Trial balloons in cabinet 4085 and criticism
Washington observer Mark Sullivan reports that many leaders advise President Harding to stop cabinet trial balloons and announce the pick list by March 4. He notes Hoover faces stronger, broader, less organized support than others and suggests the process may be nearing final choices despite ongoing objections and private concerns.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Harding
Thal
The
Alice
Hoover
Hughes
New York * Post, Inc
Stars Plotting Hatch On Baby Buggy Forecast
Milwaukee astronomer Professor Charles Kirschoff predicts a six year rise in multiple births as certain stars align with the new moon. He says the conjunction will startle the world with increased fecundity across human races, especially in the next four years.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles Kirschoff
Danger Points in Trade Ebb Passed Says Big Banker
New York January 25 United Press notes economist George E B Roberts of National City Bank says the danger point in the industrial depression has been safely passed and conditions may improve. He cites rising optimism among merchants, reduced stocks, and renewed buying while warning full recovery will be gradual with wages and prices adjusting to lower levels. Farmers face debt and price reductions, delaying purchases until prices align with costs of living.
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Harold D. Jacobs
United Press Star
New York
George EB. Roberts
National City Bank
Iowa Branch of A A R Irish Republic Formed
Des Moines January 25 The Iowa branch of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic was formed at a statewide delegates meeting. John J. Hailoran of Des Moines was elected president with John M. Galvin as vice president and Maj. William J. OConnell of Des Moines as secretary. Patrick McCarthy of Davenport was named treasurer. About 600 people indicated they would join the association at yesterday's meeting.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
American Association For the Recognition
John J. Hailoran
John M. Galvin
Council Bluffs
William J. O'Condell
Patrick McCarthy
Davenport
Chairman's Iness Delays Arms Hearing
Washington D C January 25 The house naval committee postponed hearings today until Friday. Gen Pershing was to testify on world disarmament but the delay was due to illness of Chairman Butler who suffered from plomaine poisoning though his condition was not dangerous.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Butler
House Naval Committee
Gen. Pershing
Kansas City Railroad Man Dies in New York
William Kenefick of Kansas City Missouri, president of the Missouri Oklahoma Gulf railway, widely known as a railroad contractor and builder, died in Garden City New York today. He was born in Ireland sixty three years ago.
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Associated Press
Garden City
N. Y
William Kenefick
Kansas City
Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway
Ireland
Governor Names Club Women for State Board Jobs
Three women receive six gubernatorial recommendations to state boards. Anna Lawther would join the state board of education in Dubuque, Mary H. Snyder to the board of control in Anamosa, and Mrs James A. Devitt to the board of education in Oskaloosa. Remaining appointees include Charles H. Thomas and Edward F. Schoentgen for education, with Wilson Cornwall named for parole in Clay County. all await senate confirmation and July 1 takeoff if approved. Miss Lawther is a Democratic national committeewoman from Iowa and both Lawther and Snyder are noted club women active in suffrage and Democratic politics.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
N. E. Kendal
State Senate
State Board of Control
State Board of Education
Mary H. Snyder
Davenport
W. D. Sheepens Anamosa
Board of Control
Lawther
Anna Lawther
Dubuque
B. F. Ketcham
Farmington
James A. Devitt
Oskaloosa
F. F. Jones
Villisca
Board of
Charles H. Thomas
Creston
Paul Stillman
Jefferson
Ati Edward F. Schoentgen
Board of Education
Wilson
Miss Lawther
Iowa
Senate
Denies Voucher Charged to U S Shipping Board
New York reports F A Shick Bethlehem Steel auditor told Walsh committee the 260000 voucher for Charles M Schwab's October 1918 expenses was charged to profit and loss and not to the United States Shipping Board. He contradicted Col Abadie's prior claim that Schwab's personal expenses were filed with the board.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles M. Schwab
United States Shipping Board
F. A. Shick
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Walsh Congressional Committee
Fleet. Corporation
Col
BE. H. Abadie
The
Shipping Board
Committee Plans Legislative Quiz of Cement Trade
Des Moines January 25. A subcommittee of the house committee on roads, with Attorney General Ben Gibson, will investigate cement handling in Iowa. The previous six year effort, funded by 5000 dollars, was unused. The panel seeks to determine if a price control cartel among cement manufacturers exists. No joint session on Friday for the industrial bill by Representative Kime. He failed to arrange appearances by Guy Allen and Samuel Gompers this week.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
General Assembly
House Committee On Roads
Ben Gibson
Iowa
Kime
Guy. Allen
Kansas
Samuel Gompers
A.fp
Bandits Hit Daniels Jewelry Store for 30000
Four bandits seized Daniels jewelry in Toledo seizing valuables worth more than 30 000 and escaping by car after binding owner and customers. The incident occurred as lawmakers in Des Moines debated salary raises and constitutional convention plans.
