Clinton Man First to Receive Iowa Bonus
Chas Warren Eberhart of Clinton, navy veteran 1918, is the first man chosen to receive the Iowa state bonus. Bonus board opened case No 6 after receiving 20000 applications since Dec 26, selecting five names. Eberhart, Haley, Brownlee, Hanson, with Eberhart first, will be paid in order.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Warren Eberhart
Clinton
Navy
Eberhart
Lester H, Haley
Lyons
Iowa
George Brownlee
Davenport
Eugene Hanson
Creston
More Alfalfa Marketed This Year
The Department of Agriculture reports that more than half of the 1922 alfalfa marketed by December 15, surpassing the year before. Timothy and hay movement to market showed a decrease for the year.
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Associated
Washington, Dd
Jen.s
Department of Agriculture
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Murder Case
Des Moines Jan 3 The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the appeal of Joe Williams under death sentence for the murder of Sara Barbara Thorsdale a school teacher killed near Valley Junction in June 1921.
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Associated
Treas
Des Moines
Joe Williams
Sara Barbara Thorsdale
Supreme Court
Miss Thorsdale
Valley Junction
Upshaw Prohibition Charges Under Review by House
Rep Hill introduces a resolution in Congress calling for investigation into Upshaw charges that governors and other high officials do not enforce prohibition as preached. The measure seeks to probe alleged discrepancies in enforcement among state and national leaders.
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Washington, BD. C
Upshaw
Representative Hill
Maryland
President Harding Vetoes Pension Bill
President Harding vetoed the Bursum bill, which would increase pensions for Civil War and Mexican War veterans, in Washington today. The action halts the proposed pension expansion and prompts further discussion among lawmakers and veterans groups.
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Harding
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
State banks national call mirrors year-end conditions
Des Moines reports the state banking department issued a call for the condition of all state banks to December 29, aligning with the national call issued yesterday for December 29.
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Associated Tress
Des Moines
State Banking Department
Greek cabinet to discuss relief plans in Athens
Athens on Thursday hosts a conference among the Greek cabinet and Near East Relief officials to discuss several plans. The meeting signals ongoing coordination on relief efforts in the region.
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Athens
Near East Relief
Florida Man Accused of Murder Alleges Accident
Edgar C Frady a Chicago auto dealer faces murder charges in the Miami Beach killing of his wife Dorothy Frady. The defense contends she was shot during a struggle for a pistol after alleged abuse and threats, with the couple's fight ending before medical report of a fatal wound.
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Miami
Fla
Dorothy Thompson Frady
Edgar C. Frady
Chicago
Frady
Miami Beach
Hotel and Cafe Men Questioned Over New Year Liquor
Federal officials plan to examine hotel proprietors and list their names as witnesses in a grand jury inquiry into liquor obtained in hotels and cafes on New Year’s Eve. The probe aims to trace sources and confirm where the liquor was obtained.
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Aptoimie
Ooo
New York
Davenport Woman Hangs Self in Basement
Davenport January 3 Mrs Martha Trewffer wife of John H Trewffer killed herself by hanging in the basement of her home this morning. Worried over an operation the doctor said was necessary is believed to have been the motive for the death by her own action.
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The
Associa Ares
Davenport
Jan
Martha Trewffer
John H. Trewffer
Agricultural appropriation bill passes House in Washington
The agricultural appropriation bill carrying 68 981 558 dollars was passed by the House after Speaker Gillette ruled on points of order and sent the measure back to the Senate.
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Washington, D. C
House
Gillette
Senate
Appropriations Sought for New Federal Buildings
Secretary Mellon and Postmaster General Work urged Congress to fund larger federal buildings in 140 cities at over forty million dollars. Iowa list includes Iowa City 111000, Marshalltown 135000, Mason City 225000, Waterloo 275000, among others.
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Thea
Washington, D. C
Congress
Mellon
Work
Iowa
Towa City
Marshalltown
Mason City
Waterloo
Des Moines Woman Held for Murder Collapses in Court Delay
Mrs. Paul L. Eberle of Des Moines, held on murder charges in the fatal roadside shooting of her husband near Oskaloosa, collapsed at a local hospital and was not arraigned. Four or more shots likely fired from a small automatic. four shells found in the car. Preliminary hearing is set for Monday at nine o'clock in Oskaloosa.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Paul L. Eberle
Dds
Eberle
More Troops Ordered Out in Louisiana
In Bastrop and Mer Rouge Louisiana federal and state agents push to locate Harold Teegerstrom time keeper who vanished prompting a large search. Clarence Teegerstrom says he expects contact with his brother soon and believes he has left the state.
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Prees Bastropek
Mer Rouge
Harold Teegerstrom
Carbon
Clarence V. Jeegerstrom
Louisiana
Harvey Calls On President Today
Ambassador Harvey visits President Harding at the White House in his first Washington trip since London posting. He made no statements about any connection to the visit's purpose.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ambassador Harvey
Harding
White House
London
Harvey
Kriebel Freed on $10,000 Bond in Mail Fraud Case
Chicago January 3. Fred Kiebel, ex-head of the defunct Kriebel and Co., was released on bonds of ten thousand dollars after being accused of using the mails to defraud. Federal agents continue active investigation.
