Tammany Probing Sentiment in Ad West on Al Smith
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall headed to French Lick Springs to confer with Tom Taggart and George Brennan about Gov. Smith's presidential nominating chances. A New York Democratic leaders meeting in Albany next Monday aims to consider a declaration of principles to shield Smith’s prospects amid the prohibition repeal issue. Brennan declined comment on the conference rumors.
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Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
French Lick Springs
Ind
Tom” Tag-gart
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George E. Brennan
Chicago
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Brennan
Charles
Tom Taggart
Tageart
Song Iowa Improvised by Navy Band On Demand of President
Ketchikan Alaska July 13 The song Iowa, popular at the Shrine convention in Washington, has been sung by President Hardley s party in nearly every state since leaving Washington and was brought to Alaska by singing members. On the first night aboard the Henderson en route to Alaska the band could not play it. The next morning the 20 musicians had a score and have since performed it at concerts, with a burst of improvisation from crew members.
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O. S. Parley
Chicago
Iowa
Oklahoma
kKa
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
John Adams
Fred W W. Upham
National Committee
J. Kabler
William Sacks
St. Louis
Adams
Associated Press
Ketchikan
Ala
Washington
D. C
Hardley
Charles Benter
Sheriff says he has jewel thief in custody in frederick case
George Sullivan, 28, held as one of three suspects in the December 19 1922 Frederick jewelry shop burglary. A dope addict from Waterloo aided by Waterloo and Sioux City inquiries led to Sullivan’s arrest in Williamsburg Iowa by Ralph Davis. Sullivan faces burglary charges based on a bold masked robbery that tied to theft of about four thousand dollars in gems and jewelry.
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Jalbere Ac
P. B. Walker
H. ‘¥. Wagner
Frederick
James Black
Sullivan
Festerday
Williamsburg
Ralph Davis
Waterloo
Sioux City
Alsho
Cedar Rapids Men Beaten Over Union Refusal
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on July 13 police stopped strike pickets at Holland Furnace where moulders walked out earlier. Leon and Guy Curt is were attacked by several men in Daniels Park while returning home. they were bruised and Guy was knocked unconscious. The Curtis brothers refused to join the union and no arrests were reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Holland Furnace Company
Leon
Guy Cure Tis
Daniels Park
Curtis
Guy
Curtis Brothers
Hoodoo Chasers Hold Annual Convention in Marshalltown
Three hundred railroad traffic men gathered for the Hoodoo chasers reunion in Marshalltown with 500 attendees served a noon picnic at Timmins Grove Marietta. The forenoon memorial honored RE D Draper, ex traffic manager of Western Grocery and former president, and new members were initiated. An afternoon sports program and a parade were planned as part of the events.
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Marshalltown
Hoodoo Chasers
Timmons’ Grove
Marietta
RE. D. Draper
Western Grocery Company
Suits for $127000 Elevator Crash Echo Des Moines
Suits for a total of 127000 were filed here yesterday against Hotel Randolph Otis Elevator Globe Indemnity and the hotel manager by families of victims of the March 24 elevator accident. Mrs Richard Hosking and Harry Hill and wife were killed and five others injured. All residents of Earlham Ta.
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Des Moines
Hotel
Randolph
Otis Elevator Company
Globe Indemnity Company
Richard Hosking
Harry Hill
Earlham
Bullets In Bandit Battle At Surf Hotel
United Press reports a gun battle on Lake Shore Drive near the Surf hotel in Chicago. Forty police and four bandits exchanged hundreds of shots in a rear alley, wounding two officers and a suspect while prompting panic among hotel guests and nearby residents. Three bandits were captured, one reportedly claiming to be the son of a state representative.
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United Press
Chicago
Surf Hotel
Lake Shore Drive
Charles Corman
Chris Hughes
Thomas Hayes
Attempt to Dispose of Pistol Brings on Charge of Murder
Mrs. Wilburta Oesterich widow of Fred Oesterich is jailed on suspicion of murder after police linked her to a .20 caliber automatic pistol found while she allegedly tried to discard it. The husband was shot in his home a year earlier as investigators note no prior suspicion toward her.
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Wilburta Oesterich
Fred Oesterich
Westerich
Kneeskern Witness Bond Forfeited in Disorderly Case
Nashua Iowa July 13 Elmer Van Brocklin principal witness in the two Kneeskern murder trials forfeited a $25 bond posted after his arrest on a disorderly conduct charge filed by Florence Hansen. Since February’s Charles City trial the witness had lived around Nashua while Kneeskern’s defense tried to pin the murder on his brother Elmer.
