Insurance probes loom in Iowa Senate debate
In Des Moines on February 19 the Iowa Senate opened an insurance investigation debate led by Bestar McIntosh. The resolution passed to probe the insurance industry and state department, with a committee to study practices of several named firms over dividends, contracts, and regulatory enforcement. Senator Browne urged review of six firms for illegal dividends and broader insurance sales abuses.
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Associated Press
State Capitol
Des Moines
Bestar Mcintosh
Decature County
Senate
McIntosh
State Insurance Department
Browne
Desfines
Jackson County
Senate Insurance Investigating Committee
Inter-Ocean
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines Life & Annus Moines
National Fidelity
Sioux City
Hawkeye Security Fire
North American National Fire
Des Fire Insurance Company
Grain Belt Hail Insurance Company
Des Moines Reinsurance Fire Company
State Lite
Royal Union
Liberty Life
Iowa
Towa
Commissioner of Insurance
Agen
Martin Invineltle
Henry George
Paper delivery cutoff notice and phone remedy
The Courier will be delivered before 5 30 o clock. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 5 30 p m.
Mellon and Miller Clash Over Bonus Juggling
New York reports a heated exchange between Secretary Mellon and alien Property Custodian Miller over charges that bonus estimates were manipulated. Washington sent letters to Coolidge as Harrison calls for inquiry, Rainey moves the issue to the House, and Treasury officials seek confirmation of quoted assertions amid the dispute.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mellon
Thomas W. Miller
New York
White House
Congress
Coolidge
Harrison
Mississippi
House
Representative Rainey
Illinois
Miller
Treasury
High Treasury
Department
Five anarchists and five policemen die in Sofia clash
A house raid on a secret anarchist meeting in Sofia ends in fire and deaths. Five anarchists and five police are killed as attackers attempt to escape, while revolutionary songs are reportedly sung. Other items note Grimsby fish trade strike, Rome floods, London liquor tax push, and Lenine tomb reopening.
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Grimsby
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Honolulu
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Washington
Prices in England Rise as Dock Strike Bites
London February 19 AP reports British business leaders grumble over dock strike halting American mail. Households fear rising prices as traders cite unavoidable hikes in meat and fruit. Officials say cabinet info confirms meat and other prices up 33 to 30 percent.
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Associated Press
London
Sia Ignieszi
Poincare Experts Propose 20 Percent Mortgage Tax Rise
Paris reports Premier Poincare wins a 315 to 123 vote in the chamber for a 20 percent tax increase as part of a third reform program. Opposition at the time was fierce but the government secured confidence votes amid a volatile franc. A separate plan foresees a German gold based mortgage on railway assets to stabilize payments to allied creditors, with France taking the largest share and potential U.S. involvement in a modest international loan.
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Germany
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Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
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Ruhr
Wolvin Line Seeks Mexican Concession
Wolvin Line seeks a 325,000,000 loan to the Mexican government in exchange for agricultural land and lumbering concessions in several gulf and southern states. Negotiations are led by Capt. B W Wolvin of Duluth, with Ramon F P Denegri, Mexican secretary of agriculture, saying no petition has been presented yet.
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Associated, Press
Mexico City
Gulf
Republic
Wolvin
Duluth
Minn
Ramon FP. Denegri
Scarlet Fever spread checked at Tripoli school
Tripoli Ia Feb 19 Special City and school officials believe they have checked scarlet fever which had been reported intermittently for several months. Schaott was closed last week for fumigation. work resumed Monday. Only four cases now are known and each is mild.
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Street Car Crash Injures 25 in Chicago Collision
Twenty five passengers on two crowded street cars were injured when their cars collided at a west side intersection. Slippery rails blamed. brakes failed on a heavy Chicago avenue car, slamming into an Ashland avenue car and pushing it off the tracks. Several passengers trampled while escaping in a panicked dash.
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Chicago
Ramapo Rejoins Mooring Duties After Shenandoah Flight Cancel
In San Francisco on February 19 the Ramapo, earlier ordered to moorings for the Shenandoah dirigible, resumes service at Mare Island as a mooring ship. Officials cite the Shenandoah flight cancellation by President Coolidge as the reason for the order change.
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U.S. 5
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Naval Transport Service
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Fairfield Ouster Cases Thrown Out in Iowa City
Fairfield Iowa Feb 13 District Judge William Walker dismissed ouster proceedings against Mayor Sanford Zeigler Jr Councilman JW Price and Harry N Brandall Water after thorough review The judge found the cases not brought in good faith by Fairfield citizens and assessed all costs against the complainants The ruling ends the ouster effort in this city for now
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Fairfield
Sanford Zeigler, Jr
JW. Price
Harry N. Brandall
William Walker
Judgal Walker
Vote on Proposal to Change Manchester Government
Heavy voting reported at Manchester Iowa as residents decide whether to switch from mayor and council to a commission form. Voters filled the polls at noon with all eligible individuals exercising their right. A mass meeting in the Armory heard final legal arguments on the paying contract tied to the change, with city attorney Leo Tierney Alfred Longley of Waterloo and other prominent state attorneys stressing that contracts signed by the current administration must be fulfilled by any future government.
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Manchester
Leo Tierney
Alfred Longley
Waterloo
Presbyterian Fund for Missions Shortfall Threatens Cuts
New York reports that failure to raise a third of the $15,060,000 needed for foreign missions by April 1 may force drastic curtailment. Dr. Robert W. Speer informed 62 of 66 metropolitan Presbyterian congregations that contributions total under $4.5 million, reflecting donor confidence amid religious controversies.
