Iowa Anti-Saloon League calls for strict enforcement or liquor reform
The Iowa Anti-Saloon League released a survey of prohibition in five river cities, urging enforcement to the letter or possible modification to permit light wines and beer. Dubuque Davenport Clinton Muscatine and Burlington show varied violations and moral declines with bootlegging moonshining and organized sentiment for change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
S. P. McNaught
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Burlington
League
Paradise
Midwest
Bluffs
United States
Kentucky
Inllinois
EF. W. Romkey
State Senate
Committee On the Suppression
Frost Widespread in Iowa Crops From Night Frost
Des Moines reports show frost damaged fruit and garden crops across Iowa with temperatures from 24 to 31 degrees. Strawberry crops suffer. farmers light fires near fields to protect plants as cold persists. Corn, oats and winter wheat affected, with some corn fields cut to the ground and planting only about one fourth complete statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Weather Bureau
Albia
Aida
Atlantic
Boone
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Charles City
Clarinda
Creston
Decorah
Chesterville
Forest City
Fort Dodge
Inwood
Town Falls
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Waterloo
Charles D. Reed
Terrorist Activity Resumed in Poland Reported
In Poland a band of armed men alleged to be led by Communists is said to have renewed terror. From the Bielowiscka Puszococa forests comes a tale of murder and pillage, with receipts left in houses signed The White Russian Communist Party. The gang killed a policeman the head forester and a forest keeper and wounded four others. Three serious railroad accidents have been averted recently by vigilant railway workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Bielowiscka Puszococa
Five Prisoners Plotting Jail Delivery Held in Solitary
Five inmates at the Chicago House of Correction are in solitary confinement after planning a delivery of 75 prisoners. Guards found a cleverly carved wooden revolver in one cell and saved bars in two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
House of Correction
League report cites lawlessness in prohibition cities
The league collected information from many sources including avowed bootleggers ministers bankers and officials. It warns that lax enforcement could lead to a wave of unchecked crime and urges citizens to demand strict enforcement or risk adoption of light wine and beer allowances.
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League
French claim victory over the Riffians in Morocco clash
An official communiqué from Rabat reports French troops repulsing Riffian counterattacks, killing many and taking prisoners. Abd El Krim reportedly mobilizes 20 000 Riffian tribesmen for the assault, with 5 000 on the border raiding French zones. Marshal Lyautey directs operations from Rabat with General Campbay and Colonel Freyenburg sustaining gains as Foch and Chambrun coordinate.
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Rabat
French Morocco
Fez
Abd el Krim
Colombat
Freyenburg
Tazat
Campbay
Marshal Lyautey
Marshal Foch
Paris
Count de Chambrun
Nicholas Longworth
Governor Hammill to Speak at Wesleyan Commencement
Mt Pleasant May 6 Governor Hammill will deliver the commencement address at the seventieth annual Iowa Wesleyan College exercises on June 4. President S Smith will give the baccalaureate sermon May 31. The college grants fifty two degrees this year including fourteen B S and thirty eight A B degrees. Festivities begin with the Lowell Anderson Oratorical and Musical contest on May 29 and include the alumni banquet and senior class play on June 8.
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Preuss
MT. Pleasant
Advertisements Highlight Local Goods And Services Today
Read readers can spot shop deals, housing notices, and service offers across the ad pages. The column hints at bargains, upcoming sales, and business promotions valuable to households and merchants alike.
Dairymen Seek Tariff Boost Against Foreign Competition
Iowa dairymen aim to raise tariffs to shield domestic industry from foreign competition. M. G. Thornburg and R. G. Clark testified at a Washington tariff commission hearing. They cited lower production costs abroad and noted butter import costs to New York City from the United States and Denmark, with the current eight cent tariff.
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Des Moines
Iowa
M. G. Thornburg
Tariff Commission
Washington
R. G. Clark
Dairy and Food Division
Department
Clark
United States
New York City
Denmark
Churchyard at Stowe Poges Saved From Speculators
London May 6 The churchyard at Stob Porges immortalized in Gray’s Fly has been saved by British and American efforts from building speculators aiming to buy surrounding meadowlands. The land was purchased for the nation and Viscount Grey formalized the deeds. Boyleston Beal of the American embassy attended the ceremony.
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London
Stob. Poges
Lang
Viscount Grey
Boyleston Beal
Marriage on the Rocks in a Self-Directed Ceremony
A divorce proceeding reveals that Mrs. Josephine M. Licas of Stonehurst and Alpine Lucas of St. Petersburg Florida conducted a self marriage in Willington March 1911 after missing a license. They later lived in Philadelphia for years and claim they were legally married. Judge Jotseon granted the divorce.
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Jotseon
Josephine M. Licas
Stonehurst
Alpine Lucas
St. Petersburg
Florida
Lucas
Willington
Trol
Luca
Philadelphia
Dry navy aids blockade as liquor ships drive west
New York reports a growing coast guard effort with 21 vessels from New York and 25 from New Orleans joining the chase. Twelve more rum chasers prepare to depart from Staten Island as Detro say a Great Lakes fleet may form. Seaplanes join the action and a beached liquor boat leads to a bloodied seizure.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Great Lakes
Atlantic
New Onclean
Staten Island
Detra
QO. Merrick
New Jersey
Coast Guard
West Indies
Canada
France
England
Seabright
N. J
Dry Navy
Seapines
Narrows
Rum Zone
Mojave
Swallows Bottle Top In Iowa City
Allen Carroll age 18 months son of Mr and Mrs Harry Carroll of Manson Iowa swallowed a metal bottle top that lodged in his throat. After weeks of breathing trouble doctors in Iowa City performed two operations to remove the object and insert a throat tube. The tube will remain for some time while the baby recovers on liquid foods. University specialists expect a full recovery in months.
