Commander Stirs Up Fresh Stew In Vaterland Galley
United Press reports Commander E P Jessop found evidence of sabotage on the Vaterland while noting most damage stemmed from faulty operation. His 1917 report, later disputed by T H Gibbs and former Secretary Daniels, implies engines suffered from poor handling and design flaws with minor sabotage attempts aboard the Leviathan.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
E. P. Jessop
Jessop
Southampton
T. H. Gibbs
Daniels
Gibbs
United States
Navy Department
Journal of the American Society of Naval Architects
Vaterland
Jessup
Fessop
Streetcar Passenger Saves 70 Occupants from Crossing Crash
In Sioux City Iowa an unidentified man rescued about seventy streetcar riders after a wreck. The eastbound streetcar struck a truck, the motorman became trapped, and the car sped toward a crossing where a train was approaching. A passenger jumped from the rear, ran to the front, and applied the brakes, ending the peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
New Heat Wave Predicted Across Iowa This Week
Des Moines reports a new heat wave likely to be the most severe this year. Friday's heat reached 91 in Des Moines with higher readings expected. Charles City 90, Davenport 92, Dubuque and Keokuk figures unclear, Sioux City at 96 marked the state's hottest.
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International News Wire
Des Moines
Towa
Charles City
Davenport
Dubuque
Keokuk
Sioux City
National Education Convention Closes in Oakland
The National Education Association closed its session in Oakland California after electing officers New York City Olive M Jones was named President Gomnelia St Adair Richmond Virginia treasurer Vice Presidents included C B Glenn Birmingham Alabama C E Rose Nebraska E Ruth Psrtle California Mary F Mooney Pennsylvania R Stoops Colorado Anna L Force Maine Florence M Hale Arkansas Anna Griffey Iowa C W Garrett Tennessee S L Smith Tennessee The meeting wrapped up after a day of proceedings and officer selections.
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Oakland
Cal
National Education Association
Olive M. Jones
New York City
Gomnelia St. Adair
Richmond
Alabama
C. B. Glenn
Birmingham
Arizona
C. E. Rose
Nebraska
E. Ruth Psrtle
California
Mary F. Mooney
Pennsylvania
R. ©. Stoops
Colorado
Anna L. Force
Maine
Florence
Hale
Arkansas
Anna Griffey
Iowa
C. W. Garrett
Tennessee
S. L. Smith
Father Sees Son 16 Smothered in Sand Nevada Ia
In Nevada Iowa a 16 year old, Donsald Mackey, fell into a sand pit at Rock Island yards. As sand was released he was smothered at the bottom. His father William Mackey, a craneman, stood nearby and helpless. His mother was a few yards away.
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Nevada
Donsald Mackey
Rock Island
William Mackey
Railroads Continue Testimony in Town Tax Hearings
In Des Moines on July 7 the state’s case in the town tax rate hearings proceeds as railroads argue their properties have been overtaxed. Judge Scott M. Ladd’s ruling blocks certain testimony from Frank Shaw and limits witness impeachment. Trifford Thorne, ex railroad commissioner, will be the state’s lead witness as the roads push claims of full-value taxation over the past five years and undervaluation of adjacent farm lots.
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Deg Moines
Scott M. Ladd
Sontag
Trifford Thorne
Judge Ladd
Frank Shaw
Gibson
Executive Council
Armour Sells Bank Stock to Liquidate Merger Loans
Chicago July. Ogden Armour, packing leader, relinquished Chicago's largest individual holder of bank stock by selling $3,800,000 of Continental & Commercial bank shares. Other bank stocks were sold as part of liquidating personal loans tied to the Armour Morris packing merger. Loans secured by that stock totaled $20,000,000.
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Chicago
T—J. Ogden Armour
Continental & Commercial Bank
Gather Banks
Armour
Armaour-Morris
Chinese Bandits Hold Up Canton Train and Kidnap 90 Prisoners
Manila reports a Kowloon bound slow passenger train near Canton was halted by 200 armed bandits who looted the train and kidnapped 90 Chinese men. Officials say £50,000 in valuables were taken and the train was 14 miles outside Canton when intercepted.
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Canton
Manila
Kowloon
Kilnz & Chinse
Metal Workers in Germany on Strike
More than 100 000 metal workers strike in 60 factories in Germany with passive walkouts planned in other plants over the next two days. Workers laid down tools calmly as union leaders oversee orderly demonstrations. Employers call the strike fiscal and say only about half the expected workers complied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Man Drowns After Cement Weighting Body
Howard Hines 3 leaped from a Chicago bridge into the river in an apparent suicide. Bystanders and police pulled him from the water and he died soon after at a hospital.
