Iowa House Clears Path for Budget Bill in Session
The Iowa House moved toward enacting a budget bill with a plan to file a motion and appoint a nine member committee to draft it. New action follows withdrawals that cleared the way for swift budget moves while the Senate previously balked at a wide scope.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
House of Representatives
Himebauch
Emmet
House
Forsling
Tax Commission
Carter
Hardin
Code Commission
Hauge
Polk
House Ways and Means
Senate
Supreme Court
Pottawattamie
J. H. Trewin
Forsting
Woodbury
Municipal Corporations Committee
Trewin’s early move spurs Iowa code revision
Des Moines January 10 marks the thirtieth anniversary of James H. Trewin’s first term move in Allamakee County to introduce a resolution initiating the first revision of the law code. Now a state code commissioner, he notes the 1897 extra session that produced the initial revision after 111 days and recalls his role in summoning the special session.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
James H. Trewin
House of Representatives
Allamakee County
House
Trewin
State Code Commission
Mr. Trewin
Alleged Hold Up Man Arrested in Drug Store Robbery
Perry Tyson of Council Bluffs home is arrested in Cedar Rapids for the Horak drug store robbery. He allegedly confessed and was identified by Rudolph Horak. Tyson was caught at a local garage while attempting to flee after slugging Horak. A robbery charge is filed. partner at large.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Perry Tyson
Council Bluffs
Horak
Rudolph Horak
Tyson
Woodbury County
Western Fruit Jobbers Oppose General Railroad Consolidation
Kansas City January 10 The Western Fruit Jobbers association of California adopted resolutions opposing general railroad consolidation and favoring rate adjustments and spent much of its time on committee reports.
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Kansas City
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association of California
British Sub L-24 Sunk Off Portland After Collision
An admiralty dispatch reports the British submarine L-24 with about thirty aboard sank off Portland Hill in the English Channel after a collision with the battleship Resolution. Official word states the loss of all hands is feared. The L-24, a latest type submarine, was completed in 1919.
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Associated Press
London
Admiralty
Portland
Portland Hill
English Channel
Sioux City Could Lose Baseball Franchise Move debated
President Tearney of the Western Baseball League met with Des Moines and Lincoln committees to discuss transferring the Sioux City club. Des Moines and Lincoln backers want the franchise moved from Sioux City to Lincoln, Nebraska, with Howard Wakefield holding an option.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Tearney
Western Baseball League
Des Moines
Lincoln
Neb
Sioux City
Howard Wakefield
May Circulate Business Data in Commerce Department
The attorney general holds that trade associations may legally supply general circulation business statistics to the commerce department. This follows court rulings ordering associations to halt private member circulation of data on production, shipments, stocks, prices, and related statistics.
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Associated Press
Washington
Altho
Daugherty
Commerce Department
Attorney General
Hoover
Iowa House Passes Sheriff Bill And Bar Eligibility Change
The Iowa House approved the Clark amendment trimming sheriff lodging allowances to 250 dollars a year and passed the sheriff bill. The chamber also restored old standards for bar eligibility, approving Parsons amendment setting requirements of 21 years old, high school education, and three years of legal training. The senate meanwhile passed the printing bill after reconsideration with minor changes.
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House
Senate
Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Clark
Smilar
Lake of Woodbury
Theheriff
Supreme Court
Code Commission
Banta
Delaware
Board of Agriculture
Sugar trade hurt by market conditions in sugar planters
The Agriculture Department said U S sugar production could grow to meet domestic needs if market conditions improve. Labor supply on southern plantations and competition from other cash crops are cited as main obstacles to expanding cane sugar output.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
South
Firemen Battle Hidden Blaze in Cemetery Tomb
Firemen extinguished a mysterious blaze in a Lafayette cemetery tomb after weeds in the vault ignited. A small hole in the tomb indicated decay while fire and police failed to identify the tomb owner or determine the cause as chemicals were used to fight the fire.
