Johnson Heads Iowa Life as Ferguson Exit
John J. Johnson elected president of Iowa Life Insurance Company after absorbing F A Ferguson's holdings. Stockholders vote to raise surplus by 50000 to fund a broader growth program and larger agency. Company plans board expansion, new VP and treasurer. Ferguson to pursue no immediate plans. Johnson has led agency efforts and previously served as pastor and manager before reentering business life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Johnson
F. S Ferguson
Iowa Lite Insurance Company
Mr. Ferguson
Bir. Ferguson
Mr. Johnson
Iowa Life Insurance Company
Johnson
Invest- Mmeris
Ane
C. W. Chapman
John Hanson
J. W. Arbuckie
Waterloo
Wilpert Shallenberger
Chicago
BE. A. Resor
Edward L. Rohli
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
John Deere & Co
Eastern School of Divinity
Ferguson
F. A. Ferguson
Hfe
Burguce
Busin
Town Life Insurance comPany
Owa
John Hansen
E. Jonsaion
New England Fights Tariff on Oil Rates
Representative Treadway of Massachusetts voiced Republican opposition to the proposed oil tariff. He said the 23 cent crude and 25 cent fuel duties would add at least one cent per gallon in the East, harming New England’s oil market and business community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Representative Treadway
Massachusetts
Ways and Means Committee
House
New England
Gor
Cox
Treadway
Sinn Fein Leader Satisfied With Initial London Talks
British officials denied demands for terms from Sinn Fein at the London conference. Prime discussions centered on Lloyd George’s conference plan and truce arrangements. Ulster premier Craig left Belfast for London as the talks opened amid cautious optimism and press tensions over Irish questions. Rioting continued in Belfast Cork Street with a bomb, looting, and fires as police restored order without shooting.
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London
Sinn Fein
Albion
Erin
Eamonn ‘de Valera
Iehiarhy
Tore George
Ireland
Craig
James Craig
Ulster
Belfast
Trish
Marding
Pacific
Harding
Great Britain
France
Italy
Washington
Japan
Tokio
Associated Press
Cork Street
Michael Staines
House of Commons
Dublin
Mt. Joy
Wane
Galway
Irish Publican Army
Staines
Bub- Ea Castle
Rainbow Division Veterans to Discuss Soldier Bonus Bill
The Rainbow Division Veterans association opened its second annual convention in Cleveland for a four day session with units from 26 states. A veteran bonus bill was a principal topic, with delegates urged to oppose until hospitalized soldiers are cured, despite prior Birmingham support and greetings from President Harding and Vice President Coolidge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Rainbow Division Veterans’ Association
Birmingham
Arrest Judge on Bribery Charge in Oil Lands Case
Sapulpa Oklahoma July 14 Judge Lucien B Wright was arrested on bribery charges tied to a fight over the Famimy Atkins oil lands His attorney denied the charges and the judge was released on a ten dollar bond
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Sapulpa, Ohlo
Lucien B. Wright
Atkins
Wright
Lower Gulf Rate on California Products
United Press reports Santa Fe railroad will cut Gulf bound California shipments by 2 to 25 percent. Effective in 100 days, the reform covers dried fruit canned salmon and condensed milk among others, reducing charges by about 20 to 30 cents per hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
San Francisco
Cal
California
Gulf
Santa Fe Railroad
Towns Stage Big Summer Cowboy Expos
Pisgah Iowa hosts a community fair with a tented exposition capacity for 20 000 and a 55 by 120 display. Frontier Roundup at Clarinda Indiana draws 30 000 and features J Engel Hartwill bulldogging from a speeding car. Perry Des Moines box seats rush signals big crowds for July 27 29. Muscatine hosts a lowboy rodeo homecoming August 3 14 under American Legion auspices with 6500 seating.
