Rebel threats loom as Irish Free State formed
An Irish Free State crisis looms as republican rebels threaten to seize public buildings and oust the provisional government. Fighting and unrest spread from Dublin to Ulster with police clashes near Cookstown, Belfast reporting 64 March deaths and bombs found on a Belfast business premises. Sinn Fein committees urge free speech and public assembly despite the election campaign strains.
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Famon de Valera
Allesianes
Free State
Cork City
Associated Tress
Belfast
Irish Republican Army
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Cookstown
Pyrene County
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Acland
Francis Fisor
Sinn Fein
Pakeed
Ramon de Valera
Cathal Beugha
John Milroy
Aman
Tims Leaves Waterloo for Texas Paper Job
Austin Tims, city editor of the Waterloo Evening Courier for 14 months, departs tonight to visit Mississippi relatives and will join the San Antonio Express as editorial writer. He returns to Texas to be nearer family as his brother is ill, continuing the Saturday Afterthoughts feature. He is a veteran wartime editor and reporter, praised for wit, philosophy, and keen human insight.
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Waterloo
France
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Countess to Testify for Butler Probst New York
Countess Marie Sadowski a former Russian noblewoman will testify for Swiss butler August Probst at his immigration hearing in New York. Probst charged he is being railroaded from the country after falling in love with a Roll ing Rock club member in Ligonier Pennsylvania. The countess was a passenger on the liner aboard which Probst entered the United States.
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Gov Robertson Trial Date Set Next Week in Oklahoma
Okmulgee Oklahoma April 3 The trial date for Governor J B A Robertson indicted on bribe and banking irregularities will be set early next week County Attorney James Hepburn has returned from vacation and is preparing the governor s case along with other indicted individuals The regions report also notes Russia s armed forces with Trotsky stating a 1 01 million combined army and navy may be reduced depending on international developments this spring
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J. B. A. Robertson
James Hepburn
Benking
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Moscow
Leon Trotsky
George V. Fowler Dies. Waterloo Wholesaler Founder of Fowler Bros
George V. Fowler a Waterloo based wholesaler and founder of Fowler Brothers died at his residence. He built a large temperance in vinegar dried fruits and wholesale groceries. He moved to Waterloo in 1873 and became a major real estate investor holding stakes in Waterloo Canning Co and other firms. He married Alice Hillman in 1876 and they had five children.
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Resignation adds to West Schools board turmoil
H D Lee resigns as superintendent amid midwest educational leadership transfers. The board has not yet chosen a successor. The Waterloo high school naming clash follows a Roosevelt proposal rejected in favor of Waterloo as the site name. The board also debates teacher salaries with no raises approved for next year. The next meeting is set for April 22.
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Theodora Roosevelt High School
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Polk County Officer Gets Texas Oil Main
Extradition papers for Webster Bishop, wanted in Des Moines on charges of selling stock under false pretenses, were delivered by Gov. Neff to Polk County deputy Sheriff F. P. Messee. Bishop is held at Houston. Neff previously granted requisition papers but refused to turn him over to the agent due to concerns about the agent's interest in the prosecution. McAfee then came for him.
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Webster Bishop
Des Moines
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Polk County
Tawa
Houston
Neff
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McAfee
Coal Rates Reduced as Mines Shut Down
Washington April 1 reductions in rates on bituminous coal moving from Missouri Pacific mines in southern Illinois to Arkansas Louisiana and Texas amounting to between 1 and 29 percent per grade to distances were allowed a day by the Interstate Commerce Commission after investigating The railroad proposed to make the reductions effective last December but on complaint of surrounding territory in Alabama and Kentucky the commission suspended the reductions until May 4.
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Third Party Formed By Farmers And Laborers Across Nation
United Press reports a new farmer labor party forming to unite 23 million workers and 10 million farmers. Led by railroad brotherhoods, field agents will operate in 14 states to elect 100 representatives and push permanent farmer labor governance, with headquarters in Washington.
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Fred C. Howe
National Committee
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Coal Strike Today Shuts 6 000 Mines and 363000 Tons Loss
An extensive coal strike across bituminous and anthracite sectors halts about 6 000 of 7 500 mines. Daily anthracite losses reach 363000 tons with wages lost around 300000 dollars and 20000 families affected. National stockpiles total 63000000 tons enough for two months. Washington keeps a hands off stance as Morgantown WV operators plan to resume Monday on open shop terms. Union leaders aim to present the miners case to the home labor committee.
