Slemp Heads South to Boost Coolidge Defense
Bascom Slemp travels from Washington to the South for a political survey ahead of the Cleveland convention. He aims to strengthen defense against Frank Hitchcock's Johnson faction, visiting Florida and other southern states to gauge support and report back on the Johnson organization’s reach and Ford's Coolidge implications.
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United On Washington
Bascom Slemp
President Coolidge
Ington
South
Frank
Hiram Johnson
St Slemp
Washington
South Triparitan
Powil Yeong
Hitchcock
Johnseon
Cleveland
Tho Tar
Mitchcock
Slemp
Johnson
Coolidge
Henry Ford
Ford
CoolidKe
Moore to Seek Brookhart Seat in Cedar Rapids
E R Moore of Cedar Rapids hints at possible bid for the Brookhart Senate seat while other officials including Secretary of State Ramsey and General Gibson are said to seek renomination. Moore denies a firm decision and notes friends urge him. Christmas at White House to feature a New England breakfast. Coolidge to light the community tree and decline donated gifts for dinner.
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Burbank
Stan
Pve
Ersor
Ramsey
Gigson
Waynes
Ely
Iha Gu
Cedar Rapids
B. R. Moore
Moore
Washington, D. C
New England
White House
Coolidge
Washington Monument
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Coolidges
Rebels March On Mexico City After Puebla Break
Rebels abandon Puebla as they push toward Mexico City with reports of 300 defections to their side in Puebla. A no man's land stretch around Guadalajara, federal concentrations near Irapuato, and shifting troop loyalties mark the frontier as Romós forces seek paths west. Reports from Vera Cruz note peace overtures and desertions, while federal troops retreating east of Mexico City plan a stand near Vera Cruz.
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Pan Eecoin
Wat
Serrano de Hk
Puebla
Jalisco
No Man’s Land
Guadalajara
Irapuate
Treviarest
Vera Cruz
Adoliydr
Ja Finerta
I de da
San Marcos
Romulo Figueroa
Ui State
Adv
Sanchez
Apizacea Hiversa
Lea
Vera Crua
Cammeres
Mexico
Druggist Granted Liquor Permit Amid Ottumwa Opposition
Ottumwa Iowa December 22. B I Moore proprietor of Monare Brug company received a one year liquor sale permit by District Judge BD M Anderson from Alniz. Hearing earlier this week faced opposition from the local ministerial association which presented a remonstrance petition with over 740 signatures attached. No other druggist in Ottumwa holds a permit.
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Ottumwa
Moore
Monare Brug Company
M. Anderson
Alniz
Heli
Ministerial Association
Wealthy Druggist Indicted for Dope Selling in St. Louis
In St Louis Missouri on December 22 wealthy druggist Eckert faced indictment on five counts for illicit drug selling. The maximum penalty could reach 25 years, with sentence deferred pending a motion for a new trial. authorities allege multiple charges arising from alleged narcotics distribution.
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St. Louis
St. Lowis
Eckert
Eckertenen
Gompers to Sail for Panama on Panama Mission
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor will sail from New York for Panama for a month long study of labor conditions. He will be accompanied by Spencer of the department and by officials from the metal trades council.
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Washington, D. C
Tse
Samuel Gompers
American Feteration of Labor
New York
Panama
Spencer
Bh Department
Metal Trac
Death of William Gallagher shocks Davenport racing circle
Davenport reports the death of William E Gallagher racehorse owner and driver after a long career. Boone hosts the sixteenth annual agricultural show on January 24 under Farm Bureau direction. Iowa City Elks approve purchase of a large radio for the children’s hospital patients.
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Davenport
William E
Let 'Ar &0
Gallagher
Boone
Boone County
Wilo
Uonder
Farm Bureau
Iowa
Iowa City Elks
Children's Hospital
Mother dies in Dubuque prompt at 418 Seventh Street East
Mr and Mrs H Grings of 418 Seventh Street East were summoned to Dubuque today by the death of Mrs Barbara Grings mother of H Grings. The obituary note records the passing of Barbara Grings and the family’s call to Dubuque.
