Jazz crazed girl may escape seven year term
San Francisco dispatch reports Dorothy El Mugson, 16, who killed her mother amid a Jazz age flight, may be freed after a seven year stay in Ventura girls school. Preliminary juvenile court hearing set for tomorrow. father and counsel clash over defense strategy and alienist testimony. Police accept she is underage, blocking further age challenges.
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International News Wire
San Francisco
Cal
Bkies
Dorothy el- Mugson
Ventura
Dorothy
California
Ventora
Garli Sh
Ray
David Stein
Dorothy Ellingson
Catherine Mossman
Thelma ‘Willberg
Ernst Kreuter
Kreuter
Stein
Alexander Moslin
Genn
Ellingson
Masiin
Mastin
Minneapolis
Fort Dodge Gov Hammill halts convention engagement
Fort Dodge reports Gov Hammill canceled his speaking engagement at the Warmers-Grain Dealers association convention. LeMars letters claim two forged notices from Los Angeles purport to be from WV Machin former bank president admitting responsibility for forgeries that closed Plymouth County Savings Bank. Cedar Rapids divorce case reopened with new affidavits from Anthony Tschirgi. Keokuk and Johnson notes on prohibition worker and a diocesan address. Sioux City eyes and Adams conclude annual meeting with officer elections. Cedar Rapids Was elected vice president.
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Fort Dodge
Hammill
Warmers-Grain Dealers’ Association
LeMars
Plymouth County Savings Bank
Los Angeles
WV. J. Machin
Cedar Rapids
Irbirgi
Anthony Tschirgi
Keokuk
Johnson
Snake
Des Moines
Morrison
Davenport
Episcopal Church
Sioux City
Sioux Valley Eye & & Adams
Omcera
Fred Bailey
Cedar Rapers
Youngest Judge in State Dies on Coast
Shelby Cullison, once the state’s youngest district judge, died in California at age 28 while seeking health relief. His death occurred June 2, and he will be brought back for burial. He was the son of Judge Shelby M. Callison.
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Harlan
Shelby Cullison
Big City
California
Cullison
Shelby M. Callison
Bill Would Force Livestock to Wear Head and Taillights
Lincele Nebraska January bill proposes classifying livestock with street vehicles for traffic purposes. Representative M J Brown drafts the measure requiring all livestock on public roads at night to display flashing lights both front and rear to prevent collisions with motorist and protect animals.
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Lincele
Neb
Jen. YU
Nebraska
M. J. Brown
Texas Elects Miriam Ferguson First Women Governor
Texas inaugurates Miriam A. Ferguson as the state’s first woman governor. Her husband, ex Governor James B. Ferguson, remains influential, with an office downtown while she governs. Public reaction centers on whether she will rule in fact or as a figurehead.
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Rexius
Vinternational
Anstio
Tex
Texas
United States
Miriam A. Ferguson
James B. Ferguson
Jwner
Fergusons
Jim
Hashane
Ferguson
Mark
Sugarlanf
Gov't Agents Testify on Senator Edwards Booze Charge
Gov't agents testify that Senator Edwards bought liquor, with Republicans urging a Senate probe. Edwards refused a direct denial, saying he did not want to enter a new controversy with prohibition forces. Democratic colleagues defended him as the charges caused a mild sensation and sparked calls for inquiry.
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Edwards
Senate
Wheeler
Montana
Prominent Masons Attend Funeral of Late Secy Parvin
Prominent Masons from alpid Staite gathered at the funeral of Newton Ry Parvin, longtime Mason and secretary. The service, led by the grand judge, included Rev. AL M. Jayne and lay leader Larry M. Gage. The funeral procession departed for Iowa City after services in Burlington. In a separate matter, Judge H. G. Boteg moved to remove the damage suit filed by Tillie Watters against Citizens Gas & Electric Co. to federal court.
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Eoxlav Boaplds
Alpid Staite
ToWa Masonry
Newton Ry Parvin
Burlington
Larry M. Gage
Coe College
Yin BR Aa Mano
AL M. Jayne
Altemiobile
Iowa
Cit
Pedemal Cout
Tillie Watters
Ry. Watters
Citizens Gas & Hectrie Co
H. GB. Boteg
Wall of Guns and Steel in Chapman Path to Freedom
Indianapolis dispatch reports five heavy guards and a deputy sheriff wall surrounding Gersald Chapman at the Marion County jail as federal wardens prepare to return him to Atlanta after his 1924 escape. Authorities fear a rescue attempt and keep Chapman silent, describing him as a calculating, reticent 37 year old with a notorious underworld record.
