Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern seeks 315 million mortgage for fare hike era
The Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern Railway filed a general mortgage with First Trust & Savings Bank and Marvin J. Traylor as trustees for 315 million to refund and extend bonds. Interest capped at 7 percent, payable in gold, with bonds dated May 1 1926 and mature May 1 1950. Arbiters named to set a higher Waterloo fare as city council and railway discuss increases from 5 to 14 cents amid wartime costs and truck freight competition.
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Waterloo
Cedar Patis
Northern Railway Company
First Trust & Savings Bank
Marvin J . Traylor
Chicago
C. D
Jfbe
Gerneral
Louis JS. Cass
Burt C. Hardenbrook
Trust Company
Cedar Falls
Waverly
Cedar Wallis
Cédar Rapids
Edmund W. Miller
Burt .C. Hardenbrook
Elfl Browne
Comany
G. W. Dunham
Manchester
Sherman W. DeWollff
Reinbeck
Dean Richmond
Iowa City
Stanley D. Moore
A. W. Brown
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Agrob at 5 on 0T by Kitty Gordon theater shooting
Chicago June 26 Kitty Gordon the actress known as the most perfect back on two continents halted a Palace Theatre matinee by shooting acrobat Joseph Hack with a .38 revolver in a movie burlesque. The gun loaded with blanks had one live cartridge by mistake. Hack survived a chest wound. the act, with Gordon and Vera Beresford, continued amid chaos as investigators considered accidental firing.
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Chicago
Kkitty Gordon
Henry William Walter Horsley-Beresford
London
Huckingbam Palace
Palace Theatre
Joseph A. Hack
Altho
Jack Wilson
Miss. Gordon
Hack
Miss Gordon
Wilson
Frank Griffith
Vera Beresford
Page, Hack and Mack
Griffith
Vera
Wilson Asked to Call Assembly of League of Nations
President Wilson has been asked by allied nations to issue a call for the first meeting of the league of nations assembly. State department officials said the call cannot be made immediately as time and place are not yet agreed upon, with Geneva and Brussels among proposed locations.
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Asscraten
Washington
D. C
Wilson
Allied Nations
Assembly of the League of Nations
State Department
Geneva
Brussels
Liquor Prohibition Spreads to Last World Port
From Punta Arenas at the tip of the world a dispatch reports maritime workers vow not to unload any liquors containing alcohol. The move, described as a revolution, has harmed liquor merchants as ships weather the Straits of Magellan to supply the 35,000 residents.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Punta Arenas
Straits of Magellan
Gov Roberts backs suffrage and urges special session call
Governor Roberts of Tennessee says he favors ratification of the suffrage amendment and would include the topic in a special legislature call if legal counsel says ratification is possible. A Nashville report notes the attorney general concurs with the view that the legislature can vote on ratification despite the amendment being submitted after this assembly’s election.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Gov. Roberts
Tennessee
Wilson
Nashville
Frierson
Personal Liberty League Telegrams For Volstead Act Change
Indiana branches of the National Personal Liberty league sent telegrams to President Wilson and former Senator Thomas Taggart urging a Democratic party declaration to modify the Volstead act to allow light wines and beers. The messages, from about 10,000 Indiana members, request that their stance be presented to Democratic leaders. Most members reside in Indianapolis as no state campaign has begun.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Wilson
Washington
Thomas Taggart
San Francisco
Indiana
National Personal Liberty League
Taggart
Democratic Party
Personal Liberty League
Reed
National Committee
Georgia
Missouri
Palmer
McAdoo Moom
Igame
Gov. Cox
Ohio
Cox
MccAdoo
Treasury
Maeildo
MetAdoo
Harding Takes Rest on Brief Vacation to Golf
Senator Harding, Republican presidential candidate, left Washington for an undisclosed destination for a short rest then plans to be away until Tuesday. He is accompanied by Mrs. Harding and Senators Kellogg Hale and Frelinghuysen to meet and form a golf foursome at a resting place.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senator Harding
Washington
Harding
Kellogg
Minnesota
Hale
Maine
Frelinghuysen
New Jersey
Investment in Baby Fund Sure to Bring Returns Many Fold
Eight babies brought by mothers to the baby clinic in room 303 Lafayette building yesterday afternoon. Six were white and two colored. all but one had feeding tubes. The clinic relies on the Social Welfare league and donated medical services. funding also buys milk ice and medicines for poor families. A few dollars now may save a life later.