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West Virginia
Demos to Run Files in Statehouse Race
Des Moines April 1 AP J R Files Fort Dodge will be Democratic candidate for governor Chairman Fueling announced Files an attorney was urged by leaders in session here to head the state ticket and has promised to enter the race He would be running for governor while Brig Gen Mathew A Tinley had declined to run for auditor Dr W E Herbert Storm Lake former state committee member would be Democratic candidate for state auditor Ross Ventrees Rockwell City declined to run for auditor Other posts filled include Attorney General B R Mitchell Ottumwa and S Parsons Marion Linn County for state railroad commissioner No candidates The leaders are not loose to bar other candidates at the primary Chairman Fueling announced the committee seeks at least one candidate for each state and congressional office
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Fort Dodge
Br. J. Fueling
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Mathew A. Tinley
Texas evangelist in New York on flappers views
Rev. Dr. J. Frank Norris, Texas evangelist, warns in New York revival meetings that the flapper movement will trigger the next war. He blames modern women's fashions and smoking for national decline, likening Jezebel to painted faces and predicting dire consequences within 50 years. He urges statesmen to curb flappers to save the nation.
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Texas
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Jezebel
Exiled Ex-Emperor of Austria Is Dead
The article recounts Charles I of Austria and empress Zita’s exile after World War I. It covers his failed attempts to regain power in Hungary, his flight to Switzerland, illegal border flights, and eventual removal to Madeira after allied pressure. It notes entente demands for abdication and his ouster, and his final relocation to Funchal.
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Physical Educators Urge School Law in Des Moines
Dr William J Manilow of Chicago was elected president of the Middlewest Society of Physical Education at its ninth annual convention in Des Moines The meeting elected J Anns Norris of Minneapolis as vice president Floyd A Rowe Ron Arbor Mich as secretary and passed resolutions urging the next session of the town legislature to enact mandatory physical education in state schools The association also supported the Fess Canper physical education bill in Congress.
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William J. Manilow
Chicago
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Minneapolis
Weeks Receives Fourth Nitrate Plant Bid
Secretary of War Weeks announced a fourth bid for leasing the government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals. The latest offer came from Charles L. Parsons, a Washington chemical engineer formerly with the War Nitrates Board.
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War Nitrates Board
Rail unions to discuss miners strike at Chicago conference
Cincinnati leader H Fitzgerald said 16 railway unions may take united action at a Chicago conference Sunday. He planned to travel there tonight. Chicago leaders denied any coal miners strike action at the gathering. The meeting aims to pick a successor to labor member Albert Phillips. Cleveland chiefs will also attend, but leaders voiced no knowledge of such action.
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Rent Profiteer Case Targets Indiana Cigar Stores
Muncie Indiana April 1 A petition in the Delaware county circuit court seeks revocation of the charter granting United Cigar Stores company permission to operate in Indiana amid charges of rent profiteering and failure to meet charter terms. The suit reportedly affects all Indiana stores including Munrie.
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Church Ousts Pastor Who Baptized Dog
Brookline Mass April 1 Rev Edwin Curtis of the First Presbyterian church here faced charges over allegedly baptizing a fox and offering mock grace. Headquarters announced he would not be installed as pastor after his probation period ended today.
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English Nobleman Seeks Bride With Million Dollar Pact
Boston April 1 United Press a letter to Mayor Curley from an English nobleman in financial trouble offers his title to an American girl who will marry him after her deposit of a one million dollar check. The man’s identity is secret and no heiresses have yet appeared despite mayoral staff expectations.
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Standish Wilcox
O Hara Ties With Hutchison In N S Golf
O Hara tied for the lead with Jock Hutchison in the North and South Open at Pinehurst. O Hara logged 75 for 145 total after a 73 yesterday, while Hutchison fired 78 today to reach 148 after a 76 yesterday, keeping him ahead.
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Richmond
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Miners Take Flivver Vacations to Coast During Mine Holiday
Bicknell April 1. Firmly convinced the coal strike will last from six weeks to three months, scores of striking miners and their families departed on vacation trips from town today. Some went by automobile to the Pacific coast others headed south and others to farm homes of relatives.
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Davis Acts to Save Jobs for 12,000 Men
Washington D C April 1 Acting on a complaint from the International Association of Machinists Secretary of Labor Davis has urged Pennsylvania railroad management to preserve the jobs of about 12 000 men over 45 years old who were employed in shops during the war but face dismissal tomorrow unless orders are altered or suspended
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Rumors Fly As U S Attorney Leaves Chicago
Rumors spread after Charles F. Clyne United States district attorney departed Chicago late last night on a secret mission. Word from the federal building said the trip related to the coal strike with Indianapolis named as his destination.
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Charles F. Clyne
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Greatest Strike Shuts Down Western Pennsylvania Mines
The United Mine Workers led a broad stoppage April 1 marking a day of action for the eight hour workday. Officials estimated about 45,000 western Pennsylvania miners and 43,000 in central Pennsylvania would join, with similar suspensions reported in West Virginia and eastern Ohio. Anthracite fields lay idle with 1,000 kept at work to maintain equipment. The government pursued a nonintervention stance while Canada also faced disruptions as 2,000 miners joined the walkout.