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Chicago
Howard Mines
Hines
Ile
Historic Cathedral Damaged as Queenstown Fire Burns Town
In Queenstown Treyland on July 7 Miramen crews contained a blaze that struck the town last night. The fire destroyed several residences and left one entire street burned out while the historic cathedral in the threatened district sustained slight damage. Overall losses were heavy in the burned area with total figures not yet estimated.
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Queenstown
Treyland
Miramen
Queene
Des Moines Carmen Accept Arbitration Award Won’t Strike
Des Moines July 7 A threatened streetcar strike was averted as the platform men of the Des Moines City railway accepted an arbitration award boosting wages by 2 cents an hour. Back pay under a former award, rejected by the latest board, will be pursued in the courts, union leaders say.
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Des Moines
Des Moines City Railway
Third Party Splits Hover Over Farmer-Labor Unity
In Chicago and Rock Island reports the effort to unite minority political and labor groups faltered as the Federated Farmer-Labor party formed with new leaders while traditional Farmer-Labor conservatives refused to join. Delegates debated seating five Farmer-Laborites on the federated executive committee, with factions accusing each other of taking dictation from the Third International.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Farmer-Labor Party
Federated Party
Federated
Parmer-Labor Party
Farmer- Labor Convention
Palmer-Labor Party
Wiliam Boak
Farmers of Washington
Joseph Manley
New York
Structural Iron Workers
W. H. Green
Nebraska Progressive Party
F. H Shoemaker
Wisconsin Farmers Equity Society
Red
Toscan Bennett
Farmer
Farmer-Laborites
Federated Execution Committee
R. Stevens
Louieville
Mary Bright
Cincinnati
John C. Kennedy
Washington State
Richard Swift
Jlllinois
J. M. Rasmiller
Wisconsin
Kennedy
Washington
Ohio
Kentucky
Minnesota
Montana
Idaho
California
J. G. Brown
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago Federation of Labor
Robert M. Buck
Ilinois
Workers’ Party
Farmer— Labor
Buck
Federated Arty
Chester C.lntt
Wisconsin Nonpartisan League
Federated Plaform
United Press
C. E. Ruthenberg
Wlllam Z. Foster
John C. Fitzpatrik
Robert H. Buck
Foster-Ruthenberg
Moscow
Chester C. Platte
Madison
Wis
Fitzpatrick
Foster
Steelistrikce
Six Shipping Board Officials Indicted for Fraud
Six men including three Shipping Board officials were indicted by a federal grand jury in San Francisco on charges of conspiracy and fraud tied to the sale of Emergency Fleet Corporation property at the Liberty Yard in Alabama. The alleged scheme netted about $10,000 in illicit gains, while the government reportedly leased $400,000 worth of property from the sale.
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San Francisco
United States Shipping Board
Ars
Federal Grand Jury
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Liberty Yard
Alamada
Waterloo Heat Prostration Marks First of Season
An elderly man from Waverly fainted in the Paul Davis store balcony in Waterloo after entering on a hot day. He suffered a three inch forehead cut, was revived by attendants, and taken to a physician in the Black Hawk building. He left the office unattended after treatment. This is believed to be Waterloo’s first heat prostration of the season.
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Paul Davis
Sla.m
Waverly
Black Hawk
Waterloo
Jealous wife shoots rival in Chicago deception case
Jealous Mrs. Minnie Bernatowicz, 33, shot Mrs. Anna Andrawisk, 35, near the heart early in the day in Chicago, after accusing her rival of stealing her husband. Doctors say Andrawisk probably will die. Bernatowicz sobbed and said she hoped Andrawisk would die, stating the rival laughed when asked to leave her husband alone.
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Chicago
Minnie Hernatowicz
Anna Andrawisk
Andrawisk
Bernatowicz
Woman dies on Rock Island train near Waterloo
Mrs Emma Lucy Wilson of New London Missouri died aboard a Rock Island train nearing Waterloo at 1 40 am from uremic poisoning The couple were returning from Rochester Minnesota Mrs Wilson born July 14 1887 married June 3 1906 She was a Christian church member Surviving are husband a son John Matt Wilson mother Mrs Matt MecAffen sister and brother all of New London Remains to be sent home from Petersen Bros mortuary
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Emma Lucy Wilson
Paul G. Wilson
New London
Rock Island
Waterloo
Rochester
Minn
Wilson
Christian Church
Mr. Wilson
John Matt Wilson
Young Iowa Couple Eloping Spoiled by License Refusal
Des Moines July 7 report shows Florence Wohlwend eighteen and John Hoover sixteen from Elkhart Iowa were eloping after a Fourth of July fete. The couple were found in Akron Colorado when Sheriff Parklandley traced Hoover’s relatives and notified authorities. They were refused a license due to their ages.
