Escapes Captured After Gladbrook Jail Break
Harold 22 and Plummer Copeland 23 were recaptured near Gladbrook Iowa after a posse formed by the town marshal closed in as criminals fled from a county jail break. Frisby and Copeland were returned. Keltos faces imprisonment for forgery and bootlegging charges.
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Gladbrook
Harold
Plummer Copeland
Woruin
Sin Kaltos
Caneland
Frisbsowern
FL Oa
Hobinson
New Waterloo Mayor Receives Ovation At Inauguration
The new Waterloo mayor was welcomed with an ovation as he took office. He planned an informal city hall session to discuss appointments and committees and would not name appointees until after council consultation. The first regular council meeting will be Monday at 3 p m. Stephen D. Brown, former mayor, visited and helped with the desk keys misplacement incident.
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Tarely
Stephen D. Brown
Brown
Waterloo
Tax refund sought on Hallock estate mulet liquor charge
Two petitions filed by attorney John H W Meyers challenge tax assessments on mulet property of the Hallock estate at 619 Commercial and on a soft drink business in the same building. Ludden and Pell were convicted on liquor charges and the petitioners claim lack of knowledge to form the initial intoxicating liquors were stolen and attendance at a constitutional trial.
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John HW. Meyers
Hallock
Ludden
Ty Jess Beil
State banks show business is better in Iowa
Iowa reports March 30 combined deposits rise $24.8 million since December 31 1921 while rediscounts fall $41.8 million. Number of weaker banks declines seven since year end with 18 banks closed overall since March 22 1921. Surplus funds up $153 616 and undivided profits up $2 389 000 total deposits reach 356 578 734 under state control.
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Murray
Mayor of Greene Elected Monday Resigns Office
Greene Iowa April 4 George Carney elected mayor last Monday resigned last evening as council organized John Hesalroad former mayor chosen to serve Four applied for street commissioner position next week candidates are George Manning John Junge Dan Shook and Pitas Robinson Carney was in California when the election took place unable to serve due to business pressures
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Greene
George Carney
Mayper
John Hesalroad
George Manning
John Junge
Dan Shook
Pitas Robinson
Atr
Carney
California
Thieves appeal to Iowa Supreme Court on habeas corpus
Des Moines April 4 evidence on an appeal from Judge Sears Wenl bury county district court denying release from custody on a writ of habeas corpus was submitted to the Iowa Supreme Court. The men held up a road house near Minneapolis and were wanted by Minneapolis authorities. Names listed include John Dillon Tommy Brienze Mickey Brienze Louis Venick Patrick Hanley Ike Sherman Earl Madden and Frank Williams. They were bail by the Supreme Court March 10.
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Des Moines
W. G. Sears
Wenlbury County District Court
Minneapolis
Lowal Supreme Court
Lonx City
John Dillon
Tommy and
Mickey Brienze
Louis Venick
Patrick Hanley
Ika Sherman
Earl Madden
Frank Williams
Supreme Court
Elevator operator dies in Ottumwa incident
Ottumwa Iowa April 4 writer Criswell forty four employed at Samuel Mahon wholesale grocery house was stricken with heart trouble while operating an elevator. He fell from the car and the upper body became wedged at the next door, death occurring almost instantly.
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Ottumwa
Criswell
Nhe
Iowa to Take Camp Dodge from Government
Des Moines reports that Camp Dodge will become the property of the state of Iowa within days. Although no public announcement has been made, authoritative sources say forms of the transaction are agreed and final arrangements will be completed this week.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
State of
Iowa
Lone Highwayman Robs Two Women
Des Moines on April 4 a mysterious robber forced Miss Manic Wieman and Mrs. J T Calan to walk with him beyond the city outskirts. He robbed them and made an attempted assault. Both women are under a physician’s care today.
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Des Moines
Manic Wieman
Burnington
J. T. Calan
Chicago
Martha J. Janicak
Oak Park
Miss Janicek
UPECY RULINGS ON MURDER CASES TODAY
Des Moines reports the Yowa supreme court to rule on motions to advance hearings in two murder cases. Eugene Weeks of Des Moines and Ira Pavey of Sioux City, with Attorney General Gibson, face schedule actions and possible delays. Bread prices rise ten percent in Des Moines after prior cuts. Cedar Rapids notes Frances Rika, a nurse for the Siamese twins who died in Chicago, cared for Rosa’s baby and traveled Europe with them.
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Des Moines
Yowa Supreme Court
Ixte Todss
Eugene Weeks
Des Weines
Ira Pavey
Sioux Cit
Gibson
Blazer
Cedar Rapids
Frances Rika
Chicago
Rosa
Europe
Wholesale Milk Rise Absorbed by Dealers
The scheduled April 1 price increase on milk did not take effect universally. Waterloo Co-Operative desmers raised prices to 32.2 cents per 100 pounds, while most dealers continued basing prices on cream content. One dealer reportedly did not pass the rise, claiming the higher cost could not be absorbed.
