World disarming move led by United States envisaged
Geneva reports Henry Woon notes the United States as the logical leader in pushing international disarmament as England rejects the Geneva protocol. The Geneva plan faces revision, with discussions delayed to September and a separate disarmament treaty pursued. Coolidge waits, monitoring European moves for a favorable moment to act.
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Henry Woon
United Press Star
Geneva
W United
England
League Af
League Council
Lord Gecil
Cabinet officers usually take job minus experience
The article traces long tenures of presidents at MetLife and other major insurers, noting that MetLife has had four presidents across 72 years, with terms lasting 20 to 28 years and one still in office. It compares Prudential, Mutual Benefit, Aetna, Travelers, and others, highlighting continuity of service and policy stability as a feature of established firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Idohet R. Dow
Joseph F. Knapp
USZL
Imr
Hegeman
Ton
Ateo
Atpe Hezeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Comrary
Adna Life Insurance Company
A. Bulk Thomas
Mormin G. Morgan B. Brainar
Bulkele
Travelers
Tosurance Company
Ite Aetna
A. G. Batterson
Long-Standing American Family Businesses Highlighted
The article traces several firms in the United States that have remained in the same family for generations. It notes Du Pont's long family ownership and adds examples like Alexander Brown & Sons since 1800, Sussex National Bank since 1818, a Wilmington leather firm since 1702, and a Massachusetts paper company since 1799. The writer invites readers to share other century-old family businesses and asks which newspapers have remained in one family for a hundred years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont Company
America
du Pont
Balti- Toore
Ong
Alexander Brown & Sons
Newton
N. J
Sussex National
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Massachusetts
United States
Herald-Trisune
Newa Servios
Izzy and Moe Nab Whisky Load at Two Stores on Fifth Avenue
Izzy Einstein and Moe Silth, famed prohibition sleuths, seized 60 cases of Scotch whisky from Vanderbilt store and Madison Avenue Fruit Co. James Murphy, truck driver, was arrested for unloading whisky. Investigations found rear rooms in both shops stacked with liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nto Associates
New York
tTley Einstein
Moe Silth
Prohibition
Fifth Avenade
Vanderbile Fport & Grececy Co
Madison Avenue Fruit Company
Vanderbilt
Satan
Izzy
Moe
Tzzy
Murphy
MRS MAY CAREY DIES AFTER illness AT St Francis Hospital
Mrs May Carey 54 wife of Eugene Carey died at 7 pm Friday at St Francis hospital after about three months illness. She was born February 3 1871 at Clinton Iowa and lived in Douglas Fayette County before marriage to John Calhoun Rusmann in 1891. The couple lived in Davenport and Oelwein then Waterloo where their daughter Eudora was born. She later married Eugene F Carey on September 6 1905. She was active in First Baptist Church Rebekah lodge Women’s Benefit Association and other groups. Survived by husband and children Eudora Blanche Potters and others in Iowa Kansas Oklahoma and Florida. Funeral arrangements unknown.
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May Carey
Eugene &. Carey
St. Franeis Hospital
May Isabella Jones
Clinton
Douglas
Fayette County
John Calhoun Rusmann
Davenport
Oelwein
Eudora
Waterloo
Eugene F. Carey
Carty
First Baptist Church
Gino
DW. OR. C
Rebekah Lodge
Ben Gurlodge
Woman's Benefit Association
Blanche Potters
Walerion
Olidamt
Oklahoma City
Walnut Stree
Miners in Collins Shaft Hears Groans Prolong Rescue
Floyd Collins rescuers and state officials in Kentucky report faint groans heard from the trapped traveler as rescue work continues. Drilling advances to 71 feet with rock slides requiring removal of debris. The nation sends telegrams and prayers as father Lee Collins endures the vigil above the cave shaft.
