Senators Refuse Chairmanships In Iowa Legislature
Two Iowa senators, Charles J. Fulton and A. J. Shinn, filed letters with Lieut. Gov. Clem F. Kimball declining chairmanships amid committee-line dispute. Fulton refuses public utilities chair while remaining bank head. Shinn declines labor chair over child labor amendment. Governor Kimball took no action, suggesting ranking member may act as vice-chairman.
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International News Wire
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Dan
Economy Bloc
Clem F. Kimball
Charles J. Fulton
Fairfield
Public Utilities
Jeter
Kimball
Iowa
A. J. Shinn
Labor Committee
Sevetor Fulton
Frank Shane
Ottumwa
Fulton
General Assembly
Perkins
Ways and Means
Sengior Fulton
Bis Friends
Shinn
Ramkey
Rigby
Xern
Ramsey
McLelané
Man sues for divorce over forced shaving claim in Cincinnati
Mrs. Charles Manning sues for divorce alleging her husband compelled her to shave him three times weekly for three years. The article recounts the life of G A Whitney, Waterloo resident, his death, a long distant journey, and details of funeral rites, survivors, and manuscripts left by Whitney read at the burial.
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Cincinnati
Charles Manning
Jon
Mr. Whitney
Waterloo
Waterloo and Baveh
G. A. Whitney
Hileman & Gindt Undertaking
Elmywood
Whitney
Tyane
Austin Whitney
Dora Bdirds
Whitney Brothers
G. A
W.T
Albert
Rs Larlander
Cedar Falls
Chicago
Laylander
J. G. Hartman
Hartman
L. A. Cobb
Wm. T. Whitney Pioneer of City Dies at 89
An obituary recalls William T. Whitney a long time resident and pioneer who died at age 89 after a life spanning gold rush struggles and frontier travel. It notes hardships, marriages, separations, and a lingering memory of his son’s death foretold by Whitney himself.
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Wm. T. Whitney
Meteh &S
Whitney
Land Sharks Baok of Senate Debate on Isle of Pines
Debaters clash over the Isle of Pines dispute with President Coolidge firm on Cuba title and U S treaty interpretation. Senators discuss American honor and a potential shift in land rights amid calls for consistent U S policy in Latin America.
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Isle of Pines
United States
Coolidge
United States Supreme
Cuba
South
Central America
Mexico
McCormick
Supreme Court
Halston
Indianna
Ralston Emaphatic
Great Britain
Witness Edwards Convicted of Petit Larceny in Weehawken Trial
Lionel Wilson a treasury department agent testified that $3 800 was paid to United States Senator Edward L Edwards for liquor in a Weehawken trial. The witness admitted under cross examination that he had previously been convicted of petit larceny. The government noted it did not know when Wilson told others of his prior conviction.
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Lionel Wilson
Treasury Department
United States
Edward L Edwards
British-Raised Clash at League of Nations Conference
At Geneva on January 21 Lord Cecil of Chetwood rejected American demands as impractical and not acceptable at the opening of the session. He defended Britain against accusations of bad faith over opium policy and noted the conference could not be bound to any pledge to abolish opium production and smoking. French delegate M Deladieu proposed a declaration to end opium growing and smoking in Indo China within 13 years.
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Viscount Ceci
Chetwood
Lociey
Lord Cecil
Congress
Lan Stephen Porter
England
China
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A. S. Porter
United States
Great Britain
France
Holland
M. Deladieu
Professor Bush to Lecture at Waterloo Woman's Club
Waterloo Woman's club schedules a Friday meeting with the Romance Language department featuring Prof Stephen A Bush of the University of Iowa as guest speaker. An in club reception precedes the lecture with reservations due by evening and cancellations required before Thursday to avoid assessment.
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Stephen A. Bush
University of Iowa
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Stanley Moore
Mendelssohn
Margaret Weishaar
Mary Stevenson
Sylvia
Srbniec
L. Corton
Betty Bickley
Loval Fine Arts Department
Beethoven Club of
Cedar Rapids
Weishaar
Crarge
WN. Garrettson
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State Briefs From Des Moines and Cedar Rapids
The International Jefferson Highway association ended its biochness after electing Hugh Shepard of Mason City as president. The Stuart Bank case was submitted for decision. Iowa road advantages and social progress were debated by State Senator Horchem in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Margaret Mallow admitted passing bad checks totaling about 12 dollars. W K Pierson of the defunct State Savings Bank Afton will be tried next January. Ralph Switzer of Des Moines was exonerated in the death of Charina Christiansen near Huxley Sunday night.
