Fire damages St Marys Church in Midday Blaze
A midday fire at St Marys Catholic Church on Park Avenue and Lafayette Street caused extensive interior damage estimated at 4009 to 5166 dollars. The blaze, likely from electrical wiring between walls, started under the altar of St Joseph and spread through the sanctuary amid smoke and water damage to paintings, furnishings, and the pipe organ possibly affected. Services will be held in St Marys school chapel while repairs proceed.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Park Avenue
Howev
St. Mary's Church
Pery
St Marr's School
Resolution Up for Action in Senate
Washington April 24 Senate takes up the Knox resolution to repeal declarations of war upon Germany and Austria authorized by Congress in 1917. The measure would substitute a peace technicality for the wartime state. it binds the United States to nothing and is expected to pass in a day or two.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Germany
Stria
Ledge
Knox
Gerry
Austria
Congress
Ign
United States
Farm Unions Favorably Reported By United Press
United Press reports that farm unions including dairymen fruit growers and allied workers were favorably reported from the House despite anti trust provisions. The note from Washington dated April 26 indicates legislative action permitting the organizing of operative farm groups and related associations.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Itill
Ling Station Gas Now 22 Cents a Gallon
Meago April 24 An oil firm in the middle west lowers gasoline price from 25 to 22 cents per gallon the announcement says. Tank wagons sell at 20 and 23 cents in some areas. Also noted United Steel dividend of 1 3 4 cents on common and 1 3 4 cents on preferred.
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United Press
Meago
Middle West
Hard Oil Company of
Indiana
Lares Steel
Associated Press
York
United 38 Steel Corporation
Dubuque Wind Storm Ruins Roofs and Scatters Goods
A April 26 wind and hailstorm with a semitornado swept through Dubuque causing thousands in damage. The Chicago Great Western freight depot roof was torn off, lumber piles were lifted, and large plate glass windows shattered. Automobiles toppled, signs and displays were blown away, and fruit trees suffered heavy damage across farms and orchards.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Chicago Great Western Freight
Eighth and
Elm Streets
Farley & Loetscher Co
Muscatine Tornado Causes Wide Damage In Iowa
A Tuesday afternoon tornado from southeastern Iowa left extensive damage across West Liberty Columbus Junction Atalissa and Nichols. Mrs Adam Comer suffered serious injuries when her car was blown into a ditch and caught fire near Columbus Junction. Robert Brooke’s country home at West Liberty was badly damaged.
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Associated Press
Muscatine
Towa
West Liberty
Columbus Junction
Atalissa
Nichols
Adam Comer
Robert Brooke
Graves Sentenced to Eight Years in Penitentiary
Des Moines April 28. Alex Rj Graves was sentenced to eight years in state prison by Judge Hubert Utterback in Polk county district court after a manslaughter conviction for shooting Clarence DeVault about a year ago. Graves announced intent to appeal and was released on bond. A petition for parole was presented. the judge said good conduct at year’s end could lead to intercession with the state parole board. Graves, aged 34, received £10,000 bond.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Alex Rj .Graves
Huert Utterback
Polk Country District
Graves
Clarence DeVault
Utterback
State Board of Parole
Valparaiso University President Resigns Over Radicalism Claims
President Daniel Russell Hodgdon of Valparaiso University resigns alleging the campus swarms with pinks and reds and other radical factions. He says all efforts to curb Bolshevik tendencies have failed and cites radical influence as the reason for stepping down.
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United Press
Valparaiso
Ind
Daniel Russell Hodgdon
Valparaiso University
Seat of Learning
Tornadoes Rain Across Wisconsin and Iowa Yesterday
Reports from across Wisconsin and Iowa describe small tornadoes accompanied by heavy rain and hail. Property damage occurred in widely separated sections as weather authorities record the events. Eddie Roush signs contract to play centerfield for the Cincinnati Reds.
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Ree Inn
Wisconsin
Iowa
Eddie Rousch
Associated Press
Cincinnati
Eddie J Ousch
Tolay
Cincinnati Reds
England faces new fuel problem for government to consider
London April 26 The National Union of Railwaymen ordered members to refuse handling coal from colliery sidings or overseas. Transport minister Sir Eric Geddes called the move grave, stating such coal is vital to homes and public utilities. He invited the union's general secretary to a meeting that afternoon to seek a resolution.
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Associated Press
London
National Union of Railwaymen
Mrie Geddes
House of Commons
Mniulator
Sir Eric
Publishers Meet Totag ele Biggest Problem in Years
United Press report on the American Newspaper Publishers association meeting in New York outlines wage adjustments postal rates tax issues and potential strikes in the newsprint industry. It notes little labor trouble historically and discusses zone mail rates effective July and calls to repeal excess profits tax.
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United Press New York
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Labor Bureau
Congress
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mills
March Imports Overshadow Exports in Raw Materials
The Associated Press reports Washington figures from the Department of Commerce show March raw material imports exceeding exports by over 10 million dollars. Foodstuffs exports were about 28 million dollars ahead of imports. Shortage and changes marked the nine months total with year prior comparisons noted.
