Army Men Seek American Woman in Chinese Captivity
In a tense dispatch from Pekin, bandits hold several Westerners near Batang in western Szechuan as mission stations fall to Tibetan raiders. Nashville doctors and missionaries, led by Dr. William M. Hardy, face uncertain fate after entering danger to aid the forbidden Thibet frontier region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Preesy Pekin
Jokn
Wooodraw
Julia Kil Aimerigin
Kilean
Batang
Thibet
Sze Chuan
Nashville
Tt Fhibet
Tenn
Szechuan
China
Ttie
William M. Hardy
Vine Street Christian Church
W. Tf. Duncan
Foreign Christian Mission Society
J. P. Morse
United Charities Commission
Hardy
Loftis
Vine Street
Albert le Toy Shelton
Dr. Shelton
Inner Thibet
Tax Burdens May Prove Too Heavy for Motorbusses
A newspaper article discusses motorbus operators facing higher road taxes under a new law. It lists monthly taxes for several bus companies, notes some criticize the increased costs, and includes statements from C. M. Cheney defending the program as reasonable for paved highways. Also mentions Berlin experiments using charcoal gas for buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Stevens
Hudson
Crowell Company
Cedar Falls
Tony Gerdes
Independence
Buchanan Conunty
Clark's Transfer & Storage Co
Waterloo
Gatés Transfer Company
Porto City
Cheney
Blackhand Blamed for Italian's Death
Italian Arcuro was shot to death after a car chase on a switch track. Police say shots came from front and rear as two attackers fled on foot, leaving an empty automatic and shell near Arcuro's car. Witnesses were questioned. motive speculated as Black Hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vthe Agsoctites Presines
Samel Archre
Arcuro
Escine
Gluyers Volka
Clemency Denied Maupin Set to Die January 18
Des Moines Gov Kendall denied clemency for Roy Maupin convict in the murder of Jos Mayes. Maupin, described as mentally irresponsible by counsel, is scheduled for execution Friday January 18 at 7:30 p.m. by hanging after a death sentence for fatally injuring a man with a club and robbing him on January 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Roy Mau bin
South Recovers from Cold Toll of 20 Deaths
Atlanta reports the south ending a deadly cold wave that caused nearly twenty deaths from exposure and fire mishaps. Citrus growers faced threats to the peninsula crop but suffered little to no damage as warmer weather was forecast to follow the cold spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
South
Peninsula
Coroner and Doctor Deny Violations in Cedar Rapids
Linn County coroner Dr R A Arpath and Dr John A Redmoanit pleaded not guilty to charges of violating their liquor permit licenses at arraignment before Commissioner Stoddard in Cedar Rapids. They requested a preliminary hearing with January 20 set as the date. Each was released on a $3490 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
R. A
Linn County
John A. Redmoanit
Stoddard
Edwin H Lyon obituary and related funeral notices
Edwin N Lyon retired farmer died of pneumonia at his home 410 Commercial Waterloo aged 75. Survived by son W OG Lyon who also died of pneumonia two weeks earlier. Born Clayton 1884, lived Hawk county, taught school, farmed at Littlewhite Kansas, married Idaoppher Te y liver, returned to Hawk county, retired fifteen years ago, resided Waterloo. Also surviving widow, two sons Mare and Clinton M, two daughters Miss BouNe lle and Mrs Nina YH Burgess. Funeral at O'Keefe Sanne Home conducted by Rev Curran, burial in Fair View. Isenhower 88 of Waterloo survived by two sons, brother s and sisters. Elizabeth Duck 67 died pneumonia at St Francis Hospital, Vermillion born 1854. Body at O'Keefe Towne mortuary. Funeral details for Mrs Wil Tina Hill at Tuthill home 315 High, Rev MacDonald officiating. Lena Miller funeral at Kistner chapel, burial in Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Lyon
Edwin N. Lyon
Commercial
W. OG. Lyon
C. Livan
Clayton Dan
Hawk County
Hey
Wis
Littlewite
Kan
Idaopper Tey
Tiack Hawk Country
Waterloo
Mare
Clinton M
Bounelle
Nina YH. Burgess
Livan
A. A
Curran
O'Keefe Sanne
Hirial
Ivenhower
Camplien
Ite
Boone County
Ind
Wanabe
Blew Evans
Whower
Isenhower
Sullivan
Mou
A. Isenhower
Arew
Mary Smith
Telican Rapids
Mia
Mae Hedrick
Elsin
Elizabeted Duck
Elizabeth Dek
Via
St. Francis Hospital
Vermillion
Bying
Desro
Llewellyn
Conger
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Wil. Tina Hill
J. S. Tuthill
315 High
Robert N. Mac Ponald
Fairview Mausoleum
