City Officials Harden Stand in War on Strikers
In Warr Arkansas the city favors the able committee amid resignations by two northern Arkansas mayoral appointees after the citizens committee warned strikers at the M and N A railroad of meetings. The Arkansas legislature probes the Harrison mob lynching of B C Gregor and floggings of other strikers as authorities pursue violence and threats amid ongoing disorder.
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Unitted Press
Warr Ark
Hag-Con
Arkan
Eureka Springs
Lite Rock
B.C. Gregor
Memphis
Tenn
B. C
Gregor
M. & N. A. Bridges
Hranson
Raash
Strass
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri & North Arkansas
Harrison
Citizens' Committee
Boone
Arkansas
British Ruhr Occupation Sparks Unrest Across Coal Regions
Reports describe German and Belgian actions provoking protests as 35,000 plus workers strike in Stinnes and Thyssen mines. French troops and operators seize exchanges in Essen amid chaotic lines, arrests rise, and protests reach Washington with formal notes on interallied occupation policies.
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Jaih
Jeague
Stinnes
Thyssen
Essen
Ruhr
Berlin
Berensis
Aachen
Sembach
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds $25,000 Damages for Des Moines Woman
Des Moines reports the state Supreme Court affirmed a $25 000 award to Mrs Pro Parks 65 for injuries from a December 1920 icy sidewalk fall on Clark Avenue. The ruling reinforces a Hardin County verdict against Iowa Falls Electric Co over dam impacts on water power at a local flour mill.
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Des Moines
Pro Parks
Clark Avenue
State Supreme Court
Hardin County
Jr. A. Harp
Iowa Falls Electric Company
Harp
Cedar Rapids Increases Fight Against Tuberculosis
Cedar Rapids allocates $200 for two months to back efforts against tuberculosis. A public health nurse details cases and infection centers, urging council and public action to prevent spread through targeted measures and improved cooperation with officials.
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Cedar Rapids
Divorces Wife and Puts Money Bar Up for Co-respondent
John N Boots of Huron South Dakota obtained a divorce in Cedar Rapids Iowa district court on statutory grounds. The agreement set a peculiar property settlement: the wife would receive one fourth of Boots property after five years if she remains unwed and avoids corespondents. otherwise she receives only thirty dollars per month. Boots owns 1120 acres near Huron valued at about one hundred dollars per acre. They married in 1901 and have a son.
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Cedar Rapids
John N, Boots
Huron
S D
Boots
Boorg
Shuron
Jana
Woman Learns to Walk on Artificial Limbs After Accident
Hanlomtown Ta January 28 Mrs Chris Schott severely injured in a power washing accident last September lost her feet to about six inches below the knees and now has her first artificial limbs. She uses crutches while learning and shows daily improvement. She stays busy with sewing and crafts despite her disability and plans a second pair tailored for her use.
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Hanlomtown
Chris Schott
Althe
Resignations and incidents sweep Sioux City and environs
Sioux City seeks to cut gas rates as city council assigns drafting of ordinance to City Attorney Elliott after talks with utility heads. Rev Wallace M Hamilton resigns after 14 years at First Presbyterian Cedar Rapids. Holland jailed in Davenport after alleged attack on future mother in law. Novak tells police of a strange Ku Klux Klan sighting in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids church choir room theft nets handbikes and clothing. Rose Minshall dies by self harm in Des Moines after health issues. About 600 Iowa engineers attend Iowa Engineering Society meeting in Des Moines with drainage session. Monticello sees a farm suit against the county board over a road. Davenport reports arrest of packing house worker for improper conduct with his daughter. Fire in White Front case causes $10,000 loss insured. Stony City man dies after gas heater accident at sister’s home.
