Balloonists Near Home After Arctic Trek Aid by Indian
Moose Factory and Mattice host the three American balloonists nearing home after their record air slip. A Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment plans to meet them, while the party endures a harsh trail with little shelter and a thaw risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Maurice
Ont
Moose Factory
Mattice
Royal Canadian, Mounted Police
Dominion
Haileybury
Ottawa
Canada
Congressional committee actions (tariffs immigration and more)
In Congress the finance committee continues tariff debates and immigration topics while the judiciary and espionage law debates unfold with Attorney General Mitchell Palmer testifying. Bills for sanitary appropriations and post office funding move forward as various committees probe farm policy and futures gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iinance
Mitchell Palmer
Hig
Peisoners
Ford-Newberry
Ways and Means Committee
Naval
Admiral Washington
Bureau of Navigation
Navy
Ong
Agriculture Committee
Elections Committee
Rtudies
Berger-Bodenstad
Indian Affairs Committee
Trouble in Rio Grande Valley Over Jap Colonists
In Harlingen and Brownsville Texas anti Japanese tensions rise as two Japanese families arrive with farming implements to settle on a 232 acre tract near Harlingen. Citizens, American Legion posts, and local groups demand their departure within 48 hours after meeting the colonists at the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Jan
Harlingen
American Legion
Harlinee Hotel
California
Rio Grande Vally
Farlingen
Associated Pléas
B.o R. Kato
Calfornia
Chamber of Commerce, Retail Merchants’ Association
Farmers’ Organizations
Hej
Marinuzzi resigns as artistic director of Chicago Grand Opera
Gino Marinuzzi resigns as artistic director of the Chicago Grand Opera Company and will return to conducting. Herbert Johnson, the company manager, did not accept the resignation. Marinuzzi cites wrangling of the stars and says he will not assign roles until stars address issues to Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Gino Marinuzzi
Chicago Grand Opera
Herbert Johnson
Signor Marinuzzi
Mr. Johnson
Robbers Identified as Former Conductors on Tri-City Line
Rock Island Illinois January 7 masked bandits who for months have raided Tri City Railway cars in Rock Island and Moline were arrested and named as three discharged conductors. They worked at night in outlying districts when travel was light. Passengers and crew were robbed in several incidents but they never harmed women or children on the cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rock Island
Tri-City Railway
Moline
Spring Shoots Her Flowers Up in Old Man Winter Yard
United Press reports Seattle observers note Pussywillows ripe for plucking since before Christmas and roses in bud and full bloom in city yards. In Richmond Virginia sap runs as spring warms eastern Virginia with rose bushes budding, fruit trees waking, and grape vines budding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Seattle
Wash
Jan
Richmond
Virginia
Confession in New Year killing reported in Sioux City
Lan drum Lewis a colored man confessed to police that he killed Mrs. Anna Tapley in Wilmington on New Year s Day He claimed he dropped the body in a park and said he took a ride in a taxicab with the woman as witnesses observed. A second tidbit notes a mild winter with blossoms in Pennsylvania and Manitoba reporting record warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Sioux City
Landrum Lewis
Anna Tapley
Wilmington
Del
Lewis
Brandywine Park
Missing editor Jacques Villard sought by nation
A national hunt was under way for Jacques Villard 38 crippled editor of The New Age magazine after he vanished from a Chicago hotel on Christmas night He carried cash and jewelry and planned a New York trip while Mrs Villard and police pursued clues including a tall blond man and a forged letter from New York raising doubts about his disappearance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Jacques Villard
New Age
St. Louis
Vilard
Villard
New York
Tf Villard
Giant Diamond Ring Missing in Denton Case Adds Mystery
Los Angeles reports a 1-carat diamond ring valued at $10,000 linked to the Denton murder case. A Mayville letter claims Denton purchased the gem days before his death with $2,000 paid and $1,000 monthly payments. estate counsel calls the claim fraudulent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Jacob €. Denton
Mayville
Ore
M. B. Tracy
L. W. Sweet, Inc
New York
Rush Blodgett
Tracy
Last Night's News in Brief from Various Cities
