Fraud Charge Against Col Miller in Major U S Case
New York Oct 21 government says Col Thomas W Miller former alien property custodian faces prosecution for alleged $7 000 000 fraud involving 441 000 in bribes The case centers on the American Metal Company and the Merton brothers of Frankfort On Main Also named are Johan T King and others with indictments against Swiss and German associates and a possible voluntary return by the Merton brothers
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New York
Thomas W. Miller
Department of Justice
American Metal Company
Harry M. Daugherty
Marding
Liberty
United States
Merton
Frankfort- On-Main
Johan T. King
Connecticut
Jesse Smith
Miler
Smith
King
Merton Brothers
Miller Ans
Miller
Wilmington
Del
Decrease in Iowa Divorces Reported for 1924
Des Moines data show divorces in Iowa fell to 3,784 in 1924 from 4,526 in 1923 a drop of 542 or 12.5 percent. Marriages rose to 23,446 in 1924 from 20,107 in 1923 reflecting a 5.7 percent increase. Figures are preliminary from the Commerce Department based on Iowa Health data and subject to correction.
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Moines
Iowa
Washington D. C
Department of Commerce
Iown Department of Health
Local High School Football Scores From Friday Night
The roundup lists Penn 6 State Teachers 0 and Wartburg at Ellsworth cancelled. Other scores include Tabor 18 Western Union 7 Des Moines University freshmen 12 Fort Dodge junior college 6 Charitoy 3 Russell 6 Audubon 2 Glenwood 6 Merion 13 Monticello 6 Shelby 7 Oakland 6 Albert City 14 Sioux Rapids 6 Bullas Center 12 Redfield 0 Rolfe 7 Pocahontas 0 Midora State Center cancelled Sheldon 38 Sibley 0 Wilton Tipton 0 Unbuyne high 36 Grant high Cedar Rapids 0. Miss Fdna Tobin of Ainsworth shopping in town. Melvin Grosseup of Brighton in town on business.
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Penn
Wartburg
Ellsworth
Tabor
Western Union
Des Moines University
Fort Dodge Junior College
Charitoy
Russell
Audubon
Harlan
Crear Lake
Belmond
Shenandoah
Glenwood
Merion
Monticello
Shelby
Oakland
Albert City
Sioux Rapids
Bullas Center
Redfield
Rolfe
Pocahontas
Midora
State Center
Sheldon
Sibley
Wilton
Tipton
wUnbuyne High
Grant High Cedar
Warmer Weather Brings Some Hope for Indian Summer
In Des Moines Iowa on October 31 the weather bureau indicated warmer conditions may yield an Indian summer with no snow across the state today. The lowest official readings last night were 20 above zero at Dubuque and Keokuk and 21 at Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Dubuque
Keokuk
Dex Moines
Death summons William C. Mayhew in Iowa veteran laid to rest
William C. Mayhew died at 4 30 am after four years of ill health. Funeral at Methodist church Sunday at 3 pm with Dr. W W Bowers presiding. Burial in John Grove cemetery. Born February 16 1837 in Athens county Ohio he served in the Union army from 1862 to 1865 and survived look out mountain and Sherman’s march to the sea.
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W. C. Mayhew
Methodist
W. W. Bowers
Inohn Grove
Jones & McEwhinney
Mayhew
William Calvin Mayhew
Athens County
Ohio
Vinton County
Simeon Gibbs
Washington
Iowa
Perry Pratt
Clarissa
Chillicothe
Mary West
Mandy
Delphis
Mississippi
Fort Madison
Delphia
Washington County
Ainsworth
Havre
Treblicocks
Mount Pleasant
Mississippi River
Burlington
Keokuk
Vicksburg
Memphis
Grant
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Sherman
South Carolina
Palmer
Lee
Washington, D. C
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln
Davenport
Hattie Barker Blackman
Wapello County
Thye
John Bear
East Washington Street
East Washington Street Since That Time. To Mr. and Mrs. Mayhew
Will
Etta Mayhew Kleese
Frank
Cora Mayhew Draper
Harrissonville
Harley
Roy
Des Moines
Mr. Mayhew
Kutsch the Powerful Iowa football star and all around athlete
Iowa history recalls Nick Kutsch a standout football lineman and versatile athlete. Once a top Sioux City fullback he led teams in a state championship race and earned wide recognition amid a storied career spanning high school to college gates.
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Iowa City
Nick” Kutsch
Iowa
Kuntach
Ohio
Ingwersen
Behm Brothers
Sioux City
Kutsch
Washington High
Cedar Rapids
Weisley
Chicago
Murrell
Minnesota
Marek
Aridil
Ohio State
Yerkes
Hines
Jows
Wor
Nick
Hawkeyes Football History Through 1925 At a Glance
The official University of Iowa record lists 31 seasons from 188 to 1925 with 157 wins 90 losses and nine ties for a .635 winning percentage. Iowa scored 4784 points while allowing 2786. Big shutouts mark 85 victories, with 95–0 over Iowa Normal in 1914 as the largest margin. Wisconsin visit looms as Iowa’s seventh clash. only one victory came at Madison.
