Europe’s Effort to Forget War Revived by Ruhr
London reports in April show Europe's mood shifting as war talk returns amid Ruhr tensions. Citizens profess a desire for peace yet express a covert pull toward national service, with retired officers, fascist-style mobilization, and large standing armies reawakening militant sentiment across Germany France Belgium Italy Poland Russia and England.
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Europe
RUHR
Germany
France
Belgium
Italy
Poland
Russia
England
Secret London Marriage Rumor Involving Mathilde McCormick
International service reports Mathilde McCormick and Major Max Oser secretly wed in London near Charing Cross though license details could not be traced. Investigations place Mathilde in Weybridge with relatives while no police or local records confirm a marriage or future plans with Baker's former fiancé Mary Lindon Baker remains unconfirmed.
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International
Charing Croes
Qser
London
Avala
Weybridge
Servics
Mathilde
Edward McCormick
Mathide
Mathilde McCormick
Allister McCormick
Mary Lindon Baker
Chicbeo
Wesbridge
Aly
Mary
McCormick
Miss Baker
Kensington
Yeport
Switzerland
Oser
Mathilde McGearrick
Max Oser
Miss McCormick
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
Major Osey
Art Zurich
Cirt
Major Oser
United States
Julia Mangold
Urge Religion as Daily Study for Children
Omaha reports growing push for weekday religious instruction in public schools. Dr. Edward Sargent notes nationwide spread with about 100 cities in 20 states permitting pupil excusal to attend church programs during school hours.
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Omaha
Neb
Thera
Edward Sargent
New York City
Protestant Episcopal Church
Packing Workers to Get More Pay and Yearly Vacations
Chicago talks between management and company unions press for wage increases across all packing line jobs. Proposals include higher hourly rates and yearly paid vacations for hourly workers. No final agreement yet. exact raise to be set by conditions, with nationwide packing house branches involved.
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Chicago
Girl Vanishes From Bed To Door In Mysterious Case
Police search for Miss Ethel Chance who disappeared from her home last night after answering a knock while wearing night clothes. Her suitor Arthur Davey is also missing, per the parents’ account to authorities.
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Peoria
Uil
Ethel Chance
Arthur Davey
Plane Delivers Aid to Swamp Trail Blazers
A fast plane reaching 160 mph left Miami with food and medicines for the Talami trail blazers bogged in the big cypress swamps. Six more planes were being assembled to search for the nine halted and their passengers as authorities seek relief.
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Miami
Fla
Think Clara Phillips May Be in Guatemala
Police believe Clara Phillips the killer who escaped from Los Angeles county jail on December 6 may have fled to Latin America after a cablegram from Guatemala asked for her description. De Attaches at the sheriff's office declined to comment on the message or potential response.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Clara Phillips
Hamimer Murgeress
Latin America
L. D. Oaks
Guatemala
Imade
Iowa Voters League Leaders Push Equal Property Laws
Des Moines reports lawmakers debate equal share of property after marriage as part of broad reforms. Carrie Chapman Catt and Emily Newell Blair urge municipal study and primary law education for 1924 participation. National figures in attendance discuss democracy and nonpartisan training.
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Carrie ‘Chapman Catt
League
Towa
Elizabeth Babcock
Watertown
Conn
Miss Babcock
Catt
Pan- American Association For Advance
South
Central America
Emily Blair
Emily Newell Blair
Joplin
Democratic National Committee
Lord Robert Cecil
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Thomas Gwinter
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Sonja Leb
Des Moines
Kate Waller Garrett
American Legion Auxiliary
National League of Women Voters
Jeanne
Park
National Democratic Committee
Slaxer of Policeman Ines in Electric Chair
Stanley Forber, 26, convicted of the murder of Patrolman Grannison P. Koehler in Columbus on November 23, died in the electric chair at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. He alternated between laughter and prayer before execution.
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Columbus. O
Stanley Forber
Grannison P. Koehler
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Aura Pay Sought At Paris Meeting On Ruhr Issue
Paris reports a high level conference with France Belgium and advisers seeking new measures to make Ruhr production productive. German views say occupation yields less coal daily than before and Germany will not negotiate while Ruhr remains under French Belgian control. Italy and others receive coal while Germany exports to Switzerland and Holland under separate accords.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Belgium
Ruhr
Germany
Ruh
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
Jugoslavia
Houmanis
200 Rebels Killed by Italian Troops in One Day's Fight
Bencazi, Tripoli, April 13. Two hundred rebels were killed in one day of fighting between Italian troops and tribes near here. The Italian garrison attacked an armed camp at Gardazi on April 11 and killed 40. The fleeing rebels were pursued to Antlet, reinforced, and made a desperate stand. Armored cars routed them from their stronghold and they were mowed down by rapid fire guns.