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Dubuque
H. Grings
Seventh Street East
Barbara Grings
December Potatoes Delight Town Person
J G Fay of Albany reports yesterday he dug a peck of potatoes described as the finest ever seen. Mrs Pay confirms they were cooled and tasted lovely as winter yields give way to spring signs with robins, onions, and early plowing in Rainbow Drive area.
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J. G. Fay
Albany
Rainbow Drive
Flies Plague Golfist In Mild Winter Round
Toronto notes John Rothwell struggles as flies swarm Sunyber Valley course while weather baffles players. He finishes with a poor score and heads home with a flower picked from the turf as winter warmth lingers. Chicago dispatch adds Violeta and dandelions blooming near Watermain, NL Unseasonably mild weather persists with holiday decorating underway.
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Toronto
John Rothwell
Sunyber Valley
John
Aloeou
Chicago
Dev
Watertain
Here
Hughes to Ignore Techitcherin Forgery Charge
Secretary of State Hughes will not withdraw nor submit to arbitration and released documents, saying the government is fully convinced of their genuineness despite Soviet Foreign Minister Tehitcherin declaring them forgeries. The high State Department official reiterated the documents were authentic following the refusal to negotiate with Soviet Russia.
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Washington, D. C
Hughes
Russia
State Department
George Tehitcherin
Police Hold Alleged Taylor Case Suspect in New Orleans
New Orleans police detained Harry Schoenfeld, a suspect tied to the William Desmond Taylor murder case. Schoenfeld, once linked to a Buffalo tip, is under arrest on charges related to violating an antinarcotic act as officials pursue details of the case.
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Taylor
New Orleans
Harry Schoenfeld
Buffalo
William Desmond Taylor
Los Angeles
ABC
Schoen- Gell
McMillan Offers to Assist Polar Flight
From the Arctic wastes Donald McMillan the explorer sent a message to Admiral William A Moffett head of the navy air service offering cooperation on a proposed north polar naval air flight Moffett received the radiogram today in Washington December 22.
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Washington, D
Arctic
Donald McMillan
Arctic Explorer
William A. Moffett
Navy Air Service
Mesatze
Naval Air Flight
Moifelt
McMillan
Settlements Send Dollar Up in Paris
The dollar opened at 19.60 in Paris, the highest level reached this hour. Analysts attribute the ongoing rise to year end settlement demand and heavy transaction volume in the past week.
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Paris
Peace in UlI During Christmas Sunday Promised
New York December 22 Modernista in the Protestant Episcopal church pledged to observe a holiday truce tomorrow in line with Bishop Manning's diocesan letter urging cessation of inter factional controversy until after Christmas. Preachers from both sides planned to avoid controversial topics, with Dr M Norman Guthrie of St Mark's In The Bowery stating a pulpit statement would explain his position without touching on contentious issues.
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Associated Frese
New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
William T. Manning
House of Bishops
Manning
M. Norman Guthrie
St. Mark's-In-The-Bouwerie
Anderson Advises Legislature Will Run for Governor
Anderson announces candidacy for governor, with legislative updates and stalled bills. The report lists House and Senate measures passed or pending, detailing land acquisitions, cemetery funds, city health, highways, waterworks, street railways, and mortgage actions among others.
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Anderson
Hosipitals
House
Senate
United States
S. F.fish
S. F
Impeachment Request Seeks Supreme Court Review
Attorneys F. Reddle and Henry B. Martin filed in Washington to review the impeachment of former Oklahoma Governor Walton. The petition claims prejudice by the Oklahoma Senate and House, alleging Ku Klux Klan membership influenced the impeachment and conviction.
