Theatre Morals May Be Subject Of Court Rule
The Plaza and Crystal theatres in Waterloo face ministerial pressure to enforce Sunday closing and curb immoral films. Alexander Frank defends exhibition as lawful, urges filing charges only with solid evidence, and argues censorship is private opinion. He says theatres will play by the book and condemns censorship as despotic.
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Alexander Frank
Plaza and Crystal Theatres
Courier
Waterloo Ministerial Association
Frank
Waterloo Picture Theatres
Waterloo
Wwe
Courts of Justice
Piers Meen
Santach
Ouroberties
Washington
Congressional committee highlights and hearings summary
Senate Foreign Relations chairs discuss secret sessions on foreign loans. Naval Affairs weighs Borah plan for months long suspension of building programs. House panels hear British views on naval notes and disarmament. Military, education, Ways and Means, and War committees advance investigations and tariff revisions. Public lands, Appropriations subcommittees plan fortification and army appropriations action.
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United Press
Senate Foreign Relations
Houston
Naval Affairs
Fullam
Hart
General Board
HOUSE
Phillip Gibbs
Grover Cleveland Hergdol
Education
Ways and Means
War Department
Judiciary Committee
China
Public Lands
Con Cy
Wife Not Sold But Husband Bought Of
Chicago reports a police investigation into a so called sale of Mrs. Core Marie Johnson of Rockford. A contract dated December 10, 1920, signed by her husband Enoch Johnson and Berger Peterson transferred ownership of all Peterson holdings in Winnebago County to Peterson in exchange for him promising to leave them alone. No bill of sale for the woman existed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Core Marie Johnson
Rockford
Ill
Berger Peterson
Enoch Johnson
Peterson
Winnebago
Horkford
Berger
Police seize narcotics worth 135000 in Mulberry Bend raid
New York police and federal agents conducted early raids in the Mulberry Bend district near Chinatown and seized drugs valued at 135000. Sevente en men were arrested after a month long operation that uncovered moonshine stills opium pipes and hidden drug caches including forty thousand dollars in drugs and eighty thousand dollars hidden beneath tombstones in an old cemetery.
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Associated Pressew York
Mulberry Bend
Chinatown
Hester Street
Federal
Second Street
Legion District Meeting Set for February Seventeenth
A district American Legion meeting will be held in Waterloo on February 17. Becker-Chapman post will be represented at the Des Moines state meeting on Lincoln's Birthday by Dr. B. L. Rohlf, E. L. Barthe, Howard J. Rouse, Will Forbes, and Verne Newsom.
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American Legion
Waterloo
E. L. Barthe
Becker-Chapman
Becker-Chapman Post
Des Moines
Lincoln
B. L
Prohibition Licenses Drop After Volstead Act Declared
Director William H. West announced that 3 495 people applied for 19 saloon licenses while 213 fewer saloons existed when prohibition took effect Contrary to fears thousands would lose jobs the license fee rose from 100 to 50 resulting in many licenses lapsing as saloons closed amid the era’s onset
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Assoc Press
Chicago
William H. West
Ion
Negro Population Declines in Alabama Census Figures
The 1920 census shows Alabama whites numbering 1,447,082 and Negroes 910,652, with a white gain of 418,266 and a Negro decrease of 7,639. Other mentions note Columbus, Ohio, where Negroes rose to 22,691 and Whites to 234,809 amid broad population shifts.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Alabama
Colum- Sur
Census Bureau
State Amusement Tax Bill Before Iowa Assembly
A proposed Iowa bill would levy a cent on each five cents charged for admission to theaters operas motion pictures vaudeville sideshows circuses and other public amusements. Exemptions apply to religious educational and nonprofit uplifting groups. The measure targets profit making venues and could raise about 1 million dollars yearly.
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Associated Press
S. A
Iowa
Sentative Weaver
Senate
Whitmore
McDonald ConfessesFalse Testimony in Mooney Case
John McDonald admitted to falsifying his identification of Thomas Mooney as the San Francisco parade dynamiter. He claimed rewards and coercion influenced his testimony, saying the Mooney conviction was part of a frameup. He plans to testify before a San Francisco grand jury.
