Juggles Books 10 Pilfer $150000 of Packers
R J Thomson, Hor mel Packing comptroller, was arrested on a warrant charging him with embezzling over 150000 from the firm. Authorities say he diverted receipts to Oakdale farms, misclassifying them as corporate assets and using a 10000 check. Thomson admitted guilt. a hearing was held.
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Associated Press
Austin
Minn
R. J. Thomson
Hormel Packing Company
H. A. Corey
Thomeson
Oakdale Farn
Thomson
BE. Detweiler
Jar Hormel
Hormel
Oakdale Farms
Thomsons Enterprises
Crystal Theater Fire Demonstrates City Hydrant Strength
Fire department chief Ray Tiller reports Crystal Theater and adjacent stores damaged but saved by a new 1,000 gallon per minute pumper. The engine’s high pressure quickly fed three lines to the roof, extinguishing flames as buildings stood three stories tall. Officials note water pressure limits, with risks of bursting service pipes if pressure rises too high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Tiller
Till
Tiller
Los Angeles Man Named Trade Commissioner to Melbourne
W. Lancers of Los Angeles was named American trade commissioner to Melbourne Australia announced by the commerce department Saunders who has returned from the far east where he conducted a two year survey of advertising methods succeeds A W Ferrin now en route back from Melbourne Ferrin previously held the post and is returning from Melbourne to the United States
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Bnited
Washington, D. C
W. Lancers
Los Angeles
Melbourne
Australia
Commerce Department
Saunders
Washington
Far East
A. W. Ferrin
Webster City Fourth of July Homecoming Observed
Webster City celebrated its annual soldiers and sailors homecoming with Independence Day style decorations. Businesses closed as the town marked the holiday with fireworks planned for the night and a civic mood similar to a Fourth of July celebration. About 20 representatives from William F. Getsch & Co. Waterloo attended a dinner at Hotel Russell-Jamson with meetings on the company’s business.
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Webster City
Associated Press
Toder
Instranche
William F. Getsch & Co
Waterloo
Russell-Jamson
Frankfurt Cruiser of Kaiser Eyes Bombing in North Atlantic
Frankfurt, former Kaiser cruiser, faces a joint U S navy and army attack off Virginia Capes on July 18. The operation uses 32 seaplanes and 11 bombers in two waves with 108 bombs planned. if afloat, destroyers fire at 15,000 yards and North Dakota depth charges may finish the job.
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Associated Press
North Dakota
Virginia Capes
Navy
Army
Frankfurt
Cape Charles
Lwoi
N. C's
Atlantic Feet
Japan Given Time To Digest Harding Conference Plan
Washington reports indicate progress on Harding disarmament talks likely to start in fall. Washington seeks preliminary agreement on topics while Tokyo splits over timing. Officials expect eventual Japanese acceptance as Washington aims to reduce naval armament and tax burdens through a Pacific consensus. Paris dispatches say the league commission now focuses on gathering data on naval and land strengths to aid the Washington conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Harding
Washington
Mrascat
Tokio
Pacific
Demented man saved from hanging on Raccoon River bank
An unknown man saved James Drake, 55, of the county poor farm, who escaped an institution and tried to hang himself on the Raccoon river bank. The rescuer cut the rope but Drake fled through brush. he was later captured by police in a semi nude condition and taken before the insane today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bes
Congress Debates Oil Tariffs Under Fordney Bill
House sets vote on placing crude and fuel oil on the tree list or keeping them on the dutiable list at a rate of 2 1/2 and 2 1/2 cents per barrel respectively. The Joint agriculture committee reviews amendments to tariff while inquiry into farm conditions continues. Senate Finance committee questions Secretary Melon about settlement of foreign loans.
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United Press House
Jo. Bonsider
Joint Agriculture Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Melon
Drowning Rescue by Girl in Lake Oelwein
In Lake Oelwein Catherine Fridgen, 15, swam nearly 200 feet to grasp 17 year old Francis Stimson after he sank three times. Leonard Hymer and Roy Reed helped, with James Hanson aiding from a motor boat. After 30 minutes of resuscitation, Stimson revived. The town plans to honor Fridgen for her brave act.