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Washington, D. C
Walton
Oklahoma
Supreme Court
F. &. Reddle
Henry B. Martin
Oklahoma Senate
House of Representatives
Pai
Ku Klux Klan
Mrs Katherine Enlebracht Jacobs Dies at 87
Katherine Enlebracht Jacobs 87 died yesterday at home of her daughter Mrs Bickelberg at 226 Independence avenue of age related illnesses. She born February 29 1866 in New York state was member of First Evangelical church leaving five children H J Ehtebracht Allison Ehtebracht Mrs F L Bickerbarg Waterloo Mrs E B Roblin Fort Dodge and Mrs L C Brand Ottawa widow of deceased husband funeral at home Sunday conducted by Rev Clinton F Smith body to be buried in Ackley. Funeral for A B Dietrick set for Sunday 2 pm at Grace M B church. Burial in Poyner cemetery beside parents. Body arrived today from San Diego and was taken to sister Mrs Bette Wise 425 Independence avenue. Burial for Ruben Polege to Fairbank Iowa after death yesterday at Presbyterian hospital.
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Katherine Jacobs
Katherine Enlebracht Jacobs
FL. Bickelberg
T- Dependence Avenue
New York State
First Evangelical Church
H. J. Ehtebracht
Allison Ehtebracht
F. L. Bickerbarg
Waterloo
E. B. Roblin
Fort Dodge
L. C. Brand
Ottawa
Clinton F. Smith
Ackley
A. B. Dietrick
Grace M. B. Church
A. B. Curran
Poyner Cemetery
San Diego
Cal
Bette Wise
Independence Avenue
Rain totals climb as December rainfall hits 74 inches
In Ftouston Texas 1.63 inches fell in 34 hours lifting December rain to 74.20 inches. In Washington DC the Chicago Burlington and Quincy seeks ICC approval to issue 48 million in first and refunding mortgage bonds. 20 million would be spent on 1924 improvements with the rest held in treasury. In Florida twenty people who crossed at Cedar Keys were jailed awaiting federal disposition.
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Ftouston
Tex
Washington, D. C
Chicago Burlington & Quitey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Guinsville
Fle
Cedar Keys
Fire damages Charles City dry cleaning plant
A morning fire at a dry cleaning establishment in Charles City caused substantial damage, with most losses from water. The adjacent Charles City Daily Press building, a car and part of a roll of print paper in the basement were damaged, while machinery remained intact. A rum-party room is blamed for the blaze, cigaret thought to have started it. The telephone office was briefly out of service as smoke forced the operator to evacuate.
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Wilted Press
Charles City
Charles City Daily Press
Daily Press
Gen Wood declines talk on Frear probe demand in Philippines
Gen Leonard Wood returning from Java refused to comment on Washington dispatches about a Frear resolution calling for a Philippine administration investigation. He praised his Dutch possessions visit, noting it among his most pleasant trips, and reported 400 Moro dates meeting him at Zamboanga who cheered the American flag and urged against independence.
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Associated Press
Manila
Leonard Wood
Java
Washington
House
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
Philippines
Wood
Zamboanga
Committee Spends Holidays Studying Tax Revision Plan
Washington December 22. Technical features of the treasury suggestions for revision of administrative provisions of revenue preparation for resumption January 3 of the committee’s consideration of the measure. Work on the tax revision program has progressed enough that a report on administrative provisions is expected by January 10, after which bonus legislation will be taken up if a conference of house Republicans sanctions it. The committee decided yesterday to hold no full sessions during the recess of Congress.
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Washington, D. C
The
Treasury
Tull
House Republicans
Congress
State Storage Tanks Planned in South Dakota to Guard Gas Users
Sioux Falls South Dakota December 22 At governor McMaster request fifteen thousand gasoline storage tanks will be placed at eleven points in South Dakota as soon as possible to insure against profiteering in gasoline in the future a member of the state board of charities and corrections said
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Sioux Falls
S. D
W. H. McMaster
South Dakota
State Board of Charities and Corrections
Sioux City Man Wins Big Hotel Property Auction
Lincoln Neb Dec 22 HE Eppley of Sioux City was awarded the properties of the bankrupt Nebraska Hotel company for 937 500 The hotel properties include the Fontenette Omaha Lincoln hotel Lincoln Evans Columbus and the Lincoln hotels at Scotts Bluffs Tablerock and Franklin Neb The site of the Capriol hotel in Lincoln is also part of the properties.
