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Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 04, 1922

Page

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Women Run For Congress In Tight Midwestern Races

In Missouri and Minnesota campaigns, Reed faces Brewster with water versus dry factions influencing voters. Mrs. St. Claire Moss and Sophia Fritz seek congressional seats as Mrs. Anna Olesen and Henrik Shipstead contest in Minnesota with Volstead Act issues central. Mrs. Lillian C. Gault of St Peter runs for third district against Charles Davis.

Associated Press ST. Louis Missouri Jas. A. Reed Tl. R. Brewster Reed Brewster Wilson Lead St. Claire Moss Sophia Fritz Fur Fitta Kansas City ST. Paul, Minn Frank Kellogg Anna Olesen Henik Shipstead J. Kale Boson Chas. Davis Gault St. Peter

Japanese pulp makers seek limits on Canadian imports

Osaka based reports say Japanese pulp manufacturers press Toyo Shokai to cap Canadian pulp imports at 20 000 tons yearly and ask for higher duties from Rin 2 to Rin 4 per pound. They warn Swedish goods could worsen distress as Canadian market share remains hard to place in Europe.

Associated Press Osaka Japan Europe Osaka Maingiehl Mainichi States Toyo Shokai

Accident Victims Recovering After October Auto Crash

Report indicates all injured in the October 21 auto accident are improving. Frances and Hazel Conrad and Ella Miller are recovering rapidly. Carl Miller remains confined with a broken leg but improving. Mrs Miller shows slight improvement yet remains paralyzed in limbs and lower body with no change. Fractured arm and ribs are healing and she is holding her own.

Frances Hazel Conrad Ella Miller Carl Miller Mrs. Miller

World League Against Alcoholism to Convene in Toronto

The World League against Alcoholism resumes its convention in Toronto November 24 to 29 with talks on liquor transport at sea and worldwide temperance campaigns. Delegates from multiple nations will attend the largest anti drinking reform gathering, aligned with parallel Dominion Temperance Alliance meetings.

Associated Press Toronto Canada World League Against Alcoholism High Seas League Washington United States Dominion Temperance Alliance The Alliance Inter-collegiate Prohibition Association Philadelphia

Action delayed in Hall Mills murder case

In New Brunswick New Jersey on November 4 the Hall Mills murder action was postponed until after the upcoming election. The grand jury will hear the case with only a few witnesses before it. Motts has a fuller trial report and has gathered statements from several people to clarify the witness account tied to Mrs Jane Gibson Shuecks.

Associated Press New Brunswick N. J Hall- Mills Motts Jane Gibson .Shuecks Elinor Rhinehart Mills Hall

Dynamiters Blow Up Track Near Marshfield

Dynamiters blew up a section of track one mile east of Marshfield Springfield area. Deputy U S marshals and detectives were rushed to the scene twenty five miles from the city. No arrests had been made by nine o clock this morning.

Springfield Marshfield United States

Texas Express Collision Kills One, Injures Many

In Bremond Texas an express train struck an open switch and crashed into the rear of a sleeping car on a parallel track. One man was killed, another seriously injured, and many passengers suffered cuts and bruises from shattered glass.

Associated Press Bremond, Tex

Campaign winds down in Illinois amid low enthusiasm

The quiet off year drive closes in Illinois with little statewide zeal. A heated contest centers on the eighteenth district in Danville where long time holder Joe Cannon faces challenger Winifred Mason Hauck, the only major female candidate in the state.

Associated Press Chicago Illinois Danville Joe Cannon Winifred Mason Hauck

Double murder at Clinton area store shocks county

Homer Brownsfield and his wife were killed in a lie-by, the couple found in their Lincoln Highway store west of Clinton. Brownsfield was shot in the head while his wife, who tried to flee, was beaten and died shortly after. Fingerprint work and robbery motive are being explored.

The Associated Press Clinton Iowa Clinton County Homer Brownsfield Lincolnighway Here Brownsfield Cian Brownstfield Lincoln Highway

Syracuse vs Nebraska in Mud Opens With 3-0 Lead

Syracuse led Nebraska 3 to 0 at the end of the first quarter as puddles of water covered parts of the field and a field goal produced the early score in the Syracuse Nebraska clash reported by The Associated Press.

