Lads recall fatal Rock Island passenger crash fate
Waterloo youths aged 17 and 15 rode the Rock Island passenger train that struck the T. B. Carpenter car killing four. They described the terrifying ride, the engine running fast, the blunt impact on the car, and the gruesome scene as bodies lay near the crossing. The wreckage at Cedar Falls and the near derailment highlighted ends of a dangerous crossing.
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Rock Island
T. B. Carpenter
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Duryea Street
Electric Park
Gedar Falls
Illinois Central
Llindg Central
I.C
City
Prakeman
Miss Wredriksen
Breagsham
Black Hawk Creek
Durren Street
Robb funds dispute sparks Iowa county inquiry
In Muscatine a claim of 14704.13 in condemnation and misc funds, allegedly collected by Winfred B. Robb as sheriff of Poll county, is denied as not turned over to his successor. Robb’s spokesman said he will address the matter on his February speaking tour. The issue arose after his return from that trip, with a Rural High School auditorium address held under local American Legion auspices.
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Muscatine
Winfred B. Robb
Poll
Houb
Lota
American Legion
Riverside Hunters Rally Against Buser Duck Bill
Muscatine Iowa January 26 Riverside residents protest Senator J B Busers bill SF 306 to ban shooting wild ducks limit to five decoys and reduce possession. Petitions circulate as sportsmen seek hearings and support with protests and signatures.
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Riverside
Buser Bill
Muscatine
J. DB. Buser
Senate
Cedar Rapids Identifies Body of Man on Northwestern Tracks
The body found on the Northwestern railroad track at Bertram was identified as F. FR. Tratlitt by his wife Watliff. The couple had lived in Dallas Texas until last July when they moved to the area.
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Cedar Rapids
Northwestern
Bertram
Maurice
Yentz
Chelsea
Joseph Popash
Belle Plaine
Popash
Leevelang Aline
Tres Moines
Maxwell O’brien
Oskaloosa
Gibson
O’grien
Mahaska County
Cedar Rapils
Otto O. Yoder
Hoover
Davenport
R. J. Kean
Kean
Ada
Tyial
John Cenic
Iowa State College Armory
Tom Gates
Des Moines
Legislative Committee
Promiment
Pisgah
Crawford County Teachers’ Association
Miss May Francis
Robbers Steal Cash and Goods in Bristow Burglary
Bristow Oklahoma January 26 special report robbers pried open doors of a grocery and a general store last night taking cash from safes and cash registers and some merchandise from the latter. No tangible clues found. An attempt to force a drugstore door left marks but failed.
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Bristow
Gov Kendall Seeks First Iowa Bonus Bond Purchase
Des Moines January 26 Gov Kendall orders Iowa bonus bond No 1. He would pay 1000 par value plus accrued interest and any premium from public sale to the highest bidder. State Treasurer W J Burbank says the successful bidder who buys the entire issue of 22000000 should reserve the first bond for the governor.
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Des Moines
Kendal
Iowa
W. J. Burbank
Chick
Five Consistories Meet at Rapids
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 26 BE. YT. Meredith former cabinet member of Woodrow Wilson is here to take part in the winter reunion of high councils of the five consistories of Iowa Meredith is deputy sovereign grand inspector general for Iowa of Scottish Rite Masonry The five consistories present are Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Des Moines and Sioux City
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Cedar Rapids
Meredith
Woodrow Wilson
Iowa
Clinton
Davenport
Des Moines
Sioux City
Farmhand Confesses Slaying Egg Buyer
Georges Austin a farmhand for John Stewart confessed to murdering Albert Girardi an Omaha egg and butter buyer near here last Monday County Attorney Billings said. Austin led deputies to the burial site and showed the iron king pin from the wagon used in the killing, still stained with blood.
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Read Oak
Georges Austin
John Stewart
Billings
Albert Girardi
Omaha
Egg and Butler
Austin
Girardi
Turkish terrors feared as relief worker recalls seizure
Cedar Rapids Iowa January 26 Dr Mark Ward formerly with near east relief in Harpool Turkey is visiting here He was seized by Turkish authorities and marched out with armed guards until beyond Turkish territory He says the American public knows little of the interior terror in Turkey.
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Cedar Rapids
Mark Ward
Harpool
Turkey
Govt Employes Buy Stolen Goods for $52
Stolen merchandise recovered at the homes of those implicated in the Burlington mail robbery was auctioned yesterday for 52 dollars by U S Marshal Mitchell. A festal inspector and a federal prohibition agent were the principal buyers. Watkins Coal Co. Phones: 18 1501.
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Gonnei Bluffs
Burlington
Mitchell
Federal Prohibition
Prohibition hailed as boon by Iowa league chief
R N Holsaple Iowa Anti-Galoon League superintendent told the annual convention that prohibition has delivered the greatest benefits in three years. He cited crime drops jail closures and steady enforcement while noting a single wet delegate in Iowa's delegation. He urged deportation of aliens convicted under liquor laws citing bootlegging by noncitizens.
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Associated Press
Bes Moines
Lowa
R. N. Holsaple
Iowa
Holsaple
Congress
Holsapie
Charles Parsons
Knoxville
United States
Impeachment Case Against Daugherty Is Closed
Washington DC January 26 the impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty by Representative Keller Republican Minnesota were regarded as closed after the House judiciary committee reported a clean bill of health. By 204 to 77 the House approved the committee findings and discharged the matter placing Keller’s resolution on the table.