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Pisgah
Supt. C. B. Woodstock
Frontier Roindame
Oe li Clarindis
Frontier
Jengel Hartwill
Miles City
Dan Offut
Nebraska
John A. Stryker
Perry
Des Moines
Tri-County Fairgrounds
Vents
Clancy
Clancy and “Califoria’” Frank Aefley
Muscatine
Edward H. Bitzer
American Legion
Obregon rescinds oil export tax and calls oil work restart
President Obregon announced the repeal of the export tax on crude oil after talks with a Mexican congress committee, saying the United States would not impose an oil import tax. He urged immediate resumption of work in all oil fields to relieve unemployment and invited foreign oil company officials to a conference to boost production.
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Obregon
United Press
Galveston
Tex
Mexico City
Mexican Congress
Dispatches
United States
Nonpartisan League Scandal Fades Out
Harmony returned to Nonpartisan League ranks after leaders Totten Jr and Gummerson withdrew charges from the recall campaign probe. Embezzlement claims were dismissed at Totten’s preliminary hearing as the state’s attorney said no prosecution warranted.
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United Press Fargo
N. C
Harmony
Nonpartisan League
League
State Executive Committee
George A. Totten, Jr
K. Gummerson
Totten
War Department personnel cuts save over twentyfive thousand
Secretary of War Weeks announced a total reduction of 21 274 war department employees since March 1. If average pay is 1200 dollars yearly, the firing would amount to 25 405 dollars in annual savings. The figure was presented in Washington by United Press.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Weeks
War Department
Washington
Automobile Stolen From Private Garage
Abbott-Detroit automobile stolen last night from the C. T. Mason garage at 1020 Wellington Street. A 1811 readster with license 26244, recently bought a new garage lock not yet fitted. Doors were easily opened and the car was missing when Mason checked this morning. Police opened a search and notified surrounding cities but no suspect found.
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Abbott-Detroit
C. T. Mason
Wellington Street
Mason
Social Welfare League Aids 36 Families in June
The Social Welfare League report shows service to 46 families in June, with 22 new cases, six patients receiving hospital care, and 18 tonsil removals reported by the public health nursing department. Grace Stewart reviewed the national conference via Milwaukee from late June. Two cases were sent to University Hospital Iowa City and two to the tuberculosis sanatorium.
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Social Welfare League
Grace Stewart
Milwaukee
Public Health Nursing Department
Uiversity Hospital
Iowa City
Tynerealosis Sanatorium
Free Methodists Open Dedication Services
Preliminary dedication events for the Free Methodist church proceed this week with services Thursday Friday and Saturday at 7 45 P M at Franklin and Lane streets led by Bishop Walter A Sellen James will preach each service with singers Miss Amy Hen Hertite and Miss Hala Plemiss both evangelists from Greenville offering texturally rich items for the services
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Free Methodist Church
Franklin and
Lane Streets
Walter A. Sellen. James
Amy Hen- Hertite
Hala Plemiss
Greenville
Prosecutor Questions Big Crime Rise Since Prohibition
Hamilton county officials dispute Methodist board figures on crime since prohibition. County prosecutor Louis H. Canale says misdemeanors decline while major crimes rise, noting 28 killings in Hamilton County in just six and a half months of 1927, four more than all of 1926.
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Associated Press
Distinputi
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Board of Renperance
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Board
Louis H. Canelie
Hemildon
Bank Robbery at Dows Frustrated by Arrest of Man
Mason City Iowa July 14 with the arrest of Kelly Charleston a forger who hid at Dows for weeks the sheriff says he frustrated the Jamison bank at Dows robbery Charleston forged three checks signing a Lake Mills man’s name and confessed writing a letter promising a big score. Authorities work to link him to the Jones Welch automobile bandit case from the weekend arrest at Charles City.
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Associated Press
Mason City
Kelly Charleston
Dows
F. E. Marsh
Jamison ‘Bank
Charleston
Lake Mills
Jnb
Jamison Bank
Dews
Jones-Welch
Milton Welch
Ayatstroo
Charles diLy
Ambassador Herrick Arrives in Havre for Welcoming Events
Myron T. Herrick, newly appointed American ambassador, arrived in Havre to a reception by French officials. He met the consul general in Paris, toured the city with a guards and war orphans group, and attended a banquet at the city hall before continuing to Paris to meet Premier Briand and embassy staff.