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Oelwein
Innetine
Lake Oelwein
Catherine Fridgen
Francis Stimson
Leonard Hymer
Roy Reed
Stimson
Youvg
J. T. Ridler
Lloyd Douglas
Mr. Hanlon
Reed
Miss Fridgen
Mise Fridgen
Otter Creek
Young Stimson
Jennie Stimson
Fridgen
Bomb explodes before Buenos Aires capitol building
A powerful bomb exploded in front of the Argentine capitol building in Buenos Aires this morning. A policeman was seriously wounded while only small material damage occurred. Authorities attribute the act to communist agitators.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Capitol
Fireman Ends Life After Engineer's Death Near Sanderson
In Sanderson Texas on July 18 a fireman aboard the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio train killed engineer William Bohlman in the line of duty earlier this day. The fireman then took his own life in his room aboard the same train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paso
Tex
Chearles
Robinson
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
William Bohlman
Sanderson
Real Estate Dealer and Ex-Mayor Fred Cottish Found Dead
Fred Cottish, former mayor of Great Lakes, Hr., and prominent Chicago real estate dealer, was found dead in his office with a bullet wound. Police believe financial and family troubles led to suicide.
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United Press
Chicago
Fred Cottish
Great Lakes
House Deletes Oil Duty From Tariff Bill
Washington July 18 The House voted 187 to 79 to strike out the proposed duty on crude and fuel oil from the Fordney tariff bill. Another vote on the old schedule is planned before final passage Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
House
Telegraph Briefs Summary From Washington and Abroad
AP telegraph briefs report Hoover considering vast home building stimulus as 1.3 million homes needed nationwide. Other items note steamer Hapids King disabled in the St Lawrence, US farmer mortgage debts doubling in a decade, Irish talks resume with De Valera, Navy inquiry findings split along party lines, Beulah Johnson tarred and feathered in Texas, Near East relief raising wheat and corn for Armenia, Pershing's joint forces plan, Japan's postwar disarmament rift, Yap talks progress with US, mixed armaments commission starts work, Moscow notes Wobblies stance, a deadly sheriff’s posse clash in Monroe, and Russia faces famine risk warnings.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Ogdensburg
N. Y
St. Lawrence
D. C
Beulah Johnson
Teneah
Tex
Chicago
Armenia
Washington, D. C
Pershing
Tokio
Japan
United States
Yap
Paris
Paris: the Temporary Mixed Commission For
League of Nations
Riga
Congress of the Third Internationale
Industrial Workers of the World
Moscow
la Vestia
Monroe
Berlin
Russia
Yossiche Zeitung
Where West High Graduates Find Life Occupation
The occupation survey of the June 1917 class from West High includes 376 graduates. Almost one third entered office work, with teaching and undecided tied at 58, home work 33, and 18 in other miscellaneous occupations.
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West High
West Highi
Anna M. Demmel
Sloane M. Wallace
H. D. Lee
Rotarians Prepare Picnic Outing at Winslow Iowa
Rotary luncheon at Black's tearoom announced Thursday picnic plans in Winslow, Iowa, with a 1 p.m. Lincoln Park car pickup for those without transport. Meet at the stounds near Winslow for a 2:30 p.m. sports program. About seven miles are paved. the rest are rainproof roads to the recreational grounds founded by club president C. A. Morris.
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Rotary
Black
Lincoln Park
Stounds
Winslow
Waterloo
C. A. Morris
Eight Head of County Cattle Killed by Train
G W Morris steward of the county home Joseph Shirley member of the county board and F W Esher auditor went to Hicks Lincoln township to investigate the killing of eight head of cattle near there last night by a Great Western passenger train from Nes Moines. The cattle belonged to the county and were taken to pas turage in Lincoln township recently.
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G. W. Morris
Joseph Shirley
F. W. Esher
Hicks
Lincoln Township
Eight Head
Couttle
All Great Western
Nes Moines
Pas ¢Coln Township
Pasturaga
Iowa police seek Kansas City hotel thief in Des Moines case
Kansas City July 18 police received a Des Moines telegram asking to turn over Mrs Henrietta Davis to Iowa authorities for questioning about hotel robberies. They plan to search pawnshops for stolen jewelry tied to Davis who reportedly admitted involvement in hotels across the Midwest. A room search yielded seven suitcases including items from Dallas, Texas victim M H Thomas. Her husband was jailed in Missouri in 1913 for burglary and larceny.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Des Moines
Henrietta F Ralph Milton
Davis
Bos
St. Louis
M. H. Thomas
Dallas
Tex
Robbery at Commercial Grand Elicits Mystery
More than $100 in currency vanished from the Commercial Grand restaurant at 617 Commercial Street between midnight and 4 45 am today. Proprieter Wily Heitter discovered two empty cigar boxes containing overnight receipts at 11 30 pm. A later look revealed a break in via a cellar window and a door left unlatched, with a wood cover moved. Intruders likely knew the layout as a light burned all night. About $25 to $30 hidden in back was also missing. No cash was in the register.