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Associated
Grand jury to probe building trade graft
In Chicago on April 26 State's Attorney Crowe said he will ask Judge McDonald to call a special grand jury Wednesday to investigate alleged graft involving building trades labor readers and contractors. Also note sugar prices fell to 33 4 cents per pound in New York, the lowest since 1917, with refiners reporting the drop.
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United Press
Crowe
McDonald
Criminal Court
Associated Press
New York
Biggest Private Land Holding in U.S. Will Be Offered for Sale
San Francisco April 26. The largest private land holding in the United States will be put up for sale by Miller & Lux Inc. on behalf of the estate of Henry Miller. The holdings exceed 1,900 square miles in California, about 7.6 million acres in Oregon, and 3.5 million acres in Nevada, valued at over 40 million dollars. Public opinion calls for division for easier management amid ongoing inheritance tax litigation.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
United States
David Brown
Miller & Lux, Inc
Henry Miller
Brown
California
Oregon
Nevada
Davenport Fire Raids Ravage Theatre and Stores
Four fires, all incendiary, hit Davenport within about ninety minutes destroying the Burtis opera house valued at around 60000 and injuring four firefighters. The Jansen apartment building and a Pershing avenue oil plant were damaged, with total losses approaching 100000. Police hunt the arsonists as manager Charles T. Kindt pledges a new Burtis theater to replace the burned venue.
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Associated Press
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Rock Island Arsenal
Burtis Opera House
Alexander
Bartis Opera House
New York
San Francisco
Jansen
Burtis
Iowa Furniture Company
Pershing Avenue
Consumers Oil Company
Charles T. Kindt
Knox Seeks Dyestuff Clause in Tariff Bill
Senator Knox urged wartime control of dyestuff imports to be continued under a permanent tariff law. He proposed an amendment empowering the treasury to supervise and allocate $50,000 to sustain the work, arguing protection against a flood of German dyes is essential to save the American dye industry if peace resolves pass.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Knox
Republican
Pennsylvania
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury Department
32 Wobblies of 47 Indicted Reach Pens
Leavenworth Kan April 2 Twenty two of the 48 members of the Industrial Workers of the World sentenced to prison for violating the selective service law and the espionage act during the war had been received at the federal prison by noon today. Ten more in custody of the United States marshal from Chicago had reached Leavenworth, Warden A V Anderson said.
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Associated Press
Leavenworth, Kan
Industrial Workers of the‘ World
Federal
Chicago
Leavenworth
A. V. Anderson
Steel Man's Daughter Weds Coal Dealer in City Office
Adele Arline Stevens daughter of William Ellis Corey Steel manufacturer married Charles Edward Picard a 25 year old coal dealer of Elmhurst Long Island in the town clerk's office. Mrs Stevens listed her former residence as Boulder Colorado.
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Brea Press
Peekskill
Adele Arline Stevens
William Ellis. Corey
Charles Edward Picard
Elmhurst
Long Island
Federal officials fail to charge Tito Light leg case
New York April 26. Federal officials say they lack sufficient evidence to charge Tito Light following a BI investigation led by William J. Firan chief of the Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation.
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Unite Arresst
New York
Tito Ligt
William J. Firan
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Weather Bureau Highway Report From 1922 April 26
Weather summary from Jhames City- Ta lists Cedar Rapids and Mason City readings with conditions from cloudy to clear and various moisture levels. Several towns show mud or washout risks and traffic conditions described as fair or improving slowly. Eastern section remains very bad. forecast calls for generally fair weather in the next 36 hours across central counties.
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Weather Bureau
Jhames City
Albert Lea
Igona
Charles
Charter City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Mason City
Wampton
Waverly
Manddy
Tornado Strikes Dumas Area Killing and Injuring Several
The Associated Press reports multiple deaths and injuries as a storm wrecked houses in a farming belt near Dumas Arkansas, 50 miles southeast of Pine Bluff. Wires are down, communication with Dumas interrupted, and several farm houses along with two churches near Gould were demolished as the storm moved northwest for about 15 miles.
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Associated Press
Pinebluf
Ark
Dumas
Here
Gould
Screen Actress Freed From Hard Spanking Wife’s Divorce Granted
Irene Gorystad known as Irene De Mons obtained a divorce from Marty W. Gerstad motion picture cameraman in Los Angeles. The court ordered Gerstad to pay alimony of 30 dollars per week after a testimony she was spanked so hard she could not sit down for a long time.
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United Brass
Los Angeles
Cal
Irene Gorystad
Irene de Mons
Marty W. Gerstad
Witlder
Poim
Gerstad
American Flier Escapes Bolshevik Prison
Capt. Merion C. Cooper, an American aviator from Jacksonville Florida, was shot down on the Polish front and captured by Russians last July. He escaped from a Moscow prison camp near Moscow April 12 and arrived in Riga today accompanied by two Polish officers. Cooper had served with Polish forces against Bolsheviks last summer and disappeared behind Soviet lines in Galicia July 13.
