Anglo American rum running treaty terms presented
London reports that the final terms for an Anglo American agreement to curb rum running were laid before the imperial conference. The plan grants US authorities the right to search British ships within twelve miles suspected of liquor smuggling, affirms the three mile territorial waters limit, and allows British ships to carry liquors into US territorial waters.
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The
Associated Press
London
Lord Curzon
Harvey
Foreign Office
United States
Freshman Football to Clash with Iowa Varsity in Open Date
Iowa City, Oct. 31. The freshman team will face the Hawkeye eleven on Saturday November 10 during Iowa’s open date. The yearling varsity game will be half a game two fifteen minute periods. Janss of Belle Plaine at left half shows promise for next year. Coach Homer W Scott relies on Rice and Galloway at ends and Daniels at center as strong varsity contenders. The freshmen fast draft into form and will test for varsity spots next Friday in a regular intersquad game.
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Iowa City
Hawkeye Eleven
Iowa Gridiron Warriors
Iowa
Janss
Belle Plaine
Miller
Homer W. Scott
Rice
Washington
Galloway
Omaha
Nebraska Prep
Daniels
Scott
Budget System Only Way to Economize Says General Dawes
Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes, former head of the budget bureau, declares in a public interview that the budget system is the sole method to curb Washington extravagance. He says abolishing the budget would meet public opposition and warns against killing the budget principle in the next congressional session.
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Dawes
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
Budget Bureau
United States Treasury Department
Fraternity House Burglars Strike Again on Fraternity Row
Police said burglars who hit three homes on Fraternity Row in Iowa City early morning seized jewelry watches and money worth hundreds dollars. They moved to another city section at night and robbed the Kappa Theta Phi house taking six watches and thirteen dollars in cash. The entry was through a second story window.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Kappa Heta Phi
I Saw Your Ad in the Journal Merchants Notice
A short directive states I saw your ad in the Journal and urges merchants to respond or act on the notice. The line recalls reader engagement with local media and hints at a business outreach context.
Doctors urged to serve rural areas by tri state fund
Des Moines reports the tri state medical association forming a 160000 field fund to recruit doctors to work in rural communities. A post graduate organization will be created within the association funded by physician contributions, with no outside money sought. Several thousand doctors attended clinics and heard Sir William de Courcy Wheeler praise Ireland’s hospitals while noting building and circulation shortages.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Tri-State Medical Association
Tri-State Association
Yoon
Sir William de Courcy Wheeler
Dublin
Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
William
Country club project moves toward realization with officers elected
A group backing a planned country club and golf course held a key meeting at the Commercial Savings Bank. Elliot Grayson was named president with H F Darbyshire vice president Carl Keck treasurer and Frank Appleby secretary. A five member board includes Harry I Ward Marsh Bailey Boyd Berdo Hugh McCleery and E E Stutsman. Membership will be capped at 125 with nearly 100 applications already filed. Site selection is narrowed to two or three options and committees will be formed to advance the plan.
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Commercial Savings Bank
Elliot Grayson
H. F. Darbyshire
Carl M. Keck
Frank Appleby
Harry I. Ward
Marsh W. Bailey
Boyd Berdo
Hugh MecCleery
E. E. Stutsman
Grayson
Confidence in Cummins E Sch Law Endorsed by Bankers
Washington D C October 13 The investment bankers association adopted a resolution on railroad security praising the transportation act. It notes general imperfections but calls the act a long step toward solving the American railroad problem.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Investment Bankers Association
Committee On
Corn Harvest Hampered by High Moisture Across Iowa
Des Moines Iowa October 31 Corn husking slowed in most counties as moisture content ran 25 to 40 percent per farmer reports. High moisture made cribbing unsafe and much corn was shredded. Freezing nights were followed by snow on the 29th and 30th keeping ground from freezing and protecting potatoes and sugar beets. Some winter wheat was planted.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Story County
Reed
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks Threaten Legal Action Over Film Magazine Story
Los Angeles reports a court action to stop alleged malicious stories about film figures begins after Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks telegraph to attorneys. New York says attorney Dennis F. O’Brien will pursue suit against a local magazine claiming Evelyn Brent caused the Pickford Fairbanks estrangement.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Ares
New Lacy
Douglas Fairbanks
Evelyn Brent
Iowa Town Scene of Four Burglaries
Bandits entered the Farmers Savings Bank at Alleman Iowa but failed to break into the vault. They also burgled a general store hardware store and the post office but obtained little loot in the Des Moines area last night with the crime spree centered fifteen miles north of Des Moines.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Farmers Savings Bank
Alleman
Iowa
Plans to feed German children in winter announced
Major General Henry T. Allen said two million German children would be fed this winter through the American Society of Friends. The drive, led by the American committee for the welfare of American children, aims to combat under nourishment in postwar Germany with a suggested goal of 5.49 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Til
Get
Henry T. Allen
Rhine
Washington
American Society of Friends
Allen
Germany
General Allen
American Committee For the Welfare of
Henry J. Allen
Kansas
Charles M. Schwab
Bernard Harusch
James M. Cox
Lloyd George to Sail Saturday After US Lecture Tour
David Lloyd George the former British wartime premier will sail for England on Saturday after a tour that carried him across Canada and the United States. He arrives in New York tonight and will deliver two talks this week at the Lotus Club and the Metropolitan Opera House before leaving for Europe.
