Senators Refuse to Call McAdoo for Expert Evidence
Washington Aug 16 The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee refused to call William G McAdoo former director general of railroads to provide expert testimony on the administration railroad funding bill The motion by Senator Pittman was defeated 7 to 2 with Senators Pittman Stanley and Jan Foillette voting for the request.
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Associatedress
Washington, D. C
Senate Interstate Commercce Committee
William G. McAdoo
McAdoo
Pittman
Nevada
Stanley
Kentucky
Jan Foillette
Wisconsin
Inmate Found at Poor Farm Tied to Toronto Millionaire Case
Des Moines judge dismisses habeas corpus against private detectives seeking surrender of Toronto magnate Ambrose F. Small. The man identified as Small by reporters at the country poor farm is John Daugherty, a legless inmate since 1919. Detectives cited resemblances but police records show Daugherty was injured before Small vanished.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Hubert Utterback
Mornig
Saunders
Ambrose F. Small
Toronto
Daugherty
Kolze Confession Letter Probed in Poisoning Case
Chicago August 16 authorities seek the author of a forged confession letter attributed to Bred Kolze claiming he poisoned himself and his wife. A handwriting expert ruled the letter clumsy forgery while coroner Peter Hoffman said investigators pursue the fraudulent message to mislead police. Mrs Join Demmer, Kolze housekeeper, is held in connection with the deaths of Kolze his wife and Demmer's husband.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Bred Kolze
Peter Hoffman
Join
Demmer
Kolze
Spanish Forces Take Town of Sidi Amaron
Madrid Aug 16 Spanish forces in Morocco have begun an offensive against Moorish tribesmen who defeated them three weeks ago. An official statement says Spanish troops occupied Sidi Amaron and control positions that command the Melilla peninsula entrance. Many tribesmen fled.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Morocco
Vata
Meilla
Sidi Amaron
Melilla
Chinese faction urge candidates for disarm meet
Peking August 16 China’s delegation to aWashington conference on disarmament and Far East questions will have 81 members. The lineup includes a chief four associates 19 councilors and 16 clerks with three major parties pressing for their favored candidates. Paris August 16 Official acceptance of France’s invitation to the disarmament and Far East conference was sent to Washington Briand said he would attend and informed Herrick of Paris that Paris would be represented.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Washington Tate
Paris
Harding
Washington
Briand
Myron T. Herrick
Ruin Stalks Over Russian Industry Sets Organ Says
The Pravda issues warning of famine and industrial collapse in Russia. It cites coal and metallurgical declines in the Donetz Basin, with factories shutting down and worker absences rising as the toiling masses face destitution.
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SET Organ
Associated Press
New York
Nikolai K Lenine
Pravda
Moscow
Russia
Russian Information Bureau
Douetz
Donetz
Mer
Berlin
Tehitcherin
United Press
Thej
Kak
Earthquake Shocks Hit Eritrea Massawa Coastal Areas
A telegram from Asmara reports four killed and a score injured at Massawa with more casualties nearby after a strong earthquake. The Italian minister of colonies orders immediate aid to the earthquake scene as the Red Sea coast region reels from the disaster.
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Associated Press
Rome
Eritrea
Red Sea
Asmara
Massawa
Negro Lynched Near Groesbeck After Attack Claim
A report from Datura near Groesbeck Texas states Alex Winn a Black man was hanged by an armed mob following an alleged attack on a white girl. The execution occurred quickly after he was found and the surrounding excitement subsided per a justice of the peace wire to County Attorney I Eubanks.
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Associated Press
Groesbeck
Tex
Alex Winn
Datura
Justice of the Peace
E. Eubanks
Brotherhood Chiefs Wrathy Over Senate Rail Measure
The Big Four railroad brotherhoods condemn the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee after it cuts off hearings on the White House plan to extend financial relief to railroads. William H. Johnston and L H Shepard denounce the move as un-American tyranny and accuse the government of railroad ownership versus public ownership.
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Brotherhood
Wrathy
White House
United Preas
Washington, D. C
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
William H. Johnston
International Association of Machinists
L. HE. Shepard
Order of
Congressional Committee
Johnston
Shepard
New Clean Money Push Aims to Improve Paper Currency
Secretary Mellon tells the Merchants' Association that the treasury will print more clean money. He notes the currency's condition has been poor but an additional appropriation funds a larger printing program than ever before. The statement follows a complaint about paper money quality from New York merchants.
