Speed Laws Move To Enact President Harding's Recommendations
Congress moves to implement President Harding's proposed laws to regulate coal interstate trade and establish a commission to study the industry. Republican leaders promise action next week, aiming to curb prices and ensure rail transport safety amid the miners' strike and ongoing labor tensions. The plan likely faces Senate and House debates, with focus on commerce powers and federal oversight.
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Associated Freely
Washington, D. C
Flarding
Senate
House
House Interstate Commerce
Representative Mandell
Simplicity to Mark Hellen Burial Rites
Burial rites for C. W. Hellen to be held at 2230 p.m. Monday at the family home 253 Prospect avenue with Rev. Macartney presiding. body to be taken to Highland after 11 a.m. for funeral and burial at Fairview. Death due to head injuries from an automobile accident. Pallbearers named as W. Chnarids, WE D Bryant, Georgia Dawson, Staley Moore, M. Place, B. J. Truman, and Jaro ld Plumb. Body available for friends at O'Rheefe & ne funeral home until 11 a.m. Monday.
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C. W. Hellen
John BR
Macartney
Fairview
Ieliei
Ob- Bequies, Pallbearers Co
W. Chnarids
Bryant
Georgia Dawson
Staley Moore
M. Place
B. J. Truman
Jarold
Mr. Hellen
O'Rheefe &Ne
Highland
Hudson Grange Hi-Y Boys Camp On River
Eighteen members of the Hudson Grange Hi-Y Club camp on the Black Hawk river between Waterloo and Hudson. W. A. Lane spoke at the campfire. activities include baseball, volleyball, track, swimming, and hiking. Camp runs August 22 to 21 with training for all club work and plans for future Hi-Y camps.
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Fix Club
Hadson and
Orange
Black Hawk
Waterloo
Hudson
Belmeier
Glen Bakkum
W. A. Lané
Ward Boardman
First Brethren Church
South America
Rehmeter
Lake Okeboji
Black Hawk County
Gedar
Knicker Girls Hike to Des Moines Begun
Knicker girls begin a 11 mile hike to Des Moines in khaki knickers and felt hats. They depart Marshalltown at 1 o clock and expect to arrive in Des Moines by Tuesday while staying with Mr and Mrs Olle Noha. Mrs Newville led a previous trip to Reinhesk and plans about a week for the Des Moines excursion.
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Lillian Derman
Adelville
Des Moines
Tomorow
Olle Noha
Marshalltown
Newville
Rainbow Vets Hold Reunion At Camp Dodge Iowa
Des Moines August 19 Rainbow veterans of the One Hundred Sixty ninth regiment of the Rainbow division gather in Des Moines and camp at Camp Dodge for a reunion. A memorial service for World War I dead will be held at Camp Joyce with Chaplain Winifred J. Webb presiding. Gov Kendall will review the veterans this afternoon as guardsmen join the encampment for a wartime atmosphere. A free military horse show by the One Hundred Thirteenth Cavalry is planned for tomorrow afternoon featuring enlisted marches and mounted wrestling.
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Des Moines
RVO
Camp Dodge
Iowa
James Rush Lincoln
Camp Joyce
Norrow Ogmarsing
Winifred J. Iebbh
Des Moines Payroll Gouge Ties City Hall to $50,000 Shortage
Des Moines authorities unveiled a payroll embezzlement case totaling between $50,000 and $75,000 in the streets department. White street department timekeeper Russell Cook and finance clerk Cobert Hoff were arrested after a seven hour interrogation with W. Mitchell, head of streets. Cockburn Ja alleged slave van Split with Berthol in padding payrolls. Earlier indictments tied parks department workers Minty Frage and John Bachman to a separate $23,000 deficit after state check exposure.
