Sudden Tong War Shatters Calm of Chinese Colonies
A new tong war erupts across California with three deaths and five wounded in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Stockton. Chinese districts thronged by armed residents, police rush extra security, and fear spreads as witnesses refuse to talk. Early reports mention Chinese residents leaving for Redlands amid a longstanding feud between colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
Stockton
San
San Bernardino
Red Jands
Britain Breaks Boat Building Records in 1920
London February 26 A record for ship construction in 1920 was set by British yards with 618 ships launched totaling 2,055,624 tons. This surpassed 1919 figures by 433,182 tons, while American yard output fell by 1,599,132 tons versus 1918, and other nations showed varied results amid shifting global tonnage.
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Britain
Associated Press
London
Therchatt
Great Britain
Liords Register
Shipbuilding
United States
Japan
Norway
Sweden
Bright Lights' Prices Too High for Finders of 21-pound Gold Nugget
Local shoppers report the Bright Lights store on Thirty Street is asking thirty five cents and up for a 21 pound gold nugget. patrons claim the prices are too high and the sign at the door reflects premium rates, drawing skepticism from the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Min- Ees Cole
Congress Deliberates War Appropriations and Economic Hearings
In a series of hearings the Senate and House Appropriations committees review war and economic bills. Military affairs and manufactures panels discuss appropriation impacts while interstate commerce weighs in on wartime measures. The administration faces questions as panels examine fortifications and related funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HOUSE
Howat Contempt Case Decision May Be Rendered Today
District Judge A J Curran faces ruling on guilt or innocence for Alexander Howat and five UMWA officials charged with contempt of court. If guilty, sentencing follows, with possible jail time unless appeals and bonds are posted. The case touches the Kansas industrial court and a prior injunction barring fines on union members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Pittsboro
A. J. Curran
Alexander Howat
Kansas United Mine Workers of America
Curran
Addiion
Croweburg
Tothes
Kansas Court of Industrial Relations
Industrial Court
Howat
Allen
Nordustrial Court
Kansas
Steel Boss Gary Accused Of Slowing Economic Readjustment
In Washington on February 16 Representative Black of Texas charged United States Steel chairman E Gary with delaying recovery by maintaining high steel prices. He said prosperity arrives when all sectors perform their share in readjustment, criticizing steel coal and transportation for not doing their part while other industries bear the burden.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
E. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Representative Black
Texas
Black
Methodists Review Hospitals and Homes
Methodist prelates and clergymen from across the country gathered in Chicago for the third annual meeting of the National Methodist Hospitals and Home association. The group oversees 67 church hospitals 49 children s homes and 40 elderly homes serving 105 006 people nationwide while examining institutional work and shared challenges.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Methodist Hospitals and Home Association
Choren Hospitals
United States
Caruso Stricken By Heart Attack Fighting For Life
Enrico Caruso, famed tenor, lay near death at Vanderbilt Hotel after a heart attack while doctors said he still fought for life. Antonio Scotti, Parione, among first to see him, said it was hard to speak as tears came to his eyes. The hotel crowd formed a police cordon as physicians prepared for possible emergency measures.
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Antonio Scotti
Pariioné
Caruso
Tts
Scotti
Vanderbilt Hole
Missouri Boxer Dies After Merciless Beating Fight Result
Local lightweight Harry Hamilton dies from injuries after a bout with Frankie Dean in Waterloo Iowa. Dean's uppercut sent Hamilton through the ropes in the eighth round and the referee stopped the match as Hamilton collapsed, later to lapse into unconsciousness. Fire at Kappa Gamma sorority house in Iowa City causes about 500 damage, started by an overheated chimney. Miss Marguerite Flickinger and Miss Margaret Mulroney wake residents and summon help.
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Missouri
Waterloo
Precey
Harry Hamilton
Frankie Dean
Kanity
Hamilton
Dean
Flamston
Iowa City
Kappa Gamma
Marguerite Flickinger
Margaret Mulroney
Fort Dodge
Miss Flickinger
Miss Mulroney
White Sox Players Win And Lose In Conspiracy Case
Chicago officials report White Sox players facing charges of conspiring to throw the 1919 World Series won a ruling that the state must provide a bill of particulars and additional evidence for trial. Judge Dever denied separate trials for Buck Weaver and denied separating counts on contract violations. The ruling advances toward a March 1 deadline for defense disclosure, with trial to begin about two weeks later.
