Democrats Protest New Rules Over House Procedures
The House faces a heated week as Democrats plan to push their floor fight after the rules committee declined to back several insurgent and Democratic changes. Key issues include a petition discharge rule requiring 160 signatures and ongoing debates on farm relief and immigration restrictions.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interior Department
House
Rules Committee
Representatve
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Norris St. Clair
Bartesas
Organized pressure for farm relief in senate bloc meets
At a January meeting at Senator Capper's home the senate farm bloc outlined plans for farm relief and lower transport charges. Twenty one senators attended citing agriculture aid as a top issue. They endorsed repealing the transportation act rate section and backing the Norris Sinclair bill to create a government farm purchase corporation.
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Washington
Senate Farm Bloc
Congress
Capper
Kansas
Generally Fair Weather Predicted With Snow and Rain
Weather outlook for the week starting Monday shows generally fair conditions in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys. Snow possible in the north and rain or snow in the south around Thursday or Friday, with temperatures rising Monday and Tuesday and turning colder later in the week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Upper
Mississippi
Lower
Missourii
Youngest MP Elected at 24 in Romford Division
London January 12 report: Char ies A. A. Rhys won Romford division becoming the youngest Member of Parliament at 24. He has no prior political experience and is the eldest son of Lord Dynevor, serving as an officer in the Grenadier Guards.
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M. P
London
Charlies
A. A. Rhys
Romford
Lord Dynevor
Grenadier Guards
Nurses Train Brazilians in Rio Hospitals
Fifty two American trained nurses are employed teaching Brazilian women the tricks of their trade in Rio de Janeiro hospitals. They were brought here by the Public Health Department at the suggestion of the Rockefeller Foundation Commission.
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U. 5
Rlo DE Janeiro
Public Health Department
Rockteller Foundation Commission
McLean Says Fall Check Returned Uncashed
Senator Walsh in Palm Beach awaited any statement from A B Fall as to the Tea pot Dome inquiry. E B McLean testified he loaned Fall 100000 in 1921 but the checks were returned uncashed and Fall said he would obtain the funds elsewhere.
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McLean
Associated Press
Palm Beach
Fla
Senator Walsh
Senate
Fall
Ninety killed in Bucas Island uprising clash
On Bucas Island off Mindanao eighty Colonum religious followers died in a clash with constabulary, with nineteen constabulary officers and men killed in total. Initial reports of deaths among officers were confirmed. additional losses occurred in a prior encounter. Surigao, Mindanao served as the constabulary base.
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Associated Press
Manila
Colonum
Bueas Island
Constabulary
Surigao
Philipine Constabulary
Mindanao
Bucas Island
Chicago Milk Strike Faces Quick Resolution
Chicago health commissioner Bundeson ordered shut off of outside milk supplies. Pickets from striking producers intensified as courts looked possible. Distributors and producers predicted a settlement in days, each claiming victory amid the move to cut emergency deliveries from Dubuque Iowa and other cities.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Health District
Bundeson
Dubuque
Iowa
Butler Turns Drive on Bandits in Philadelphia
Brig. Gen. Smedley D. Butler announced a city wide vice crackdown in Philadelphia after closing nearly 1 000 of 1 200 saloons and shuttering disorderly houses and gambling dens. He said about eighty percent of former vice venues have been eliminated and shifted focus to banditry and lawlessness.
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Gen. Butler
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Smedley D. Butler
Butler
Japan Hit by Decline in Match Export Trade
Osaka dispatch says Japan's match export trade suffers from China's industry growth and India's heavy import duty. Many factories in Osaka and Kobe have been forced to close.
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Osaka
Japan
China
Kobe
Gibson Will Fight Boost In Gas Price
Des Moines Jan 12 Attorney General Ben J Gibson announced plans to call the executive committee of the attorney generals association to discuss the rise in gasoline prices reported yesterday by the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. He is a member of the committee and may issue a public statement Monday with actions in coordination with other midwestern state attorneys general.
