Mrs Seiling to Face Grand Jury Over Cook Slaying
In Vinton Iowa Sheriff Ruhl holds Mrs Hes ter Selling of Sioux City in custody as grand jury weighs the case of temperance leader Mrs Myrtle Underwood Cook who was shot dead Sept 7. County Judge Nichols says the grand jury is not yet considering the Cook case though they may review the evidence. Indictments by the grand jury include liquor violations and state agents plan cross examinations of Cook.
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Associated Press
Vinton
Hester Selling
Sioux City
Whitfield Ruhl
Myrtle Underwood Cook
Ku Klux Klan
Ruhl
Nichols
Cook
Selling
C. L. Modlin
Coronor
Nichls
C. B. Cook
Des Moines
J. PD. Nichols
Whitfield
Stoner
Iowa
Here
8. W. Cook
Dave Nichols
Radicals Clean Up in Wall Street
New York September 25 radicals funded by Charles Garland of North Carver Massachusetts have amassed over 1 million dollars in Wall Street over two years. The American Fund for Public Service grew from 800000 to 1500000 with 500000 disbursed to radical groups and publications. Morris Ernst noted securities rose dramatically including First National Bank stock, while Norman Thomas called the gains a social joke amid criticism of Garland and banker George F Baker. Garland, a Haward graduate, started the fund in 1922 from 800000 his father left.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles Garland
North Carver
Mass
Wall Street
American Fund For Public Service
Morris Ernst
Foundation
Ernst
First National Bank
May Norman Thomas
George F. Baker
Garland
Haward
James A. Garland
Boson
Easton
County Levy Aims at Tuberculosis Eradication Progress
Adel Iowa September 25 The Dallas County Board of Supervisors approves a levy of one and one half mills for tuberculosis eradication work for the coming year. County agent says the area may become accredited soon, enabling farmers to receive a ten cent per hundredweight premium on stock shipped. About 200 more names needed to reach the 75 mark to start the work. Auditor R H Murray estimates the levy will be under three cents per acre, about four dollars for a 160 acre farm.
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Adel
Dallas County Board of Supervisors
R. H H. Murray
Nora Bayes Robbed in Gotham Hold Up by Four Bandits
Vaudeville star Nora Bayes and her secretary were attacked by four armed men who stopped her car outside her New York home. Bayes was shaken. chauffeur John Carlow was shot in the right side as he struggled with a robber. The assailants fled in a waiting car after firing at the scream-filled scene.
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New York
Nora Bayes
Miss Bayes
John Carlow
Automobile plunges into river drowning three occupants
A car with three men drowned when it plunged into the Willamette River at Harrisburg Oregon. The dead were Edward Boyer Archie Stevens Easter all from Percy Illinois and Roseburg Oregon. Trevor Spiller swam to safety. The group was en route to Eugene from Mount Paris Colorado and likely unaware of the ferry at the under construction bridge.
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Eugene
Ore
Willamette River
Harrisburg
Edward Boyer
Percy
Ill
Archie Stevens
Easter
Roseburg
Trevor Spiller
Stevens
Spilier
Mount Paris
Colorado
Trial of Denison banker resumes on forgery charge
The trial of former Denison banker G. L. Voss on forgery of farm loan papers continued before Judge J. A. Henderson. Burlington Savings Bank vice presidents F. W. Ward and Levi P. Smith testified their bank held the $28,000 George Argotsing mortgage and that a purported 1920 release appeared false, with signatures genuine but the body altered.
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Associated
Denison
GC. L. Voss
J. A. Henderson
Burlington Savings Bank
Burlington
Vermont
F. W. Ward
Levi P. Smith
Ward
Voes
Voss
Bishop Anderson backs removing 'obey' from marriage rite
Chicago Bishop Charles P. Anderson says the word obey in the marriage ceremony should be removed. He will vote for the change at the Episcopal Church’s forty eighth triennial convention in New Orleans next month. Final action will follow deliberations on revising the Book of Common Prayer.
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Chicago
Charles P. Anderson
Episcopal Diocese of
Episcopal Church
New Orleans
Anderson
Rural counties plan farm accounting in schools
In Marengo Iowa Osceola Emmet and Cerro Gordo counties will teach farm accounting within seventh and eighth grade arithmetic with help from the agricultural department of Town State college. A training meeting for 40 teachers was held and other counties Palo Alto Dickinson Lee and Guthrie are considering adoption of the system.
