Whipping Attack on Widow Claimed Near Goose Creek
A seven year old girl reported a mob of 15 or more disguised men dragged widow Mrs. R. H. Harrison from her Goose Creek home and whipped her on January 5. Disguised as women and clowns, the assailants also abducted a man identified as R. A. Armand. The arrest inquiry, with Ku Klux Klan links denied by Sheriff T. A. Binford, centers on fear and unidentified assailants in oil town Goose Creek and nearby Middle town, Oldeewa, Newtown.
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Houston
Tex
Loonie Lee Harrison
Jong Bale
R. H. Harrison
R. A. Armand
Middletown
Sale
Harrison
Goose Creek
Armand
Goth
Sherif T. A. Binford
Beth
Goose Greek
Ku Klux
Antiklan
Fivn
Oldjewa
Newtovm
Omaha Youth Kills Actress Over Rejected Love in New York
Harold Blake Van Alstein, 24, of Omaha Nebraska, shot and killed Philadelphia actress Marion McLaren 36 after she rejected his love at the Autodine restaurant near Pennsylvania Station. He also wounded her brother Hugh McLaren and attempted suicide, telling police he was not sorry for the murder but his family would suffer. He said his mother is Mrs H. Thomas of Omaha.
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Omaha
New York
Ber
Harold Blake van Alstein
Neb
Bellevue Hospital
Marion McLaren
Philadelphia
Vana Alstein
Hugh McLaren
H. Thomas
Davenport Street
Autodine
Pennsylvania Station
McLarens
Women in Too Big a Hurry to Hold Office Miss Robertson Says
New York dated piece reports Auss Alice Robertson Oklahoma congresswoman condemning women rushing for public roles. She says few are prepared for office and none are qualified to be governor or cabinet member. She criticizes clubs as distracting and urges educating citizens to grasp government. Men’s clubs she says function more efficiently, citing her electoral defeat.
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Miss Robertson
New York
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Congress
Town Hall
Courier staff to attend Monday show at Waterloo Theatre
All members of the Waterloo Evening Courier staff will be guests of the paper at the Monday evening performance of Mary Ankle by the Gardiner Players at the Waterloo Theatre. A bold nugget weighing five pounds was recently found in California.
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Waterloo Theatre
Thel Waterloo Evening Courier
Mary Ankle
Gardinier Players
California
Broker Swindles Fellow Prisoners to Tune of $15,000
New York report states Alfred Hi. Lindsay, jailed at Sing Sing for swindling society women and brokerage clients of more than a million dollars, added two fellow prisoners as victims. The district attorney's office says Lindsay obtained $15,000 from inmates at the Tombs on false pretenses, according to charges.
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New York
Alfred Hi. Lindsay
Sing Sing
Lds
Lindsay
Tnl
Mother of slain girl takes stand to aid Kneeskern
In Charles City Iowa on January 13 Mrs Rachel Stice of Sinopiere Wisconsin testified in district court defending Elmer Van Brocklin, charged with murder of Irene Van Brocklin and her husband Kneeskern. She described quarrels between Irene and Elmer and threatened killings, breaking down on the stand. The defense sought to show Elmer’s innocence while the judge limited witnesses, and testimony focused on cabin evidence and possible alternate killers.
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Ras
Charles City
Rachel Stice
Sinopiere
Wis
de Murer
Irene van Brockin
Elmer van Brocklin
Daugther
Joe BF
Kneeskern
Kelley
Frank O'Connor
Winner
Irena
Fanner
Charles Vanrockiin
Cedar, Rapids
Mimer
Irene
van Brocklin
Anolley
Elmer van Brockin
Beth
Elmer
Erene
E. W. Cutting
Ward Allen
John Schulte
Knees- Kern
Castalia
Tecess
C. H. Kelley
WYEF
Waukon
Marshal Burns
George Moore
Nto
O'Connor
Moonshine Still Found Hidden In Corn Shock
Bootleggers and illicit liquor makers use strange tricks to dodge detection. Albert Meery found a solid, unusually built moonshine still concealed in a corn shock on Burton avenue and alerted police who seized the contraption. The notice also reports the death of Mrs. Bondurant’s mother in Delhi, aged 80, with funeral held this afternoon.