Woodrow Wilson Warming to Political Involvement Again
Washington DC January reports indicate Woodrow Wilson is more engaged in Democratic affairs and public messaging. His health improvement and renewed party activity align with strategizing for the upcoming presidential campaign, urging aggressive advocacy and active participation in national restoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Jan
Woodrow Wilson
Tori O
Lugi—— Yuan
Wilson
Mure
Pittsburgh
Jackson
Wihison
Ile
Normand Chauffeur Hearing Postponed on Hospital Report
Hearing for Horace Greer charged with the New Year’s night shooting of Courtland Stines was postponed for a week after Dr. Gay Cochran said Mabel Normand and Dines could not appear. Dines weak from a bullet wound. Normand denied relapse after surgery. Will Hays and the film colony watched for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Horace Greer
Courtland St. Tines
Gay Cochran
Dines
Mabel Normand
Normand
Cochran
Will Hays
Coxar
Edna Purviance
Chicago Policeman Killed by Negroes on Burglary Call
Chicago police report two of three gunmen felled patrolman Vincent Skiba and wounded partner Joseph Link during a burglary call in South Chicago. Skiba, who had just urged youths to join the Policemen's Benevolent Association, died after gunfire from assailants as the attackers fled. A suspect was captured. others sought in the Black Belt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jan
Nesro
Vincent Skiba
Joseph Clink
Wis
Skiba
Lamb
al Iurglar
Tambd
Ayail
Policemen’s Benevolent Association
Probe of Gambling in Grain Markets Favored by Senate Committee
Washington D C January Senate agriculture committee adopted a favorable report on Senator Ladd’s resolution urging the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate grain speculators on boards of trade nationwide. It accuses boards of trade of opposing wheat price rises and says grain markets have been kept low by short selling and below justifiable supply and demand. Ladd calls for inquiry into Chicago grain exchanges trading practices. China OKs Row Plan Pekin January 8 China approves the Bok peace plan with editorials predicting a historic settlement across Chinese and foreign press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate Agriculture
Ladd
Republian
North Dakota
Wallace
Boards of
Boards of Trade
Chicago
China
Pekin
Water loo briefs include divorces and travels
Waterloo city items report a district court divorce granted to J. Seayville from Mary E Seasille, and various locals across Waterloo like Edith Korl ake visiting Charles City, Cyrilla Dolan resuming Rosary College studies in River Forest, and Estella Straine headed to Los Angeles with her mother. Other notes mention hospitalOperations, personnel movements, and social events involving Water loo residents and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Morgan Mruseell
Marshalltown
Wateroo
Kiwanis Install New Officers At Russell Hotel
The Kiwanis club installed officers at a noon meeting in Hotel Russell Samson. Dr. T. F. Thornton became president, succeeding George W. Pike. New officers include H. C. Wurster vice president W. A. Lane treasurer W. P. Kerwin district trustee V F Jensen Clyde Hinson J A Dempster E W Bickler R Ai Rath A B Chambers and A W Lommel as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Russell, Samson
T. F. Thornton
George W. Pike
H. C. Wurster
W. A. Lane
W. P. Kerwin
V F. Jensen
Clyde Hinson
J. A. Dempster
E.W. Bickler
R. Ai Rath
A. B. Chambers
A. W. Lommel
Three more bodies recovered at Terin plant blast
In Pekin Illinois three more victims were recovered today from the Corn Products Refining plant disaster, raising known dead to fifteen. Twenty one still unaccounted, with bodies believed buried in ruins. Corpses could not be identified and all were buried in one plot. In Fort Madison Iowa, Rev. A J Waser, longtime pastor of St Josephs, died from apoplexy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terin
Pekin, Ill
Corn Prad
Ucts Refining Company
Iowa
Fort Madison
A. J. Waser
St. Joseph's Church
State Penitentiary
Red Cross Helps 16 Service Men in December
December new cases of ex service men needing aid were reported by Mrs George Worthen executive secretary of the local Red Cross office. About 179 soldiers or family members visited the office. Relief spending reached 189.51 with 134 telephone calls answered and 231 letters written. Back pay for veterans totaled 257 dollars during December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiststone
The
