Harvester Trust Exposure Prompts Steel Inquiry
Washington July 26 the house steel trust committee outlined Townsend Townsend report accusing the International Harvester Co of price discrimination foreign sales undercut domestic prices and using hidden plant purchases to destroy competition The committee issued a subpoena for former Attorney General Bonaparte to testify and seek ties between United States Steel and International Harvester through overlapping directors.
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Washington
Bonaparte
United States Steel Corporation
Wiarvester Combine Company
House “Steel Trust
Stanley
Kentucky
Harvester Trust
Burdette C. Townsend
Oregon
Canada
International Harvester Company
Townsend
Wickersham
New York
Chicago
P. Morgan & Co
The
International
D. M. Osborne & Co
Aultman‘Miller & Co
Minneapolis Harvester Company
Keystone Company
International Company
Osborne
Keystone
Woman shoots home intruder in Fairfield Illinois
Mrs Randolph Holman of Cisne shoots and kills Bud Sheborn who she says was entering her home. The divorcee and mother of three says she ordered him away and acted in self defense. Sheborn is survived by a widow and several children.
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Fairfield
Ill
Randolph Holman
Cisne
Here
Bud” Sheborn
Man in Barrel Survives Niagara Falls Plunge Again
Robby Leach of Niagara Falls Ontario rode a steel barrel over the Horseshoe Falls yesterday and survived with superficial injuries. The feat mirrors a 1901 barrel plunge by Anna Edlton Taylor, marking a second such river crossing in history. Leach was towed ashore after partial end damage and required oxygen but remained alive and ambulatory.
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Niagara Falls
Robby Leach
Leach
la Salle
United States
Navy Island
Chippewa Creek
Horeeshoe
Frank Bender
Chippewa
Widow of Five Veterans Seeks Pensions in Georgia
A Walton county Georgia woman claims to be widow of five Civil War veterans and petitions five pensions of sixty dollars each. She says she was Miss Malcolm, her first husband Partridge, the first husband died early in the war and the second near its end, and the three later husbands were Confederates.
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Atlanta
Walton County
Georgia
Malcolm
Partridge
Typhoon Sweeps into Ocean Kills Hundreds in Tokyo Area
Typhoon raging over Tokyo and Yokohama early today is believed to have killed more than 100 people. Rescue reports say 40 bodies were found in Suzuki district, including 23 victims of a house washed away before occupants escaped. Large property losses are anticipated.
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Tokio
Japan
Yokohama
Suzuki
Strange claim of vocal women
A Marshalltown couple received a license in Waterloo on July 20 and wed in Marshalltown. The groom Claire Parsons, 21, of Maywood, Jil, and bride Marie Durkee, 19, of Philips, S D. A visitor to Clerk Bentley claimed Parsons may be her husband, citing a prior similar license from a year earlier and a warning from the mother. No charges filed. the claim remains a coincidence.
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Marshalltown
Waterloo
Claire Parsons
Maywood, Jil
Marie Durkee
Philips
Hicks
T. A. Franklin
Chicago
Bentley
Parsons
Hoxie
Independence
Senator Pomerene Pushes Prosecution of Trust Offenders
In Washington on July 26 Senator Pomerene of Ohio urged the senate to direct the attorney general to file criminal charges against officers of Standard Oil and American Tobacco for alleged persistent anti trust violations. He argued that the public cannot understand why criminal prosecutions are not pursued while the government prosecutes minor offenders.
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Washington
U. S
Kenyon
Iowa
Herbert Knox Smith
House “‘Steel Trust
Burdette ‘Townsend
Department of Justice
Townsend
International Harvester Company
Stanley
Harvester Company
Steel Corporation
Wickersham
Harvester
Supreme Court
Standard Oil
Pomerene
Ohio
Senate
American Toobacco Company
Carpenter Hurt In Fall From Roof In Jesup
Jesup Iowa July 26 Special J G W Hubbard a well known carpenter is bruised from a fall from the Henry C Kenyon building while removing shingles. He escaped serious injury though nearly seventy years old.
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Jesup. Fa
Cg. W. Hubbard
Henry C. Kenyon
Hubbard
Lorimer hearing probes Tribune pardon motives and Keeley remarks
Washington July 26. The Senate Lorimer committee questioned James Keeley general manager of the Chicago Tribune about Governor Altgelds pardon of Louis A. Hillyer the cas hier embezzler. The cross examination touched on undervalued Tribune property and rent for school lands, suggesting moral courage may have weakened. Keeley defended the papers handling of the White confession story and Lorimer bank item noting it was likely accidental makeup room placement.
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Washington
Altgeld
Louis A. Hillyer
The
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Senate Lorimer Committee
Hancey
Lorimer
James Keeley
Hillyer
Keeley
Lorimer Bank
White
the Tribune
Flan J Jecy
Keeler
Kerley
Senator Lorimer
United States Senate
Work Begins on New Factory in Enterprise Place
James Maine & Sons start foundation work for the Associated Manufactures of steel concrete and cement plant on East Waterloo belt near W. Co. F. & N. railway. Spur and sidetracks are being installed by the railroad and completion is expected within sixty days.
