Washington Busy Naming Members of Arms Parley
Washington chatter centers on who will represent the United States at the disarmament conference with Hughes and Lodge chosen. Knox and Underwood as leading options for a fifth seat, while a sliding panel idea may shape the delegation. Open sessions and broader representation draw debate amid administration reservations.
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Mark, Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Washington
Hughes
Lodge
Knox
Pennsylvania
Underwood
Alabama
George Sutherland
Utah
Elihu Root
Harding
Senate
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senator Underwood
League of Nations
United States Senate
The
New York Evening Post, Inc
Rattlesnake Bite Threatens Carnival Exhibitor
Minneapolis August 18. Fred Sherman, carnival exhibitor, lies in a local hospital after being bitten twice by a rattlesnake he was presenting. His right hand swelled severely and doctors fear he may die from the bites.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Fred Sherman
Magnificent praise for eighteenth amendment gains at NWCTU meeting
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union leaders called the eighteenth amendment a magnificent success as the forty-eighth annual convention opened in San Francisco. Miss Anna Gordon and Mrs Maude Perkins voiced optimism about enforcement, noting fewer corner saloons and more students able to attend colleges due to prohibition savings.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Anna Gordon
Evanston
Maude B. Perkins
Young People’s
Mayor Heads Muny League at Iowa Cities Meeting
Iowa City Mayor Ingalls Swisher is elected president of the Iowa League of Municipalities for the 1922-23 year at the closing session in Sioux City. Robert McNutt, Muscatine mayor, becomes vice president, Frank Pierce Marshalltown is secretary-treasurer and Cedar Rapids mayor J. F. Ball is reelected for three years.
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United Press
Sioux City
Clinton
Iowa League of Municipalities
Thousand Houses Burned in Constantinople Suburb
Paris reports that one thousand houses were destroyed by fire in Scutari, the Asiatic side of Constantinople, with allied troops aiding local firemen in bringing the blaze under control.
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Associated Press
Paris
Scutari
Constantinople
Bosphorus
Seys
Tor
Divers hunt gun in death mystery on Chagrin river
Ed ward J. Lynch, 65, a former federal revenue collector and political figure from St. Paul, was shot and killed while in a canoe on the Gates Mills section of the Chagrin river. Divers searched the river bottom for the weapon yesterday as officials considered suicide by action, a theory challenged by Lynch’s daughter who said her father never owned a gun and had planned a return trip with his wife.
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Associated
Fresa
Cleveland
I Chagrin
Edward J. Lynch
St. Paul
Minn
Infernal Revenue
Gates Mills
Here
Lynch
8. L. Shaner
Burns Named Chief of U S Secret Service Work
Washington Aug 18 William J Burns named director of the Bureau of Investigation activities in the Justice Department by Attorney General Daugherty Burns will reorganize the bureau to top efficiency and devote full time to service He leaves Burns Detective agency to move to Washington for the post
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William J. Burns
U.S. Secret Service
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Burns
William J. Bryune
Burns Detective Agency
Washington
Overseas Soldier Buried at Riverside Cemetery Marshalltown
Raymond Peterson of Garwin in Tama county died of wounds from October 7, 1918. He was buried in Riverside cemetery at Marshalltown after arrival from overseas. American Legion led the services. Rev. Freeman Ankrum preached the sermon. Peterson enlisted May 1918, a member of Tama county’s fifth draft contingent, trained at Camp Swift and Camp MacArthur. He served with Company K, Fortieth Infantry, Fourth Division, and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Peterson.
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Raymond
Peterson
Garwin
Tama County
Riverside
Marshalltown
American Legion
Freeman Ankrum
Carlton Brethren Church
Camp MacArthur
Tex
Wood-Forbes Mission Visits Datu Piang in Moro Lands
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and W. Cameron Forbes, members of President Harding's special Philippine mission, met Datu Piang in Cotabato. Piang, described as one of the province's wealthiest Moros, boasted seven wives and a large brood of children, noting 60 of his offspring had died and outlining a pension plan for his older wives.
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Associated Press
Cotabato
PF 1
Leonard Wood
W. Cameron Forbes
Harding
Philippine Islands
Datu Piang
Arrest of Suspect in Thorsdale Murder Case in Chariton
Chariton Iowa Aug 18 Joe Williams at Tegra was arrested by Sheriff C C Lyman here early today and will be taken to Des Moines this afternoon as a suspect in the murder of Miss Sara Barbara Thorsdale Valley Junction school teacher Williams is said to have admitted his identity.
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Associated Press
Chariton
Joe Willias
Tegra
Sherif C. C. Lyman
Des Moines
Sara Barbara Thorsdale
Valley Junction
Williams
Weather and road report for Iowa and Minnesota towns Aug 18 1921
Drying weather prevails over the district with generally fair conditions tonight and Friday. The report covers Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly and nearby routes. Weather data includes local temperatures and conditions for the day.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Buren
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Mavenport
Des Moines
Debuque
Faripault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshall
Sinn Fein Starts Secret Debate on Dominion Status
Dublin August 18 Ireland and England rush for renewed war preparations as Sinn Fein parliament meets behind closed doors in Mansion House. De Valera’s fiery speech signals possible breach with Britain while plans for Ulster entente or plebiscite surface and crowds watch for news at barracks and stations.