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Albert Meery
Burton Avenue
J. G. Bondurant
Grant Avenue
Delhi
Wizard Defends Klan as Peaceful Law-Loving Order
International News Wire reports Imperial Wizard Br. W. Evans defends the Ku Klux Klan as non responsive to night riders and crime while promising action if evidence ties members to wrongdoing. He rejects any right to regulate citizens and says the order will expel violators, urging law enforcement to arrest offenders. He insists the oath binds members to aid duly constituted authorities and denies control over private affairs.
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International News Wire
Atlanta
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Watt Daniel
Thomas F. Richards
Morehouse Parish
Louisiana
Is. W. Evans
Imperial Wizard of the Klan
Bastion
The
Klan
Pavill
Hein
Ald
Asist
Naiion
Eyass
France Invades Debate as Germany Seeks Peace Accord
Berlin, Jan. 13. The reichstag passed a vote of confidence in Chancellor Cuno’s stance against the French invasion of the Ruhr. The vote was nearly unanimous, with Communists the sole dissenters. Cuno urged a concrete economic understanding, warning the “fire started by France” could engulf Europe, while denouncing France’s policy and urging German unity before any cabinet could bow to French demands.
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Poincare
Cuno
France
Europe
Germany
35-Year Search Ends with Slayings Suspect in Jail
Chicago reports Michael Lynch identified as slayer of Police man Billy Halloran in 1837 after 35 years of inquiry. Lynch, awaiting transfer to Joliet for assault with intent to kill, was found in Cook County jail under alias John Thomas.
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Chicago
Michael Lynch
Billy Halloran
Lynch
Cook County
John Thomas
Joliet
Hitchcock Letter Gives Leaning on League in Paris
A 1919 discussion summarizes Senator Hitchcock’s letter as authority for Wilson to persist with the league of nations as the treaty cornerstone. The piece outlines Wilson’s clash with Col. House, Lloyd George, and Clemenceau, noting House’s role and Baker’s account of the Paris negotiations and the breakup over the league’s inclusion.
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Gibert M. Hiltchcock
Lodge
League of Nations
G. HH. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Senate
Avery
Wilson
Paris
Germany
League
Baker
Lloyd George
Altho
Joever
League of Nations Commission
America
Col. House
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Baker
Col. Ilouse
Clemenceau
Phra
Coll
House
Jthru
Long Tahiegrams
del. House
Wins at local game fuel for Castle Hill painter
W A Nauman of Castle Hill, a painter and decorator, reports winning at a local civic game. He has already received 100 percent cash dividend checks and hints his latest venture yielded a substantial sum though the exact amount was not disclosed.
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W. A. Nauman
Castle Hil
Nauman
Substation Fire Destroys Cedar Falls Plant
A Cedar Falls substation of the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Co burned today at 10:04 p m destroying rotary converters transformers and high tension switching apparatus valued near 25000 dollars. Fire started by a short circuit confined the flames to the building. power was cut then restored by 11 am with Cedar Falls powered from Waterloo.
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Cedar Falls
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co
Bandfield
Waterloo
Woman Convicted in Slaying of Alleged Sweetheart
Mrs. Alfred Lebecke found guilty of second degree murder for shooting George Boluke, her alleged sweetheart, after a trial marked by sensational disclosures of illicit relations with her 13 year old daughter Thelma. Lebecke sentenced January 17 to 10 years to life.
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United Press
Harlan
Alfred Lebecke
George Boluke
P. mi
Bohnke
Hull Rotarian Speaker at Monday Luncheon
Smarter Mit will address Rotarians at the Monday luncheon at Hotel Russell-Lamson before departing for the New York automobile show. Miss Anna Casey, noted for her role in the American Legion, will perform a musical piece during the event.