Red Cross
George 5. Worthen
Trenth
Officers Re-Elected at L. J. Bank Today
Leavitt & Johnson Nation bank officers were re elected at the annual election. Reports showed healthy bank conditions with deposits exceeding 3,000,000 for the past year. Re elected: Ira Rodamar president C E Pickett vice president J O Trumbauer vice president Fred H Wray cashier Rasph B Miller assistant cashier I W Blough assistant cashier R Rouse assistant cashier A M Decker assistant cashier M B Harmon auditor A H Frank Roger Leavitt W W Marsh GC E Pickett Ira Rodamar F FE Stewart and O Trumbauer directors. Bank officers of other banks were to be confirmed later this afternoon or evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavitt & Johnson Nation
Ira Rodamar
C. E. Pickett
J. O. Trumbauer
Fred H. Wray
Rasph BB. Miller
I. W. Blough
R. Rouse
A. M. Decker
M. B. ‘Harmon
A. H. Frank
Roger Leavitt
W. W. Marsh
Ill Rev George Zellhoefer Stricken in California
Telegrams report Rev George Zellhoefer aged 68, former pastor of First Evangelical, fell ill with paralysis during a family dinner in Los Angeles. He was moved to a hospital as his left side is affected. Children Abs W Langlas Victor Karl Zellhoefer and others reside in the area. another son Dr Chester Zellhoefer is in Fairbank, IA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Zellhoefer
First Evangelical Church
Willian
McKinley Zellhoefer
Los Angeles
Cal
Ellhoefer
Abs
W. H. Lang
Las
Victor
Karl Zellhoefer
Chester Zelhoefer
Fairbank
Perry G Holden to Speak at County Schools
Perry G Holden, guest speaker at the Black Hawk County Farm Bureau annual meeting, will present at area schools on Wednesday January 16. He will address Hudson at 9 a.m., Orange at 10 20 a.m., Dunkerton at 1 p.m., and Jesup at 2 30 p.m. All patrons and the public are invited to attend for agricultural topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry G. Holden
Black Hawk
Lloyd Monahan Enlists in U S Cavalry Service
Lloyd V Monahan age 20 enlisted at the local recruiting station for cavalry service and will depart for the western coast Thursday. A discrepancy exists between army and navy rules about minors. army requires parental consent for ages 18 to 21, while the navy does not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd V. Monahan
Army
Cavalry
Navy
Former City Official Stricken By Paralysis
G W Hazlett 1318 Fourth Street East, former city assessor and street commissioner, was stricken by paralysis this morning while entering his home. A physician attended during the day. Hazlett previously lived in Bremer county where his father Singh Hazlett settled in an early day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Hazlett
Fourth Street East
Hazlett
Bremer County
Singh Hazlett
British Parliament Opens Swearing in of New Members
London January 8 the fifth parliament convened with the unopposed re election of John Henry Whitley as speaker of the commons receiving felicitations from party leaders. Newly elected MPs begin oath taking and the week will mainly see formalities while parties begin consultations shaping the country's immediate political future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Althe King
George
John Henry Whitly
House of Commons
Fate of 25 Sailors on Wreck Unknown
Norfolk Virginia January 8 The fate of 25 men aboard the Italian Sabis 60 is unknown. Coast guard headquarters Wilmington North Carolina reports that a cutter is hastening to assist. A wireless from the coast guard Apache says the craft floated two small vessels driven ashore by ice floes in the upper waters of Chesapeake Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Wilmington
N. C
Coast Guard Apache
Chesapeake Bay
Ramsay Seeks State Senate Seat from Brem-Brutler District
Des Moines reports Representative J. M. Ramsay of Clarksville has filed for nomination to the state senate from the Bremer-Butler district this year. He will face Senator Oscar L. Mead of Shell Rock, who seeks another term. Ramsay took out nomination papers yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jan
J. M. Ramsay
Clarksville
Senate
Bremer-Butler
Oscar L. Mead
Shell Rack
Ramsey
Farrowing and Fortunes in State Briefs