A life term escape occurred as convicts set fire to a West Virginia prison tailorshop and disabled lights. In Fort Wayne an explosion destroyed J W Sheffers home. a stock raiser from Austin Indiana killed two and wounded two. Illinois deserters to be prosecuted. war profiteering inquiry noted. A fire in Traverse City Michigan destroyed a five story apartment, killing two women and injuring several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Fort Wayne
Ind
J. W. Sheffer
Austin
Springfield
William R. McCauley
American Legion
War Department
Elnois
Washington, D. C
Houston
War Dinance Corporation
Fraverse City
Mich
Australian eggs go on sale in Chicago
The first shipment of eggs from Australia arrived in Chicago and was placed on sale. Local butter and eggs firm members said they could sell the imported eggs slightly cheaper than native eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Jan
Australia
Murder Trial Opens in Slain Fiancee Case
A jury was selected and testimony began in the murder trial of Albert Ellis 24 charged with killing his former fiancee Edna Ellis 18 in St Louis Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
S. Louis, Mo
Albert Ellis
Edna Ellis
Reed couple returns from wedding in Waterloo
In Waterloo the Reed couple Mrs. and Mr. Harry M. Reed are back from their wedding trip. Sheriff Fred Busby of Buchanan County was in the city en route to La Porte City. Frances Myers travels to Cannelton Ind to aid in an estate settlement expected to net about $18000. Mrs. Loraine C Kennedy, widow of D A Kennedy, is very ill at St Francis hospital. George Grosshold of Charles City Ta was visiting C F Schmolt in Waterloo and plans to relocate in Los Angeles. J T Sullivan returns from St. Louis after arguing a U S Court of Appeals case originally heard in South Dakota. John Callaghan sues tenant Alvin Hyde for $1040 rent on 130 acres in Mt Vernon township. Waterloo real estate men C B E Howard and W B Herren meet Des Moines real estate board about state realtor convention in Waterloo Jan 27-28. Custody hearing set for Lucile Evelyn Jay child. Mrs Jay awarded divorce from Clarence D Jay Jan 31 and custody. J A Raymond, Joe Bauman and Ralph Strunk travel to Chicago for A Leath & Co banquet at Morrison Hotel. W Baldwin ill with smallpox, under quarantine. Myrtle and Clara Early also under quarantine. Waterloo Boy Scouts plan hike to Elk Run reservation for outdoor tests. leave Lafayette schools at 10 a m led by R L Short. No trace of Simon Burkley, Ackley, found. uncle Fred Nolte in city pursuing investigations. Electrolysis ad noted.
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Harry M. Reed
Fred Busby
Buchanan County
Walter P. Jensen
la Porte City
Frances Myers
Commercial Street
Cannelton
Ind
Loraine C. Kennedy
D. A Kennedy
Fremont Street
Waterloo
St. Francis Hospital
George Grosshold
Charles City
C. F. Schmolt
Elms Street
Grosshold
Los Angeles
Cal
J.T. Sullivan
St. Louis
United States Court of Appeals
United States
South Dakota
John Callaghan
Alvin Hyde
Mt. Vernon
C. BE. Howard
W. BE. Herren
Des Moines Real Estate Board
Des Moines
Lucile Evelyn Jay
A. Leath &Co
Morrison Hotel
W. Baldwin
Health Department
Piyaictan
Erth Avenue
Myrtle
Clara
Leavitt Street
Elk Run
Lafayette
R. L. Short
George W. Wood
G. B. Arthur
Simon Burkley
Ackley
Fred Nolte
Marinelio Shop
Death Notices From Waterloo Area Community Members
Fred Watts a Plainfield druggist died in Waverly after severe illness age 48 born Waterloo Sept 2 1872 survived by widow Lois Campbell Watts and two children Carroll and Ava plus siblings and other relatives funeral plans pending Willson Hum 3 in Iowa City died after pneumonia born West Virginia May 22 1837 survived by widow and two children and several siblings funeral arrangements pending Mrs Etta B McKelvie services to be held at daughter Mrs Floyd Marga House
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Fred Watts
Plainfield
Waverly
Mr. Watts
T. M. Watts
Jefferson Street
Waterloo
3. G. Stevenson
Agatha Watts
Lois Campbell Watts
Carroll
Imanager
Eclipse Lumber Company
Winthrop
Willson Hum
Lamson Street
West Virginia
Eleanor Wilson
Ohio
Iowa City
Winterset
Mr. Ruth
Willard Ruth
Shenandoah
Nellie Goodell
Montana
Petersen Bros
Ruth
Kansas
North Dakota
Elta
Mrelvie
Etta B. McKelvie
Floyd
Marga
Funeral services listed for local residents tomorrow
Mrs. Sarah C. Miller funeral at H. F. Rickert home 408 Cortlandt street tomorrow at 2 30 p m. Interment in Fairview cemetery Rev Lockwood to officiate. Mrs. D W Bayless burial from Petersen Bros mortuary tomorrow at 2 30 p m private. Friends asked to send flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah C. Miller
H. F. Rickert
Cortlandt Street
Fairview Cemetery
Lockwood
D. W. Bayless
Petersen Bros Mortuary
Love Pirate Seizes Wife and Money in Gunpoint Abduction