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Mit
Russell-Lamson
New York
Anna Casey
Lejon Ithleen
Will
Farm Bureaus Debate Traffic and Rural Policy Deliberations
Des Moines January 13. Iowa Farm Bureau delegates endorsed actions on traffic policy to repeal the Transportation act guaranty clause and restore state commission control over car distribution. They urged early Deep Waterway legislation for Great Lakes St Lawrence and Mississippi routes, and backed cooperative marketing efforts. A proposed amendment to the Smith Lever act would grant more home demonstration privileges to country agents. Delegates opposed indefinite public utilities franchises and state aid to consolidated rural or other schools, supporting income tax principles. C. W. Hunt was reelected president and Charles F. Hearst, Cedar Falls, was reelected vice president.
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Des Moines
Congress
State Commission
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
Iowa Farm Buo- Tran Federation Esterday
C. W. Hunt
Bureau
Charles Fi. Hearst
Cedar Falls
Venus Affair Shocks New York Readers
The New York bulletin reports a wild, tongue in cheek tale about Venus and the Man in the Moon. The piece humorously notes Venus approached at 6 45 this morning and moved behind the moon as they neared Earth.
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New York
Venus
Earth
Drennan Resigns From Iowa State Parole Board
L W Drennan of Des Moines resigns as chairman of the Iowa state board of parole after a dispute with Governor Kendall over board policies. He cites not stultifying his convictions against consolidation and plans to work in the senate to oppose Kendall's program. The governor will not discuss naming a successor. Drennan had been a Democratic member and resigns effective during the current legislative session.
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Drennan
State Board OF Parole
Des Moines
L. Ww
T Drennan
Kendall
Board of Parole
Senate
Lexal
United States
Council Bluffs
Ed Wickham
Wickham
Gov't May Put Rein Upon Oil Industry
Washington dispatch reports a congressional probe into gasoline prices weighs options for federal control. Proposals include government supervision of baselines and prices, absorbing large oil dividends while preserving fair profits, and merging major firms to cut operating costs. Legal experts say current law may not curb prices without new legislation to regulate the oil sector as a public utility.
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United Pres
Washington, D. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Iti
Senate
Crusading Police Chief Enters Iowa Darwin Battle
Des Moines reports Chief of Police John B. Hammond partners with William Jennings Bryan in opposing Darwinism. He plans to introduce to the Iowa legislature a bill banning teaching evolution or any theory challenging biblical divine origin in public schools. The bill would cancel contracts of teachers and officials who violate it. Hammond spoke before University Church of Christ classes.
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United Press
Des’ Moines
John B. Hammond
William Jennings Bryan
Lowa
Hammond
University Church of Christ Bible
Ex King Constantine Funeral Held in Palermo
In Palermo a simple funeral for Constantine former King of Greece occurred with a small crowd. His body will be sent to Nables this evening with Sophia the former queen. Funeral rites at a Naples Greek church await Athens response on permission to bury on the Athenian Acropolis.
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Palermo
Italy
Constantine
Greece
Nables
Sophia
Naples
Tomer- Tow
Athens
Iowa City man killed as barn floor collapses at wedding site
Lucian Price of Ozark Kentucky was crushed to death when a barn floor collapsed on the eve of his wedding. Authorities believe the overloaded straw bales contributed to the fall. Several tong of baled straw were cited in the incident.
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Iowa City
Lucian Price
Ozark
Marshalltown
Hhe State Industrial Commission
Minnie Helm
John F. Helm
Minneapolis & St. Louis Railread Company
Iowa
Helm
Cedar Rapids
Penick & Fara Co
Des Moines
James A. Emery
National Association of Manufacturers
Ralph Otto
Knights of Columbus
Rock Island Railroad
Federation of Labor
Charles T. Bowman
George Carman
Fred Burwinkle
L. E. Shepard
Cleveland
Warren Stone
Shepard
E. H. Stokes
Delbert
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Mr. Lansing
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Brest
Alboit
Gopurlent
New York Evening Post. Inc
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Mani Vou Imusic
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Des Moines Copper
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Vinton
Ray Padgey
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University of Iowa
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