Primary election reform to protect voter party secrecy
Iowa State House hears Senator Horchem proposal to allow party ballots where voters pick one票 and drop discarded party ballots into a blank box. Voters could avoid revealing party affiliation while ballots of all parties are presented together. Last winter a similar plan was stalled by Republicans worried about Democratic raids on primaries.
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Horchem
Democraty
Wubuque
Barmat Revelations Shake German Politics
Berlin reports a widening Barmat affair that implicates high officials and broad political camps. The four Bar mat brothers linked to banking imports and factories drew in ministers and deputies as public inquiries probe fat deals and lax credit policies amid a political storm.
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Reichsbank
Colored Swindler Operates on an Extended Scale
Elberon Illinois March 7 James Milton Spencer a alleged negro swindler faces trial in Birmingham Alabama on March 28 for using the mails to defraud. LA SIS L L Stransky cashier of a local bank testified he was appointed general manager of Spencer company without consent and never received his 35 loan repayment. Federal agents say Spencer swindled many lowans and stole more than a million dollars.
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Lasis Ll. Stransky
James Milton Spencer
Birmingham
Ala
Stransky
Spencer
Sculptor Borlum Held on Charge of Fugitive Status
Gutzon Borglum, former Stone Mountain sculptor, arrived in Greensboro after Georgia felony warrants. He seeks habeas corpus to gain freedom, with hearing before Judge John Michael Scheck. Governor Walker later telegraphed that Georgia’s case was dropped and requisition papers withdrawn.
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Greensboro
S. C
Gutzon Borlum
Stone Mountain
N. C
Clifford Walker
Gutzon Borglum
C. W. Rampseck
Atlanta
Iowa Roads In Fair Condition Report
Des Moines Automobile Club reports roads in fair to good condition. Primary Road No. 1 to Minneapolis via Ames and Mason City is gravel all the way and in good condition.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Des Moines Automobile Club
Jefferson Highway
Minneapolis
Ames
Mason City
Four Russian Brothers Under Scrutiny In Credit Investigation
Government probes the terms of credit procurement and reviews the diverse ventures of four Russian brothers as part of a broader control effort.
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Russia
Bond issue bill not brought up in Des Moines state house
March 7 report from Des Moines states the 85 million dollar bond proposal sponsored by the Rose Association failed to appear in the Iowa General Assembly. Opponents were rumored to plan a move to block the measure by invoking a procedural rule to force a second reading vote. The strength of the opposition was unclear, and the bill’s fate remained unsettled as negotiations continued.
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Des Moines
Jaws God. Rose Association
House of H. General Assembly
Tenute
Senate
Iowa House Okays pheasant season bill in crop protection move
The Iowa House approved a measure by a 7 to 46 vote authorizing the state game warden to set pheasant seasons after 150 farmers in a county petition. If signed by the governor the bill would allow killing or capture in sections where birds threaten crops. In Creston, Glen C. Haynes urged support for the Iowa Good Roads Association program at a business and farming meeting.
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Agiuteiress
Des Moines
House Today
Senate
Creston
Iowa Good Roads Association
Glen C. Haynes
Haynes
Creston Conne! United Comercial Travelers
Tennessee Yankee to Lead House Floor in New Congress
John Quillen Tilson, a Tennessee born Yale educated Republican known as the Tennessee Yankee, selected to succeed Nicholas Longworth as majority floor leader when the 69th Congress convenes. Tilson aims to unite Republicans across regions and social groups, bringing decades of political persistence and a distinctive blend of Tennessee roots and Yankee education to the post. He rose from rural Tennessee beginnings to represent Connecticut’s third district since 1904, surviving the Roosevelt era split and remaining a steady party figure in Washington.
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Oil Town Voye Defies Court Order To Vacate
Federal Judge T Blake Kennedy ruled the land in La Voye belongs to the Obie Oil Company through a US lease. About 100 residents attend a mass meeting vowing to stay and appeal to the US circuit court of appeals in St Louis. Contempt citations loom if vacating does not occur within sixty days. The rapidly built town sits in Salt Creek oil fields with fragile shanties and harsh desert surroundings.
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T. Blake Kennedy
Cheyene
la Vave
United States Oil Development
la Voye
Salt Creek
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St. Louis
Kennedy
la Veyve
Des Moines Girl Beaten by Former Conductor
Miss Dorothy Keith aged sixteen was found unconscious with head injuries from a blunt instrument near her home in Des Moines. R. A. Graves, a former street car conductor, is suspected after she walked with him from her home to the street after breaking their engagement. Graves was found dead in his room from gas poisoning in a stove. Keith may recover. Graves had planned to tell her something.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Dorothy Keith
R. A. Graves
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Ctrl
Mie Keith
Miss Keith
Grave
Dr Sun Yat-sen in serious condition in China
Dr Sun Yat-sen of South China remains critically ill and confined to bed after a month long illness. He suffers from liver cancer and underwent surgery on January 26 as his health status stays unchanged.
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Associated Press
Peising
Sun Yat-sen
South China
Sun
Public health probe on disease germ trade prompted by coroner inquest
Chicago March 7 city officials order the legal department to draft laws and ordinances to curb the spread of germ culture sales amid a coroner inquest into the death of William Nelson McClintock. State’s attorneys probe typhoid link and note ease of obtaining deadly worms.
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Chicago
William Nelson McClintock
McClintock
Civic clubs to unite for Iowa growth promotion meeting
A Des Moines press note calls a March 20 meeting for civic clubs across Iowa to plan a statewide campaign promoting recreational, agricultural, commercial, educational and industrial growth. Governor Hammill backs the effort, funding from a ten cent per capita levy to support advertising and tourism outreach. Jacob Levingston, HH Holbrook, and R D McFadden lead the committee seeking Rotary Kiwanis Lions and Commercial clubs to join.
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Odeford Press
Des Moines
Towa
John Hammill
Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions
Commercial
Jacob Levingston
Waterloo
Royal HH. Holbrook
Extension Department
Ames
R. D. McFadden
Brazil Adopts English Lessons In Radio Study Push
In Rio de Janeiro the latest international angle in Brazilian radio is English study. Half hour lessons are broadcast twice weekly and attract broad listenership. An estimated 106000 students participate nationwide.
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RLO DE Janeiro
Republicans Clash Over Senate Organization and Seniority
Washington March 7 Republicans fail to complete the new Senate organization as Norris and Borah block immediate action. Insurgents La Follette Ladd Frazier Brookhart face demotion in seniority while Brookhart protests he remains loyal. Committee slate shifts McKinley to manufacturers chair and Stanfield to public lands. Capper named to foreign relations.
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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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New Mexico
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Ohio
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California
Ice Gorge Threatens Nebraska River Property Loss
In March 7 no change was reported in the end ion of the ice gorge in the Missouri river near Niobrara Neb during the night. The gorge held its entire length backing up water into the lowlands and threatening further loss of livestock and damage to property.
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Missouri River
Niobrara
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