One Woman Prefers Not To Sit In Judgment
A juror in the Dr. Porterfield case, Mrs. Fate Sage, expresses a dislike for impartiality but remains in the panel after questioning. The defense challenges veniremen as judges scrutinize potential bias while Dr. Porterfield, recently operated on for a ruptured condition, attends court calmly amid jury selection concerns.
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C. J. Spafford
Dr. F. Wworterfield
Walter R Brench
County
Atorney
Fate M. Sage
F. C
Age
Fred Lettit
Vaira Penne
Spafford
G. W. Wood
Cr. Murtagh
French
Murgh
Venireman
J. Porterfield
Jessie P.J. Laxfield
Murtagh
Veniremen
Waterloo
Portereld
J. E. Ray
Cedar ‘Alls
Jack Maxfield
Jessie Maxfield
Mr. Murtagh
B. Duthbert
Cedar Falls
Upper Iowa University
Fayette, Jr
United States won’t be dry, Pussyfoot Johnson says
New York January 1 United States will never be dry, declared C G Pussyfoot Johnson after returning from Great Britain He predicted Ireland Scotland Wales and parts of England would become dry but the United States would not because one cannot legislate the ten commandments into the people.
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United
CG. W
Pussyfoot
Johnson
Great Britelo
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
England
United States
Faked Hold Up Leads to Jail for Bad Check
Richard McBride janitor at the Elks club in Dubuque Iowa reported a $40 robbery to the police but is now jailed for passing a worthless local bank check. Investigators say the holdup was faked to gain sympathy and stall creditors.
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Associated Press
I Dubuque, Ia
Richard McBride
Elks Club
McBride
Beapurious
Annual Payments Replaces Germany’s Total Indemnity Plan
Paris Jan 19 Associated Press Berlin dispatch reports that Allied German delegates and officials agreed to abandon a fixed reparations total and replace it with annual payments, adjusting the plan under British French and German oversight.
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Germany
Associated Press
Paris
Trench
Berlin
Journal
Labor Meet Rejects Profit Sharing Plan
Mexico City did Jan 19 at the Pan American Federation of Labor final congress meeting. Proposals for profit sharing by industrial plant employees were rejected, ending efforts to inaugurate such schemes.
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Labor Meet
Associated Press
Mexico City
Congress of the Pan-American Federation of Labor
Resterdy
Movies Fight Blue Laws In States To Save Industry
United Press reports the motion picture industry battles state censorship and Sunday closing laws. Censorship bills target 30 states while blue law measures in about a dozen threaten Sunday recreation and sports. Harold J. Jacobs notes a costly campaign by the National Association of the Motion Picture Producers to oppose restrictions.
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Ay Harold J. Jacobs
United Press
New York
National Association of the Motion Picture Producers
United States
Canada
F. H. Elliott
Association
Lord's Day Alliance
Iowa Man Freed of Murder Charge in Kentucky Court
Justus B. Murray, acquitted of killing his business partner Howard Phillips, prepared to return to Maquoketa Iowa. His defense claimed Murray feared disruption to a big home venture and Phillips was merely a friend. The acquittal drew a large crowd in Newport Kentucky, with cheers as Murray left for a hotel.
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Iowa
Kentucky
Newport
Justus B. Murray
Howard Phillips
Maquoketa
Iowe
Aeacrey
Phillips
Mra
Murray Ghys Phillips
Murray
Judge says small liquor possession not illegal
Des Moines January 19 Municipal Judge Mershon ruled that possession of limited quantities of liquor is not illegal and said officers must include an affidavit proving they knew or believed liquor was sold on the premises within a month to warrant searches. This clause could affect many cases against alleged law violators.
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Des Moines
Mershon
W. E. Robb
Police Chief Keeps Job Amid Homebrew Charge
Marshalltown Iowa dispatch says Police Chief William Sage remains on duty after city council refused suspension while federal officials raid a local lodge and seize 373 quarts of homebrew and a full manufacturing setup. Sage and lodge officers were arrested as the investigation continues.
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United Press
Marshalltown
William Sage
Bell
Sage
Democrats Start Filibuster Against Emergency Tariff
United Press reports a Democratic filibuster against the emergency tariff bill in the Senate. Democratic leader Senator Underwood denied plans to organize a party filibuster and said he could not control individual Democrats.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Underwood
Sleet Storm Sweeps Northwest Section
United Press dispatch reports a severe sleet storm hitting northern Illinois eastern Iowa and southern Wisconsin causing crippled traffic demoralized telegraph services and injuries from falls on icy sidewalks. Rain later in the day is forecast to alleviate conditions per the Weather Bureau.