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Des Moines
Florence Wohlwend
John Hoover
Elkhart
Akron
Colo
Elhart
Parkndley
Hoover
Baldwin Faces Cross Road Over Ruhr Policy Continuity
The British prime minister must pick between preserving English influence and maintaining Franco-British cooperation as anger over France's Ruhr occupation and reparations grows. Paris and London clash over basis for submitting Ruhr issues to a international commission while Poincare's hard line signals no withdrawal from Ruhr. Belgian and Italian envoys engaged with Lord Curzon as talks continue without a written French reply.
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Count de Saint Autaire
Lord Corzen
Altho
Polucara
Chamber of Deputies
France
Poincare
Lord Curzon
Belgium
Paris
Count de Saint Aulaires
London
Foreign Office
Count du SaiEe Aulaire
Orland
Ruhr
Count de Saint Aulsire
Enduring Call for Peace Through the Golden Rule
Warns Christian Endeavorers to remove greed fear and suspicion to restore peace. Critics greedily driven employers and workers would cheat for pay, but applying the golden rule could bring industrial harmony. The group urges preaching its use to solve domestic and world problems and promote world peace.
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America
U. S. to appeal rulings on liquor prescription limits
Washington July 7 The federal Montana court ruling voiding Congress limits on physicians liquor prescriptions triggers another appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Justice Department officials say Judge Borguin’s Montana decision parallels the New York restraining order fight led by Judge Knox. The government will study the Montana transcript and prepare an immediate appeal.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
Montana
Congress
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
New York
Knox
Borguin
Adam and Eve Style Out of Date Says Alice Robertson
Muskogee Oklahoma July 7. Miss Alice Robertson former congresswoman and welfare chief at Soldiers Memorial hospital warns feminine office holders to reject Adam and Eve style. She calls for corsets modest clothing and professional dress and condemns roiled hair low necklines and fraternization with patients.
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Muskogee
Okla
Adam
Eve
Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital
Alicea Robertson
Eva
Alice Robertson
Alice
Illinois Man Seeks Custody in Des Moines Court
Des Moines July 7. J A Kearns of De Kalb Illinois seeks custody of his 13 year old daughter Selina. Judge Franklin will render a decision early next week after the juvenile line order placed the girl with Reid. Kearns, a packing firm manager, accuses his former wife Margaret Williams of failing to provide proper care. Forty witnesses testified, most supporting Kearns' claim.
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Des Moines
J. A. Kearns
da Kalb
Selina
Pranklin
Reid
Kearns
de Kalb
Margaret Williams
Rescue of Shipwrecked Men Reported by Coast Guard Cutter
A cryptic dispatch to the Navy from the coastguard cutter Tamarac says the fishing schooner Sybil picked up a Cape Cod crew and several dories with men aboard. Refugees were taken aboard at latitude 40 34 north and longitude 67 35 west. Washington, July 2.
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Navy Department
Coastguard
Tamarac
Sybil
Cape Cod
Washington
D. C
To Search Leviathan for British Sailors
When the U S steamship Leviathan docks at Southampton it will likely be placed in quarantine British authorities search for deserters from English ships More than 260 English seamen jumped ships and signed for the Leviathan British skippers demand proceedings to punish such deserters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.S
Southampton
Oil Company Head Indicted for Fraud in Omaha
L. V. Nicholas of Chicago president of the National Petroleum Marketers Association and former head of L. V. Nicholas Oil Co of Omaha was indicted by a federal grand jury for using the mails in a scheme to defraud related to stock sales before July 1 1919 in Omaha Nebraska.
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Omaha, Nebd
L. V. Nicholas
Chicago
National Petroleum Marketers’ Association
L. V. Nicholas Oil Company of
Omaha
Lewis Moves to Halt Illegal Coal Strike
John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, telegraphed union leaders in Glace Bay Nova Scotia urging miners to end the strike as it violates the existing contract and conflicts with the union's principles.
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Atlantic City
Suly
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Glace Bay
N. S
United Mine Workers
Mennonite Girl Bought New Gown Linked to Fatal Quest
Dorothy Kauffman from the Maryland Mennonite community was murdered in Scarsdale after seeking freedom from poverty and a new dress. Sheriff Werner and observers cite jealousy over beauty as motive, amid debates on a prior black suspect theory. Police found letters in religious tone suggesting ardent feelings, while a post mortem discounting an earlier negro suspect narrows leads.
