Roxie Stinson Defies Daugherty Panel In Cleveland Affair
Roxie Stinson divorcee of Jess W. Smith testified before the Daugherty committee in a Cleveland hotel. She denied charges of blackmail and said she and A L Fink were entangled in a fictitious registration scheme. She claimed she learned of the alleged plot and said she faced arrest threats to coerce silence. The testimony adds to the ongoing probe of Attorney General Daugherty and whiskey permit dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Washington
Roxie Stinson
Jess W. Smith
Daugherty Committee
Cleveland
A. L. Fink
Buffalo
Miss Stinson
Fink
Harry Daugherty
Jones
Jess Smith
Mr. Daugherty
Chicago
Daugherty
B. F. Felder
New York
Georgia
Felder
Gaston BH. Means
Department of Justice
John Gorant
Alps Drug Company
Roxie
Roxile Stinson
Wheeler
Cher
Brookhart
Senaator Jones
Chamberlain
Gaston B. Means
General Nivelle Dies in Paris After Verdun Fame
Paris dispatch reports General Robert George Nivelle, Verdun commander, dead in Paris. A noted artillery officer, he rose from colonel to general during World War I, earning praise for leadership on the Aisne and at Verdun and serving later as a Franco American liaison figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Robert George Nivelle
Verdun
Nivelle
Western Front
Petain
Tulle
Marne
Neville
Legion of Bull
Aisne
London
United States
France
Washington
West Point
Gasoline tax doubtful as legislature adjourns
News from Des Moines and Muscatine reports mixed results on a proposed gasoline tax. Advocates doubt action this session due to adjournment and prior veto by Gov. Kendall. The Ames convention urged the tax to fund road building with equal split between primary and county road funds, aiming for statewide support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Mar
State Association of County Supervisors
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Kendall
Fortieth General Assembly
Supervisors’ Association
Ames
Cars Built in Germany Carry American Name
March 21 The word Pullman to designate sleeping cars is spreading in Europe. Germans call them pullman-wagons and build them in their shops exporting to foreign countries. Breslau recently completed 47 such cars for Chile and these are en route to South America with more to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Europe
Breslau
Chile
South America
Democratic County Conventions Held Across State Today
Democrats in all counties convened to select delegates for the state convention in Davenport on April 3. Herring's supporters aimed to unseat Marsh, with about sixty counties expected to back Herring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Montes
Davenport
Clyde L. Herring
Des Moines
Wilbur Marsh
Waterloo
Herring
Call Public Hearing on Prison Contracts to Be Held Monday
A public hearing on prison labor contracts is set for Monday afternoon as the legislature prepares for possible changes to existing agreements. Rep Potts of Lee County plans to renew his push for a state cement plant to produce roadbuilding materials during the hearing week. No action on new contracts will be taken until after the hearing. Separately in Chicago authorities ruled out a bullet in the death of Joseph W. Coleman 25, saying a fall caused a small head wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
Potts
Lee County
Chicago
Joseph W. Coleman
Weather outlook for week in Upper Mississippi valleys
The Associated Press reports a cloudy week beginning Monday with snow at the start and again midweek. Temperatures are expected to run near normal across the Upper Mississippi and lower Mississippi valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mississippi
Missouri
Tourists Stranded in Snow Across Western Kansas
130 automobile travelers, stranded by blizzards and heavy snow in Kendall and western Kansas, await state relief. Many are ill and without medical help as Governor Davis and Hamilton County officials mobilize aid and open blocked roads. Provisions have been hauled to farms by sled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Kendall
Kansas
Western Kansas
Davis
Hamilton County
Claim Dr Wilkins Killed Insane Says Police Story
Kansas City March 22 Dr Zoe Wilkins slain last week was described by her brothers and sisters as insane penniless and driven by drug use police say they reconstructed the sordid affair after a long conference with Charles Wilkins her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Zoe Wilkins
Chares Wilkins
Dr. Wilkins
London Tramway Employee Strike Paralyzes Services
London tramway employees struck for higher wages causing the omnibus and tramway networks to halt at midnight. About 3,500 omnibuses are tied up as a sympathetic walkout spreads across the transit system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Falls Forty Feet Not Seriously Hurt At Roundhouse
Anton Rosednahl of Cedar Rapids Iowa an employee of the Rock Island railroad fell forty feet to the ground this morning at the roundhouse. He was unconscious when picked up but later regained consciousness and said he felt fine with no recollection of the fall. He is not seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pres Neneington
Mar
Anton Rosednahl
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island Railroad
Will Hays Denies Sinclair Donation Story Details
Will Hays testified before the oil committee denying a story that Harry F. Sinclair handed over a large oil stock to wipe out the 1920 Republican campaign deficit. He recalled a possible contribution of up to 75,000 dollars to relieve the deficit but said no stock transaction occurred under his chairmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Harry F. Sinclair
