Powers in Parley Hopt Increase Chinese Tariff
The eight powers at the Washington conference approved a program to raise Chinese tariff revenues to seven and a half percent. China accepted the report by Senator Underwood and a nine power treaty plan was hinted. A commission will study possible tariff increases and troop withdrawal timelines while a dispute over foreign forces in China remains unresolved between China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Jen
Bing Conference
Underwood
China
Peking
Tarif
Japan
Snowfall Creates Jobs as Cold Weather Bites
Snow and subfreezing temperatures push people to Salvation Army and social services for aid while opening temporary work clearing railroad tracks. Additional crews hired by W C P N and Minot Central railroads. city sidewalk snow removal enforcement rises, glossing over hard times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Social Welfare Teague
Minots Central
Ito
Cfty Strait Department
Smiles and Kinks From Today’s Wires
In New York George Mason a burglar sought a lookout but instead found a detective. Chicago burglars hauled a three ton safe from Hy Zainger’s office. Denver’s Kennedy, noted as Denver’s prettiest girl, faced a judge today on a charge of vexatious conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
George Mason
Chicago
Hy Zainger
Denver
Dime Kennedy
Congress Proceedings Update and Committee Actions
Senate resumes routine bills as SEMMAe investigation of Senter Watson charges continues. The chamber discusses appropriations and charting the daily agenda while committees push forward on routine measures and budget items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senter T Watson
Senate
ROUSE
Starved Victims of Famine Left with None to Bury Them
New York January dispatch on rural Kazan famine describes villages desolate and starving peasants subsisting on weeds and bran mash. Typhus fears rise as American relief tally allows feeding 66,000 children, with medical supplies and clothing in short supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lita
United Press
New York
Kazan Rapublic
J. R. Childs
American Relief Administration
Childs
Eewin Ftullinger
Russia
Kazan
Bank Head Shot Down by Bandits in Payroll Theft
A payroll holdup near Maywood ends with a fatal shot and a wounded bank chief. Robbers flee toward Chicago within three minutes as police set rifle squads on routes from Maywood, while witnesses note the car license misregistered to a different vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Sweeney
Benson
Soffel
Maywood
Loop
Heideman
Rutland
Receiver to Sell Lincoln Motors Co Action Ordered by Federal Judge
Federal Judge Tuttle ordered Lincoln Motors to be sold by receiver on February 4. Stockholders will receive $40 per share for stock. Judge Tuttle stated that only at least $3,090,000 would be acceptable as the minimum sale value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuttle
Lincoln Motors
Fire at Unique Cleaners Shop In Explosive Incident
A fire at Unique Cleaners, 14:39 today, started by a dry cleaning machine with static electricity. The blaze was controlled by steam flooding and chemicals. Chief Tiller was called but firefighters were not needed. The plant floods the machine room with steam as a safety measure amid cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unique Cleaners
Atlle
Rcon
Tiller
W. F. Bigelas
Mercury Drops to 6 Below in Wake of 3-Inch Snow
A three inch snow blanketed Waterloo as temperatures plunged below zero. The night minimum reached six below, then rose to four below by 7 am. By midday the city saw little warming, with continued wintry conditions and moisture from rain and snow.
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Setain
Regia
Svirsk
BaYe Brass
Waterloo
Rath Slippy
Canal Am
Raingalt
Villages Floodswept in Panama Province
Reports from Pinagana district in Burten state say numerous villages were inundated by the river Tuiis waters. Inhabitants suffer from exhaustion and hunger as cattle and possessions were swept away. The government has sent famine relief and medicines.
