Wildlife Refuge Bill Sparks Interstate Debate in Congress
A bill to grant the federal government title to part of the Upper Mississippi wildlife refuge in Iowa was introduced by Senate fish and game committees. Congress allocated 1.5 million dollars to create the reserve stretching 300 miles from Rock Island to Lake Pepin. Wisconsin Governor Blaine opposes surrendering sovereignty over the Wisconsin segment. Proponents argue federal administration would improve enforcement and protect fish and game.
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Blaine
Wisconsin
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La Follette loses Capitol room as Republicans eject insurgents
Washington report notes Senator La Follette's removal as committee chair and eviction from the room he long occupied in the Capitol. The piece reflects on the political shift by Republicans and its implications for La Follette's reformist legacy and the insurgent wing.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Robert M. la Pollette
Capitol
la Follette
Jayjaley
Capitol Steps
Ich
Rcom
la’ Follette
Republican Party
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la Fallette
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Kean
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Borah
San Felice
Ze Elgar
Amfaster
Harvester
el Verso
Delivery deadline for Courier before 6:30 p.m
The Courier should reach homes by 6 30. If the paper is late due to carrier error or other cause, call 5200 and a copy will be sent. Generals must reach their office before 6 30 p.m.
Earl of Ypres Lord French III gravely ill after operation
Lord French III the Earl of Ypres and former commander of the British Expeditionary Forces in France is reported in grave condition following an operation at a London hospital.
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Earl of Ypres
France
London
Police Doubt Story of Man WhoKilled Gangster at Theatre
Chicago police questioned Julius Weisberg after he killed Mush Goldman a gangster at a theatre. Weisberg says Goldman threatened him over a debt of 1000 dollars and Weisberg surrendered. Investigators doubt the tale finding a bailiff badge in his possession and noting the court deputy denies the man on the roll.
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Chicago
Julius Weisberg
Mush Goldman
Louis Alterie
Chiicago
Weisberg
Goldman
Altho Weisberg
Honeymoon Ends in Tragic Cedar Rapids Funeral
Mrs. Prank Peela dies after a three day honeymoon. She and husband Mr. Peela married in Chicago last Thursday and returned to Cedar Rapids Friday. Saturday night she suffered a brain hemorrhage and died instantly. Funeral today with friends who welcomed the couple as pallbearers.
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Cedar Rapids
Prank Peela
Pershing Asked to Lead Chile Peru Plebiscite Commission
President Coolidge requested General Pershing to head the Tamna Arica plebiscite commission after his return from South America. The two leaders discussed in detail the issues facing a plebiscite to be held under the Chile Peru arbitration settlement.
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Washington, D.C
Gen. Pershing
Coolidge
Tamna-Arica
South America
Chile-Peru
Pint of Whisky At One Drink Kills Man
Yonkers New York March 24 Barney Williams died after winning a bet that he could drink a pint of whisky without stopping Harold Powers a storekeeper allegedly supplied the whisky and Mrs Williams was held as a material witness in the case with the incident noted at his dooryard.
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New York
Yonkers, N
Barney Williams
Harold Powers
Williams
Willams
Probe Launched Into School Shooting At Silverwood High
Tangler Indiana March 23 a special grand jury was convened to investigate the shooting of Roscoe Goodwin a Silverwood high school boy by Katie Clements a senior during a senior class play rehearsal She says she borrowed the gun from Grover Small and fired as a joke wounding Goodwin in the neck The state attorney notes many high school boys carry guns and the probe will consider charges
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International News Wire
Tangler
Ind
Roscoe Goodwin
Silverwood
Katie Clements
Miss Clements
Grover Small
Goodwin
Alice Sa
Shepherd Bail Hearing Focuses on Germ Study and Diabetic Health
Chicago march 24 William D Shepherd in a bail hearing amid murder charges over allegedly inoculating his ward with typhoid germs. Dr C C Faiman testified about Shepherd's interest in bacteriology and denies promises of leniency from State's Attorney Crowe. A salesman witness named Marchand provided conflicting details as the court weighs duress claims and the value of a letter linking Shepherd to the case.
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United Press
Chicago
Wiliam D. Shepherd
C.C. Faiman
Shepherd
William McClintock
Faiman
Stewart
Dr. Bajman
John P. Marchand
Patrick J. McMmannus
Theaise
Associated Press
William D. Shepherd
William N. McClintock
Charles Fairman
Way
Orville Taylor
McClintock
Marchand
Crowe
Marehand
Hopkins
Imate Wittlesses
Olson
Alexander
Eting
Interurban strikes motorcar injuring La Porte marshal
La Porte City Te March 23 Special Don Quackenbush city Marshal injured at 11 45 am yesterday when his automobile was struck by a W C F L and N interurban car at Sunnyside crossing. The car was being operated slowly and the motorman stopped within a car length after impact. A gash cut Quackenbush’s forehead and his right shoulder was badly wrenched. He had nearly cleared the track when the car struck the rear of his light sedan. The car swung but did not overturn. rear wheels and fender were broken.
