Sensations rise as Kneeskern trial nears closing
Charles City Ia Jan 14 trial of Kneeskern for the murder of Irene Van Brocklin and Charles Van Brocklin continued with testimony from Flaherty the Mason City gun expert and Mrs Rachel Teice mother of the slain girl. The judge ruled against admitting canned evidence and the defense benefited from key cross examinations as spectators filled the small courtroom.
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Associated
Brees
Charles City
Kneerkern
Trene Aml
Charles van Hrocklin
William S. Hart
Flaherty
George Flaherty
Sporting Goods
Howse
Mason City
Kneeskern
Alason City
Rachel Hice
Elmer van Brocklimn
Irene
Kelley
Hart
Allen
Cutting
Spencer Schaefer
Fort Manlson
Eller
Denorah
B. F. Kneeskern
Castalia
Rrenewand
Charles van Breeklin
Rachel Teice
Elmer van Brocklin
Charles
Frank Oconnor
Dubuque
Timer
Trene van Brocklin
Ty Elmet
Rice
Irs
Bank Robbers Seek Venue Change Before Trial
Orange City Iowa February 16 Pleas of not guilty and requests for separate trials were filed as John Lavery Elmer Dingman and Harry Drury all of Council Bluffs and Frank Gilson of Chicago were arraigned on bank robbery charges. The quartet allegedly attempted a bank robbery at Maurice Indiana January 5. Change of venue will be argued Saturday. Trials start January 29. Drury will face trial first under current plans. The bandit was found nearly frozen and badly wounded in a hay stack after a battle with a posse.
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Orange City
Fan
John Lavery
Elmner Dingman
Harry Drury
Council Bluffs
Frank Gilson
Chicago
Maurice
Drury
Warm Iowa winter noted in new weather records
Des Moines reports a historic mild winter based on Lown crop and weather service figures. November averaged 5.44 degrees per day warmer than normal, December stayed warm with days near the end cooling, and January rapidly exceeded normal temperatures in the first ten days. Town City governs a related Red Ball route project to straighten nine miles from North Liberty to Linn County line with grading and four grade crossings, ending with a single crossing at Cedar Rapids interurban.
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Des Moines
Lown Crop and Weather Service
Charles D. Reed
Town City
North Lierty
Linn County
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Stobert N. Carson
Cedar Rapids
Iawa City
Carson
Iowaay
Chicago & North Western
Cejoer Rapids
Murphy Urged for Parole Board Post in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Gov. Kendall plans to send Ray Murphy a prominent lawyer for Senate approval to fill the parole board vacancy after L W Drennan’s resignation. Democrats favor Murphy who is linked to a future Iowa American Legion leadership role. Ralph Ventrees of Rockwell City is also named as a candidate and has backing for appointment. Charges have been raised that the governor aims to abolish the current board and merge it with the central board.
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Des Moines
Neye
Kendall
Senate
Ray Murphy
State Board of 1
L. W. Drennan
Murphy
Jowa Department of the American Legion
Ralph Ventrees
Rockwell City
Drannan
State Board of Central
Victim of Shooting in Omaha Roadhouse
In Omaha Nebraska early today two men dragged a dead unidentified man from a road house corridor to University hospital. A nurse witnessed the fatal close range shooting. A letter with the name Earl Williams and a cash card from I A Auto Repair was found on the body. Detectives link the man to a suburban house and a Minneapolis letter. Police suspect the victim was a hot target.
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Omaha
University Hospital
Iere
Dora Hofeldt
Earl Williams
Her Thorne
Charles City
Jerry Johnson
David Anderson
West Seventh Street
Fetter
Minneapolis
Throst to be hanged for Waukon teacher slaying
Des Moines, Jan 16. V Earl Throst of Waukon must hang March 2 after the State supreme court denied his appeal in the slaying of Inga Magnuson a schoolteacher, the lower court sentence stands.