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Marengo
Osceola
Emmet
Cerro Gordo
Agricultural Department of Town State College
Rcently
Osceola County
Record hens in Black Hawk county yield August output
Twelve flocks report 1344 hens laid 16 133 eggs in August an average 37.6 percent production. Feed costs totaled 258.72 dollars while egg receipts were 374.50 dollars and total receipts from eggs and poultry reached 1?89 dollars.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Freshman pledges announced at Iowa State College
Ames Iowa September 25 seventy three freshman girls have been pledged to nine national and two local sororities at Iowa State College Dean of Women Julia W Stanton announced Among those pledged are Ruth Studehian Clinton Frances Anderson Sioux City Dorothy Lingenfelter Fort Dodge Lillian Brown Washington Hortense Johnson Sioux City Arline Stull Waterloo Ruth Mavine Waterloo Jelly Parker Davenport Doris McCue Clinton Mavie Heffron Davenport
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Ames
Iowa State College
Julia W. Stanton
Alpha Gamma Delta
Ruth Studehian
Clinton
Delta Delta Delta
Frances Anderson
Sioux City
Dorothy Lingenfelter
Fort Dodge
Kappa Delta
Lillian Brown
Washington
Hortense Johnson
Pi Beta Phi
Arline Stull
Waterloo
Ruth Mavine
Jelly Parker
Davenport
Sigma Kappa
Doris McCue
Alpha Chi Beta
Mavie Heffron
Des Moines Officer Gerald Picket Dies After Truck Collision
Des Moines policeman Gerald Picket died three hours after being struck by a truck. The crash occurred during routine duties, prompting an investigation by local authorities into the incident and safety measures.
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Des Moines
Gerald Picket
Germans Demand Allied Concessions at Security Talks
Berlin reports that German delegates to the security conference will press for reductions in occupation forces and the Cologne bridgehead evacuation, earlier Saar plebiscite, end of periodic League of Nations investigations, and Alsace Lorraine renunciation compensation.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Cologne
Saar Valley
League of Nations
Alsace-Lorraine
Bold Brutish Mariners Begin 38000 Mile Test Voyage
Three Cornish mariners and a wireless operator set off from Newlyn in a converted lifeboat to test compulsory cargo on ships boats and wireless gear readiness. The 46 by 10 foot craft carries five tons of provisions for a two to three year journey through seven seas to 50 ports, led by Captain George Hitchins after the Trevisa disaster.
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London
Newlyn
Cornwall
Seven Seas
British Empire
George Hitchins
Trevissa
Fly Extermination Day Nets Many Flies in Asakusa Ward
Tokyo residents in Asakusa ward gathered for a fly extermination day and collected nearly fifteen bushels of flies. One hundred eleven streets used devices of capture with prizes including one sen per 20 flies, glass fly catchers, a silver watch, a cotton piece, and a paper umbrella.
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Tokyo
Asakusa
President's Air Board Seen as Rounded and Capable
Washington dispatch surveys the President's air inquiry board listing members including Durand Coffin Morrow Vinson Parker and Denison. The piece argues the group shows diverse representation across military industry government and finance and should yield impartial results before Congress reconvenes.
Iowa line struggles in last night’s workout
Iowa City reports the Hawkeye line looked poor in a workout yesterday evening with second string backs Cuhel and Dauber breaking through. Varsity backs Cuhel Kutsch Schirmer Graham and Frs failed to gain as line openings collapsed. Coach Ingwersen shuffled guards and ends and sent Krasuski to the second team after limited impact.
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Iowa City
Hawkeye
Cuhel
Dauber
Offewe
Cuhel Kutsch
Schirmer
Graham
Frs
Ingwersen
Raffenaperfer
Nelson
Smith
Romey
Krasuski
Voltner
Griffin
Holman
Rodawig
Break Up Booze Ring in New York
Federal raids smashed a large bootleg operation in New York City. The ring ordered 4800 cases of Scotch worth 240000 in one day and deposited up to 200000 monthly. Thirteen men were arrested and fourteen more were sought in two raids on a pseudo real estate office.
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Associat*d Press
New York
Buckner
Cable and Signal
Trains Collide in Tennessee Town Wreck Leaves One Dead
A head on collision between the Dixie Flyer and the Dixie Express near Worley Tennessee killed one crew member and injured about fifty. The southbound express reportedly failed to pass the Flyer at Chickamauga. Hospitalized workers showed improvement the following morning.
