Marines Protect Foreigners Amid Chapel War Zone
Shanghai reports evacuation of more than 459 Americans and other foreigners under U S Consul Edwin S Cunningham as rioting and Chinese violence threaten the foreign settlement. Marines reinforce British guards. naval officers prepare rapid evacuation plans and ships stand by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Mare
Chipel War Area
United States
Edwins. Cunningham
Poyang
Nanking
Coldstream
Markham Road
Efort
Raymond “Walter. Strauch
Lincoln
Iveb
Markham
Coldstream Guards
Woo Sung
Clever Chinese news and stray notes from world towns
The report mixes brief, quirky items from London Shanghai New York Liverpool Washington and Chicago. It mentions Gen Fi Shu Chen in Shanghai, a bullet incident, golf among foreigners, Prince of Wales visiting Grand National, tax return accuracy notices due by March 15, and new Pullman cars with 14 rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Baldwin
Fi Shu-Chen
Shanghai
Astor House
International Settlement
New York
Charles “D. Hilles
Liverpool
Cours
Misery
Prince of Wales
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Teacher's Case Is Under Advisement
Des Moines reports Miss Florance Cochran, a fur mher teacher at Broadhorn school near New Virginia, Ta, was dismissed after charges of telling fiction Forties to her pupils. The case has been taken under advisement by State Superintendent Agnes Samuelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Florance Cochran
Furmher
Broadhorn School
New Virginia
Mises Agnes Samuelsen
Porch Milk Thief Found To Be Woman's Squirrel
Des Moines authorities halted the milk theft case after Mrs Williams identified the culprit a pet squirrel. She watched it claw the bottle stoppers and drink cream from the rear porch of the Frank Williams home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bandit Fears His Own Gun On Train Robbery
An unidentified bandit attempted to rob the Carolina Special near Asheville North Carolina but fled after his revolver discharged during the struggle with messenger J H McPheters. The safe held $550 which the bandit left behind as he ran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Altho
Carolina Special
Southern Pacifc
J. H. McPheters
McPheters
Find Body of Boy Seeks 2 Playmates in Gary
In Gary Indiana on March 23 41 NS the body of 12 year old Andrew Scubelick was identified after washing ashore at Lake Front Park. A coast guard search began for Andrew's brother John and companion Walter Wossack who were last seen with him in a boat on the Calumet River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Ind
Lake Front Park
Andrew Scubelick
Coast Guards
Andrew
John
Walter Wossack
Calumet River
School election costs rise as votes cast near seven hundred
Cedar Rapids March 23 The school election produced no opposition for F C Byers and Mrs William Chamberlain reelected to the board of education. The board disclosed the cost per vote averaged 2.15 dollars with fewer than seven hundred ballots cast. The city’s registered voters exceed 20 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
INS
William Chamberlain
Board of Education
Gasoline Stove Fire Injures Two Boys in Davenport
In Davenport on March 23 Walter Heick, 15, and Herbert Bartosh, 16, were burned when Bartosh threw gasoline into a stove at a filling station operated by Western Oil & Refining Co. Police in a passing car arrived quickly, likely saving the youths' lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Walter, Heick
Herbert Bartosh
Mercy Hospital
Bartosh
Ol. & Refining, Co
Senate Debating Iowa Appropriations Bill Provisions
The Iowa senate debated an appropriations bill carrying 30 million dollars for state expenditures with final floor consideration slated after committee actions. Key items included 500,000 for a dairy industries building at State College and 250,000 for the University of Iowa library, amid amendments on state fair construction and a pending Bergman bill to raise the gasoline tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
State Teachers College
State College
Iowa State College
Dairy Industries
University of Iowa
Shinn
Harrison County
Campbell
State Fair Board
Bergman
Mellier to Appeal Bankers Life Ruling
Kansas City March 23 W G Mellier will appeal judge O S Franklin Des Moines ruling refusing him a list of policyholders of Bankers Life company He expected no favorable lower court ruling but hopes for success in higher courts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas’. City
W. G. Mellier
Bankers Life Company
Judseo
S. Franklin
Des Moines
Mel- Her
Sapiro Takes Hand as Attorney in Big Libel Suit
Aaron Sapiro appears as attorney in a $1,000,000 libel suit against Henry Ford in federal court Detroit. Sapiro, admitted to practice, reads from Dearborn Independent back issues accusing Ford of libelous statements about him. Testimony centers on articles alleging Sapiro's co operatives spurred farm unrest and ties to radicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sapiro
Ageingt Ford
Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Federal District Court
William J. Cameron
