Builders Fail to Report for Work Under New Scale
In Sioux City the new wage scale adopted by master builders causes 500 to 600 building trades workers to be laid off. Contractors report no one reporting for work as wage cuts of 16 to 20 percent take effect. Labor leaders vow no wage reduction. builders threaten to halt all construction unless a compromise is reached by March 10.
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Morse
Carpentere Union
Wal Ishoo
Kurrie-Simpson Company
Con Actors
I H
A. Maine Company
J. G Miller
State Master Builders' Association
Des Moines
Bnilding
Sioux City
Associated Press
Ste -Sioux’ City
Wanderer on Trial in Chicago Murder Case
United Press dispatch from Chicago reports on March 1 that Garr Wanderer faced potential death sentence as he stood trial for the murder of a man identified as John Doe in a staged hold up hoax. Wanderer, already serving a 25 year term for murdering his wife, awaits the second phase of his sentence.
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United Press
Chicago
Gari Wanderer
John Doe
Wandérer
Ten of Letters Honor Howells Memorial Gathering
Men of letters from across the country gathered in New York to honor William Dean Howells former president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Burroughs dictated a tribute from Pasadena California, received amid other messages from Europe.
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Associated Press
New York
William Dean Howells
American Academy of Arts and Letters
John Burroughs
Pasedana
Cal
Europe
Promise Decision in Packers' Yards Case
Washington DC march 1 decision will be rendered in the district of columbia supreme court tomorrow on the objections of the government to the plans by the big five packers for disposal of their interests in stockyards stockyard terminals and market newspapers the packers must divest themselves from such holdings under a consent decree issued by the court a year ago
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Shot Negro at Des Moines Home Break-in Attempt
Des Moines reports Harry Cornish, a Black man, was shot and killed by Sunnie Brafford late last night as Brafford says Cornish tried to break into the Brafford residence. Brafford is held for further information after he says he encountered a weapon and a threat during the alleged break-in.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Harry
Cornish
Sunnie Brafford
Braflyford
Brafford
Old Uncle Charley Patton possible for Washington job
Marion Ohio dispatch reports veteran Charley Patton may obtain a Washington job if Warren G Harding can influence. The story notes Patton as a Civil War veteran with distinctive whiskers and a porch cleanup last summer. Harding announced plans to secure him a position in Washington.
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Charley Patton
Washington
United Press
Marion
Charley
Landis Impeachment Charges Referred to Subcommittee
Impeachment charges against Federal Judge Landis were sent by the House Judiciary Committee to a subcommittee with orders to report tomorrow. The panel includes Dyer Missouri Boies Iowa Gard Ohio and Sumners Texas. It may urge investigation in the next session or dismissal. a separate resolution criticizes Landis for accepting 42500 dollars as supreme arbiter of baseball while on the bench.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Landis
House Judiciary Committee
Representaative
Sinn Feiners Shoot Railway Operator in Cork
Two dispatch clerks were seized at Cork station by Sinn Feiners this morning and executed in a tunnel. The group fled with no body placard. Soldiers retaliated by dynamiting a house on Blarney Street, alleged to have fired shots in Patrick Street.
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Sinn Feiners
United Presse
Cork
Sinn
Indict Mason City Man as Embezzler
Stanley M. Little of Grundy Center was indicted on embezzlement charges for $100 questioned as missing from Peoples Gas Electric Co where he served as cashier two years ago. He was free on $1000 bond after the indictment.
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Mason City
United Press
Mason “City
Stanley M. Little
Antibolsheviki Seize Power in Petrograd
Paris dispatch reports antibolshevik forces gaining partial control in Petrograd amid food shortages and unrest among Bolshevik troops. The French foreign office cautioned that the overall extent of the opposition win remained uncertain.
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Associated Press
Paris
Petrograd
Antibolshevik
Helsingfors
Finland
Collectors of Income Tax Called Fakes by IRS
The bureau of internal revenue warned the public against fake income tax collectors. It urged taxpayers to deal with the government, not private individuals, when paying the income tax.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Railroad furloughs 400 workers amid wage vote call
Altoona Pennsylvania March 1 400 middle division employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Altoona and Harrisburg face furloughs effective Saturday. Car and locomotive repair forces master mechanics and clerks will be affected as union leaders call for votes on the piece work system.
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Altoona
Middle Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisoburg
Interstate Highway Impacts Reported for Iowa Towns
A March 1 1921 bulletin lists towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault La Crosse Waverly Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloom and summarizes road conditions as unpaved roads softening locally muddy and generally fair for motor travel amid cloudy weather.