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Davenport Chooses New Mayor In Key Davenport Race
Davenport voters faced a tight mayoral election as two women sought office. Socialist Lucy Clausten faced Alfred Mueller, Republican, and Dr. C L Barewald, Democrat and current mayor. The campaign centered on street car fares and utility rates versus debt from city improvements. The outcome ends Socialist influence, leaving a contest between Republicans and Democrats.
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Lucy Clausten
Alfred Mueller
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Barewald
Grinnell Glee Club Booking Blocked by Dean
Grinnell college glee club members, planning four vaudeville performances next week, are upset after Dean of Men J S Nollen arrived in Des Moines to prohibit Grinnell students from singing in a vaudeville theatre citing temptations from theatre lights.
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Deg Moines
Brewer sworn U S Marshal for Southern District Iowa
Col. Guy S. Brewer was sworn in today by Judge Wade as United States marshal for the southern district of Iowa, succeeding Nicholas V. Reed who became clerk of federal court. Reed had preceded William A. McArthur, whose resignation after 21 years’ service took effect.
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Guy S. Brewer
Wade
Iowa
Nicholas V. Reed
Ottumwa
Reed
William A. McArthur
Davenport Debaters Win Championship in Big Eight Debate
Davenport high school won the Big Eight high school debate championship in Monmouth and Davenport. Geneseo high school placed as third contestant as teams debated the city manager plan for American cities with Monmouth high school clinching a unanimous decision.
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Zealous Cry to Head Des Moines Police
Des Moines April 1 Councilman elect John MacViccar, soon to be director of public safety, announced he will appoint John Hammond as chief of police to succeed Roscoe Saunders. Hammond, a noted advocate of strict law enforcement and active in the WOTU, is described as an ardent prohibitionist.
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Open shop mingas largely idle in district coal fields
As of today only a handful of operations were attempting to run in the district. Coal operators and mine union officials report a 100 per cent strong strike elsewhere, with most mines shut and workers staying off the job.
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Steel mills near Normality in Youngstown district
Youngstown Ohio April 1 steel mill operations in the Youngstown district next week will average more than 75 percent of capacity the highest ratio for 18 months according to figures announced by mill officers today nearly all the steel making capacity of the district will be in operation
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Ambassador Houghton sails for Germany mission
New York April 1 Allanson B Houghton the first American ambassador to Germany since the war sailed today on the White Star liner Olympic bound for Cherbourg and Southampton. The Olympic carried 1300 passengers.
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Proclamation Urges April 27 Grant Centenary Observance
Governor Kendall issues a proclamation urging Iowans to observe April 27 with exercises honoring the 100th birthday of General Ulysses S. Grant. He invites Grand Army of the Republic, Women’s Relief Corps, Sons and Daughters of Veterans, American Legion, Ladies auxiliary and all patriotic groups to participate in the Grant commemoration.
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Iowa
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All Dirt Roads Bad Highways Bulletin
Dubuque Iowa April 1 The weekly highway bulletin reports dirt roads impassable with main roads in fair shape. Dubuque to Madison roads are soft and muddy but passable. Dubuque to Clinton Davenport and Cedar Rapids Iowa City are impassable for cars with many bad places. Lincoln highway is fair. Dubuque to Waterloo and routes north and west are poor.
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Nebraska Swindler Captured in Town Beatrice Neb
Beatrice Neb April 1 Genorga i Staunton wanted on charges of obtaining money by false pretenses. Located today at Atlantic Ia according to word received here. He had been traced through Nebraska South Dakota and Iowa for an alleged offense committed last December.
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Sioux City Councilman Henry Michelstetter Dies at Home
City Councilman Henry Michelstetter, longtime labor advocate and printing tradesman of 35 years, died at his Sioux City home after a long illness. His term would have expired Monday.
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Sioux City. Is
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Arbor Day Golden Anniversary Designated by President Harding
A proclamation from President Harding marks April 16 to 22 as forest protection week and designates April 22 as the golden anniversary of Arbor Day in Washington D C. This official act highlights national efforts to promote tree planting and conservation.
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Harding
Jury Deliberates in Winkall Payroll Robbery Case
Danville, B Arnoll. Prosecutor and defense counsel concluded arguments in the $95,000 Winkall payroll robbery. Deputy Sheriff Jerome Lockhard and two alleged confederates faced 12 jurors after Judge Jer finished jury instructions. The state alleges Lockhard aided by Jesse Lockhard and Timothy Totsey. Po z Lockhard confessed but the court ruled it inadmissible. The confession was followed by a fatal shooting.
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B. Arnoll
Reir
Sherif Jerome Lockhard
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