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Des Moines
Aug
Ely Ball
Funda
Streets
City Hall
Mayry State Checkers
Etty
Russell Cook
White Streets
Cobeerthoifl
Finance Department
W. Mitchell
Streets Department
Cockburn
Mary Frage
Bachman
False Arrest Suit Seeks 15000 in Nevada Case
Nevada reports claim by Squire Stevens that DN. Stanton of Collis caused his arrest through a malicious act to injure reputation. Stevens seeks 15000 dollars for damages claiming false prosecution and publicity harmed his standing with friends and business associates after a movent to Newton for trial.
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Stanton
Collis
Squire Ww. Stevens
Stevens
Newton
Yeomen's Home Site to Be Selected Next January
Des Moines Aug 12 The proposed million dollar home of the Brotherhood of American Yeomen will be selected January 1. Two hundred sites will be inspected before a final decision. Secretary W E Davy announced the executive committee will leave tonight for Decatur Indiana to inspect a proposed location there. Some work will be started in a few months for the selection.
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Des Moines
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Executivar Board
W. E. Davy
Delared
Tor Leave
Anight
Decatur
Indy
Hold Girl for Trying to Beat Hotel Bill
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 19 a teenage girl Marjorie Payne 18 Aberdeen South Dakota held in jail charged with hotel defrauding after staying several days and attempting to depart without paying her bill She cites reform school as past but begs for one more chance and faces prosecution unless money is obtained from her home by Monday.
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Cedar Rapids
Marjorie Payne
Aberdeen
S. D
a _ hotel
Reading
Des Moines Traffic Drive Arrests 175 in Day
Des Moines police report 175 arrests on the first day of a campaign against traffic violations in the downtown district. Fifteen cars were towed to headquarters for owner handling. Mrs Luke Macomber daughter of Public Safety Chief John MacVicar was among the apprehended.
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Nes Moines
Luke Macomber
John MacVicar
Engines Condemned by Gov't Inspectors
Cedar Rapids August 19 engines on the Rock Island and Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul were condemned this week by federal inspectors acting on President Harding's orders. Defective equipment must be removed from service even if it causes general disruption. Rain delays cited and trains canceled. no tickets sold on Northwest route via Salt Lake City.
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Rock Taland
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Harding
Cross Granted Third Reprieve Pending an Appeal
Des Moines Aug 19 Gov Kendall granted Orrie Cross a third reprieve delaying execution to Oct 27 after murder conviction. Attorney General asks life be spared until Eugene Weeks case resolved. Weeks petition for rehearing in progress as Supreme Court denied appeal. A 60 day interval granted for rehearing.
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Des Moines
Kendall Yeatertday
Orrie Cross
George
Fosdick
Convernor
Rass
J “Cress Ig 2
Minteria
Hugene Weeks
Town Supreme Court
Cross
Miner Kills Wife and Self Near Albia
Albi a Aug 19 James Bennett a miner living at Rex Prye mining camp near here shot his wife and then killed himself at 10 oclock last night His wife was taken to a local hospital where physicians said she could not recover The shooting occurred at the home of Mrs George Shields Bennett s mother near Sher if remaining miles away An automobile party found Bennett dead in the rear seat of his car on a country road The body of his wife lay inside the mothers home It appeared Bennett shot through a window Several people were in the house but none heard the shot
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Rex Prye
Here
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George Shields
Sheriff
T Bennett
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Kansas
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Palmer
Houston
McAdoo
New York Evening, Fost, Inc
Box Car Thieves Captured Near Des Moines
Des Moines authorities captured three men Norman Storey Jack Dages and Jack Deyvis all of Des Moines after they looted a box car containing five thousand dollars worth of merchandise They jumped from a Minneapolis and St Louis train near the county line while a private agency vigil kept by George Robb C E Shotts and Glenn McCoy assisted in the arrests The trio reportedly broke into the box car as the train slowed and threw out silks automobile tires and other items before the capture.