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Lincoln, Neb
HE. Eppley
Sioux City
Nebraska Hotel Company
Fontanette
Omaha
Lincoln
Evans
Columbus
Neb
Scotts Bluffs
Tablerock
Franklin
Christmas Mail Loads Rise Across U S Posts
Christmas mail volume is 5 to 50 percent heavier this year than last, the post office department reports from 37 cities. First class mail is up 26 percent on average, parcels post up 18 percent.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Farmer Killed Under His Wagon near Eluader
Ludwie Wilke a 65 year old farmer died after a wagon overturned when a neck yoke broke. He was pinned beneath the wagon and died without regaining consciousness. He is survived by his widow and six children.
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Eluader
Ludwie Wilke
Wilke
Salvation Army Receives 2500 Dollar Gift
Des Moines reports Brigadier William Andrews confirms a 2500 dollar Christmas gift to the Salvation Army. The contribution comes from Thomas H. Foster and W. H. T. Foster of Ottumwa who cancelled a 2500 dollar mortgage on the Salvation Army building in Ottumwa.
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Des Moines
Salvation Army
William Andrews
Thomas H. Foster
W. H. T. Foster
Ottumwa
Ottamwa
Christmas Gold Hoarded in Stockings Across Nation
New York Dec 22 Christ mas day twenty four million two hundred fifty four thousand dollars in gold will be found in stockings hung around the country. Federal reserve system and Federal Reserve Bank of New York figures show withdrawals during the week ending Dec. 19. At the New York bank withdrawals totaled sixteen million three hundred thirty nine thousand five hundred seventy eight dollars, the largest weekly total before Christmas.
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New York
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York Bank
Cedar Rapids Sisters Get Liberty On Bond After Shooting
In Cedar Rapids Iowa Sadie and Alice Marian Slaters sisters charged with assault to commit murder were released on six thousand dollar bonds each posted by five wealthy local businessmen. The 16 year old victim Hisworth Jackabee was said to be recovering after surgery while the sisters claimed they mistook him for a threatening assailant.
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Cedar Rapids
Marian Slaters
Sadie
Alice
Cedar, Rapids
Hisworth Jackabee
Sacha Morton
Chicago Police and Holdup Break Even in Morning's Score
Chicago police and criminals broke even in the pre-dawn hours. Four burglars were captured while thieves looted a drugstore after a resident phoned police. The hold up at an elevated station yielded $2,600 in cash and jewelry to the bandits, while police netted ten points.
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Chicago
Arthur Cohen
Sarah Bellanger
Thousand Pay Last Tribute to Manager of Mason City Paper
Nearly 1000 friends gathered at St Josephs church for a requiem high mass honoring D M Conroy longtime business manager of the Globe Gazette at 1020 this morning. Officers and employees led a church procession as his former colleagues and community groups paid tribute to the departed employer and friend. Very Rev Dean P OConnor officiated at the mass with the boys hotr gang assisting.
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Mason City Paper
Mason City
Iac
D.M. Conroy
Globe Gazette
St. Joseph's Church
Juions Club
Knights of Calumibus and
Elks
Dean P
O'Connor
St. Joseph's
Jehotr
More Weather of Same Kind Promised
Des Moines reports a temperature 16 degrees above normal on the first day of winter with no snow. The thermometer near 49 degrees, above the mean for December 22, and forecasters say the mild pattern will continue through most of Christmas week with cloudy skies and no snow.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Earthquakes Hit Colombia Across Border Toll Soars
In Colombia and along the Ecuador border quakes renewed this week causing widespread destruction. Tuquerres reports severe damage and acts as relief hub for starving refugees, with tolls citing thousands displaced and extensive losses.
