Waterloos New Presbyterian Hospital Plans Planned For March
Construction plans for the Presbyterian hospital in Waterloo were refined after a visit by Richard Schmidt of Schmidt Garden and Martin. Plans and cost estimates will be submitted about March 15, with a fireproof, ornate building to be located near Leavitt and Eighth streets. The project aims to meet urgent emergency hospital needs and potential city delegation of the old hospital.
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New Presbyterian Hospital
Richard 4
Schmidt
Waterloo
The
Hospital Association
Leavitt and
Eighth Streets
Messrs. Schmidt
Garden & Martin
Army
United States
East Commercial Club Rooms
Greater Waterloo Association
Old Presbyterian Hospital
Domestic Questions Reservation Up for Senate Debate Today
The Senate considered the domestic questions reservation to the peace treaty after yesterday’s 61 to 4 vote on mandatories. Lodge proposed giving the United States power to decide issues like immigration as internal and not under League of Nations jurisdiction. Democrats favor Hitchcock substitute stating no member nation must submit domestic questions to the league. Republicans say the draft amends the treaty and requires approval from other signatories.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Jlodge
United States
League of Nations
Democras
League
Anti-Profiteering Group Sets Milk Price in Chicago
The Anti Profiteering league announced Chicago milk will sell next week at 11 cents a quart in four stores under the board of education guidance. The current price is 15 cents a quart.
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Associated Presa
Chicago
Anti+ Profiteering league
Board of Adveation
Giraffe Topmost Quinsy Strains Central Park Zoo
The Central Park Zoo faces a major setback as its giraffe Topmost contracts quinsy. Keeper Hurton reports a long treatment involving absorbent cotton and 10 yards of red fabric to bandage the affected area, a crisis described with bleak humor by staff.
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New York
Central Park Zoo
Topmost
Hurton
Former Waterloo Fireman Quells Traer House Blaze
Roy Robbins, ex Waterloo firefighter, aided by his experience, controlled and extinguished a attic fire in Traer after arriving with a local transport company. He reached the attic and doused the flames within minutes, though roof damage and water intrusion occurred. Robbins received a complete clothing outfit from the city before continuing to Garwin.
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Roy Robbins
Waterloo
Traer
Robbins
Garwin
Waterloo Auto Transportation Company
French Premier Opposes Rail Strike Intervention
Paris February 87 The government faces railway labor unrest as Premier Millerand arrives to review the dispute with unions. He advises workers to seek arbitration over the Campanaud dismissal that sparked the strike on the Paris Lyon Mediterranean line. Minister Le Troguer says discipline limits government action but hints at future rail labor absence clauses.
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Paris
Paris, Lyons ,and Mediterranean Railway Co
Millerand
Campanaud
Lyons
Mediterranean
M. Millerand
le Troguer
Allied council to probe high prices and exchange in London
The allied supreme council will split into two bodies to thoroughly investigate high prices, exchange, profiteer rings, scarce commodities, production, and transport. Premiers Nitti and Millerand may extend their London stay as talks focus on Europe with Japan absent and Serbia’s Pachitch arriving for talks with Lloyd George.
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Associated Press
London
Allied Supreme Council
Nitti
Italy
Millerand
France
Europe
Japan
NP. Pachitch
Serbia
Lloyd George
Courier Delivery Deadline and Courtesy Call Policy
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 40 o clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other causes, call 3830 and a replacement copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 0 50 p m.
U S compares rising living costs amid overseas price jumps
Attorney General Palmer orders an investigation in Kentucky after a resigning fair price commission joins the campaign against high living costs. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that U S retail food prices rose 88 percent since July 1914, with Britain up 116 percent and Panama 93 percent by September 1919, while Australia and New Zealand rose less than the United States.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Palmer Talay
Kentucky
Pernally
United States
America
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ausralia
New Zealand
Great
Britain
Panama
River Barge System Justified Urges Inland Transport Study
Washington February 27 United States railroad administration official urges an experiment in river barge transport and reports a complete economic justification. The 1919 operations on the New York Barge Canal Delaware and Raritan canal lower Mississippi river and Chesapeake canal show freight handling costs from 96 cents to 1.4 dollars per ton with over 65000 dollars needed for equipment. Local movement totals 96325 tons with average earnings of 3.54 dollars per ton.