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Crescen
W. K. Pierson
State Savings Bank
Afton
Des Moines
Ralph Switzer
Btors City
Charina Christiansen
Stary
Switzer
Huxley
Senate Pushes Release of Paris Reparations Agreement
Senate approved a resolution calling Secretary Hughes to provide the Paris reparations agreement and a report on Paris negotiations. The measure, backed by Senator Johnson and broadened by the foreign relations committee, awaits Hughes’s full text and related details. No further action expected pending the report.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hughes
Senate
Johnson
California
United States
State Department
Paris
Kellogg
Herrick
John A. Ungan
Washington
Johnson Himselly
Electrical Repair & Mis Co Replaced by Radio Apparatus Firm
At the annual meeting the Electrical Repair & Mis Co dissolved, replaced by the Electrical Research & Mis Co, focusing on manufacturing radio apparatus. Capital stock increased from 16000 to 56000 with 20000 common and 30000 preferred. Officers reelected: C A Castle president E Henney vice president and George W Bird secretary treasurer.
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Electrical Repair & Mis. Co
Electrical Ressearch & Mis. Co
C. A. Castle
E. Henney
George W. Bird
Joint Resolution Seeks Farm Relief Law Action
A fragment notes a joint assembly measure calling for a farm relief law and a Tama county bond election act. It mentions records from 1516 to be reported to the state bureau of identification and supplied to peace officers, with File No. 6 by Representative Wilson.
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State Bureau of Identification
Iause
Wilson
Tama County
Tama
Cedar Falls High School Holds Annual Oratorical Contest
Cedar Falls January 21 special report on the Cedar Falls high school oratorical contest results. Eva Stout won in oration, Margaret Echlin first in drama Pauline Probert second, and Caroline Kroesen Louise Lamb placed in humorous categories with multiple winners listed.
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Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls High School
Eva Stout
Cedar Heights
Fi Liloyd Snider
Margaret Echlin
Pauline Probert
Caroli Kroesen
Louise Lamb
Obituary notices for Pierce Waterbury Huntington Hoy and Hoy
Multiple notices report the deaths of Mrs. Caroline M Pierce at her daughter’s home from age related causes, Mrs Eva Waterbury in Presbyterian hospital, and obituaries for James Munt, Kate Hoy, and Kate Hoy with funeral details. Surviving relatives include numerous children and spouses, with services planned at Detersen Bri chapel and Hileman & Gindt chapel in Eldora and Eldora burial.
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Caroline MM. Pierce
Ben’ Hither
Ballou Street
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Decedent
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Presbyterian Church
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Platte
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T Egan
Mac Pierce
Hods
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O. L. Waterbury
Eva Waterbury
Othe L. Waterbury
Ln Presbterian Hospital
California
O'Keefe & Towne
Trents
James Huntazingahk
James Muntwigger Wilkie
Priday
Detersen Bri Chapel
Charee
R. N. MacDonald
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Eldie Bowe
Salvation Army
Fairview
Kate OY
Kate Hoy
Hileman & Gindt Chanel
Order of Rebekah
R. XN. MacDonald
Pranple Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Eldora
Vaotaw quits as prisons head amid Harding circle shifts
Heber Volaw superintendent of prisons and brother in law of the late President Harding resigns from the government. Appointed April 1921, Volaw is in a sanitarium for appendicitis surgery. Justice officials decline comment while Attorney General Stone may issue a statement.
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Washington, D. C
Heber 1
Volaw
Harding
Eryee
Daugherty
Department of Justice
Stone
Wotan
Prohibition
Waynes
Washington
Senate
Atlanta
Helfferich Challenges Traffic Post Advertising
Demurrer filed by City Attorney Harry M Reed in a writ of certiorari case where W W Helfferich sues the mayor and Automatic Signal Advertising Co over electric traffic posts. The suit argues the city lacks right to maintain such posts and questions standing and injury while the defense cites Town laws allowing traffic regulation at minimal public cost.
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Harry M. Reed
City Attoraney
W. W. Helfferich
City Conneci
Automatic Signal
Trafic
Negress Held on Habitual Criminal Charge
Dorothy Saunders, colored, will be prosecuted as a habitual boot legger after police found three bottles of liquor hidden under a bathroom floor at 211 Manson Street. A box of empty half pint bottles was also found. Bail is set at 1060 and contempt proceedings may follow for violations of an injunction issued last May.
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Dorothy Saunders
Manson Street
Saunders
Miss Saunders
William A. Cook
Fire at Mill Street home forces masks for smoke fill
Noon fire from a defective chimney at 116 Mill Street produced heavy smoke that required firefighters to wear gas masks to locate the source. Damage confined to the residence and roof area. flames reported at 11 a.m. Fire insurance urged with ad copy noting “Better be insured.” Burroughs adding machine event announced with Hotel Russell Lamson dinner and dance Saturday at 7 p.m. around a December sales record.
