Coal Commission Sees Instability Driving Prices
The U S coal commission warns instability in bituminous mining underlies high prices and shortages. Labor, transport, and overdevelopment strain supply, with an April 1 strike averted by expected agreement. The report notes ongoing data gathering and talks among unions, operators, and officials to ease industrial conflict.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
United States Coal Commission
Congress
Pracee
Wihn Hays Hammond
George Otis Smith
The
Geological Survey
Clark Vowell
Atlanta Constitution
Charles P. Neill
Edward T. Devine
Alschuler
Republic
Eheare
Commission
Miust
United States
Lao
Courier Delivery Deadline and Redelivery Policy
The notice states couriers deliver before 3 0 o'clock and if a paper is missing due to carrier error or other cause call 3330 for redelivery. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Waterloo man and allies defend Klan victim’s character
John C. Woeneke formerly of Waterloo now manages Hotel Commercial West Union refutes attempts to blacken Sergt Watt Daniel’s name. Woeneke testifies Daniel, a 36th tank corps sergeant, was a man of character. Witnesses say the Klan planned a major stunt before the Daniel murders in Morehouse parish.
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Waterloo
Buddies In War
John C. Woeneke
West Union
Commmon
Watt Daniel
Daniel
New York City
Thirty-sixth Tank Corps
Koeneker
Georgia
Froeneke
Sergt
Bastrop
Ku Klux Klan
Morehouse Parish
Thomas Richards
J. H. Inabel
Mer Rouge
A. L. Fleming
Jnabet
Fleming
Excess Joy Strikes Aged Woman Dumb in Chicago
A Chicago report recalls Lena Morrison a 52 year old widow who cried out in joy when her sister Honor Roth from Milwaukee arrived to take her home. Mrs Morrison, overwhelmed, became unable to speak as the sisters left for Milwaukee.
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Chicago
Lena Morrison
Honor Roth
Milwaukee
Morrise
Tripoli Mian Receives Compensation for Seized Securities
Washington report notes Tripoli resident Johannes Eichner to receive about 7000 for two mortgages seized by the alien property custodian during the war. Burton Sweat of Iowa pressed the claim through federal channels, with justice and treasury approvals secured and a federal warrant to be issued. Lawmakers push for legislation that would turn over seized property up to 10,000 to aliens, hoping for swift action before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington News Bureau
Waterloo
United States
Tripoli
Sweet
Eichner
Department of Justice
Biehner
Cele. Towner
Iowa
Congress
House
Fowa
Major crimes in Chicago fall nearly 30 percent
Chicago crime commission figures show murder burglary and robbery down about 30 percent over the last three years in Chicago. In Britain Premier Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin push for further interest rate cuts with a possible 3 percent offer on U S debt. Ivan Dowell alias James Jorce alias James Elliott captured in Galesburg for passing stolen express money orders at multiple Iowa and Illinois towns. Chicago and Alton announces telegraph operators and tower men will see pay cuts of one and a half cents per hour starting January 1 as part ofrailroad wage reductions.
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Chicago
Chicago Crime Commission
Imade Public Today
Britain
London
A. Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Washington
British
Illinois
Galesburg
Kdl
Ivan Dowell
James Jorce
James Elliott
Muscatine
Fort Madison
Burlington
Monmouth, Ill
Daowell
Monmouth
Bloomington
Chicago & Alton Today
Railway Labor Board
First wartime premier CE is dead
Paris Alexandria Ribot former wartime premier of France from March to September 1917 died Sunday at age 51. He married Miss Mary Butch of Chicago and leaves two sons. The report ties to other war era events and a note on a gasoline storage fire in Magnolia refinery causing significant losses.
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Paris
Alexandre Ribot
France
Ribot
I Mary Butch
Chicago
Joneson
A. E. Ribot
Beaumont
Vex
Ihuge
Magnolia
Dynamite Explosion Kills Road Worker
Newton Iowa reports Burt Neilgers, 6 1 2, killed by dynamite blast while blasting a road bank near Greencastle about 12 miles northwest of Newton. The accident occurred in January, during routine construction work on the road crew.