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United Press
New York
John MacDonald
Tour Mooney
San Francisco
Hank P. Walsh
Walsh
MacDonald
Mooney
Fickert
Wilson
Warren K. Billings
Billings
Maoney
Grand Jury
Thomas Mooney
John McDonald
McDonald
Stuart
Market Streets
Draper Hand
Rolph
Hand
Matthew Brady
Ones
Ash Wednesday Opening Lent Services Across City Churches
Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent with a series of services in Catholic and Episcopal churches and other congregations. Christ Episcopal and St. Mark's inaugurate Lent with 10 am Holy Communion and 7:30 pm Evening Prayer, plus weekly children and adult programs, sermons by Rev. Ernest B.R. Mounser, and a Holy Week schedule culminating in Easter services and a choral festival. Bishop Harry Longley will attend Christchurch on March 13 at 4 pm for confirmation and sermon.
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Christ Episcopal Church
St. Mark's
Christ's Church
Ernest BR. Mounser
Reey
Harry Longley
Christchurch
Heated Iowa debate on Kime's industrial court bill
Des Moines officials clashed as State Senator F Dumont Smith and former Senator John Y Clarkson debated the proposed Kansas style industrial court. Smith called labor bosses despots and praised jail for Howat, while Clarkson condemned the measure as unconstitutional and an attack on freedom.
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United Press
Des Moines
F. Dumont Smith
Kansay
John Y. Clarkson
Iowa
Smith
Kansas
Alexander Howat
Howat
New
Clarkson
Probe of Shipping Board Activities Nears Completion
The House special committee led by Chairman Walsh expects to finish its probe into Shipping Board activities within the week. Final witnesses include E. N. Hurley, Payne, and Admiral Benson, with American Ship Building Co. under scrutiny for alleged excessive profits and contract practices.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Congressional Investigation of Shipping Board
Walsh
Special House Committee
Congress
E. N. Hurley
The
Shipping Board
Payne
Admiral Benson
American Shipbuilding Company
Cleveland
Iron Cop Credited With Catching Slayer Of Boy
In Birmingham Alabama an iron policeman is credited with the arrest of Frank Gore, charged as the driver of a car that struck and killed Eldon Bailey, seven, and seriously injured Jack Brewer, eleven. The suspect fled after stopping at a railway crossing where a warning figure stood. Gore was identified by the driver's hat, overcoat, and coat letters found in the wrecked vehicle, leading to his arrest.
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Frank Gore
Eldon Bailey
Jack Brewer
Docile Patient Kills Companion With Ax
In San Bernardino California on February 7, 1911, William Murphy an inmate at Patton state hospital killed fellow patient Cannef by severing his head with an ax during work on the hospital grounds. Murphy reportedly had a violent fit of insanity and acted without warning while both men were considered docile and allowed privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Bernardino
Cal
Cannef
Los Angeles
State Hospital For the Insane
Patton
William Murphy
Murphy
Canef
Enlistment Halt As Army Sets 175000 Cap
Washington action halts further enlistments until the Army’s strength is reduced to 175,000 as authorized by a joint resolution. Senate approval came 67 to 1 with Senator Kirby in dissent. Secretary Baker ordered recruiting stations closed pending official notice. Reduction to 175,000 estimated to take about nine months. House appropriations bill seeks 150,000 after July 1, possibly widening the period of adjustment.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Kirby
Arkansas
Baker
Dubuque Slayer Held for Action of Grand Jury
George D. Larue, accused in the slaying of Matt W. Daly, waived preliminary examination and was bound over to the Dubuque district court grand jury. He was moved to the county jail under heavy police guard as a crowd gathered. Daly's wife and her niece, both wounded, are reported as resting at Mercy hospital with skull fractures. Mrs Edna Daly denies marriage to Larue amid divorce actions in Chicago.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
George D. Larue
Matt W. Daly
Constance Lahey
Larue
Tay
Edina Daly
Edna Daly
Daly
Walter
Crown Point
Ind
Larne
Chicago
Iowa Supreme Court Awards Sheriff Reward Share
The high court reverses prior rulings, granting D B Henderson one third of a reward for aiding arrests in the Rufus Allery case. The decision also awards Edward Maggs and Clarence MacCumber one third each, totaling 1174 dollars, while denying other claimants including F B Brock and George Bidwell.
