Waterloo ticket backers hopeful as canvass ends
Straw votes taken in stores show A R Rector leading over rivals in Waterloo west and east. Women mobilize with meetings at Westminster church and Mrs Frank Finn home, while a rally is planned at Kurth hall. Threats and fake calls accompany campaign tensions.
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Waterloo
Rector
Causa
A. BE. Gnagy Jed
Wayterloo West
Waper+ too east
Westminster Church
Frank Finn
Oneida Street
U. B
Wellington Street
Thomas B. Dolan
Gable Street
Msg
J. H. Rose
Kern Street
Rath Packing Company
Poan
Hurth’s
Kurth’s Hall
Upper Fourth Street
Dodger
Tuthill
Autores
A. R. Rector
Thompson
Gnagy
Purgis
Third
Sullivan Streets
MecConnell
Fourth
Gillwagon
Hickelberg
Farm Blue Gains its Points with New Tariff Bill
In Washington the tariff issue no longer dominates politics with urgency. The House passed the tariff bill on July 21, and the Senate finance committee has since reviewed it. Changes remain uncertain, with a mid next week verdict anticipated.
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Farm
Isaac
Almousi
Washington
Wars and Means Committee of the House
Kot
Senate Finance Committee
New York Evening Post
Iowa Plant Wins Big Boxcar Order for 4000 Cars
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad awarded contracts for 4000 new boxcars. Chicago Rims to build 2500 cars and Bettendorf Car company in Bettendorf Iowa 1500 cars. Average price per car 1609 dollars. War era prices averaged 2300 dollars and prewar 1200 dollars. The company expects improved business and future large rolling stock orders.
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Chicago
Chica-Go
Milwaukee & Stiui
Chicago Rims
Bettendorf Car Company
Bettendorf
Rad
Sharpshooters in Ulster Front Pick Foe Across River
Ulster border near Tyrone and Monaghan sees snipers firing across the Blackwater as Sinn Fein volunteers and Irish Republican Army troops fortify positions. Bridges blown, roads entrenched, villagers encircled. both sides ready for possible civil conflict amid a guerilla style standoff. Ulster constabulary and northern forces reinforce the frontier while southern troops’ status remains unclear.
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Monaghan
Veter Volunteers
Irish Republican Army
No Man's Land
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Ulster Constabulary
Tyrone
Wree
Ttle
Killyles
Glannon
Free State
Black Water
Tyrona-Monaghan
Stan Fein
Auginacloy
Dyan
France
Death Penalty for Bomb Throwers in Ulster Order Bill
Belfast reports a clause fixing the death penalty for bombing offenses was added to the Ulster restoration bill. Two constables were attacked and killed in Belfast today amid riots as the order bill moves forward.
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Ulster
United Press
Belfast
Showgirl Again Tells of Arbuckle's Party
Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle manslaughter trial moves toward climax as Alice Blake showgirl guest testifies and Virginia Rappe details the Labor Day party incident. Lions club to meet at Black's Tearooms at 6:30 p m for dinner with entertainment and political discussion.
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Showgirl
Arbuckle
San Francisco
Cal
Roscoe
Fatty" Arbuckle
Alice Blake
Virginia Rappse
Liong Club
Germany faces Genoa attendence bid amid reparations clash
Berlin reports indicate Germany may skip the Genoa Economic conference in protest of Allied reparations terms. Chancellor Wirth could resign or issue a note to withdraw. critics greet French Premier Poincare as the "hangman" while some urge delaying action. A Russian alliance is floated as an option.
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Berlin
Germany
Genoa
Wirthi
Poincare
Hangman
Wirth
Premier Poincare
France
Lokal Anzeiger
Rhine
Rote Fahne
Russia
Tragic Illness Strikes Armour Family in Chicago
Gwendolyn Armour dies after a week long illness as doctors and nurses from across the Midwest race to save her. In Lake Shore Drive’s Gold Coast district traffic is halted and the Armour home becomes a isolated command center for a vast medical effort. The child’s death follows a severe throat infection that led to poisoning and systemic decline despite unprecedented resources.