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International News Wire
Scarsdale
Dorothy Kauffman
Mother Hubbard
Stiny Menooulia Colony
Maryland Hills
George Werner
Westchester County
Eirla
Oscar Harmer
Kauffman
Dorothy
President Harding Heads for Alaska on Naval Transport
The U S naval transport Henderson carrying President Harding and his party steamed through the Inside Passage toward Alaska at about 12 knots near Dixon's entrance north of Vancouver Island. Radio interference limited contact, but officials indicated the voyage is on schedule and the party enjoyed the rugged scenery while light rain persisted and fair weather was reported further north in southeastern Alaska.
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Seattle
Wash
U. S. Naval
Henderson
Harding
Alaska
Dixon's Entrance
Vancouver Island
Ketchikan
Expect State Board to Raise Mill Tax Levy Next Year
Des Moines July 7 An increase of about two mills in the state mill tax levy probably will be decided upon Monday when the executive council meets as the state equalization board officials said today the present levy is 9.11 mills one member predicted the 1924 rate would be around 11.38 mills Passage of the omnibus appropriation bill in the Fortieth general assembly made a higher rate for next year almost certain For 1921 the levy was 8.75 million the dollar State Auditor Haynes said he anticipated no marked change in valuations for the next year.
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Des Moines
State Equalization Board
Fortieth General’ Assembly
Haynes
French Chamber OKS Naval Treaty
Paris reports the French chamber of deputies ratified the Washington naval arms treaty by 460 to 160 votes. A discussion next Monday will cover the Pacific treaties, use of cases in war and neutrals protection as part of the broader accord. Washington plans keep a minimum naval force of 18 battleships, 14 cruisers, and 84 submarines next fiscal year under the general board decision.
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Associated Press
Paris
French
Chamber of Deputies
Pacific
Washington
L. C
United States
General Board
Anby
France
Malaria Epidemic Sweeps Russia Reports 15 Million Cases
London July 7 A Moscow despatch to the Tess reports an epidemic of malaria sweeping Russia with more than 15,000,000 cases recorded this year. The outbreak is most deadly in cities and has crippled industrial activity, according to the dispatch.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Tess
County Boys Plan Picnic Aug 12 18 at Cedar River
Black Hawk county's third annual boys camp for ages 10 to 15 will run August 12 to 18 on the Cedar River south of Waterloo, three and a half miles north of San Porte City. Fee is six dollars per boy with one dollar due on application. Camp aims to provide outdoors and character building under Y M C A supervision with strict conduct, basic meals, and a visitors period on Friday afternoon August 17. Applications to Rehmeier, Waterloo, by August 10.
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Black Hawk County
Cedar River
Waterloo
San Porte City
FB. P. Rehmeier
Rehmeier
Mr. Rehmeier
State's Coal Mines Operating at only 20 Per Cent Normal
Des Moines July 7 With 50 per cent of Iowa coal mines closed and the remaining operating only one to three days a week the state endures a rare summer slump in production. Edward Sweeney third district mine inspector says output runs about 20 per cent of normal, usually 40 per cent in slack season. He adds the wage agreement holds prices steady through next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Edward Sweeney
Third District
Eason
Sweeney
Teamster Shot as Policeman Tries to Capture Bandits in Chicago
In Chicago today a tense clash left a teamster wounded and a bandit captured after robbers used pepper spray on Salvatore Schiavo, beat him, and seized $3,500 from a bank withdrawal. A policeman wounded William Waldaman during the escape, while the captured robber named William Carney and his partner fled with $2,000 of the loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Salvatore Schiavo
Schiavo
William Waldaman
Egrre
William Carney
72 Klansmen Jailed on Antimask Order Plead Not Guilty
Seventy two Ku Klux Klan members pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct charges after arraignment in Springfield Ohio police court. Hearing set for July 26. Arrests followed a judge's ruling that three or more masked persons in public constitute disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Tuly
Ku Klux Klan
Gypsy Moth Balloon Forced to Land in Greenfield
Motor balloon Gypsy Moth, bound from Hammondsport to Heuatker New Hampshire for forest spraying tests, was forced to land in Greenfield today due to engine trouble. It started from Hammonds Port at midnight and was about 80 miles from its destination when forced down.
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Greenfield
Maes
Hammondsport
Heuatker
N. H
Hammonds
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Baldwin
England
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Couth
Walter Krauser
Ralph Souders
Oscar Hebel
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U. S
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