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Associated Brews
Riga
Merion C. Cooper
Jacksonville
Fla
Koselusko
Moscow
Cooper
Galicia
Russia
Budenny
Hughes Signals Reopening Antialien Land Talks
Secretary of State Hughes told Baron Shidehara the State Department will soon reopen negotiations on California antialien land laws. He has not yet taken up the issue due to other urgent matters and wishes to study allied aspects before proceeding. The earlier talks under Wilson aimed at a settlement plan between Morris and Shidehara.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Hughes Haa
Baron Shidehara
State Department
California
Roland Morris
Tokio
May Probe Grant of Patents to Germans
United Press reports in Washington on April 26 that Senators Johnson and Wadsworth plan to seek a senate inquiry into 201 patents granted to Germans. The move follows Secretary Weeks letter revealing the patents were issued and all assigned to Frederick Krupp, German munitions worker.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Johnson
California
Wadsworth
New York
War Weeks
Frederick Krupp
Battery match results from multiple cities listed
At New York Washington New York Batteries Schy Quinn and Schza At Boston Philadelphia Boston Batteries Max Pennock and Ru 8 At Cleveland Detroit Cleveland mMee Batteries ie and Wassler Caldwell and O'Neill 4t Chicago St Louis Chicago Batteries Schoo id Kerr and Sehal At Cincinnati Cincinnati Batteries Freen rel Luque and Wi At Brooklyn om of New York MIB 4 Brooklyn ME KE tories Toney and Snyder smith and Miller St Louis Pittsburg postponed rain
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Washington
Schy Quinn
Schza
Boston
Philadelphia
Max Pennock
Cleveland
Detroit
Wassler
Caldwell
O'Neill
Cincinnatii
Chicago
Cincinnati
Freen Rel
Luque
Brooklyn
Broklyn
Toney and Snyder
Smith and Miller
Old Salt Tales Will Enliven Ocean Trips
A large American steamship company announced the creation of official guides and Farpsmen to answer passengers questions. Seamen's organizations will nominate veteran sailors, and an official board will select the winners to be assigned aboard the ships.
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Associated Press
New York
Official Guide
Farpsman
West Yarm
Counter Attack on Drys Plan in House
Washington April 26 A bill introduced by Representative Tin1 Maryland proposes transferring all prohibition enforcement to the Department of Justice as a counter attack to Representative Volstead Minnesota s plan to make the dry law more drastic The summary notes Dutch Masters Harvester La Azora and Reynaldo great 10c cigars mentioned in the fragment.
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United Press
Washington, DP
Department of Justice
House
T1in
Maryland
Volstead
Minnesota
Sheriff Demands Recall of Capital City Police Head
In Des Moines on April 26 Sheriff W EB Robb demanded the recall of safety director Marshall Miller in a speech to a crowd. A war fund of 1870 dollars was raised to back a citizens league effort, Robb criticizing a recent raid and accusing Miller of unfair acts during arrests.
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United Press
Moines
Marshall Miller
Robb
Citizens’ League
Des Moines
Hobb
Mears
Miller
Bounty
Disarmament Steps Considered Inadvisable by Cabinet
Washington April 26 Disarmament steps have been under serious consideration by President Warding and all advisers following today's cabinet meeting The authoritative statement was that the administration sees no way to move at this time Members of the cabinet are understood to be sympathetic to the idea of a disarmament conference but the latest review shows conditions making it inadvisable to act now
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United Press
Washington
Flarding
Jearney
Warding
Ilinderstood
Artist’s Expedient Held Cause of Death
Carl Norlander aged 16 was found asphyxiated in his room. Police say his devotion to art led to his death as he reportedly used a gas jet and unfinished drawing materials, leaving the room in disarray with a burning improvisation noted.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Carl Norlander
Texarkana Flooded by Rains Causes City Water Crisis
Heavy rains around Texarkana Arkansas flooded about 30000 acres, caused property damage over 106000 dollars, and knocked out the city pumping station leaving Texarkana without fire protection or water for commercial or residential use.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Ark
Cantu Reported Named Rebel President in Mexico
Unconfirmed reports from El Paso dated April 26 say former Governor Cantu of Lower California was chosen as president of Mexico by rebel factions. The claim notes a meeting in San Antonio recent to the talks.
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Es United Press
el Paso
Tex
Cantu
California
Mexico
San Antonio
Federal investigation to probe Georgia peonage
United Press reports in Atlanta that 50 federal operatives may be sent to Georgia to aid a peonage probe. The grand jury began hearings and cases of cruel mob violence against African Americans were expected to surface. Governor Dorsey ordered prosecutors to pursue all such cases.
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United Press
Atlanta
Georgia
Vincent Hughes
United States Bureau of Investigation
Hugh M. Dorsey
German reparations plan sparks Berlin clash and penalties
April reports from Berlin Paris and Washington describe German counter proposals on World War I reparations. Berlin signals willingness to assume allied obligations if asked, offers 150 million in gold and 50 million in treasury notes as security, and proposes an international commission to fix total due. France weighs immediate penalties if May 7 guarantees fail. The notes demand end to penalties and freer trade, with Germany backing an international loan to cover remaining sums.
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Paris
Germany
Rhineland
Berlin
United States
Washington
Associated Press
Goodaith
Treasury
Washington, D. C
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