Kenyon’s Quieted Presidential Prospects In Iowa
Des Moines reports Iowa leaders dismiss Senator Brookhart’s push for William Lautzes Kenyon as the Republican presidential candidate. Kenyon, vacationing in Maine woods, previously resisted politics, though his credentials include U S Senate service and a judgeship. New York wires note progressives backing Kenyon as a compromise candidate against Harding, with potential independent moves if nomination fails. Washington dispatches flag a Johnson boom as a possible alternative to La Follette’s third party.
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International News Wire
Des Moines
Iowa
Brookhart
William Lautzes Kenyon
Kenyon
William R. Blake
Clermont
New York
William S. Kenyon
U. S
United States
Harding
KenyantWas
United Press
Borah
Johnson
la Follette
Norris
Washington, D. C
Jaly
Hiram Johnson
Senator la Follette
Minnesota
California
Europe
Otto H. Kahn
Kuhn-Loeb & Co
Clarence W. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Company
Frank A. Munsey
Beaverbrook Sees British Hands Off Policy in Paris
Beaverbrook argues Britain seeks reparations by nonforce means, while press view the move as undermining the Versailles treaty. The Journee Industrielle accuses Britain of dual aims to pull in other allies or isolate France. Premier Benes travels to Brussels amid mediation efforts and declining to discuss partial success.
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Ruhr
Journee Industrielle
France
Great Britain
Germany
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Brussels
Ammonia Plant Explodes Forces 1000 to Flee Chicago
Chicago July 17 nearly 1000 employees fled to safety as a series of ammonia plant explosions rocked a five story building. Fire companies were called out and flames crept toward neighboring structures.
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Chicago
New Reserve Bank Rules Issued by Federal Board
The Federal Reserve Board announced major changes to regulatory rules affecting the system. Highlights include real estate loan renewals, interlocking directorates under the Clayton Act, farm credit banks, capital requirements for new members, a revision of the par clearance section, and a new fee for checks drawn on nonmember banks.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Board
LC. S. Bank
Missing Sioux City Boy Found in Kansas City
Sioux City Ia July 18 Edison Hennigan 13 year old son of Mr and Mrs John Mulroney who had been missing for five weeks has been found by the Kansas City police according to information gathered by authorities here today. The lad left home five weeks ago with a man who gave his name as Ralph Bennett 23 The parents caused a nationwide search to be started for their boy and Bennett is being sought on a charge of enticing a minor from Kane.
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Sioux City
Edison Hennigan
John Mulroney
Kansas City
Seize Dope to Make Half Million Shots
Washington announces a Prairie du Chien Wisconsin seizure of morphine and cocaine enough for about 500000 doses. G Nutt chief narcotic agents says 208 ounces morphine and 50 ounces cocaine were seized by William A Beach from Chicago.
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Washington, D. C
Prairie du Chien
Wis
G. Nutt
William A. Beach
Chicago
Mrs Johnson weighs farm life while Magnus heads to Senate
Minneapolis dispatch notes Mrs. Magnus Johnson may not join Magnus Johnson in Washington. She prefers staying on the Kimball farm where she and Magnus have managed since 1899. She has six children and serves on the township school board, a role she has held for 22 years. Her background traces to Gen. Israel Putnam, and she emphasizes family labor in farming.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Magnus Johnson
Washington
United States Senate
Maine
Kentucky
Gen
Israel Putnam
Gerk
School Board
Two Murders Acknowledged By Russian Cabman
In Moscow the Russian cabman Wassily Terentevitch Petrov confessed to a two year pattern of at least two killings weekly. He adopted the nickname Tzyosehitt Komaray meaning Mosquito cabman and described a regular murder schedule.
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Wassily Terentevitch Petrov
Moscow
Facts Emphasize Failure of French in Ruhr Invasion
The article discusses potential outcomes of the Ruhr occupation, noting risks of intensified industrial paralysis and food and fuel shortages across Germany and Europe if France withdraws or remains passive. It warns of possible monarchist and reactionary surges and the fear of a growing communist movement influencing Berlin and big industrialists.