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Panama
Pinagana
Burten
Prospects Bright for Ice Harvest on Cedar River
Prospects for a normal Cedar River ice harvest were optimistic today as subzero weather halted a thawing trend. The Crystal Ice & Fuel Co plans to cut about 5,000 tons of ice this winter if weather allows, with 16,000 tons for Waterloo, 17,000 for Illinois Central depots, and 2,000 for Nashua ice houses. New power plants will enable harvesting with electricity and gas engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Crystal Tea & Uel Co
Waterloo
Tlinois Central
Nashua
Missouri Governor Commutes Death Sentence in Moore Case
John Moore, a former Kansas City resident sentenced to hang for the patrolman Ma McMahon killing, receives a Christmas Eve commutation from Missouri Governor Hyde to life imprisonment after Moore protests his innocence in shootings tied to C. E. Tate. Moore asks to stay in the death cell overnight for prayer and gratitude. The governor cites a possibility Moore did not fire the fatal shot.
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Yoone
John’ Moore
Hyde
Missouri
Moore
Ma McMahon
Kansas City
J. 1. Miles
John
Aoore
McMahon
C. E. Tate
Tate
Mother of Former Gov Harding Dies in Iowa
Mrs. O. B. Harding, mother of former Governor W. Harding, died at her home in Sibley, Iowa, after a brief illness. She was 74. The obituary notes the cause as indigestion and records her as longtime resident of the area. Local papers report her passing yesterday.
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Harding
Associated
Des Moines
Jan. G
W. Uwarding
Sibley, la
Weathered Brief Notes From Weat End Neighborhood
Numerous minor traffic crashes tied to a snowstorm and slick streets were logged by police. Local residents report several travel and social updates including friends and family visiting Chicago Des Moines Kalamazoo Spencer Dubuque and San Francisco with trips and holiday stays noted for Franklin way.
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Frances M. Banedlet
Starrett School
Chicago
Hume
Mabel G. Rehdar
Jon
Herbert
Gladbrook
Marelall
Louis Walker
Fourth Street
J. A. Webb
Wendell
Washington Street
Spencer, Tn
W. N. Shirey
Alice Margaret
Commercial ,Street
Kalamazoo
Mich
E. J. O'Hagan
Josephine O'hagan
Dubuque
Columbia College
H. L. Grean
Jefferson Street
Greene
Naghua
California
Mercurio
Frank Topey
Washington — Street
San Francisco
Mercnrio
A. N. Morford
H. J. Searle
W. A Richards
C. W. Hunker
South Street
Bristow
Becker Chapter
Order of Wastern Star
Pershing Dawes and Railway Official Visit Texas Oilfield
Gen John Pershing and Gen Charles Dawes headed a party including Sen Thomas of Colorado and railroad leader J E Gorman who reached Fort Worth last night and checked into a hotel. Col A F Mumphreys said the group would depart Thursday for Mexia to inspect local oil fields.
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Associlated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
John.j. Pershing
American Expeditionary Forest
France
Charles Darwen
Thomas
Colorado
Rock Island Railway
Frank P. Walah
United States Railroad Inbor Board
Col. A. FE. Mumphreys
Texas Oil
Col. Humphreys
Mexia
Attorney General to See Why Kneeskern Hearings Are Secret
Des Moines January 5 Attorney General Ben J Gibson will review the secrecy of the Kneeskern preliminary hearing in Decorah related to the Van Brocklin murders He notes hearings commonly require open access for newspapermen and may proceed by agreement of counsel.