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Shides
La‘en Alicial
Gen. Dennardt
Len
Sidylie
Collings
Busher
Newa Wire
Sand Cave
Peh
Lee Collins
Floyd Colline
Cal 2
Floyds de Viveranes
Matire
Mystery at the Met Opera Ends in Tears
New York audiences wonder why Mine Marie Jeritza delayed curtain calls after singing Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera House while Beniamina Gigli was missing. Jeritza’s husband Baron von Popper warns against probing questions as Gigli had reportedly dumped Jeritza from the stage two weeks earlier in another opera.
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New York
Marie Jerilza
Metropolitan Opera House
Beniamina Gigli
Gleli
Baron von Popper
Jeritza
Gigli
Des Moines Briefs Iowa Hardware Dealers Elect Leaders
W F Muller of Port Dodge was elected president and A R Sale of Mason City secretary of the Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers. Des Moines reports also note leaders in the Central Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America and other local notes. Walley Jonetson: Homer Thompson, 7 percent, for 20 years publisher of the Valley Express, died here.
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Des Moines
W. F. Muller
Port Dodge
A. R. Sale
Mason City
Iowa Retail Hardware Dealerg
Walley Jonetson
Homer Thompson
The
Valley Express
George E. Smith
Keokuk
Central Branch
Associated General Contractors of America
Raymond Kelly
Credit Mannager
du Town
H. S. Turley
Grinnell
Congregational
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
W. M. Jardine
Blunt
L. Curtis
Minneapolis
Tlag Tageson
Mapleton
M. W. Newby
District Court of Onans
Jlegal
Torder Spencer
Here
Algona
Sioux City
Clay County
State Railway Commission
Herman W. Caldwell
Zonta Tire & Rubber Co
Martin Hotel
Carelly
Northern Iowa
John Smith
Spencer
JT. Grant
Rolfe
G. H. Miefer
Pocahontas
Shenandoah
Sudan
Affrica
C. G. Guthrie
Page County
Hunt Gladioli Man Missing in Amnesia Case
Des Moines February 4 search for B R Beebe a gladioli grower missing for over a month expanded today with renewed efforts by his son C I Beebe Ellsworth Kansas who arrived to oversee the inquiry Beebe was last heard from in St Joseph Missouri where he owned an interest in a floral company Husson suspects he is a victim of amnesia.
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Des Moines
B. R. Beebe
C. If
Beebe
Ellsworth
Kan
St. Joseph
Husson
Loses Crossing Race Body Hid Free Ride Headline
Gothenburg Nebraska February 14 The body of John Lewis theatre owner and hotel man arrived from Cozad Nebraska. Lewis was instantly killed Friday night in an attempt to beat a Pacific train to a station. The train moved ten miles an hour and dragged wreckage over a mile on the cowcatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gothenburg
Neb
John Lewis
Cozad
Ets Lewis
Fia
Pacific
Gogales influenza defense urged with motor goggles
Feb 14 reports from Tandon and London note 76 influenza deaths in the past week across England and Scotland. Commander Lindop’s germ theory prompts advising travelers in crowded cars to wear motor goggles to block eye exposure. In Boston, a chased crook dropped three pounds of pure gold during a downtown pursuit. Police seek the bag believed to contain more gold. origin unknown. Pennsylvania crude oil prices rise 25 cents per barrel in lower grades as purchasing agencies announce the change.
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Tandon
London
England
Scotland
J. Lindop
Lindop
Boston
Pittsburgh
Fed
Pennsylvania
Purichasing
Hammill Proposes Three Cent Gasoline Tax Plan
Des Moines Feb 14 Gov Hammill transmitted to the legislature a message urging highway improvement and a three cent gasoline tax. He backs a state road system under the highway commission, 6,660 miles of primary roads surfaced in 14 years without bonds, funded by the tax, license fees, and federal aid. House committee members remain wary and may adjust the rate after further talks.