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Iberated’ Press
Washington,d. C
Count Liison
Division of Inland Waterways
Railroad Administration
Hines
Tomlinson
New York Barge
Delaware and Raritan
Mississippi
St Louis
New Orleans
Chesapeake Canal
Mississippi River
Man Escapes Noose Cleared and Awarded Five Thousand
Jackson Miss February 27 the lower house votes five thousand dollars to Will Purvin Lamar county farmer for facing gallows and being exonerated of murder charge in Buckeley killing near Columbia Mississippi. Purvis was spared when noose slipped and sentence commuted to life. two years later Joe Beard. cousin of Buckeley, helped passage of compensation bill.
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Jackson
Miss
Will Purvin
Lamar County
Will Buckeley
Columbia
Purvis
Joe Beard
Buckeley
Clinics to Close As Medical Congress Ends
Chicago journals report that hospital clinics will close today and tomorrow as the fourth annual Congress on Internal Medicine ends. Three hundred candidates from a 1620 class were admitted to the College of Physicians.
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Associated Peass
Chicago
Congress On Internal Medicine
American College of Physicians
College of Physicians
Syndicalists Convicted in Spokane Trial
Chester Brown and seven other alleged I W W members were found guilty of criminal syndicalism by a Spokane superior court jury. David Laury and John Jones were acquitted.
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Associated’ Press
Spokane
Wash
Chester Brown
Industrial Workers of the World
Superior Court
David Laury
John Jones
Adriatic note land's stance relayed to White House
Washington reports the British and French premiers sent a reply on the Adriatic question to President Wilson. The text was decoded and kept private awaiting the president's review. Wilson's note reiterates America’s wartime principles and opposes ceding or altering the terms, urging restraint from Italy and Jugoslavia.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
State Department
White House
Wilson
Nate
Senate
U. K
Atlantic
United States
Goding
Am ‘Bassador Davis
London
Fiume
America
Ttaly
Free State
Jugo-Stavs
Albania
Br Leadjne
France
Great Britain
Italy
Adriatic
French Escape by Hard Fight From Turks in Marash
Official dispatches report French troops in Marash Aleppo Syria fighting Turkish forces. French contingents extricated after heavy combat and withdrew leaving wounded to be cared for by the American Red Cross. Massacres of Armenians in the district are confirmed by the same source.
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Uhe Associated Press
London
Marash
Aleppo
Syria
Red Cross
Massicres
Lenine Claim on Constantinople Spurs 1915 Promise Discussion
Geneva reports a Bolshevik pamphlet attributed to Nikoli Lenine alleges Constantinople belongs to Russia under a 1915 promise. It questions why the allies are debating the city’s fate and asserts Russia’s claim if needed.
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Geneva
French airmen land safely near Timbuctoo Mentaka
Major Vuille firm piloted and Lieut Chalus an observer were lost for more than two weeks during a Sahara crossing. They reportedly landed safely at Mentaka village, one mile east of Timbuctoo beside the Niger river. Details of their ordeal are not released.
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Associated Press
Paris
Vuillenin
Chalus
Sahara Desert
French, Aviation
Mentaka
Timbuctoo
Niger River
Illinois Sheriffs Endorse Prisoner Witness Hangings Plan
Springfield Indiana telegraph reports the Illinois Sheriffs Association backed allowing prisoners to witness hangings. The annual meeting approved Charles W. Peters of Chicago leading the plan to amend laws permitting sheriff discretion to permit observers at executions.
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Springfield
Charles W. Peters
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Peters
Wisconsin Man Killed in France for 4, Getting Wounds
Madison reports a war casualty ratio of one killed for every four and a half wounded among Wisconsin troops in France. The state tally lists 1111 officers and 2528 men in various death categories including killed in action, died of wounds, and disease.
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Wisconsin
France
Madison
Wis
Wie
A. RE. P
Van Eyck Altar Piece Sale Rejected by Germany
Berlin February 27 An American offer of 6 000 000 marks for sections of the Van Eyck altarpiece once in Ghent and now in Berlin was refused by the Tageblatt. The treasure must be returned to Belgium under the Versailles treaty as part of compensation for German holdings.
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Berlin
Jan
Hubert
van Eyck
St. Ba Ghent
Tageblatt
Belgium
Versailles
Germany
Hoheprollern Family
Iim Mattlement
Sala
Three Airships Lost in Flight Over Britain
Report from the air ministry says three British airships left Chester for Dublin Saturday and should have arrived in three hours. One presumed ship was seen sinking off the Scilly Islands with rescue efforts continuing for the crew.
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Britain
Briny
London
Chester
Dublin
Air Ministry
Scilly Island
Packers Decree Ends Big Five Meat Control in US
The court decree divests the major packing firms of interests in stockyards railroads and terminals, bars them from retail meat, and confines their future activities to distributing meat and byproducts under ongoing supervision. Palmer says the order promotes competition and public welfare by reducing monopoly power and easing reconstruction.
