Venizelos fights revision of Sevres pact with allies
Greek former Premier Venizelos declares opposition to revising the Sevres treaty with the allies. He says he works in private to defend Greece and denies ties with King Constantine while stressing justice and homeland defense. Abdul Medjid Effendi urges near eastern conference unity to end hostilities.
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Associated Press
Paris
Turkey
Venizelos
Greece
Petit Parisien
Constantine
Constantinople
London
Abdul Medjid Effendi
Near East
Russia
Harding
Bosphorus
Dardanelles
Europe
Talaat Pasha
Enver Pasha
Ben
Roberts College
United States
Wilson
Armenia
Angora
Smyrna
Thrace
U. S
Edward J. Bing
United Press
Berlin
Mustapha Kemal
Asia Minor
Kemal
Serres
Sevres
Building Material Trust Charged in Des Moines Probe
Des Moines county attorney Guy Rippey will lead an investigation into a suspected building material trust. He will determine whether dealers in Des Moines have conspired to keep prices higher than those in comparable cities, amid claims materials here are costlier than in other towns of similar size.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Guy Rippey
Deputy Sheriff Slain by Holdup Men in Shenandoah
Shenandoah Iowa February 14 hundreds of men search since Saturday night for Ben and Arthur Hickman alleged murderers of Deputy Sheriff Albert Patton who sought to arrest them for holding up a crowd of craps shooters Jake Duran Norwalk cousin of the Hickmans is held as a witness and Arthur Hickman home in Coin is watched by special deputies
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Associated Press
Shenandoah
Althe
Ben
Arthur Hickman
Albert Patton
Jake Duran
Norwalk
Hickmans
Coin
Grill Suspects in Des Moines Murder
Albert Greenleaf and Fremont Stapler claimed Des Moines as home and faced a gruelling examination by state agents and Des Moines authorities over the murder of George Fosdick, a Des Moines grocer, after their Ottumwa escape from an armed hold up two miles east of Libertyville. An 8 member posse of 150 farmers and county officers caught them following the restaurant robbery in Ottumwa.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Albert Greenleaf
Fremont Stapler
Des Moines
George Fosdick
Libertyville
Here
Brophy
Denies Nonpartisans Abandoning Program
Minneapolis February 14 Denial of reports that Nonpartisan league leaders and North Dakota state officials planned to abandon the league program was issued in a formal statement by Oliver S Morris publicity director of the National Nonpartisan league executive committee The report that financial interests would help market about 2 million dollars in state bonds to rectify the finances was said to indicate only that the state industrial commission is negotiating for the sale of bonds voted by the legislature two years ago The statement clarified the situation and denied any abandonment plans.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
Whale
Oliver S. Morris
National Nonpartisan League
Morris
State Industrial Commission
Outlaw Dog Killed in Coyote Roundup
Mitchell, Feb. 14. Shep, a large shepherd dog once labeled outlaw, was killed during a coyote roundup here on Saturday. The dog had been blamed for greater livestock losses than wolves in two years. One coyote and the dog died in the roundup. Coyote hide sold for 2.59 dollars and the dog’s hide for 1.25 dollars.
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Associated Press
Mitchell
Shep
Alienation Juror Arrested Over Bribe Attempt
Juror Max S. Johnson in the $500000 alienation suit of David W. Sullivan against Joan T. Davis was arrested in Washington. He was held on $3000 bond for attempting to negotiate a bribe from Davis. The jury was dismissed and the case moved into its fourth week.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Max S. Johnson
David W. Sullivan
Joan T. Davis
Ehikins
W. Va
Davis
Newspaper publishing costs rise. no rate cuts expected
Harrisburg February 14 News paper publishing costs are at their highest level and still rising. L L Williams president of the American Newspaper Publishers association told a Pennsylvania Associated Press meeting that advertising rates cannot be reduced. He said advertisers understand current rates reflect the lowest priced advertising space.