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Associated Press
Stairhouse
Des Moines
Hammill
Associated Contractors
State Highway Commission
Commission
Good’ Roads Association
House
Educator Declares Mother Goose a Moral Menace in Debate
New York Feb 14 Dr Winifred Sackville Stoner president of the national education forum labeled Mother Goose a moral menace in a radio debate with actor Henry Hull. She condemned tales like Little Jack Horner and Rock-a-Bye Baby while Hull argued no crime is tied to the old nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mother Goose
Larson
Winifred Sackville Stoner
National Education Forum
Henry Hull
Jack Horner
Stoner
Hull
Dr. Stone
New Bill Targets Destruction of Liquor in Des Moines
A bill before the Town senate defines the destruction of liquor as prima facie evidence of intoxication. Introduced by Senator Romkey after yesterday's late session, the measure stems from Burlington pledged to curb "goft drink" parlors.
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Des Moines
Senate
Romkey
Des Moinnes County
Burlington
Assassins Escape After Killing Bulgarian Envoy’s Advisor
Paris dispatch reports three persons implicated in the killing of Prof. Nicolai Mileff at Sofia. Mileff, recently named Bulgarian minister to the United States and editor of Slovo, had led a campaign against Bolshevism and was shot dead before escaping suspects fled.
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Associated Press
Paris
Nicolai Mileff
Sofia
Mileff
United States
Way
Slovo
Dr. Marion Burton Is Reported Better
Dr. Marion Leroy Burton president of the University of Michigan was reported improved today after a relapse caused by a slight hemorrhage from congested lungs. A fever accompanying the relapse abated today and his condition is said to be improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
Marion Leroy Burton
University of Michiigan
Burton
Weather Outlook For Week In Washington DC
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday covers the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with much cloudiness and occasional snows in the north and rain in the south. Temperatures are expected to run below normal most of the week.
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Washington, D. C
Upper Mississippi
Tower Missouri Valley
South
May Face Murder Charge for Sale of Friday 13th Booze
Philadelphia, Feb 14 A 15 year old girl found her mother dead in bed after a police raid on a saloon where she said the liquor was obtained for a Friday the thirteenth party. The bartender was arrested and the coroner said if death is alcohol related the liquor seller would be charged with murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sarah Kilfeather
Pallon
Moscow Trotsky Relieved From War Minister Council
Cable briefs report Leon Trotzky has been removed from the Soviet Council for Labor and Defense and will be replaced by M. W. Frans as the new war minister. The action cuts Trotzky off from the Soviet government. official announcement notes his loss of connection to the regime. London and Paris items cover disarmament conference hopes, a magazine secretary Espelo charges, and a legal case with writer Vin cente Blasco Ibanez. A London obituary notes Rev William Wilkinson’s death at 66. International wire reports describe a dynamite car explosion on a Bucharest train, causing four deaths and many injuries.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Counil For Labor and Defense
M.W. Frans
Trotzky
London
United States
Paris
Carlos Espelo
Vincento Blasco Ibanez
Cabellera Andaz
Espelo
Jetter Lo Ibanez
Wiliam L. Watkinson
Internations News
Bucharest
Des Moines Widow of Bank Bandit Is Released on Bond
New Orleans, February 14. Mrs. Nellie Dawsor Wright widow of William A. Wright killed at Mobile after the bank robbery was released from parish prison on a $1,000 bond signed by Nicholas Fernandez. She will stay at Fernandez’s home until after her April trial. Arrested in Jacksonville Florida she admitted possessing about $10,000 stolen from the Des Moines bank. She faces trial on that charge as well.
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New Orleans
Nellie Dawsor Wright
William A. Wright
Mobile
Nicholas Fernandez
Wright
Jacksonville
Fin
Indict Doctor and Nurse for Poisoning of Cedar Rapids Vet
Dr El mer South and Esther C Johnson former staff at Jefferson Barracks U S Veterans Hospital were indicted by the federal grand jury on involuntary manslaughter charges in the poisoning of Edward P Weston a World War I veteran Weston, treated for tuberculosis, was given a hazardous X ray prep powder instead of barium sulphate during care in St Louis Missouri in February.