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Palmer
Department of Justice
Must. Bell
Winder
Most
Department
Wilson
Chicago
M. W. Borders
Morris & Co
Countiel
Packer
Rail Bill Gets Palmer O.K. and Goes to Wilson
The compromise railroad measure was returned to the White House by the Department of Justice for opinion on its validity. Attorney General Palmer said he saw no constitutional objection to the bill and the president was expected to act today.
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Associated Tells
Washington, D. C
Compromise
White House
Department of Justice
Palmer
Vital Work of Pack Industry Demand for Fair Decree
The声明 asserts the packing industry operates on the smallest profit margin among large industries and that defendants will prove their actions serve the public interest. It argues women and children are affected and calls for just fair and equitable treatment, noting consent to the decree will be demonstrated.
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ATL
Red Cross Men Safe After Capture in Siberia
Washington dispatch reports seven American Red Cross workers captured during Bolshevik advance at Krnenoeris Siberia are safe Captain Ed Chevette of Stockton California carried news of their safety through the Ispas to Irkutsk confirming their release by Bolshevik forces
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Red Cross
Krnenoeris
Siberia
Ed, Chevette
Stockton
Cal
Ifpas
Irkutsk
Boston Symphony Musicians Threaten Breakaway Union
A committee of Boston Symphony players states they will form a separate orchestra if trustees do not recognize their union. They claim 90 percent have joined unions elsewhere and nonunion pay prevents adequate salaries and stable work, prompting annual departures that harm ensemble cohesion.
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Associated Press
Boston
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Aepenseaelt
Iittle
Pulpwood Resolution Aims Canada Export Swap Passed
The Senate approved and sent to the House the Underwood joint resolution to form a commission with Canada to remove pulpwood and newsprint export restrictions. Senator Underwood warned the newspaper industry faced possible extinction due to dwindling newsprint supply.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Ihe Underwood
Canada
Underwood
United States
Extravagance and the push for higher production warned
Chicago February 27. W A Heath chairman of the Chicago federal reserve bank and federal reserve agent tells the Federal Reserve Board in Washington that there is little hope for normal conditions until production overtakes consumption and thrift is restored. He cites wartime excess and calls for more money and credit to support business as prices and wages adjust.
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Associated Dress
Chicago
W. A. Heath
Chicago’ Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
Middlewest
Iron River to Host Federal and State Liquor Inquiry
Special agent George Cummerow opened a federal probe into the Iron County prohibition incident in Iron River. State investigator S. E. Converse arrives to begin a parallel inquiry, with public hearings sought. Dalrymple’s account and Gaylord’s arrival loom as investigators gather witness statements.
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Associated Press
Iron River
Mich
Fed
George ¥. Cummerow
Department of Justice
Iron County
U. 6
Star Chamber
Cummerow
Martin
McDonough
E. Converse
Michigan
Prohation
Gaylord
Washington
Dalrymple
Major Dalrymple
Federal Prohibition
Central States
Chicago
Youth slain by highwayman leaves joker to flee
Akron Ohio February 24 reports a youth was shot by a highwayman who killed him while the assailant, who joked as he fled, escaped. Russell Borway, 20, was among the readers as the incident occurred with the highwayman taking a life and vanishing.
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Joker
Akron
Russell
Borway
Highway Mall
German War Heads Declare Willingness to Face Trial
Berlin reports that 18 generals and admirals including Erich von Falkenhayn and Franz von Küchler express readiness to face war crimes charges. The declaration exists in a wartime context amid Allied accusations and official proceedings. The names reflect senior staff and officers.
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Berlin
Erich” von Falkenhayn
Kiuek
Vou Schroede
Terra Firma Shimmy Brings Italian Seismologist to Mexico
Emelio Oddone, a seismologist from Naples, arrives in Mexico aboard the Steamer Presidente Wilson. He travels to study recent earthquakes and brings a new inertiaimeter to measure wave amplitude, length, and duration during the voyage.
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Italy
Mexico
Joscebee Press
New York
Emelio ‘Oddone
Naples
Presidente Wilson
Navy Boy enlistment under 17 prompts inquiry
The house naval committee opened an inquiry into reports that hundreds of sailors under 17 years old were enlisted in the Navy. Admiral Barnett said a battleship captain reported half the crew as underage, prompting the investigation. Also noted were Bermuda island purchase talks and a referendum petition on Paris Illinois commission government.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House Naval
Navy Department
Barnett
Marine Corps
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