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Associated Press
Des Moinds
Ben J. Gibson
Attorney Generals Association
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Gibson
Iowa
Bank Closure Hits Marne Savings Bank in Iowa
Atlantic Iowa Jan 12 The Marne Savings Bank at Marne Iowa twelve miles west of Atlantic closed its doors this morning by order of the board of directors Slow collections are given as the reason for the shutdown The bank was capitalized at 20000 with deposits of 50000 J T Clausen served as president and John Beebe as cashier.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Marne
Iowa
Here
J. T. Clausen
John Beebe
British Locomotive Engineers Threaten General Walkout
London January 12 The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen warned a general strike on British railways is inevitable and could occur at any time over wage re adjustment. J Bromley secretary said companies were uncompromising as the union prepares to call a strike at an undisclosed time. The dispute centers on Railway Wages Board findings seen as reducing wages against living costs.
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Associated Press
London
British Railways
J. Bromley
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Railway Wages Board
California hen lays an eight ounce egg record
The Associated Press reports in Eureka Calif on January 12 that a black hen owned by Harry Morton of Fortuna laid an eight ounce egg. The egg measures 10 1 8 inches in circumference and is believed to eclipse all past performances by the hen.
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Calif
Harry Morton
Fortuna
Des Moines Police Chief Stricken With Illness
Des Moines Police Chief John B. Hammond was suddenly stricken with ptomaine poisoning this morning and taken to City hospital where his condition was described as serious.
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Associated
Iressa
Des Moines
John B. Hammond
Playwright Brust Grumbles Over Theater Royalties
Alfred Brust, Hamburg playwright, laments low stage royalties from his work South Seas staged here. He received paper marks worth five pfennigs, about one and a quarter cents, then bought a postage stamp and mailed thanks to the agency behind the production.
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Hamburg
Alfred Brust
Germany
South Seas
Brust
Stamp Collectors Protest MUNICH
Stamp collectors in Munich protest dull cancellation methods. Postal authorities order clerks to handle stamps with care to prevent ink smudges that devalue stamps for collectors.
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Munich
Store force appreciates the information
A store force member notes a customer recall of seeing an advertisement in the Journal. The remark highlights awareness of the shop's ad reach and potential interest generated by newspaper placement.
Ocean floor subsides near Oshima as quake repair reveals deep trench
Distorted ocean floor near Oshima after the Sept 1 earthquake shows a bed subsidence of 200 feet over eight miles. East of Oshima the damaged undersea cable had to be recovered from a newly formed abyss exceeding 4000 feet in depth.
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Tokio
Oshima Island
Oshima
Mutinous Convict Miners Surrender in Alabama Mine
Officials will probe a mutiny at the Ald rich mine near Montevallo Alabama where 66 convicts participated. The outbreak halted coal production as convicts used dynamite and damaged equipment before surrendering to guards last night.
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Associated Press
Montevallo
Ala
State Convict Board
Aldrich Mine
Here
Mellon Defies Debate On Surtax Cut And Tax Free Securities
Washington January 12 Secretary Mellon was challenged by Senator Couzens to a joint debate over reducing income surtaxes from 50 to 25 percent and halting tax free securities to spur productive investment. House Ways and Means pressed admin features of the Mellon bill as hearings loom. Couzens argued surtax cuts would not boost revenue and would flood dividends to individuals while diverting funds from infrastructure projects.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mellon
Couzens
Michigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Iowa Woman to Celebrate Her 1018th Birthday in Iowa
Keokuk Iowa January 12 Mrs Mary Halbower of Warsaw Illinois tomorrow will celebrate her 101st birthday anniversary Born in Scotland she came to America at sixteen Seventy years of her life have been spent in Illinois moving there with her husband David Halbower in 1552 She is bright mentally alert and physically strong and recalls the old days with their Blimpie life
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Keokuk
Mary Halbower
Warsaw
Scotland
America
Illinois
David Halbower
High School Scores Report From Regional Basketball Results
The list shows basketball results including Marshalltown 29 Ames 19, Cedar Rapids 22 Oelwein 10, Wilton Junction 8 Davenport 7, Fort Dodge 20 Ponda 18, Mason City 18 Belmond 8, Peoria Central 25 St. Ambrose Academy 5, Ade 23 Dallas Center 1, Dubuque 20 West Waterloo 16, Sioux City 21 La Mars 0, Coon Rapids 16 Jefferson 14, Storm Lake 16 Alta 1 percent.
