Swindle Scandal Targeting Banks Across Nation
Federal agents renew probe into a vast swindle led by John W Worthington and Charles W French. Officers estimate minimum operations at 56 million with about 21 million in capital stock across some 20 companies. Securities worth over 3 million seized. ties to bank purchases and dummy presidents revealed as investigations widen.
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Associated Press
Chicago
John W. Worthington
Charles W. French
John W. Cunnin
United States District Attorney
Federal
H. 4. Thornburg
Clinnin
Wisconsin
French
Worthington
Department of Justice
Alva Harshman
Milwaukee
Harshman
Col. Clinmin
Ohio
Z. W. Davis
Cleveland
Canton
Winton Motor Company
Harshmen
Year-Old Child Saved From Poisoning Scare
A one year old girl, Irene Fleming, drank her mother's medicine containing strychnine and nearly died. Rapid transport to a physician halted convulsions after a two hour struggle. both child and mother were briefly in danger and the town was alarmed by the dramatic emergency.
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Jile
Irene Fleming
Charles Fleming
Gem loss after car overturns near Estes Park
Mrs. F. M. Howard of Chicago lost a handbag containing jewelry valued at $50,000 when the automobile she rode in overturned at Estes Park Colorado yesterday. Her husband accompanied her as they were visiting the park. Police and witnesses investigated the accident.
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United Press
Estes Park
Colo
FM. Howard
M Howard
Chi
Three Seek Election as Legion Commander
Des Moines August 25 three candidates for state commander of the American Legion have been announced at the Spirit Lake convention September 1 2 and 3. The candidates are Daniel B F Steck Ottumwa Rey Yeater Iowa City and David W Steward Sioux City.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
The
American Legion
Spirit Lake
Daniel B. F. Steck
Ottumwa
Rey Yeater
Iowa City
David W. Steward
Sioux City
Police Chief Becker Arrested for Speeding in Zion City
Chicago report notes Chief of Police Becker from Zion City Voliva’s colony was arrested for speeding. In Greeley and Cole dispatches a robber got a roll of bologna sausage and an alarm lock from Carl Peterson, a night engineer at the power plant.
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United Press
Chicago
Zion City
Voliva
Becker
Greeley
Cole
Carl Peterson
Power Pliant
Hyde defends dry law and condemns hooded riders in Missouri
Gov. Arthur M. Hyde urged strict enforcement of prohibition in Joplin praising the eighteenth amendment as a major federal achievement. He denounced Ku Klux Klan organizers and called for broader respect for law while signaling a target for critique, potentially United States Senator James A. Reed.
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Joplin
Arthur M. Hyde
United States
James A. Reed
Dirigible Disaster In Humber River Claims 16 Americans
Rescue efforts continued as the ZR-2 wreckage drifted in the Humber. British and American crews recovered twelve American bodies, with many others still unaccounted for while widows watched the search dawned on the riverfront.
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Pennoyer
United Press
Hull
Eng
Humber
A. H. Wann
Norman C. Walker
Wann
Norman QC. Walker
Commerce
Sur
United States
Louis Maxfield
Washington
Wiliam Julius
William Steele
Alr
Elderly Couple Beaten and Robbed Near Sioux Rapids
Storm Lake Iowa August robbery targets Mr and Mrs Hans Johnson sharing 1500 dollars seized by two masked men. Walter Harrington farm hand jailed after being identified by the victims. Robbers fled in a car hiding 185 dollars in the fields. The elderly pair, over 70, injured, kept 7000 in the henhouse but banked it later.
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Storm Lake
Hans Johnson
Sioux Rapids
Walter Harrington
Harrington
McCoy Place
Linn Grove
Rurnltreat
Illinois
Annual Elk Picnic Sparks Glee and Stag Tradition
A large B P O E gathering at Elk Run celebrated with stag only adventure and festive car caravan to Jack Caseheer reservation. Men wore golden antlers as they entered the enchanted ground then enjoyed a large noontime feast and informal afternoon activities.
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Little Creek
Club
Jack Caseheer
Elk Run
Bill
Bobby Jones Leads Western Open at Oakwood Club
Bobby Jones of Atlanta shoots 69 and 70 to lead the Western Open at Oakwood Club in Cleveland. Jones holds 139 after 36 holes, one stroke ahead of Emmet French of Youngstown who is at 140. Walter Tagen and Jock Hutchison tie for third at 148, with Bob Peebles of Peoria close behind.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Oakwood
Emmet French
Youngstown
Walter Tagen
New York
Jones
Jock Hutchison
Bob Peebles
Peoria
W. S. Bathie
Waterloo
Russia Warns It Will Not Be Bound by Arms Parley
San Francisco dispatch reports a Soviet note to allied powers asserting independence from the Washington disarmament conference. Selig Shulburg says Foreign Minister Tchitcherin sent the protest to the United States Britain France China and Japan via Rosta Wies. The note cites Harding’s invitation failure as a reason and reserves full freedom of action.
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United. Press
San Francisco
Cal
Russia
Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
China
Japan
Harding
Sinn Fein reply reaches Lloyd George in London
The Irish Republican cabinet reply to Lloyd George’s August 13 letter denying Ireland’s right to secede arrived at 1 p.m. at 10 Downing Street. Commandant Robert Barton presented it with Art O’Brien and Joseph McGrath. Officially the talks aren’t ended though details are withheld for a cabinet review and a planned joint communique.