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Commercial Street
Wily FL Heitter
Washington Street
Edson Gillett
California Street
Speed Work on Tax Bill Moves Toward Quick Action
The House Ways and Means Committee began actual work on revising federal tax laws, with Chairman Fordney asking the Treasury to supply all relevant data. Government actuary Joseph McCoy is calculating potential yields for a three billion dollar tax under various proposals as work accelerates ahead of tariff legislation. The Senate is expected to skip the tariff bill and approve the revenue measure first, speeding enacted changes.
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United Press
Washington, D.C
House
Ways and Means Committee
Fordney
Ne Hag
Treasury Department
Joseph
McCoy
Senate
City in Brief Describes Local Guests and Travels
Mrs. Charles Teeter of Chicago visits her mother Mrs. Elia Burgess. Franklin McCormick accepted for Fort Snelling citizens training camp August 1 to 30. Miss Mary McBride teaches in Dubuque and visits Waterloo friends. Mrs. J. Umbaugh and son George in Chicago for real estate convention. Miss Susie and Anna Wolfe head to Denver then Colorado points. J. S. Turhill visits daughter Mrs. Tucker in Panora and may go to York Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Clark vacationed Mackinac Island. Mrs. G. O. Barton and niece Marguerite Saul return from Clear Lake. Barton family back from lake. Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Scott of Ottawa Kan and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Hanson of Kansas City stop in Waterloo to see old friends. Mrs. A. A. McCormick leaves for Clear Lake to visit the Cowards. George L. Carson returns from three weeks in Minnesota lake region. Rev. J. F. McMahon moves to Lawler Ia. Rev. Patrick Malone succeeds him. Tractions issued against Curtis and Mott Evans for elderberry wine. Horace Van Metre to Camp Dubois Wy visiting Ricker Van Metre in Evanston. Ricker runs a tie and timber firm. mountain-tide tie production noted. Grandma’s doughnuts advertised at Elgin Donut & Waffle Parlor. St Mary’s Cecilian society to host an ice cream social at church Town Tuesday.
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Charles Teeter
Chicago
Elia Burgess
Franklin McCormick
Citizens
Fort Snelling
Mary McBride
Dubuque
Waerloo
L. A. Kauffman
St. Paw
Minn
J. C. Umbaugh
George
Susie
Anna Wolfe
Denver
Colorado
J. S. Turhill
Frederick Tucker
Panora
York, Neb
G. 0. Barton
Marguerite Saul
Clear Lake
Barton
Lake
J. R. Scott
Ottawa
Kan
G. H. Hanson
Kansas City
Waterloo
George L. Carson
Minnesota
Altho
Carson
J. F. McMahon
J. M. Molloy
Sacred Heart Church
Lawler
Patrick Malone
Father Malone
Walter RB. Trench
Curtis
Mott Evans
la Porte City
Sherman T. Mears
Evans Boys
Horace van Metre
Camp Dubois
Wyo
Ricker van Metre
Evanston
Riverton
Wromine Tie & Timber Co
Elgin Doughnut
Sycamore St
St. Mary's Cecilian Society
Trade Survey Data in Book Form Now on File at G. W. A.
