Iowa Hooch Controversy Sparks Official probes
Iowa officials prepared to examine conditions in eastern Iowa after the Iowa Anti-Saloon League labeled river cities as deplorable for prohibition enforcement. Davenport and Scott county leaders denounced the league report as untrue and urged the league to present factual evidence backing its claims.
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Ansociated Preced
Des Moines
Althoneh
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Iowa
Mississippi River
Ben J. Gibson Selievine
Hammill
S P. McNauegeht
League
Davenport
Scott County
L. R. Roddewig
Frank Martin
Hekhart
L. E. Roddewig
Anti-Saloon League
Iowan Man Unintentionally Kills Wife With Shotgun
Martelle Iowa May 2 John Barner accidentally shot and killed his wife while returning from a field. Barner loaded the gun to shoot pigeons and as he unloaded one barrel fired striking Mrs Barner in the back and killing her instantly. He is a retired farmer living at Mount Vernon.
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Martelle
Iowa
John Barner
Barner
Mount Vernon
Iowa Prohibition Outlook Not Bad
Washington May 7 The Associated Press reports Assistant Prohibition Commissioner Jones says Iowa’s prohibition situation isn’t as bad as feared. He notes easier enforcement due to no coastline for smuggling and Iowa’s stricter state law beyond the federal dry laws.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iowa
Jones
Iowa Anti-Saloon League
Beal Heads 5 5 Association at Iowa Sunday School Council Meet
Burlington May 7 The sixtieth annual Iowa State Sunday School Council convention closes with Dr W C Pearce and Dr C R Pass among featured speakers. Edward R Klett and A Hacker listed among others. Dr W R Keasey named vice president Marion J Woods treasurer Executive committee named. Four district conventions planned next year with officers serving through 1927. Registration reaches about 1800 delegates.
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Praca
Burlington
Iowa State Sunday School Council of Religiousation
W. C. Pearce
Rasociatevary
The
World's Sunday Association
C. R. Pass
Cedar Rapids
Edward R. Klett
Green Castle
Ind
Hacker
Chicago
W. Wet
Waterloo
W. R. Keasey
Ottumwa
Marion J0. Woods
Des Moines
FE. H. Stranmahan
Oska- Yoosa
W. M. Vander Minder
Pella
W. W. Beal
KE. J. Biasi
Dubuque
J. A. Bliss
Mt. Ayr
W. G. Burrus
Three Overcome In Anamosa Blaze
Anamosa fire damaged the opera house Aments department store and nearby offices May 7. Three men were overcome by smoke while fighting the flames with Monticello firefighters for about two hours. William Hawkens was seriously affected and unconscious but recovered by morning. Louis Garner editor of the Mureka and another man named Smith were also rescued and recovered. Estimated losses ranged from eight to ten thousand dollars.
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Anamosa
Opera House
Aments
Monticello
William Hawkens
Louis Gardner
the Mureka
Smith
Gibson Not Worried Over Enforcement
Des Moines May 7 Attorney General Ben J Gibson said he is at present not concerned by the Town Anti Saloon League report and that his office sees no need for intervention at this time.
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Des Moines
Ben J. Gibson
Town Anti-saloon League
Bryan Coolidge Luncheon At White House
Wm Jennings Bryan visited the White House for a luncheon with President Coolidge. Bryan called to pay respects and the president invited him to lunch.
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Washington
Wm. Jennings Bryan
President Coolidge
White House
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Coolidge
Conspiracy 8 Charge Made Against Ford
W J Miller state revenue agent filed in Hinds county chancery court a suit against Ford Motor Company charging a criminal conspiracy to violate Mississippi anti trust laws seeking 12 million dollars in penalties. All local Ford dealers and banking institutions are named as defendants with writs of attachment sought against Ford funds and railway lines in the state.
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The
Associated Press
Jacson
Miss
W. J. Miller
State Revenue Agent
Chancery Court
Hinds County
Ford Motor Company
Mississippi
Ford
Frost Lashes State Crops as Temperatures Dip
Des Moines May 7 reports say fruit and garden crops that escaped damage the night before likely suffered from last night's cold. Official readings ranged from 23 at Dec orah to 30 at Sioux City with frost predicted again tonight.
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Des Moines
United States Weather Bureau
Decorah
Sioux City
Forty two divorces granted in Des Moines days
In Des Moines on May 7 forty two divorces were granted in two days. Nearly half of the cases were uncontested and finalized quickly.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Mayor Denounces Report On Clinton Morals
Clinton mayor R N Howes condemns a report by the Iowa-Illinois League of Officials as spite work claiming morals in Clinton are low. Sheriff Cooke declined to comment and the mayor challenges any proof of houses of ill fame while defending local dance halls as among the best nearby. The attorney general has been informed of morals concerns from the same source.
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Clinton
I’. McNaught
Iowa-AnthSillioon League
Lane
R. N. Howes
KE. R. Cooke
Iowa
General Mason Patrick Flies to Nashville After Night Missing
Major General Mason M. Patrick chief of the army air service was lost from 5 pm yesterday and landed in Nashville at dawn this morning. He planned a Memphis to Nashville nonstop flight but nightfall forced a stop in a village without telegraph service. Captain St Claire Street piloted the craft and Patrick reported a smooth landing at Eva before resuming the trip at dawn.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
Memphis
St. Claire Street
Patrick
Air Service
Creston Woman Suffered Concussion In Auto Crash
Mrs Ruth Henderson of Creston sustained a concussion in an automobile accident last night. Her physician said she will probably recover. Three other occupants escaped injury.