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Associated Press
Havre
Myron T.herrick
Alexander M. Oe
Paris
Herrick
France
Briand
Rich Strike of Gold Quartz Found South of Anchorage
Rich Strike of gold quartz with more than 1600 dollars in gold per ton was found 39 miles south of Anchorage. Prospec tors stampeded to the discovery area, uncovering dozen fissures of quartz heavy in gold within a 12 by two mile region near Girdwood on the government railroad. Mining men expected epochal significance from the find.
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Associated Press
Anchorage
Alaska
Here
Girdwood
Weeds Hide Track Man Killed When Train Strikes Car
Des Moines July 14 W L Hedge 40 a blacksmith at Bennett coal mine was killed instantly when his car was struck by an eastbound Great Western passenger train at the Twenty first street crossing. High weeds on both sides of the track are believed to have concealed the onrushing train from Hedge s view.
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United Press
Des Moines
W. L. Hedge
Great Wester
Twenty-first Street
Hedge
Bennett Coal Min
Emery to Lead Legion on Trip Through France
Indianapolis July 14 The American Legion national commander John G Emery will lead a 240 member delegation of Legionnaires on a summer visit to France. The trip aims to foster postwar camaraderie and strengthen international ties.
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Emery
Legion
France
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
John G. Emery
American Legion
Thieves Take Bank Messenger Bag Guarding $25,000
Two bandits waylaid a messenger of Northwest Trust and Safe Deposit Co. and escaped with a bag containing $25,000 in currency, after forcing the vehicle into an automobile and fleeing the scene near Washington.
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Associated Preas Beatle
Northwest Trust & Safe Deposit Ca
West district school election explains bond funding plan
The West district board of education outlines that the existing 10 mill schoolhouse tax remains unchanged and that the July 15 election is to authorize bonds for finishing the new West High building under an emergency law. Officials say funds are needed to proceed with mill work, heating, plumbing, and electrical work, with the certification deadline by August 3, 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Board of Education
West High Multtmeg
Statiuea Polite Ouly
County Board of Supervisors
West District
H. D. Lee
J. BH. Dempster
Austin Burt
C. W. Campbell
J. A. Francis
Josephine Marquis
W. A. Peterson
Carleton Sias
B. F. Swisher
Board of Education
Board of Supervisors
Business Hits Up Old Stride
Chicago reports that mid 1921 marks a new political and business era with unprecedented prosperity for years to come. Manufacturing and basic industries adjusted to conditions, losses lessen without mass insolvencies, and prices rise to spur demand as public buying resumes. Railroads may cut rates as wages savings and efficiency improve. Construction revives as labor disputes settle and material prices drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
United States
Lloyd George Letter to Wilson Filed in Loan Query
In Washington on July 14 a letter from Premier Lloyd George to President Wilson dated Aug 8 192 and a British cable grant from Chancellor Lindsay on the same subject were presented during Senate Finance Committee hearings on the allied loan refunding bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Wilson
Associated Press
Washington D D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Administration
RC. Lindsay
Leffingwell
Treasury Départment
Greeks Open Battle at Town of Kutaia
Constantinople July 14 Greek forces and Turkish nationalists clash before Kutaia about 75 miles southeast of Brussa. Air battles erupt for mountain heights near the town as the Greek offensive widens from Shehr and pushes southward along the Bagdad railway line with four divisions engaged.
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Preas
Constantinople
Kutaia
Brussa
Shehr
Bagdad
Three Children Die In Farmhouse Fire In Clearing
In Clearing, Illinois, a farmhouse fire claimed the lives of Grace four, Florence eight, and Trank six Ipesa children. A fourth child was saved by Policeman James C. Folsom while the father William Ipesa carried his wife to safety but perished. The blaze began from an oil stove and occurred early today.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William Ipesa
Clearing
Grace
Florence
Trank
John
James C. Folsom
lIpesa
I W W Threaten Nebraska Farmhands Across State
A Harvard Nebraska dispatch reports I W W members threaten workers who refuse to join. Farmhands seeking work are targeted and nonjoiners are thrown from trains. Officials note about 400 I W W members passed through Harvard in 24 hours and warn of further intimidation.