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Hlmer van Brocklin
B. F. Kneeskern
Charles van Brocklin
Florence Hansen
Charles City
van Brocklin
Nashua
Kneeskera
Elmer van Brocklin
Child of Months Drowns Self in Tub
Fremont Neb July 13 Dodnala Brewer nine month old son of Edward Brewer drowned in a washtub on the rear porch of the family home last night. The infant crawled to the tub rim and apparently pulled himself up using a washboard left in the water. The mother found the body feet in the air about ten minutes after leaving the porch.
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Fremont
Neb
Dodnala Brewer
Edward Brewer
Famity
Courier Delivery Notice for Evening Paper
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 6 30 o clock. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause call 4100 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Harding Finds No United Opinion in Alaskan Problem
President Harding in Alaska fails to elicit unified Alaskan sentiment on remedial legislative and administrative relief as fisheries and lumber interests clash. He stresses studying and listening over promising, travels from Juneau’s seaboard to interior Fairbanks, with plans for a difficult, rain-prone Richardson Trail trip and a return via the Henderson for canal passage to New York.
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International News
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Harding
Alaska
Northern Territory
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Seward
Hea
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Fairbanks
Cordoval
Richardson Trail
Henderson
Canal and Arms
New York
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Canal Zone
Uncle Sam
Yeomen Committee to Visit Sites Before Home Fix
Des Moines July 13 committee to decide location for the proposed $10,000,000 children’s home of the Yeomen order will visit six candidate sites before the August meeting. A final decision is expected around September 19. The six favored locations include Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Clinton and Davenport, Chippewa Falls and Eau Claire, the St. Louis and Des Moines area, and possibly Seattle.
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Cadar Rapids
Iowa City
Clinton
Davenport
Eau Claire
St. Louis
Seattle
Wash
Laundry Employees Petition for Receiver in Des Moines
District Judge Mayer set Monday for a hearing on Northwestern Laundry Inc. petitioning for a receiver. Employees claim $1,052.29 in unpaid wages, insolvency, and misused funds by officers. The company is capitalized at $350,000.
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Des Moines
Mayer
Northwestern Laundry, Inc
Fourteen Planes Start Around Britain Race
Fourteen planes began the around Britain race from London on July 13. The 809 mile course will take about two days with five stops planned along the route.
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London
Britain
Friday the thirteenth plays safe in bed in Des Moines
A fragmentary Des Moines report notes a Friday the thirteenth event with quirky quotes about staying in bed and birthday remarks. Names like Pranie Belegs and Grimes appear in garbled form, indicating a human interest snippet or humorous local note.
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Des Moines
Pranie Belegs
Grimes
Liesata
Rank
U S May Dispatch Warships to China
Washington dispatch report notes that the United States leans toward Britains plan for a naval demonstration off the Chinese coast to press for restoration of normal conditions in China. State Department officials indicated official awareness of the plan but preferred to avoid further disruption amid China’s weakened government.
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Washington, D. C
Altho
United States
Coes
Chinera
Great Britain
Peking
China
State Department
Parish Catholics to Form at Sunday Services
Temporary chapel for Sunday Services in the new Catholic parish will be in the vacant store building at 1620 Mulberry Street announced today by Father N J Lentz who has been appointed by Archbishop J Keane to organize and build the new church. Mass Sunday at 9 a m invites all interested. no definite plans for building yet, but it will be a combination church and school. Crowded conditions in other parishes and distance from St Joseph s and St Mary s churches spur the creation of the new district.
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Mulberry Street
N. J. Lentz
J. Keane
Father Lents
St. Joseph's
St. Mary's
Keana
Law students lead in state university exams
Iowa City July 18 The best grades in the state university college of law during the past year were made by Gordon Locke all American football star William Taylor Detroit negro student and Mrs Lois Garrett Griffen Sioux City Locke was second highest among first year students while Edward Kesly Emmetsburg was first Taylor a senior led his class this year as well as last year Mrs Griffen was the highest in the second year class which included her husband Charles Griffen jr
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Iowa City
State University College of Law
Gordon Locke
William 2. Taylor
Detroit
Lois Garrett Griffen
Sioux City
Locke
Edward Kesly
Emmetsburg
Taylor
Griffen
Charles Griffen, Jr
Homes dynamited after refusal to strike in Pittston
Four homes in Pittston were dynamited starting at 2 a m injuring no one. The attacks hit the house of Alex Campbell a U M W A leader and the homes of Charles Alba Michael Dezcalvo and Joseph Martin nett. Campbell had just returned from Atlantic City and presided at a meeting where a general strike was rejected.