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United Press
Chicago
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
Windham County Jail Converts From Income to Liability
Hartford Jan. 19. Prohibition has altered the Windham county jail from a self supporting facility to an annual liability of about 11000. Commissioners report to the general assembly. In earlier years inmates were hired out to farmers, and last year the average jail population stood at 15.
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Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Windham County
General Assembly
Shrine Potentates to Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines AP report says invitations went to all Mystic Shrine temples in the United States to send their potentates or representatives to Des Moines for a January 30 conference. The purpose is to plan the annual conclave scheduled for June 14 15 and 15.
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Des Moines
Mystic Shrine
United States
Highways Report for Iowa Cities in Early 1921
Weather bulletin lists highways in districts including Charles City Albert Lea Algona Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly. Forecast calls for good highway conditions with rain in extreme east tonight and fair weather Thursday.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Duduque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Westerton
Waverly
Shaw Urges Consumption Tax and High Tariff Plan
In a United Press exclusive from Washington on January 13, Leslie M. Shaw argues for abolishing excess profits taxes, enacting a broad consumption tax, and adopting a protectionist tariff designed to protect American industry. He warns against refunding public debt now and predicts lower interest as debt can be floated later, urging Congress to legislate for America.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Leslie M. Shaw
America
Mississippi
Rockies
Amertranh Congress
Judge halts Western Union from landing cables at Miami
Federal Judge A Hand issued a temporary injunction returnable Friday restraining Western Union Telegraph from landing the British Brazilian Bardels cables at Miami Florida and from using the cables between Key West and Havana in messages between the United States and Brazil to prevent the landing of the undersea link Pending further court action the decision halts satellite like cables and delays cross Atlantic communications until a full hearing.
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Associated Press
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Miami
Fla
Key West
Ha- Yana
United States
Brazl
Fleat Yue at Canal Units Move Toward Pacific Fleet
Panama January 1 United States Atlantic fleet ships are expected to reach the Panama Canal today. The warships will pass through the canal to join the Pacific fleet tomorrow. Both fleets will wait Saturday for the south.
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Panama
United States Atlantic Fleet
Panama Canal
Canal
Young Bandits Pursue Renegade Gangs
Chicago news reports a new mode of robberies inspired by Al Jennings and the James brothers. Inspector Adolph Germer notes numerous pouch thefts and warns that bandits see mail robbery as a path to riches, while most mail thefts are done by amateurs.
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United Press
Chicago
al Jennings
James Brothers
Adolph Germer
Germer
Umeateura
Soldiers Guarding Witness Against Ten Alabama Guardsmen
Jasper Aln Jan 19 In indictments charging murder in connection with the lynching of William Baird a miner near here last Thursday were returned today by a special grand jury against nine members of Company M state militia of Tuscaloosa county. Leslia West taxi driver and principal witness against national guardsmen under arrest in connection with the lynching Thursday was escorted by state troops today from the depot to the courthouse to appear before the grand jury investigating the case. West gave a written statement that he provided one of the motor vehicles used by the lynching party leading to the arrest of 10 members of Company M as crowds blocked exits at the depot during West's transfer from Birmingham.
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Dr. Porterfield
Republican Party
Cleveland
Associated Press
Jasper, Aln
William Baird
Tuscaloosa County
Jasper
Ala
Leslia West
National
Court House
Fudge Wilkinss
West
Company M
Birmingham
Johnson May Help Primary Law Fight In Indiana
Senator Hiram Johnson of California may visit Indianapolis to oppose repeal or extension of Indiana’s primary election law. The progressive wing of the Indiana Republican Party extended the invitation as the legislative battle over the system continues.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Hiram Johnson
California
Indiana
Johnson
Republican Party
Seaplane Sunk by Gunfire During Airline Flight
An Associated Press report from San Francisco states the naval seaplane NC was forced down and wrecked during a group flight from San Diego to Balboa Canal Zone and has been sunk by gunfire. No explanation was received for the message.
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San Francisco
Cal
San Diego
Balboa
Canal Zone
Naval Radio
Grain movement to market rises in January Sioux City
Sioux City January 19. The movement of grain to market in this session has increased materially during the past week, indicating the farmers are beginning to meet their January obligations.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Grandmothers to fly Nebraska's electoral vote to Washington
Nebraska grandmothers Mrs H H Whester and Mrs Draper Smith plan to fly Nebraska's electoral vote to Washington in two small planes. They will depart Lincoln Thursday morning, join in Omaha, and travel with stops at Des Moines Chicago Bryan Marion Wheeling and Charleston before reaching Washington. The trip covers about 1500 miles and may skip Marion due to Senator Harding's absence.