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J.F. Ueiple
Mill Street
W. ¢.Ence
Ninth Street
Af Burroughs Adding Machine Company
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
R. A. Jacobson
Chamberlain Medicine Co offers sample family remedies
An advertisement invites readers to send 6 cents and the name and address to Des Moines Iowa to receive a package of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Stomach and Liver Tablets and Salve for coughs indigestion burns wounds and skin ailments.
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Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Iowa
Chamberlain
Hese
Ceuta
Maine
New Finance Wiz Stole $1,300,000
Moe Turman, son of a Chicago rabbi and head of Young Judea in New York, confessed to forgeries totaling about $1.306 million in the Equity Finance & Service Co. He admitted a Ponzi like scheme that borrowed from friends to fund discounts for merchants, with clients and backers losing tens of thousands each.
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New York
Moe ‘Turhun
Chicago
Young Judea
Brooklyn
Equity Hinanes | & Service Co
Turman
Tur
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Peter
Paul
Equity Finance & Service Co
Cafe Entertainer Shoots Policeman in Chicago
Chicago January 21 Patrolman Thomas Bebbington aged 47 was shot and fatally wounded amid a flare of violence in the city marking the sixth officer shot in two weeks Margaret Daily an entertainer was detained and a man who accompanied her fled to the south side The shooter is being hunted and the companion’s identity and motive remain undisclosed The latest victim is among several officers wounded with one death confirmed and slight hope for recovery.
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Chicago
Janu
Thomas Bebbington
Margaret Daily
Babbington
Reappointment of Albert Ish and Game Warden Posited
Des Moines reports Gov Hammill has reappointed Albert Ish Lansing fish and game warden. W S Montgomery Keokuk named as a deputy in the same update. Contempt actions linked to a liquor injunction against Dorothy Saunders proceed with a hearing set for January 23. An injunction against nuisance extends to McManus and associates with the premises under dispute.
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Des Moines
W. PB. Albert
Lansing
Hammill
W. S. Montgomery
Keokuk
W. A A. Cook
Dorothy Saunders
Cook
Olo. McManus
McManus
Jules Jusserand Bids Washington Official Farewell
French ambassador Jules Jusserand leaves Washington after 22 years as dean of the diplomatic corps. He sails for France January 28 via New York and Boston, presenting recall papers to President Coolidge and bidding farewell at the State Department. Ambassador Riano of Spain becomes dean.
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Washington, D. C
Wheslington
Jules Jusserand
Anmbassador
al. Jusserand
New York
Boston
France
Riano
Spain
Washington
Jusserand
Alano
California Jurist Proposes Changes in Marriage Laws
San Francisco January 21 Judge E P Mogan of the San Francisco superior court forwarded amendments to the state legislature in Sacramento. The proposals would require three days public notice of a wedding posting, forbid marriages for minors without stronger safeguards, require four days notice before a license, and give courts more direct supervision over final divorce decrees.
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San Prancisco
E. P. Mogan
San Prancisco Superior Court
Sacramento
California
Bootleggers Made 100 Million in Philadelphia Area
Maj. William G. Murdock, prohibition enforcement director of Pennsylvania, told the Antisaloon League about profits surpassing 100 million dollars in the Philadelphia area. He warned that bootleggers must be crushed within the year or their operations may never be stopped.
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Philadelphia
William G. Murdock
Pennsylvania
Antisaloon League
Murdock
League
Woman Sues Western Union for $50000 Over Live Wire
Mrs. Elizabeth Sturm of Iowa City files district court action against the Western Union Telegraph Co seeking 50000 in damages for injuries when a high tension electric line fell on her while walking downtown. The petition claims a lineman’s careless step on a post caused the wire to break and strike her, burning one arm and leading to amputation and permanent crippling.
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Iowa City
Elizabeth Sturm
Western Union Telegraph Company
Marengo approves bond for new high school
Marengo Ja January 21 voters approve a 150000 bond issue for a new high school in a special election held yesterday. The measure passed 433 to 375 and work will begin at once.
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Marengo Votes
Marengo,Ja
Tanlac praised by nurse for health rebuilding effects
A nurse testifies Tanlac improves nervousness stomach trouble and recovery after operations. The testimonial joins many others noting Tanlac as a natural tonic that strengthens digestion liver function and overall vitality with quick results.
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Tanlac
Orayrenia
Lowe
Walnut Trark
Cal
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