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Hy United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Matton County
Gersald Chapman
Chapman
Sherri Wawkins
Nes
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
Connecticut
Linus P. Meredith
U. S
Russia
New Britain
New York
Thoroly
Gramercy Park
Six Fires Within Few Hours Keen Firemen on Jump
Waterloo firemen battled six roof fires before 1 p.m sparked by falling embers. Most flames were checked with little damage, except the home of E S Moore at 1907 Third Street West. Other alarms followed at various times and locations including Mrs J A Tyaly TiAda, 273 Hammond, Mrs M J McCate 328 Ninth Street West, AL L Stuntzery 427 Washington, and J F Grant address 8th Street.
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Waterloo
Moore
Third Street West
Cherreet
J. A. Ty Aly
Marital Woes Lead to Two Divorces Filed in District Court
Esther Cooner sues John Goonds alleging a December marriage at Pipestone Minnesota and requests ten dollars weekly alimony. Minnie Johnson sues Taylor Johnson alleging marriage in 1924 at Allison Mary twenty two and seeks forty dollars monthly alimony along with an injunction to stop harassment at her Cedar Avenue home.
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Esther Cooner
John Goonds
Pipestone
Minn
Minnie Johnson Fis Plaimi
Taylor Johnson
Allison Mary
Slice
Fourth Avenue
Cedar
Two Sisters Killed by Mysterious Explosion
In Los Angeles on January 20 Marie Reynolds, 24, and Agnes Pashley, also 24, were found dead from burns and injuries after a mysterious explosion believed to involve gas or cleaning fluid. The blast severely damaged an apartment building.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Marie Reynolds
Agnes Pashley
Men Boost Income Tax Payments for Publicity Reasons
New York January 20. Business men have deliberately increased tax payments to boost credit, according to Harry Herkawits of the bureau of internal revenue. Vanity, not credit, prompted some older persons to raise their payments since the figures were published.
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New York
Harry Herkawits
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cable Briefs From Around The World And Rome
AP briefs report Pershing meeting de Alvear in Buenos Aires and a visit to an Argentine exposition. RCA plans a Manila super station. Asquith may accept a peerage. Viceroy opens British India administrative session. Italy begins cable linking Rome to the United States. A theater fire in Yokio injures none. Cairo notes a postponed caliphate congress and finance claims. Rome denies Vatican approval of an administration bill.
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Associated Press
Buenos A Aires
Con
John J. Pershing
de Alvear
Manile
Radio Corporation of America
Manila
London
Herbert H. Asquith
Delhi
British India
Earl of
Reading
Anzio
Italy
United States
Yokio
Engiza
Cairo
Hoover backs balanced production for farming prosperity
Telegraph briefs from Washington Geneva Buenos Aires and New York report Secretary Hoover stating that balanced production and consumer power ensure agricultural prosperity. Porter calls British opium proposals unacceptable. Argentina declares the papal nuncio and secretary persona non grata. Inaugural radio broadcasts for March 4 planned by congressional committees and industry leaders.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
President's Agriculture Commission
Geneva
Stephen G. Porter
Buenos Aires
Holy See
Argentina
Giovanni Beda
New York
Washington
Congressional Committee
Telephone Company
Radio Corporation
Bristow Undertaker Contracts Smallpox From Embalming
Bristow Ta January 20 Burtin Surfus died Saturday after a ten day illness traced to smallpox contracted while embalming a deceased patient misidentified as pneumonia. Public gatherings banned pending vaccination drive. Surfus survived by widow three children and parents. He was born March 29 1886 and was active in local church lodge and the Bristow band.
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Bristow, Ta
Burtin Surfus
Oak Mit
Altho
Mr. Surfus
Nis
Clair
Maxine
Edith
Will Surfs
Stella Walsh
Lucile
Raisch
Bristow
Ethel McDougal
Suarlin
United Brethren Schutuh
Veteran of Three Wars Dies at Home in Neb
Anenst Uncle Johnny Guerin, veteran of the Civil, French and Sahara-Arab campaigns, who also took part in early Indian skirmishes, died at his Neb home yesterday. The obituary notes his service in three wars and various early conflicts.
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Neb
Anenst
Johnny’ Guerin
Parti
Police Enter Probe Of McClintock Death In Oloon
Police take hand in probe as inquest into William N. McClintock death is postponed twenty days at joint request of Chief Justice Olson Chief of Police Collins and Miss Isa bel Pope counsel. Inquiry targets William D. Shepherd and Mrs Shepherd who could be questioned about McClintock estate.