Dearborn Independent
Gallagher
Otto Ixahn
Bernard Barusch
Aaron la Piro
California
T. W. OW
Independent
1. W. OW
Cameron
Terc
Sapire
Wheat King
Peaches Browning Hopeful as Luck May Turn in April
Peaches Browning, who lost a separation suit against Edward W. Browning, has 150 dollars in the bank and rent paid through April. She notes March as her unlucky month and mentions nightclub offers. Lawyer Henry Epstein says she would not seek an annulment since dower rights could reach about 500,000 if Browning dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peaches Browning
Edward W. Browning
Browning
Seeger
Peaches
Jenry Epstein
Man Who Taught Buffalo Bill Lines Dies in Denver
J Johnson, 73, credited with shaping four showman lines for William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill, died in Denver after years of coaching Cody for stage appearances. Friends recall Johnson drilled Cody into a 16 word speech and even gave whisky to steady nerves before his Chicago debut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Bill
Denver
Cold
J. Johnson
William F
Buffalo Bill) Cody
Johnson
Buffalo BU
Wyoming Plains
Chicago
Probe may reveal new mystery in Vickery case
Harlan Ky March 23 The Mary Vickery murder case grows more puzzling as 16 year old Vickery returns home after two years mising. Conde Dabney the mountain man convicted of killing her and hiding her body in an abandoned mine is free after serving months on a life sentence. The body in the mine remains unidentified. Dabney seeks to press charges against Marie Jackson whom he blames for testim ony leading to conviction. Investigations target the two year disappearance of Mrs Leila Hicks Cole from Harlan and five former husbands are being questioned. Three men left town during the probe into Roxy Bakers death. West Palm Beach reports Pike drowned there, though county attorney G J Jarvis says Pike may be alive in Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan, Ky
Mary Vickery
Harlan
Conde Dabney
Liberty
Dabney
Marie Jackson
Leila Hicks Cole
Roxy Baker
Cole
Emmet’ Pike
Ray Modére
Tom Mullins
Justice Carter disappoints students with muted speech
Iowa City March 23. Justice B F Carter once called the city the second most wicked in Iowa spoke to a student group on Students and Law Enforcement. The remarks were general and failed to reveal lurid details of student decadence, disappointing his university audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
INS
B. F. Carter
Justice of the Peace
Chamber of Commerce and Women's Club
Iowa
Justice Carter
Waterloo Man Given Patent on Heater
William Mooney of Waterloo was granted a patent on a combined heating apparatus. He assigned half interest to Satelli B. McGinn. Filed January 7, 1926, the invention speeds patenting. some patents issued today had been pending over ten years. The device has a two part system with a radiator section and a water reservoir that supplies water to the radiator and acts as an expansion receiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Mooney
Waterloo
Satelli B. McGinn
Mooney
Chicago Runaways Reach Cedar Rapids on Escape Quest
Three Chicago youths Otho Clark 16 Calvin Forsyth 17 and Jack Wells 15 fled gang battlefields seeking peace in the west. They were found in Cedar Rapids by police and will be returned to their Chicago homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids. In
INS
Otho Clark
Calvin Forsyth
Jack Wells
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Death Damage Suit In McPherson Kidnapping Case
Los Angeles March 23. Mrs Ed Warrison widow of a diver who perished while searching for the evangelist Aimee Semple McPhersons body filed suit in Los Angeles County to recover 5000 damages and 150 funeral expenses from the city and county authorities involved in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
INS
Aimee Semple
Missing Man's Overcoat Found on Bridge
Police found an overcoat on the government bridge over the Mississippi at Davenport. The coat is identified as belonging to John Robin, 40, who is missing and believed to have taken his own life after his wife’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport, Ja
Mississippi River
John Robin
Farmers Warned About Planting Increased Crop Areas
Chicago March 23 farmers are warned by the Department of Agriculture that planting in increased areas of various crops is not warranted by the general agricultural outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Embargo on Mexican arms may be retaliation step
Washington reports March discussions on abrogating the arms embargo and ending treaty obligations to prevent arms smuggling to Mexican counter-revolutionists after March 28. President Coolidge reportedly wary of immediate action though some advisers urge a break, while Mexico seeks negotiated settlement and arbitration. Treasury and labor officials oppose scrapping the treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
United States
Rio Grande
United Press
Coolidge
Mexico
Calles
Tellez
Kellogg
Senate
Treasury and
Labor Department
State Department
Department
Borah
Launch Barge for Mississippi Service