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Throst
Des Moines
Earl Throst
Waukon
Inga Magnuson
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court Upholds Grading Cost Assessment
Des Moines court ruling upholds taxing grading costs against a benefited district in the case of Laura A Regal versus the city of Des Moines. The ruling supports the lower court and confirms that grading expenses may be assessed to benefited districts.
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Des Moines
State Supreme Court
Laura A. Regal
Daintiff
Three County Town Assessor Faces Multicounty Meetings
In Sheldahl a village straddling Story Polk and Boone counties the assessor must attend meetings across three courthouses. He collected books and instructions in Story Polk and Boone towns and coordinated with Des Moines to bring in clerks and supplies. The town, about 200 residents, shifts its post office between counties as it sits at the border.
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Nevada
Sheldahl
J .A. Cracber
Story
Polk
Boona
Des Moines
Goone
Story Jalidliers
Boone
Polk County
Four Carlson Boys Die in Smoke Fumes at Home
Fort Dodge Iowa, Jan 16 Four young Carlson brothers died of suffocation when bedclothes caught fire while they played alone in a home. Lawrence five Bruce three Darrell one Johnny five, mother Mrs Hugh Carlson had gone to the store. firemen failed to revive them with a pul motor.
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Fort Dodge
Lawrence Carlson
Bruce Carlson
Darrell Carlson
Johnny Cart
Hugh Q Carlson
Entiio
Kendricks Name for Iowa Insurance Commissioner
Gov Iffall sent the name of W R Kendricks to the Iowa Senate for confirmation as state insurance commissioner to succeed A C Savage. The appointment was announced last week and awaits upper house approval. A senate committee is expected to remake a report on the appointment tomorrow.
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Moines
Keniffall
W. R. GC. Kendricks
A. C. Savage
Senate
Algona Men Injured in Train Collision at Chelsea Crossing
Cedar Rapids Jan 16 John B Johnson Jr and Arthur Jonson both of Algona la were seriously injured today when their automobile was struck by a fast passenger train on the Northwestern railroad near Chelsea La They were taken to local hospitals in critical condition to be watched for further injuries or complications.
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Cedar Rapids
John B. Johnson, Jr
Arthur Jonson
Algona
Northwestern
Chelsea
Journal Clerk Becomes Pardon Clerk in Governor's Office
Des Moines January 16 Mrs Mary E Dahlberg resigned as journal clerk of the house of representatives to join Gov Kendall as pardon clerk in the executive office. She follows Alta J Moore who resigned to marry. Her successor as journal clerk will likely be named by the house tomorrow.
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Des Moines
Mary E. Dahlberg
Journal
House of Representatives
Kendall
Alta J. Moore
House
Joint Commission to Estimate Actual Cost Farm Products
A joint commission of legislature members and state farm groups from six western states will meet in Sioux City on January 24 to determine the actual cost of producing farm products and to establish methods to prevent selling below production cost. States to be represented include Iowa South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota Kansas and Missouri. Members will include house and senate leaders lieutenant governors and agricultural department heads plus state farm organization heads.
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Sioux City
Towa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas
Boy of 10 Killed While Coasting in a Collision
In Stove City Iowa Jan 16 191? a 10 year old boy Woodrow Sebelhorse was instantly killed after colliding with an automobile as he coasted across an intersection. Driver R P Casey is held on a $5000 manslaughter bond, claiming the boy darted from the curb unseen and was crushed under a wheel. The child had been stayed by his father the night before.
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Stove City
Woodjrow Sebelhorse
R. P. Casey
Casey
New York rector calls church a waste of money
Dr Percy Stickney Grant Lorlay in a Fifth Avenue church interview says religion must shift from miracles to scientific facts and inner development. He criticizes church buildings as wasteful, argues Christ preached without grand temples, and urges tolerance and self-reliant problem solving.
