Cedar Falls Gas Rate Fight Sent to Federal Court
Citizens Gas and Electric Co files federal suit in Cedar Falls seeking to void city ordinance fixing gas rates at 1.60 per 1000 feet arguing costs of production at 2.00 and that the current rate is confiscatory. The complaint, directed to Judge Henry T. Reed, asks for a temporary injunction, a permanent writ after trial, and subpoenas to Cedar Falls officials. The firm lists property value, depreciation, and required 8 to 10 percent return to justify a higher rate.
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City Ordinanes
Cedar Palis
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Edwards, Longley, Rousier & iHarris
Waterloo
J. B. Newman
Cedar
Henry T. Reed
T the
District Federal Bench
United States
Cedar Falls
Reed
A. H. Refshauge
Iayer
S. S. Huntley
R. K R. Reeve
J. For Cross
Oscar Tostlebe
I. HK. Weiers
Edward Short
W. L. Scoggin
Peter Simonsen
Sas
Cedar Fells
Robert H. Whipple
Gavn
Engagement List at White House Today
Washington notes list events at the White House on April 8 with time stamps. Delegates from Seattle and Salvation Army officers attend a cabinet meeting and a presidential reception. Event schedule includes a treasury official, a Republican committee treasurer, and newspaper correspondents.
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White House
Washington
D. C
Darwin
Kingsley
New York
Frederick W. Upham
Hkepuplican Rational Committee
Senator Jones
Chamber of Commerce of
Seattle
Wash
M. Todd Iim
Suneater Townsend
Harding
National Conference of Officers of the Salvation Army
Cedar Falls Gas Rates Proposed to Fund System
A Cedar Falls gas company seeks a rate to cover operating costs, return, and depreciation. Proposed charge is 2 per thousand feet up to 5,000, with tiered reductions for larger volumes. The plan aims to attract private capital while a federal court hearings set for April 26 with Judge Reed presiding.
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Gan
Cedar Falls
Sumatra
Austin Burt
Cedar Falla
ISTAGE BATTLES OVER STATE FUNDS DEPOSIT BILL IN SENATE
The proposal to require depositing all state funds in banks statewide, not Des Moines banks, failed in the Senate 15 to 22 with 13 absent. Key opponents argued the plan would disrupt business and create a bookkeeping burden while supporters listed the current bank loans and risks of calling in towns.
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Des Motines
Senate
Abben
Lyon County
Frailey
Lea County
Des Moines
Federal Reserve Bank
Frailer
Adams
Anderson
I Baird
Banta
Buser
Foskett
Fulton
Hale
Hartman
Horchem
Kimberly
Newberry
Olson
Parker
Schaffter
Scott
Chickasaw
Mershall
Slosson
Stoddard
Whitmore
Brookhart
Browne
Campbell
Darting
Ethels
Greenell
Haskell
Johnston
Mentz
Meredith
Nelson
Rainbow
Thurston
End
Wirhman
Geriant Flow Made to Maze Good Advertisement
An advertisement references Geriant Flow with the slogan Made to Maze Good. It mentions the Jenolan caves in New South Wales discovered in 1841 and Mammott cave in Kentucky, noting their vast magnitude and variety.
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New South Wales
Kentucky
ADDIE ADE S ADVENTURES CHAPTER DEAR MADDIE
A fragmented 1927 text fragment shows Addie Adelaide addressing Maddie about disguise, street encounters, and a shop ad for a corset and shoes. The narrator recalls fashion fixes and a brief tale of meeting a tailor via class columns, ending with a note on summer fashions and a copyright line.
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Maddie
Adelaide
Addie
Basil L. Smith
Waterloo
Rock Island Lines Reports 1920 Revenues and Staff Change
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway reports 1920 net revenue of 4 412 141, down 6 715 810 from 1919, with total income 4 444 322 and a deficit of 10 793 904. Assets rise to 12 508 341 cash with current assets at 49 522 520, while payroll drops show 11 000 fewer employees by Feb 28 1921 compared to Feb 29 1920. The report notes government control ending and debates valuation, with claims of undermaintenance and material costs potentially affecting final settlements.
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Prn
New York
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
J. &. Gorman
Bureau of Valuation
Chicago
Peyrolls
Transport unions and rail workers join mine strike
British miners refuse to renew talks with mine owners and join a sympathy strike with transport workers and railway men. A general walkout could begin Sunday, as the nation braces for prolonged industrial disruption. Strikes expand amid clashes at collieries in Edinburgh and Welsh districts, with reports of violence and red flags amid the protests.
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Ikea
Lenity House
Triple Alliance
United Press
London
Remier Lloyd George
Ine
Board of Trade
Mer
Edinburgh
Midlothian
Young woman walks to Chicago seeking work and shelter
A 20 year old woman, short on funds, left Waterloo hotel to walk to Chicago after a week of jobless effort. She declined charity, relied on Y W C A for shelter, and expressed faith in a safe journey and divine protection. She praised local kindness and said she enjoyed the travel despite hardship.