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Associated Press
Gwendolyn Armour
Armour
Chicago
Middlewest
Armour Home
Lake Shore Drive
Gold Coast
McCormicks
Shall Fields
Palmers
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Armours
Httie
Armour & Co
Drowning Tragedy Claims Two Local Children
In Burlington Iowa a 12-year-old daughter of J White Man, president of the Biggsville Bank, and the 12-year-old daughter of Harry Meyers, a section boss, were drowned in a water-filled stone pit at Biggsville last evening. The children reportedly slipped while playing near the pit and fell in. Their bodies were recovered floating close to one another.
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Burlington
J. ¥. White- Man
Biggsville
Hit,bank
Harry Meyers
Hunt Named Head of Hooch Hunters for Five State Area
Washington March 23 Prohibition Commissioner Haynes named the head of the eighteen acres established as a head for the operation and supervision of general prohibition agents The chiefs selected from the Pennsylvania dry personnel include Hunt from Minneapolis North Dakota Iowa Nebraska
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Washington, D.C
Haynes
Arces
Hunt
Minneapolis
North Neouth Dakota
Lows
Nebraska
Claims Strike Plot to Raise Coal Price
Washington March 23 United Press Labor will drain its treasury to support a coal miners walkout planned for April 1 says James Lord head of AFL mining department He says union labor sees the coal crisis as a major industrial battle with Wall Street financing the strike and operators determined to suspend work The stance is described as an operators conspiracy to raise coal prices and mislead the public.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury
Tabt
Secessary
James Lord
American Federation of Labor Mining Department
Lord
Wall Street
Missing Florida air boat prompts search by sea planes
Miami reports the intercity air boat Miss Miami disappeared on a night flight to Bimini with six aboard. Plans were dispatched to search by sea planes, a destroyer, and speed boats after no trace was found from Jupiter wireless broadcasts.
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Florida
United Press
Miami
Fla
Miss Miami
Bimini
Jupiter
August Buite
Lawrence B. Smith
Kansas City, Mo
Dixon
Memphis
Tenn
Cucacsuumics
Blmlui
Fiyn
Moon
Bivolal
United States
Colored Man Pays for 20 Miles in Excess Car Speed
Harrison Aid a colored man faced the heaviest fine under the $1 a mile rule for speeding. He was caught driving 45 mph in the business district and fined $20 plus costs or 30 days in jail. George Ostrin and Hernan Ostrin, a father and son, paid $10 and $5 after trials for interfering with a deputy sheriff and disturbing public quiet respectively. A moonshine intoxicated man could not appear in court. The case was continued and one violator forfeited a $5 bond.
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Harrison Aid
Aid
George Ostrin
Hernan Ostrin
Ostrin
Sherif
EK. V. Baldwin
Man Guilty On Liquor Possession Faces Fine
Charles Calleas was found guilty of illegal possession of liquor in municipal court after two continuances from March 36. He was fined $100 plus costs. appeal lies to district court as noted by attorney. Walter R. French, county attorney, prosecuted.
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Charles Calleas
State Division of Municipal Court
Walter RR. French
Mrs Kerns of Aplington Dies After Stroke
Aplington Iowa resident Mrs Kerns died Saturday night from paralysis stroke. She was over 80 and had been frail for years. Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at her home conducted by Reverend C W Caldwell Jeap a former Presbyterian pastor.
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Aplington
Teachers End Strike After Apology and Salary Concession
Nine women teachers at the consolidated schools returned to work after a several day strike over a high school teacher's actions. They resumed duties on the condition that the school issue a proper apology and adjust salaries by three dollars monthly.
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Hearning
Ian
Consolidated Schools
United Mine Workers face split amid wage talks and strike threat
A rift looms within the United Mine Workers as the policy committee meets in Cleveland to decide on single state wage agreements. Indiana miners reject separate state deals while tough talks with operators push toward nationwide action and possible soft coal walkouts. Government warns against violence and seeks a public appeal to avert disruption.
