Iowa Youth Testifies in Midsea Murder Case in U S Court
John W. Campbell a 22 year old from Maquoketa Iowa testified in federal court about the 1918 midsea murder of Axel Hanson aboard the Puako under Skipper Adolph Pederson and his son. Campbell described beatings and punishments aboard the bark and Hanson being cast overboard after a struggle.
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New York
John W. Campbell
Maquokets
Hono
Adolph C. Pederton
Campbell
Pederson
Adouph
Axel Hanson
Hanson
Tau
Jack Joe
Oves
Riley
Puako
Capetown
Rebels of Costa Rica Driven to Refuge in Nicaragua
The invading forces have been driven from Costa Rican territory and seek refuge in Nicaragua. Costa Rica's representative Carlos Lara says no American marines have landed and any landing would be a courtesy mission. The Nicaraguan government is expected to act to avoid bloodshed and tension between the two nations.
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Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Jane
Carlos Lara
Mr. Lara
United States
Puntarenas
Port Limon
Rotarians Plan Salt Lake City Trip Next Week
Water loo party of Rotarians leaves Friday at 12 30 a m for Omaha to catch the Rotarian special train. Delegates include Fred Northey Paul Davis Clyde Lamson and A F Gates with J T Houser Y M C A representative. Mrs C O Lamson Russell Maxine Lamson and Mrs A F Gates join. After the convention Mr and Mrs Gates will spend several days in the mountains. RENNER'S RETURN IS NEAR Read Associated Press dispatch from St Germain stating Dr Karl Renner chancellor of German Austria expected to arrive tomorrow after peace talks.
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Salt Lake City
Waterloo Frieday
Omaha
District 16
Deny i
Denver
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Earl
Dix
Fred Northey
Paul Davis
Clyde Lamson
A. F. Gates
J. T. Houser
C. 0. Lamson
Russell
Maxine Lamson
Renner
Associated Press
St. Germain
Karl, Renner
Forlearues
Fieldkirch
Otto Raner
City in Brief notes from Waterloo and surrounding area
Waterloo items report J T Eves visiting friends in Ames and many residents traveling to other states. Weddings, military moves, and local yard remodeling are noted alongside a gun club shoot with scores and a YMCA camp estimate. Also mentions a former resident opening an auto paint shop and other small community updates.
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J. W. Robinson
City
Sycamore
Ninth Streets
Mr. Robinson
Waterloo
Wilson Defends 14 Points Against German Counter Proposals
President Wilson, quoted by Matin, says the German counter proposals to the peace treaty do not violate his 14 points. He asserts the treaty conforms to his principles and would correct any error if found. He remarks that opposing views would be confessed and corrected.
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Paris
Bavtas
Wilson
Matin
Big Auto Party On 12 Day Sociability Run
A 1200 mile sociability run is planned from Des Moines to Cass Lake via Spirit Lake and Kasca Park, returning through the Mississippi scenic route. The group will stay in Waterloo from 6 PM June 27 to 6 AM June 28, with daily legs of 110 to 150 miles. At least 25 cars from Des Moines, plus 25 from Minneapolis and St Paul, are expected, with a stop in the Twin Cities on June 34.
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Des Moines
Cass Lake
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minn
Joness
Iowa Parks
Spirit Lake
Kiasca Park
Kasca Park
Dez Moines
Waterloo
Willmar
Twin
Lincoln Highway in Ohio Gets Million in Improvement
Detroit dispatch reports Ohio plans 40.15 miles of Lincoln Highway work for the season with brick or cement and one macadam section in Van Wert. Estimated costs total 1 422 000 across Van Wert Crawford Richland Ashland Wayne Stark Columbia counties. Ohio highway commissioner Clinton Cowen expresses pride in the figures.
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Lincoln Highway
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Lincoln Highway Association
Clinton Cowen
van Wert
Crawford
Richland
Ashland
Wayne
Stark
Columbia
Cowen
Lincoln
Pan Motor Hit By U S FTC Over Stock Claims
The Pan Motor company of St. Cloud Minnesota and its president Samuel C Pandolfo were cited by the federal trade commission to answer a complaint. Hearings are set for July 10 in Washington D C. The commission alleges stock sales from 1917 to 1919 raised 4 723 811 and that false misleading advertisements misrepresented assets and finances.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Pan Motor Company of
St. Cloud
Minn
Samuel C. Pandolfo
Federal Trade Commission
War Budget Cut of 400 Million Agreed by House
The House military committee tentatively agreed today to reduce War Department estimates for the coming year by at least 400 million dollars. Republican members met with the speaker and steering committee and endorsed economy for all measures in the next fiscal year.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Department
House Military Committee
Republicin
Kolchak Accepts Allied Proposals Favorably
Paris reports Kolchak head of the Russian government at Omsk has replied to allied proposals with a generally favorable acceptance. The French foreign office received the signal and indicated a positive alignment with the plans. The report notes only one arrest elsewhere, involving George Goodfellow.
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Paris
Adtiral Kolchak
Alli
Omsk
Peels Off Corns Between Toes The Great Loosener of the Age
An ornate advertisement extols a fictional device described as the Great Corn Loosener of the Age. It promises painless relief by crushing and mashed corn between toes, mocking rough treatment methods and urging readers to try this desperate remedy.