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New York
West
Presbyterian Church
Davis Building To Rise Eight Stories In Hawkeye Move
The Davis Building will gain three floors, reaching eight stories. Paul Davis dry goods will occupy the first five floors, with offices on the sixth. Hawkeye Oil will move its executive offices to the seventh and eighth floors, while the firm’s printing, labs, and warehouses stay in the old building. John G. Ralston approves the design to match the original five stories. Construction by John G. Miller Construction resumes when weather allows.
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Paul Davis
Hawkeye Gusher
Hawkeye Oil Company
Oil Company
Miles Street
John G. Ralston
John G. Miller Construction Company
Tonight We Vote to Name the Republican Presidential Candidate
Voters in Black Hawk County meet in precinct caucuses to choose delegates to the county convention and thus influence the party's presidential nominee. The Waterloo caucus is at the courthouse at 7 o'clock, with other precincts holding similar gatherings this evening.
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Washington
White House
Black Hawk County
Tom
Joe
Mary
Jane
Waterloo
Silence Policy Shifts Oil Lease Scandal Reports
President Coolidge enforces a policy of silence amid oil lease scandal disclosures. Attor ney General Daugherty resists critics as cabinet meets without statements. Senate calls for Theodore Roosevelt's resignation as pressure grows over Navy oil program probes.
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Daugherty
Retird
Mike
Wheeler
Montana
Pennnds Roosevelt
Pat Morrison
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Harrison
Denbyets
Mooosevelt
Iowa ties to oil and veteran probes through marriage
Des Moines bulletin notes a Marshalltown native linked to both the Doheny oil investigation and the veterans bureau. Judee J. J. Kamar lists Webster Chey, Doheny’s wife, as a former Marshalltown resident. Charles Wortes, ex-head of the bureau, is identified as the contractor who built Shenandoah’s Elks club in 1912, and he married Shenandoah woman Mrs. Kittie McGogy.
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Doheny
Veterans’ Bureau
Emphia
Judee J. J. Kamar
Webster Chey
Mollywood
Marshalltown
Charles
Wortes
Veterans” Bureau
Elks Club
Shenandoah
Tenement Fire Kills Thirteen in New York Ghetto
A fast moving blaze in a five story tenement on New York City's Lower East Side killed thirteen people, including seven children, as flames raced from basement to roof. An epileptic vendor, Louis Choenfield, was briefly detained but later released after police determined he and three men had no involvement.
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Lower East Side
Dean
Louis Choenfield
Choenfield
Milting and Marketing Costs of Hard Spring Wheat Flour
Washington February 19 the tariff commission began hearings on milling and marketing costs for hard spring wheat flour The preliminary US cost shows milling expenses 9 7860 Canada 30 1405 marketing 3598 and 2310 plus general administrative expenses 0 0843 and in Canada 0 1088 The total cost of milling and marketing is 0 5808 per hundred pounds in the United States and 0 4803 in Canada
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Washington
Tariff Commission
United States
Canada
Farmer Severely Burned in Jones County Blaze
Cedar Rapids Feb 19 Laurence Sorenson suffered burns that may cause his death and eight head of horses 11 fine cows and 18 calves were burned to death when fire destroyed the large barn of his father Charles Torenson a Jones county farmer thirty tons of hay and much farm machinery also destroyed a bucket brigade saved other buildings on the farm
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Cedar Rapids
Laurence Sorenson
Charles Torenson
Jones County
Telegraph Briefs From Global Dispatches
Telegraph briefs report sympathy for Ambassador Wiedfeldt over his positioned role in the Washington flag incident. Rome suffers water shortage inconveniencing residents and visitors. Rome papers note Panarabic envoy to Italy. New York dancer Trene Castle seeks prosecutors to charge a jeweler with grand larceny over a $7,000 pearl necklace pawned for appraisal. Cairo dispatch says Egypt gave Howard Carter 48 hours to resume Tutankhamen tomb work or lose license.
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Wiedfeldt
Washington
Rome
Yourenett
London
Exchange
Cairo
Howard Carter
Tut-Anih-Amen
House Votes Down Mellon Plan for Democratic Tax Rate
The House rejected the Mellon normal income tax and surtax rates, approving the Democratic substitute in the revenue bill. A Washington report notes the vote outcome and outlines the change in tax plan before final passage.
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Washington, I. c
House
Court ruling reopens saloons and soft drink parlors in Chicago
In Chicago on February 19 the municipal court ruled that mayor Dever’s revocation of soft drink parlor licenses was invalid, allowing 5000+ coffee shops saloons and soft drink parlors to reopen. Concurrently Chief Justice John R. Caverly held that warrants issued for "John Doe" were unconstitutional, granting new lease on existence to venues.
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Chicago
Fes
Dever
Larry M. Walker
Lcenses
John R. Caverly
Criminal Court
Oil Probers Seek Immunity in Oil Scandal Probe
Washington reports show the Senate oil committee held a secret session to pursue a major new lead in the Teapot Dome affair. Witnesses from Benkard & Co were summoned, while immunity talks were opened with counsel for key figures, as committee members weigh disclosures and next steps.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Washington
Senate Oil Committee
Marty Payne Whitney
New York
W. PB. Benkard & Co
Boukard
Whitney
Aden Pomerenc
Owen J. Roberts
Gil
Senate
D. Bowers
Laughlin, Girard, Bowtre & Tialpin
J. Hi
Benkard
Bituminous Miners Sign 3 Year Contract
Jacksonville, Pa. Feb 15 The policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America voted unanimously to approve a three year contract for central competitive field miners. A section voiced. Immediately before the joint conference of miners and operators began, the session was to be a formal signing of the agreement.
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Palicy Committee
United Mine Workers of America
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