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Ruhr
Eee
Berlin
Germany
Europa
New York Tribune
Christ Church Vestry Sets Parish House Contract Date
At a special vestry meeting Christ Episcopal Church set September 1 as tentative date for letting the parish house and rector's apartment contract. The building committee was authorized to sell the residence on the site adjoining the church.
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Christ Episcopal Church
State Health Board May Probe River Pollution at Belmond
Dr. Charles S. Grant of Iowa City was re elected president of the Iowa State Board of Health. Dr. Rodney P. Fagen named secretary by the state executive council. The board will study Belmond residents complaints about river pollution and prepare an analysis. It will also propose a standard embalming fluid for Iowa aligning with the federal Pure Food and Drug Act. Several firms reportedly ship fluids with under 40 percent formaldehyde.
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Des Moines
Charles S. Grant
Iowa City
State Hoaard of Health
Rodney P. Fagen
State Executive Council
State Board of Health
Belmond
Fagen
Iowa
Jit
Rival unions wage steel labor drive in Chicago area
In Chicago on July 18 the American Federation of Labor and the Industrial Workers of the World launched rival campaigns to organize steel workers. William Hannon led AF Labor in Chicago with about $70,000 to fund the effort. Over 100,000 IWW circulars were distributed across the Calumet steel region including Gary Indiana urging workers to join one union and strike.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Industrial Workers of the World
William Hannon
William Z. Foster
Calumet Steel
Gary
Ind
Two Honeymoons End In Jail For Bad Checks
Two couples on honeymoons faced jail after forged checks totaling thousands. Alice Garrigue married Harold Brent then revealed as Harry Lewis from Ohio. Henry Corcoran federal agent said the fraud linked to offshore checks. Tenney Dennison, ex lieutenant of field artillery, was jailed for passing $2,000 in checks impersonating an officer. Both wives pledged support as the pair were to be sent back to Los Angeles for trial.
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Calted Presa
Chicago
Alice L. Garrigue
Harold Brent
Long Beach
Gal
Brent
Harry G. Lewis
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Secret Service
LaSalle Hotel
Hare
Toronto
Ont
Henry Corcoran
Tenney Dennison
Leutenant
Field Artillery
Dennison
Lewis
Harding Will Not Call Congress In An Extra Session
Seward Alaska July 18 United States Senator Brookhart proposed a special session to farm legislation but the administration shows no support. President Harding does not favor calling Congress before the regular session. The president and party rest in Seward after an interior trip aboard the Henderson. The trip includes fishing plans and concerns about Alaska’s political discourse.
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Harding
Congress
Seward
Alaska
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
Yowr
Des Moines Grafter Backman Captured in Texas
John Backman former assistant superintendent of Des Moines parks was arrested in San Antonio Texas on charges of embezzling city funds totaling about 23000 from the park department He had left Des Moines in 1922 and faced a long pursuit while associate Mary Frage serves a seven year term for similar offenses and a wider graft inquiry may follow in Des Moines
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Des Moines
John Backman
San Antonio
Tex
Crey
Backman
Mary Frage
Park Department
Bishop Sees Moral Teaching Curb Crime Rise
Lake Junaluska NC July 18 Crime increases in the United States are linked to lower moral standards says Bishop James Cannon of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. While attending a educators conference on religious education in public schools he cites 60 000 murders from 1912 to 1918 and a fall in acquittal odds from 17 to 1 in 1885 to 680 to 1 in 1920. He urges the state to provide moral instruction in all schools and allows optional religious training where the constitution permits.
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Lake Junalaska
N. C
United States
James Cannon
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Cannon
U S Refuses toJoin British Debt Settlement Plan
Washington officials say the United States will not take part in any British effort to settle the Ruhr and reparations crisis if allied debts to the United States are included. Premier Baldwin’s parliament reference is viewed as a misstep by officials here.
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U.S
Washington, D. C
United States
Ruhr
Baldwin
Great Britain
Europe
Taxi Death Mystery Nets Des Moines Clue
Des Moines reports Assistant Chief of Detectives James MacDonald and State Agent Long close to solving the Dec slaying of taxi driver T. W. Mitchell. A woman drug addict, wife of a physician in a small Iowa town, aided by Mitchell twice before his body was found in a secluded Des Moines area spot. Robbery appears to be the motive.