State Briefs from Clarines Shenandoah and surrounding towns report a major fat sheep shipment of 830 head to Chicago at $13.55 per hundred pounds by C W Parker and Carl Almquist. Gale Pickett, after 71 000 miles at sea in WWI, returns home as a West Point cadet. A Radach store burglary in Luana yields $200 missing. Clarion reports nearly $80 000 paid on December assessments with most timely before March 1. Twins born weighing 15 ounces each at Fontanelle. one dies, one survives. Walter Kruziak, Fort Des Moines private, killed cleaning his rifle. James Dinwiddie, 68, prominent Marengo businessman, dies at home. brother of Cedar Rapids banker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarines
Ram Page County
C. W. Parker
Carl Almgquist
Chicago
Shenandoah
Gale Pickett
West Point
Nora Talmadge
Charlie Chaplin
Waukon
Luana
Clarion
Pai Fontanelle
Ben Baker
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Walter Kruziak
Fourteenth Cavalry
Marengo
James Dinwiddie
J. M. Dinwiddie
Cedar Rapids
Legion And Auxiliary To Install Officers
Joint installation of officers of Secker Chapman post American Legion and its auxiliary will be at Memorial hall Thursday night. State vice commander Fraz Wenig of Spencer will be installing officer for the post and Mrs Harry Utley of Manchester a state department executive committee member will install the auxiliary officers. A chicken dinner at 6 20 p m will precede installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Memorial Hall
Fraz Wenig
Spencer
Harry Utley
Manchester
State Department
Paul Bredow of Waverly Dies at 24 in Blood Poisoning
Paul Bredow of Waverly died Saturday at his parents home from blood poisoning caused by friction of braces worn for a crippled condition from early childhood. He was 24. Surviving are his parents and two sisters. Services held this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Paul Bredow
Yeggm en fail to blow bank vault in Clinton Iowa
Clinton Iowa January 8 yeggmen attempted to blow the vault door of the First State Bank at Ohio Illinois with four charges of nitro glycerine but failed to tear the massive steel door. They abandoned the job and escaped in an automobile left on the town’s outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
First State Bank
Ohio
Ruth Lee Seeks Divorce From Henry Lee In Kansas
Ruth Lee filed for divorce from Henry Lee whom she wed in Helena Kansas on October 28 1917. She charges cruel treatment and life threats over the past year and seeks an injunction to stop harassment at her home 205 Man 800 street Ellsworth Kern granted a divorce to Merion Kern on desertion with no alimony and property rights staying as is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lee
Henry Lee
Helena
Kan
Man
Ellsworth Kern
Merion Kern
City Council approves revised paving assessments
In a special session the council adopted revised paving schedules for Brandway Park Road Fletcher Falls Ballimore Michigan and Columbia Circle. The total cost of the project is 39806 dollars and 29 cents. Protests prompted several changes from the initial assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandway
Park Road
Fletcher, Falls
Ballimore
Michigan
Columbia Circle
Roof sparks cause minor damage at 1320 Water residence
A spark on the Peter Shannon residence roof at 1320 Water around 2 30 p m yesterday caused slight damage before firefighters arrived. A still alarm at 7 50 p m yesterday alerted fire crews to the Paul Davis store at 510 Commercial due to sputtering electrical activity. No damage occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Shannon
Yeaterday
Paul Davis
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Owarcoal Gas
Berlin
Blackhand
Maupin
Ambrose Isenhower
Whalina Tul
Lena Miller
Kistner Chapel
Clinton F. Smith
Baylal
Fairview
Buchanan, Y. M. C. A
Cad Vertisens
Estella Straine
Jesup
Tarry Casebeer
Somerset County
Martin Dolan
Charlotte
Thomas Stellmaan
James Lammert
Waterloo Social Welfare League Board
Black's
George A. Seclrlat
Ninth District
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Ee Louis
R. W. Schear
B.A. Mosher
H. Af. Eggleston
Western Railroad
Wirt PL Hoxle
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Company
Western Fruit Growers Association
Kansas City
Gedar Falls
Edward
Mass
Gionys Beeghiey
Merle Miller
Mulberry
A. Leath & Co
Joseph Raymond
W. N. Olson
A. R. MacNabb
Elmer Heiser
Dawson
Iowa City
Pauline
I. A. Turner
C. A. Rice
Blipl Stueben
M. Chase
E. Huntington
Connecticut
Parnes
Chases
Kiwanians
Dante
L.& J. Bank
California
Lloyd Monahan
U. S. Cavalry Service
W. Hazlett
Bayer
Rep
Ramsay
Legion and Auxiliary
Paul’ Bredow, Waverly
Council
Play Bate
Jusure
Bronson Inurance Agency
Waterloo Evening Courier
Christ
Ogeprlal Clerc
BUCK
Hanan
Laird-Schober, Piersheim
Laird Schober
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