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Parsons
House
State Senate
Wichman
Hancock
Senate
Wichiman
Calhoun
United Press
Des Moines
Mable Elmwood
Pitt Logan
Associated Press
Toledo
Daniels
Pitt
Proprie
Dutcher
Iowa City
Goa
Price of Raw Sugar Drops in New York
The Associated Press reports New York on January 25 saw raw sugar fall to 45 16c per pound, including Cuban product cost and freight, the lowest in over a year. Refined sugar by Arbuckle Bros. dropped to a basis of $7 per hundredweight, a multi year low.
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Associated Press
New York
Arbuckle Bros
Expedition to Find Garden of Eden Fossil Link
Roy Chapman Andrews leads a five year Asiatic expedition from Pekin to Mongolia India or Siberia to seek the missing link between man and apes. He predicts fossilized remains may be found though live discovery is unlikely. The party includes his wife Ann Andrews as photographer and eight scientists.
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United Press
New York
York
Roy Chapman Andrews
Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Mongolia
India
Siberia
Pekin
China
Ann 6Drews
Central Asia
Europe
jAmerica
Convicts to Testify in Laura Parsons Case in Kentucky
Two inmates in jail near FiarLan Kentucky await summons as witnesses in the murder trial of Dr H C Winnes former Kentucky State veterinarian Miss Laura Parsons a school teacher may be seen in testimony alleging a white convict heard the negro say he saw Miss Parsons killed by two negroes near a convict camp at Pine Mountain trail. Evidence on hoof prints on the trail questioned whether they were old or new and Dr Winnes had used a donkey on the trail.
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United Press
Fiarlan
H. C. Winnes
Kentucky
Laura Parsons
Winnes
Iowa Snowfall Report Warns of Light Snow Tonight
Light snows have fallen over Iowa with forecasts for the northern and central portions tonight. No road slips reported yet and major routes remain passable. Towns listed include Albert City, Algona, Charles City, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Marshalltown, Waterloo, and Waterloo areas. Official weather bulletin from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau indicates continued light snow across the state.
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U. S& Department _of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Ten
Minn
Algona
Charles Sty
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Rubugie
Athautt
Winn
la Crosse
Magon City
Marshall Town
Seampton
Postville
Watersloo
Waverly
Iowa
Weejee Involves Owner in Lawsuit Over Theft Story
Chicago January 25 The opera board was consigned to the Andeins club today by Mrs Frank Walter who filed a declaration to sue Mrs Albert Yost for 19000 if she does not apologize for burglary accusations She claimed Yost said she stole a Ouija board virgins salt and sugar and that the board told her all about it The case is pending in Will County courts.
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Volced Bress
Chicago
Opera Board
Andeins Club
Frank Walter
Albert Yost
Thorne Urges Grain Futures Ban At House Hearing
Chicago grain expert Clifford Thorne told the House Agriculture Committee that speculation on grain futures should be curbed by a definite time limit, arguing most Chicago Board of Trade trades do not involve actual delivery and comparing speculation to Monte Carlo wagering. He testified for the American Farm Bureau Federation and The Farmers National Grain Dealers Association as hearings concluded and a bill to regulate futures trading begins drafting.
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Associated
Chicago Board of Trade
Think Safecrackers Cause of Big Blaze
Four Chicago firemen were severely injured while battling a four story brick building housing commission firms. The blaze caused about 100000 dollars in damage. An explosion preceded the flames and police suspect safecrackers as the cause.
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United Press
Chicago
Commission
Daughter of Envoy to Spain Is Engaged
Elizabeth Lard, daughter of Joseph Willard the U S ambassador to Spain, is betrothed to Mervyn Herbert, secretary of the British embassy in Madrid, as announced by La Epoca. The piece notes seeds for 1921 and a separate $360000 seed distribution appropriation by Congress, including an earlier $120009 increase.
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Spain
Associated Press
Madrid
Elizabeth ¥Lard
Joseph Willard
United States
Mervyn Herbert
la Epoca
Senate seeks halt to US naval buildup for six months
Washington January 25 The Senate votes to direct the senate royal affairs committee to report if the United States can suspend its naval building program for six months Senator Borah Idaho says if data is lacking he will seek a full investigation into other nations plans He notes Great Britain paused its naval program to study lessons from World War I Senator Lodge opposing the disarmament resolution offers no opposition if the issue is mere infancy
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Unital Press
Washington
Dbd. C
Senate Royal Affairs Committee
United States
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Naval
Great Britain
Lodge
Gorah
Kato Attacks Siberia Policy in Japanese Diet
Viscount Kato, leader of the opposition, charged in the diet that Japan’s Siberia policy was militaristic. He argued Japan should have followed the United States in withdrawing troops and warned ongoing stationing risks to internal stability and foreign relations. Prime Minister Hara replied that evacuation was delayed by topography and hostile conditions, with troops to be withdrawn once Russia stabilizes.