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Sioux City
First Presbyterian Church
San Diego
Cal
Wallace M Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Owen Elliott
Davenpart
Ro Fholland
Frank Rouch
Folland
Holland
Joseph Novak
Ku Wlix
Willison
Rose Minshall
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Engineering Society
Perry
Charlie Wagner
Ling
Monticello
John Slemmer
County Board of Supervisors
Davenport
FF. A. Beck
Stony City
Herbert Chase
Akroa
Web of Evidence Ties Two More to Morehouse Murders
Courthouse Bastrop La Jan 3 two more men Jasper Jones and Jim Harp employed by Southern Carbon Co linked by circumstantial evidence to the hooded mob accused in the August killings of Watt Carter and Thomas Richards. Witnesses placed them at home after the murders. book figures at Southern Carbon to be subpoenaed for murder case links.
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International Newa Wire
Bastrop
Morehouse Irish
Watt Carter
Thomas PF. Richards
Jasper N
Ty Jones
Big Jim’ Harp
Southern Carbon Company
Fred L. Odom
All Bois
Daniel
Richards
William ©. Barnette
Barnette
Flag at Ehrenbreitstein to be hauled down soon
The American flag over Ehrenbreitstein fortress will be lowered at noon tomorrow as the U S occupation force heads to Antwerp to sail home aboard the transport St Mihiel. French troops will salute as the Americans depart, and many married men under staff sergeant will be honorably discharged unless exceptions apply. The German population expresses deep mourning at the departure of the doughboys.
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Cobblenz
Ehrenbritstein
United States Army of Occupation
Rhine
Antwerp
St. Mihiel
Suard
Amedexas
United States
Soft Coal Operators and Miners Agree on New Wage Scale
The sub committee of bituminous coal operators and union chiefs reached a wage agreement to replace the April 1 expiring tri state contract. The proposal will go to the full conference for ratification, which would remove the strike threat. Michael Gallagher, Ohio operator and subcommittee joint chairman, declined to disclose details beyond noting no vital changes from the current contract.
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New York
Tristate
Michael Gallagher
Ohio
Butler Co Farmer Dies by Strychnine Despair
Clarksville Ja January 23 William Hildenmayer 58 died at his Jackson township home after taking strychnine in a despondent mood over finances He leaves a widow formerly Emily Watson a son Earl another son and a brother John east of town Interment will be at Sioux City from which the family came to Clarksville in 1920 Mr T Wildeneier was born in Peoria Ill
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Clarksville
William Hildenmayer
Jackson Township
Emily Wat
Nebraska
Earl
John
Sioux City
T Wildenaaier
Peoria
Lil
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick Flee Fire Threat at Chicago Mansion
Mrs Edith Rockefeller McCormick a Chicago society leader and her staff fled her Lake Shore mansion early today as a fire endangered the home. Firemen controlled the blaze with only slight damage and no major injuries reported.
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Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
McCormick Lake Shore
Holden Opposes Proposed Railroad Combinations West
Holden president of the Burlington railroad told the Interstate Commerce Commission hearings that Burlington objects to Santa Fe being allotted its subsidiary Colorado & Southern. He also protested the tentative allocation of Denver & Rio Grande and Western Pacific to Santa Fe. Endorsement of grouping Southern Pacific Paso & Southwestern and Rock Island was voiced by J E Gorman to the commission as a competitive trade route.
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Washington, D. C
Jlate Holden
Burlington Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hurtington
Santa Fe
Colorado & Southern
Julden
Denver & Rio Grande
Western Pacific
Burlington
Denver
Pacific Coast
Trafic
Commission
Southern Pacific
Kl Paso & Southwestern
Hook Island
J. E. Gorman
Rock Islandl
Gorman
Armed Bandits Steal $50,000 From Municipal Bank Car
Four gunmen in Brooklyn abducted a bank motor car with $50,000 from the Municipal Bank of East New York current transfer. They forced the chauffeur to a remote spot and fled in the bank vehicle with the loot. Two guards were surprised and powerless, and police were alerted along the Jersey coast in case of escape.
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New York
Brooklyn
Municipal Bank of
East New York
Jersey
Near East Peace Talks Breakup Near Mosul Boundary Row
Lausanne Jan 23 Turkish delegates rejected Lord Curzon proposal to submit Mosul frontier to the league of Nations for arbitration. Ismet Pasha demanded a plebiscite on Mosul boundaries. Oil resources drive the dispute as the conference nears rupture.