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St. Louis
Elmer South
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Jefferson Barracks
Here
Esther C. Johnson
Federal Grand Jury
Edward P. Weston
Weston
Cedar Rapids
Birthday party tragedy as 3 girls die in hay barn fire
In Austin Texas a child's birthday party ended in catastrophe when three young girls died in a hay barn playhouse fire. Victims named Francis Cullen six, Dorothy Cullen four, and May Hardin six. Firemen recovered burned bodies as C J Cullen, father of two victims, returned home unaware with birthday gifts in his pockets.
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Austin
Tex
Hay Barn
Francis Cullen
Dorothy Cullen
May Hardin
C. J. Cullen
Dorothy
Missing Distillery Manager Surrenders on Alcohol Diversion
Frank L. Paterson former Rossville Distilling branch manager Lawrenceburg Ind surrendered to prohibition officials in Omaha Neb and confessed to diverting more than 6000 gallons of specially denatured alcohol from the company's stocks to bootleg sources in a nationwide search ending with his surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Frank L. Paterson
Rossville Distilling Company
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Jes 21
Prohibition
Drake University drive shows satisfactory progress
Progress in the $3,000,000 Drake university development program is being experienced satisfactorily according to President D. W. Morehouse. Nine projects are included in the program as part of the campaign to fund campus improvements and expand facilities in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Drake University
D. W. Morehouse
Greater Slusse Moines
Blaze Wipes Out Kansas City Motor Show
Fire at the Kansas City Motor Show destroyed 300 cars, 32 trucks, buses, and two airplanes plus the American Royal livestock pavilion in a blaze starting from crepe de chine decorations. Firemen faced water-plug shortages, gas tank explosions, and the death of Capt. John J. Grane as walls collapsed within two hours. Insurance coverage was not blanket for all exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas Cities
Man Accused of Beating Up Slayer in Murphy Case
Mapleton La Feb 14 An unusual aftermath of the Murphy murder develops with the arrest of Jack Gaare Dallas Wis who was with Murphy when the latter was killed H H V Chapin father of Merley Chapin the accused killer swore out the warrant on a charge of assault stating that Gaare beat his son severely after the shootings Merle Chapin is now a patient at the state insane asylum in giarinda
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Mapleton
Bb. P. Murphy
Jack Gaare
Dallas
Wis
Murphy
HH. V. Chapin
Merley Chapin
Guare
Merle Chapin
Ute
Giarinda
Three Men Die in Fight with Negroes
Orange Texas February 14 three white men are dead and two negroes are jailed after a shooting melee that grew from a campaign by white merchants to boost local trade. The dead include Joe Prejean 40 Basil Stokes 27 and Dallas Morris 26.
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Orange
Tex
Torlay
Joe Prejean
Dallas Morris
Prejean
Basil Stokes
Orange County
Fire alarms report multiple residence scares this morning
At 9:45 a m a chimney fire caused no damage at OQ Thomas Kimball and Mitchell avenues. At 11:40 a m Petra Walters 659 Summit Avenue reported chimney burning out with no damage. At 11:52 a m C I Wells residence had sparks on the roof with slight damage and at 11:52 a m Charles Pibish 427 Culler Street had late from oil burner with slight damage.
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O. Thomas
Kimball and
Mitchell Avenues
Petra Walters
Summit Avenue
C. 1. Wells
Charles Pibish
Culler Street
Boy of 4 Held for Payment of Bill in Centerville
In Centerville Ta Feb 14 Mrs Marie Thompson petitions for habeas corpus to gain custody of her four year old son Charles alleging he is being kept to pay a 114 dollar board bill to Mr and Mrs A J McElroy who cared for him after her husband E F Thompson, now divorced, placed the boy with them. She says the child was taken by misrepresentation.