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Omaha
Neb
H. H. Whester
Draper Smith
Nebraska
Washington
Wheeler
Lincoln
Is Smith
Des Moines
Town de Chicago
Bryan
Marion
Wheeling
W. Va
Charleston
Harding
Monilay
House Vote Maintains 435 Members Amid Reapportionment Talk
The U S House rejected increasing its size to 488, voting 198 to 77 to keep 435 members. An amendment shifting 12 seats to eight states failed. The body also rejected delaying the reapportionment bill and downed a move to cut membership to 207. An agricultural appropriation bill totaling 33 517 449 for next year was reported, with funds for forest lands, disease eradication, moth control, and boll weevil protection. Senator Penrose urged action on the emergency tariff bill, while Senator Johnson called for a probe into U S intervention in Haiti and Santo Domingo.
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Associated Pras
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Jones
Texas
House
Department of Agriculture
National Forest Reservation Committee
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
California
Arizona
Fliers Considered Disarming Farrell Witness Testifies
At the inquiry into the remarkable balloon flight into Canada with two American naval officers, a witness testified that during a woods misadventure he argued with his commander Lieut Louis A Kloor over plans to disarm Lieut Stephen A Furel. The testimony centers on the alleged discussion during the lost expedition and the potential disarming orders.
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Canada
Louis A. Kloor
Advisea Bi
Stephen A. Furel
Congressional hearings on amnesty, nominees, and budget actions
Congress debate focuses on amnesty petitions for prisoners, nominations, and regulatory moves. Committees discuss immigration policy, reclassification of officers, hospital appropriations up to 30 million pounds, and for naval, army, diplomacy, and rivers and harbors spending.
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Imereasy
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Aks
Publiq Buildings
Seraunds
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Chi
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Naval Affactea
Mason City Meat Plant Guarded as Strike Proceeds
Mason City deputies guarded the Jacob E. Decker & Sons meat packing plant as around ten striking workers picketed. Fourteen new deputies, all ex-service men, were sworn in and watched the plant during shift changes. Officials denied a state militia call, though contact with Des Moines suggested possible troop steps if needed. Des Moines described the Iowa National Guard chief stated officials sought guidance but were in control.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Marsh
Des Moines
Statte
Lash Jer
Iowa National Guard
Crazy Woman Kills 3 Children and Self
Winchester Virginia early today Mrs Mary Glenn Hicks wife of Stanley H Hicks shot and killed three of her four children at their home near here before taking her own life Authorities say she appeared mentally deranged following a recent influenza attack Children tried to shield themselves with their bodies as the shotgun was used in the killings and suicide
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Winchester
Mary Glenn Hicks
Stanley H. Hicks
Here
Negro Confesses to Naval Nurse Murder in Annapolis
Henry A. Brown, a Black man, confessed to killing Harriet Kavanaugh, a nurse at the Naval Hospital in Annapolis, after a lengthy interrogation by Baltimore detectives Bradley and Hamstoe. Brown was arrested in Baltimore hours after Miss Kavanaugh was found Saturday.
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United Press
Annapolis
Henry A. Brown
Harriet Kavanaugh
Naval Hospital
Bradley and Hammerstoe
Baltimore
Brown
Miss Kavanaugh
Former Empress Augusta Victoria Failing Health
Amsterdam Jan 19 The general weakness of former empress Augusta Victoria of Germany deepens with another heart attack, according to the latest bulletins from Doorn.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Augusta Victoria
Germany
Doorn
Death Takes Editor of Kansas City Journal
Col. William F. Craig former editor of the Kansas City Journal died of pneumonia at his son John Craig’s home in Chicago. He was 67, led the paper from 1891 until last summer, continuing occasional editorial contributions until recently.
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William F. Craig
Kansas City Fournal
John Craig
Chicago Daily News
Craig
Kansas City Journal
Advertisement fragment for newspaper delivery service
An ad notes Smoxe La Azora and Trargaster Dutch Master as best buys at 10c to 15c, promising home delivery before 5 20. If the paper is late due to carrier error call 3330 before 6 30 to have a copy sent.
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Smoxe la Azora
Girard
Trargaster
Proposes Bill To Put Nominations In Party Control
Des Moines dateline reports a bill introduced by Representative L. H. Mayne Palo Alto calling for future nominations under direct control of party organizations. Opponents call it a throwback to machine politics and petty boss domination. Senator C. W. Whitmore Wa pole expected to push a separate measure taxing property at full value.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iawa
L. H. Mayne
Palo Alto
C. W. Whitmore
Wapello
Palmer defends probe into Justice methods before senate
Attorney General Palmer urged a thorough inquiry into how the Justice Department handled radical arrests. He denied brutality charges, blaming deportees and lawyers for spreading unfounded claims. He cited 581 espionage act convictions and 133 penitentiary sentences, noting leniency by President Wilson compared with judges and district attorneys.
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Wilson
Department of Justice
Br L. CG. Martin
United Press
Washington
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