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United Press
Chicago
White Sox
William &. Dever
Buck Weaver
Cincinnati
Sox
Dever
Thomas Ahearn
Benedict Short
Wee Bester
Weaver
Short
Pepe
Des Moines Bandits Rob Theatre and Oil Station
Two masked robbers bound Bert Blackwell at the Majestic theatre and took about $1,000 from its safe while a Standard Oil filling station safe was opened similarly, yielding $159. Police suspect the same pair carried out both robberies in Des Moines early today.
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Des Moines
Yeggs
Bert Blackwell
Majestic Theatre
Playhouse
House Credits Saving 100 Millions in Appropriations
United Press reports Washington February 16 that the house cut appropriations for the next fiscal year by 100 million 468861.69 dollars from current year totals. With annual expenditures near four billion dollars this reduction likely won’t enable drastic tax cuts, even if the senate does not wipe out the save.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
House
Mondell
Senate
Mystery of Missing Aviator Is Unsolved
The search for Lieut. Alexander Pearson Jr. who vanished six days ago after attempting a flight from El Paso continues with no clear lead. An army of officials and volunteers suspects the disappearance may take months to resolve.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Tex
Alexander Pearson, Jr
el Paso
Herren to boost proposed bicess e law for realtors
William J. Herren of Waterloo, president of the Iowa Association of Real Estate Boards, will represent the Des Moines area at the early hearings on the state license law for real estate. He will be joined by W. G. Crovier of Waterloo, Robert B. Wallace of Council Bluffs, and John Z. Wagner of Cedar Rapids, who helped organize a real estate board at Fort Dodge last Saturday as part of a year long program.
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William J. Herren
Waterloo
Iowa Association At
Waterloo Real Estate Board
Bes Moines
Herren
Waterino Board
Russelll Lamson
Surgeon Removes Own Appendix With Nurse Help
Dr. Evan O Neill Kane chief surgeon at Kane Summit hospital performed a self appendix removal aided by a nurse. He was on an operating table and rapidly recovering after the dramatic procedure yesterday with only two local anesthetics used. Kane is 60 years old.
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United Press
Kane
Evan O'Neill Kane
Kane Summit Hospital
Wilson to Follow Precedent in Inauguration Plans
President Wilson aims to honor customary steps for the outgoing president's role in the transition. He reportedly wrote to President-elect Harding seeking the latter's preference on a White House luncheon for guests after Harding enters the White House. Wilson holds the inaugural plats from the congressional committee and awaits Harding's reply via telegraph.
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Wilson
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
White House
Harding
Willson
Congressional Inaugural Committee
St. Augustine
Ottumwa Railway Case Gets Rehearing Order
Iowa Supreme Court grants Ottumwa petition for a March term rehearing in the Ottumwa railway and light case. The decision under appeal affects Des Moines and other cities, testing streetcar fare regulation and whether the city has rate setting power. Arguments focus on rate setting authority and how a carrier might bypass maximum rate limits while keeping its franchise.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowal Supreme Court
Ottumwa
Ottumwa Railroad
Iowa
Packers Face Cold Storage Bill Pressure in Senate
Washington, D. C. February 16. Senator Kenyon and others charged that meat packers are trying to strangle pending government regulation of cold storage. Chairman Gronna said he would call up the conference report on the bill after the emergency tariff measure. Kenyon warned the packers appear more powerful than the government and noted he and other senators are flooded with telegrams opposing the measure.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Gronra
Agricultural Committee
Kenyon
Iowa
Winter Wind Dims Hopes for Early Spring
A brisk west wind cooled the city after a brief patch of mild weather. Temperatures hovered near freezing with increasing clouds and a chance of snow. Despite the chill, reports from Hackett and Castle Hill noted robins and geese, while Cedar River ran high and muddy from melting snow, signaling a short-lived spring spell.
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Florida
Hackett
Castle Hill
Cedar River
Gospel Skipper to Speak Tonight at Missionary Meeting
Rev John Tildenatta of Thonze Burma famed as the gospel skipper will headline a missionary conference opening at 7 30 PM at Walnut Street Baptist Church The two day event aims to boost foreign missions with speakers including Harry S Meyers Henry Bond and Mrs S C Jennings Delegates from nearby cities are expected and the event is open to the public
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John Tildenatta
Thonze
Burma
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Iowa
Northern Baptist Territory
First Baptist Church
Harry S. Meyers
Henry Bond
Vermont
S C. Jennings
Woman's’ Home Mission Society
Robert_d. Burdette
Houston Delays Foreign Loan Approvals For Senate Review
Secretary Houston agreed with the senate judiciary committee to pause any additional advances to foreign governments until the panel can deliberate. Senator Reed plans to probe authority, dates, and purposes of credits, examining loans to Czecho-Slovakia, with a 1918 letter about recognition and authorization. The initial commitment to Czecho-Slovakia totaled 7.62 million.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Houston
Senate Judiciary Committee
Treasury
Manston
Reed
Missouri
Czecho-Slovakia
Wilson
White House
Man of Mystery to Be Deported as Alien Undesirable
Soren Florient a Belgian believed to be Waterloo's man of mystery is to be deported as an alien undesirable. An immigration agent announced he arrived to investigate the case and Florient has been confined in the county jail for months. He has never given an intelligible account of himself or his relatives. Evidence suggests his home is Belgium and he will be deported there. Detention has left him mutely silent for days, officials suspect mental affliction.
