Legal dispute over building commissioner election in Waterloo
City attorney El er F Feely rules Edward Mahnke ineligible for rebuilding chief post due to missing required exam. Voter tie and mayor Frisbie casting deciding vote are questioned. Council may seek action to correct record. Mahnke may contest removal. Complications could push to supreme court.
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Edward Mahnke
N. W. Frisbie
Mahnke
Feely
Board of Examiners
Tereby
Leon 3
Link
Mahnuke
Supreme Court
Althe
Code of
Iowa
City of
Waterloo
Pbuilding
Board of
E. A. Pickworth
Manning
Feisner
Horns
Gyle
Register
Frisbie
Mabnke
Pickworth
Malenke
Unemployed Ohio Men Refuse Farm Work Offer
Idle thousands in Ohio cities seem determined to strike against going to work on farms. X. E. Shaw warns a food shortage and high prices may follow nationwide if the unemployed strike spreads. Farmers offer lower wages than last year, yet 450000 unemployed in Ohio show little response per the U S employment service survey.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
X. E. Shaw
Department of Agriculture
Shaw
United States Employment Service
Davenport Man Shot by Armenian in Slowed Payment Debt
John David of Bettendorf Davenport area was killed in Havenport after a dispute over money owed to Rafek Hulgatian an Armenian. Five shots were fired including a head wound and multiple body hits. The slayer was captured and jailed.
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Associated Press
Havenport
John David
Bettendorf
Davenport
Rafek Hulgatian
David
Hulgatian
Huleyan
Armenia
Atlanta Blushes as Coolidge Is Robbed of Coat in Y.M.C.A.
Atlanta police admit Calvin Coolidge’s overcoat was stolen during his visit last week. Detectives could not locate it and the public was asked to help recover the garment taken while he inspected the YMCA building, amid civic pride in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Coolidge
Y.M.C.A
Associated Press
Calvin Coolidge
Republic
Bishop Warns Full Pay Envelopes Endanger Homes
United Press reports Bishop Samuel Fallows of the Reformed Episcopal church in Chicago argues that full pay envelopes for women in industry empty the cradle. He says women have become co partners of men in politics and business, neglecting homes and marriage as a result. He calls the full pay envelope a greater temptation than motherhood.
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United Press
Chicago
Samuel Fallows
ReformedEpiscopal Church
Hold Four Suspects for 30000 Robbery
Four suspects were held by police today in connection with a daring daylight robbery at the Kenwood Trust and Savings Bank. Bank officials estimated the stolen sum might reach 50 000, with earlier figures suggesting up to 36 000. A 5 000 reward was offered for the arrest and conviction of the bandits.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Dewrlight
Kenwood Trust & Savings Bank
Bolivian President Names New Cabinet
Bolivian President Bau tista Saavedra, inaugurated Jan. 25, named his new cabinet in La Paz on Feb. 1. Appointments include Francisco Traizos as foreign relations minister, Jose Estenssoro as interior minister, Alejandro Obeddo as finance minister, 1. Q. Mendoza as justice and development minister, 1. Q. Barrios as public instruction minister, and Gen. Valdivaso as war minister.
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Greesy
la Paz
Bolivia
Bautista Saavedra
Francisco Traizos
Jose Estenssoro
Alejandro Obeddo
Q. Mendoza
Q. Barrios
Gen. Valdivaso
Ambush in Skibberen Ended in Policeman’s Death
Associated Press report from Skibberen Ireland says four policemen were ambushed at Dromoleague Cork by about 20 men. One officer was killed and another fatally wounded while the remaining officers escaped. The brief entry notes the attack and casualties with few details.
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Associated Press
Skibberen
Ireland
Dromoleague
County iCork
Explosion heard at sea may indicate steamer or warship blown
Federal coast guards reported a flash of light at sea and a rumble of an explosion near Atlantic City on February 2. Guards from South Brigantine Atlantic City and Little Beach station observed the event while patrolling miles apart, with differing notes on sound.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Federal Coast Guards
Littl Beach
Atlantic
Mrs Harding Tours New York Modiste Wares
Mrs Warren G Harding stays in her hotel suite in New York as designers bring in frocks and millinery for inspection. Photographers watch from doorways as she plans a daytime street appearance later in the day.