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B'Lawrence& Co
Chicago
Waterloo
Wangter Bros
C. J. Miller
Stricklera Pharmacy
Hansen& Hansen
Hender
Sendieman Co
Horns Drug Co
Moore Drug Co
Scott 4 Own
Bcotts
Pcotes Smuleon
Abitibi Region Hunting Prospects and Pistol Advice
Questions and answers cover Abitibi Quebec game potential with moose likely, followed by bears and caribou. Moose bear ratios and deer expectations given from a district record. Also guidance on selecting a .22 caliber pistol for accuracy and which cartridge to use, plus a duck hunting query for canvasbacks and redheads in Manitoba with cautious optimism about recent hunting conditions.
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Abitibi
Quebec
H.F.R
Springfeld
Draft Dodger Trio of Miller Brothers Caught in Illinois
Three Miller brothers Bernard 29 Michael 23 and William 27 sons of John W Miller wealthy farmer were captured on the family farm six miles southeast of Spring Grove McHenry County Illinois by Department of Justice agents after a two year search. Bernard was shot fleeing into woods and a brother hid in a tunnel while another was saddling a horse for a getaway. They admitted willful evasion of military service and were bonded at 5000 each. last night they were confined in the county jail.
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Chicago
Department of Justice
Spring Grove
McHenry County
Bernard
Michael
William
John W. Miller
United States
William Hoffman
T. J. Fergus
Alex Jamie
P. J. Barry
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
Mason
Army Schools Open September at Leavenworth and DC
The army schools at Fort Leavenworth Kansas and the general staff college in Washington will open September 1. Fort Leavenworth offers post graduate courses across infantry artillery cavalry signal corps and aviation while the Washington school trains 100 officers for general staff duties.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Army Schools
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
General Staff College
The
War College
Washington
Artillery
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Orlando Not Present at Four-Member Council Meeting
Paris June 6 The council of four met this morning with Premier Orlando of Italy absent. This fueled belief that the Adriatic question was under discussion again. No further progress was reported by the groups seeking a solution.
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Orlando
Associated Press
Paris
Council of Four
Italy
Adriatic
Waterloo Nurses Sail for Red Cross Siberia Service
Two Waterloo nurses Kathrine Popkes and Irene Petersen have been accepted as American Red Cross nurses for service in Siberia. If passports arrive from Washington in time, they plan to sail from San Francisco on June 13. Petersen is American citizen. Popkes is a Dutch citizen naturalizing as American. They previously aided at the emergency hospital in K of C hall during the flu outbreak.
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Katherine Popkes
Irene Petersen
Walnut Street
American Red Cross
Siberia
Washington, D.C
San Francisco
Cal
Miss Petersen
Pookes
Holland
K. of C
Hall
Waterloo
Cedar Falls Child Swallows Safety Pin
Marian McKitrick the six year old daughter of Mrs Reuben McKitrick swallowed an open safety pin during the afternoon and underwent surgery at Sartori Memorial hospital to remove it The pin was located in the stomach and taken out Her condition was described as favorable this morning though recovery is not assured for 48 hours
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Cedar Falls
Marian
Reuben McKitrick
Sartori Memorial Hospital
South Dakotans seek vote on rum search law referendum
The South Dakota direct legislation organization files 16 006 signatures with the secretary of state for a November 1920 vote on the 1913 bone dry prohibition law. The petition targets the search and seizure provisions of the law. Also notes gold strike reports from Seattle and Yukon mining activity drawing interest along the Pacific coast.
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South
Seattle
Yukon
Pacific
Eyesight Disabilities Among U S Service Members Report
A War Risk Insurance Bureau report to the Federal Board for Vocational Education covers 52 796 claim cases ending April 20. It lists disability categories including eyesight at 2 090 cases or 4 percent, and various injuries by type and percentage across the Army Navy and Marine Corps.
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Washington, D. C
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Federal Board For Vocational Education
United States Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Vote against marine sale and Waterloo playground plans
Directors of the American International Corporation vote against a proposed sale of British assets of the International Mercantile Marine Company. In Waterloo the Woman's Athletic Association announces a $35 playground fund gift at its meeting, along with initiation of 16 new members and summer events.
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New York
American International Corporation
International Mercantile Marine Company
Waterloo
Woman's Athletic
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South Africa
Grand Watch
Henry Riley
Party OF Rotarians
Buchanan
Cadvor
J. T. Eves
Ames
J. R. Adams
Alta
Charles Ade
San Antonio
Mann Hall
H. L. Wiemer
Neb
Grant Miller
Orange
L . Dettmrer
Wash
G. W. Meyers
Jackson
Crystal Theatre
Mable Anderson
Byle
Los Angeles
R. E. Christopher
Susie Gosweiller
Black Dry Goods Company
Troy
Mont
ael F_ Gosweiller
Loren Fitzgerald
Rock Rapids
Margaret Colling
Locust Street
Wesley R. Burch
Camp Dodge
First Jows Cavalry
Octoer
Leonard Perkins
Great Lakes
Uia
Frank Lawson
Sunnyside Avenue
Waterloo Gun Club
Byrnes Dark Grounds
F. M. Shores
Nick Webber
J. C. Hartman
Carson
Holmes
Cramer
Repass
Chapman
Doss
Jack Skien
John Robinson
United States Navy
Bula Robinson
Seventh Street East
Jack
S. Altman
Pan Motor
U.S. Toa
Kolchak
George Goodfellow
George
Goodfellow
Jefferson City
Manitoba
Buffalo
Lake
Man
Topeka
Colman
Rich Farmer’s Sons
Staff College
Red Cross
the Fox Shoe Store
É Street
U.S
Mercant Maring Company
Ail
Wittick’s
West Fourth ST
Sycamore ST
Jewell
Grocery Department
Hormel
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