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Soren Florient
Waterloo
Bureau of Immigration
Florient
Belgium
Fathers Cannot Deny Sons Under New Test to Prove Parentage
Superior Judge Graham endorsed Dr. Albert Abrams method from San Francisco that uses electronic vibrations of blood to prove paternity. He ordered Paul Vittori to pay for the wife’s support after finding the vibrations matched between Vittori and the child.
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Iuperior
Graham
Albert Abrams
San Francisco
Paul Vittori
Vittori
Dr. Abrams
Man Protests Exclusion by White at Democrats Parley
New York February 16 Bryan R. C. Roper Nebraska Democrat protests against exclusion of Bryani from a national committee conference in Washington on party reorganization. He urges a focus on real issues and a people’s party with a policy to win.
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Bryan Man
White
United Press
New York
Democrac
R. C. Roper
Bryani
Nebraska
George White
Democrats ‘National Committee
Washington
Roper
Wood May Accept Post in Philippines
Major General Leonard Wood travels toward St Augustine Florida likely to confer with President-elect Harding about a reported appointment as governor general of the Philippines He is seen as Harding's choice to succeed Frederick Burton Harrison and his friends expect he will accept the post.
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United Press
Chicago
Leonard Wood
St. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Philippines
Wood
Frederick Burton Harrison
Fem
LinER AGROUND TWO HUNDRED TAKEN OFF LINER SAO VINCENTE
Two hundred passengers were taken ashore in tugs today from the stranded liner Sao Vincente which grounded on Packets Ledge here last night. Miss Mildred Carr of New Bedford married Barton Fischer in Charles City this morning.
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United Pres
New Bedford
Mass
Mildred Carr
Barton Fischer
Charles City
Rev. Flw. Court
Fischer
Fire Threatens Fennimore Wis Business District
A blaze started in the Fennimore Lumber company yard at 10:30 today and spread rapidly through the town of 3000, threatening to destroy a large portion of Fennimore’s business district. The fire department could not quell the flames as the blaze swept toward Parker and Mitchell warehouses, the post office, telephone building, and other shops, with communication to the town cut off temporarily. Volunteer firefighters fought the blaze as noon reports said the fire was beyond the control of the local department.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Fennimore Lumber Company
Fennimore
Wis
Platteville
Parker & Mitchell
Star Department
High Y staff to visit Waterloo in May
Fletcher Brockman associate general secretary of the international committee of the Y M C A will visit Waterloo in May for a northeastern Iowa Y M C A representatives meeting. Brockman ranks just behind John R Mott as a world leader, and will visit only four Iowa sites on this trip. The notice also mentions Brockman’s role in China’s YMCA developments and an appointment for S A Cogadan to the industrial committee of the Lake Geneva summer school. Plans for spring and summer boys work and potential membership limits at the Y M C A are discussed, with space constraints in the O A building and basement renovations for group meetings. The camera club rooms and boys clubs resume activities, with the boys lab at Union Congregational Church under F W Richardson.