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Newton
Burt Neilgers
Greencastle
Here
Neilgers
Paul Wilharm Appointed Temporary Postmaster in Sumner
Sumner Iowa January 15 special Paul Wilharm has been appointed temporary postmaster pending examinations to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James H Neon Wilharm began work Thursday and is a son of Mr and Mrs Ed Wilharm
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Sumner, Ia
Paul Wilharm
James H. Neon
Weather summary for northeastern Iowa freezes on surface
The U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports subterritory coverage includes Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Chicago Mason City and Waterloo. Surface freezing noted in Saturday’s observations with broad cold conditions across the region.
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U U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Dan
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Bes Moines
Cbique
Talross
Wis
Mason City
Wheverly
Iowa
Witnesses Question Van Brocklins View in double murder trial
In Charles City Iowa on January 15 three witnesses including two engineers and a photographer testified in the trial of Elmer Van Brocklin accused of murdering Irene and Charles Van Brocklin. The defense contends Van Brocklin could not have seen Kneeskern in the cabin doorway as claimed. A chart and photographs disputed the doorway sighting, showing the door obscured from the witness point.
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Charles City
B. JF. Kneeskern
Elmer van Wrocklin
Irene
Charles van Brocklin
van Hrochtin
W. H. Miner
Waatkan
Wis
W. A. Hirth
Vaukan
Elmer van Brocklin
Kneeskern
van Brocklin
Hirth
van Broeklin
Swenson
Eimer
Charles
L.B. Miller
Waukon
Frank O'Connon
Rachel Rice
Fort Madison
Ume
Elmer O Brocklin
Kneesker
B. F. Kuceskern
W. Ei
Wanus
Jack
Bullets Rain On Witness Home in Herrin Trials
Three shots were fired at the home of witness Nelson in Herrin after unknown assailants halted three autos nearby. The attack followed anonymous threats received by Nelson as investigators reported the incident today.
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Herrin
United Press
Marlon
Tlh
Fred
Corre Netson
Merroin
Heavy Fighting in Memel Amid Insurgent Clash
Memel reports an insurgent commander delivering a note to the allied high commissioner claiming action targets the German government. He asks French troops to refrain from hostile acts while promising protection for inhabitants and officials. In Berlin the day’s report notes French and Lithuanian forces fighting for control, with Lithuanian entrants driving back a small group of German troops before the gates.
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Associated Press
Copenhagen
Memel
Winstedt Press
Berlin
Essen
French Control Commission
Federal Coal Commissioner
Gen. Denvignes
Control Commission
United Press
Bertin
Fan
Ruhr
Thyssen
Herrin Riot Victim Weds Nurse Before Death
Sidney J. Morrison 25, casualty of the Herrin mine riots, died in a Chicago hospital six days after marrying his nurse Miss Rosella Lawson Faliet Ill. Morrison, a former real estate manager, went to Herrin as strip mine foreman and was shot by a mob two days later. He underwent three operations for a ruined spine before passing away.
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Chicago
Herrin
Sidney J. Morrison
Rosella Lawson
Faliet
Morrison
Itm
Werrin
Kaw Indians Credit Woman Chief with Bringing New Riches
Kaw City Oklahoma January 5 first woman chief Lucy Tyiap Eads led the Kaw tribe as a 2000 barrel air well discovery transformed poverty into wealth. Excitement swept the reservation with scouts racing to secure land riches and potential payouts.
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Kaw City
Okla
Jan
Lioy Tyiap Bads
Ac Les
The
Kaws
Ted
Lucy Tyiap Eads
Sharks may have fed on four bodies from seaplane wreck
Key West reports that the bodies of EB F Atkins Jr and his two sons and Grace McDonard may have been consumed by sharks after the seaplane Columbus sank offshore Saturday. Marine officials say the victim’s torso remains unrecovered though Mrs Atkins convalesces in hospital.
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Key West Flo
EB. F. Atkins. Jr
New York
Grace McDonard
Columbus
Gulf of Mexico
Here
At- Kis
Atkins
Presbyterians Plan Large Iowa Campaign For College Church
Seventy five thousand dollars of a 2 690 000 drive will fund a Sunday school room and community church for Iowa State Teachers college students in Cedar Falls. Rev M K W Heicher said the plan aligns with the extension program to meet religious needs of students and follows Cedar Rapids endowment success and Ames collegiate church funding. The Cedar Falls project will be among the first built as funds become available and gifts totaling two million dollars are sought statewide.
