Underwood Defends Ove Patents Disposal in Senate
Senator Underwood assails administration policy on enemy German patents held by the Chemical Foundation. He says no fraud existed and supports Palmer's handling, arguing $260,000 paid for 5,000 patents was adequate. He warns restitution plans could threaten other war losses and outlines proposed damage-claims legislation.
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Washington, D. C
the Chemical Foundation
Francis P. Garvan
Senate
Underwood
Alabama
Harding
The
Chemical Foundation
A. Mitchell Palmer
Germany
Austria
Joint Claims Commission
Palmer
Aim Property
Chicago Street Railway Strike Threatens City Rail Service
Chicago unions and street railway representatives report ongoing talks as a planned strike looms. Both sides warned they will not suspend action until wage cuts of 16 cents per hour and a shortened shift are resolved, with surface lines pushing for changes to the eight hour workday.
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Chicago
Garner Wins Texas Sheriff Nomination in Tears
Beaumont July 24 Associated Press reports Sheriff T. H. Garner of Jefferson County was renominated in the Democratic primary, receiving 5 206 votes while rivals Baker and Dugan totaled 2 872. The ouster suit tied to his Ku Klux Klan membership drew nationwide attention but a judge ruled the oath conflict did not prove him guilty.
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Associated Press
Beaumont
Tex
Sherif T. H. Garner
Jefferson County
I. R. Baker
J. J.dugan
Garner
Robert Street
Thomas L. Blanton
Abilene
Blanton
Oscar Calloway
Fort, Worth
W. J. Cunningham
J. D
Police Help Mob Watch Train Go By
A crowd of about 250 people gathered at the Louisville and Nashville shops in Boyles to watch a work train pass. Police chief Fred McDuff supervised and no disorder occurred as the train went by. In Memphis a separate incident left one man dead and two wounded in an exchange of gunfire between police and suspects, including railroad employees.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Boyles
Fred McDuff
Associated Preys
Memphis
Tenn
Frank Jenkins
W. S. Record
Dan O'Kane
Thellinois Central Railroad
Jen- Xing
Aviators Hurt In Crash On Birdsall Avenue
Two aviators were injured when their craft crashed onto a street on Birdsall avenue near the Long Island railroad in Far Rockaway. They were hospitalized at J. Joseph's hospital. Secretary of Labor Davin estimates 12,000,000 are now employed in industrial pursuits in the United States.
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New York
Ther
Birdsall Avenue
Long Island Railroad
Far Rockaway
J. Joseph's Hospital
Secretary of Labor
Davin
United States
Trail Gypsy Band Accused of Stolen Boy Near Des Moines
Police in Aurora Illinois seek a band of gypsies accused of abducting five year old James Stanley last Saturday. A wire indicates the group traveling toward Des Moines on the Lincoln highway in Ford trucks. A boy matching Stanley’s description was seen in one of the vehicles, and towns along the Lincoln highway have been alerted.
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Cedar Rapids
Aurora
James Stanley
Lincoln Highway
Des Moines
Stanley
Burlington Strikers Draw 3000 to Mass Meeting
More than 3000 people attended the Burlington mass meeting called by strikers, including shop crafts members and families. Mayor Smith Lurlingon spoke as strike leaders and railroad officials reported quiet across Iowa lines with no new hires despite three carloads of workers passing through.
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Burlington
Smith
Lurlington
Iowa
Linville to Bring U S Marshals for Cedar Rapids Strike
United States Attorney Linville announced that deputy marshals will be brought to Cedar Rapids at the earliest moment to preserve peace after a strikebreaker was hit with a brick and a street fight drew police attention. Government officials and railroad representatives attended the conference.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Linville
Grandson Jailed as Suspect in Fairfield Palm Robbery Case
Emil Emonin aged 20 is jailed in Jefferson county on suspicion of taking part in a Palm family robbery eight miles southeast of Fairfield Friday night. Sheriff Harris had him arrested Saturday evening and a second suspect is believed to be sought. Emonin denies the charge and has spoken to no one. Locals note heightened feasting and ongoing safeguards for the accused.
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Fairfield Palm
Fairfield
Emil Emonin
Jefferson County
Palm
Young Emonin
Palin
Harris
Emonin
Palm Homie
Emonia
OWA Gets Funds for Farmer Loans From War Finance
The War Finance corporation announced 31 advances totaling 842000 for agricultural and livestock purposes. One advance to Iowa was 57 dollars.
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OWA
Washington, D. C
War Finance Corporation
Bintesl
Iowa
Poet's Daughter Seeks Divorce From Deserting Husband
Juanita Miller daughter of the late Joaquin Miller filed a suit in Oakland Superior Court seeking divorce from her husband Juan Miller formerly John Smith. The couple married over a year ago in an outdoor ceremony that drew wide attention.
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Oakland
Cal
Juanita Miller
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Juan Miller
Juanita
John Smith
Juan
Pfannkucken Escapes Davenport Jail Attic Rope Drop
Louis Pfannkucken, serving six months for forgery in Scott county jail Davenport, escaped Sunday night by boring a hole in his cell roof. He used a blanket to make a rope and rappelled 66 feet from the attic window to the ground. No trace of him has been found.