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Associated Press
New York
Treasury
Mellon
Associaton
Fort Dodge Woman Injured as Car Overturns on Country Road
A Fort Dodge woman, Mrs. A. W. McKee, suffered a broken back when her auto overturned while swerving to avoid two buggies on a country road near Fort Dodge, Iowa. Her husband, the driver, was badly injured with a broken shoulder and multiple ribs but is expected to recover. Occupants of the buggy were uninjured.
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Fort Dodge
United Preay
Williams
A. W. McKee
Des Moines Boy Wreck Suspect Faces Insanity Inquiry
Polk county officials examine Frank Walters a 16 year old boy held in the county jail charged with malicious mischief after confessing to three attempts to wreck Rock Island trains near Altoona. Assistant County Attorney James O'Brien requested the insanity hearing.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Polk County Commissioners of Insanity
Frank Walters
Altoona
James O'Brien
Rock Island
Rains General Over State Reports Show
Des Moines reports rainfall across Iowa with 2.05 inches at Tama and excess precip prompting notes. Weather forecaster Charles D Reed says corn crops did not particularly need the rain. In Forest Hills New York Suzanne Lenglen loses to American Molla Mallory by default after a 6 2 first set.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Towa
Reed
Eble Mevane
Forest Hills
America
Mile
Suzanne Lenglen
Europe
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory
Weather Outlook Shows Rain Across Iowa Region
The report notes prior to 7 am local rains with likely statewide rain, increasing muddy conditions. Showers expected today with a probable continuation tonight and Wednesday. Cities mentioned include Albert Lea Algona Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshall New Hampton Postville Waterlooo Waverly Waterloo.
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U. S. Department of Agciculture
Weather Bureau
Charles Ci Ta
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Charles
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshall
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Los
Head Bank Teller and Clerk Disappear with Cash
Denver officials report Edwin A. Morse head teller of International Trust Company and Mabel Penfold filing clerk missing after a robbery attempt. Morse, 32, and Penfold, 22, are believed to have vanished with about $7,000 in currency, as announced by company president John Evans.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Edwin A. Morse
The
International Trust Company
John Evans
Mabel Penfold
Evans
Des Moines Streetcar Return Hopes Fade
Des Moines streetcar service revival hinges on eliminating bus competition, say Harris Trust bondholders. Principal receivers in Des Moines report negotiations stalled as city issues new licenses daily. Chicago officials quoted as noting continued deadlock and need to resolve transit competition.
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United Press
Chicago
Des Moines
Harris & Trust Company
Des Moines Street Railway Company
M. Haddon MacLean
Trust Company
F. C. Chambers
Van and Wife Both Eighty Walk from Tulsa to St Louis
Salvat ion Army workers in East St Louis care for Andrew Stewart and his wife Mary both aged eighty who say they walked from Tulsa Oklahoma to Springfield Illinois seeking aid for admission to a soldiers home in Danville Indiana. Stewart says two men posing as detectives without police stars urged them to leave town and a youth helped them cross the Pads bridge.
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Associated Press
East St. Louis
Salvation Army
Andrew Stewart
Mary
Tulsa
Oklo
Stewart
Springfield
Danville
St. Louis
Pads Bridge
Teach World Ethics to Stop Wars
In Honolulu on August 15 Dr. Heart E. Jackson urged introducing a course in international ethics in schools worldwide to prevent war. He argued war is civil and the appeal should target peoples, not governments, highlighting a mental revolution and shared interests as solutions.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Heart E. Jackson
Community Development Board
Bureau of Education
Washington, D. C
Germans Fail to Secure $50 Million U.S. Loan
Berlin dispatch to the Paris edition of the New York Herald reports that negotiations for a $50,000,000 loan from American financiers have failed. The talks involved German and American financiers and were carried on in Paris on August 16.
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Ie Associated Press
Paris
United States
Berlin
New York Herald
Claims that Illinois Legion Trapped by Gov Len Smail
Maj David F Hannan announces candidacy for state commander to succeed McCauley alleging Gov Smail obtained secret control of the Illinois American Legion and tied Wanderer's fate to McCauley's faction. Hannan accuses McCauley's lieutenants of holding state office and blames Smail for the legion’s adverse publicity amid Wanderer’s stay and sentencing context.
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Legion i
Illinois
Len Smail
Associated Pressi
Chicago
McCauley
American Legion
Ilinois
David F. Hannan
Legion
Maj. Hannan
Small
Carl Wanderer
Pythians Move To Create 100000 Foundation Relief Fund
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias considers a proposer act to establish a Pythian foundation relief fund of 100000 dollars to aid needy members and orphans. The plan, advocated by Grand Chancellor W R Law Waterloo, centers on funding from initiation fees and grand lodge shares with strict investment and disbursement rules. The measure, to be set as a special order, obligates subordinate lodges to remit two dollars from each initiation fee until the fund reaches its target.
