Promises Big Sensation in Expense Case
New York reports that Promises of fireworks at trial loom as suits between Van Patten Inc and the Democratic National Committee proceed. The committee seeks to account for a $50,000 cash ad advance and return funds, while Van Patten counters with $84,220 claim and losses on a $600,000 contract.
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Associated Press
New York
March
J. A. van Patten
Democratic National Committee
Borah Committee
van Patten
John W. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
van Patten, Inc
Campasan
van Atten, Inc
Senate recount to open work on Steck Brookhart contest
Des Moines March 28 the Senate sub committee handling the Steck Brookhart senatorial election recount will send a representative to Iowa next week to join Steck and Brookhart aides in inspecting voting machines in contested counties. The panel will coordinate with county auditors to ship paper ballots to Washington in April.
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Des Moines
Senate
Steck-Brockhart
Iowa
Washington Dispatch
Dee Moines Tribune-News
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Washington
Governor Hammill Signs Transport Bill and Prohibition
Des Moines March 28 The Associated Press Governor Hammill signed the long and short haul measure and a prohibition on the use of peyote by Indians in the state. Protests had been received by the executive who held a public hearing yesterday. The railroad commission reportedly approved the haul bill before the governor signed it.
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Fiie
Associated Press
Des Moines
Hammill
Railroad Commission
Tornado Farm Losses in Illinois Estimated at Two Million
In Murphysboro Illinois officials say farm losses from the March 18 tornado amount to 1 338 689 after insurance deductions, totaling about 2 000 000. Illinois Agricultural Association representatives provide the estimate.
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Tate
Presa
Murphysboro
Ill
Illinois
Illinois Agricultural Association
Creston High Mixed Chorus Wins District Contest
Creston high school's mixed glee club won first place in the mixed chorus class at the district music contest in Stuart. The group likely advances to the state contest at Cedar Rapids in May.
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Eadyterress
Creston
Creston High School
Stuart
Cedar Rapids
Applingon Girls Defeat Muscatine 28 to 22 In Tourney
Perry Iowa March 28 The Ap lington girls high school team beat Muscatine 28 to 22 in round robin championship play. A 27 to 27 tie between Ide Grove and Perry led to a three minute tiebreaker. First round scores Grove 21 Ap lington 20 Muscatine 27 Perry 24.
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Perry
Aplington
Muscatine
Ide Grove
George A. Brown
State High School Athletic Association
Des Moines
the Grove
Allied diplomats reach agreement on Versailles violations
Paris March 28 Allied diplomats agreed on a text of questions for the allied war committee regarding Germany's treaty violations. The ambassadors asked Marshal Foch and others to classify violations as grave or insignificant and to offer opinions on consequences if Germany continues its policy.
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Irese
Paris
Allied War Committee
Germany
Marshal Foch
Man survives cliff fall after night on tracks north of Clinton
Carl Knop, 43, fell from a cliff near Clinton during the night. Rescued by Northwestern railway workers and found crawling along tracks, he was half frozen and hospitalized with torn clothing, bruises, and hip injuries. He said he was alone and recently unemployed.
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Associated Press
Clinton
Carl Knop
Northwestern Railway Section
Knop
Beginning of Week Weather Outlook in Midwest
The weather forecast for the week start covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with snow chances toward midweek and again later. Cold conditions prevail early and midweek with temperatures moderating later in the period.
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Associated Pree
Washington
Mississippi
Missouri
Prairie fires in South Dakota inventory follows blaze loss
Western South Dakota and the South Dakota Nebraska border prairie fires were extinguished, and an inventory was taken of the damage. Sparse settlement kept property losses lower than initially feared after the two day blaze.
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Associated Press
Sioux Falls
S. D
South Dakota
South Dakota-Nebraska
Deadwood High School Students Return After Peace Talks
About 180 Deadwood high school students returned to classes after a peace conference with the school board over the rejection of a new contract for Superintendent A. E. Hollister. The strike ceased as students resumed attendance.
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Associated Press
Deadwood
S. D
Deadwood High School
Board of Education
A. E. Hollister
Auto Crash Kills Father and Son Near Houghton
Charles Schubert a farmer near Houghton was instantly killed when his car overturned in a ditch. His son Carl 22 was fatally injured and died shortly after at Mount Vernon hospital.
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Fort Madison
Charles Schubert
Houghton
Carl
Schubert
Mount Vernon
New Charge Against C Faiman in Shepherd Case
An affidavit charges C Faiman with murder linked to a science school case and says the body was turned over to a laboratory. Edward P Clark testified on the city inquiry as officials questioned William Nelson McClintock and others over offers to leave the city.
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Chicago
Thet
C. Faiman
Wil- Wam Shepherd
Wenally
Shepherd
William Scot Stewart
Wee
Edward P. Clark
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Clark
National University of Sciences
Charles C. Farman
McClintock
Faiman
Luella Rhenbell
Irish Famine Crisis Told At Clare Conference
Colonel George O Callaghan Westroth, farm union leader, described a grim famine picture in County Clare. Cattle dying in numbers, villagers subsisting on scant fare including dried leaves, and daily funerals seen along the roads as the speaker warned of worsening conditions.
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ASF
Irelon
County Clare
George O'Callaghan Westroth
Faith SD board may expel students over Bible reading
Judge McNenny ruled the Faith South Dakota school board has sole authority over student discipline and can require attendance during Bible readings. The case A Finger versus the Faith school board upheld mandamus failure to reinstate pupils dismissed for leaving during Bible reading.