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Lausanné
Lord Curzon
Mosul
League of Nations
Ismet Pasha
Turkey
Speeding Homicide Bill Aims for Severe Penalties
A bill introduced in the house by Representative Calls from Chicago punishes motorists who kill due to excessive speed with a $1,000 fine and up to five years imprisonment or both. Another measure by Representative Shepard of Jerseyville seeks mandatory hard-surface roads linking two routes in towns under 10,000 population.
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Springfield
Representative Calls
Chicago
Shepard
Jerseyville
Department of Public Works
Hart Roads
England Buys Most Costa Rican Coffee
Washington reports official Costa Rica figures show England as the top buyer of Costa Rican coffee with about 10.725 million kilos of the 17.65 million kilo export last year. The United States purchased just over 6 million kilos, slightly above 54 percent of the previous year’s share.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Costa Rica
Department of Commerce
England
Bill Provides Death for Masked Slayers
A bill passed by the house would punish the killing of a person by another while masked with death. The measure, advanced as a response to masked murders, is before the legislature for passage.
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Bill
Colubus. O
Louisiana
Campbell Favorably Reported to Senate
Des Moines reports Milo B Campbell of Coldwater Michigan was favorably reported to the Senate for the Wirt farmer seat on the Federal Reserve board. Dorothy Thornton, 3, dies from burns after a match ignited by an air rifle discharged by her brother Albert while parents were away.
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Washington, DC
Milo DB. Campbell
Coldwater
Mich
Federal Reserve Board
Des Moines
Dorothy
Bhanking
Thornton
Albert
Senate Passes Bill Allowing State Taxation of National Bank Stocks
Washington Jan 22 A bill to permit taxation of national bank stock by states at the same rate as state banks and private corporations passed the Senate by 130 to 78. The measure aims to equalize tax treatment across securities held by banks.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Trio of Florida boaters survive 11 days at sea
Three Florida fishermen, stranded 225 miles off the Carolina coast after their 18 foot motorboat ran low on fuel, survived 11 days on British beer and two loaves of bread and beans. They were rescued by the Morgan line steamer Ei Scerdente and later turned over to Florida friends.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Carolina Cause
Campbell
Bahama Islands
Cuba
Atlantic
Capt
T Hey
Florida
Farmers Seek Fair Prices Before Additional Credits
The senate agriculture committee heard a Midwest delegation urge passage of the Norbeck bill to open European markets and secure fair prices for farm products. George Roberts of Omaha said two farmer classes gain little from credit plans tenant farmers and heavily indebted borrowers should get help.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Agriculture Committee
Europe
George Roberts
Omaha
Neb
Roberts
No Corporations Yet Sued for Tax Evasion Mellon Testifies
Washington January 23 Mell on told the Senate that declaring a stock dividend does not prove accumulated gains beyond business needs. He said punitive action under the revenue act had not been used against 325 corporations urged by the FTC to release surpluses via stock dividends in 1922. The dividends totaled over 2 billion dollars, with Brookhart and others arguing a 25 percent tax on their net income.
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Washington, D, C
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Senate
Brockhart
Republican
Iowa
Federal Trade Commission
Brookhart
Clansman Author Denounces Klux Klan as Anarchy Breeder
New York January 23 Thomas Dixon author of The Clansman condemned the Ku Klux Klan as anarchy breeder. He spoke at a Unity league meeting warning the modern Klan has stolen the livery of the original order and urged opposition through lawful means.
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Klux Klan
New York
Thomas Dixon
Ku Klux Klan
Ame Unity League
Golf for Clerk Good Investment for Avery Business Man
Chicago January 22. A golfer is worth at least 500 dollars more a year to his employer than a nonplayer due to physical and moral benefits. W A Alexander a Chicago golf pioneer preached golf as a business investment at the Western Golf Association annual meeting. He said golf improves integrity generosity and urbanity and should be provided for by employers at least weekly.