Associated Press Syracuse N. Y Nebraska

Candidates for Office in Igwa Are on Home Stretch

Chicago meeting urged by 14 national women groups and governors to send delegates for a Mississippi Valley Conference on litigation for working women. Illinois plan approved. states listed include Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Wisconsin Illinois Kentucky North Dakota Texas with possible Mississippi and Tennessee. Des Moines says race for U S senator tight three days before election with Brookhart and Herring leading, voters sparse compared to 1918.

Chicago Illinois Florence Kelley New York National Consumers’ League Illinois Woman's Trade Union League Consumers’ League Kelley Associated Press Des Moines United States Congress Polesand Tuesaday At & A Brookhart-Herring Brookhart Herring Superintendent of Public Instruction Timena Hoffman Fort Dodge May Francis Waverly

Mrs Sarah Lucas Visiting At Ted Eggers Home

Mrs Sarah Lucas of Springdale Oregon is visiting for a time at the home of Ted Eggers.

Mra Sarah Lucas Springdale, Ore Ted Eggers

Fourth Victim Dies in New York Celluloid Fire

The fourth victim, Frances Argonne, died today in New York from injuries suffered in the celluloid factory blaze. She was among eleven women trapped on the third floor. four others remain hospitalized in serious condition.

Associated Press New York Frances Argonne

Weather outlook: rain then clearing and cooler Monday

Weather expert forecast for Monday calls for rain early followed by increasing cloudiness and much cooler temperatures, with generally fair and cooler conditions overall in Washington D C.

Associated Press Washington, D. C

Brighton visitors and Washington business figures in town

J. DB. Dey BE. L. Edmondson and A. J. Morse of Brighton were in town yesterday on business. Attorney W. J. McDonald of IJowa City was a business visitor in Washington yesterday.

J. DB. Dey BE. L. Edmondson A. J. Morse Brighton W. J. McDonald Ijowa City Washington

Army Pli ers Set Transcontinental Flight Record Attempt

Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John McCready attempted a nonstop flight from San Diego to Indianapolis. A gas leak and exhaustion forced an emergency landing near Indianapolis at 9:15 local time. The pair are believed to have established a new distance record for a nonstop flight.

Associated Presse Indianapolis Ind Oakley Kelly John McCready Here Kelly San Diego Washington, D. C Lieuts. Kelly Cal Indiana

The Quail Hunter Jack Kennedy Killed in Mail Train Holdup

In Memphis on November 4 1920 Jack Kennedy known as The Quail Hunter and an unknown bandit were killed during an ambush robbery of the San Francisco mail No 805 en route from St Louis to Memphis. Guards returned fire near Wittenberg Missouri as the gang fled in a car leaving three or more bandits at large.

Memphis Tenn Jack Kennedy San Francisco St. Louis Wittenberg Kennedy

Daily Thought Quotation About Fame

A short aphorism asserts fame is a fragile plant that grows only on mortal soil. The quote attributed to Milton suggests fame arises from human mortality and earthly conditions.

Daily Thought Miltom

Army aviators land in Dayton after crosscountry nonstop flight

Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John McCready arrived in Dayton at 12 15 pm after covering two thousand sixty miles in a nonstop attempt across the continent. They reported thirty hours aloft with eleven and a half hours of rain and story, and winds on the mountains nearly toppled the aircraft. The flight established a new world record for nonstop continental air travel, surpassing the prior Atlantic crossing distance.

Dayton Oakley Kelly John McCready Indianapolis T. H. Bane Bane Fligh Jack Alcoach A. W. Brown Atlantic Newfoundland Ireland

Five Des Moines city employees held in robbery probe

Des Moines reports five of eight city employees in custody of the deputy sheriff this afternoon on robbery charges tied to garbage finances. Garbage superintendent Harry Miller attempted to post bonds totaling 63,000 to cover twelve charges.

Associated Press Des Moines Harry Miller

Teachers Honor Seerley at Iowa Convention

The sixty eighth Iowa State Teachers Association session saluted President H Seerley of Cedar Falls with a life membership in both state and national groups. Rev E H Blackmar read Seerleys signed report and Seerley thanked delegates noting the growth from fifty years ago. Mrs Seerley received a chrysanthemum bouquet as Owen of the National Association praised Seerley as a major educator and Iowa citizen.

Seerley Des. Moines Iowa State Teachers Association H. Seerley Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Iowa Teachers’ Association L. H. Minkle Fort Dodge State Teachers’ Association William B. Owen National Teachers’ Association E. H. Blackmar Ottumwa Baltimore Owen National Association

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