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United Pree
Cleveland
United Mine Workers
Polon
Frank Farrington
Unois
Hia
Associated Presse
Indiapapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
New York
International
Terre Haute
Indiana
John Esaler
District 1I
Heasler
Washington
Skeletons of Pre Historic Men Found in Cave
Five more skeletons of pre historic men unearthed in Horse Thief cave Anamoss la bringing total to nine and suggesting the cave served as a burial ground The tall adult skeleton exceeds six feet with large well preserved teeth A crude stone hammer and two crude pottery fragments indicate fire knowledge and limited civilization Bones lie under four feet of earth as the cave was flooded in past centuries Biologist A D L Cacoran analyzes the remains and believes they pre date mound builders State biologist will study the bones after excavation is complete
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Anamoss
A. DL Cacoran
Governor Accuser Denies Ousted Risk Firms Aided Her
Jackson Mississippi March 23 Micn Francis Burkhead plaintiff in a 100000 dollar damages suit against Gov Russell denying in a deposition made public by a legislative committee that outlawed fire insurance firms aided or abetted the suit. Anton critically ill with pneumonia on his fourteenth day.
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Jackson, Miss
Francis Burkhead
Ruesell
Legislative Investigating
Falls Dead After Repeating Verse at Roll Call
Muncie Indiana March 23 A woman identified as Evelyon A Meeker five read a Bible verse in response to her name during a roll call and died of apoplexy last evening at a literary club meeting at Mrs C A Cropper's home. Meeker was a prominent figure in local and state social circles.
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Muncie
Ind
Rollcall
Evelyon A Meeker
C. A. Cropper
Iowa Traffic Ahead of Revenues Says Highway Chief
Chief Engineer Fred White reports that traffic on Iowa highways grew 11 times faster than highway revenues over 11 years. He notes highway taxes have not kept pace and recently declined 4.34 percent, with 1931 highway revenues only 4.4 times 1910 figures. Wisconsin’s M W Torkelyon urges abandoning section lines and relocating main highways along direct routes.
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Asehead Press Annex
Iowa
Fred White
Unnusl
White
M. W.torkelyon
Wisconsin
Will Ask Transfer of Soldier Hospitals to Veterans Bureau
President Harding will be asked to issue an executive order transferring 60 soldier hospitals from the U S public health service to the veterans bureau. Cpl. Charles R Forbes, director of the bureau, announced the plan affecting 3090 veterans now in government care.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Washington, D. C
Harding
United States Public Health
Cpl
Charles R. Forbes
Bureau
Congress Starts Trimming Army and Navy
Washington, March 23. Congress moves to cut military forces with the army reduced to 115000 and the navy drawn to 65000 pay, despite administration pleas for 160000 army and 86000 navy. Senate support could counter House actions, while naval officers warn a 65000 force risks stripping battleships and weakening U S Pacific strength.
Peasants of Europe Inspire U.S. Dress Exhibition
An exhibition titled good taste in dress for young girls opened in New York on March 22. Joint committees of the Art centre and Parents' league showcased costumes designed by arts students from schools in New York Philadelphia Chicago Cleveland and elsewhere.
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New York
Europe
Art Centre
Parents’ League
Arls
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
Flood Warning For Mississippi River Reach
Memphis residents on unprotected land urged to move to safety as river forecasts predict 42 feet or higher at Memphis before March 30 and 52 feet at Helena, Arkansas in the first week of April. The warning issued by J. H. Scott of the United States Weather Bureau.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. H. Scott
United States Weather Bureau
Helena
Ark
Pickets dispersed at Glen Lyon Dye Works in Providence county
Deputies acting under Sheriff Andrews dispersed about 50 pickets marching toward the Glen Lyon Dye Works in East Providence today. Several shots were fired and one man was wounded as the crowd broke and fled, authorities say to prevent further disturbances at the mill.
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Providence
It. S
Glen Lyon Dye Works
Andrews
Providence County
Woman Arrested in Tulsa After Fatal Shooting
In Tulsa Oklahoma on March 23 Han ni Novak about 20 years old was shot to death while in a downtown automobile. Police arrested Harry Sherrill on the spot in connection with the shooting after she fired five shots. Miss Novak died almost instantly.