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Ames
Cedar Rapids
Oelwein
Wilton Junction
Davenport
Fort Dodge
Ponda
Mason City
Belmond
Peoria Central
St. Ambrose Academy
Ade
Dallas Center
Dubuque
West Waterloo
Sioux City
la Mars
Coon Rapids
Jefferson
Storm Lake
Alta
Soldiers fire on Americans in Hunan China
Chinese soldiers of the First division fired on American Flavian Mullens and Arthur Benson at the Passionist mission in Supu Hunan. The mission school was looted and wrecked though Mullens and Benson were not seriously hurt. The incident may reflect mutiny rather than orders to wipe out foreigners. The mission was then guarded by troops. Major Magruder and Captain Woodbridge visited the region regarding the recent kidnapping of missionary Mrs Juliaa Kilen.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Flavian Mullens
Arthur Benson
Supu
Hunan
Changsha
Mullens
Benson
Juliaa Kilen
Northtfiled
Mann
John Magruder
United States
Woodrow Woodbridge
Wu Pei-Fu
Chihli
Shantung
Honan
Kilen
Rushan
Logan
Spanish Vessel to Take Foreigners From Mexican Port
The Spanish steamer Cristobal Colon has permission to touch at Vera Cruz and remove foreigners stranded there. Only foreigners who arrived after the revolution started will be allowed to depart. Mexico City reports normalcy after fears of an earthquake and volcanic eruption subsided. President Obregon has not yet answered labor syndicates plea over five days to leave the city. Congressmen allied with De La Huerta refuse to abandon the capital.
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Associated Press
Maco City
Cristobal Colon
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Fort Worth
New Era in Motion Pictures Predicted by UW Professor
Professor A. Osborne of the University of Washington predicts a new era in motion pictures with color films enabling two separate pictures to be shown on the same screen simultaneously. Spectators could view one picture without interfering with the other in future presentations observed in Seattle.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
A. ©. Osborne
University of Washington
Lottery May Save Cologne Cathedral
Cologne's great cathedral faces neglect as the Cathedral Building Society cannot raise enough funds in the Rhineland. An appeal to the Prussian Ministry seeks permission for a lottery to fund ongoing repairs and employ a few workers, given the sandstone's fragility and need for constant attention.
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Cologne
Rhineland
Red Cross Chapters Report Increased Membership in Campaign
Ninety percent of Red Cross chapters in the region reported growth in membership in the just completed campaign compared with the previous year. The figures were released in today’s public reports.
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Redro
Towa& Have
Sioux Falls National Bank Fails After 1882 Opening
The Sioux Falls National Bank, capitalized at 150000, one of South Dakota's oldest, failed to open yesterday. It first opened May 1 1882 and its December 1 statement showed deposits over 2500000.
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Sioux Falls
Sioux Falls National Bank
South Dakota
Marshall County Supervisors Win in Highway Bond Case
In Marshalltown the district court ruled in favor of the Marshall county board of supervisors on the Lincoln highway bond issue. The court dismissed the suit for want of equity, with costs taxed to the plaintiffs. The decision likely goes to the state supreme court. The trial spanned 22 days for evidence and three for argument.