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Harrisburg
L. L. Williams
Pittsburgh
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Pennsylvania Associated Cealers
Williams
Highways U S D A Weather Bureau report summary
Subjoined report lists cities including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Wateroo Waverly and notes thawing harmado and related conditions observed by the Weather Bureau in cooperation with state highway officials.
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U. 5
Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Tel
Albert Lea Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Minn
la Trosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Wateroo
Waverly
Hoover Cabinet Chance Centers on Hoover Itself
Raymond Clapper reports in St Augustine that Herbert Hoover may be named secretary of commerce in Harding's cabinet if he accepts. Opposition from senators including Hiram Johnson could be mollified, with Johnson possibly being pressed to defend the plan. Close advisers say Harding hopes for public approval of Hoover's experience and role in the administration.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
St. Augustine
Fla
Herbert Hoover
Harding
Hoover
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
Washington
iMarion
Senator Fall
New Mexico
Dum Dum Bullet Kills Cafe Foreman In Mass Fight
Mason City Taiwan February 14 autopsy shows Pete Georgiavich foreman of sewer workers shot four times in the head and once in the knee by a dum dum bullet during a cafe brawl. Montenegro men Juro Marish and Bido Bielobitokovich held. Walter Myascovich friend also detained as police allege Georgiavich tried to shield others. Patrolman Fitzgerald disarmed a guard and arrested two suspects.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Pete Georgiavich
Juro Marish
Bido Bielobitokovich
Islayers
Walter Myascovich
Georgiavich
Fitzgerald
Miners Buried Mile Deep After Colorado Blast
Rescue crews pressed on for Henry Wagner and Testas after an explosion trapped miners a mile underground at Moffat Goal company mine No 2 in Oak Creek Colorado. Three other miners died in the blast and were recovered about 500 feet from the shaft entrance.
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United Press
Oak Creek
Colo
Henry Wagner
Testas
Moffat
Opposition Party in Japan Seeks Regent Appointment
Tokyo reports that leaders of the opposition may petition for a regent due to the emperor’s illness. In Pittsburgh, oil prices drop with crude grades Corning and Cabell cut 45 and 40 cents per barrel to 2.54 and 2.46 respectively.
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Japan
Tokio
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Federation Units Plan Meetings to Fight Nonunion Shop
Washington February 14 plans by labor leaders to resist the nonunion shop movement. The AFL executive council will meet February 22, with delegates from 109 unions to convene February 23. Samuel Gompers will preside as he defends the right to collective bargaining and notes employers making little headway toward nonunion shop plans. He warns precipitated strikes if changes occur.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
United States
Frank Morrison
America Federation of Labor
Federation
American Federation of Labor
Caucu
Samuel Gompers
Morrison
Black Hawk County Tax Assessments in Contingency
County auditor Francis prepared for contingency notes back taxes totaling 3110 000. Assessments for 1919 and 1820 entered. Collection restrained by injunction.
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Black Hawk
Francis
Woman Murdered by Masked Robbers Near Paris Texas
Marie Edwards, 20, was found murdered in a wooded pasture near Paris Texas. Claude Gamble, her escort, said two masked men held them up at 1 a.m. then killed Edwards after robbing them, as Gamble escaped by feigning death. Sheriff J A Brown received a call from Gamble around 2 a.m. Gamble said robbers accosted them on a lonely road, then forced them from the auto and robbed him before shooting him in the foot and grazing a bone. The incident followed a car ride with a confrontation that led to a fatal shooting. The case adds to a string of similar violent robberies in the area.
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United Pros
Paris
Tex
Marie Edwards
Here Toay
Claude Gamble
J. A. Brown
Gamble
Black Hawk County
Phe
Tone 4
Sinut En
Supreme Court
Black Hawk
J. A. Francis
Francis
Ed Madigan
Population Center Shifts Westward Nine Miles in Indiana
The 1920 census places the population center in Owen county's extreme southeast corner, 0.5 miles southeast of Spencer. It moved 9.8 miles west and about 0.2 miles north from Bloomington since 1910, attributed mainly to California's population boom.