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Davenport
Louis Pfannkucken
Scott County
Bandits Rob Sabula Station in Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railways
Three masked men robbed the Sabula Iowa station of 27 dollars and operator Ben Hoffner's personal property then locked him in the freight house and fled. Walter Patsch aged 71 of Davenport Iowa died by suicide at home after a prior self destruction attempt.
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Ben Hoffner
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Sabula
Davenport
Walter Patsch
Patsch
Iowa Briefs Report Fatal, Injuries Across Counties
Des Moines reports Marguerite ICuiz aged two died from an automobile strike. Eight others injured in weekend crashes. Bradyville records Mrs. Everett Laslay aged 26 burned to death when kerosene explodes while lighting stove. Osevola notes Elsa Waugh 19 sentenced to five years at Anamosa reform school for chicken thefts near Lorimer. Boone shifts to motor trucks for mail between Boone and Moingona after rail service suspended.
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Marguerite Icuiz
Bradyville
Everett Laslay
Here
Osevola
Elsa Waugh
Anamosa Reformatory
Lorimer
Boone
Moingona
Strikebreakers Seek Labor Board Aid in Chicago
Light exhausted men traveled to the labor board offices seeking work after being shuttled from New York to Richmond Lewisville Peru and Hammond and finally to Chicago. They said shops open scarcely compared with reports and they remained penniless.
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United States Railroad Labor Board
New York
Chesapeake & Ohio
Richmond
Lewisville
Peru
Ind
Hammond
Capper Seeks Inquiry Into Binding Twine Trust and Coal Deals
Senator Capper files a formal complaint asking the Attorney General to rule on a Sherman antitrust issue involving a binding twine monopoly and sisal use. Reports from London say Scotland has placed coal contracts for immediate U S shipments, the first since World War I began.
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Binding Twine Trust
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Associated Press
London
Scotland
United States
America
Howard Webber Fined in Municipal Court
Howard Webber faced municipal court before O B Courtright on a charge of assault and battery against Marie Bridgeman. He received a fine totaling 260 with costs, all but 25 suspended during good behavior, following a prior continuance.
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O. B. Courtright
Marie Bridgeman
Pawnshop robbed of jewels worth $15 000
Five automobile bandits robbed the jewelry store and pawnshop of Morris Blumefield in St Louis on July 24. The value of the jewels stolen is estimated between $15 000 and $20 000. The bandits escaped.
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St. Louis
Morrs Blumefield
Ard
Optimist Gary Sees Crops, Futures Bright Despite Strikes
Ebert H. Gary, chairman of United States Steel, declined to discuss coal and rail strikes but said he is an optimist and hopeful for the future. He emphasized crops as the basis of life and warned that global happiness hinges on secure food, clothing, and shelter, noting potential crop-driven economic stability for the United States and other nations.
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New York
Ebert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
United States
Rungla
Trussia
Tickets Sell Rapidly for Chautauqua Series
Directors of the Waterloo Chautauqua reported strong ticket sales and donations at a Greater Waterloo Association meeting. The five day program begins Saturday at 3 p m with a busy site prep at Walnut and Pine streets. Sunday will feature free services and no admission, with a voluntary offering collected.
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Greater Waterloo Association
Chattauqua
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Pine Streets
Chautauqua
Waterton
Tawa
J. S. Tothill
First
M. E
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A. McManus
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C. A. Young
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Q. Berntrock
First Brethren
Church of the Brethren
Orange Township
W. H. Beachler
Grace M. E
Economist Patten Dies In New Jersey at 70
Dr. Simeon N. Patten long head of the political economics department at the University of Pennsylvania and a noted author in economics and social science died at Browns Mills New Jersey after a long illness. He was 70 years old.
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Youry Za
Simeon N. Patten
University of Pennsylvania
Browns Mills
N. J
Hel
International Scout Congress Opens in Paris
Telegraph briefs report the opening of an international Boy Scouts congress at Sorbonne with Sir Robert Baden-Powell presiding. Other items note bankers traveling to Montreal for talks, a new Better Business Bureau announced by David F. Houston, and Earl B. Mayfield leading in Texas polling for senator.
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Sorbonne
Robert Baden- Powell
New York
Montreal
David F. Houston
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Charles Garland
President May Run Roads and Mines If Necessary
Washington July 24 United Press Harding holds complete power under existing law to seize both mines and railroads if action is needed to keep mail and interstate commerce moving. Senators say additional legislation may be necessary.
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United_ Press
Washington, D.C
Harding
Free State forces seize Balnlough and Ballyburis in Ireland
Dublin July 24 Free state troops have captured Balnlough and Ballyburis and now hold a 70 mile front between Waterford and Limerick. Rebels retreat toward Cork as Free State fleets and airpower join infantry and naval units in pursuit. Many guerrilla bands seek refuge in the Cork or Galtee mountains.
