WOMAN LEADER SAYS DRIVE TOWARD EQUALITY WILL CONTINUE
Harriet Taylor Upton told the Iowa League of Women Voters in Des Moines that women will be placed on an equal basis with men in all life aspects though she argued women will not replace men as dominant figures. The remarks appeared amid broader discussion of feminist gains and public roles.
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Iman
Harriet
Taylor Upton
Upton
Iowa League of Women Voters
Des Moines
Dex
Wiffe
Kansas Supreme Court kills Kansas industrial court rule
The Kansas industrial court law, declared partly unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court, is effectively nullified. Labor leaders hail the ruling as a victory for collective bargaining while warning against compulsory arbitration as industrial slavery. The Wolff Packing Company case and the Topeka origins of the law are noted, with the broader impact on labor relations discussed.
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Fred J. Walker
International News
Washington, D. C
American Federation of Labor
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
William Green
Federation
International News Service
Kansas
Green
Wolff Packing Company of
United Press
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Industrial Court
Henry J. Alien
Alexander Howait
Industrial Court
Wolff Packing Company
Anglers Fined 720 for Rushing Season in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids on April 14 the air carried hints of a lively river scene as anglers Harry Coble and Steve Bate, pressed to fish before the season, caught 36 fish. Justice George Lightner fined them 20 dollars per fish, with a 24 hour deadline to pay or face jail.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Coble
Steve Bate
Steve
George Lightner
Lightner
Accuser Dies in Indiana Poison Case Linked to Stephenson
Miss Madge Oberholtzer aged 28 died in Indiana after days in critical condition from poison she reportedly took after an alleged attack by D C Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon. Stephenson faced five indictments and remains free on $25,000 bond. Oberholtzer was active in public school circles and had served as secretary treasurer of the Young People's Reading Circle of Indiana.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Madge Oberholtzer
Atttack
D.C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Oberholtzer
Hammond
Stephenson
Miss Overholzer
Liberty
Miss Oberholtzer
Indiana
Young People’s Reading Circle of
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Convicted Fence in Prison at Last
Andrew Boyd, prominent Fairfield Justice Man, convicted after trials in four counties of receiving stolen property. He goes to Fort Madison to begin a five year sentence after two years of appeals to the Supreme Court. Attorneys petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the high court.
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Fairfield
Andrew Boyd
Fairfield Justiress
Feu
Fort Madison
Supreme Court
High
Vandervelde to form new Belgium government for King Albert
Emile Vandervelde socialist leader and former justice minister was summoned by King Albert to form a ministry to replace the resigned Theunis cabinet. The socialists gained about 1 percent of parliamentary seats in elections. Vandervelde has long led socialists in the chamber. The DNS council approved his selection to form a cabinet.
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Associated Pressp
Brussels
Emile ¥ Sdervelde
Justice
Albert
Theunis
Belgium
Viandervelde
Social Teader
Chamber of Es
DNS Conncil
Vianderivelde
Exariser Denies Nding War Chief In Political Race
Wilhelm Frehenzollern states he does not support General Hindenburg’s presidential bid and has not released the former field marshal from oath to the throne. British papers call for Hindenburg’s withdrawal, warning of European chaos if he wins.
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United Press
Isondon
Wilhelm Frehenzollern
Gen
Hindenburg
Col. Kleist
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Kleist
International
London
Lord Beaverbrook
Foreign Office
Great Britain
von Hindenburg
France
Beaverbrook Press
Germany
Poland
Czecho- Slovakia
London Times
Marshal
Berlin
West Am Montag
Heveridge
Russia
England
United States
March Exports by U S Exceed Imports
Exports from March were valued at $490 and imports at $355,000,000 leaving a balance favorable to the United States of $67,600,000. The outflow of metal continued, exports totaling $25,104,416 compared with imports of 37.3, leaving a net loss of $11,068.
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Washington
Girl Dies From Gasoline Fire Start Accident
April 14 report from Bridgewater states 18-year-old Anna Hoffert died from burns after using gasoline to start a fire. Her mother Mrs Hoffert and a day-old baby sustained minor injuries in the incident.