Waterloo’s trade survey completed by W. F. Bristol Iowa City extension department of the State University of Iowa is now compiled in book form and on file at the Greater Waterloo association office. Merchants will be invited to come in and take excerpts since the book will not be loaned. The work covers trading population, merchandising problems, and the status of each line of merchandise in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
W. F. Bristol
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
Greater Waterloo Association
Good Fellows Head Arrested for Mail Fraud
H K Hansen secretary of the National Organization of Good Fellows of America was arrested on mail fraud charges. He allegedly collected 62,400 in 25 cent memberships from 250,000 people nationwide to back a drive for legislation permitting manufacture of lightnes and neers. Hansen founded the group as part of the scheme. Sans Souci bridge is closed for paving and will be closed for several days while paving is completed. Water-related transit routes between Sioux City Waterloo Cedar Falls altered by closures and route changes. Dining Falcone on Argentine railways is reported with panama provisions.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
H. K. Hansen
National Organization of Good Fellows of America
Hansen
United States
Good Fellows of America
Sans Souci
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Washington, D. C
Senate Bank
Charles E. Lobde
Altho
Farm Loan Board
Kenyon
Republican
Iowa
Lob- Geli
Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Board
Salvaging Humanity Graves Theme at Rotary Luncheon
A D Graves spoke at Black's tearoom about William O'Brien, a Michigan inmate released after 21 years, rehabilitated by the Central Howard association. The tale highlighted parole success, aid to released convicts, and the link between mental condition and crime, noting 1,225 helped last year at $12.62 each and only 62 of 765 paroles violated in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O’brien
Michigan State
Oruen
O’brien
All Night Fire at Rock Island Arsenal Causes Heavy Loss
Fire in warehouse V-10 at Rock Island arsenal burned on Sunday night and into Monday, with damage unofficially estimated at $100,000 or more. The fire, discovered at 6:40 PM, confined to machine gun targets in a 240 by 500 foot, fireproof building. Arsenal fire department battled flames with continuous water streams through the night until noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Davenport
Rock Island Arsenal
Arsénal Fire Department
Capt Moffett Made Aeronautical Chief
President Harding nominates Capt William A Moffett to head the Bureau of Aeronautics at the Navy Department with rear admiral rank for four years James H S Hewitt named for receiver of public moneys at Alliance Nebraska and Jules Haumont for receiver of the land office at Broken Bow Nebraska
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Bureau of Aeronautics
Department of the Navy
William A. Moffett
Alliance
Neb
James H. S. Hewitt
Allance
Antibeer Bill Faces Setback in Senate Fight
Washington July 18 The Willis Campbell antibeer bill failed to gain war priority as the Senate granted privileged status to Norris farmers relief measure to form a $100,000,000 export corporation. Motion to give Norris bill priority passed 47 to ?.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Senate
Norris Farmers
Strong Arm Thieves Rob Man of Three Thousand Dollars
Two strong arm bandits overpowered Lelan Himpson in Chicago and robbed him of three thousand dollars. Simson was on his way to a bank when the crime occurred. The bandits escaped in a automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
Lelan Himpson
Simpsobh
New York Stocks Drift in Monotone Session
New York July 18 The New York Sun reports a dull stock exchange session with little to distinguish from the prior week. Speculative interest remained low while professionals chased weak spots for quick gains. Railroads were sluggish and copper markets lifeless. AtlanticGulf declines tied to corporate developments. Mexican shares firm to strong with Meritar vivid. Mexican petroleum saw a late surge of selling, dropping under 102 from early highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Neeau Sun
Financial Review
Stock Exchange
Movie Studios Hit by Union Strike Over Wage Cut
In Los Angeles on July 18 union carpenters, painters and electricians refused to report for work at Goldwyn Fox Roach and Century studios after a wage cut by the Motion Picture Producers Association. Secretary W J Reynolds says the cut reduced the day scale from 2 to 7 dollars a day. The strike is expected to cause temporary shutdowns across most major studios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Union Carpenters
Gold Win
Fox
Hall E. Roach
Century Motion Picture Studios
Motion .Picture Producers Association
W. J. Reynolds
Windstorm Blasts Plateglass Windows and Damages Town
Wahpeton North Dakota and nearby Breckenridge suffer extensive windstorm damage Saturday night. Half of plateglass windows in Wahpeton and Breckenridge blown out, gym roof at United States Indian school torn, fairgrounds grandstand and bleachers destroyed, several baths wrecked, crops harmed. Also notes bankers’ meeting in Minneapolis with four Waterloo representatives and a serious typhoid fever case at 102 Williston Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wahpeton
N. D
Brecken,Tidge
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Scotland
Haghand
England
Claude A. Clark
Third Street West
Mackinac Island
A. A. McCormick
Huntington Park
4. H. Coward
Capt. Moffett
Aeronautical
Antibeer
Bill
N. Y. Stock Cope
Bankers
American Institute of Banking
The
Institute
Minneapolis, Minn
R. B. Miller
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Wayne Smith
Waterloo Savines Bank
Millard Bailey
First National Bank
Merle Witt
Black Hawk National Bank
Harry J. Saylor
Williston Avenue
Saylor
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