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Department, of Agriculture
Charles City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davanport
Deg Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
la Crosse
Wit
Mason City
Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Water
Waverly
Four Armed Men Rob Mail Messenger In Missouri Heist
Jefferson City March 1 Four armed men halted a government mail run between the Missouri Pacific depot and the post office around 2 am seized the mail truck near the depot drove to New Bloomfield tied the messenger to a tree and escaped with one registered sack and three first class pouches. Williams later freed himself and alerted authorities posting word to Postmaster Fisher. The bandits restrained Williams with handcuffs and pulled him into the car before dumping him near a secluded area and fleeing with the mail.
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific
New Bloomfield
Acm
S . Williams
Capitol Grounds
Williams
Fisher
Socialists Plan Extensive Debs Release Campaign
The Socialist party national executive committee will map an extensive campaign from Boston on March 5 to press for the release of Eugene V. Debs and all political prisoners. Plans include a Washington lobby, mass petition to Congress, interviews with lawmakers, workingmen delegations, and publicity until prisoners are freed. The committee will also oppose the Open Shop movement and draft the Detroit convention agenda.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
National Jezecutive Committee
Socialist Party
Boston
Debs
Inj
Washington
Congress
New Cabinet
Detroit
Postponed Wage Cut For Shipyard Workers
Washington March 1 The Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders Association delays the 10 percent wage cut for about 40,000 shipyard workers to March 14. A J Berres secretary of the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor says the postponement gives unions time to notify workers of the referendum results in which men voted against the reduction. Union leaders expect workers to remain at work.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders’ Association
A. J. Berres
Metal Trades Department
American Federation of Labor
Berres
Wampers
Denby Sets Navy Policy for New Administration
Edwin Denby, appointed secretary of the navy in President Harding's cabinet, left Detroit for Washington to assume duties. In a farewell banquet statement he urged no material change in the naval building program and said a strong fleet is insurance against war, aiming to defend American interests.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Edwin Denby
Navy
Harding
Washington
Denby
Secretary Houston Directed to Produce Files on Foreign Loans
The judiciary committee adopted a resolution directing Secretary Houston to produce files of correspondence on foreign loans. Described as a mandatory subpoena, the action aims to secure full records, with Houston set to testify tomorrow. He had previously referred related correspondence to Secretary Colby for review on public interest impacts.
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Associate
Washington, D. C
Houston
Judiciary Committee
Reed
Missouri
Colby
State Department
German offer of reparations rebuffed at allied talks
London reports state that Germany proposed about 30 billion gold marks in reparations at the Paris conference. Prime Minister Lloyd George signaled the Allies may not accept further discussion unless new terms appeared. German delegates left discouraged as Briand joked with Lloyd George about the talks.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Simons
Loyd George
Paris
Dr. Simons
Berlin
Washington
Allied Reparations
Briand
J. Briand
Meg Lieyd George
Japan Prefers Felt Yap Mandate Compromise
Baron Ishii told the League of Nations council Japan is willing to place League interests above private aims and to permit United States control of cables on Yap. The council handed Ambassador Wallace the US protest note, saying rescinding the Yap mandate is impossible but terms are friendly. Yap remains a class C mandate.
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Associated Press
United Prawns
Paris
Japan
Yap
Baron Ishii
League of Nations Council
Ishii
League
United States
League Council
Wallace
Allied Supreme Council
Stop Banks From Letting Boys Handle Large Sums
Springfield March 1 William Dalton a 16 year old bank clerk who stole 772000 in bonds from the Northern Trust Chicago has spurred a bill to ban banks from employing minors to handle large sums Representative Charles Gregory Lovington introduced in the house this morning a bill making it a misdemeanor for banks to permit minors to handle convertible securities valued over 10000
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
William Dalton
Northern Trust Company of
Chicago
Charles Gregory Lovington
Blackmailer Arrested Over Threat to Kill Race Owner and Man O War
Federal authorities report the arrest of Harry T. Lamey in Philadelphia for an alleged blackmail plot against Mrs. Ridcle wife of race horse owner Samuel D. Saiddle. A $10 000 ransom letter threatened to murder Mrs Saiddle and the champion Man O War. A trap set by postal inspectors failed to ensnare the writer who is to have a hearing today.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Harry T. Lamey
Samuel D. Saiddle
Rid_cle
Lentley
Ter Lamey
Strengthen Patrols in Streets of Cork
Increased British military patrols occupied Patrick Street in Cork following the Monday execution of six Sinn Féiners. At around last night, civilians fired on soldiers as crowds gathered, wounding one civilian seriously and sparking a mass evacuation into side streets.
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Cork
Patrick Street
Sinn
Don’t Laugh Chaplin Injured Foot At Studio
Charlie Chaplin suffered a foot injury after stepping on a nail at an indoor stage in his Hollywood motion picture plant. He was wrapped in bandages and likely will be inactive for more than a week.