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Japan
Siberia
United States
Viscount Kato
Diet
Siberian
Lara
Viscont Kato
America
Vistoupt Kato
Khabarovsk
Chita
Vladivostok
Hara
Nikolaievsk
trans-Baikal
Paron Sakatani
Manchuria
Mongolia
Messengers Fail to Deliver Electoral Votes to Capital
Washington June 26 A number of electors have flunked in delivering state votes to Vice President Marshall before midnight North Carolina narrowly sent its votes while Maryland Rhode Island Nevada Utah and Oregon have not arrived yet The law requires unsealed votes to be mailed and sent by messenger Penalties include a 1000 fine and mileage pay for messengers Five messengers may be informed they receive no compensation if the votes fail to appear If needed special messengers will be dispatched to bring duplicates to Washington
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United Fuels
Washington
Electors College
Marshall
North Carolina
Madeia Petit
Marylind
Annatolig
Mark Thistlewaite
Secretary of State
I. N. G. to Receive Half Million Motor Fleet
Iowa national guard to receive a motor fleet valued at 500000 within weeks. The shipment includes 46 ambulances 5 three quarter ton trucks 72 smaller trucks 48 trail bikes 2 motorcycles and 39 bicycles. An inspection of Camp Dodge will determine storage for the fleet.
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fRy United Press
Ges Moives
Iowa National Guard
Iowa Guard
Lasher
War Department
Camp Dodge
Young Man Sacrifices Life Saving Children in Fire Danger
Beardstown January 25 funeral services were held for Elmer Briggs 36 who yesterday gave his life to save two children playing near a detached electric wire on the ground. Briggs snatched the wire away and died instantly as the 2300 volt line shocked him. Company linemen had to be called to recover his body.
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Associated Press
Beardstown
Ifor Elmer Briggs
Briggs
Women Encourage Attempt at Murder in Court Hearing
Mrs Lillian Bangham aimed a pistol at William Wilson during a forest Hillsborough court hearing. She pulled the trigger. the gun did not fire. About forty to fifty women in the courtroom shouted threats and pledged to stand by her.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Lillian Bangham
William Willson
Forest Hillsborough
President Wilson to host ex Gov Cox in visit
Former Democratic candidate James M. Cox of Ohio will be received by President Wilson tomorrow. This marks Cox’s second visit to the White House, reflecting continued cordial relations between the two figures.
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Wilson
Cox
Associated Fressy
Washington, D. C
iFormer
James M. Cox
Ohio
Willson
Thieves Fail to Seize Col Francis A Jynkin’s Liquor
Chicago reports burglars again failed to steal Col Francis T A Jynkin’s private liquor stock at his South Michigan Avenue home. A lookout, Frank Weber of St Louis, was arrested after police opened fire on two escaping suspects. Weber carried $1000 in cash and burglar tools.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Francis T. A. Jynkin
U. S.A
Hquor
Washington
South
Michigan Avenue
Frank Weber
St. Louis
Weber
Allied Council to Probe European Economic Crisis in Austria
Paris January 25 The Allied Supreme Council named a commission to study Europe economic strains with focus on Austria. Sir Robert Horne Louis Louchar and Signor Giannini to lead, plus other allied ministers. Britain France Italy Belgium and Japan participate.
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Gyhe Associated Press
Paris
League of Nations
Allied Supreme Council
Europe
Austria
Sir Robert Horne
British Board of Trade
Louis Louchar
France
Signor Giannini
Belgium
Fnbound
Fire wipes out Danville business section early today
Danville IA lost its business district in a fire early today with losses estimated at 190000. The blaze endangered the entire village as Burlington and New London fire departments aided. The fire began in a public hall over a grocery, destroying the post office bank two groceries and a furniture store.
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United Press
Danville
Burlingston
New London
Authorities Seek Cause of Memphis Fire
Three investigations were under way to determine the cause of an explosion at the Colgari Reesa Oil company plant in Memphis Tennessee yesterday. The blast killed at least ten people and caused property losses estimated at 200 000 dollars.
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United Press
Memphis. Tenn
Colgari Reesa Oil
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