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Bencazi
Tripoli
Here
Gardazi
Antlet
Fires in Cane Fields Blamed on Strikers
In San Juan Puerto Rico on April 13 authorities blame strikers or sympathizers for frequent cane fires mainly on the island south side. Mills largely operate, though some centrals run reduced. In 43 hours in Guayama district 40 fires burned over 706 acres of cane.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Altho
Guayama
Death by own action confirmed in Kant Ogden case
Coroner B F Matheny announced Kant Ogden wealthy oil producer died by self inflicted gunshot to the heart. Ogden's final note claimed fear of Ku Klux Klan punishment led to his suicide. body exhumed and autopsy performed in Clarksburg West Virginia.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Kant W. Ogden
B. F. Matheny
Oxton
Ogden
Matheny
Ku Klux Klan
Reopening Bid in House of David Suit
Grand Rapids April 13 A motion to reopen the suit of John W Hansel against the Israelite House of David was filed in U S district court Attorney H T DeWhirst for the colony alleges new evidence showing Hansel planned to bomb the colony buildings and steal large sums from the vaults in the colony case
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Grand Rapids, Mich
John W. Hansel
Exports for March Exceed 1922 Levels
The commerce department reports U S exports in March valued at 350 million dollars, up from February 307.1 million and March 1922 229.98 million. For the nine months ended March total exports reach 3.0036 billion, higher by 193.8 million than the prior year.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Commerce Department
Big Alcohol Deal Turned Water Trial in Court
Des Moines druggist Jamey Coopman slipped clean dirt in a suitcase to Chicago, bought a check for 400 dollars for barrels of alcohol from A Beckman, but found the so called alcohol was Lake Michigan water. Coopman stopped payment, was arrested for con game, and sought a writ of habeas corpus granted by Judge Zouch. The matter goes to court.
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Des Moines
Jamey Coopman
Moines
Chicago
A. Beckman
Coopman
Lake Michigan
Bockman
Kendall
Zouchs
British Lord Praises Iowa Farm and League Goals
Lord Robert Cecil, British representative to the League of Nations, spoke in Des Moines at the National League of Women Voters briefing lawmakers. He cited efforts to curb opium and child trafficking, the permanent court of international justice, and worldwide arms control, noting world events shape prices and farm life. He described a Polk County farm visit as an ideal rural scene and urged dialogue to reach peaceful agreements.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Lord Robert Cecil
Assembly of the League of Nations
National League of Women Voters
Lowa
League of Nations
Europa
Lord Robert
Permanent Court of International Justice
Washington
Lord Cecil
Polk County
Lutheran Students Meet in Rock Island
The first general conference of the Lutheran Students' Association of America opened at Augstana College in Rock Island Illinois with nearly 1000 students from about 60 colleges. The three day sessions address social and religious problems and feature speaker Prof Alfred J Sparaony of Drake University Des Moines.
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Rock Island, Ill
Lutheran Students’ Association of America
Augustana College
Alfred J. Sparaony
Drake University
Des Otues
Iowa City Man Heads State Music Teachers Officers
Des Moines April 18 The annual convention of the State Association of Music Teachers met in business session today and elected officers for the coming year. P. G. Clapp of Iowa City was named president Elmer K. Gannett of Mount Pleasant vice president George F. Ogden of Des Moines secretary treasurer and William I. Sheetz of Burlington to the executive board for two years.
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Des Moines
State Association of Music Teachers
Iown
P. G. Clapp
Iowa City
Elmer K. Gannett
Mount, Pleasant
George F. Ogden
Das Maines
William I. Sheetz
Burlington
Carter Better Report From Cairo Addresses Tutankhamun Co discoverer
Cairo April 13 Howard Carter co discoverer of the tomb of Tut Ankh Smen, whose sudden illness Wednesday night raised fears of a fate like Lord Carnarvon, was somewhat improved and was expected to be out for a while tonight.
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Cairo
Howard Carter
Tut-Ankh-Smen
Lord Carnarvon
Confederates Wind Up Big Convention
In New Orleans on April 13 a four mile parade was held to close the third annual encampment of Confederate veterans. About 10,000 delegates attended with automobiles provided for the march. Gen. W. B. Haldeman of Louisville is elected the new commander in chief of the veterans.
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Merian FE. Jones
Sedalia
Washington, D. C
Sawyer
President Harding
Archibald Assosraoate
United Confederate Veterans
New Orleans
W. B. Haldeman
Louisville
Vaterana
Des Moines State Briefs on Church Reunion and Banking Vacancy
In Des Moines, Trinity Evangelical and Unstead Evangelical churches end over three years of separation with a reunion to be consolidated Sunday. Brooklyn voters reject a $10,000 bonus for an aerating plant due to a short turnout of 22 votes. 343 votes were required. Bes Moines reports the resignation of W. C. Reed, deputy State superintendent of banking, announced by Superintendent Murray with no successor named.