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Orly
Norman Storey
Jack Dages
Jack Deyvis
Minneapolis & St
Souls
Les George Robb
Glenn NcCoy
Windstorm claims life of John Hansen in silo collapse
In Estherville a windstorm toppled an unfinished silo, burying 32 year old John Hansen. He died two hours later from chest injuries and a full fracture. In Boyden Arnold Stlentjes becomes unconscionable after a pony incident. Des Moines reports Mason City native Hanford MacNider, national commander of the American Legion, will speak at the sixth annual G A W camp in September.
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Estherville
John Hansen
Hansen
Des Moines
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
American Legion
Artesian Well Project Advances Near Cedar River Field
The waterworks board awarded a contract to Register & Duxion for an artesian well at Cedar River athletic field near Barton and Fullerton. A brick pumphouse 22 feet square with a 50 foot steel tower will provide 2,000,000 gallons daily, with hopes of 4,000,000 gpd. Equipment from American Well Works and General Electric should arrive soon. 18 inch pipe laid to Teseryvair. two reservoirs on Third Street under construction with 7,800,000 gallons in use already.
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Register & Duxion
Cedar River Athletic Field
Barton and
Fullerton Avenue
Lick
American Well Works
Chicago
Miotor
General Electric Company
Georea Shoemaker
Teseryvair
W. Werner
Third Street
Marriage Licenses Given to Area Residents
Arthur A. Stitz of Waterloo and Mae Lucille Taurnier of Waterion apply for a license. Break Secor of Cedar Walls and Cora Cowan of LeMars are listed with ages 23 and 22 respectively. Frederick H. Herron of Waterloo and Mildred Marie Hickey of Renae are also noted in the license notices.
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Waterloo
Mae Lucille Taurnier
Waterion
Break Secor
Cedar Walls
Cora Cowan
LeMars
Frederick H. Herron
Mildred Marie Hickey
Renae Baud
Apie Cce
Irish Rebel Army Shattered Ends Worst Fighting
Dublin dispatch reports the republican irregular army broken up and heavy clashes ended as Free State forces secure allies, seize Kimorney village with 21 prisoners, and push across Cork counties. Dublin fighting subsides with casualties and ambushes amid continuing military operations.
Lane's proposed Democratic leadership group for party program
In a series of letters, Lane urged forming a panel of eminent Democrats to craft a national program. He listed Harvard's Charles Eliot, UC's Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Col. House, Frank Cobb, John W. Davis, Robert Lansing, Van-Lear Black, and Gavin McNab as possible members to shape policy and strategy.
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Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of Calfornia
Col. House
Frank J. Cobb
The
New York World
John W. Davis
Robert Lansing
Van-Lear Black
Baltimore Sun
Gavin McNal
California
Mr. Black
Anthracite Talks End Quietly As Edges Backed Away
Reports from Philadelphia and Chicago describe mixed progress in coal labor talks. Joint conferences between operators and miners adjourned without a settlement, while Cleveland and Des Moines sessions pressed for wage scales and arbitration terms.
Jail fines for smoking girl in park case
Mary Helm, 35, was fined 300 dollars and sentenced to six months in jail for vagrancy after being arrested for smoking a cigarette in a park. The judge urged women not to smoke in public while defending her right to smoke.
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United Press
Kansas City
Kan
Mary
Helm
Fudge McCombs
New York
Associated Press
Enright
Kilian
May Slayden
Broadway
Coal Strike Talks Break Off Without Deal
Conference of anthracite coal operators and miners adjourned until Monday without agreement. Senate and House leaders at Washington prepare to act on Harding's coal plan with speedy action. Illinois operators and miners continue arbitration talks as negotiations linger for days. Federal survey data show no immediate rise in coal output.
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Senate Ang House
Washington
Harding
Rail Strike Talks Set for Wednesday Meeting Arrangements
Peace in the railroad strike awaited action next Wednesday at a meeting of railway executives and Brotherhood mediators. President Harding pledged to use all government power to maintain transportation. Congress signals no immediate legislation. Santa Fe rail officials and Brotherhood leaders to confer at Needles California and Winston Arizona to ease southwest congestion amid scattered violence reports.