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New York
United Prem New York
Percy Stickney Grant Lorlay
Grant
United Press
de. Grant
Fifth Avenue
Church of the Ascension
United States
Dr. Grant
Christ
God
State Briefs from Des Moines and Iowa updates
A Des Moines municipal court dismissed perjury charges against former County Jailer William McMurray after ex-Sheriff Rabb alleged sworn writs were in good faith. Reports from Muscatine, Davenport, Sioux City, and Cedar Rapids cover missing persons, a fatal accident, a church death, wage talks, bank indictments, a farmer’s death, and a local injunction violation sentencing.
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Des Moiines
William McMurray
Winfred E. Rabb
Fudge Mershon
McMurray
William Klein
Kellums
Muscatinen
Minneapolis Globe ‘Trotters
Mutine Elks
Davenport
Charles Schiveter
Sioux City
William Stein
Storm Lake
Hein
Des Moines
Iowa
State Master Builders’ Association
Chicago Joint Stock Land Bank
Mount Vernon
E. T. Gruell
Pordland
Ore
Gruell
Rey
Port Madison
Bietrich
Walljasper
Lee County
West Point
Here
Cedar Rapids
Jack Savage
Rock Island
Linn County
Savage
Fort Dorge
Scott
Truce Arranged Between Lithuanians and French at Memel
Paris January 16 The entrance of Lithuanian insurgents into Memel after a clash that cost one French chasseur killed and three wounded was confirmed by the foreign office. A truce lets Lithuanians stay in town with a neutral zone separating them from the French until the ambassadors council decides Memel's future.
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Associated Press
Paris
Memel
Chasseurs
Baltic
Foreign Office
Council of Ambassadors
Jen
Dortmund
Hardé
Maginot
Cabinet
Bochum
Tyre
Rosa Luxenburg
Altho
Germany
Anderson Here Sets Record Low For Standing Committees
Des Moines dispatch notes Speaker J H Anderson read the shortest list of standing committees in twelve years. He followed house recommendations to drop about 20 committees. Despite this, key chairmanships go to members with opposing views on mud roads. Edson leads highways, Hauge heads appropriations, Moen chairs ways and means, Clark chairs judiciary.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
J. H. Anderson
House
Anderson
Edson
Buena Vista
Hauge
Park
Ways and Jeans
Moen
Lyon
Clark
Linn
Rumships Block Jersey Coast Traffic, Coast Guard Warns
The Associated Press reports Captain Berry of the New York coast guard headquarters said a vessel from the West Indies faced heavy rum fleets off New Jersey hindering navigation. Authorities termed the dense fleet a menace to safe passage along the coast.
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Jersey
Associated Press
New York
Berry
Coast Guard
West Indies
Warfare Looms in Ruhr Zone Defy French Army
German industrial leaders defy summons as French troops advance in the Ruhr area. Reports cite clashes, requisitions, and escalating tension across Bochum, Dortmund, Essen, and Gelsenkirchen. French promises of penalties rise with talk of occupation and control of coal fields.
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Ruhr
Brookhart Targets Corporations Dodging Federal Tax
Senator Brookhart introduced a senate resolution directing Secretary Mellon to report penalties against corporations for unpaid taxes on dividends from the last fiscal year. He cited the federal trade commission’s finding of 328 corporations declaring dividends up to 1,300 percent and urged legislation to tax such exorbitant dividends if treasury interpretation of revenue acts proves lacking. The item notes a potential 25 percent offer tied to savings, with no clear outcome.
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Waterloogivening
Washington News Bureau
Washington, D. C
P Brookhart
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Brockhart
Federal Trade Commission
Treasury
Jevy Nes
Highways face national scope as traffic grows
Chicago dispatch reports the national highway problem surpasses state lines and calls for standardization of products and methods. Iowa officials caution that past decades lagged, urging more paving, graveled roads, and drainage.
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Associated Press
Chicago
T. J. Wasser
American Road Buildings Association
United States
Wasser
Iowa
C- Coykendal
Iowa Highway Commission
Iowan
Four Arrested for Extortion in Love Notes Plot
Chicago police halted a blackmail scheme to extort $10,000 from Rudolph Kuhn, a wealthy clothier maker. Three women and a male collector, including Jeanette Pliege, were arrested after a woman delivered five letters claimed to be Kuhn’s to Mrs Kuhn. The suspect Blakemore set a $10,000 price for the notes and faced arrest.