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Associated Press
London
Irish Republican Cabinet
Lloyd George
Lloyd, George
Ireland
Northern Ireland
No. 10
Downing Street
Robert Barton
Irish Republican Army
Art O’brien
Gaelic League
Joseph McGrath
Barton
Eamonn de Valera
Altho
Miners March on Mingo County Sparks Federal Troop Readiness
Urgent request from West Virginia Gov Morgan for 1000 federal troops to restore order in the Mingo coal fields leads to immediate troop readiness. Brig Gen Read is ordered to hold forces for quick dispatch and Col Ford with Bandholtz to Charleston to investigate conditions.
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Marmet Thru
Boone
Logan
Mingo County
Logan _ Boone
U. S
Washington, D. C
Mingo
West Virginia
War Department
Gov
Morgan
Wainwright
Read
Fifth Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Bri
H. H. Bandholtz
A. BE. F
Federal Road Bill Heads to Conference
Washington Aug 25 The House rejected Senate road bill amendments and voted to send the measure to conference to reconcile differences on federal aid road funding and policy.
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Associated Press
Washington, D .C
House
Senate
Bishop Lewis Dies in Sioux City From Carbuncle Poisoning
Sioux City August 25 Associated Press bishop Lewis of the Methodist Episcopal Church died in a local hospital after a long illness caused by diabetes and infection from carbuncles on his neck. He was 64 and had been resident bishop of South China at Foo Chow since 1908. A New York native and Cornell College Iowa graduate, he once led Ithaca Morningside College.
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Associated Preas
Sioux City
Lewis
Methodist Episcopal Church
South China
Foo Chow
New York State
Cornell College
Iowa
Itha Morningside College
Iowa Counties Plan Defense Against Railway Tax Suits
County attorneys from nearly all Iowa counties will attend a meeting at the state house Monday called by Attorney General Ben Gibson. The gathering will review railroad suits contesting tax collections based on increased valuations set by the executive council. The railroads have served notices on all county auditors and attorneys, who will be advised on state position and handling strategies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State House
Ben Gibson
Gibson
Lifeboats Missing as Freighters Sink After SOS
Seattle reports the freighter Canadian Importer in sinking condition with lifeboats lowering toward land from 29.49 N 136.25 W. The Cordova stood by to assist and had rescued all but one lifeboat crewmen. One lifeboat was reportedly dead in the water as the ship's engine room flooded 17 feet.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Cordova
Shell Rock Mother and Sons Hike to Albert Lea
Mrs J G Shank of Shell Rock Iowa with her two Boy Scout sons Leo 14 and Billy 11 hiked to Albert Lea to prove her youth. They left Shell Rock August 16 at 5 am and arrived August 19 at noon carrying their packs and blankets.
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Albert Lea
Minn
J. G. Shank
Shells Rock
Leo
Billy
Boy Scouts of
Shell Rock
Homeward Trip Notes and Albert Lea Visit
The travelers expect to arrive home sometime Friday, Aug. 26. While in Albert Lea they visited at the home of Mrs. Shank's sister. The distance from Albert Lea to Shelk Rock is about 100 miles.
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Albert Lea
Peter Cooper Hewitt Dies in Paris Hospital
American scientist and electrical inventor Peter C. Hewitt died in the American hospital in Paris at 7 15 tonight. His wife Mrs Hewitt and his two sisters were at the bedside.
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Peter Cooper
Hewitt
Paris
Peter Cooper Hewitt
Spurgin Located in Chihuahua Village El Paso
Warren C. Spurgin, missing Chicago bank president, has been definitively located at Umachia, Chihuahua, Mexico, by Chicago detective C. A. Carey who returned to El Paso from Chihuahua City. Spurgin reportedly has about $50,000 in cash and is believed to be accompanied by a female companion.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
Warren C. Surgin
Chicago
Umachia
Chihuahua
Mexico
C. A. Carey
Chihuahua City
Spurgin
West High Whirlwind Campaign Committee Named
A mass meeting at EX. of P. hall appointed committee chairmen to lead a whirlwind campaign to collect signatures for a protest against changing the new West High School name to Theodore Roosevelt High School. The list includes Devena V Peverill Albert Greeley Rusty Allen Jake Rice Lorraine Hallowell Harold Forrester and many others.
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P. Hall
West High
Theodore Roosevelt High School
Dynamite Explosion Fatally Injures Worker Near Rudd
Nealy Nelson, 30, was fatally injured Tuesday while dynamiting on the North Iowa pike near Rudd Iowa. A piece of iron struck him during the blast and he died before reaching a doctor in Nora Springs. He lived nearby all his life and was unmarried.
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Rudd
Burial for Baby Donald Sorensen at Fairview
Mortuary notice reports the burial of Donald Sorensen infant son of Mr and Mrs N P Sorensen of 705 Eleventh Street West. Services were held at 2 30 p m at O Keefe and Towne Funeral Home with Rev J R Macartney officiating. The child was born January 3 1921 and died yesterday shortly before noon.
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Donald Sorensen
Donald
N. P. Sorensen
Eleventh Street
Fairview
O'Keefe & Towne
J. R. Macartney
Brainard Estate Left To Daughter For Care In Old Age
The will of S. K. Brainard filed for probate nominates daughter Grace Evangeline Brainard as heir to all property for her care of him in old age and for tending his mother. Brainard died at his farm home near Waterloo after a long life as an early settler. He leaves Grace at home and lists surviving children John V. Brainard in Detroit Minnesota Mrs L Bean in Watertown.
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Brainard
S. KR. Brainlard
Grace Evangeline Brainard
Mr.Brainard
Waterloo
Logan Avenue
John V. Brainard
Detroit
Minn
L. Bean
Watertoo
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