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Ress
New Orleans
Lafayette
Iowa farmer kills wife then dies in tragedy
Walter Moore a Hamilton county farmer shot and killed his wife then wounded his 7 year old son and fatally shot himself last night dying en route to the hospital. Domestic troubles and financial reverses are blamed with the wife having filed for divorce. the boy is expected to live.
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Associated Press
Wester City
Walter Moore
Hamilton County
Moore
Search Continues for Ashley Gang in Florida Swamp
Albert Miller, sentinel for the Ashley-Mobley gang who is said to have killed Deputy Sheriff Fred Baker, was captured in the Everglades and jailed in West Palm Beach. Officers and possemen hunted three trails for Joe Ashley and John Ashley after a gun battle left Deputy Baker dead. Bloodhounds proved useless due to rain as 50 men split into squads in a wide search for Miller and the gang.
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West Palm Beach
Florida
Albert Miller
Ashley-Mobley Band of Outlaws
Fred Baker
Everglades
Miller
Associated Press
Ashley
Joe Ashley
John Ashley
Olympicis
Wilbur Hendrickson
J. R. Ribble
Booth Ashley
Wesley Mobiey
Ashley Gang
Winnisheik County Loses 16th Barn by Fire in Nine Months
Decorah, Jan 10. A barn belonging to Grover Headington seven miles northeast of here burned yesterday morning. It is the sixteenth Winnisheik county barn burned since last March. Despite the fire marshal’s claim of spontaneous combustion the public suspects an incendiary. Headington has lost his residence and two barns in the past year.
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Associated Press
Decorah
Grover Headington
Here
Winnisheik County
Headington
Cleveland Men Buy Kansas City Plant
The C. B. Eaton interests of Cleveland owners of Continental Gas and Electric have purchased stock control of the Kansas City Power and Light company. Joseph F. Porter, president of the Kansas City company, announced the deal valued around 25 million dollars with about 16 million dollars in stock equity above bonded indebtedness.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
C. 8
Eaton Interests
Cleveland
Continental Gas and Electric Company
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Joseph F. Porter
Kansas City Company
Davenport Auto Crash Kills Local Residents
Davenport man Wh Delap and his daughter Mrs John Mirrer were killed when their car skidded on wet pavement and rolled into a ditch. The Buffalo Town residents were pinned under the vehicle and found by passing motorists.
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Davenport
Jan
de Lap
John Mirrer
Buffalo
Town
Here
There Was a Reason for the Misdirected X-Ray
In Akron on January 16 Betty Manders, a three year old twin, swallowed an open safety pin. A physician could not locate the pin by examination or X ray, prompting a second look that revealed the pin had been in the other twin's body.
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Akron
Ohio
Betty
Jack Manders
Ravenna
Almmynt Secretaries Set 11th Conference in Charlottesville
To Meet In Virginia Mount Vernon January 10 The Association of Almanyt secretaries has accepted the invitation of the University of Virginia to hold the eleventh annual conference in Charlottesville April 10-22 In announcing O L Allanson of Mount Vernon secretary said this would be the first time the organization has been held in the south
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Mount Vernon
Association of Almmynt
Universe
Virginia
Charlottesville
N.C
O. L. Allanson
South
Insurgents in Upper House Beat Cummins in Senate Fight
In Washington Jan 10 insurgents impaired Cummins Iowa hold on the interstate commerce chair as Smith of South Carolina won on the 32nd ballot with La Follette and others backing. House moved the interior department supply bill cutting $35 million from last year. Debates over pro tem and possible Pittman support continued amid mounting party tensions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Interstate Commerce Committee
Cummins
Iowa
House
Interior Department
Appropriations Committee
Department
Interstate Commerce
la Follette
Wisconsin
Couzens
Michigan
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Nevada
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Republican Organization
Congress
Cleveland
Republican House
Mellon
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Borak
Idaho
Russia
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Ohio
Pepper
Pennsylvania
Borah
Arrest Dr Ulles in Kansas City Today
Dr Kenny B Ulles head of Ubles Sanitarium Overland Park Kan was arrested in Kansas City on a warrant charging larceny of 102000 in Ubles Sanitarium stock from William Gibbs a Hutchinson Kans recluse. He was taken by two unidentified physicians to Dr G Wilse Robinson sanitarium at 1 am with Reno County Sheriff and private detectives seeking him since Monday.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kennyb. Ulles
Ubles Sanitarium
Overland Park
Kan
Ubles
William 4. Gibbs
Hutchinson
Uhies
G. Wilse Robinson
Jesse Langford
Reno County
Kansas
Dr. Uhies
McLintock
Dre. Unies
Robinson Sanitarium
Davis dranks canned heat and laughed for hours
In Des Moines on January 10 Davis drank two tins of canned heat and laughed continuously for two and a half hours. His wife called police as he ceased only after a police surgeon administered hypodermic treatment.