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Des Moines
T. W. Mitchell
James MacDonald
Long
MacDonald
Iowa
Mitchell
Bryant Paving Rushes to Resurface Fourth Street
Rapid progress by Bryant paving on old pavement improves Fourth Street which has been deteriorating for years. Crews expect to finish repairs and open the street to traffic Saturday with a smooth asphalt surface.
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Bryant
Fourth Street
Des Moines Death Inquiry Opens After Dentist Chair Incident
Coroner Guy et indicates an inquest may be held into the death of Mrs. J. C. Batham 24 who died in a dentist chair under gas. Centerville and nearby towns will prosecute car theft suspects C Stansberry A Mc Daniel tied to Davenport cases. Mason City eyes 50000 visitors for Legion convention Aug 16 17 with a contract for 3000 cots and blankets to aid guests. Oak seeks 1000 by Aug 1 for community pool funding under construction. Lake City man William Losec 20 sues for 40000 against Anna Huesen and her son Ernest over last summer crash.
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Des Moines
J. C. Batham
Guy ‘Et
Centerville
Muscaline
Mount Pleasant
Kiddie Rokn
C. Stansberry
A. A. McDaniel
Davenport
Mason City
American Legion State Convention
Oak
American Legion Post
Lake City
William F. Losec
Anna Huesen
Ernest
Minnesota Farmer Senator Johnson Pushes Wheat Relief
Senator elect Magnus Johnson of Minnesota backs Brookhart in calling a special session to save wheat farmers from ruin via a minimum price and wheat embargo. He proposes a conference of wheat states leaders to fix economic conditions and prevent national calamity. Iowa voices caution that government price fixing may be unreliable. La Follette lauds the Lincoln spirit and Johnson’s rise as a sign of mass support against monopoly and money power.
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United Press
St. Paul
Minn
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Brookhart Town
Congress
Canada
Iowa
Des Moines
C.W. Hunt
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farmer- Laborite
Senate
Johnson
Harding
J. C. Lewis
State Federation of Labor
Brookhart
Lewis
Charles A. Rawson
Attornney
Gibson
Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Robert M. la Folletté
United States
Knute Nelson
J. A. O. Preus
East
South
Middlewest
Abraham Lincoln
Preus
Minnesotta
Washington
Northwest
Eight Fires Found in Empty Boxcars in Boone Ta
Eight fires were found in a string of 60 boxcars along a Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern interurban line siding east of Boone. This marks the fourth incendiary incident targeting the railroad rolling stock recently. Crews extinguished the blazes with little damage, and officials vow to catch the firebug.
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Boone, Ta
Fort Dodge, Des Maines & Southern Interurban
Boone
Fort Dodge Wne
Judge Overturns Damages in Wrong Number Case
Minneapolis Minnesota July 13 a district judge ruled the verdict of 1006 against Northwestern Bell Telephone for a wrong number excessive and ordered a new trial. Judge M H Dickinson said the only damages should reflect a brief lost time value and that Grimes stenographer and time costs were misapplied in the prior jury award.
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Minneapolis
Mine
M. H. Dickinson
Dickinson
George
Grimes
Northwestern Bell Telephone Exchange
Dickinson Bays
Central
Competitive Sports Hurt Feminine Beauty Says Doctor
Dr R T McKenzie author sculptor and anatomist told university women in San Francisco that competitive athletic contests among girls on American playgrounds ruin physical appearance. He said changing exercise habits are making modern women flatter chested and knock kneed, and that such contests cannot help but eliminate feminine beauty.
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San Francisco
R. T. McKan 2Ié
McKenzie
Maximilian's Widow Empress Carlotta Nearing Death
Brussels July 18 The mad Empress Carlotta widow of Maximilian of Mexico who for half a century has been confined in her chateau at Bouchout is dying King Albert of Belgium her nephew has gone to her bedside She went insane in 1867 when Maximilian was executed and believes she is in Mexico The German Kaiser ordered strict guards when Germany invaded Belgium.
