Oklahoma under martial law spreads to state
Military inquiry courts operate in Oklahoma City and Tulsa as Governor Walton extends martial rule statewide. Troops replace police, grand jury suspended, and military courts take over investigations including Ku Klux Klan activity. Civil authority restored in Oklahoma City after mayor demands police reinstallation.
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Associated Press
Okahoma City
Okla
Ku Klux Klan
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Creek County
Oklahoma County
Olahoma City
J. C. Walton
Okina
Sapulpa
Markham
Walton
W. 8. Key
Klan
Colonel Key
Convicted man Lewellen maims self in jail attempt
George Lewellen, convicted of second degree murder in the Deliah Dickerson case, attempted death by self harm in his county jail cell last night, slashing his throat with a razor. Physicians say he may recover. Lewellen was found guilty by an eight women and four men jury after four hours of deliberation and faces sentencing Saturday.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
George Lewellen
Deliah Dickerson
Lewellen
Jap Relief Drive Nears Final Throes in Iowa
Des Moines reports show 75 of 130 Red Cross chapters contributing for Japanese relief with Des Moines $4,000 over its $10,000 quota. Sioux City raised $4,000 toward $7,500. Cedar Rapids filled $6,000. Cornell Bluffs $5,009 of $65,900. Central Division totals reach $871,000, about $71,000 over request. Iowa’s $80,000 quota likely to exceed by $20,000 as need grows. Utterback says town quotas should rise to at least $140,000.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hubert Utterack
Red Cross
Red Coss
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Cornell Bluffs
The
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Utterback
Standard Oil Cuts Price in New England
The Standard Oil Co of New Jersey and Gulf Refining Co cut tank wagon gasoline prices by one cent a gallon in New England and eight Atlantic states. Prices range from eighteen cents in Washington DC to twenty one cents in Virginia with a three cent state tax. Ohio Governor Donahey asks why Ohio retail gas prices do not fall.
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Standard Oil
New England
Associated Pree
New York
Atlantic Seaboard States
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Gulf Refining Co
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Texas Company
Ohio
Crumbus
Donahey
The
Standard Oli Co
Onin Beeveland
Iowan Woman Killed by Freight Train at Station Crossing
Mrs C Friederich of Rockwell City Iowa was killed while her son and daughter Mrs Carlquell were severely injured when struck by a freight train at a railway station crossing in Kewanee Illinois on September 17.
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Associated Press
Kewanee, Ill
C. Friederich
Rockwell City
Iowa
Carlquell
Red Cross Ships Supplies for Pacific Area Relief
The American Red Cross bought 10 000 carloads of food and other relief materials on the Pacific coast and in the Philippine Islands. Daily shipments go to Japan including flour milk fish clothing and lumber. Iowa reports favorable progress in relief efforts per Judge Utterback.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Pacific Coast
Philippine Islands
Japan
Iowa
Utterback
Auto Drops Off Bridge Killing Two On Des Moines Bridge
Des Moines reports Harry W. Love and his wife died when their car plunged from the Sixth Avenue Bridge into the Des Moines river bank forty feet below. Witnesses said the vehicle skidded on slippery pavement before tearing through the railing. The Loyers were returning from Cedar Falls after visiting with relatives.
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Des Moines
Harry W. Love
Centor
Sixth Avenue
Des Moines River
Hoth
Loyer
Loyers
Cedar Falls
Sioux City Vice Squad Arrests Score in Clean Up
Sioux City police under James O Keefe raided resorts and bootlegger fronts and arrested a score of people amid a city led crackdown. Officials called it the most effective sweep in years following the police chief appointment amid council charges against the former head.
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Somme Preen
Sioux City
James O'Keffe
Iowans Judge Exhibits in Dakota State Fair
Prof. H b Kildee head of Iowa State College animal husbandry department and Ames breeder William T Burr have gone to South Dakota to judge stock exhibits at the State Fair in Huron.
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Associated Press
Ames
H. B Kildee
Iowa State College
William T. Burr
Chester White Hors
South Dakota
Huron
S. Db
Store force praises ad response in Journal notice
The store force appreciates the information and notes a customer saying I saw your ad in the Journal. The terse remark highlights local newspaper advertising reach and community engagement.