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Congress
Gouch
Crafsroad Labor Board
Hendie
Labor’ Board
Santa Fe
Brotherhoods Teaders
Needles
Cal
Winstow
Ariz
Cities Unite For Ruling Motorbus
Iowa city officials at the League of Iowa Municipalities convention in Clinton sought state court and legislative action to regulate and tax motor buses. Mason City’s attorney J W Markley outlined the legal fight in the supreme court, urging cooperation from other cities. The league referred the matter to its legislative committee while clerks pushed standardizing fiscal years across municipal departments to align March 21 year ends with calendar year ends.
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Clinton
A. K. Gragy
GC. G. MacKaay
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Wilk
Comon
J. W. Markley
Mason City
District Court
Supreme Court
Role
League
MacKay
Ku Klux Klan Jury Has Holiday As Court Scans Motion
In Los Angeles on August 19 the Ku Klux law trial jury enjoyed a holiday while Judge Schenck reviewed evidence against William S Coburn former grand goblin and G W Price king kleagle. Defense motions to dismiss release for two Klan officials argued the state failed to connect April Inglewood masked raids to the charges with possible dismissal or jury decision next. Also reported triplet sons born to Mrs Charles M Brees at Presbyterian hospital are in fairly active condition with mother in favorable shape.
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Crl
Schenck
William 8. Coburn
Grand Goblins
G. W. . Price
White Robed Order
Melion
Inglewood
Shenck
Charles M. Brees
Presbyterian Hospital
English Captain Seeks Titanic Legacy to Offset War Loss
Capt George Camp Dourtas of the British Royal Artillery travels from New York to seek a court revision of his late father Walter D Douglas ship owner and Titanic victim's will. The 600000 each legacy depends on earning 25000 in ten years. he argues World War I prevented him from meeting the condition and seeks court consideration.
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Cinternational News Wire
New York
George Camp Dourtas
British Royal Artillery
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George Camp Bougins
England
Ecosnizenea
Senate Passes Tariff Bill In Late Vote
The Senate approved the administration tariff bill by a 48 to 25 vote amid long debate and amendments. Key provisions include 2.3 cents per pound on sugar and 28 cents per pound on raw wool, with critics like Borah urging removal of president power to adjust duties. Senator Lenroot and others warned of excessive rates but aimed for possible reductions in conference.
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Idaho
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Senacey Jones
Lenreor
Adi Thas
Congress
Underwood
Alabama
Auri
Eye
NcCumber
Finance Committee
Sings His Way Into Asylum for Insane
Des Moines Aug 19 Rev E I Davis escaped from Columbus Ohio asylum and sang his way into Mount Pleasant asylum Pacific County Insane Commissioners ordered him committed after leaving Davis singing the Song of Solomon to the officials in Mount Pleasant.
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Des Moines
E.1
Davis
Columbus
Lewis
Mount Pleasant
Polk County Insane Commissioners
Solomon
Happy booze runner escapes Manchester jail
Ray Mitchell alias Happy, a 23 year old described as 5 feet 10 inches with dark gray eyes and wavy hair, slipped from Manchester jail around 1 a.m. and fled. Authorities alerted Waterloo police as Delaware County sheriff seeks his whereabouts. He wore khaki pants, a dark coat, and a striped cap at the time of the breakout.
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Happy
Manchester
Waterloo
Delaware County
U S Ship Captain Is Shot in Chinese Port
Shanghai Aug 19 Capt Crum an American commander of a dollar line vessel was slightly wounded when Chinese troops fired on his ship at Chungking on the upper Yangtze Kiang river. The trouble began with an outright fighting between two detachments of soldiers. There were two American ships lying at anchor and some soldiers turned their weapons against these vessels.
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Crum
Hessel
Chungking
Yangtze Kiang
Surgeon’s job vacancy in United States Veterans Bureau
The United States civil service commission announced an examination for a surgeon’s assistant vacancy in the United States Veterans’ Bureau at Washington. Salary listed at $950 per year, receipts of applications to close September 2.
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