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Washington, D. C
Daugherty
Representative Keller
Minnesota
House
Judiciary Committee
Keller
Young Coal Co to Start Ice Park in River
Young Coal Co plans an ice harvest at 7 a m next Monday from Cedar River beside Sedgwick Island for the new ice house. Manager J A Youns says the field, though small, will fill from half to two thirds, with ice 10 to 13 inches thick and as clear as glass. The 10 000 stone capacity house, erected last summer, will first be filled. Subzero weather may help reach capacity.
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Young Coal Company
J. A. Youns
Cedar River
Sedgwick Island
Mr. Young
Young
Shaw Questions La Follette Motive Over Special Privilege
Iowa ex-governor and former treasury secretary Leslie M. Shaw released a January letter to Senator Robert M. La Follette asking which laws and actions target special privilege. He cites wheat, cotton, wool, labor, and seamen statutes, challenging selective protections and urging clarity on opposition to special privilege across industries.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington
DB. C
Leslie M. Shaw
Iowa
the Treasury
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Shaw
Jes Follette
Lin Fallette
Smith Brookhirt
Iown
LaFollette
Girl Blinded by Bomb in Attempt to Stop Explosion
Chicago reports a 13 year old Sophie Helert was badly injured by a Black Hand bomb while trying to extinguish a fuse on a neighbor’s porch. She may lose sight and hearing from the blast that occurred as she paused to pick up the fuse.
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Chicago
Sophie Helert
French Troops Train Guns on German Cities
Paris dispatch reports a favorable French view of Ruhr Valley tensions. M Le Trocquer, public works minister, returned from inspection with plans for a written report to Premier Poincare and ministers. Strikes remain partial with 10,000 miners in Essen plus railway workers in Duesseldorf and Duisburg.
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Reichstag
Rhineland
Paris
Ruhr
Poincare
M. le Trocquer
Essen
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Treves
Howat Ordered Returned to Finish Jail Term
In Columbus Kansas on January 26 Judge Buss issued a warrant for the return of Alexander Howat to Cherokee County Jail to serve the remaining 56 days of a six month sentence for violation of the industrial court law. The sheriff was told to hold the warrant until next Tuesday when Howat will surrender per his attorney’s promise.
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Columbus
Kan
BF. W. Buss
Cherokee County District Court
Alexander Howat
Howat
Baruch Backs Ford Muscle Shoals Offer
Washington January 26 Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals proposal is recommended by B M Baruch wartime chairman of the war industries board provided no better offer arises and nitrogen production for fertilizer reaches 46000 tons annually in a special report to the American Farm Bureau Federation
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Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
American Farm Bureau Federation
B. M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Trials Link Klan With Murders In Oklahoma County
Ardmore and Carter county residents face trials for murder tied to a masked band in December 1921. Reports place C. G. Sims, Jon Carroll, and others at the center, with witnesses questioned about Ku Klux Klan involvement. A sick man died after forced ride with the group. School boys were dismissed on remand.
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Ardmore
Okla
Carter County
Wilson
Ku Klux Klan
Mathers
C. G. Sims
Jon Carroll
Carrell
Wen
John Smith
Carroll
Earry
Jeff Smith
Sims
Wizard Says Bastrop Trial Proves Kluxers Law Abiding
Chicago dispatch reports Hiram W. Vas imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan stating the Bastrop Louisiana inquiry into the deaths of Watt Daniel and T F Richards was a frameup by enemies of the Klan. He accuses Governor Parker and Attorney General Coco of politicizing the probe and claims Klan men did not support or engage in lawlessness.
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Chicago
Hiram W. Vas
The
Invisible Empire
Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan
Mer Rouge
Parker
Louisiana
Coco
E Evans
Bastrop
Watt Daniel
T. F. Richards
kKilansmen
Why Farm Associations Fail in Washington DC
Washington January 26 The failure of 200 of the 24 percent farmers buying and selling associations that have ceased to form since 1912 was due in part to insufficient business according to a survey by the Department of Agriculture. Other reasons include inefficient management insufficient capital over-extension of credit high honest management and concentrated control of a few members.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Gommers Claims Mob Used Special Train Aid in Arkansas
Samuel Gommers president of the American Federation of Labor released a report from his Little Rock representative. The document claims positive evidence that the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad supplied special trains to the mob that dominated the Harrison area during the recent violence.
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Washington, DD. C
Samuel Gommers
American Federation of Labor
Little Rock
Arkansas
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad
Harrison
Ark
Resolution for World Peace Parley Proposed in Congress
Washington January 26 a world peace conference to prevent another European war was proposed in a House resolution by Representative Chalmers Republican Ohio He warned if another world war comes no power on earth can keep the United States out Serand capital increased amendment to the Strang Theatre company articles of incorporation raises capital stock to 300000 Cedar Rapids stockholders meeting authorized Lin Ford president and A J Diebold secretary
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Washington, D. C
Chalmers
Republican
Ohio
Cascarets Advertise Gentle Bowel Relief
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as a simple bowel cleanser. It promises quick relief from sickness headaches dizziness biliousness and constipation with one or two tablets anytime. Claims include painless morning bowels and easy use for children. Boxes priced 10 25 and 60 cents at any drugstore.
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