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Associated Press
New York
David Lloyd George
Canada
United States
England
Lotus Club
Metropolitan Opera House
Europe
Settlement Reopens U S Consulate at New Castle
London Oct. 31 A settlement of the controversy over the American consulate at New Castle On Tyne was reached between Foreign Secretary Curzon and Ambassador Harvey and the consulate will be reopened within a fortnight.
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Associated Press
London
New Castle-On-Tyne
Curzon
Harvey
Unused Plans Paid For By U S Government
Washington officials disclosed payments to architect Matthew OBrien for revised hospital plans in Liver pool California though bids were not used and costs exceeded the initial limit of 1.6 million. He received about 97 thousand dollars to date with a further 32 thousand approved over protest.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Matthew O’brien
San Francisco
Livermore
Calif
Veterans Bureau Investigating Committee
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
General McCaral
O’brien
Hines
O'Brien
Mr. McCarel
Freight rate cut urged to aid farmers
Walter Cravens president of the Kansas City Joint Land Bank urged freight rate reductions on farm products in proportion to product price drops as the most needed relief for farmers. He added that agriculture in the middle west is far from collapse.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Walter Cravens
Kansas City Joint Land Bank
Middle West
Bonar Law Funeral Set For Westminster Abbey
The body of Andrew Bonar Law former prime minister will be buried in Westminster Abbey at noon next Monday in London.
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Bonar Law
Associated Press
London
Andrew Bonar Law
Westminster Abbey
Kellogg Ambassador Appointment Formally Accepted
The British government formally accepts Frank B. Kellogg as United States ambassador to Great Britain, a status announced in London. The move follows Kellogg’s nomination and marks a formal diplomatic appointment.
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Associated Tress
London
Frank B. Kellogg
United States
Great Britain
Skyscrapers Shrink in Cold Weather Across New York
New York engineers report that tall steel structures such as the Woolworth Metropolitan and Equitable buildings will shrink about one to one and a half inches this winter due to thermal contraction. Calculations show per degree changes alter heights by fractions of an inch, with total winter reductions up to 3.2 inches for the Woolworth, 3 inches for the Metropolitan, and 2.6 inches for the Equitable from mid summer heights.
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Associated Press
New York
Woolworth
Metropolitan Tower
Equitable
Metropolitan
Clarence T. Coley
Equitable Building
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
Mr. Coley
Conference Called to Fight Booze Enforcement
Acting Governor John Hammill calls a Des Moines capitol conference of Iowa officials and peace officers to discuss enforcing prohibitory laws. Attendees include attorney general United States district attorneys sheriffs mayors and federal prohibition officers with talks by Kendall Linville Wade Cummins Kenyon and others.
