Mexico rebels announce revolt led by Garza Gandara
El Paso report states a manifesto signs General Nicholas Fernandez and General Juan B. Galindo declare Rene Castan Garza as head of executive power and Joseph Gandara as war minister. They claim 15 000 armed men and aim to seize a northern border city, not Juarez.
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Tex
Mexico
Nicholas Fernandez
Juan B. Galindo
Rene Capistran Garza
National Government of Freedom
Joseph F. Gandara
Garza
Gandara
Adolfo de la Huerta
Republic
Juarez
Graza
Mexico City
Chihuahua City
United States
Fernandez
Chihauhan
Galindo
Durango
Iowa City YMCA Tops Maroons In Rough Basketball Game
Washington YMCA beat the Iowa City Maroons on the YMCA court in a hard fought game. Ten field baskets for Iowa City to eight for the Y team. Barnes scored five from the free throw line as the Y team prevailed with stronger foul shooting.
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Washington Y. M. C. A
Iowa Maroons
Iowa Qltyans
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Kiesey
Carlton
Holland
McKinstry
Iowa City Maroons
Pugh
Seemuth
Wagner
Kell
Grady
Crane
Welch
Kelly
Kilesey
Push
Clow
Two Roof Fires in an Hour in Washington
The Washington fire department fought two roof fires within an hour yesterday evening. Neither became serious, both were controlled quickly with minor damage. The first alarm came from the Jack Deweese home on North Avenue and the second from the Rube Blake residence on West Monroe Street.
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Washington Fire Department
Jack Deweese
North Avenue
Rube Blake
Weat Monroe Street
Des Moines Man Held Over Petting Party Case
Bruce Robinson of Des Moines, owner of a society riding academy, is held to answer in district court after an alleged petting party involving Henrietta Loritzen, a Swedish maid, and another couple. Police say Robinson kissed and hugged the women during the incident.
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Bruce Robinson
Des Moines
Ifa
Henrietta Loritzen
Robinson
Miss Loritzen
Iowa House and Senate Open Forty-Second General Assembly
Gavels fell as Iowa’s fortieth second general assembly opened with most members sworn in. Samuel D. Whitting’s election contested. L. V. Carter named permanent speaker after a Republican caucus. Senate elected Shane Frank Shane president pro tem. Myrtle Laverade failed to qualify as senate postmistress and a patronage fill-in was planned. Joint assembly resolutions adopted.
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House Credentials Committee
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Johnson County
Lee Nagel
D.fulton Rice
Appanoose County
Charles . Harvey Beatt
Fred C. Lovrien
Humbolt County
Safe Hill
Floyd County
John E. McIntosh
Mescatine
House
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Polk County
A. V. Blackford
van Buren County
Rouse
L. V. Carter
Hardin County
Carter
Senate
Shane Frank Shane
Wapelo County
Elerical
Myrtle Laverade
Hardy
Hott
Avarice and Hate blamed for Charley Birger roadhouse massacre
In Marion Illinois on January 10 a riot at Charley Birger’s roadhouse on state highway No. 1 left a charred ruin after a raid by a gang believed to oppose the Birger faction. Initial reports said four dead but investigators fear more may be among the five known victims Steve George caretaker Mrs Steve George Jack Crews Elmo Thompson Jimmie Sims with charred remains difficult to identify and no arrests made.
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Art Newman
Steve George
Jack Crews
West Frankfort
Elmo Thompson
Jimmie Sims
Harrisbore
Brookhart Denies Lobbying Charge In Senate Probe
Senator elect Brookhart of Town denies being a paid lobbyist for Cyrus E Woods and opposition groups seeking confirmation to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Senate directs the ICC committee to investigate rumors and refer the matter to ICC after a 49 to 83 vote with unanimous consent.
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Walington
Brookhart
Town
Cyrus E. Woods
Pennsylvania
Intertate Commerce Commission
Senate
Steck
Iowa
Washington
Senate Today
Interstate Commerce Committee
Cyrus EB. Woods
Interstate Commerce Commission
Reed
Missouri
Judiciary Or
ICC
Assessors Strike in Story County Still in Effect
Story county tax assessors remain off the job after the board slashed city assessors pay from fifty to thirty five cents and township assessors from one dollar to seventy cents per roll. A committee will confer with the board Wednesday as some workers may take the pay cut while others resign and be replaced by clerks or council appointees.