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Tennessee
Associated Press
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis
Worley
Chicamauca
H. C. Byer
Cloquet
Minn
Tri State Editors Meet At Sioux City
In Sioux City Iowa on September 26 the Tri State Editors held a morning business session at the Hotel Martin. A special car will transport editors to the Interstate Fair Grounds to attend races and a million dollar livestock parade. They will join a 6:30 dinner hosted by the Chamber of Commerce and later view fireworks at 7:30 p.m.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Tri-State
Hotel Martin
Pete
Interstate Fair Grounds
High Court Affirms Carl Hough Conviction
The Supreme Court affirmed Carl Houghs life sentence for the murder of Jillian McKinney of Nerrick South Dakota near Bedford Iowa last year. The ruling comes from Des Moines with Associated Press reporting.
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High Court
Hough
Associated Press
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Carl Hough
Jillian McKinney
Nerrick
S. D
Bedford
Iowa
New Lips for Infant Girl in Dixon Operation
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Alvin Pra went underwent a rare operation in Dixon Indiana after a lye burn left the mouth damaged and fused. Surgeon cut the mouth opened and inserted new lips with twenty seven stitches to form a new aperture.
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Chadwick
Alvin Pra
Dixon
Rodgers Endorses Advisory Air Board for United Flight Plan
Commander John Rodgers urged creation of a moderate advisory air board to work with the army and navy on developing the U.S. air service. He defended naval handling of the San Francisco to Hawaii seaplane flight and warned against bureaucratic overreach. Colonel Hall noted engine failures contributed to the Shenandoah wreck in a fifteen minute flight.
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San Francisco
Calif
Coolidge
Army
Navy Departments
John Rodgers
Navy
Rodgers
William Mittchell
Navy Department
Naval Air
Hawaiian Islands
Naval Air Service
Navy Department S
Shenandoah Court of Inquiry Reexamines Disaster
Lakehurst New Jersey September 25 the court of inquiry continued re examination of Shenandoah survivors to build a full picture of the wreck from the Ohio squall to the airship s destruction early September 3 New testimony from Colonel C G Hall suggests two engine failures helped draw the ship into the storm while others point to possible structural defects and a later hull drop remains under investigation
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Lake Hurst
N. J
Shenandoah
Court of Inquiry
Ohio
Aready
C. G. Hall
Sydney Kraus
Lakehurst
Naval Court of Inquiry
C. G. Wall
United States Army
Rosendally
Feeds and doctors pigeons as a hobby
In Chicago on Michigan Avenue at Grant Park, Harry J. Lane funds and tends a flock of pigeons. He spends about 150 dollars yearly on peanuts, carries a small knife to free birds from string and perform minor care, and feeds pigeons in parks when caretakers are absent.
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Chicago
Grant Park
Michigan Boulevard
Harry J. Lane
Lane
Orchestra Hall Association
Mr. Lane
Thieves take jewels worth 2500 at store
Thieves forced entry through three locked rear doors at the F. F. Buren jewelry store in Clinton and stole a tray of diamond rings valued at 2500 from a display window. The theft was discovered when Mr Buren arrived at 1600 to place the gems in the safe.
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Associated Press
Clinton
F. F. Buren
Buren
Parole Board Faces Scrutiny After Des Moines Release
Gov Hammill and the Iowa state parole board declined to confirm any investigation into parole practices. Rumors rise as the board granted parole to Cave Masters of Des Moines and revoked it the next day amid calls for legislative review.
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Des Moines
Hammill
State Board of Parole
U S Viewpoint on Debt Outlined to French Mission
In Washington the United States laid out its stance on the French wartime debt of 4 billion dollars at a treasury meeting with the French debt mission. Officials indicated Americans pressed for refinements to the French offer and anticipated a trading dynamic in negotiations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
Americana
Winston
American Debt Commission
American Commission
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Band of Gotham Robbers
Ames Sorority
Brutish Mariners
ODD Libellcanr Trust
Charles P. Stewart
NEA
Washington, D. C
Bingham
Col. Mitchell
Vinson
Georgia
Congress
James G. Harbord
Fletcher
W. F. Durand
Institute of Mechanical Engineers
H. EE. Coffin
National Air Transport, Inc
Dwight W. Morrow
J. P. Morgan & Co
Congressman Parker
Woptie
Tristate
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President Coolidge
Hall
Tor
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