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Associated Press
Pes Moines
Davis
Clyde Doolittle to Direct Sweet for Senator Campaign
Des Moines Iowa January 10 Clyde Doolittle Manchester will direct the campaign of Burton Ke Sweet for United States Senator Headquarters will be in Des Moines A statewide organization will be built through all counties Mr Doolittle also serves as secretary treasurer of the world bar association and he served in the 168th infantry during World War I
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Clyde Doolittle
Manchester
Burton Ke, Sweet
Waverly
United States
Theampaign
Thoro
Tolittle
World Bar Association
One Hundred Sixty Eighth Infantry
Europe Endures Severe Winter Storms Across Continent
Unusually severe storms grip Europe with heavy snow and cold. Shipping is menaced off Spain and France, ice makes North Sea navigation hard, avalanches claim lives in the Alps, and Germany reports an unprecedented frozen Main river. In Spain storms threaten seas. a steamer is missing near San Sebastian. Bergamo reports a foot of snow burying villages.
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Associated Press
London
Europe
Spain
France
North Sea
Scandinavian
French Alps
Germany
Cologne
Main
Mayence
Madrid
San Sebastian
Bergamo
Italy
Savings Bank of Stout Is Closed by Directors
The Stout Savings Bank of Stout, Iowa, Grundy county, closed its doors by order of the board of directors this morning to trace irregularities in the bank's accounts. The bank was capitalized at 25,000 with deposits of 125,000.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Stout Savings Bank
Stout
Iowa
Grundy County
Moore Declares He Won’t Marry Irene Franklin
Alexander P. Moore United States ambassador to Spain returned to America for a visit and denied engagement reports with Irene Franklin the actress He said he has not met Miss Franklin since the death of his wife Lillian Russell and has no present marriage plans.
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Associated Press
New York
Alexander P. Moore
United States
Spain
America
Irene Franklin
Miss Franklin
Lillian Russell
Fight Over Whisky Ends in Deaths Near Villa Rica
In Villa Rica Georgia a gun fight over stolen whisky left two men dead and three others jailed. Local authorities reported the clash occurred near town with the motive tied to a whisky dispute.
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Associated Press
Villa Rica
Sailors Plan to Honor Roosevelt in Africa Hunt Site
The crew of the American light cruiser Concord visiting Mombasa plans to honor Theodore Roosevelt’s memory at the site of his African hunting. The crew is organizing a lion hunting expedition as part of the port visit during their 24,000 mile cruise.
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Associated Press
Mombasa
British East Africa
Concord
Theodore Roosevelt
Blue Jackets
Grand jury to hear Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson divorce case
A grand jury was assembled to try Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson for seeking a divorce. State Attorney General Carpenter, Judge Chester Barrows, and Judge Jerome Hahn met to arrange a conference to discuss the matter in Providence.
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Providence
R. 1
Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson
Carpenter
Chester Barrows
Jerome Hahn
Criminal Court
Right of Way in Congress To Be Decided
Congress faces a split in priorities with House Republicans debating whether tax legislation or the soldiers bonus should advance first. A Longworth-led faction seeks to have tax bills completed before the bonus while another group pushes for a early bonus vote or simultaneous consideration.
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Congress
Associated Press
Washington
House Republicans
House
Ways and Means
Representative Longworth
Ways and Means Committee
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