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Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Harvard
Nebraska
Haré Vard
Slayer on Hunger Strike Faces Fatal Outcome
Andrew Brykajlo, accused of killing his wife, has been on a 49 day hunger strike. Physicians have given up hope for his recovery and he was moved from jail to the county hospital for treatment.
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United Press
Chicago
Andrew Brykajlo
Noted criminal identified as one of bank bandits
United Press reports Dee Moines July 14 police identified Babe Emerson and Slim Bates as members of a Midwest bank robbery gang. Customer Robert Fulton of Drake University identified Emerson as the robber who struck him unconscious with a revolver during the Drake Park bank heist. Emerson is believed to have led the gang in other robberies and a murder in Stuart, Iowa.
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United Presa Dee
Grand Lodge Closes Session as Elks Start Three Days of Play
Los Angeles on July 14 marks the fifty seventh annual session of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks closing with installation of grand lodge officers and final reports including next year’s budget. The closure signals three days of merrymaking for about 50,000 delegates, culminating in a grand antlered herd reunion and a great annual parade.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Grand Lodge
Grand Lodge Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
California jurist rules Sunday closing law unconstitutional
In Los Angeles on July 14 Judge Burnell of the supreme court ruled an ordinance of the city of Pomen near here unconstitutional. The law barred Sunday amusements with admission charges but allowed churches to collect offerings, which the judge deemed class legislation and effectively an admission fee at Sunday services.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Pomen
Here
Burnell
Supreme Court
Bandits Steal Truck Loaded with Hooch
Four armed bandits held up David Linderman in Egypt Pennsylvania early today and escaped with a truck carrying whiskey and alcohol from Ambler. Linderman fought back and held one robber until a policeman arrived, despite death threats.
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Associated Press
Allentown
David Linderman
Egypt
Linderman
Ambler
Packer Labor Wins Victory
Sixty five thousand stockyard workers nationwide win a ruling by Judge Samuel Alschuler denying a 5 cent hourly pay cut sought by five big packers. He finds cost of living did not fall enough to justify the cut and grants a concession by ordering one overtime hour three days per week and a straight tire instead of time and a half.
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Br United Presei
Chicago
Samuel Alschuler
Alschuler
Divorce Rate in Black Hawk County Divorces 22.3% of marriages
Black Hawk county shows a divorce rate of 22.3 percent for the year ending June 30, higher than the national average of 11 percent. In the 12 months there were 171 divorces and 767 marriages, about one divorce per 4.5 marriages. In 90 percent of cases cruelty was cited, with 126 wives and 45 husbands as complainants.
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Black Hawk County
Fred St. Pettit
G. H. Sumner
Des Moines
Sher
Benevolent and Protective Order of Hiks HQ Named
From Los Angeles to Washington reports show the Benevolent and Protective Order of Hiks selecting Chicago as permanent headquarters. Also noted are Senate unanimous consent to vote Friday on recommitment of the soldiers bonus bill, renewed disarmament conference pledges from multiple nations with Japan pending, debate on the Fordney tariff bill in the House, and Kansas Farmers' Union president Maurice McAuliffe urging credit access as top aid to farmers.