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Iowa City
Allen Carroll
Harry Carroll
Manson
One Point of View on Women and Marriage
A quoted woman argues that if a woman cannot attract a husband after training, she does not deserve one. The remark reflects the era’s blunt gender expectations and social pressure.
Cockatoos Feature In Exotic Bird Trade Notes
A fragment mentions cockatoos and colorful varieties in a birds and pet trade context, noting hardy traits and popular appeal. The text references magazines and general remarks on species, coloration, and purchasing considerations.
Local coal dealer sentenced after crowd crash
Cedar Rapids May 6 H C Andrews a local coal dealer received sixty days in police court for an April 28 crash that injured nine. He got thirty days for reckless driving and thirty for passing a street car in operation plus a $25 fine. Bonds set at $200 each and he plans to appeal. He remains jailed unable to post a $1,000 bond on a state charge of driving while intoxicated.
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Cedar Rapids
H. C. Andrews
Washington Hi Y Leaders Elected At Club Meeting
Stanley McConnell was chosen president of the Washington Hi Y club for the coming year. He will be a senior next year and is captain-elect of the football team. Hinrold Johnson was elected vice president and John Shields secretary and treasurer. The club, with about forty members, plans a mother and sons banquet and upcoming officer installations.
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Washington Hi
J. Reade McCrory
Mother and Sons
Don Duke
Merrill Robb
Dan Brindley
Iowa State College scholarship offered by Bee Keepers Association
A scholarship at Iowa State College in Ames will be awarded by the Iowa Bee Keepers Association to a Iowa boy. The award based on an essay on honey past bee keeping and three local recommendations. Open to boys over seventeen who have not completed high school. Send applications to F B Paddock in Ames.
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Des Moines
Iowa State College
Ames
The
Iowa’ Bee Keepers
Iowa
F. B. Paddock
Association
Associate of Senator Wheeler Is Sentenced
Gordon Campbell of the Kevin Sun burst oil field was found guilty in Great Falls Montana of fraudulent oil promotion and using the mails to defraud. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment and a $1000 fine. Campbell faces another DC indictment with Senator Wheeler and former interior solicitor KE Booth for conspiracy to obtain federal land by fraud. The case stemmed from the Gordon Campbell Kevin syndicate No 2 promotion.
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Great Falls
Mont
Gordon Campbell
Kevin-Sunburst
Burton K. Wheeler
Wheeler
Senate
Campbell
District of Columbia
KE. S. Booth
Interior Department
Gordon Campbell-Kevin
T He Syndicate
Dorothy Gould Weds Swiss Baron in Paris Church
Dorothy Gould daughter of Frank Jay Gould and Helen Kelley now Princess Valera wed Roland de Graffenried le Villars in Notre Dame de Paris church in a quiet ceremony attended by family. Civil ceremony followed Monday at City Hall. The baron, 25, a former Swiss army lieutenant, is a real estate dealer in Paris. Gifts included pearls from Mr. Gould and other items from relatives.
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Mr. Gould
Mrs. Gould
Duchess da Tallyrand
Anna Gould
Religious Education Vital to Evangelism, Iowa Council Course
Dr. C. W. Pearce urged vital religious education for youth as key to evangelism at the Sixtieth Annual Convention of the Iowa State Sunday School Council opening in Burlington. Other speakers included Dr. C. R. Parker of Cedar Rapids and Miss Starriet Walker of St. Louis as hundreds are expected through Thursday.
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Burlington
C. W. Pearce
World Sunday Schol Association
Iowa State Sunday School Council of Religious Education
C. R. Parker
Cedar Rapids
Moll Sues Union Over $50 000 Damages
Carl Moll of the United Brotherhoods of Carpenters and Joiners sues for 50 000 dollars claiming a fine of 1 dollar and a ban from office were imposed after he voted to condemn Des Moines firms as unfair at a building trades council meeting where he served as a delegate. The union says he violated by laws.
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Des Moines
Carl Moll
United Brotherhoods of Carpenters and Joiners
Moll
Building Trades Council
Disbarment Case Opens for Union County Attorney Hunt
Fifty one subpoenas have been issued for witnesses who will testify in the disbarment trial of Elmer L. Hunt county attorney of Union county which began in district court here Judge J H Applegate of Guthrie Center presiding having exchanged benches with Judge H H Carter Hunt is charged with unethical practices.
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Creston
Elmer L. Hunt
Union County
J. H. Applegate
Guthrie Center
H. H. Carter
Hunt
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AntiSaloon League
Cores River Town
Mississippi
Burlington Cleaner
Weather Bureau Reports
Killing Frost
Morocco
Edna R. Willsey
Peir Myers
Riverside Drive
Presentias Seine Federate
America
Central York
Church Yard
Gray
Coast Guards
Atlantic Coast
Ture
Tesco
M’connell
Gqueto
Mote
Charles W. Waterman
Denver, Colo
James M. Beck
Sen. Wheeler
Dorothy Gould
Union
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