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James Maine & Sons Company
Associated Manufactures
Enterprise Place
East Waterloo
Fatally Hurt in Peddlers Strike in Chicago
In Chicago on July 26 violence re erupted in the peddlers strike. Sam Goldberg, a peddler, was perhaps fatally injured when attacked by about 100 men and women. Four policemen were slightly injured while quelling the disturbance. twenty peddlers were arrested.
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Chicago
Sam Goldberg
Defense fund sought for McNamara by AFL leader
Secretary Morrison of the American Federation of Labor urges 2,000,000 union members to back a $500,000 defense fund for labor figure McNamara accused in a bombing case. He proposes a 24 cent contribution per member.
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Washington
Dk McNamara
Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Taft signs reciprocity and wool tariff notes
Washington reports Taft signed the Canadian reciprocity bill at 2:49 p.m. after Speaker Clark and Vice President Sherman signed earlier. Senators Smoot and Crane expect Congress to adjourn August 10 with wool schedule reform defeated. Tense debate looms over farmers free list and related amendments.
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Washington
Taft
Senate
Congress
Smoot and
Crane
Clark
Sherman
White House
State Knox
Mystery of Alive Man Faking Death Nets 3000 Insurance
A Waterloo man returns from the west claiming a friend listed as dead for 17 years is alive. The supposed deceased has remarried, has two children, and prospered, while the widow later remarried. Insurance may investigate, but secrecy pledges may shield the man.
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Waterloo
West
East Waterloo
Cornse
Women Vote Clash Foils Fort Dodge Hydro Project
Fort Dodge Iowa July 24 1920 a $125000 municipal hydro electrical filtration bond failed by 177 votes with all wards voting against. Women cast 464 ballots the largest female turnout in city history and opposed the proposal 369 to 464 while men opposed it in higher numbers.
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Fort Dodge
City Project
Tia
W. E. Duncombe
Duncombe Hotel
R. W. Johnston
The
Wahkonsa
Funeral Services for Hans F. Rahn
Hans F. Rahn died suddenly Monday evening. A prayer service will be held at his home at 7. The funeral will follow with services at the German Lutheran church in Dysart and at his son's home near La Porte. Interment is in La Porte Cemetery.
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Hans F. Rahn
Dysart
Mullan Avenue West
la Porte
Firemen Begin Tournament in Des Moines Parade
Des Moines hosts the State firemen tourney with participants from Sioux City Canton Council Bluffs Red Oak Indianola Centerville Perry and Des Moines. The program includes hose races flag races tug of war and separate contests for amateur and paid departments with Osceola joining the association.
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Des Moines
Fifty-sixth
Sioux City
Canton
Council Bluffs
Red Oak
Indianola
Centerville
Perry
State Fair Grounds
Col. EL &., Lambert
Newton
EK. I. Alderman
Cedar Rapids
Karl Butler
Fred Johnson
John Dineen
J. J. Horan
Muscatine
Osceola
John Loper
I. Gurnruehiern
Judge Horan
Iowa City
West Liberty
Grinnell
Lone Tree
Colfax
Rock Island
Woodward
Hannibal Club Franchise Offer Rejected Likely
The Hannibal franchise in the Central Association was offered to Oskaloosa businessmen in a message received today. Fans say the offer is not likely to be accepted.
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Oskaloosa
Hannibal
Central Association
Inons
Industrialist and politician Thomas Gray killed in Iowa auto crash
Mason City Iowa July 25 Thomas Gray well known capitalist and politician of Wesley and brother of the late William Gray was instantly killed in an automobile accident near Britt Iowa today. Last rites for an aged lady Grandma Kennedy funeral services held at Grace M E church this afternoon at 2 o'clock attended by old friends.
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Mason City
Thomas Gray
Wesley
William Gray
Britt. In
Grandma” Kennedy
Grace M. E. Church
E. D. Hull
Despondency over Daughter’s Death Triggers Mrs. Gering’s Suicide
In Oskaloosa, on July 26, Mrs. Edward Gering, 45, wife of a prominent farmer, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid just after reports of her daughter’s fatal accident.
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Oskaloosa
Edward Gering
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Cyrus M. McCormick
Europe
Harold F. McCormick
Aultman-Miller Company
Minneapolis Company
Buchanan Optical Co
Syndicate Block
Wetheedee
Martin
Stancard
Man In Barrel
St. Lawrence
Syracuse
Carpenter
San Felice
M’namara
Jay Wool Bill
Smoot
State
Warren Kill
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
Cougnus
Finderwood
Ways and Means Committee
Inthia
Firemen
Hannibal Club
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