Will Hi. Hays
Oil Committee
Sinclair
Hays
Hays and Hays
Sullivan
Indiana
Hinkle C. Hays
G. D. Wahlberg
Hinkle Hays
Republican Party
Will H. Hays
Senate Committee
Republican National Committee
Republican National
Oll Stock
Oil Committee Today
Ladd
Senator Walsh
Abandon Hope for Sailors Trapped in Jap Undersea Boat
Tokyo dispatch reports 18 sailors trapped in the aft compartment of submarine 43 sunk off Sasebo after a collision. Rescue efforts to raise or move the sub failed and 26 crewmates perished. the remaining 18 likely died of suffocation. An inquiry is set for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TOKIO
Sasebo
Huerta Reported With Rebels at Frontera Mexico
Adolfo De la Huerta, Mexican revolutionary leader, is at Frontera, Texas, with rebel chiefs preparing a more pathless form of warfare, per rebel officer Adolfo Jimenez. The Galveston dispatch notes Huerta's movement amid conflicts with President Obregon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Adolfo de la Huerta
Obregon
Frontera
Tadesco
Adolfo Jimenez
Olympic collision on Hudson injures Fort St. George
The liner Olympic from New York to England collided with the Fort St. George of the Furness Bermuda line in the Hudson River. The Fort St. George lost about 45 feet of rail on her sun deck but returned to her dock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Praca
New York
Mar
White Star
Olympic
England
Epuiammet
Fort St. George
Furness
Hermuda Line
Hudson River
El Paso Bridge Closed Earlier Says Treasury
Washington March 22 The treasury ordered the International bridge at El Paso Texas closed at 9 pm daily instead of midnight The rule takes effect three days after the written instructions reach customs Collector Chase at El Paso and dispatches were sent today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasilington
Mar
Treasury
International
el Paso
Texas
Chase
Artificial kicking tees banned and kickoff moved in gridiron code
The national intercollegiate football rules committee adopted changes including the abolition of all artificial kicking tees and advancing the kickoff from the forty yard line to the field center. Other amendments set a higher penalty for excess time out and place the ball on the three yard line for the try after touchdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Audubon and Iowa Falls Clash for Girls State Title
Audubon faces Iowa Falls this evening to decide the state girls basketball title. In semis Audubon beat Nevada 17 to 14 while Iowa Falls toppled Hall 15 to 11. Yesterday Hall defeated Chariton 26 23 and Iowa Falls beat Bradgate 23 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Iowa Falls
Associated Real
Nevada
Hall
Chariton
Bradgate
Crawfordsville
Council Bluffs to meet Sioux City for state high school basketball title
In Boone Iowa March 22 Council Bluffs and Sioux City will decide the state championship after ousting Mason City 19 to 10 and Fairfield 19 to 16 in an extra period thriller. Fairfield led most of the game but Sioux City tied at 13 and pulled ahead in overtime with three baskets to Fairfield's three points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Mason City
Fairfield
Senate Passes Several Bills Including Blackhawk County Building Act
The Iowa Senate approved multiple measures today including a legalization act for a new building at the Blackhawk county poor farm. Senator Shinn proposed an amendment to the general tax exemption bill to exempt mortgaged land from real estate tax up to one fourth of the owner's total assessed value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pes Moines
Senate
Blackhawk County
Shinn
Harrison County
Endorses deeper channel in rivers
Halleck H. Seaman of Clinton Iowa for the Mississippi Valley Association told the house rivers and harbors committee the Newton bill would deepen channel work on the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The plan would enable Texas phosphate Florida potash and Muscle Shoals nitrate to be moved up the Mississippi system and open the South American market for farming implements while bringing midwest raw materials closer such as sisal hemp sugar copra and tin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Halleck H. Seaman
Clinton
Mississippi Valley Association
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Newton
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Florida
Muscle
Mid- West
Sinclair Refuses to Testify as Oil Committee Presses
Will Hays denies any fund transfer to cover a 1920 campaign deficit. Harry F Sinclair insists evidence is for courts and refuses to answer questions, prompting contempt proceedings. The oil committee weighs contempt referral and possible further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
Harry F. Sinclair
Oil Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baltic
Sir John Moore
Bill
Brighton
Ainsworth Delikely
Legislature
Muscatine
Josephine Hanley
Ainsworth
Harold Karrer
Mt. Pleasant
Genevieve Miller
Milton
Laura Bennett
Oliver Woods
Yarmouth
Thelma Davis
Burlington
Hedrick
Mount Pleasant
North English
Ottumwa
Sigourney
Unionville
Althea Montgomery
Washington High School
Germany
Kan
Prring
London Tramway
Will Hays
H. F. Sinclair
Pett
Haye
Empire Trust
Huerta
Mex
Walsh
Spencer
Congress
Bursum
New Mexico
Cheyenne
Atlee Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
District of Columbia
Montana
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!