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Indiana
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Owen County
Spencer
Blomington
Ind
State of
California
First Ku Klux Klan Investigator Dies
New York on February 14 reports the death of Andrew L. Drummond aged 76 a former chief of the United States secret service famed for his work against the Ku Klux Klan. He died at his Brooklyn home after joining the service in 1870 and leading the agency from 1891 before retirement.
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Associated Press
New York
Andrew L. Drummond
United States Secret Service
Ku Klux Klan
Brooklyn
Secret Service
Southern Secret Organization
Domestic Prelates Announced at Rome
Rome Feb 14 Pope Benedict named Patrick Francis Marian Asheville North Carolina Very Rev Philas S Garand Ogdensburg New York Rev John F Glavin Rev John T Slattery and Father Michael J Looney Albany New York and Very Rev G L Haxmeier Very Rev G T Brady and Rev M K Norton of Dubuque Iowa as his domestic prelates in a formal appointment.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
Yesgherdar
Patrick Francis Marian
Asheville
N. C
Philas S. Garand
Ogensburg
N. Y
John F. Glavin
John T. Slattery
Albany
G. L. Haxmeier
G. T. Brady
M. K. Norton
Dubuane, In
Head of Iten Biscuit Co Dies in California
Clinton, February 24. John Ken, president of the Iten Biscuit company, with plants in Clinton Omaha Oklahoma City and under construction in Memphis, Tennessee, died at his Los Angeles home. He was son of L Ken, a Davenport native prominent in the family.
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Associated Press
Clinton, T.c
John Ken
Iten Biscuit Company
Clinton
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Okla
Memphis
Jury Acquits Farmer of Poisoning Charge
Council Bluffs Feb 14 Walter Bardsley a farmer was acquitted by a jury on the charge of placing poison in the food of neighbor W S Zimmerman’s family. The jury was out 74 hours.
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Associated Press
Council Bluffs. In
Walter Bardsley
W. S. Zimmerman
Sinn Fein blamed for fires in nine Manchester factories
United Press reports authorities in Britain suspect Sinn Fein renewed its arson campaign in England. Nine Manchester factories suffered fires after hours. losses were limited. Five suspects were arrested. police think each blaze involved a separate two to three man gang. An Irish incident saw a constable killed near Swords in weekend violence.
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United Press
London
Sinn Fein
England
Manchester
Kang
Ireland
Swords
Early Governor of Oklahoma Dies at 64
Oklahoma City February 14 Thomas B. Ferguson former territorial governor of Oklahoma at statehood died today after undergoing a major operation a week earlier. He was 64.
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United Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
Thomas B. Ferguson
Oklahoma
Paper delivery notice with contact phone for late issue
The Courier will be delivered before 5 30. If a paper is late due to carrier error, call 3330 for a replacement. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Blackman Plot to Blackmail War Dept Inspectors Charged
Washington reports that Rep Hoyal Johnson of South Dakota pressed for a full inquiry into alleged graft and a blackmail plot by two House War Department investigators J M Hill and C C Lindsey. They sought a secret War Department letter from Pittsburgh business claimants and threatened to leak it for payment. Flood introduced the resolution seeking investigation and possible records release.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
House War Department Expenditures Committee
House
Hoyal Johnson
South Dakota
Johnson
War Department
J. M. Hill
C. C. Lindsey
Pittsburgh
Internal Revenue
Roper
Lindsey
Hill
Congressional Record
Flood
Federation Votes on Shipyard Wage Slashes Referendum
Washington reports the AFL says shipyard workers are voting on lower wage scales with results due next Thursday at a New York meeting of union heads. District reports reach AFL headquarters by wire but remain private as Bethlehem Shipbuilding and Atlantic Coast Shipbuilding push for a 19 percent cost cut effective soon.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
New York
American Federation of Labor
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
Atlantic Coast Shipbuild Jug Association
Bethlehem Company
Sinn Fein Seize and Burn British Aviator in Ireland
Sinn Feiners captured and burned a British airplane and kidnapping the aviator near Kilfannane. Ballina vereena and Kilfamnane were ordered to prepare for reprisals after the flier’s return was demanded within 48 hours. A farmhouse at Balinaveereens was burned for noncompliance and Kilfannane merchants were told to vacate. The Kilenaunie shooting revenge tied to January 24 is cited by destruction of five houses.