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Associated Press
Marshalltown
James Hollett
Marshall County
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court
Would Build New Panama Passage
Lieutenant Colonel Philippe Bunau Varilla arrives on the Paris to promote a 1 billion dollar Panama passage to replace the canal with a 1000 foot wide, 50 foot deep sea level route between Panama and Colon. He plans to present the plan January 19 before the Cincinnati Commercial Club, reviving his earlier stance on the lock versus sea level debate. He last visited the United States in 1921 as a French delegate to the Washington arms conference.
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Associated Press
New York
Philippe Bunau-Varilla
Paris
Panama
Colon
Bunau-Varilla
Washington
West Gets Lion's Share of Attention in Congress Today
In Washington on January 12 the western states dominated House debate as general discussion of the interior appropriations bill began. The Senate public lands committee advanced measures aiding Indians and homesteaders beyond the Mississippi while Secretary Work sought authority to ease reclamation drought water user payments. Northwestern farmers pressed for relief before Senate and House agriculture panels. Prohibition supporters pushed back, Couzens renewed tax exempt securities exchanges with Mellon, and Tilson asserted against any compromise after a White House visit.
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Associated Press
Washington
West
Congress
House
Senate
Public Lands Committee
Teapot Dome
Mississippi
Work
Prohibition
Couzens
Mellon
Tilson
White House
Augsburg clock stops after sacristan quits long service
Ulrich's Church clock in Augsburg Bavaria no longer chimes as Messner the sacristan retires after 60 years. He earned 3 900 000 paper marks from April to September and said the wages could not buy the shoes he wore while winding the clock daily, prompting his departure.
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Augsburg
Bavaria
Ulrich
Messner
Bulrushes May Yield Sugar For Industry
German and Austrian scientists report bulrushes and related water grasses may contain usable sugar. Some samples show content up to 25 percent. Plans are underway to build factories to commercialize the resource.
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Munich
Budget Drafting Committee Formed in State Capitol
At the state capitol in Des Moines on January 12 Representative T E Moen of Lyon county was named by Speaker Joe Anderson to chair a special house committee to draft a state budget law. The group includes eight other members from various counties and party groups and plans to organize that day and work starting Monday.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
T. E. Moen
Lyon County
Joe Anderson
House
Harrison
Pottawattamie County
Brady
O'Brien
Lowrien
Humboldt County
Miller
Sheldon
Hauge
Polk
Garber
Floyd
Carter
Hardin
Rassler
Pocahontas
Moen
Tax Commission
Fortieth General Assembly
William A. Hough
Indiana Tax Board
General Assembly
Senate
Shinn of
Iowa Purdue Big Ten clash stands as title race in doubt
In Iowa City Purdue and Iowa meet in a pivotal Big Ten showdown. A winner could steer the conference race as Indiana Minnesota clash, Illinois Ohio State duel in Columbus, and Wisconsin faces Northwestern at Evanston.
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the Associated Press
Chicago
Iowa City
Purdue
Iowa University
Roilermaker
Hawkeye Five
Indiana
Minnesota
Illinois
Ohio
Columbus
Wisconsin
North Western
Pyvanston
Foreign Cyclers Maintain The Lead In Six Day Race
Chicago Jan 12 veteran cyclists Oscar Egg from Switzerland and Alfred Grenda of Tasmania lead the six day international bicycle race with 2160 and three laps and 159 points. Kockler and Stockholm, the Chicago duo, sit second with 155 points.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Oscar Egg
Switzerland
Alfred Grenda
Tasmania
Kockler
Stockholm
Perilous Ocean Anomalies Reported Near Alaska Coast
Captain John Newland of the steamer Latouche reports ongoing seismic like disturbances at the northern Pacific, with fluctuating depths near Cape St Milas where charts showed 1100 fathoms but only 16 fathoms were found, suggesting shifting seafloor and island emergence near St Elias Island.
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Pacific
Seward
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
John Newland
Latouche
Cape St. Milas
Newland
St. Elias
Island
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