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Bogota
Colombia
Ecuator-Colombia
Tuquerres
Rebef
Dancers Million Dollar Suit Quashed
The $1,000,000 breach of promise suit brought by Ryan Fountaina Fontaina against Cornelius Sonny Whitney was dismissed by Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley. Counsel for Fontaina announced plans to immediately file another action on a similar charge. Since the suit began, Whitney has married.
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Albany
Des
Ryan Burrows Fountaina
Datest
Cornelius
Sonny) Whitney
Supreme Court
Ellis J. Staley
Miss Fontting
Young Whitney
Santa Claus Robs Moline Gem Store
A bandit dressed as Santa Claus robbed Cox jewelry store in Moline last night. Proprietor H R Cox said the robber took money and diamonds valued at about $30,000. Also noted are visits by Carleton Everett Knox and a list of marriage licenses issued in Waterloo and Dunkarton.
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Moline
Santa Claus
Cox Jewelry
H.R. Cox
Carleton Everett Knox
Neila Kennedy
Lionel
Commerceial Street
Mr. Knox
Waterloo
Chicago
Reduce Pack Weight of Yankee Soldiers
Army experts propose lighter gear for American doughboys. Eliminating extra shoes and a blanket could save over eight pounds, moving from 72.77 to 64.71 pounds. Reducing ammunition to 20 rounds per belt until combat, then adding 600 more in zone, and placing gas masks and similar gear on wagons would further ease burden.
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Carrien
Congress
Chief of Infantry
Henry Ford seeks first litter of born salesmen
Detroit dispatch reports Henry Ford urged that salesmen are born not made. The Executive Club debated the issue with M. W. Welch and Patrick Henry upholding the born premise while Foster Nims and Frank Hallenbeck argued for the made theory. Ford allegedly requested to reserve the first litter of such salesmen.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Mich
M. W. Welch
Patrick Henry
Foster Nims
American Bank Note Company
Frank Hallenbeck
Ford
Physicians Confess Fatal Drafts By Doctors In Ohio
Columbus report states two physicians Dr. Jonathan Forman and Dr. J Gordon admitted knowingly giving poison to two women who died in September within a week and to a physician who recovered after a serious illness. All patients were treated for digestive disorders.
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Columbus, O
Jonathan Forman
J. Gordon
Des Moines to Get Seven Cent Coal Fare Gift
Des Moines officials announce a broad crackdown on coal dealers found selling short weight ore gross mismeasure In the case tally 26 to 700 pounds shortages were found among 26 dealers arrested in a recent inspector drive. Secretary Cassady vows to pursue convictions to January 10 with seven cases continued and others heard.
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International News Wire
Des Moines
Raymond W. Cassady
Americulture
T. L. Sellers
M. EB. McMurray
State Bureau of Weights and Measures
Cassady
McMurray
Liberty Coal Company
Consumers Consolidated Coal Company
University Coal Company
Cook Coal & Mining Co
Whitney Coal Company
Des Moines Ice & Fuel Co
At- Tas Coal Company
Oe Re
Coolidges to Take Short Sea Outing
Washington dispatch says the Mayflower will dock for a Saturday cruise with President and Mrs Coolidge and guests aboard. Included are several members of Congress, following a prior trip to Quantico, Virginia with dinner on board. Former Premier Lloyd George is indisposed and confined to bed with no holiday plans to Wales.
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Washington, D. C
George Tha
London
Llord George
Tie
Wales
Ramsay Prepares Ballots for June 2 Primaries
Des Moines reports Secretary Ramsay is already drafting ballots for the June 2 primaries. Ballot design will include rotating candidates across 99 counties and listing two presidential electors at large, adding considerable clerk workload.
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Des Moines
Ramsay
Prize letter winner named in flour firm contest
A flour manufacturer announced results of a contest for the best letters praising the product. Mrs. J. W. May of 254 Western Avenue was among the prize winners.
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J. W. May
Western Avenue
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