Home Builders Clinic to Help Waterloo Residents
The Courier announces the Home Builders Clinic offering small house plans by top architects with working drawings and specs at low cost. Conducted with the Architects' Small House Service Bureau and endorsed by the American Institute of Architects, the program aims to aid limited income builders with 3 to 6 room designs and practical guidance, featuring local supplier cooperation.
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Byang Courier
Suraty
Sarvier
Waterloo
Courier
Architects
Letter Homes
Small House Service Bureau
American Institute
Smarl
Beat
Elinic
Service Bureau
Rail Tax Hearings Before Ladd Continued July 31
Des Moines July 13 The railroad assessment hearing before Judge Scott M Ladd adjourned after the state presented most evidence against Chicago Great Western and Rock Island. It will be continued July 31 as RRs contest that the executive council discriminated against railroads in town taxation. Clifford Thorne testified that Great Western ignored the government guarantee for six months under control, seeking an earnings based valuation. He said Great Western property in town is capitalized at 39,326,369 while the council fixed the 1921 tax value at 21,306,000.
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Des Moines
Scott M. Ladd
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island
Executive Council
Clifford Thorne
Great Western
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thorne
Vaughan Quits as Business Manager at Baptist University
Des Moines July 123 J R Vaughan formerly of Waterloo Indiana resigned today as business manager of Des Moines university to devote his attention to private affairs. Vaughan had been connected with the local school for a number of years.
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Des Moines
J. R. Vaughan
Waterloo
Des Moines University
Aviator Arrested in Chicago for Air Traffic Violation
Macy Wie, a flyer, was arrested near an amusement park after allegedly flying too low over Chicago. He was held on bond while under charges of violating municipal air traffic rules, with penalties up to 60 dollars or more.
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Chicago
Gileapo
Waller Meyers
Senator Dillingham of Vermont Dies After Illness
U S Senator Willand P Dillingham of Vermont died here late last night following gall bladder surgery three weeks earlier. Born December 1843, he served as Washington County state attorney, secretary of civil and plea affairs, and held Vermont offices before becoming U S senator in 1900. Miner al services will be held at Waterbury Methodist Church next Sunday in his native town.
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Montpelier
U. S
Willand P. Dillingham
Vermont
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Waterbury
Senator Pintngham
Paul Dingham
Washington County
United States
United States Immigration Commission
Lundin Not Guilty of School Grafting in Chicago Trial
Chicago July 13 Frea Lundin a figure in politics in Chicago was found not guilty by a jury in Judge Mc Donalds court of conspiracy to defraud the Chicago actors board of about $1,000,000. The other 15 defendants tried with Lundin were also acquitted.
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Frea Lundin
Chicago Actors Board
McDonald’s
Lundin
Distillery Watchman Slain as Bandits Raid Old Majestic
Peoria Illinois July 13. Night watchman Jake Szotd was killed and fellow guard Mike Hunt wounded during a dawn raid by four bandits at the Old Majestic distillery. Hunt said he was bound and beaten while trying to rescue Szotd. August Lewandowski fired on the robbers and drove them off. Hunt is in custody for questioning.
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Ill
Jay
Jake Szotd
Mike Hunt
Majestic
Hunt
Szold
Szoald
August Lewandowski
Drab death ends Iowa girl's story of woes
Chicago report details the Des Moines origin of Elsie Campbell a Des Moines waitress and University of Chicago students involvement in her death at a Drexel avenue rooming house in Chicago. Police say she died from a fall after despondency while a warrant for wife desertion tied to Ivan Campbell surfaced in Des Moines records.
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Iowa
United Press
Chicago
Aves Bisle Campbell
Drexel Avenue
University of Chicago
Miss Campbell
Harry Scofield
School of Commerce
Iimchroom
Rialts
Ivan Campbell
O. Ss. Franklin
Des Moines
Friday the 13th in New York News Squalls and Sixteen Cents
Friday the 13th headlines from New York recount a foaming rush of four million gallons of beer in sewers and river to dodge a three mile limit. Thomas O Keefe, 62, with 24 cents, tries to borrow a cent from a detective and starts a 30 day sentence. An 18 month old, Joe Richards, survives a fall from a third story window into a flower garden. A man and boy are hospitalised after a ghost missiles shatters a surface car window. no debris found. An ad tag for Premier Coffee ends the snippet.
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New York
Thomas O'Keefe
Merron
Joe Richards
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