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Brussels
Charlotta
Maximilian
Mexico
Granteur
Bouchout
Albert
Belgium
Bel-glum
Dr Peter Moerdyke Dead Minister Friend of Roosevelt
Rev Dr Peter Moerdyke a Pasadena born clergyman and longtime Roosevelt associate died in Canada after an operation. Born 1845 in the Netherlands he led parishes in Grand Rapids and Chicago before several visits where Roosevelt preached from his pulpit. Burial planned in South Bend.
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South Bend
Ind
Peter Moerdyke
Pasadena
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
Tardnts
Can
Netherlands
United States
Grand Rapids
Mich
Chicago
Roosevelt
Re-Al-Jo Cosmetics Firm Raises Capital in Waterloo
The Re-Al-Jo Products company received secretary of state approval to increase capitalization from 5000 to 25000. The Waterloo firm manufactures cosmetics at its Locust street plant per a Desroines dispatch.
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Re-Al-Jo
Waterloo
Desroines
Locust Street
East High coach resigns to head Mankato High School
Louis R. Kresensky, longtime East High School coach and athletics director, tendered his resignation at the July school board meeting to become principal of Mankato High School. His departure takes effect immediately as East High prepares for an athletic year viewed as potentially record-setting.
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Louis R. Kresensky
East High
East School Board
Kresensky
Mankato, Minn
Fiby
Mankato High School Board
H. A. Boysen
Cast High
East Schools Seek 378000 Budget for Year
The East School Board accepted a 1923-24 budget totaling 378000 at the July meeting in the superintendent’s office. General schools 300000, repairs 60000, and interest on schoolhouse bonds 18000. Brunn reelected secretary and two contracts awarded for high school auditorium work and Roosevelt school weather stripping. Miss Grace E. Lambert resigns after eight years at East High.
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East School Board
C. W. Kdine
I Brunn
W. HH. Brunn
East High
P.M. Michael
Michael Paint Company
Chamberlain Machine Works
Hoosevelt School
Miss Lambert
Grace E. Lambert
Saat High
Orange and Black
Sand
Adante
Brodelphian Literary Society
Baptist Assembly Opens Sessions at Iowa Falls Today
The Iowa Baptist assembly opens today at Iowa Falls in grounds owned by the denomination. Delegates from multiple churches, including First Baptist and Walnut Street church, travel to participate. The event offers athletics, outdoor recreation, and religious education with a faculty led by Rev. Victor N. Witter and other notable educators. The large pavilion hosts meetings as tents form a white city on the grounds. attendance runs around 1,600 with July 29 set as the finale.
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Iowa Baptist Assembly
Iowa Falls
The
Baptista of the State
F. R. Asquith
Helen Mae
Homer
First Baptist Church
R. E. Williamson
William Thomson
A. L. Sherrill
E. M. Greene
W. HB
Mortuary Notices for Stella Schmitt and Weimer and Sampson
Funeral details and obituaries from Waterloo events include Mrs Stella Schmitt of 207 Eleventh Street East with a service at First Presbyterian and viewing at home. Herman Weimer’s relative Grant Miller to return from Meyersdale after Jer man Weimer’s death. Lee Sampson to be laid to rest at Elmwood with services at Mrs James Chapman’s home on Bayard Street.
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Stella Mitt
Stella Schmitt
Eleventh Street East
First Presbyterian Church
Schmitt
Presbyterian Ospitalos Peritonitis
Stella Bender
Lawler
Whoterloo
Fred Schmitt
Robert
Lee Sampson
James Chapman
Bayard Street
A. C. Preston
Elmwood
Think Flood Danger at Pueblo Has Passed
Pueblo Colorado July 18 As danger of flood is believed to have passed at Pueblo this morning heavy rains last night between Pueblo and Colorado Springs caused an 11foot rise on the Fountain river and several small highway bridges are reported washed out. The Fountain still is four or five feet above normal. The Arkansas river also rose a few feet last night but at no time reached the danger point here.
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Pueblo
Colo
Colorado Springs
Fountain River
Arkansas
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