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United Press
Cork
Sinn
Killenauie
Des Moines Bans Sunday Funerals by City Council
Des Moines closes cemeteries to Sunday burials with exceptions for contagious disease cases and soldiers returned from overseas. The action follows a petition signed by more than 46 Des Moines ministers and about 15 funeral directors who voiced opposition to Sunday funerals. Also noted is Howat contempt case set for Tuesday in Crawford county district court with several officials accompanying him.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Mowat
Associated Tress
Pillsburg
Kan
Alexander Howat
Andrew J. Curran
Crawford County District Court
Jokers in Mandate Draft May Knock Out Cables at Yap
United Press reports a dispute over Yap as a cable landing station. Japanese delegates object to open access, citing domestic law and a government monopoly on land cables. The US presses for internationalization noting a Wilson era reservation. Conference resumes with the five powers to decide.
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Jy United Press
Washington, D. C
Conference of Five Powers
United States
Japan
China
Wilson
Equator
Indictment sought in murder by 16 year old trainee
Kane county grand jury was asked to indict Frank Dogsett a 16 year old at the St. Charles training school for boys for the murder of Mrs. Jesse Lovelett. She died after being struck with a stove shaker as she slept and the boy confessed saying he wanted money to live on. He obtained $8 a revolver and clothes from her.
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Associated Press
Aurora
Charles Abbot
Kane County
Grand Jury
Frank Dogsett
St. Charles
Jesse Lovelett
Mr. Lovelett
Army Fliers Continue Hunt for Lost Aviator
El Paso Texas February 14 Major Leo J Befjeman commander of aviation at Fort Bliss flew toward Sanderson to direct the search for Lieut Alexander Pear 808 who has been missing since Thursday. Heffernan will organize expeditions into the Big Bend district into Chihuahua and beyond areas searched in the last three days, aviation headquarters announced.
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Associated.Press
el Paso
Tex
Majo Leo. J. Befjeman
Aviation
Fort Bliss
Sanderson
Alexander Pear
Thursay
Heffernan
Big Bend
Chihuahua
Aviation Headquarters
Harbor job recommendation by Army Engineers to Congress
The board of Army Engineers recommended a federal expenditure of 225000 dollars for harbor improvement in San Diego to the House. The brief note notes the recommendation was sent to Congress and cites the harbor project as a priority.
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Washington, D. C
San Diego Harbor
Board of Army Engineers
Two Men Held for Inquiry in Death of Ex-Convict
Villa Grove Illinois February 14 Two men are held for murder inquiry in the strangled death of William Pettit thirty in a street incident Saturday night Miss Alice Warren witnessed a man flee around a building corner Pettit had been released from prison last November after a five year term for charges brought by the parents of a young woman The two men are William Downey and Foster Robinson The sheriff said Robinson was held on reports he threatened Pettit because Pettit was arrested for abducting Robinson s sister Downey was with Robinson when police found him
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Associated Press
Villa Grove
Ill
William Pettit
Alice Warren
Miss Warren
Pettit
William Downey
Foster Robinson
Robinson
Downey
Impeachment Charge Against Judge Landis Sparks Committee Referral
Rep Welty of Ohio impeached Federal Judge K M Landis charging high crimes and misdemeanors over his 42500 salary as baseball chief arbiter. Charges include neglect of duties for gain, using court to settle disputes, lobbying for baseball laws, accepting the arbiter role while on the federal bench, and harming baseball by tolerating illegal activity. The case was referred to the judiciary committee for investigation with no floor debate.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
K. M. Landis
Chicago
House of Representatives
Representative Welty
Democrat
Ohio
House
Landis
Welty
United States
Union
District of Columbia
Cook County
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Ffth
K. W. Land
Dial
Department of Justice
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