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Associated Press
Sturgis
S. D
Board of Education of Faith
James McNenny
A. Finger
McNenny
Aged Iowa Woman Takes Her Own Life
Mrs. Charles Thing, 65, of Hopkinton Iowa, died Friday at her son's home by poisoning. Despondent over health issues, she made the decision after reviewing heart disease evidence in both bodies. A chemical analysis of the organs will take at least a month. Coroner’s physician Dr William C McNally made the estimate.
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Iowa
Hopkinton, In
Charles Thing
Here
William C. McNally
Delaware Politics Dominated by Bayard and Du Pont Clans
The article notes that Delaware’s Senate seats have long been held within the Bayard and Du Pont families, shaping state politics through dynastic tradition. It contrasts small population with outsized influence, describing lineage ties and political power as deeply entrenched in the state’s history. It also references Tom Marshall’s view of Calvin Coolidge’s calculated rhetoric.
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Bayard
DuPont
Delaware
NER
Washington
PD. C
Senate
Richard Barsett
James A «Heton Bayard
Deleware
T. Coleman du Pont
Dedlaw
Rhode Island
Union
District of Columbia
Howard
Germans Vote On President In First Ballot Push
Berlin reports that Germany begins a presidential election with seven candidates and a second ballot set for April 26 after no clear majority. The term is seven years with possible re election. women vote at 20. Leading contenders include Gary Garries and Otto Braun with Hепaich as noted rivals.
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Berlin
Ite Bistry
Mareraves
Freidrich Ebert
German Republic
National Assembly
Germany
Gary Garries
Marx
Lord Inavyer
Duisheriz
German People's Party
Otto Braun
Professor Hepaich
Blind patient perishes in hospital fire blaze
Chicago March 28 a temporarily blinded patient Pod Regan died in smoke as a fire swept the fourth floor of the Chicago Eye Ear Nose and Throat Hospital downtown. Nurses and firemen evacuated other patients hindered by bandages and post operative effects while the blaze forced a basement panic near an elevator shaft.
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Chicago
Regan
Governor Signs Lovrien Brookhart Bank Surety Bill
Governor Hammill today signed the Lovrien Brookhart bank surety bill in Des Moines. The act ends the need for rareties on public deposits and guarantees deposits with a sinking fund. it becomes effective immediately by publication.
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State House
Des Moines
Hammill
Lovrien-Brookhart
Osceola Beats Estherville in State Debate Contests
Osceola defeated Estherville 8 to 0 in a high school debate match here last night. The win sends Osceola to represent western Iowa in the state debate contest at Iowa City.
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Associated Press
Burglars at Anamosa Sentenced After Exciting Chase
Anamosa men Geo Adams and Charities Stater nabbed at Oxford Junction after robbing a store and dynamiting the Anamosa Jail. They were captured in a Martelle barn following a radio description, and Judge F J Anderson sentenced them to ten years in Fort Madison penitentiary.
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Anamosa, Ta
Geo. Adams
Charities Stater
Kure‘ara
Oxford Junction
Fort Madison Penitentiary
F. J. Anderson
Anamosa
Martelle
Ellington trial set to begin Monday in murder case
Dorothy Ellingson, 16, awaits jury deliberations as nine men and three women are sworn in. Trial jury to hear testimony starting Monday on charges of murder in the second degree or manslaughter.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Ciry
Wheeler Indicted in Oil Land Permit Conspiracy Case
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana appeared in the District of Columbia Supreme Court in Washington and posted $1,000 bail through a bonding company after being indicted yesterday on conspiracy charges relating to oil land permits. Charles A. Douglas, Wheeler’s counsel, accompanied him to court.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Warges
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Charels
A. Douglas
Montena
Wheeler
Cedar Rapids Woman Attempts Suicide With Rifle
Mrs Walter Camp aged 22 of Cedar Rapids attempted to take her life with a 22 caliber rifle this morning. The shot aimed at the heart glanced and lodged in her breast, causing heavy blood loss before the wound could be elaged. Physicians say she may survive if blood loss does not prove fatal. A quarrel with her husband is given as the cause. Her parents, Mr and Mrs William Young, once lived at Hampton on a farm.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter Camp
Delay in filling diplomatic posts raises concern in official quarters
There is manifest concern in official quarters over delays in appointing a minister to relieve Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman amid political pressure from supporters of various aspirants. The stalled vacancies include legations in Romania and Albania, entangled by cross currents in political affairs.
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Washington
Jacob Gould Schurman
Romania
Albania
Iowa House passes Bergman gas tax bill to fund highways
Des Moines March 28 Iowa lawmakers approved a two cent per gallon gas tax to raise about 4 750 000 annually for highways. The bill moves to the senate for concurrence before governor signature with a publication clause ensuring tax within 30 days if approved. Distribution favors counties by area with exemptions for farm and municipal civic uses.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
Hammill
Body of Admiral Dewey Placed in Cathedral Today
Memories of Spanish American War days crowded Washington today as Admiral George Dewey's body was moved from Arlington to Bethlehem Chapel in Washington Cathedral. Full military honors marked the transfer and repose with other noted dead.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mar
George Dewey
Manila Bay
Arlington Cemetery
Bethlehem Chapel
Washington Cathedral
Man jailed after alleged family row and shotgun threat
Wm Smith a farmer six miles west of Marengo was fined $75 and costs and jailed after a sheriff report of intoxication and threats with a shotgun toward family members. Deputies Fred Hess and Dan Dwyer found him inside his locked home and he surrendered.
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Vie Associated Press
Marengo
Wm Smith
Here
Smith
Fred Hess
Dan Dwyer
Roads Across Iowa Still in Good Condition
Des Moines Automobile Club reports state wide roads in good condition in its weekly road report issued today. The bulletin notes consistent surface quality and favorable travel conditions across counties.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Des Moines Automobile Club
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