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Mrs. Harding
Associated Press
New York
Warren G. Harding
Isuite
Coal Trains Resumed on West Virginia Northern Line
Morgantown, Feb 2. Coal trains again ran today on the 11 mile West Virginia Northern railway between Kingwood and Trivester after a strike over a 10 percent wage cut. Company officials say there are no official dealings with unions.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia Northern Railway
Kingwood
Trivester
Bill Would Limit Liability of Hotels
Des Moines, Feb 2. A bill proposes a $500 liability limit for hotel keepers toward guests. It requires safekeeping for valuables and sets a cap on deposits of more than $500. Hotels would not be liable for items not deposited or worth over the limit. The measure sits before the judiciary committee.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
State Senate
Dutcher
Johnson County
Judiciary Committee
Government limits liquor withdrawal permits to manufacturers and wholesale druggists
Attorney General Palmer rules that state authority to issue withdrawal permits from bonded warehouses applies only to manufacturers and wholesale druggists. Permits for disposition by wholesale are likewise limited to those groups, though current stock disposal by wholesale dealers may be handled via transfer of warehouse certificates to eligible parties.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pal‘ner Rulet
Internal Revenue
Williams
Germany Presses Time In Indemnity Fight With Allies
Berlin and London reports show Germany seeking time on reparations after dismissing Paris terms as a final settlement. Dr Walther Simons signals informal talks while opinion warns of internal turmoil and possible entente coalition changes if needed.
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Berlin
Germany
Supreme Allied Council
Paris
Walter Simons
Reischstag
Simons
Upper Silesia
Eduard David
Associated Press
London
Supreme Council
Alllies
Harding Favors Army Training for 150000 Yearly
President-elect Harding supports legislation to provide national military training for 150000 men annually. Chairman Kahn of the house military committee announced on the floor. He noted Harding told him in Marlon Ohio he favored 175000 but hoped to later cut to 160000. Kuhn cautioned against further reductions now.
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Washington
Elagt Harding
Youndary
Kat
House Military Committee
House
Kain
Marlon, O
Mr. Kuhn
United States
Colorado Foundries Move to Open Shop in State
United Press reports eight Colorado foundries will implement the American open shop plan soon as unions resist wage cuts. Nonunion workers will be brought from across the state to fill positions, with police protection guarding the Queen City plant during the operation.
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United Press
Denver
Cole
Colorado
Colorado Foundrymen’s Association
Queen City
Newberry Retains Plurality After 1918 Recount Ends
The Associated Press reports the 1918 Michigan senatorial recount by the senate elections committee finished, keeping Senator Newberry Republican with a plurality of 4,334 over Henry Ford. Ford gained 3,228 votes in the recount, but Newberry’s original plurality remained 7,567.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Michigan
Senate Elections Committee
Newberry
Henry Ford
Ford
British Soldiers and Russians Clash in North Persia
British soldiers on the northwestern border of Persia repelled Bolshevik advance guards in a Sunday battle. The engagement ended with 12 Bolshevik deaths and 22 captured, while British forces reported no casualties.
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North
Persia
Pre . Teheran
Tronatier
Missing Omaha Girl Found in Folding Bed
A 24 hour search by Omaha and Lincoln police for Miss Lucille Erazim ended when she was found in a Murphy folding bed in an Omaha apartment. Her sister reported someone swung the bed’s lid while she slept, leaving her unconscious but alive. Her condition is described as serious.
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United Press
Omaha
Neb
Lincoln Po
Lucille Erazim
Miss Erazim
Theatrical Producer Sues Ford for Libel Again
Theatrical producer Mor ris Gest plans new libel suits in Detroit and other cities against Henry Ford. United Press reports Gest accuses Ford and his Dearborn Independent of libel over the article How the Jews headed a capital protest, which attacked Gest.
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United Pr
Morries Gest
Detroit
Porher
Henry Ford
Gest
Dearborn
Ford
Bavarian Diet Adopts Resolutions Against Dictatorial Decisions
A Berlin dispatch to the London Times reports the Bavarian diet adopted resolutions protesting dictatorial decisions reached at the conference of the supreme allied council in Pa. The measures were introduced by President Koenigauer of the dictatorship.