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Associated Preas
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hawkeye Athletic Department
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Iowans
Towa
Iowa Norma
Cornell
Northwestern
Washingon
Indiana
Purdue
Michigan-Iowa
Wolverines
Illinois
Minnesota
Nevasna
Wisconsin
Madison
Badgers
Hawks
Ilngwersen
Boy 15 Admits Causing Ohio Train Wreck
Bertram Parnes of Roanoke Ohio aged 15 confessed last night to opening a switch near Uhrichsville causing a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train from Ulrichsville to derail. Charles Tomasic aged 27 was killed and several passengers injured as the train collided with three freight cars. Barnes said he wanted to see how the train would stack up and that the switch was not locked.
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New
Philadelphia
Ohio
Bertram Parnes
Roanoke
Baltimore and Ohio
Ulfrichsville
Charles Tomasic
Uhrichsville
Barnes
Tomash
Flaming Swords Over Washington Puzzle Sightings
In Washington DC a series of stationary flaming swords lit the western sky for several nights prompting fear and superstitions among locals. Navy astronomer Professor Asaph Hall concluded they were searchlights used by Fort Humphreys engineers surveying a 400 square mile area between Quantico and Warrenton, with triangulation conducted at night.
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Hall
Company C
29Th Engineers
Fort Humphreys
Quantico
Warrenton
Sipes Guilty of Murder in Spencer Garage Death
Jack Sipes a Spencer garage man was found guilty of murder with a recommendation for death after stabbing Dan Detling a disabled World War I veteran to death over a $6 30 garage bill. Sentencing awaits Friday with appeals likely to follow.
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Sipes
Spencer
Associated Press
Sioux City
The
Journal
Iowa
Jack Sipes
Dan Detling
Supreme Court
Detling
Minnesota
Move to Dismiss Railway Petition and Hearings
Western railroads press to dismiss petition for a five percent rate increase arguing Hoch-Smith resolution calls for lower rates if possible. Iowa football notes recount Hawkeyes' past losses to Wisconsin and praise for team after victory over Ohio State and upcoming matchups.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Clyde I. Altention
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fred 8. Jackson
Kansas
Western Farmers Organizations
American Farm Bureau Federation
Hoch-Smith
French Losses in Syria Revised by Paris Officials
Paris reports 685 French killed or missing in Syria since the Druze insurrection began, denying 6,000 figure cited elsewhere. Col. Gimlin denial cited. Damascus bombardment criticized. civilian supervision proposed. League of Nations mandates commission seeks France’s official comment on protests over Damascus shelling.
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Paris
Syria
France
Sarrail
Painleve
Damascus
Geneva
Permanent Mandates Commission
League of Nations Today
United States of Europe topic sparks in Paris discussion
Paris observers debate the idea of a United States of Europe as the league of nations handles recent disputes. Locarno became a focal point with France and Britain praised for resolving Greek Bulgarian tensions and prompting calls for wider security pacts possibly involving the Pacific and a broader US alliance. Japan’s Viscount Ishii hints at expanding security pacts beyond Washington four powers.
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Paris
United States of Europe
Council of the
League of Nations
Viscount Ishii
Japan
Locarno
League
Pacific
United States
Local residents undertake moves and visits across Iowa and Minnesota
Mrs Livya Y Vanderham and her son Bobby travel from Des Moines to a new home in St Paul Minnesota after visiting at the Charles Speer home and with relatives. Henry and Theodore Bailey spend the weekend at home. Miss Jennie Hennon returns to West Chester after visiting her brother Charlie Hennon. Mrs Emma J Anderson of Pella arrives to visit daughter Mrs F L Brovokhart. Mrs Mary Welch of Winterset comes to spend the winter at the Magee home.
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Livya Y Vanderham
Bobby
Des Moines
St. Paul
Minnesota
Charles Speer
Henry
Theodore Bailey
Jennie Hennon
West Chester
Charlie Hennon
Emma J. Anderson
Pella
Iowa
F L. Brovokhart
Weekend Visitors Strain Local Social Ties
Little Evelyn Newell from Columbus Junction spends the weekend with her grandmother Mrs. R. H. Malin and Mrs. J. C. Stoutner and daughter Helen. Mrs. Seymore Martin of Koota visits Columbus Junction for shopping. Mrs. Rahkohl Hesseltine drives to Fairfield to see her husband at work there. Sam Richardson leaves for Chicago for a new job.
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Evelyn Newell
Columbus Junction
R. H. Malin
J. C. Stoutner
Helen
Seymore Martin
Koota
Leon Fullerton
Harry
Hugh Teeter
Martha
Hinchton
Glen Dunbar
Sam Richardson
Chicago
Warden's radical program cuts prison lockups in Colorado
Thomas J. Tynan, warden of the Colorado state penitentiary, urges freeing 60 percent of inmates for work outside cells. He employs a group honor system and convict labor to build roads, uses a motion picture program for education and recreation, and promotes correspondence schools. He cites a daily school attendance of 304 and claims tuberculosis deaths are rare.
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Canon City
Colo
Thomas J. Tynan
Colorado State Penitentiary
United States
Colorado
Tynan
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Col. Miller
Pridoy
Fdna Tobin
Melvin Grosseup
Brighton
William C. Mayhew
Burlington Railroad
Ottumwa
Charles BP
Stewart
NEA
Asaph Hall
United States Naval Observatory
Hal
Pourra
Hawkeye
Qohio State
Buckeye
Ohio State Journal
California
Inewersen
Col. Gimlin
London
Evening
Haifa
Palestine
Dispatches
Data
Aptrer
Mary Welch
Winterset
M. A. Magee Hone
Denver
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