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John Hammill
Iowa
Des Moines
Capitol
Calvin Coolidge
United States District Attorneys
United States Marshals
N. E. Kendall
Buell McCash
Bloomfield
Guy Linville
Cedar Rapids
Lafayette Young
Martin J. Wade
Iowa City
Ben J. Gibson
G. A. Brunson
Bert Halligan
Harvey Ingham
Judge Faville
The
Supreme Court
A. B. Cummins
W. 8. Kenyon
Disposition of Prominent Klansmen Read in Atlanta Court
Reading of the deposition of N N Furney cashier at the Imperial palace continued in Fulton county court in the Klan receiver suit brought by H N Rittenhouse and others from Philadelphia. Furney testified he advanced funds to field men at Imperial Wizard H W Evans's request and could not recall the purposes. Evans deposition previously stated the Klan favored an anti flogging law in Oklahoma and sought to stamp out lawlessness.
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Atlanta
N. N. Furney
Imperial Palace
Fulton County
H. N. Rittenhouse
Philadelphia
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Furney
H. W. Evans
Klan
Oklahoma
Local Students Join Societies at Parsons
Lois Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Brown of Washington has been elected to the Elzevir literary society at Parsons college Fairfield where she is a sophomore member. Lynn Haney son of D N Haney of 702 East Seventh street Washington has joined Aldine an upper class society at Parsons for the men with the same eligibility as Elzevir and Empyrean and Orio.
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Lois Brown
R. E. Brown
Washington
Elzevir
Parsons College
Fairfield
Parsons
Lynn Haney
D. N. Haney
East Seventh Street
Aldine
Empyrean
Orio
Standard Oil Sues rivals over oil cracking processes
Standard Oil of Indiana filed a bill of complaint in federal court seeking to restrain rival firms from using certain oil cracking processes. A similar suit was filed in East St. Louis against Roxana Petroleum Company.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of Indiana Today
United States District Court
Universal Oil Producer Company
East St. Louis
Roxana Petroleum Company
Mrs. H A McLain Visits Brother in Rosehill
Mrs. H A McLain of Trenton Missouri passed through here this morning en route from Rosehill where she visited her brother W D Wright.
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H. A. McLain
Trenton
Rosehill
W. D. Wright
Crown Prince asks Holland to let him go
Doorn Oct 31 Former Crown Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia has asked the Dutch government for permission to return to Germany. Holland would not allow him to come back. He reportedly conferred with the German minister at The Hague about his return.
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Associated Press
Doorn
Frederick Wilhelm
Prussia
Germany
Holland
the Hague
Hammill Favors Finley to Command the 34th Division
Acting Governor Hammill recommends Brigadier General M. A. Tinley of Council Bluffs be appointed major general of the 34th Division in a letter to General Duncan of Omaha. The 34th Division is under the 7th Army Corps area.
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Hammill
Finley
Associatedress
Des Moines
John Hammill
George F. Duncan
Omaha
7Th Army
M. A. Tinley
Cornell Bluffs
Retired Couple Wed in Frail Ceremony Near London
Robert Broom aged 91 and Elizabeth Bolt aged 88 were married at Forest Gate East London. The feeble couple sat during the ceremony which was curtailed and signed the registry with trembling hands.
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Associated Prensa
London
Robert Broom
Elizabeth Bolt
Terday
Forest Gate
East le
Walton Impeachment Hearing Likely To Be Delayed
Oklahoma City October 31 prediction from legislative circles that Governor J C Walton impeachment hearing may receive a brief continuance when it opens tomorrow as the court of impeachment considers the executive’s request for more time.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
J. C. Walton
Oklahoma Court of
Keokuk Man Appointed to Iowa Land Titles Board
Acting Governor John Hammill appointed Sawyer of Keokuk to the legislative committee on land titles. The panel, authorized by the last General Assembly, studies state laws to suggest reforms for Iowa land title statutes.
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Anse Des Moines
I, Sawyer
Keokuk
John Hammill
Legislative Committee On
General Assembly
Lowa
Ann Reiner Elected Secretary of Nurses Group
A notice from Peoria announces Miss Ann Reiner of Moline elected secretary of the Private Duty section of the Ulinels State Association of Graduate Nurses at the annual convention. Miss Reiner is a member of a Moline hospital and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Reiner of Washington.
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Moline
Ann Reiner
Joe Reiner
Washington
Ulinels State Association of Graduate Nurses
Peoria
Miss Reiner
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