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Centerville
Charles
A. J. McElroy
Marie Thompson
Difficult Problem on Exemption for Cattle Brought Up
An unsettled bankruptcy exemption dispute concerns William Mishler a Bremer county farmer. He holds a one half interest in livestock including 20 cows six calves 15 hogs and 30 pigs. The statute allows full exempt of five cows two calves five hogs and all pigs under six months. Creditors argue Mishler gets only half the exemption. Referee J B Jordan sides with creditors granting half the exemption. Judge George C Scott may rule this month.
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Uvestock
William Meishler
Bremer
J. B. Jordan
Iowa
Mishler
Mishier
Jordan
George C. Scott
GS. Court
Comedienne Becomes Lady Peel After Sir Robert Peel Death
Beatrice Lillie, star of Charlot's Revue in Chicago, inherits the title Lady Peel after the death of her father-in-law Sir Robert Peel. She declares she will not let the title interfere with her stage work for at least a year and plans to return to London next month before continuing with Charlot's Revue of 1925 in America.
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Chicago
Lady Peel
Drayton Manor
Inlaw
Robert Peel
Beatrice Lillie
Charles
Revtie
London
America
Charlot
Beatrice Littfe
Student Volunteers at Mount Vernon Conference
Mount Vernon Ja Feb 14 A desire among college students today to grasp the life of Christ as lived years ago was voiced by Robert P Wilder national secretary of the students volunteer movement in opening the Iowa state student volunteer conference. The conference continues today and tomorrow with attendees from Ames Upper Town Coe Parsons John Fletcher Grinnell University of Iowa Buena Vista State Teachers Central and Crundhy.
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Mount Vernon
Robert P. Wilder
Students’ Volunteer Movement
Towa State
Amaes
Upper Town
Coe
Parsons
John Fletcher
Grinnell
University of Iowa
Buena Vista
State Teachers Central
Crundhy
Miss Ethel Resor Returns to Y W C A Office
Miss Ethel Resor returns to the Y W C A business office after months away. She resigned as officer executive last summer following the death of Miss Almee Fagundus and had been doing Chanqunqa promotion work. Esther Peek, former Y W C A office assistant, relinquished her post this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Resor
Ywweg
Miss Resor
Almee Fagundus
Esther Peek
W. C
Army Officer Killed by Bus in Capital
Washington February 14 Lieut Col Robert R Lave United States army was killed when he fell or jumped in front of a heavy automobile bus here today He attempted to throw himself in front of a passing vehicle but the driver swerved and missed him A few minutes later the bus driver Oliver Carter told police Col Love cast himself in front of his bus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Robert R. Lave
United States Army
Sfeath
Oliver Carter
Carter
Love
Babe Smothers Baby Died in Ford Coupe While Parents Danced
Mason City Iowa Peb 14 The four ape may baby of Glen Hoisington Osage smothered to death when it was left alone in a Ford coupe The parents were attending a dance The infant was wrapped in blankets with a hot water bottle to keep warm
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Mason City
Glen Hoisington
Osage
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Vanderbilt Fruit & Grocery Co
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Josephine Miaions
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Leonard Masteller
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J. J. Muster
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St. Francis Hospital
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Shafy
City
Floyd
Ed Brenner
Cincinnati
Alex Bailey
Novisville
H. H. Denhardt
Military Board
Colli
Fareth
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Hunt Gladioli Man
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Crook
Messibe
Marion Burton
Cable Briefs
Bank Bandit
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Blaze
Kansas City Motor Show
Royal Live Stock Pavilion
John J. Grane
Montad Butte
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Roy Walsh
Jefferson County
Boulder
Albert J Johnson
Renova
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Gerald G. Stebbins
Hazel
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James Steinbeck
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Ffenny Otto
Hudson
Lillian Brees
Ernest T. Nalson
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Presbyterian Hospital
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