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Des Moines
Trinity Evangelical
Unstead Evangelical
Brooklyn
Dity Water Works
Bes Moines
W. C. Reed
Operin
Murray
Actress Reveals Engagement Schemes Behind Chaplin Wedding
Mildred Harris, ex wife of Charles Chaplin, arrives in New York claiming the engagement between Chaplin and Pola Negri was staged by a European press agent before Negri's U.S. arrival. Harris says she believes in love and marriage and confirms her own engagement to Byron Munson, planning to marry later.
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Mildred Harris
Munson
Chaplin
Negri
International News Wire
Chicago
Charles Chapin
California
New York
Corjedian
Pola Negri
Europe
United States
Charlie
Jana
Ron Munson
Muscatine Wins Partial Victory in Gas Rate Case
In Davenport Judge George W. Scott sets the Muscatine gas rate at 1.72 per thousand cubic feet for consumers after years of litigation. The previous rate of 1.88 had been in effect since August and the Muscatine Lighting Company had sought 1.99. The ruling ends the long court fight barring further appeals.
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Muscatine
George W. Scott
Davenport
John A. Gnasher
Wintersat
Muscatine Lighting Company
Angora deaf to Paris protests on Mesopotamia concessions
From Angora reports, Turkish authorities ignore protests over concessions in Mesopotamia granted to the Chester group of American capitalists. Ankara believes the concessions will speed a resumption of diplomatic relations with the United States and will not heed outside advice.
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Constantinople
Mesopotamia
Angora
United States
Turkey
An- Sera
Lay Drunkenness and Crime to High Wages
Vienna reports a surge in drunkenness and related crime tied to rising wages. The trend, first noted in Vienna, now extends to other towns and rural areas, with daily cases of intoxication and a higher incidence of alcohol related offenses.
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Vienna
Austria
Students Injured as Interurban Crash Strikes Train Car
Akron April 13. A special Akron Cleveland interurban car crashed into a milk car at Putrell station injuring students from Central High School en route to Cleveland for a music memory contest. One pupil was fatally hurt and at least two others were seriously injured.
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Akron
Putrell Station
Antral High School
Cley.l
Jury Sees 7 to 5 Conviction in Koulik Poisoning Case
Chicago April 13 the jury in Mrs Nellie Sturmer Koulik case charged with poisoning her first husband W Sturmer in alleged arsenic parties stood 7 to 5 for conviction as deliberations resumed Mrs Koulik screamed when prosecutors urged the death penalty if guilty
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Chicago
Nellie Sturmer Koulik
W. Sturmer
Man and two sons die in Princeton blaze
Princeton Missouri April 13 a chiropractor Max Koch and his two sons ages eleven were burned to death when a fire destroyed a building. The victims were asleep in Kochs office on the second floor.
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Princeton
Max Koch
Koch
End of Salacious Press Stories Predicted by Auditing Chief
Stanley Clague, head of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, urged at Northwestern's Medill School that salacious crime stories threaten journalism. He warned such tales lower reader morals, boost community morale issues, and drive circulation. He noted reporters face pressure to publish as public appetite grows. He predicted the menace may lessen in the future.
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Chicago
Stanley Clague
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
Glague
Tie
Clague
Waterloo Scout Executive Back From University Conference
A. F. Jory of the Waterloo Scout Council returned from a 10 day executives conference in Iowa City. Capt. Francis Gidney urged the patrol and game system as the best method to teach scouts. The university provided facilities and financial support, with plans for an annual event. James West was honored at a banquet. Lorne W. Barclay led the conferences.
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A. F. Jory
Waterloo
Jury
James West
New York
Efficiency Tests at Gates College Show Rugg Leader
A college assembly announced Edwin A. Rugg won first place in an efficiency contest at Gates College. Herbert Zilmer took second. The event tested general mental agility and knowledge of the students.
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Gates College
Gates Business College
Edwin A. Rugg
Herbert Zilmer
Carpenter Bruised When Ladder Slips at Icehouse
Joan Reynolds of 114 Forest Avenue, a carpenter with Young Coal, was bruised when a ladder at the Young Icehouse at the foot of Duryea Street slipped, dumping him to the ground. He was taken to a physician.
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Joan Reynolds
Forest Avenue
Young Coal Company
Young Icehouse
Duryea
Jury Fixer Witness to Face Grand Jury in Smail Case
In Waukegan Illinois on April 12 the grand jury on jury tampering in Gov Len Smail’s trial reconvenes. Eddie Courtney, indicted, will testify on April 23. State's attorney A V Smith announced. Courtney surrendered yesterday and posted bond.
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Waukegan
Ill
Len Smail
Eddie Courtney
A. V. Smith
Courtney
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