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Ballyburis
Waterford
Limerick
Cork
Regulara
Gallea
Galway
Ballina Sloe
Lenroot Pledges Fight Over Wool Tariff Schedules
Washington July 24 Senator Lenroot Republican of Wisconsin said the finance committee may stand firm on the wool schedule duties as originally recommended to the senate. He favors a 60 percent maximum duty on coarse wool and on finished manufactures and warned of a senate fight if imposed. Lenroot sought a workable plan akin to his amendment but reported little success. A tentative 5 percent cut in duties on clothing cloth and other wool manufactures was agreed by the committee, though likelihood of any reduction remains slim.
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D. C
Finance Committee
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Utah
Madalynne Obenchain Faces Second Trial for Kennedy Murder
Los Angeles July 24 Arguments in the jury were to begin in the second trial of Mrs Madalynne Obenchain for the murder of her sweetheart J Belton Kennedy a young broker. She expressed confidence in acquittal and said she planned to leave the county jail and return to her former husband Ralph H R Obenchain at a home in Evanston Illinois.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Mcs
Madalynne Obenchain
J. Belton Kennedy
Eyanaton, II
Operators Agree in Principle with Hoover Program
Coal miners in Saline county adopt a resolution urging union miners in Kentucky Tennessee and Alabama to walk out by August 1 and call Illinois miners in those fields to return home The move hints at broader walkout plans and possible spread of the strike elsewhere.
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Associated Press
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Saline County
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
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Columbus
Lee Hall
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Hall
United Mine Workers
Chicago
Middle West
Anil Strike Delays Verdict as Parley Looms
The 10 000 unionized railroad station workers will not strike after a conference. W. J. Noone, president, instructed members to stay at work and seek discussions with road management. Government officials remain quiet as Baltimore and Ohio shopmen weigh peace talks in Baltimore.
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W. J. Noone
W. L. McMenimen
Chicago
Hooper
Railroad Water Board
Baltimore In Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
St. Paul
B. M. Jewell
Shopmen's Union
Complete Army Expansion Plans Revealed by Pershing
Washington July 24 Gen Pershing announced completion of plans to rapidly expand the army to defend the country and quell internal hostilities. The statement did not mention coal and rail strikes, seen as signaling the government can promptly mobilize troops for emergencies. A poem fragment and short ads accompany this item.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
Strikebreakers Strike Back When Klansmen Garb Appears
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin July 1924 a group of about 30 workers from South Chicago were attracted by free cat food rooms clothing and pay. When strike pickets were seen in Ku Klux Klan regalia the group fled toward Seiad du Tac then back toward Chicago.
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Wis
Chicago
Sead du Tac
Gov Allen to Speak in Emporia Amid Rail Labor Clash
Gov Henry J Allen planned to address a Emporia audience as he visited the Kansas normal school town. Editor William Altes White faced an industrial court dispute over a 50 percent strike placard and free speech, with no joint platform planned.
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Kan
Henry J. Alien
William Altes White
Emporia Gallatte
White
Gazette
Henry
Inventor of Ukulele Dies in Honolulu
Manuel Nunes, credited as the inventor of the ukulele, died at his Honolulu home of heart disease. Born in Funchal Madeira in 1843, he arrived in Hawaii in 1878 and crafted the early guitar-like instrument from a cigar box, shaping the modern ukulele.
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T. Haolulu
Manuel Nunes
Hawaii
Nunes
Funchal
Medeira
Islands
Britain to Aid U S in Dry Effort Against Rum Running
Britain will cooperate with the United States to suppress illegal rum running from British territory. The decision follows a communication from Washington and was confirmed by an official source in London.
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London
Great Britain
Washington
Striker Shot Dead by Rail in Hornell Yards
In Hornell New York railroad yards today Frank Arbididnt Striking Shapman was shot and killed. Charles Cesaro another Striker was wounded. Railroad detectives Anthony Rutski Mark Valentine and Vincent Kesner are charged with manslaughter following an attempted arrest.
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Frank Arbididnt
Shapman
Charles Cesaro
Anthony Rutski
Mark Valentine
Vincent Kesner
Breaks Wrist in Fall From Porch Steps
Bert Garnsey of Omaha broke bones in his right wrist and hand after a fall on porch steps while visiting his brother-in-law W. L. Dewey. He rode home in his car but could not drive, with 5. E. Roebuck and O. O. Hummel accompanying. Hummel drove. Cedar Falls reports emergency appendectomy for Mrs. F Haley wife of the Cedar Falls American Legion commander after sudden illness. She underwent surgery at Sartori Memorial hospital following a brief illness yesterday.
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Bert Garnsey
Omaha
W. L. Dewey
Mr. Garnsey
Waterloo
E. Roebuck
O. O. Hummel
Cedar Falls
Merle Spry Recovering From Injuries
Indications are Merle Spry son of Dr and Mrs W F Spry will recover after injuries. He is under care at Hampton hospital in Hampton Ta attendants said this afternoon. A report notes second operation was performed today, though details are unclear.
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W.F. Spry
Hampton Hospital
Hampton
Dynamite strikes hit miners homes in Patton township
Dynamite exploded early today at two miners homes in Patton township near Pittsburgh injuring occupants. The severely injured were Frank Bojovich aged 67 and Ed Ward Glies.
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Pittsburgh
Patton Township
Here
Frank Bojovich
Ed Ward Glies
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