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Kneeskern
Associated Press
Des Moines
Ben J. Gibson
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Frank B. Kneeskern
Charles van Brocklin
Gibson
Christ and
St. Mark’s Episcopal
C. H. McNider
Mason City
Simon Cassady
Fhiotel Russell-Lamson
St. , Katherine's School For Girls
Davenport
Ta.Rey
Thomas Horton
Hanford MecNider
American Legion
Marquis Okuma in Serious Condition in Tokyo
Marquis Shigenobu Okuma former premier and longtime Japanese statesman, aged 83, has suffered a relapse from a recent illness and is reported in serious condition in Tokyo. The 38 year established figure remains a leading influence in Japanese affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Tokio
Marquis Shigenobu Okuma
Japan
Marquis Okuma
Gandhi Open to Attend All-Party Parley in India
A. K. Gandhi, leader of the Non-Cooperative movement, is reported willing to attend a conference of representatives of all political parties across India to resolve the current deadlock. The meeting is planned to be held here on January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gandhi
India
Aspec
Bombay
A. K. Gandhi
Red Press
Sorrow Fills Town as Stribley Dies at 78 in St Francis
Arthur W. Stribley, 78, of 228 Tenth Street West, died at St Francis Hospital from typhoid fever with meningitis complications. Survived by parents Adolph and unnamed mother, sister Thelma, and a last residence at O’Connell Towne funeral home. Burial planned in Cahary. services for Mrs Callon set tomorrow at 2 at O'Roeefe & Towne chapel.
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William Calton
WI Callon
Arthur W. Stribley
Adolph Stribley
Tenth Street West
West High School
St. Francis Hospital
Minnesota
Thelma
O'nsefe & Towne
Walt Ue
Cahary
Miners Appeal to President for Aid as Hunger Pinches
West Virginia miners and their families face severe hunger prompting appeals to President Harding. Local United Mine Workers letters from Marfork and Mabscatt report about 200 men unemployed for three months, destitute families, and no meals, urging national government relief despite Governor Morgan denying widespread starvation.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Harding
Gov. Morgan
The
United Mine Workers
Marfork
W. Va
Mabscatt
Cummins Defends Aitchison Against Partiality Charges
Washington senate debate centers on Clyde B. Aitchison of the Interstate Commerce Commission born from Oregon. Senator Trammell accuses him of using road offices to secure a 15 percent lumber rate cut in the west and central west while opposing a cut in southern lumber rates. Senators Cummins and McNary defend his fairness and integrity.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. G
Senate
Traummell
Florida
Clyde B. Aitchison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oregon
West
Central West
South
Cummins
Lena
Interstate Commerce Committees
McNary
Trammell
Aitchison
Creston service men receive free marriage licenses
Creston Iowa January 6 twenty former service men earned free marriage licenses in the past year through County Clerk Otto A Keck. The offer applies to those married in Union county and honors members of Creston Company CG, 168th regiment. Keck supports former servicemen despite 51 fewer licenses issued in 1921 versus 1920.
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Creston
Otto A. Keck
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Regiment
Union County
Clerk Keck
Mr. Keck
LoCo
Cupid
Otto Ketk
Snowbound Highways Report From Midwest States
The weather bureau notes heavy snow blocking roads across northeast Minnesota and southern Wisconsin, with other sections of Minnesota and Wisconsin experiencing lighter snow and ice. Temperatures dip tonight and Friday. Roads remain rough as snow complicates travel in Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns.
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Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Minniesippi
Tenant Lessee Has Only 2935 Years to Stay in His Rooms
In Kankakee Illinois attorneys today in court noted Bliss Sutherland leased two rooms in a commercial building for 2000 years to Henry B Perry on July 18 1857. They seek to notify Mr. Perry that he must vacate by July 4857.
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Associated Prensa
Kankakee, Uil
Kankakee
Bliss Sutherland
Henry B. Perry
Prohibition Effects Vary, Police Chiefs Report
Police chiefs across the United States report mixed results from two years of Prohibition. Some cite increases in crime and drunkenness since 1920, while others see decreases or little change. Cities like Denver and Des Moines report rises, Bridgeport and Lincoln show declines, Chicago notes overall improvements but credits police, and Des Moines and Norfolk report increases.
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United Press
New York
Yan
United States
Williams
Denver
Flanagan
Bridgeport
Conn
Chicago
Fitzmorres
Des Moines
Norfolk
Lincoln
Neb
Toledo man W G Malin recalls Andersonville ordeal
W G Malin of Toledo Iowa a former state legislator and Civil War veteran recalls 14 months in Andersonville and other southern prisons as he nears age 89. He served in Co E Fifteenth Ohio Infantry and stays active reading daily papers without glasses.