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Nevada
Story County
O. Ak. Solem
United Press
County Board of Supervisors
Salem
Senator John R. Price Dies at 51 in Albia Office
John R. Price, 51, longtime Iowa Republican state senator and former president pro tem, died suddenly of a heart attack at his Albia law office. Born in Wales, he immigrated in 1881, built a legal career after mining work, and served in multiple General Assemblies and as a fierce Gate legislature radical. He was defeated for the lieutenant governor nomination last spring and is survived by his widow.
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Albia
John R. Price
Senate
Senator Price
Wales
United States
Centerville
Price
Gate
Monroe County
McPherson Conspiracy Case Dismissed in Los Angeles
The Aimee Semple McPherson conspiracy case was ordered dismissed in superior court. District Attorney Asa Keyes said the case collapsed because key witness Lorraine Wiseman gave perjured testimony. Also named were Minnie Kennedy and Kenneth G. Ormiston.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Charces
T He Evangelist
Minnie Kennedy
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Angelus Temple
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Lorraine Wiseman
Fire destroys vast Tondo section in Manila
A major blaze in Manila's Tondo district wiped out about a thousand nipa grasa houses. No fatalities were reported, with two injuries. Strong winds fanned the flames as firemen and soldiers evacuated women and children and turned schools and other public buildings into shelters.
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Manila
P. L
Tondo
Inaugural Committees Named as Legislature Adjourns
Governor Hammill to receive biennial message tomorrow afternoon. Inaugural committees named to arrange the event. Both houses adjourned until this afternoon for seat assignments. Rev. G. W. Johnson of Barnes City and Rev. DeWitt Foster of Des Moines gave invocations in the senate and house. Rules from the last legislature remain in force for the present session.
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John Hammill
G. W. Johnson
Barnes City
DeWitt Foster
Des Moines
Senate
House
Sesslon
Earl Carroll Sentenced to Year and a Day in Prison
Theaters producer Earl Carroll must serve a year and a day in Atlanta penitentiary following a perjury conviction linked to his Washington's Birthday bath tub party at the Carroll Theater in 1926. The U S Court of Appeals today upheld the decision.
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New York
Earl Carroll
Atlanta
Carroll Theater
Washington
Carroll
United States Court of Appeals
Coolidge Explains Nicaragua Policy to Congress
President Coolidge says the United States must quell the Nicaragua revolution to protect American lives and property. He cites past actions, treaties, and the need to support Diaz as legal president while condemning outside interference and arms supplied to rebels.
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Washington
United States
Nicaragua
Coolidge
Congress
Diaz
Mexico
Tragedy at Laurier Palace Theater Leaves Dozens Dead
Montreal reports 76 suffocated in a stampede after a balcony fire at the Laurier Palace during a Sunday matinee. By morning the death toll stood at six, with 74 identified and more than 80 injured or missing. Mothers searched the morgue as survivors recounted scenes of panic and rescue workers battled flames and gasps of children.
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Montreal
Laurier Palace Theatre
Mary Dickford
Ad Theater
Kallaus Sentenced for Phony Check in Justice Court
In Justice Court Judge J. W. Patton sentenced Roy Kallaus to thirty days in the county jail for cashing a bogus check for $20 at the Commercial Savings Bank.
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J. W. Patton
Roy Kallaus
Bhonus
Commercial Savings Bank
Funeral for M. E. Ebner Held in Has kins
Funeral services were held at 2 PM in the Has kins Presbyterian Church for M E Ebner a prominent Has kins resident who died Saturday after a brief illness. Rev FP W Boatwood of Waghutzton conducted the rites and burial followed in Kim Grove Cemetery. Ebner a longtime leader in the Has kins area served as church elder and Sunday school superintendent. He was born in Mercer county IL and moved to Iowa as a child with his parents George and Mrs Ebner. He was married to Bessie Sands and later to Nora Paul after 1926, leaving four children and surviving family members.
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Hasiis
Ebner Hadeen
Haskins
Mercer County
George Kbbner
Iowa
Ainsworth
Masking
Bessie Sands
Wim
Eva
Daryl Ebner
Lee
Mildred Ebner
Davenport
Ebner
Nora Paul
Washington
George C. Ebner
Spring Over Winter Returns in Sudden Chill
After two weeks of springlike warmth a sharp cold front hit early Sunday morning. Temperatures dipped to eight above zero, breaking from days in the forties and fifties. Light snowflakes drifted as winds shifted, signaling a brief return of winter before calmer skies and a hint of warmer weather.
Judge Dewey Opens January Court Term
Judge Charles A. Dewey opened the January term of district court this morning. Little was accomplished initially, but this afternoon the judge and attorneys were to review the docket and prepare to assign cases for trial.
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Dewey
Charles A. Dewey
District Court
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