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Associated Press
Chiense
William N. McClintock
Harry Olson
Municipal Court
Morgan Collins
Isabale Pope
McClintock
John H. S. Lee
Will
Shepherd
New Mexico
Robert Stoll
Edmund Hedrick
Olson
Hedrick
Colins
Houig McClintock
Baseball Bribery Case May Go to Grand Jury in New York
New York District Attorney Banton ordered an investigation into the baseball bribery scandal involving Cory Dolan and outfielder Jimmy O Connell of the New York Giants. If warranted under a special baseball bribery law, the case may be presented to the grand jury. The inquiry follows a transcript from Baseball Commissioner Landis.
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Associated Press
New York
Banton
Cory” Dolan
Jimmy O'Connell
New York Giants
Heinie Sand
Philadelphia Nationals
Landis
Herdler
National League
O’connell
Native Born Iowa Girl Now an Alien
Creston IA. Twenty. Marie Sarris, born and raised in this county, wed a Greek before citizenship papers were secured. She plans to take the oath of allegiance, following the same naturalization procedure her husband, Anastasia Satrins Cestapalus, now Ernest Safris, underwent.
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Creston
Fan
Marie Sarris
Ling
Gslne
Anastasia Satirins Cestapalus
Ernest Safris
Explosion at Crystal Lake burns three men badly
Sioux City Iowa January 20 three men were badly burned when their motorboat exploded as they attempted to refill the gasoline tank with the engine running. The blast wrecked the boat and sent them into the icy water. John Roach Jack Moore and Charles Peacock swam to shore despite burns.
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Sioux City
Crystal
Rosalie Pasqualis Shoots Self After Denied Visit
Slariuarit girl Rosalie Pasqualie, age 19, fired a bullet into her stomach after her mother refused permission to visit a downtown shop. She was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. The item also notes funeral details for Mrs. Butterfield, with services to be held at Towne chapel and mentions a long residence in the area.
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New Orleans
Dan
Sipiere
Rosalie Pasqual
Marie Butt
Mterfield
Towne
Arnie Young
Firs
Mt B. Church
Isatterfield
Swea City
Green County
Wis
Tess
Blick Paw KE County
Butterfield
Avis Farm
Dog Plays With Seven Strangling Baby Ends Tragedy
Canton, June. Shirley Schneider, 8, playing with a dog, was strangled when the scarf around her neck became tight as the dog pulled. She was found near her uncle after collapsing. Muscatine, January. Mollie Morrow, 44, killed herself with a razor at home during supper hours, distressed since her son was found asphyxiated in a refrigerator car a year earlier.
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Canton
C. Jun. Ta
Shirley Schneider
Muscatine
Jan
Mollie Morrow
Trusty Sold Bootleg Liquor in City Jail Lockup
In San Pedro California on January 20 Charles Smith a trusty in the city jail supplied bootleg liquor to prisoners. Police found him making cell to cell deliveries in the lockup and cited him for violating the Volstead act.
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San Pedro
Cal
Charles Smith
Smith
Legislature Gets Ready for Flood of New Measures
State House, Des Moines, Jan. 29. The legislature reconvened after a recess and prepared to begin immediate consideration of a long list of issues. Members advanced bills for introduction and committee chairmanships favored holdover members active in past sessions, with no evident dissatisfaction at the selections.
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State House
Des Moines
House
Jefferson Route Change Discussed At Missouri Highway Meet
Des Moines Jan 20 The International Jefferson Highway association opens its tenth annual convention with discussion likely to alter the Missouri course. The route currently connects Kansas City and St Joseph and may drop one of these termini as 70 to 100 road men from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana attend.
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Des Moines
Missouri
The
Highway Association
Kansas City
St.Joseph
Winnipeg
New Orleans
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Hoopestown Fire Destroys Town Clock Building
A major downtown blaze destroyed the Town Clock building in Hoopestown IH. The fire broke out before midnight and continued burning into today, causing about 200000 dollars in damage. Danville Indiana fire crews aided Hoopestown to bring the flames under control. origin remains unknown.
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Hoopestown
Fie
Danville
Tnt
Reinbeck Boy Dies of Spinal Meningitis at 11
Reinbeck Iowa January 20 Leroy Claussen 11 son of Mr and Mrs Peter Claussen south of Reinbeck died Monday of spinal meningitis after a weeklong illness at home The ward at the local hospital confirmed the death and the family mourns the loss in a quiet rural community.