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Chicago
Martin Hotel
Courier
Waterloo
Supposed Elwell Assassin Claims and Confession Clash
Roy Harris describes a chaotic scene inside the Elwell house and a fatal shot. He says he intended to obtain money from Mrs. Fairchild and fled after failing to collect. Detectives weigh Harris’s confession amid conflicting accounts and memory gaps.
Harris Confession Links Cigars to Elwell Murder
Detectives found cigarette stubs by the floor after the homicide and Harris testified that he and his companion smoked a specific brand while waiting for Elwell. The statement ties the two to the waiting plan and the murder scene.
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Harris
Elwell
World Trade Conference and political appointments note
AP telegraph briefs report appointments and statements from Washington and other cities. Harding names William D. Riter assistant attorney general. J H Defrees urges foreign trade focus. League of Nations amendments committee finishes preliminary work. Milan reports theatre blast suspects in custody.
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The
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
William D. Riter
Salt Lake City
Harding
Baltimore
Mil
Washington, D. C
New York
L. E. Sheppard
Order of
Pasadena
Cal
Dr. Newkirk
Abraham Lincoln
Philadelphia
W. S. Benson
United States Navy
United States Shipping Board
Athens
Greece
Turkey
Sun Yat Sen
China
West Coast Ship Prunes to Germany Record Shipment
A prune shipment touted as the largest ever from the northwest will depart Portland this month for Germany. The 1,450,000 pounds of Italian Prunes are grown in Oregon and Washington and represent a major fruit export from the West Coast.
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Germany
Associated Press
Salem
Ove
Northwest
Portland
Oregon
Washington
Grain States Districted In New Marketing Plan
Chicago April 8 Grain growing states were districted for election of temporary directors of the National Cooperative Grain Marketing corporation. Districts listed with director counts include Washington Oregon Idaho California two each and Illinois three. Debate over compulsory pooling dominated sessions last night while leaders predicted strong broad support for the national plan and calls to harmonize with existing farm groups.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Co-operative Grain Marketing Corporation
Farmers’ Conference
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
California
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Nebraska
Colorado
Iowa
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
Illinois
The
National Corporation
Committee of 17
bDoard
C. H. Gustafson
Gustafson
National Marketing Corporation
W. H. McGreevy
Wichita
Kan
National Wheat Growers Association
Northwest Group
McGreevy
George Jewett
Seattle
Wash
Jewsett
Northwest Wheat Growers Association
France Expects New German Reparations Proposal
Paris reports semiofficially a fresh German reparations proposal is expected. Rumors say Germany seeks U S engagement via Karl Bergmann and Roland W Boyden with Allied reparations talks. Officials doubt any Washington meeting will occur as allies prepare an ultimatum looming May 1 on 20 900 000 000 marks. Secretary Hughes offered no suggestion of a Washington meeting in response to German notes.
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Associated Press
Paris
United States
Karl Bergmann
The
Treasury
Roland W.boyden
Allied Reparations Commission
Washington
Germany
Hughes
St Louis Honors War Dead in City Memorial
St Louis Missouri mourns 500 sons who died in the great war as flags fly at half mast. Four soldiers returned from France lie in state in the city hall and will be buried with military honors tomorrow afternoon.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
France
Worrow
Charges "Gigantic" Crime Conspiracy in Divorce Action
New York April 8 details of an alleged gigantic conspiracy directed by W E D Stokes against Mrs Stokes in the divorce suit were disclosed. Martin W Littleton said he would offer evidence that Stokes agents sought to obtain proof Mrs Stokes killed turfman Joseph B Elwell and to identify her as one of the red haired women linked to Stillman’s divorce case. Littleton dismissed the charges as ridiculous and not pursued in court.
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Etwell
Yankin
Dunkin
New York Police
Harris
Elwells
Elwell
Whitman
Associated Press
New York
Joseph B. Elwell
Buffalo
Roy Harris
Weighazaret Cine
N. Y
Mwarris
Tinlen Press
W. E. D. ‘Stokes
Martin W. Littleton
Stokes
Littleton
One Dead Two Dying in Chicago Steel Mill Fight
Police and steel workers clashed in the South Chicago district last night leaving one man dead and multiple wounded. Policeman John Tracey and another officer were among those dying or dying, as a group of six confronted a party of three steel workers. Language barriers and misperceptions led to a gunfire exchange as both sides fired until exhausted. Capt. Joseph Smith noted the workers may have mistaken the plainclothes officers for robbers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John Tracey
Robert Nikisch
Matthew Ich
Tracey
John
White
Joseph Smith
South Chicago
Kahn vows action to punish Bergdoll draft dodger
Representative Kahn of California, head of the house military affairs committee, says he will reintroduce a resolution Monday to investigate the Bergdoll affair and seek Bergdoll's return from Germany. He denounces Bergdoll as a millionaire dodger and pledges to clear up the escape cloud.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Bergdoll
Kahn
California
House
Germany
Cleveland to Plant 30 000 Street Trees This Week
The city will plant thirty thousand trees along Cleveland streets under City Forester Harry C Hyatt during the week beginning April. The effort, a Tree Planting Week, was adopted by city council by resolution. Schools held appropriate exercises to mark the observance.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Clevel Streets
Harry C. Hyatt
Aliens for Deportation Move Through Omaha
Aliens destined for deportation traveled through Omaha early today in two special cars on a Union Pacific train. One coach came from Seattle and the other from San Francisco, en route to Moboken via Chicago.