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Kriebel
Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Fred Kiebel
of Kriebel and Co
Liberty Today
Memphis manhunt for negro who assaulted woman
Memphis area police launched a search for a black man accused of assaulting a white woman and throwing her into the Mississippi River. She clung to a riverbank bush and was saved by bystanders after her screams alerted passersby.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Seven Candidates Out for Speaker of the Iowa House
Kneeskern murder trial docketed for action this morning in Charles City. Judge Kelly presiding sets 1:30 start with defense counsel Ke. W. Cutting and M r. Allen added for the defense and F. S. Smith of Dubuque joining the prosecution. Kneeskern wife and six year old son Jack attend with him.
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Thygeeorfater
Charles City
Towa
aJn
Kelly
Kneeskern
Ke. W. Cutting
Mr. Allen
Decorah
Smith
Dubuque
Frank O'Connor
Jack
Six candidates for Iowa speaker caucus named
One newspaper publisher several lawyers and a farmer dominate the list of candidates for speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives to be chosen at a Republican caucus. Ernest Harrison, publisher of the Oakland Acorn, heads the diverse group along with other public figures from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Storm Lake and Keokuk.
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Associated Prey
Des Moines
Iown Hdesee of Representatives
House Republicans
Ernest PF. Harrison
Oakland Pottawattami
Oakland Acorn
Harrison
Maryland
Kendall County
Illinois
Franklin Grove
Joseph H. Anderson
Thompson
Winnebago County
Charles F. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Belle Plaine
Iowa
Iowa State University Law School
Coe College
Buena Vista College
John M. Rankin
Keokuk
Lee County
Fulton County
Iil
Western Normal College
Brushnell
Hil
Kent College
Chicago
A. O. Hauge
Polk County
Humboldt College
Humboldt
Hast High School
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Hauge
James C. McClune
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Rock Island County
Ill
Shenandoah
Indiana
Washburn to settle Austrian dispute between Yugoslavia and Austria
Vienna January 3 Albert H Washburn the American minister with President Hardings consent will settle disputes between Yugoslavia and Austria over pre war contracts according to the Free Press The Associated Press reported today
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Prema
Vienna
Austria
Albert H. Washburn
Harding
Jugo-Slavia
Frie Press
Delay Knox Trial Pushed to Tomorrow
An agreement to postpone the trial of Lillian Knox, charged with killing her husband, a Hemphill man, was reached today by state and defense counsel in San Augustine Texas.
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San Augustine
Texas
Jar
Lillian Knox
Filipino Guard Killed in Bandit Attack in Manila
Andrew Barome, guard for the twenty fourth district of the Philippine Islands, was assassinated by bandits. Eight men are in custody on murder charges in connection with the attack in Manila.
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Associated Press
Manila
Jan
Andrew Barome
Twenty-Fourth District
The
Philippine Islands
Former Member of Congress Robert B. Gordon Dies
Robert B. Gordon, formerly a representative from Ohio's fourth district and sergeant at arms of the House for the sixty-third through sixty-fifth Congresses, died at his Washington home early today.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Robert B. Gordon
Congress
Ohio
Two Burned in Fire in Alabama Fatal Fire at Eufaula
Trapped in second floor apartments of a two story building, James Parefield sixty and his daughter Winnie Parefield twenty died in an early day blaze in Eufaula Alabama. A separate Chicago report notes soft coal miners meeting in Chicago for a union agreement to avert a strike next April.
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Associated Press
Efafaula
Ala
James Parefield
Winnie Parefield
Chicago
United States
Miss Edna Long Visits Washington From Wapello
Miss Edna Long of near Wapello is spending today in Washington. She travels from her Iowa home to the capital to attend meetings and visit landmarks.
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Edna Long
Wapello
Washington
Dead Lock Hinders Favorable Action Today
Reported deadlock leaves little hope for action today as discussions stall. No progress anticipated before close of session.
Lawyer and Legislator Moves from What Cheer to Oskaloosa
He practiced law at What Cheer Iowa until 1897 when he moved to Oskaloosa. The University and Valparaiso are noted. He has two daughters. The last session was his first in the legislature.
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Valparaiso
What Cheer
Iowa
Oskaloosa
Philadelphia Mint Coins Produce $14 Million in 1922 Output
The Philadelphia Mint coined $14,033,000 in 1922. About $7,320,000 comprised silver dollars of the new design. Almost half of the total coinage was sent to Central and South American countries.
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Philadelphia
Children injured in stampede at school fire
Three children were seriously hurt and five others injured when a stampede occurred at a school building in Lanett Alabama as a fire broke out yesterday. The incident prompted emergency response and local authorities are investigating the cause and safety procedures.
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Associated Press
Lanett, Ala
aJa
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Ishe
Moretoops
ASE
City
Paris
Bonar Law
Poincare
French Republic
Premier Poincare
France
Cuno
Hughes
Jusser
Karl Bergmann
Brussels
Belgium
Washburn
Membe
Alabama
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