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Reinbeck
Leroy Claussen
Peter Claussen
Churches urged to study newspaper viewpoints in press services
Chicago January 20 The World Service Commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church hears Dr. K J Wade urge churches to study editor reporter and press association viewpoints. He notes newspapers are printing more religious editorials and seeking cooperation from church bodies. World service receipts June to Dec 31 1924 total 5 009 587 67 with Omaha contributions 363 893 and next year's budget expected above 1 million dollars.
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Associated Press
Chicago
K. J. Wade
Secreta
World Service Commission
Methodist Episcopal Church
Daily Press
World Service
O. W. Aupin
Omaha
Court Holds Bank Stock To Be Assessed At District Mill Levy
Des Moines January 20 the supreme court sustained Poweshiek county board of supervisors appeal against tax assessment of bank stock using district consolidated mill levy not moneys and credits The court reaffirmed that appeals from tax assessments must go to the board of review and district court not by mandamus against county supervisors
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Des Moines
District Consolidated Mill
Supreme Court
Poweshiek
Board of Super- Vieors
Mystery in Shooting of Pair in Parked Car
Peoria Illinois January 20 a mysterious shooting was revealed with the finding of Mary Eltenmifier and Fred Lichtenberg seriously wounded in an automobile parked near the Mackinaw River bank south of Pekin Both had been shot twice the girl in the side and back of the head and the man in the chest and kick of the heart They were taken to Pekin hospital in precarious condition.
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Peoria
Mary
Eltenmifier
Fred Lichtenberg
Mackinaw River
Pekin
Lig Pekin Hospital
Mrs Kate Hoy 80 Dies After Stroke and Long Life
Mrs Kate Hoy 80 died at 3 40 am after a brief illness following a stroke of apoplexy at her son Dr O H L Hoy s home 433 Home Park boulevard Born Feb 21 1834 on a Pennsylvania farm she lived a long life rearing 11 children and adopting two foster children She was one of the Rebelcatrs lodge s oldest members a charter member of eastern lodges and a Presbyterian funeral will be Thursday at 3 pm at Hileman Gindt chapel the body to Eldord Pa for burial
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Kate Hoy
O. H L. Hoy
Ilome Park Boulevard
Pittsburgh
Presbyterian Church
Hileman & Gindt
Eldord, Ta
McElhinney Wins Appeal in Iowa Supreme Court
Des Moines telegram reports the Iowa Supreme Court reversed the Waterloo Municipal Court in McElhinney v Knittel et al. Finding contributory negligence by the defendants, the court remanded for retrial on damages from an auto collision at Park Avenue and Washington Street.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Municipal Court of Waterloo
Thomas R. McElhinney
Caroline Knittel
Mclelhinney
Park Avenue
Washington Street
Supreme Justices
Two Reinbeck Boys Win on Pigeons in Pet Poultry Show
Reinbeck Iowa January 20 Two Reinbeck boys Kenneth Bower and Warren Hall excelled at the Davenport state stock and pet poultry show winning multiple prizes. Bower entered Amerian Runts taking four firsts a second and a third while Hall with Pantails claimed five firsts. prize money and ribbons are awaited as the secretary tallies results.
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Reinbeck
Af Reinbeck
Kenneth Bower
Davenport
Warren Hall
Senate adopts oil committee report after split vote
In Washington on June 20 the Senate backed the majority oil inquiry report by 40 to 30 after rejecting a minority slate 42 to 28. The Walsh draft was approved by all committee members except five Republicans. Montana’s prosecutor supported the report.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Today
Walsh
Montana
PLAN NEW WOLF HUNT BY CHEROKEE FUTNTERS PLAN NEW WOLF HUNT BY CHEROKEE FUTNTERS
In Cherokee County a new west unit hunt is planned after timber wolves were spotted in Diamond township. Reports say groups of 40 to 70 men have hunted the animals on two occasions and one sighting led to a brief escape. Bandits kill captor and flee. Two robbers shoot and miss a policeman as they attempt to reach jail.
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Cherokee County
Diamond Township
Fullshore
Harry McGill
Highland County
Shoots Wipes and Kills Wife Then Kills Himself
In Fort Dodge Indiana Edwin Rice a steel worker shot his wife in the arm during a quarrel at their home overnight then mortally wounded himself dying before aid could arrive.
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Fort Todge
Edwin Rice
Rice
Children perished in Providence fire. others saved
Two children died in a Providence fire today while four other children were saved by being hurled from a second story window. Fire officials reported the blaze caused the fatalities and rescue efforts involved neighbors and firefighters.
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Providence
2. T
Jan
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