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Chicago
W. A. Alexander
America
Western Golf Association
Tie
Bootleggers' Hooch Kills One Marine
A thorough investigation into bootleggers around the Marine training station at Quantico Virginia was ordered by Commandant General Smedley Butler after poisonous liquor caused a death and poisoned others. The probe aims to uncover illicit activity linked to bootleg operations near the base.
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Quantico
Tan
Erie
Smedhey Butler
Bakers from Iowa Convene At Waterloo Trade Meet
Bakers from across Iowa gather in Waterloo for the twentieth annual convention of the Iowa Association of the Baking Industry. The event, held at Hotel Russell-Larsen, features registrations at noon, opening sessions, and exhibits including a Waterloo doughnut machine capable of 12 dozen per minute.
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Ile
Waterloo
Io Association of the
Baking Industry
Russell-Lars- Son
C.F. Smith A. Gnugg
Ned
Lea Mulgrew
Dubuque
C. 0. Schweitkwardt
Burlington
J. W. Brams
Cedar Rapids
Mulgrew
J. Canard
Des + Moines
Thomas McKeag
Decorah
Charles W. Altstadt
Ron. Housen
WL. Langlus
Kearns to Force Dempsey Bout With Harry Wills
Chicago reports Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, will demand a match with Harry Wills in New York. He says Wills is avoiding a fight after Dempsey waived the color line and signed six months ago. Dempsey plans a Madison Square Garden bout within three weeks and aims to fight Wills, Willard, or any contender.
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Chicago
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
New York
Ayas &Oing
Métropolis
Harry Wills
Dempsey
Wills
Je Fuicher
Madison Square Garden
Tieyin
Willard
Rnyone
Coastguard Orders Move on Rum Runner Fleet
The Treasury Department directed coast guard stations to aid in suppressing rum running from New Jersey to the Gulf and Great Lakes. The Manhattan was later seen near Sandy Hook with a bootlegger aboard, signaling active enforcement.
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New York
Suard
Washington
Treasury Department
Jersey
Seaboard
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Manhattan
Sandy Hook
Open Winter Aids Progress on Dam
The first steel floodgate for the Cedar River dam arrives, two 30 foot sections by Wisconsin Bridge & Ironworks. Gate lowers into river bed. two more gates to follow as frames finish. mild winter aids progress toward spring floods. bulkhead removal site and debris management noted.
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Sheew
Cedar River
Wisconsin Bridge & Ironworks
Milwaukee
N Nois
Wny
Alito
Smouse Case Trials in Waterloo Bank Injunction
The case of D. W. Smouse vs Waterloo Sayings Bank opened in Judge G. W. Wood's district court division. Lawyers for the plaintiff are Howard Clark Don Evans and A B Lovejoy. for the defendant Charles J Ransier and Alfred Longley. The injunction seeks to restrain the bank from using or disposing of certain notes involving about $45,000.
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D. W. Smouse
Waterloo
G. W. Wood
District Court
Howard Clark
Don Evans
Des Moines
A. B. Lovejoy
Charles J. Ransier
Alfred Longley
Value of Livestock on Farms Rises in 1922
Washington January 2 1922 livestock on farms showed a total value of 111256000 on January 1 with increases since 1920 figures. The agriculture department released the data noting rises from 479917000 on January 1 1921 to 6041202000 on January 1 1922 and 8165194000 on January 3 1920. CAR BUMPS MAIL WAGON IN CITY Traffic incident at Fourth and Commercial streets caused little damage though no injuries were reported to the wagon driver. The vehicle owner O B Beckwith holds the mail transfer contract.
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Washington, D. G
Department of Agriculture
Fonurth
O.B. Beckswith
Red Pepper Rub Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An advertisement touts Red Pepper Rub as fast relief for rheumatism lumbago arthritis back ache and stiff neck. It claims concentrated heat from red peppers provides instant warming and improved circulation with a Rowles branded package available at drug stores.
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Rowles
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