian hostages in wartime accord
Pucharest reports that Hungary will release Romanian subjects held as war hostages. The foreign minister has arranged an agreement ensuring their immediate return home, ending their detention as the conflict continues.
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Pucharect
Hungary
Radio Stethoscope Aids 75 Hear Heartbeats
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports a radio stethoscope lets 75 people hear a patient’s heart. As the teacher speaks into the transmitter, comments on the heart are heard, enabling large classes to be taught simultaneously with clear murmurs reproduced.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Judge Chipman Dies at 88 in San Francisco
Judge Norton P. Chipman former presiding justice of the state court of appeals third district and Civil War veteran died in San Francisco at age 88. His long career spanned soldier lawyer and judge roles including author of the Memorial Day order and a key figure in the Grand Army of the Republic.
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Associated Press
Journal Today
San Francisco
Norton Parker Chipman
State Court of Appeals
Third District
Washington
Washington County
Judge Chipman
Washington College
South Marion Avenue
Second Iowa Infantry
Wirtz
Norton P Chipman
Military Commission
Henry Wirtz
Andersonville
Old Capitol
Justice Chipman
Lincoln
Congress
District of Columbia
Company H
Cincinnati Law School
Iowa Infantry
Fort Donelson
Shiloh
Halleck
War Department
Stanton
Oil interests employed McAdoo and Gregory for deals
Wm G McAdoo and Thomas W Gregory, both linked to oil interests, testified before a Senate oil committee that they had been employed to represent companies in Washington over Mexican oil permits. Dohoney said McAdoo was paid 250 dollars and still represents them in Mexico, while Gregory earned 2000 dollars for similar services. House later passed a resolution directing the president to cancel the naval oil reserve leases already approved by the Senate.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wm. G. McAdoo
Thomas W. Gregory
Coolidge
E. L. Dohoney
California
Senate Oil Committee
Dohoney
McAdoo
Mexican Affairs Shortly After He Left the Cabinet. Mr. McAdoo
Doheney
Mexico
Gregory
Wilson
Lindley M. Garrison
Em- Sepa
Mail and Company
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
Wileen
Fall House
House
Walsh
Senate
Dehoney
Sinclair
Globe Encircling Aviators Plan Pigeons and Wireless Link
Seattle February 1 four United States army aviators will begin a globe encircling flight around April 1. Carrier pigeons from the Canadian air service will aid the Seattle to Prince Rupert leg and birds return to Victoria. Wireless will broadcast weather and progress reports from Seattle to the Alaska peninsula via Pacific coast salmon canneries.
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Vrem
Seattle
Wash
United States Army
Clayton Bissell
Canadian Air Service
Bissell
Prince Rupert
B.C
Victoria
B. C
Pacific Coast
Alaska Peninsula
Dawes Visits Berlin Tubercular Child Center
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes head of the expert panel on Germany’s finances toured an open air center for tubercular children on Parades grounds in Berlin. He then visited elementary schools to see well nourished children of various ages after assisting a child feeding committee.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Charles G. Dawes
Germany
Chicago
H. T. Allen
Emperor William's
Dawes
Entary
Justice Chipman’s Rise to California Appellate Court
The text notes Justice Chipman moved to California and became president of the State Board of Trade. Since 1897 he served on California courts, and in 1906 he was elected to the California Appellate Court.
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California
Justice Chipman
California State Board of Trade
Appellate Court
Dismissal of Kalona Right of Way Suit Filed
A voluntary dismissal was filed in the district court case Joe Peiper and others v Dayton and others over right of way for a federally aided county road south of Kalona. Plaintiffs cited new state law allowing transfer of funds from the Primary Road Fund to county tax funds, ending the suit to avoid tax burdens. The motion to dismiss was supported by defendants and asserted lack of prosecution after orders to separate and amend pleadings.