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Fletcher Brockman
International Committee
Waterloo
S. A. Codagan
Brockman
Iowa
John R. Mott
Mott
Bracewen
China
Y. MC. A
Committee On
O. A
Camera Club
F. W. Richardson
Union Congregational Church
Grace M. EB
Reed Rails at Aid Given Tariff Bill by Demo Senators
The Senate, after an hour's debate, adopted a committee amendment imposing a two cent per pound duty on preserved or condensed milk and five cents per pound on sugar of milk. Senator Reed assailed the tariff measure as a buccaneering expedition and accused Democratic members of backing it for gain, urging seating changes to the Republican rear.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Reed
Missouri
Congress
Liquor Interests Accused of Looting Treasury Funds
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey charges an effort in the senate to loot two billion dollars from the federal treasury. He says refunds claimed by taxpayers are involved and that Smoot of Utah warned of a movement in the treasury to return billions to distillers and brewers.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Senate
Fretinghuysen
Smoot
Utah
Treasury Department
Iowa Lawmaker Pushes Double Election Board Bill
Des Moines reports the Iowa House approved a double election board plan for counties with 200 or more electors, splitting duties between a receiving and a counting board. A separate bill would adjust party circles on tickets when voting machines are used. TheHouse also eyed a council member specific seat rule, and vacation plans were set for Feb 25 to March 2. A graft probe update noted a legislative affairs committee expected a report within days, with McClenehan again testifying about lecture fee legality and recent remissions.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Double Election Board
Iowal
Friends of the Bill
Parsons
House
Committee On Municipal Corporations
Hauge
Senate
Donhowe
Whitmore
United Press
WeClenehan
R. W_ C_ Kendrick
McClenehan
Oil Stock Salesman Held for Big Fraud
Denver promoter John E. La Shar and his wife Mrs. M. E. La Shar were arrested after indictments by the grand jury. Charged with frauds totaling nearly 300000 dollars in oil stock sales, police said.
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Unites Press
Denver
Colo
John E. la Shar
M. E. la Shar
la Shar
Physician Attends Insurance Meeting Here by Airplane
Brockholdera of the Medical Life Insurance Company of America held their first meeting yesterday at Hotel Russell-Lamson to discuss future action. The four month old company with a $300,000 capital stock aims to solicit business and insure those unable to pass examinations required by other insurers. Doctor W A Rohit presides, with Dr C E Drakin, Dr J B Brinkman, Jake Schultz, and M A Kepple as officers. Headquarters are in the Black Hawk Hawk building.
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Brockholdera
Medical Life Insurance Company of America
Russell-Lamson
J. A. Turner
Fort Dodge
Byrnes Park
W. A. Rohit
Waverly
C. E. Drakin
Mason City
J.B. Brinkman
Waterloo
Jake Schultz
M. A. Kepple
Nashua
Black Hawk Hawk
Hatfield Took Money of Slain Detective Witness Testifies
Sid Hatfield, among 19 defendants in the Matewan battle trial, testifies he found money in the pocketbook of detective Felts leader after May fighting. Johnson on cross says Hatfield, as an officer, might hand over funds to the district attorney. Mrs. Hatfield identifies two armed men near the scene and recalls the gun battle fading. Gov Cornwell protests troop removal and resends telegram over federal troops in Mingo.
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Hatfield
United Press
Williamson
W. Va
Sid Hatfield
Matewan
Felts
Baldwin-Feits
Allen Johnson
Johnson
Seits
Sid
Kenner Hatfield
Reece
Ed Chambers
Chambers
Mrs. Hatfield
Associated Press
Charleston
Cornwell
Howard Sutherand
West Virginia
Washington
Mingo
Secretary of War
Colored Troops in Germany Debate Withdrawal Demand
Washington February 16 Representative Britten urged a House Foreign Affairs Committee report directing the state department to request France withdraw 80,000 French colonial troops from Germany. He argued that humanity Christianity civilization and protection of the white race demand their withdrawal.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Britten
Iling
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Z Britten
House Turns Down Irish Recognition
The House Foreign Affairs Committee rejected Representative Burke of Pennsylvania on February 16 in Washington. The committee said there was no likelihood the resolution recognizing an Irish republic would be reported to the House during this session.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Burke
Pennsylvania
House
Senate Tariff Amendment Boosts Sugar Duty One Cent
Telegraph briefs from Washington London Paris San Juan and Chicago report a tariff amendment increasing sugar imports duty by one cent a pound. Other items note Typhus deaths in New York and Wilson's cabinet meeting aims and deportation appeals while ads list real estate and goods for sale with local agents and services.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
London
Lford George
Gen. Strickland
Cork
Ireland
Paris
Ieit
France
AEL
San Juan
Porto Rico
Yager
Chicago
Illinois Agricultural Association
New York
Ocallaghan
United States
Wilson
White House
Norfolk
Inland Daily Press
St. Catharines
Guelph
Bismarck
N. D
North Dakota
Nonpartisan League
A. C. Townley
League
Berlin
Texas
Kansas Farmer
Ano
Bremen
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Ottumwa Railway and Light Company
Packers
U. Si—Kenyon
Missionary
Maya
Ise
U.S
Iowa House
Pol Tate
Ec Aliante da
Bern
Baltimore St
Car
Shanks School
B. M. Storm & Co
Courier
I. C
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Nichols & Gates Furniture Co
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Nichols & Gate Furniture
Wellington
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