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Associated Presay Omaha
Omaha
Moboken
Chicago
Union Pacific
Seattle
San Francisco
Arbitration Board Rules Carman Discharge Irregular
Des Moines reports the arbitration board found that C. E. Rogers, president of the men’s union, was improperly discharged without arbitration under the contract. The panel did not decide if the company was justified, noting the issue lies beyond the board’s remit. Members cited A. B. Funk, Fran Houser, and C. Abambders as the Davenport and Des Moines representatives.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Davenpo
C. EB. Roge
Shoul
Company
Rogers
A. B. Funk
State Industrial Ecomissioner
Fran Houser
Davenport
C. Abambders
Special Steamer to Anastasia May Take U. S. to See Physician
Princess Anastasia, convalescing from illness, may travel to America for medical care and then to New York if possible. Originally planned to go to England for a second operation, Britain’s non recognition of King Constantine raises concern Prince Christopher may not be welcome. Anastasia refuses to travel without her husband and Saido remains unwilling to leave him. Her recovery is hindered by nausea.
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Associated Press
Athens
Anastasia
Ameria
New York
England
Great Britain
Constantine
Christopher
Pricess
Saido
Demand That Labor Assembly Be Dropped Disrupts Conference
Des Moines April reports a disruption as 1500 building craftsmen faced joblessness and halted operations. Carpenters and bricklayers with master builders ended in a standoff, receiving an ultimatum to dissolve the local trades and labor assembly. Workers refused, and the meeting dissolved after a two hour parley.
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United Press Des Moines
Trades and Tabo Assembly
Reading shopmen reject wage cut proposal
Philadelphia April 8 five representatives of the Reading system shop employees refused to accept a one and one half per cent reduction in wages proposed by F M Falek general manager. S L Whitman AF of L Railroad Workers spokesman for Reading shopmen said the wage board decision clears up the case and they cannot impose a provisional cut now.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Reading Sytem
F. M. Falek
Chisago
Yor Central Railroad
S. L. Whitman
American Federation of Raiload Workers
Reading
Girl Throws Herself Under Train Wheels
A 20 year old woman, Elizabeth Gutweiler, daughter of a wealthy farmer from Pennimor Wisconsin, threw herself under the wheels of a speeding passenger train near Lancaster Wisconsin. She died instantly as the body was mangled beyond recognition, with identification possible only through clothing.
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United Press
Dubuque
Daspoy Dent
Elizabeth Gutweiler
Pennimor Wis
Lancaster
Wis
McManamy Testifies Before Labor Board
McManamy, a railroad administrator official and witness in the fight to prove abrogation of a national agreement, testified before the railroad labor board in Chicago about working conditions in large rail load centers and the potential unrest and turnover that could result.
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United Press
Chicago
Fray McManamy
Railroad Labor
McManamy
Professor Slayer Leaves $4500 Estate in Syracuse Probate
The Associated Press reports that Holmes Beckwith, who fatally shot Dean Wharton and a student at Syracuse University last Saturday, leaves almost his entire estate valued at $4500 to Mrs. Mary G. Holmes of East Orange New Jersey. The will was filed for probate by David Holmes Judson, an uncle.
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Associated Press
Syracuse
N. J
Holmes Beckwith
Dean Wharton
Kimee
Syracuse University
Mary. G. Hoelmes
Orange
David Holmes Judson
Tiar
Howat Fined $200 for Contempt in Coal Strike Case
Alexander Howat, Kansas miners union leader, was found guilty of contempt of court for ordering a strike two weeks earlier. Judge Andrew J. Surran of Crawford County District Court ordered a $200 fine.
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The
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Unio
Andrew J. Surran
Ofth
Crawford County District Court
Reed-Norval foreign language bill clears Nebraska House
United Press reports the Reed-Norval foreign language bill passed the Nebraska lower house by 69 to 33 under a call of the house. The measure carries an emergency clause and would take effect when signed by Governor McKelvie, pending further action.
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United Press
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
McKelvie
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