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J. D. Glasgow
District Court
Joe Peiper
Dayton
Kalona
Morrison & Morrison
Livingston & Kicher
Washington County
Iowa
C. ©. Dayton
A. J. Morgan
A. J. Parrow
Board of Supervisors
Fortieth General Assembly
State of
Yates
Bartholow
Donahey
L. A. Schmidt
John L. Johnson
W. M. Sutherland
I. B. Rabenold
C. O. Dayton
A. J Morgan
J. W. Parrow
A L. Griffith
Harry McCall
John Grecian
A. G. Snider
Frank L. Eagle
James Horak
Otto Conrad
E. C. Ro
Ainsworth
W. M. Keeley, Bailey & Baldrive
Wilson & Wilson and
Brookhart Bros
Banks Narrowly Miss South Dakota Closures
Brookings First National Bank closed after a board meeting. Mitchell reports less than five percent of South Dakota banks have failed during the latest wave and most are in good condition. A SD Banking Association official cites favorable overall health and support for credit relief efforts.
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The
Associated Press
Brookis
8. D
First National Bank of Brookins
National Administration
Northwest
South Dakota
West
Umal Way
Middlewest
Chicago fog causes heavy injuries on elevated railroads
In Chicago a daylight fog injures over 80 people and halts transit. A collision of two trains on the Northwestern Elevated railway alone injures about twenty. The incident follows one of the heaviest fogs in years.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Northwestern
Protestants Asked to Assist Stricken Children of Germany
An appeal issued in Washington calls on 125 000 Protestant pastors to mobilize prayers and offerings for German children in distress. The federal Council of Churches urges churches and Sunday schools to collect funds and encourage lay contributions, funds to be directed to Protestant relief agencies in Germany unless designated otherwise.
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Associated Press
Washington
America
Germany
Federal Council of Churches
Releif
Two Passengers and Three Deck Hands Missing After River Steamer Wreck
On the Ohio River near Wilson's light the river steamer Thomas C. Powell sank after hitting a sunken obstruction or ice, eight miles from Paducah. Two passengers and three deck hands were reported missing, with survivors recounting a rapid sinking and possible entrapment as freight shifted and water rushed in. The Powell was en route to Nashville with thirteen passengers and seventeen crew.
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Associated Press
Paducah
Thomas C. Powell
Ohio River
Wilson's Light
Marcela Richardson
Shepherd Green
Powell
Nashville
Tenn
Sinclair to Stay in Europe for Two or Three Weeks
Mason Day, Sinclair representative, said Sinclair would remain in Europe two or three weeks longer and then return home. He arrived from Paris and plans to be in Paris again at the weekend before a Belgium business trip, possibly visiting Germany before sailing for the United States. Day dismissed rumors of a two-month stay as bunk.
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Prensa
London
Mason Day
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair
Europe
Paris
Belgium
Germany
United States
Day
Family of Four Burned to Death in Akron House
A mother Mrs. Arthur Smith aged 22 and her children Anne 3 Kathleen 2 and Arthur 10 months were killed when a fire destroyed their Akron Ohio home early today. David Haynes, Mrs. Smith’s brother, is in City Hospital with severe burns after attempting to save them. All victims were trapped on their beds as the blaze broke out.
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Associated Press
Akron
Arthur Smith
Anne
Kathleen
Arthur
David Haynes
Smith
Haynes
Explosion kills family in Michigan farm home
Unionville, Mich. Feb 1 A man Edward Bowles 38 his wife and two children aged five and two were burned to death in their farm home five miles west of Unionville when a five gallon kerosene container used to start a kitchen fire exploded.
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Associated Press
Unionville
Mich
Here
Edward Bowles
Letter From Grandson in Hawaii Describes Camp Life
Mrs. M. W. Thompson reports a bright letter from her grandson Private Glenn Ball stationed at Camp Shafter near Honolulu Hawaii. He recalls a trip to Hilo on Hawaii Island with volcano views and a gourmet Christmas dinner menu from the camp. He says he is not homesick but eager to see family, praising the camp site as near the sea and pleasantly temperate.
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M. W. Thompson
Glenn Ball
Hawaiian Islands
Camp Shafter
Honolulu
Hilo
Hawaii
Tlawailan Islands
Wilson Manages Final Cries for Life Amid Illness
Former President Woodrow Wilson remained alive but in very serious condition as doctors warned of a near death turn. Reports from Washington detailed a frail patient, weak nourishment, and rising concern as Mrs. Wilson and medical staff stayed at his bedside.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Grayson
D. C
Woodrow Wilson
Dr. Grayson
Cary T. Grayson
Altho
Mr. Wilson
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Gen. Dawes
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