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Tulsa
Okla
Hanni Novak
Bira
Harry Sherrill
Miss Novak
Burlington Cuts Dining Car Prices on Main Route
Chicago March 23. Burlington railroad announces 25 percent cut in dining car prices. Management says reduced food costs enable lower fares and introduces table d hote service in its dining cars.
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Chicago
Burlington Railroad
Indiana Woman Runs for State Senate Nomination
Marion March 23 Mrs J Culls J Waybinger former state president of the WCTU and 1920 prohibition party US Senate candidate today announced she will seek the Republican nomination for state senator from Grant county.
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Marion, Inn
J Culls J. Waybinger
The
Secretary Hughes Aims Reimbursement for U.S. Forces in Germany
Washington reports Secretary Hughes seeks reimbursement terms for American forces stationed in Germany. The move affects Allied costs and U.S. posture in the postwar arrangement as discussions continue with allied powers.
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Associated Prepa
Washington
TD. C
I Hughes
Sve
al- Ved
Ite
Germany
Building Strife Prolonged by Selfishness of Few
Chicago March 23 irife in the building industry is prolonged by the selfishness of the few whose interests oppose the public the report says AH Hettler president of the Illinois Manufacturers association declares the wartime self sacrifice has given way to profiteering and high material prices and labor demands.
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Chicago
Irife
Herman AH. Hettler
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Shipping Board Boat Reaches Port Safely
United States Shipping Board freighter West Caruth, aided by a Cherbourg tug, reached port after distress off northwest France. The vessel sacrificed much of its bamboo cargo from Dakar. Mrs. Walters of Gladbrook died of lung fever, wife of Dr. A. F. Walters, leaving two sons and a daughter.
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Associated
Preea
Cherbourg
France
United States Shipping Board
West Caruth
Vessal
Dakar
French West Africa
A. F. Walters
Gladbrook
Railroads Oppose Jewell Plea to Remand Wage Hearings
Four major railroad systems argued against B M Jewell's motion to remand wage reduction hearings before the railway labor board. They said proper conferences between employers and employees had been held and the federated committee did not reflect Jewell's position. Roads represented included Pacific system Southern Pacific St Louis and San Francisco and the Northern Pacific.
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Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Department of the American Federation of Labor
Railr Labor Board
Jewell
Labor Board
Jones
St. Louie & San Francisco
Federated Committee
Railway Board
D. de HK
Gi Pacific System
Southern Pacific
St. Louis
Ssan Francisco
Welfic
Australia seeks US alliance to protect white trade interests
Randolph Bedford of the Australian Parliament told the International News Service that Australia backs a United States trade pact to safeguard white supremacy in the Pacific. He condemned the Anglo Japanese alliance as offensive and harmful to white prestige, saying it protected India and urged a reciprocal coal trade with America.
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International News Wire
Washington, D. C
United States
Pacific
Australia
Randolph Bedford
International
Bedford
India
Australis
America
Governor Robertson at Liberty Under Bond in Okmulgee
Gov J B A Robertson of Oklahoma faced indictment on bribery charges over a near insolvent bank. He posted a $5 000 bond and entered Okmulgee quietly. Co defendant Fred Dennis, former state banking commissioner, fled from public view after resigning amid probe into state bank crashes.
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Gov. Robertson At Liberty
Gene
Okmulgee
Okla
J. B. A. Robertson
Oklahoma
Liberty
Fred Dennis
Dennis
French Senate Debates War Watch Pay Timing
Paris reports that the U S claim for Rhine occupation costs was deemed late by the Senate finance committee. Senator Berenger cites a reparations plan requiring Germany to pay 18 million gold marks by April 16 and 50 million monthly through November, with 60 million monthly in November and December, totaling 435 million gold marks by year end.
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Paris
United States
Senate Finance Committee
Berenger
States
Germany
Well known Ad Man Dies on Golf Links
Robert E. Ward a prominent advertising figure died of heart disease yesterday at the Links of the Dance Broad Country club Summit New Jersey He was 49 and his body will be taken to Chicago his home town for burial or further arrangements for his widow and family
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New York
Robert E. Ward
Chicago
Mr. Ward
Dance Broad Country Club
Summit
N. J
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