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Creston
Ruth Henderson
Farm Department Keeps on Lookout for Adulterated Eggs
The Agriculture Department will monitor interstate commerce for adulterated eggs defined as old or moldy under the federal food and drugs act. The piece also notes other topics from polar exploration rescue plans to Treasury Bureau staffing and a suggestion that Supreme Court robes are unnecessary and costly.
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Farm Department
U.S
NEA
Washington, D.C
Agriculture Department
Department
Trotsky Returns to Moscow to Seek Government Post
Leon Trotsky, deposed war minister, returns from Sukhum to Moscow and faces a possible appointment as foreign trade commissariat head. Analysts expect Frunze to remain war minister, with Trotsky awaiting party guidance at the May 12 congress.
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Associated Pree
Moscow
Leon Trotsky
Sukhum
Trans-Caucasia
Red Army
Commissariat of Foreign Trade
Leonid Krassin
France
Trotsky
Frunze
War Ministry
Soviet Federal Congress
Haugen Leaves Capital Hospital
Washington May 7 Chairman Haugen of the house agriculture committee, recovering from bladder surgery, visited his office for the first time since March. He expects to return home to Northwood Iowa in about two weeks.
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Washington
Haugen
House Agriculture Committee
Northwood
Counterfeiters Gang Arrested in Major Conspiracy
Washington May 7 one of the greatest conspiracies for counterfeiting government securities is tied to an eight man Pittsburgh indictment. About forty to fifty people are under arrest in three states for making and selling fake war savings stamps and revenue stamps. Trial of alleged leaders begins in Chicago next week. Federal agents seized fake stamps valued at 196000 dollars and Chicago units hit several outfits. Headquarters report confessions in ten or eleven cases.
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Washington
Secret Service
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Dickinson to Speak at Creston Farm Picnic
Green Congress man L. J. Dickinson of Algona will be the principal speaker at the Creston Farm Picnic on June 4 under the Creston Chamber of Commerce. Several thousand farmers are expected to attend.
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Associated Press
Creston
Green Conegressman
L. J. Dickinson
Algona
Man Wounded at Sioux City Dies. Police Seek Suspect
Matthew Davies died after being found dying with a bullet wound in the abdomen at Eleventh and Pearl streets Tuesday night. Police expect to arrest a suspect soon as they work to clear up the case and determine motives.
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Sioux City
Matthew Davies
Pearl Streets
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Editors of Farm Papers Say Outlook Brighter
At a two day meeting in Chicago the editors of sixteen state farm papers concluded the agricultural outlook is better than in four years. Samuel R. McKelvie, editor of the Nebraska Farmer and former Nebraska governor, was elected president of Standard Farm Papers Inc.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Samuel R. McKelvie
The
Nebraska Farmer
Nebraska
Standard Farr Papers Inc
Socialists Protest Hindenburg Victory in Germany
Berlin May 7. Socialists file official protest against the validity of Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s election as president. They claim irregularities and seek to void the election, while nationalists doubt success of such actions. Vote total shows Hindenburg leading by 902,911. Protest cites early inauguration date pressuring canvass of returns and alleges intimidation or fraud in localities reporting unanimous pro-Hindenburg support.
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Asecseisted Press
Berlin
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany
von Hindenburg
Vorwaerts
Man Held In Mail Obscene Letter Case In Maquoreta
Fred Anderson, a federal agricultural census worker in Jackson county, is jailed in Maquoreta on accusations of mailing obscene letters to several prominent local women. Postal inspectors from Cedar Rapids aided the arrest after surveillance noted him threatening a young woman. Anderson, a former Fort Madison inmate, was sent to reform school as a boy.
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Associated Press
Maquoreta
Fred Anderson
Jackson County
Cedar Rapids
Anderson
Fort Madison
Davenport
Reformatory
Burlington Citizen Narrow Escape In Gas Fumes
Florian Koerner nearly died in a Burlington home cellar as gas fumes overwhelmed him. His wife found him unconscious. he revived after a pullmotor treatment and remained unconscious for five hours.
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Burlington
Florian Koerner
Robbers Loot Morris Bomash Pawn Shop in New York Heist
Five robbers today held up the Morris Bomash pawn shop in the downtown district and looted the safe and show cases. Jewelry and other valuables were taken, estimated at between 40 000 and 50 000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Morris Bomash
Four New Ships Enter Rum Row Fleet Off New Jersey
The dry armada reports four new ships on rum row off the New Jersey coast, including a large German liner from Hamburg. Federal agents say the blockade is 100 percent effective within two days and aim to destroy 25 000 bottles of Scotch and 7 000 gallons of alcohol seized from rum runners valued at 150 000 dollars. Padlocks seal inland liquor as crews contend with a 45 mile gale during the night chase.
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New York
Rum Row
United States
Cunningham
New Jersey
Hamburg
Burlington auto salesman dies in Galesburg hotel
Coroner G. S. Bower will hold an inquest into the mysterious death of J. C. Anderson, 39, an automobile salesman from Burlington, Iowa. Miss Vee Coontz, who accompanied him, said he fell ill while driving from Burlington and died shortly after a doctor left. She alleged he had been drinking, supplied by a wealthy Burlington man. Anderson had worked for the Burlington company since September after a prior stint in Des Moines. the couple registered as man and wife, and police took Miss Coontz into custody for questioning.
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Praca
Galesburg
Ill
Bower
J. C. Anderson
Burlington
Vee Coontz
Anderson
Liberty Granted to Mrs Shepherd in Slaying Case
Mrs Julie Shepherd, named as an accessory to her husband William D Shepherd in the deaths of ward William Nelson McClintock, was released on her own recognizance after surrendering. Judge Jacob Hopkins set a $5000 bond for pending grand jury action as the coroner's inquest had urged she be held.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Julie Shepherd
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Jacob Hopkins
Young McClintock
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