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United Press
Dublin
Ireland
England
Sinn Fein
Irish Republican Army
Alack
Tan
Mickey
Collins
Dail
de Valera
Associated Press
Iish
Hamonn de Valera
Lloyd George
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Pariament
Great Britain
Commonwealth of British Dominions
Southern Ireland
Irish Republican Movement
Dail Fireann
Count Plunkett
Stockley
Irish Independent
de Vafgilera
MRS EDWARD WINTIEER KILLED BY PLUNGE DOWN ELEVATOR
In Los Angeles a tragedy at Black Hawk Bank Building is linked with a bank theft case. AET notes that Mrs Edward Wintieer died after an elevator fall. Attorney Ivan Kelso holds $2000 in twenty dollar bills tied to the missing International Trust funds. Dr George Morse, father of missing teller E F Morse, delivered the money to Kelso, who investigates.
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Edward Wintieer
Black Hawk Bank
United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
International Trust Company
Denver
Ivan Kelso
Kelso
George O. Morse
Dr. Morse
E. F. Morse
International Court of Justice Set To Form In Geneva
The Associated Press reports that the permanent international court is assured as Spain and Haiti pledge ratifications. Once 24 nations have ratified, the League of Nations assembly, meeting next month, can elect judges and establish the court.
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International Court of Justice
Geneva
Associated Press
Permanent Court of International Justice
Secretariat
The
League of Nations
Spain
Haiti
Assembly of the League of Nations
Tax cut for soda parlors joins revenue bill passage
The ways and means committee agreed today to remove the $10 annual license tax on soft drink vendors from the new revenue bill while debate continued in the house. An amendment also exempted government pensions and allowances to veterans or dependents from income tax. Further revisions are set for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Ways and Jeans Committee
House
Murderer Arrested on Tip from Waiter
Owen Wash was arrested here and confessed to the December murder of Nash Police Officer Thomas Hughes in Paga Illinois. The arrest came from information given to waiter Ray Rogers of Grimes Iowa who knew the suspect. Rogers is expected to receive the 590 dollar reward offered by Illinois authorities.
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United Press
Owen Wash
Thomas Hughes
Paga
Ill
Nash
Ray Rogers
Grimes
Rogers
Illinois
Hughes
Exsoldiers rush to Spanish recruit drive in London
London, Aug 18. News of the Spanish consulate offering 790 peseta five year enlistments to fight tribes in Morocco drew a crowd of former British soldiers to the consulate this morning. Police kept order as the doors closed after 10 applicants were accepted. about 500 veterans are en route from Southampton to join the recruitment.
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Associated Press
London
Southampton
Spain
Tragic Elevator Accident Claims Mrs McIntieer
Mrs McIntieer of Superior Wisconsin died instantly when an elevator started and she attempted to exit at the Black Hawk Bank building in Waterloo. Witnesses including her daughter Madaline McIntieer and elevator operator J C Murtagh described her being dragged into the shaft after the door swung open and the car moved. The body, mangled with an arm torn off, fell five stories to the basement. handbag tangled in a counterweight. The accident occurred as she attempted to use the sixth floor. Her daughter and relatives were in Waterloo visiting, with funeral arrangements pending at O Keefe Towne.
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Black Hawk National Bank
Edward Melnitieer
Superior
Wis
Fred Anderson
Edwards Street
J. C. Murtagh
Madaleine
Mr. Anderson
Richard Woolersey
Fifth Street West
Cedar Falls
Meintieer
William Brown
Edward Meintjeer
Hudson
Brown
Sea Railroad
War on immodest dress in Nashville police warning
United Press dispatch from Nashville reports a local campaign against immodest attire. Two policewomen issued a warning after a woman was fined for wearing what she admitted were "only two garments," a pair of tights and a slipover dress.
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United Press
Nashyville
Tenn
Nashville
Iowa officer identifies bank thief Hankins slain by patrolman
Des Moines authorities identify Hank Hankins as the man slain by a Minneapolis patrolman. Hankins, wanted for bank robbery in Des Moines, had escaped in June. Iowa officials seek Hankins' wife believed to have joined him. More than 2,000 witnessed the morgue viewing. Police will question four arrestees. two men and two women tied to related robberies.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Des Moines
Henry
Hank) Hankins
Iowa City
Depty
Fred D. McAfee
Hankins
Iowa
Minneapolis-St. Paul
St. Paul
Berlin clashes kill Poles near Silesia frontier
Telegraph dispatches report 24 Poles killed and many wounded in fights with German and regular Polish troops near Upper Silesia frontier villages. Poles driven across the border amid the violence.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Washington,d. C
Harding
Fort-de-France
Martinique
Washington
D. C
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
Frederick S. Cox
New Jersey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
London
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
House
Minneapolis
E. J. Lynch
Internal Revenue
Minnesota
Cleveland
Baltimore
Supreme Court
Foresters of America
George F. Sullivan
Derby
Conn
Army General Staff
France
Pershing
Weeks
San Juan
Porto Rico
B.i Mont Reilly
United States
Mellon
Berjin
Wirth
Rosen
Hautzhauger
Foreign Office
Pythian Foundation Relief Plan Adopted by Grand Lodge
The grand lodge of Iowa Knights of Pythias approved a permanent $100000 Pythian Foundation Relief fund funded by $5000 from the grand lodge, about $15000 from the war relief commission, and initiation fees. The plan aims to aid needy members and families, encourage gifts, and reform relief administration with a fixed minimum before any dispersals.
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Grand Lodge
Domain of Iowa
Knights of Pythias
Pythian Foundation Relief Fund
Pythian Fraternal Fund
Judiciary Committee
James Hunter
Newton
Supreme Representative
W. R. Law
Pythian War Relief Commission
Pythian Foundation
Courier Delivery Notice With Erroneous Late Arrival
The notice requests readers to ensure home delivery before 5 20 pm and instructs to call 3330 if the paper is not received on time. It states a copy will be sent and that a phone call must reach the office before 6 30 pm.
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