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Staled Presse
London
Supreme Allied Council
Berlin
London Times
Presiden Koentighauer
Dict
Courier delivery deadline and paper replacement policy
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If the carrier is at fault or you do not receive your paper by then call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Naval bill debate warns on disarmament and costs
Pershing urges maintaining navy and army programs until a world powers agreement is reached while warning against pacifism. House committee reports total naval needs near 472.9 million with large cuts to Marine Corps and aviation. 100,000 navy personnel target to operate 384 ships. Also notes 1916 program funded 156 ships with several major vessels still under construction. In Chicago, car thefts lead to two cars dumped in the Chicago River and a car recovered from Lake Michigan.
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Washington, DG
House Appropriations Committee
Jeanort
Stilare
Marine Corps
Navy Department
Navy
Pershing
Washington, D. C
House Naval Committee
United States
Gen. Pershing
Highways and Cities Forecast Fair Weather Across Regions
A 1927 report lists towns including Albert Lea Algona Charlis Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Rubway Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown Postville Waterloo Waverly. Highways remain fair to good with weather expected to continue through Thursday.
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Minn
Algona
Charlis
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Sames Rubway
Faribaat
la’ Cross
Mason’ City
Marswallahampton
Postville
Water and Waverly
Patr of Kidnapers Receive Maximum Prison Sentences
Arthur Wo and Floyd L Carr, cousins, confessed kidnappers of Mrs Gladys Witherell, were sentenced in Los Angeles to a term from re ary to life at San Quentin, marking the maximum penalty under the law.
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Ityhe Anserhaled Deeg
Dos Angeles
Cal
Arthur Wo
Floyd L. Carr
Gladys Witherell
Seary
San Quentin Perlgon
Taw
Big Loan Approved To Banks For Milk Exports
The War Finance Corporation granted preliminary approval for a 14 million dollar loan to a group of U S banks to finance exportation of condensed milk and related products to Great Britain and Europe. Milk products will originate from eastern and middle western states. A bond issue and the fund valuation details for advances are being prepared.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
Europe
War Finance Corporation
Joan
Middle Western
Resolution Seeks Full Statement of Defense Funds
Washington February 2 The house appropriations committee reported a resolution by Representative Gould New York calling on President Wilson for a complete detailed statement of the expenditure of the two national defense funds of 100 million and 50 million authorized during the war. Previous statements by the president were said to be incomplete.
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Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
Gould
New York
Wilson
Antialien Land Bill Rejected by Utah House
The Utah lower house judiciary committee gave an adverse report on the antialien land ownership bill. The measure, modeled after California, is deemed ill advised during sensitive international affairs and was returned to the house without passage.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Judiciary Committee
California
Dawes Denies Entering Public Office
Charles G. Dawes told a House war investigating committee in Washington on February 2 that he is not going into public office. The Chicago resident dismissed rumors he might join President-elect Harding's cabinet as secretary of the treasury.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
House War Investigating Committee
Harding
the Treasury
Flowers Bloom in Kansas Wheat Green as in Spring
The Associated Press reports from Topeka Kansas that in February wild flowers are blooming and wheat is as green as in spring, an almost unprecedented condition for this time of year per the weather bureau weekly report.
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Kansas
Associated Press
Topeka
Kaun
Weather Bureau
Seven-cent sugar for family use near, say dealers
United Press reports wholesale dealers foresee seven-cent sugar for home use as prewar prices dip. Federal, Pennsylvania, Revere and National refineries cut prices to 6.85 to 7.25 amid debt, surplus, and weak demand. Cuba cane sugar, once 26.28, now about 4.80 raw with tariff.
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United Press
New York
Federal
American Sugar Refining
Pennsylvania Sugar Refining
Revere
National
Pennsylvania Company
Cuba
America
Tariff Bill Stalls as Senate Fails Cloture Vote
The Fordney tariff bill failed to secure a two thirds vote for cloture with 36 to 25, signaling a possible death by filibuster. Democrats allied with Harris blocked rapid action, leaving the bill vulnerable to veto and raising fears of wider tariff conflict internationally. Argentina warns of a 40 percent import tax response if U S duties rise, forecasting a global tariff war as open Congress resumes in May.
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Martin
United Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Jams B Miller
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Saccone
United States
Europe
United Press Today
D. L. Summers
War Industries Board
Edwin R A. Seligman
Economics
Columbia University
Claim Girl Dieing From Love Affair In Missouri River Jump
According to L C Hatch brother of Miss Alice Hatch of this city the young woman killed herself by leaping from a motor car into the Missouri river. Family members say the motive was health while the AP report cites a love affair as the cause.
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Alice Hatch
L. C. Hatch
Missouri
Jfainly
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