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Bridgewater
Anna Hoffert
John Hoffert
Hoffert
Courier Delivery Time Notice
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 35 30 oclock. If the carrier err or you fail to receive your paper by that time, please phone 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Heiress Abby Rockefeller to Wed Milton in May
Miss Abby Rockefeller gains a license to marry David Merriwether Milton, her childhood sweetheart, with the wedding slated for May 14 at her father's New York town house. Scientist voyage aboard the Arcturus to the Sargossa Sea faced wireless communication delays, later relayed via two ships and canal zone to Washington. Mrs. Charles A Fulton seeks divorce asserting her husband lies in France with a French divorcee and sues his wealthy parents for alienations of affections. Fulton had changed his name during World War I.
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Sargassa Sea
New York Zoological Society
D. Wiliam Beebe
Canal Zone
Washington
Abby Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
David Merriwether Milton
New York
Charles A. Fulton
France
Ferdinand Phizenmayer
Fulton
Democrats Happy at Annual Dinner Not a Single Fight
Kansas City April 14 harmony ruled Jefferson day dinners by the Jefferson Democratic club and the Young Men's Democratic club. Prominent leaders spoke urging unity and a return to Jeffersonian principles. No outbreaks by McAdoo or Al Smith supporters despite earlier factional fears. Speakers included Representative Henry T. Rainey and Bennett Clark.
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Kansas City
Jefferson Democratic Club
Young Men's Democratic Club
Thomas Jefferson
William G.mcadoo
al Smith
Henry T. Rainey
Ilinois
Bennett Clark
Champ Clark
Missouri
Mrs Mayer to Head Town Women Voters
Mrs Max Mayer was elected president of the Town League of Women Voters in Des Moines. Other officers named include Mrs Clarence Knutson Oscar Russ Mrs Wolf Mrs G Irvine and Miss Bonnie Marshall with Gordon Elliot as secretary. A separate datum notes eight Gartner brothers near lartington Neb involved in a farm possession dispute with Gust Gartner as defendant.
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Des Moines
Max Mayer
Town League of Women’s Voters
Clarence Knutson
Clear
Oscar Russ
Sioux City
Wolf
Charles City
G. Irvine
Davenport
Gordon Elliot
Bonnie Marshall
Dag
Lartington
Neb
Grazing Rules Revision Sought by Western Stockmen
Western stockmen urged Washington to revise grazing rules affecting 125 006 000 acres of western forest reserves. The Senate public lands subcommittee discussed proposed changes after protests over higher grazing charges and smaller herds. Senators Stanfield Cameron and Spencer led the inquiry. two Democrats were to be added.
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Washington
Senate
Public Hinds
Department of Agriculture
Stanfield
Oregon
Cameron
Arie Zaway
Spencer
Fee
Publican
Missouri
Senate Agent Checks Vote Machines in Steck Contest
Des Moines April 14 Col P Thayer of the United States senate is in Iowa to inspect November ballots in counties using voting machines for the Brookhart Steck contest. He is tasked with recording the vote from twenty two counties with Louis Cook J G Mitchell and James M Parsons aiding.
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Des Moinés
Col
P. Thayer
United States Senate
Iowa
Col. Thayer
Louis Cook
J. G. Mitchell
Brookhar
James M. Parsons
Steck
Washington
Senate
Mrs Cunningham Collapses in Crown Point Jail
Crown Point Ind April 14 Mrs Anna Cunningham Gary Ind collapsed today in her Lake county jail cell where she is held in connection with the deaths of her husband and four children within six years She passed into a coma and physicians believed she could not be removed to Gary for a sanity hearing Poison was found in the body of Walter Cunningham 13 exhumed day at Valparaiso Ind and why mother is being held in jail at Crown Point Dr W D L McNally coroners physician reported today
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Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Gary
Lake County
Batly
Chicago
Walter Cunningham
Valparaiso
W. DL McNally
Rapids Judge Wars on Drunken Drivers
Cedar Rapids Iowa April 4 Judge F Ellison vows no leniency for drunken drivers and fines En Sykes 190 and costs of 20 days in jail. He states future sentences will be prison terms rather than fines or short jail for endangering lives with gas and alcohol.