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Knights of Pythias
Russell-Lamson
Pythian
Order
Pythian Temple
Pythian Sisters
The
Pythian Sisters Order
Daisy Breckenbaumer
Sioux City
Mae Hickman
Chariton
Laura +. Hauser
Eldora
Mary E. Knoblauch
Hmmelsburg
Rand
Katherine Warner
Ayton
Joe
Bill
Pythiar Temple
Knights of Pythian
Agram
George’ E. Pike
Helmet Lodge
A. C. Preston
Walter R. French
N. W. Frisbie
Mary S. Horner
Fortian Sisters
al Grimwood
Zio
Minnie Bunting
Oskaloosa
Supreme Temple
Grand Jadge
Grand Temple
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Prthians
Omar Temple
Jaw
Grand Lodge
Pythian Foundation
W.R. Law
Waterloo
B. E. Rhinehart
Anamosa
Pythian Fraternal Fund
Iowa Domain
Pythian War Relief Fund
Supreme Ludge
Grand Lodge of the
Domain
Iowa
Grand Keeper
Board of
Grand Trustees
Pythian Foundation Relief Fond
Fire Threatens Ship Carrying Smuts Home
The steamship Saxon carrying Jan C. Smuts to Capetown reported a fire in two tinker rooms and diverted to Sierra Leone with the British ship Waipara. All passengers are reported safe and the vessel remains under control.
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Associated Tress
London
Saxon
Jan C. Smuts
Union of South Africa
Capetown
Sierra Leone
Waipara
A Story of Canadian Northwest serial adventure
The tale follows Ambrose Doane a fur trader in rivalry with a steat fur company and Roane’s romance with Colina Gaviller. Thrills arise from Doane’s business struggles and hardships leading to an unexpected climax. First chapter appears Saturday Aug 20.
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FGR
Ambrose Doane
Steat Fur Company
Unemployment Figures Rise in United States Report
The latest estimates place 11,1060 unemployed in the United States per Secretary of Labor Davis. The statement came in reply to a senate resolution by Senator McCormick asking for estimates of unemployed ex servicemen.
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iBy United Frese
Editor Letter Tied to Girl's Suicide
Chicago authorities say Miss Mary De Brito a noted advertising specialist and beauty killed herself using gas after a disputed letter condemning tar and feathering reached a magazine editor. Her landlords say she feared threats linked to the editor's reply and believed a visitor was sent to terrify her.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mary de Brito
Miss de Brito
Edward Weller
Arraign Nurse in Brooklyn Murder Case
Olivia M. Stone a Cincinnati nurse was arraigned in Brooklyn on a first degree murder charge for the shooting death of Ellis Wade Kinkead a former Ohio attorney and alleged common law husband She appeared weak and nervous and had no funds while her counsel pleaded not guilty
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United Press
New York
Olivia M. Stone
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Ellis Wade Kinkead
Ghion
Miss Stone
Davenport Fighting Infantile Paralysis
Davenport Florida August 16 citr and county boards of health were planning measures to combat another epidemic of infantile paralysis after two deaths yesterday. Within the week three children have been victims of the disease.
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United Press
Davenport
Citr
County Boards of Health
Senate approves recess from Aug 24 to Sept 21
The Senate adopted a resolution by Senator Lodge to take a recess from August 24 to September 21. The vote was 38 to 18.
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United Press
Washington, D
Senate Today
Lodge
Sinn Fein Stand for Republic Signals Likely Irish War
Eamon De Valera warned that recognition of an Irish Republic is required to deal with any foreign government, insisting Ireland will die for principle and reject British peace terms. He declared the Dail election a plebiscite and urged readiness for possible war if demands are not met.
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Associated Brees
London
Ireland
Aldershot
Fartsborough
England
Belfast
Irish News
United Press
Dublin
Eamonn de Valera
I Dail Eireann
de Valera
Sinn Fein
Lloyd George
Wilson
Sinn Fei
de. Valera
Eamo
Republi
Hireann
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Germany
Ant
Enthroni
Pendence
De _ Valera
Sinn: Fein
George
Ulster
Miatsion House
Dail Eireann
Ea~ Rand de Valera
Arthur Grifth
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McCauler
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TOK Foundation Fund
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