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Waterloo Co-Operative
Desmers
Lee Meyer
London
New York
Lewis
Leys
Pringle of Red Oak Nominated U S Attorney
Ralph Pringle of Red Oak was named by President Harding to be United States attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, succeeding E. B. Moon of Ottumwa. Pringle has long been active in politics and resides in Red Oak.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Ralph Pringle
United States
Sothern District of Town
Maine
Hey Oak
Hes Motes
Italwhi Pringle
United ‘States
Iowa
EB Ge Moon
Ottumwa
Fils
Red Oak
Pringla
Railroad Hearings Now at Mason City
North Iowa county attorneys appear before Referees Ladd and Guither in Mason City courthouse. In the case, Iowa railroads protest state actions. Each side limits to two witnesses per county. witnesses to value farm lands across 16 counties. Bremer and Buchanan counties, moved from Cedar Rapids, will be heard here.
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Mason City
Iowa
Ladd and Guither
Iowa Railroadgy
Bremer
Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Explosion at The Wardrobe Cleaners in Ottumwa
An explosion at The Wardrobe, dyers and cleaners in Ottumwa caused a $6,000 loss and damaged several nearby shops. Fumes in the drying room likely met an electric globe, triggering the blast heard across the business district.
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Ituimwa
Muscle Shoals power plan shifts to government control
Washington reports Republicans plan to operate and develop Muscle Shoals with government ownership, sidelining Henry Ford. Senate debate looms over Ford’s offer and a fast track appropriation to finish Wilson dam, with Democrats pushing Ford’s deal and Republicans split on privatizing the nitrate plant.
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International Kews Wire
Washington, D. C
Uncle Sam
Henry Ford
Ford
Senate Agriculture Committee
Congress
Muscla Shoals
Senate
van Toe
Capper
Kangas
Blac
McNary
Oregon
Norris Republican
Nehracky
Senate Agriculture Commutes
Ontnion
Ienat
Wilson Dam
Teachers to Need Rooms as Northeastern Iowa Convention Arrives
Waterloo must host about 2,000 visiting teachers for the Northeastern Iowa Teachers association convention. An enrollment committee led by I D Lee will list local residents who can provide lodging and furnish addresses for those needing rooms. A separate court hearing involved Elmer Hamilton who vanished before a sentencing and risked bond forfeiture.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association
West Schools
Clarinda
Elmer
Hamilton
Teachfore
Gary Peters
William
Edward Kramer
Shambaugh
Peters
Nolesa Hamilton
Betrayer of Edith Cavell Sentenced to Death
Brussels April 4 M Keaness betrayer of Edith Cavell was found guilty and sentenced to death for his act Miss Cavell was executed by the Germans during their occupation of Brussels for being a spy and revealing secrets FINAL MIDWEEK MEETING Rev R J Campbell Cedar Rapids will deliver the Lenten sermon at Christ Episcopal church The final of a series of midweek meetings LESER DANFORTH A Chicago license issued to Joseph J Leser Waterloo and Miss Gertrude Danforth Watertown N Y to marry and live in Fullerton place Leser is a Minnesota Central Swtichiman
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Brussels
Belgium
M.' Keaness
Edith Cavell
Miss Cavell
R. J. Campbell
Grace Church
Cedar Rapids
Christ Episcopal Church
Town
Council Bluffs Man Granted New Trial in Murder Case
The Iowa Supreme Court reversed and remanded for a new trial the case of Ernest Borwick of Council Bluffs who was convicted of killing Leo Delalaster. In a separate ruling the court upheld a lower court decision sentencing James Hiarboard of Carson to eight years for murder in a horse dispute with Georges Mikesell.
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State Supreme Court
Ernest Borwick
Council Bluse
Leo Delalaster
Supreme Court
Te ‘State
S. James Hiarboard
Carson
Georges Mikesell
Leander Clark Heirs Lose $50 000 Law Suit
In Des Moines on April 4 the heirs of Leander Clark failed to recover the $59,000 donated by Clark to the college bearing his name in Toledo Ta. The state supreme court affirmed the trial court ruling, upholding the lower court decision.
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Leander Clark Heirs
Des Moines
Leander Clark
Supreme Court
Clarke
Toledo
High Court
Pickett to Outline Platform at Dinner
Waterloo candidate for United States senator Charles FE Pickett will outline his platform at a dinner in his honor at the Grant club in Des Moines. Also noting Des Moines expects cheap flight fares with new Curtiss Town Aircraft service and the recovery of missing man Milan Hausner in Monticello hospital after a long disappearance.
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Moines
Charles FE. Pickett
Waterloo
United States
Grant Club
Des Moines
Wsbherville
Milan Hausner
Monticello
Cramery Manager Discusses Milk Price Rise In Interlactation
The note to Clyde Veehtelheimar, manager of the cranmery, claims the current rise is during the interlactation period and highlights it as a costly time of year for predicting milk output.