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Cedar Falls
Presbyterian Board of Education
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
M. K. W. Heicher
Chicago
Presbyterian Church
Corcollero
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Mint Bandit Gang Dies in Denver Mint Heist Car
A dead bandit found in a Denver garage after the mint robbery wore a coffee colored overcoat and slouch hat beside a Buick bearing Colorado plate 81-009. Police report a bullet wound over the heart and evidence including a .43 revolver, a pump gun, and bloody rags. A Chicago identity clue appeared on a handkerchief with initials TL IH.
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International News
Denver
Calo
Dan
Buick
Colorado
Federal Reserve Bank
Mint
Charles Tt. Linton
Ghirlhand
Endar
Choman
Chicago
Fom
Tax
Peter Liedenger
Uater
Aay
Fifth Ave Rector Questions Miracles and Consecration
New York: Rev. Percy Stickney Grant at the church of the Ascension on Fifth Avenue declares miracles are auto suggested and science understands them. He says consecration of churches stems from witchcraft and magic and priestly miraculous powers are no longer accepted by educated classes.
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Associated Press
New York
Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
Grant
Jesus
God
AL Cane
British Bombing Reported Near Mosul by Angora
An Angora government communique says British airplanes bomb villages around Mosul including Rewan duz Payna Massoures Mourbeit and Nameres. Four planes allegedly shot down. Reports of disorder and revolutionary movements linked to oil district disposals discussed at Lausanne Conference despite British denials.
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Constantinople
Angora
Mosul
Rewanduz
Payna
Massoures
Mourbeit
Nameres
Riehr
Hungarian Troops Menace Roumania Reported to Poincare
Rumors say bands of Hungarian troops have crossed into Romanian territory with incursions along the frontier. Premier Poincare was alerted by the ambassador to advise the allied military commission in Budapest to investigate the dispute.
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Roumania
Poincare
Government investigates Klan fire raids on Canadian churches
Ottawa reports an attempted arson at St. Mary's Cathedral in Hamilton and a government probe into a Ku Klux Klan linked campaign of church burnings across Canada. The burns mark a third Catholic church fire in weeks amid rising tensions over Catholic property.
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Ottawa
Ont
St. Mary’s
Hamilton
Ku Kluskian
St. Alary's Cathedral
Canada
Organized Labor to Campaign for Light Wine and Beer
Samuel Gompers and the Brewery Workers' International Union announce a nationwide effort to revise the Volstead Act to legalize sale of light wine and beer. They advocate personal lobbying of Congress, argue beer and wine are healthful, and pledge not to return saloons, which they call a past institution.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Dan
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Brewery Workers’ International Union
America
Gompers
Congress
French Armies Advance Deep Into Germany Five Divisions Involved
Berlin reports say French and Belgian forces move into the Ruhr area with five divisions totaling about 435000 men to secure Bochum and enforce reparations. German coal owners halt deliveries, prompting expected French action as tensions climb. The Essen and Bochum districts face occupation extending to coal production centers.
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Associated Press
Berlin
German Coal Commission
Ruhr
France
Belgium
Washington
State Department
Bochum
London
Commission of Control
Essen
Evening News
Germany
Gerany
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John C. Koeneke
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Hughes
Roland W. Boyden
Reparations Commission
Boyden
Senate
Banking Committee
Norris
Republican
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Agricultural Committee
Trish Rebrks
Tim
Dublin
O'Tim* Healy
Healy
Phoenix Park
Sun Yat Sen
Shanghai
South China
Kwangtung
Chiang
Ming
Ganton
Fukien
Canton
Sun
P. M
Sumner
van Brogklin
Presbyterians
College Community Center
Bandit
Daniel Culhane
St. Louis
Culhane
Universities
Iren Pescy Stickney Grant
Angora Gov't
San Felice
Shadr
Peoria
Chillicothe
John Merritt
Gov’t
Wasen
Teachum
Lokal Ameiger
Bochun
Stinnes
Porky
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