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Chicago
Rudolph Kuhn
Fliege
J. B. Blakemore
Mint Bandits Close To United States Mint In Denver
Denver reports a small one story house less than a block from the U S mint served as a rendezvous for five bandits in a $260000 heist. A dead bandit was found in a car and is believed to be J C Sloan. Police searches and inquiries followed the robbery amid claims police did not search all garages as ordered. Chicago suspect Dan Culhane was questioned and released after a Denver police telegram said witnesses failed to identify his photo.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
United States Mint
Louise Speegle
J. C. Sloan
Frank M. Downer
Downer
Erec
Chicago
International News Wire
Dan Culhane
Culhane
Mother Declares Victim Of Masked Mob Surely Dead
Attorney General Coca announced investigators linked Lon Braddock’s home invasion to a Morehouse parish reign of terror. Plans include charging men with housebreaking at night for seizing Braddock on bootlegging suspicions, a charge carrying the death penalty in the state. Additional charges against others may follow.
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Page Oi
J. K. Skipwith
Cyclops
Ku Klux Klan
Morehouse Parish
Lon Braddock
Coca
Coco Sald
Youth's Scheme for Easy Money Lands Him in Police Hands
East St. Louis January 16 Clay Howerton 21, heir to a Marshall Illinois family, is jailed on $6000 bond for using the mails to defraud. He was nabbed at the postoffice window seeking a package to Rober Finney said to hold 20000 dollars. Postoffice authorities note a letter to B F Johnson of Marshall demanding the money for harming a girl. He admits writing the letter and that Johnson harmed no girl.
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East St. Louis
Clay Howerton
Marshall
Howerton
Rober Finney
B. F. Johnson
Johnson
Mrs. David J. Hill Dies After Auto Collision
Mrs. David Jayne Till age 60 wife of the former ambassador to Germany died from injuries after being struck by a delivery wagon on Rhode Island avenue Washington D C. She stepped from the curb shortly after leaving her home and was hit by the wagon driven by Guy G. Lee who is detained by police. Before marriage in 1880 she was Miss Juliette Lewis Packer a prominent Berlin hostess during Dr Hill's ambassadorship and highly social in Washington after his retirement.
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Washington, D. C
David Jayne Till
Germany
Rhode Island_avenue
Hill
Guy G. Lee
Juliette Lewis
Packer
Berlin
State in Rebuttal to Herrin Riot Case
Witnesses testified to the reputation of prosecution witnesses in the Herrin massacre trial. The defense attacked George Nelsons a state witness, prompting rebuttal. Arguments were set to continue and the case was expected to go to the jury by week’s end.
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Herrin
Marion
George Nelsons
Frank E Watkins and Bride Set World Tour Departure
The Empress of France passenger list shows Mr and Mrs Frank E Watkins Waterton among travelers for a world tour starting from New York on January 22. Mrs Minnie Crippen and Mrs Edna J Weller were also noted as embarking, with the couple marrying yesterday in Chicago and planning a four plus month voyage.
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France
New York
Prank BE. Watkins
Waterton
Watkins
Edna J. Weller
Chicago
Waterloo
Franklin C. Platt
Minnie Crippen
License Required for Ferret Users
Ed H. Chapman, game warden, is advised by a state warden that persons hunting rabbits with ferrets must have a hunting license. The inquiry, made a few days ago in Seattle, confirms that such individuals are hunting wild game and must comply with the regulations requiring a license.
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Ed H. Chapman
Chapman
Seattle
Dr. Allen Leaves Waterloo Practice
Dr J R Allen a longtime Waterloo physician with offices at 210 Commercial Building has sold his office equipment and accounts to another doctor and disposed of his residence leaving the city proof he has moved away.
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Allen
City
J. R. Allen
Waterloo
Commercial Building
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