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Iowa
Court Today
D. B. Henderson
Black Sark
Rufus
Allery
Webster
Henderson
George Cliftons
Waterloo
Clifton
High Court
F. B. Brock
Madison County
George Bidwell
Des Moines
Edward Maggs
Nebraska
Board of Parole
Clar Jrence MacCumber
Winsterset
Supreme Court
Tower Court
Maggs
Edwards, Longley
Ransier & Harris
W U Managers in Iowa Meet to Improve Telegraph Service
Western Union managers from major Iowa cities gather in Waterloo for a four day conference on boosting service to the public and business. OC B Hudson of Omaha leads sessions and a four sale talks plus a 30 minute speech. Attendance includes Fallon Waterloo Foote Cedar Rapids Eckwert Davenport Lientz Mason City Thompson Clinton Paw Dubuque Jameson Marshalltown Rush Fort Dodge and Hudson Omaha.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Iowa
OC. B. Hudson
Omaha
Nebraska
Tiga
Hudson
Clinton's George M Curtis critically ill former congressman
Clinton Ia Feb 8 George M Curtis once representing the Second Town district and head of Curtis Brothers Co sash and door works is critically ill with recovery hopes abandoned. Leon G Clark city mail carrier to be operated on today in a government hospital St Louis Mo for complications from wartime appendicitis. Clark home 116 Linden Ave. Eggs 28 dozen fresh country eggs sold for 21 cents a dozen here today.
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Associated Press
Clinton, Ia
George M. Curtis
Second Town
Curtis Brothers & Co. Enterprises
Middlewest
Leon G. Clark
St. Louis
Clark
France
Linden Avenue
United Press
Indianapolis
Anglo American tensions rise over debt and war fear
British official warns Anglo American relations are strained amid disputes and lack of understanding. He says war would be a global calamity and notes ongoing talks on debt cancellation proposals which the United States refused, insisting debt settlements concern Britain and the U.S. only.
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United States
Britain
America
Wilson to Enter Seclusion for Rest After March 4
Washington reports President Wilson plans a six month period of virtual seclusion beginning after March 4 for intensive rest. Other items note Champ Clark striking at Democratic critics of Chairman George White, Ireland relief figures, Switzerland blocking a plebiscite trooped crossing, Knights of Columbus funding bid to the Legion, and Dublin reporting many shooting incidents.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Champ Clark
George White
National Committee
Chicago
American Committee For Relief In
Ireland
Berne
League of Nations
Switzerland
Vilna
Washington
D. C
American Legion National Committee
Knights of Columbus
American Legion
Dublin
Labor chief sees industrial court failure in strike
Washington reports Franklin Morrison AFL secretary says Pittsburg Kansas coal strike shows the Kansas industrial court cannot compel workers. He notes about 200 miners quit despite an injunction and warns of potential drastic action by labor leaders nationwide. Morrison also weighs President-elect Harding’s labor secretary choice, favoring a labor insider over banker James J Davis. Damascus is surrounded by a disused wall six miles in circumference.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Pittsburg
Kan
Kansas Industrial Court
Kansas
Morrison
Labor
United Mine Workers’ Union
United States
Harding
Labor Department
Coa
James J. Davis
Davis
G B Nations Disarmament Talk Faces British Skepticism
Sir Philip Gibbs told the House naval committee that Britain will not pursue a U S disarmament pact or a sea power race. He warned of Russia’s military menace and noted Europe bears heavier armament costs than 1914, with England spending about 27 million pounds yearly on military and naval forces. He supported a conference including Soviet representatives but acknowledged government opposition in parts of Britain.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Great Britain
United States
Philip Gibbs
House Naval Committee
England
Philip
Red Army
Russia
Eurrope
Europe
Sir Philip
Georgia Woman in for Operating Still and Killing Informer
Mrs. Sarah Glass, 50, from the mountains of Picnic county, Ga., begins a 20 day sentence for illicit still operation and faces trial for murder of the informant who allegedly betrayed her. defense says the slain man misbehaved on her farm before she struck him with a piece of wood.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Sarah Glass
Picnic County
Glass
Dahomey
Utica Mother's Endorsement for Foley's Honey and Tar
Mrs. Wm. Sager of 901 Nichol St Utica New York writes she used Foley's Honey and Tar for her daughter who had whooping cough and feared choking. The syrup helped her sleep all night without coughing and is praised as a good remedy for colds and coughs with a healing coating. Sold everywhere.
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Wm. Sager
Nichol St
Utica
N.Y
Foley
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