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Toledo
W. G. Malin
Andersonville
Co. E. Fifteenth Ohio Infantry
W W McFarlane Improves After Setback From Illness
W L C Farline is reported improved after a brief setback caused by indigestion. W W McFarlane long a leading coal dealer in the city remains seriously ill at his home at 216 Walnut street. He has suffered heart disease for several weeks and recently spent time at Hot Springs Arkansas seeking relief.
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Walnut Street
Waterlou Evening Courier Patterns Order Form
To obtain the Courier up to date pattern of accommodation deaten goad it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo enclosing 16 cents for each pattern. These patterns allow for seamen. All orders filled as soon as possible but should reach you in ten days after sending in your order.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Man Killed in Kansas City Stockyard Shooting
Cedar Rapids trader Harley Bruner aged 43 was killed and two bystanders wounded at the Kansas City stockyards during a dispute over a speculation debt. Frank Thompson, a speculator, fired five shots. W. B. Hall, Burlington railroad livestock agent, was seriously hurt by the fourth shot.
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United Press
Kansas City
Harley Bruner
Cedar Rapids
Jacobs Brothers
Stock Exchange
Frank Thompson
W. B. Hall
Lvestock
Burlington Railroad
Drahos Livestock Agent Injured in Cedar Rapids Incident
A report indicates A Drahos, an agent for Missouri Pacific livestock, was struck by age and suffered injuries at his Cedar Rapids home. Details remain unclear in the fragmentary OCR.
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A. Drahos
Isaouri Pacific
Age
Cedar Fee Es
Mail Order Auto Licenses Brisk Amid Deadline Rush
Auto license office reports a flood of mail orders as motorists rush to meet the December 13 deadline. Licenses cost an extra dollar now and delays incur a 3 percent monthly surcharge. To date 5,162 licenses have been issued, covering about half of the county's vehicles.
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Far Eastern Committee
Congress
United Preas
Lincoln Motors Co
Bronson
Surance
Fhoms
Cadborthcen
Panama Province
IGE Harvest
Lowan
Seal Estate Transpers
Ee Blark Tlawk County
Biook
O. F
West Water Jon
Rew Immons
Eo Johnsen Trust Co
Waterlay
Remmons Jensen
Ten Johnson Trust Cn
Aruiew
Sabine Te Wasterhens
Taoeg
Tereantiie Warrehowne
West Waterlow
Paul Mavis
Paulsen
Manson
Otty
Weat End
4Th Street Bridge
W. ML
CL . Judy
Huchanan
Glessgest
Meanty
J. M. Kennielman and Son
Arthur
Jett
Orlando, Fla
Alrn
Derbert Marshall
Robert and
Wiliam
Homer Bantu
Burlington
Ler Alstar
John Houry
Pershing, Dawes
Texas
ST Katherine’s School
Frieda Ladd
W. A. Ladd
Elita
Einfelt
William Einfelt
Margaret Wymians
George E. Wymian
HB. Goies
District Court
Mandy. Owen
Bruce E. Owen
Laura Vaughn
Charles Vaughn
Pauline Neipert
Frank Neipert
WLC
Farlane
Easure
Waterloo Savings Bank
Black Hawk
Eeneate
Ueady
Yental Resources
Easus
Rve Bank
State of
Iowa
Black Hawk County
W. C. Logan
Axse
Logan
Mats HY
W. & Loran
Miller
Fidpella A. Amos
Carleton Sirs
N. la Barre
J. Edwards
Bee
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
I. U. BS
U. S
Pederal Reserve Bank
Uc Irony
Gora
Binne Fe
Ulresol F c
Saelent Eo Reserve
Phobeg
Fred H. Wray
Ira Rodamar
J. C. Trumbauer
FE. Stewart
Anna M. Decker
Wittick’s Market
West Fourth Street
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