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Hollywood Motion Picture
Chaplin
Harding Expected to Live Gen Wood Philippines Place
Marion Ohio March 11 President elect Harding met Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood in Marion for a possible appointment as governor general of the Philippine Islands. No formal offer was made but discussions suggested Wood could receive the post if Harding approves. The pair conferred after Harding and Mrs. Harding returned from Florida.
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Associated Press
Marion
White House
Harding
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Althe
Florida
Gen. Wood
Search continues into Porter train wreck causes in Indiana
Porters and state officials probe the Porter Indiana wreck that killed 38 on the Eastbound Michigan Central train. Coroner Seipel had withheld names of the dead but released seven identifications. Investigators from Indiana and railroads press for an inquest and mandamus actions seek official testimony.
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Valpirang
Ind
H. O. Seipel
Porter County
Valparaiso
Clement W. &. Briggs
Chicago
Porter
Covoner
United Press
Superior Court
H.L. Grumpacker
Seipel
Frank Wayne
Milwaukee
Lillian Wagoner
Chi- 170
Augusta Langin
Cleveand
Dorothy Langin
Theodore Hoskin
Chi- Cay
Ova Campbell
Jackson
Mich
Catherine Arney
Tala
Associated Press
Indiana
Michigan Central
New York Central
J. L. McKee
Niles
Henry Zink
J. C. Martin
Indiana Public Service Commission
H. O. Seigel
Robert H. Moore
Joseph Cooke
Charles Whitehead
W. E. Long
George Black
Giamond Crossing
Chesterton Morgue
Paper delivery deadline and late notice by phone
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If the carrier err, you may call 2330 and four copies will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Champ Clark Reported Dying Leads to Pause in Hope
Democratic House leader and former speaker Champ Clark, aged 11, remained in serious condition from pleurisy and other illnesses. Attending physician Dr Schoup said at 3 45 pm that there was reason to hope he would live through tonight and perhaps tomorrow as his pulse remained fairly regular.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Champ Clark
Democratic House
Schoup
One Hundred Ten Cement Dealers Indicted in Trust Probe
New York March 1 110 cement dealers named in indictments by the special federal grand jury probing an alleged building material combine tied to the building trust inquiry. Bench warrants issued. charges not yet disclosed pending arraignments.
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Associated Press
New York
Special Federal Grandury
Building Trust
Ames Tribune Sold to Outside Buyers
The Ames Tribune an afternoon daily has been purchased by J. L. Powers and H. E. Johnson with S. E. Carroll of Iowa City from W. & Williams. The Tribune will operate henceforth under the supervision of Powers and his two sons.
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Waited Press
Ames
Ames Tribune
J. L. Povwers
Cedar Rapids Republican
H. E. Johnson
S. E. Carroll
Lowe City
W. &. Williams
Tribune
Senate Drops Farm Loan Bond Purchase Plan
The Senate removed from the legislative appropriation bill an amendment authorizing the Treasury to buy 100 million dollars in farm loan bonds. Chairman Warren cited a Supreme Court ruling yesterday sustaining the federal farm loan jot as grounding the elimination.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Treasury Department
Warren
Supreme Court
Protest Meeting Seeds Resolves For Britten Action
A Madison Square Garden mass meeting last night sent resolutions to Washington urging passage of Representative Britten's plan protesting French troop occupation of German lands. Over 1,000 police kept order as clashes arose. Dr. Edmund von Mach led the main speech at the rally with German language programs and German music. The crowd waved flags and sang, while some speakers attacked President Wilson and Secretary Colby as German and Irish Americans urged unity.
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United Press
New York
Britten
Washington
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Edmund von Mach
von Mach
Colby
Wilson
America
Chicago Woman Kills Goodyear Official in Jealous Quarrel
Mrs Isabella Orthwein formerly of St Louis shot Herbert P Ziegler Goodyear Tire manager in her 618 Surf Street apartment after a dispute over his attentions to other women She claimed self defense and police prepared an inquest while detailing her divorce settlement of 350000 dollars and her residence relocation to Chicago.
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Isabella Orthwein
St. Louis
Associated Presay
Chicago
Herbert P., Ziegler
Isabelle Cras” Orthwein
Surf Street
Orthwein
Ziegier
Hershrieka
Ziegler
Isome
Zia
Aftenoon
United Press
Herbert’. Ziegler
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Isabella C. Orthwein
Self
Lieut. Doherty
Kentucky
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Packers’ Yards
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Harvester
Blarney Street
Patrick Stret
Antibolsheviki
P.R
Houston 1
Judiciary Committee For Treasury Records
Lloyd George
Upper Silesia
von Simons
Council
Unstead Press
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Tor Dar. U
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Thoro Investigations
Sypedkor
Washington, DC
HS Wilson
PLL
Colby Laat
Gold Coast
H. P. Ziegler
Tire CO
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