League Delays Greece Italy Row in League Council
The League of Nations council postponed ruling on its competence in the Greece Italy dispute until tomorrow after speeches by Italy’s Senor Salendra and Greece’s M. Pollitis. Hyalman Branting urged Corfu occupation violated the covenant. Lord Robert Cecil said the council acted appropriately to seek a settlement.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Council of the League of Nations
Italy
Greece
Senor Salendra
M. Pollitis
Hyalman Branting
Sweden
Corfu
Robert Deed
Forty-onePoliticians Expelled on Frontier
Port Vendres on the Franco Spanish frontier reports the military directorate formed after last week’s revolution will expel 31 leading Spanish politicians including former premier Guerra. Exile is slated to happen within the week as the regime refuses ties to parties or syndicates.
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Associated Press
Port Vendres
Guerra
Insane Foster Son Kills Foster Mother Then Requires Self-Destruction
Harry Roberts thirty five shot and killed Mrs Ezra Mayer fifty five his foster mother at Tipton and then killed himself. He had been an inmate at Independence state hospital for the insane and had been discharged months earlier as cured.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Harry Roberts
Ezra Mayer
Tipton
Town
Roberts
Independence State Hospital
State Insane Hospital
Wertz asks change of venue in murder case
Mrs. Mi na Wertz, her daughter and son in law Robert Leeper face murder charges in the death of Rey Wertz at his Iowa City home on December 27. She files a petition seeking a venue change arguing fair trial is unlikely since Leeper has already been convicted. The petition, signed by local citizens, will be heard soon before Judge Toshan.
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Associated Press
Iowa City
Mina Wertz
Robert Leeper
Rey Wertz
Rn R. G. Toshan
Tourist camp seen as asset to Iowa communities
Ames Iowa September 17 A tourist camp is a decided asset to any community says R B Wallis municipal engineer from Iowa State College extension service after studying camps in Iowa and other states Bulletin 56 notes about 200 Iowa towns have reserved tracts for tourists ranging from undeveloped sites to fully equipped parks
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Associated Press
Ames
Wallis
Iowa State College Engineering Extension Department
Iowa
Des Moines Man Missing After Wisconsin Lake Trip
A Des Moines tire and battery businessman Charles A. Rockwood is reported missing during a fishing trip at a Wisconsin resort. His hat and coat were found on the lake shore and authorities dragged the lake on Friday to locate his body.
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Des Moines
Lake At Wisconsin
Mason Lake
Wisconsin
Charles A. Rockwood
Gere named assistant secretary of agriculture
President Coolidge appointed Howard M. Gere of Clarksburg West Virginia as assistant secretary of agriculture. Gere will succeed C W Pugasley who resigned to become president of the South Dakota college of the department of mechanical arts.
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Washington, B. C
Howard M. Gere
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Coolidge
Success C. W. Pugasley
South Dakota College
Department of Mechanical Arts
Survivors Reach Seattle to Rebuild Wardrobes after Disaster
Survivors of the Japanese earthquake arrived aboard the President Jefferson in Seattle and began shopping for clothing as telegraphic transfers aid the destitute. Six injured survivors were admitted to hospitals and showed night time improvement. American destroyers 334 and 344 carried refugees from Yokosuka to Shimizu for relief. Premier Yamamoto urged insurance companies to support future benefits as reconstruction remains essential for national prosperity. Slight earthquakes continue.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
President Jefferson
United States
Osaka
Shimizu
Yokosuka
TOKIO
Yama Moto
Official Register Out October First Des Moines
The 1923-24 official register of Iowa will be off the press and ready for distribution by October 1. Secretary of State Walter Ramsay, whose department publishes the Red Book, announces. The book will be larger than previous years, printed on a buffed grade paper and illustrated more completely and elaborately.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Lowa
Walter Ramsay
Bhuffer
One Killed and 22 Hurt in Alabama Train Wreck
In Dothan Alabama Mrs J T Lane was killed when an Louisville and Nashville eastbound passenger train collided with a north excursion train of the Atlanta and St Andrew Bay railroad at Cottondale Florida. Mrs Frances Holland of Dothan also reported killed by hospital authorities with twenty two others injured according to railroad officials.
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Associated Press
Dothan
Alabama
J. T. Lane
Louisville & Nashville
Atlanta and St. Andrew Bay
Cottondale
Florida
Frances Holland
Twelve Die as German Demonstrators Clash With Police
Twelve killed and fifteen wounded amid a high price protest at Sorau in Brandenburg province after clashes between demonstrators and police. Central News dispatch from Berlin reports the confrontation occurred during the demonstration.
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London
Sorau
Brandanbure
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