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Lafayette Building
Social Welfare League
League
Secretaries Daniels and Daniels Clash Over Navy Conduct
Rear Admiral Benton Decker, commandant of the Seventh Naval District Florida, accuses Secretary Daniels of misrepresenting actions of Sims Fullam and Fiske before the Senate committee. The letter claims Daniels used ridicule and power to undermine officers, praising those who stood by upright conduct and loyalty to the country.
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Associated
Precs
Washington
PD. C
Sims-Daniels
Navy
Benton
Decker
Seventh Naval District
Florida
Daniels
Senate
Sims
Fullam
Fiske
Becker
Madrid
Willard
State Department
Mr. Daniels
Thay
Hmit
Aunt Man Who Killed Camp Dodge Soldier
In Des Moines on June 26, military and civil police searched for a driver of a large automobile who at about midnight struck and killed David B. Williams, 22, of the 133rd motor transport corps at Camp Dodge. Williams, of Texarkana, Texas, had an unknown companion who was injured. The car fled the scene as the men stood about ten feet from the road.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
David B. Williams
One
Anderson
Ind
Charles Huffman
Lyman McCord
Elmer Garrison
Fishersburg
Jennie McCord
Chicago Faces Coal Run For Pumping Stations
Chicago city engineer P. S. Courbs warned that the pumping stations have only about three days of coal if distribution remains even. One station serving 85 square miles holds a seven day supply, the greatest. He appealed to residents to cut water usage to conserve coal for the city.
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Associated Press
Chicago
P. S. Courbs
Courier Delivery Deadline Notice
The Courier should be delivered to your home before 35 30 o clock. If the carrier bay error or other cause prevents receipt by that time, call Phone 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p.m.
McAdoo Boom, Cox Talk Rise as Delegates Arrive
San Francisco dispatch reports Burleson predicting Democratic unity and McAdoo support, while Cox gains uneasy momentum. Delegates flood hotels, Reed fights for floor seating, and women win fresh equal rights talks as conventions approach.
Insane Man Slays Family of 4 With Knife and Iron Bar
Nolan B. Robinson, 23, escaped from Elgin insane hospital and killed four relatives in Wheaton with a butcher knife and iron bar. He described the acts in police custody after being captured in Chicago. Victims include Vera Robinson, 24, the five month old baby, and the father-in-law J C Brown, 75. Robinson had prior attempts to kill and a history of hospital confinement. He served in the Navy and survived WWI service aboard the Cyclops.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Nolan_ B.Robinson
Elgin
Lil
Wheaton
Pear
Robinson
Ake Wag
Vera Robinson
J. C. Brown
Wim
Digin
Nolan B. Robinson
Main State Hospital
Dun Page County
Texas
Navy
Cyclops
No One Would Call St Peter Gentleman
The Rev Bruce Cornford says in his parish magazine that terms like ladies and gentlemen should be dropped in the parish as they possess no real meaning. He argues that foolish class distinctions have no place in the church and notes that the parochial council includes both men and women.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Bruce Cornford
St. Peter
Noted Actor's Widow Escapes from Turks
Paris June 26 Mrs Richard Mansfeld widow of the American actor and Colin Clements of New York poet and playwright have returned to Paris after three months as prisoners of Turkish nationalists at Urfa Mesopotamia They had been doing relief work among Armenians for the past year and escaped via Jerabius on the Euphrates then to Aleppo with help from friendly Arabs
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Associated Press
Paris
Richard Mansfeld
Colin Clements
New York
Urfa
Mesopotamia
Jerabius
Huphrates
Aleppo
British Warships Bombard Turkish Lines Near Ismid
London reports say British warships bombarded the Turkish line near Ismid with heavy losses. About 1,000 Turkish soldiers said killed as Turkish Nationalists and Greek forces clash along the Smyrna frontier. Greek movements from Smyrna into Asia Minor aim to blunt the nationalist offensive.
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Associated Press
London
Ismid
Asis
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Fedidhwwaymen Have No Time for Sentiment
In Chicago Hazel Juere zens and escort George Anderson were robbed of jewelry worth £1500 by two armed men at Miss Juerezens' doorway early today. The escort asked to be robbed instead and was struck with a gun, the assailants fled after the confrontation.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Hazel Juerezens
George Anderson
Miss Juerezens
Weather forecast for Ween Washington June week start
Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday cover the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with local rains early and generally fair skies later. Expected moderate temperatures with no extreme heat or cold, brief showers possible in the initial period.
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Upper
Mississippi
Missouri
Hiovendler
Temperaure
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Hazelton
United Mine Workers of America
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Scranton
William C. Thompson
Ohio State University
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A. W. Leonard
Methodist Episcopal Church
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Martin Meyer
Mark A. Matthews
Seattle
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