Police search for Pierre Auther of Chicago and Mrs Charlotte Franzen of Madison after Auther allegedly abducted Franzen at gunpoint and forced her husband to write a $100 check. A will suggests plans to marry again, and Mrs Auther alleges no prior marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preas
Chicago
Pierre Paul -Autber
Charlotte Franzen
Madison
Wis
Auther
Tle
Arther
Phillip F. Franzen
University of Wisconsin
Husband Waits in Graveyard While Wife Elopes
Judge Joseph Sabath granted a divorce to Joseph Wein a merchant after he testified his wife eloped to attend a tombstone dedication at their bab y daughter's grave. Wein said she sent him to the cemetery to finish preparations while she kept his money and never appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Joseph Sabath
Joseph Wein
Wein
Joseph
Sabato
Dowell Seeks Delay in Abandonment Plan for Camp Dodge
Des Moines January 7 Representative Dowell of Des Moines asks delay in the abandonment of Camp Dodge Ia by the war department. His resolution asks deferral until a more thorough investigation of the cantonment is made by the house committee appointed to survey the nation’s army camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowell
Iowa
United Press
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
War Department
House
Washington
Species House Committee
Wallace Flags Farm Problems as Economic Focus
Henry Wallace told 2,000 Nebraska farmers that farm issues are economic, not political, and that forming political groups is not the solution. He spoke at an Organized Agriculture gathering in Lincoln amid reports he may join Harding's cabinet. He urged deferring final action on camp measures until a full report is released by June to assess camps and cantonments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
United Press
Lincoln
Neb
Henry Wallace
Des Moines
Harding
Nebraska
Open Hearings on Plans Probe Forest Growth
Hearings on the national forestry program bill opened before the House subcommittee on appropriations chaired by Rep. Anderson. Representatives from publishers, paper mills, lumber, timber lands, wood users, the U.S. forest service and the American Forestry association attended. Chairman Kellogg remarked on the paper age and rising newsprint consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
Anderson
United States Forest Service
American Forestry Association
United States
Kellogg
News Print Service Bureau
Canada
Atlantic and
Pacific
House defeats move to cut prohibition enforcement funds
United Press reports in Washington that the House rejected a proposal by Representative Gallivan to reduce funds for national prohibition enforcement next year. The failed motion would have cut prohibition enforcement to 200000, part of a Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. The enacted bill provides 200000 for prohibition enforcement within a 609000000 general package and includes a shipping board 80000000 allocation to sustain wartime vessel operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Press
Washington, D. C
Jan
Gallivan
American News-Massachussetts
Ap‘paper Publishers Association
House
IAS
Shipping Board
Kerensky Calls Antibolshevik Delegates to Unite For Action
Paris dispatch says Alexander Kerensky summons 30 revolutionary readers to meet to unite antibolshevik factions. M Tchernoff, ex minister of agriculture, will preside. delegates include socialists, duma cadets, and the revolutionary party. Reports link Polish French talks to possible Franco Polish accord. Polish officials fear a Russian spring offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
Alexander Kerensky
M. Tchernoff
Kerensky
Revolutionary Constituent Assembly
Tchernott
Russia
Harensky
Geo
Wrangei
Social Revolutionary Party
Duma
Cadete
Pilsudski
Coe
Eee
France
Poland
Gazeta Wartawska
Japan and U S Consider Naval Limitation Pact
London today quotes Baron Hayashi saying Japan will not allow another navy to surpass hers and proposing a Japanese American agreement to avoid conflict. He criticizes Daniels for aiming to build a dominant fleet and asserts Japan must maintain sea power without conceding virtue to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
London
Japan
Man Ag
Daniels
Baron Hayashi
United States
America
Shorts Plunge to Buying Side on N Y Exchange
The Sun notes a general recovery in stock prices in today’s session despite profit taking and fresh short selling. Trading in stocks and bonds was heavier, with strongest gains in the final half hour as shorts rushed to cover, aided by foreign exchange advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
the Sun In
Shorts
Mexican Whose Head Was Chopped Up Dies in City Hospital
Abe Pena, a Mexican man attacked with an ax in a bunk car, died at Mason City Hospital. A portion of his head was severed in the assault and doctors had fought to save him. Authorities continue to search for the unknown assailant following Pena’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mason City