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Cedar Rapids
F. Ellison
En Sykes
Filison
Charles City Boy Shot Near Home Then Bullet Removed
A boy in Charles City was shot in the back of the head near his home this morning. The 2 percent calibre rifle bullet was removed from his skull and his condition is described as serious. The boy said he did not know who fired the shot.
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Charles City
Lawrence Wanlby
Pershing Declines Drake Relays Invitation
Des Moines reports Gen. John J. Pershing will not attend the Drake Relays on April 24 and 25. The decision follows a notice to Albert B. Cummins and involvement with the Des Moines Greater Des Moines association.
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Des Moines
John J. Pershing
Albert B. Cummins
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Des Moines DY Sesnior Cumming
Greater Des Sinks Association
Briand's bid for French cabinet blocked by Socialists
Paris April 14 ex premier Briand abandons attempt to form a cabinet after socialist leaders refuse to join a Briand government. Painlevé likely to be asked to form a cabinet with likely Rene Renoult as foreign minister and Herriot back in a key post if Socialists accept a frontline role.
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Associated Press
Paris
Briand
Herriot
National Socialist Council
Chamber
Doumergue
Chamber’ of Deputies
Aristial
Paul Painieve
Painieve
Senate
Rene Renoult
Renault
Aristide Briand
France
S-Inanciallerizis
Socialist Executive Council
Ulysses Palace
iGov
Robineau
Bank of France
de Monzie
Porter Brenger
Socialist Congress
Leon iBlun
Paul
Farmers' National Council estimates large farm deficit
Washington April 14 The Farmers National Council said in a statement that American farmers realized 5 144 000 000 less than a fair return for their labor last year They cited declines in crop and livestock values and reported the average farm family received 671 93 for its labor The deficit was calculated from 1500 as a fair return.
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Washington, D. C
Farmers’ National Council
Police Nab Swindler After Running Fight
Des Moines reports Chicago swindler T. B. Humphrey alias James Drake alias W. Lawler was chased by police through downtown then jailed on charges of defrauding local merchants of hundreds in merchandise. He had a truckload of luggage clothing and other items in his hotel room obtained via purchase blanks from a named company. A merchant not connected to the firm alerted police.
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Des Moines
T. B. Humphrey
Chicago
Humphrey
James Drake
W. Lawler
Ar- Het
Freight Traffic Sets Record for First Two Months
Railroads carried a record 70 560 459 000 net ton miles in January and February, up 0.2 percent from the same period in 1924, according to reports to the Bureau of Railway Economics.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Railway Economics
Sheriff Fingerprints Students in Belle Plaine Theft Probe
Sheriff Whitfield Ruhl finished fingerprinting local school students in Belle Plaine in an effort to identify the thief who stole 85 dollars from the superintendent. If no match is found, he will fingerprint the janitor, teachers, and all school staff. The theft occurred over a week ago.
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Belle Plaine
Iac
Whitfield Ruhl
Poison in body of Mrs McClintock found
Sufficient mercury to kill a person within 10 days was found in all organs of Mrs Emma Nelson McClintock per the coroner chemist William D McNally in Detroit. Bandits kill banker Charles Taggart during a bank robbery in Detroit. three men fled with an undetermined amount of money.
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Chicago
Emma Nelson McClintock
William Dmcnally
Oscar Wolff
Detroit
Mich
Charles iTaggart
American State Bank
Smallpox Outbreak Hits Peking Lama Easter Reception
Tibetan Buddhist head’s headquarters in Peking reports a smallpox outbreak during Easter greeting. Thousands of foreigners and Americans attended, including tourists aboard the Franconia and members of a dramatic corps. Representatives of many religions filled the Lama’s grounds to hear the welcome address.
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United Press
Peking
Cunard
Dramatice Corps
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