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Associated Press
Jos Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Benevolent and Protective Order of Hiks
Grand Lodge of the Order
Washington, D. C
Senate
Washington
Japan
Washington, D.C
House
Congress
Maurice McAuliffe
Kansas Farmers’ Union
Kenyon Requests Probe Into Antipool Campaign
Chicago July 14 The Grain Dealers National Association seeks immediate congressional information on its drive against the grain pooling plan of United States Grain Growers Inc. The move follows a Senate resolution by Senator Kenor of Iowa calling for an investigation, announced by R J Mansfield, chairman of the association's executive committee.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Grain Dealers’ National Association
United States Grain Growers, Inc
Congress
R. J. Mansfield
United States Senate
Kennor
Iowa
Kenyon Seeks Early Return of Bonus Bill Action
Senator Kenyon of Iowa proposed an amendment to force the Senate Finance Committee to report the soldier bonus bill back before the first Monday in January 1922. During the debate the Senate, at Senator Smoot's request, adopted and sent to the president a soldier relief measure waiving certain proof of death for war risk insurance payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Kenyon
Iowa
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Smoot
Defense Wins Point in White Sox Trial
The defense won its first victory in the conspiracy trial of former Chicago White Sox players. Judge Hugo Friend ordered the state to permit interviews with Bill Burns and Billy Maharg, alleged accomplices who may turn state's evidence. Attorneys may not interview Burns and Maharg until after the jury is completed, with eight jurors already sworn.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Hugo Friend Today
Bill Burns
Billy Maharg
Burns
Maharg
Jackson, Mich Wins Prize for Ellks Drill
Jackson Michigan won the grand prize for drill teams at the Elks reunion yesterday. Captain William Sparks, commander of the prize winning team, collapsed from exhaustion at the completion of the drill and had to be carried from the field.
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United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Jackson, Mich
Elks
William Sparks
Operators Charge Union Miners In West Virginia Inquiry
Senate committees opened a probe into coalfield unrest in West Virginia after martial law was imposed. Burkenshaw of the United Mine Workers testified that lockouts and evictions by mine operators fueled the clashes, with 27 men killed in Mingo County since 1920. Vinson, for the operators, countered that the union had become a band of robbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Stes
Washington, D.C
Senate
West Virginia
New Barkershew
United Mine Workers of America
Burkenshaw
Mingo
Ther
Law
Knepper Leads After 18 Holes In Western Amateur
R B Knepper of Sioux City holds a 4 up lead over Douglas Tweedie of Chicago in the third match round of the Western Amateur Golf Championship at Westmoreland Country Club. Knepper fired a 72 par and stood 4 up at midday. Tweedie shot 76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Knepper
Associated Press
Chicago
Westmoreland Country Club
R. B. Knepper
Sio. City
Douglas Tweedie
Harrison Johnston
St Paul
C. H. Rogers
Grand Rapids
Chick Evans
Ira Crouch
George Hartman
Burton Mudge
Tweedie
Knepper
Far North Manly Court Clears Hinton Farrell Fight
A Washington court of inquiry into the December free balloon flight into the Canadian wilds found no disciplinary action is needed. It held that the clash between Lieuts. Louis A. Kloor pilot Stephen A. Farrell and Walter Hinton was settled in a manly manner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Farrell
Far North
Manly Court
Byrne Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Canadian Wilds
Louis A. Kloor
Stephen A. Farrell
Walter Hinton
Continue Probe of Illinois Treasury
Testimony by Harry Luehrs was expected to shape the next steps of the grand jury probe into the state treasury. The wife of the treasurer’s aide testified as the first witness of the day before the 23 jurors, with proceedings anticipated to occupy most of the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Springfield
Mme
Harry Luehrs
State Treasury
Noted grain man dies in Milwaukee at 58
Milwaukee July 14. Bert K. Taylor, 58, president of Taylor & Bournisque Co., widely known among grain men, died at his summer home after a brief stomach illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yay Sue Asabetess
Milwaukee
Wis
Bastille Day Recalled as French Freedom Narrative
A historical note marks Bastille Day on July 14 1788 when a crowd stormed the Bastille prison signaling a shift toward freedom. The piece reflects on how Americans observed the day during wartime and questions whether Lafayette is remembered.
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Bastille
Waterloo
Lafayette
Mortuary Rites for Mrs Asenath Lawrence in Des Moines
Mrs Asenath Lawrence died at her son Dr EL S Lawrence home in Des Moines Iowa on July 12. She was interred in Elmwood Cemetery after brief services at O Keefe Towne funeral home. PioneerMt Vernon township resident. husband died about 35 years ago. Born in Ohio in 1827 and aged 97.
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Asenath Lawrence
EL. S. Lawrence
Des . Moines
Elmwood
O’keefe& Towne
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