Abelino Peng
Pena
Indiana corn king earns 128.8 bushels per acre
Layfette Indiana January 7 William H Baker of Greene county wins the 1920 Indiana corn king title by raising an average of 128.8 bushels per acre in the five acre production contest conducted under Purdue University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Layfette
Ind
William H. Baker
Greene County
Indiana
Purdue University
Clara Hamon to Leave Fort Worth for Watt Murder Trial
Clara Smith Hamon charged with the murder of Jake L. Hamon Ardmore millionaire will depart Fort Worth for El Paso to stay with her parents until her Ardmore trial date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Clara Smith Hamon
Jake LI
Hamon
Ardmore
el Paso
Looted Fiume Treasury Stated at 7 Million Lire
The Tribuna reports the regency of Quarnero treasury in Fiume was looted for 7,000,000 lire. It claims the thief escaped by airplane with the funds and documents linking alleged relations with Gabriele d Annunzio, Premier Lenin of Russia, and Karl Radek, a Bolshevik diplomat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Tribuna
Quarnero
Fiume
Gabriele 4
Annunzio
Lenine
Russia
Karl Radek
Milner Resigns as Secretary for the Colonies
London January 7 Lord Milner today resigned his portfolio as secretary for the colonies. A successor had not yet been announced. The report notes Mt Sangay as the world’s most active volcano at 17 196 feet high on the eastern Andes in South America with ongoing eruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Lord Milner
Mt. Sangay
Andes
South America
Chicago Communists Await New Trial Ruling
In Chicago on January 27 Judge Oscar Hebel postponed ruling on the Communist Labor party convictions of William Bross Lloyd and 19 others. The judge said his findings on the motion for a new trial would not be delivered until January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
William Bross Lloyd
Communist Labor Party
Oscar Hebel
OCallaghan Leaves Newport in Stowaway Voyage to New York
Lord Mayor of Cork Ireland O Callaghan arrived in Newport News as a stowaway on the West Cannon and will depart Norfolk for New York to attend a demonstration by the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic amid department friction over parole actions and status discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Labor
State Department
Althe
Wilsom
Board of Inquir
St Newport News
O Callaghan
O’cafia- Tees
New York
Norfolk
O'Callaghan
Cork
Ireland
Newport News
West Cannon
American Association For the Recognition of the
Pastor Eloped With Choirist Charged Under Mann Act
In Paterson New Jersey a warrant was issued for Rev Cornelius Dease former pastor of the First Westherlandes church Passaic charging violation of the Mann act over his elopement with Miss Trina Hannanberg former choir singer. DOJ agent A F Holmes obtained the warrant which was to be served at once amid lawsuits by Miss Hannanberg for 25000 damages and counter suits by Mrs Densel and the girl's parents for alienation of affections and civil damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paterson
N. J
Cornelius Dease
First Wetherlandes
Passaic
Joseph A. Delaney
U. S
A. F. Holmes
Department of Justice
Trina Hannenberg
Hannanberg
Densel
Des Moines Man Aims Capitol Dome as Target for Jail
Joe Lanning of Des Moines told Polk county district court he wanted to go to jail because he could not find suitable work. He used the gilded dome of the state capitol as a revolver target, unaware that concealed weapons carry a prison term, not just jail time. His case was to be sentenced that afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Des Moines
Jan
Joe Lanning
Polk County
State Capitol
Mail Train Robbery Reported on Pennsylvania Route
The mail car of train number 263 on the Pennsylvania Railroad was broken into and rifled between New York and Philadelphia early today. Officials launched an investigation to determine the value of the stolen mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
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River
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Tom Marks
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WM. Tia
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Charles Marsden
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Man
Scour Nation
Newage Magazine
Crry
H Buchanan
Glaasee
D. I. Purser
Walnut Street Baptist Datch
Wifey
Wallace
U.S
N. Y. Exchange
Ndiana
Watt
Milner
Scolostal
STATE
O’callaghan
State House Dome
Reserve District No. 7
First National Bank
Perse
Jowa
Federal Reserve Bank
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