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la Porte City
Don Quackenbush
W.,c FL & N. Inter
Sunnyside Crossing
Here
Quackenbush
Hght
House Authorizes Land Grant for Game Preserve
The Iowa House of Representatives approved transferring a tract on the Mississippi River in northeastern Iowa to the federal government for a permanent fish and game reserve. The move would align with grants from Wisconsin and Illinois. final approval requires Senate and governor, plus endorsements from the state executive council, fish and game department, and the board of conservation.
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Statehouse
Des Moines
Platers
Mississippi River
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Town House of Representatives
Senate
State Executive Council
Fish and Game Department
District Rotarians Meet in Fort Dodge Fort Dodge Iowa
The Iowa district convention of Rotary clubs opened in Fort Dodge with more than 1 000 Rotarians from across the state in attendance. The event continues until tomorrow night. Delegations came from Des Moines Council Bluffs Sioux City Cedar Rapids Wateries Davenport and Dubuque.
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Iowa District Convention of
Rotary Clubs
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Paris and London Facilitate Talks on Security Pact
Paris reports that French ambassador M. De Fleurigny returns to London after talks with Premier Kerr, carrying instructions to ease Franco British negotiations on a European security pact. A written note to Germany is expected, outlining acceptable terms before consideration of any German offer.
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Associated Press
Paris
M. de Fleurian
Great
Britain
London
Kerriott
Amasdor
Verhil
Dorothy Ellingson Jury Opens In Matricide Trial
San Francisco March 23 Dorothy Ellingson 16 faces trial for matricide before Superior Judge Harold Conderback as jurors are questioned. Defense plans temporary insanity as a key defense with alienists to prove lack of impulse control while prosecutors seek impartial jurors despite her youth.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Harold Conderback
Skillin
George Metcalfe
Metcalfe
Martin Hencken
Sylvester MacAtee
Dorothy
Refusal to Dance Leads to Shooting, Mrs Geralds Claim
Mrs Gerard told police her husband Ralph refused to dance at their tenth wedding anniversary party. She said she fired a revolver after he became angry, injuring him. Gerard is jailed as the pendinz outcome unfolds.
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Ralph
Americans Escape Death in Earthquake in Yunnan
Americans living in Tatifu Yunnan were said to escape death in the March 18 quake and fire. No casualty count known at Talifa though reports say the city with 80 090 people was practically wiped out and many lost.
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Tatifu
Yunnan
Talifa
Driir
Talif
Chicago Slayings Spark Mystery In Two-Kill Scene
Four people were shot dead in a Chicago residence and another woman was possibly fatally wounded in an adjoining flat by buckshot. Police arrived but found no clues or motive and the gunmen remain at large.
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Chicago
Griswold confirmed as Iowa state health commissioner after long session
In Des Moines the Iowa Senate confirmed Prof. Don F. Griswold of the University of Iowa for state health commissioner, succeeding Dr. Pagan. The vote followed an extended executive session amid debate on department changes and related bills. The body also advanced real estate and veterans markers appropriations and discussed the gasoline tax and an express tax bill.
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Des Moines
Don F. Griswold
University of Iowa
Senate
Office of State ‘Health Commission
Rodney P. Pagan
Griswo
Griswold
Sake Alty
University of Town
Hammill
Aed
House
Yenter
Iowa
State Aitors Association
Mudlake
Clay County
Mills County
Glenwood
United States
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Cruer
Vicksburg
Muscatine
Louisa County
Women’s Reformatory
Rockwell City
Board of Control
Board of Parole
Jkrisk
Buser Express
Buser
Bowman
Flays Dennistoun in London Scandal Suit
Sir Ellis Aumen Willis denounces Lieut Col Tan Dennistoun for refusing to pay a debt to his former wife Dorothy Muriel Dennistoun and for spending 59000 on her past. The sensational trial in London courts has kept society agog and is near a jury verdict this week.
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London
Ellis Aumen-Willis
Plaintff
Tan Dennistoun
Dorothy Muriel Dennistoun
Elis
Dennistoun
Peru charges Chile balking plebiscite over Arica and Tacna
March 23. In Lima Peru the chamber of deputies considered charges that Chile used violent means to control the plebiscite to decide ownership of Tacna and Arica. The accusations include a Peruvian killed and 500 displaced to stop voting.
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Linn
Chile
Tagna
Arica
Dentilies
Harvard Urged to Teach Agriculture
A report released last night urges Harvard University to create a graduate department of agriculture with an endowment of 12,990,000 dollars. The recommendation comes from a committee appointed by the overseers to study the Bassey Institute and the graduate school of applied biology.
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Cambridge
Mags
Harvard University
Widow Withdraws Will Contest In Gompers Case
The widow of Samuel Gompers, AFL president, drops her challenge to break the terms of his second will. She would receive only the dower amount allowed by law. The estrangement behind the late leader’s second will before his Mexico trip remains undisclosed.
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Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Mexico
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