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Alog
Clyde Veehtelheimar
Cranmery
Funeral service for Wil l Gam O Fairbairn at Petersen-Hros chapel
Mortuary notices state W G Pairbatra announces funeral rites for the late Wil li Gam O Fairbairn. Service is set for Wednesday at 10 am in the Petersen-Hros chapel with Rev W H Beacher of the First Brethren Church officiating. Interment follows at Kimwood Cemetery.
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W. G. Pairbatra
Wil i ‘Gam O. Fairbairn
Petersen -Hros
W. Hy. Beachter
First Brethren Ehureh
Ofielatine
Kim- Wood Cemetery
Congressional Briefs Highlight Key Committee Actions
The Agricultural Committee weighs the Muscle Shoals offer while the Senate plans an agricultural appropriation bill. The State and Justice Departments appropriation bill is under review by KOUSE. Labor hearings continue on coal, immigration policy, and related topics. Interstate Commerce focuses on interchangeable mileage.
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PremisBowats Agricultural Committee
Senate
Kouse
State and Justice Departments
Interstate Commerce Committee
Gavel Presented to County Board
The board of supervisors received a black walnut gavel from White-Phillips company Davenport Ta as a gift. IF W Usher presented it to chairman T D Teeter with a brass inscribed plate. The gavel will mark convening and adjournment with extra taps if multiple members speak.
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Board of Supervisors
White-Phillips_company
Municipal Band Brokers
Davenport
Sacred Heart Church Destroyed by Fire in Montreal
The Roman Catholic Sacred Heart church in Montreal was totally destroyed by a blaze today, with an estimated loss of 400000 dollars. Fire crews battled the flames but the building was a total loss.
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Montreal
Typhoid Fever Case Reported in City
A second typhoid fever case was reported to the city health department by a physician. Mrs. Adam Goleski of 1900 Jefferson Street is the patient, following a first case from 186 Thirteenth Street West yesterday.
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City Health Department
Adam Goleski
Jefferson Street
Thirteenth Street West
Rhode Island Town Elects Democrats in Ballot Reversal
Burrellville Rhode Island reports a full Democratic ticket elected as tallying completes yesterday voting. The reversal mirrors the 1920 election when Republicans won most town offices by pluralities, with one exception.
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Rhode Island
Burrellville
Judge Calls Ku Klux Klan Form of Anarchy
Federal Judge James C. Wilson told Weatherford Chamber of Commerce that the Ku Klux Klan is a form of anarchism seeking to undermine government. He warned mobs threaten rights and urged public opinion and arming for defense against jail mobs. he opposed both the Klan and anti Klan actions. In Wichita, Rev J Lea Releford faced robed Klan visitors who praised the church and donated to it during a Sunday sermon.
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Judge
Associated Press
Weatherford
Tex
Ku Klux Klan
James C. Wilson
Northern
District of
Texas
Weatherford Chamber of Commerce
Culberson
Jedgee
Wilson
Wvonate
Wichita
Kan
Peabody
J. Lea Releford
Christian Church
Releford
Preston Is Named to Give Baccalaureate
Reverend A G Preston pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church was chosen by West High seniors to deliver the baccalaureate address at First Congregational Church on May 28. A West High tryout will select an extemporaneous speaker for a district meet and possible state contention at the University of Iowa.
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A. G._Preston
Westminster Presbyterian Church
West High
First Congregational Church
University In
Iowa
Iowa City
University of Towa
Anthracite Miners Seek Wage Gains Across Districts
The United Mine Workers and Iowa Federation of Labor backed demands for a six hour day and five day week amid the national coal strike. John L. Lewis testified that the move aims to regularize employment, with miners paid by ton produced. A break in operator stance appeared as Grove Coal Co offered 20 percent wage hikes, while Kansas City operators considered a 1917 wage scale reestablishment of 3.60 a day.
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Washington, D. C
Lasues
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
House
Black
Texas
Lewis
Lawin
Ee Black
Hyver
Wilkesbarre
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Fayette
Washington
Grants
United Press
Scranton
Grove Coal Company
Peckville
Kansas City
W. Li. Johnson
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators’ Association
Veterans Bureau Officials to Convene in Des Moines
Veteran staff A. E. Julian G. W. Helen Charles Purmott and J. R. Nelson from headquarters will attend a Des Moines conference Friday and Saturday for all bureau officials of Iowa and Nebraska. Officials from the St. Louis office will direct the conference.
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A. E. Julian
Charles Purmott
J. R. Nelson
U.S. War Veterans Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Nebraska
St. Louis
Bank Robbery Suspects Captured After Eau Claire Heist
In Nite Michigan on April 4, a bank robber was shot and captured while two others were surrounded in a swamp near Eau Claire after they robbed the Eau Claire State Bank of 1206 dollars. Local posse pursued them following the hold up.
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POSSE
Bandtis
Nite
Mich
Eau Claire
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