Dubuque Iowa March 23 amid cheers a witness and a splash the barge C. C. Weber first of a fleet to be built for Inland Waterways corporation and upper Mississippi barge lines was launched this afternoon. The boat costing 165000 will operate between the Twin Cities and St Louis with officials and civic groups in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Ita
C. C. Weber
Inland Waterways Corporation
Upper Mississippi Barge Lines
Twin Cities
St. Louis
Iowa House Passes Barber Regulation Bill With Amendments
The Iowa House of Representatives approved by 73 to 27 the Stoddard McFarlane bill to regulate barbering. Amendments attached to the Senate file require return to the Senate for concurrence. The measure creates a state board to oversee examinations registrations and shop sanitation inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statehouse
Dés Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Stoddard-McFarlane
Senate
Iowa City is Isolated by Mud Roads After Rains
Iowa City was isolated today as continued rains turned dirt highways into seas of mud. Highway crews and the county engineer's office abandoned attempts to keep main roads open as muck holes defied planking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Buffalo Man Heads Cornell College President Elect
Dr. Herbert J. Burgstahler of Buffalo was elected president of Cornell College by the board of trustees. He is pastor of the Plymouth Church in Buffalo and serves as chairman of the world service commission of the Buffalo conference of the M E church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Herbert J. Burgstahler
Plymouth M. 3
Buffalo
World Service Commission
Buffalo Conference
Cornell College
Pneumonia Strikes Reporter in Ford-Sapiro Libel Suit
In Detroit on March 23 Paul Anderson of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch fell ill with pneumonia blamed on the frigid courtroom air at the Ford-Sapiro libel suit in the Federal Building. He was taken to a local hospital after collapse during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Building
Detroit
INS
Ford-Sapiro
Paul ¥. Anderson
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Anderson
Wayne Ward Improves After Operation in Cedar Falls
Mrs. George Movers of Long Beach formerly of Waterloo visited friends in Cedar Falls today due to her son Wayne Ward's illness. Ward underwent surgery for a bone infection caused by inflammatory rheumatism. His condition shows improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Ward
George Movers
Long Beach
Cal
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Ward
Welcome to Iowa snow hits traveler from Long Beach
W L Pruett of Long Beach California stepped from a train into a belated March blizzard in town yesterday. He had no coat for the surprise snow and plans to look at Iowa farmland while visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
W. L. Pruett
Long Beach
Cal
Pruett
Towa Farm
Train Taken Off Audubon to Carroll Branch Service
Morning service on the Audubon Carroll branch of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad has been discontinued. A report had circulated that a motor car would replace the steam train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon, Ta
Audubon- Carrol
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Des Moines Critics Praise Student Prince Performance
Des Moines reviewers lavish praise on The Student Prince at the Berchel theatre, praising superb chorus singing in German style, strong company, and the show’s broad appeal. Critics note good music, strong acting, and shifting moods from humor to pathos, calling it a greater success than Maytime or Blossom Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Waterloo
Heidelberg
Berchel
Martial
the Tribune-Capital
Fourth Street East Converts Tenement Row to Business Block
The sale of 420 Fourth Street East from Mrs. Hattie Magness to R. C. Moore, proprietor of the T. and M. Bootery, triggers remodeling to a modern storefront aligned with nearby Cleveland storerooms. Vacating May 1, Moore plans to lease and add a new business block as part of a northward street expansion. The deal, brokered by John T. Goss Land Company, totaled $12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Park
Fourth Street
Hattie Magness
R. C. Moore
T. & M. Bootery
Magnesa
Cleveland
Moore
M. B. Cleveland
John T. Goss Land Company
Verdict for Dr Murphy in $12500 damage suit
Judge H B Boles sustained a directed verdict for Dr J C Murphy in a $12,500 damage suit filed by Mrs Anna Brown. The case claimed an infected tower jaw after extractions, alleging jaw fracture but the court ruled plaintiff failed to prove negligence or unskilled operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Boles
Anna Brown
J.C. Murphy
A. B. Lovejoy
J. W. Gwynne
Arbuckle& Arbuckle
Murphy
Saad
Vermont Financiers on Good Will Tour Stop in Waterloo
A delegation of Vermont manufacturers financiers and Governor John E Weeks will visit Waterloo on a midwest goodwill tour aboard a special train. The entourage of 125 to 180 boosters will be hosted by the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce in Davenport before traveling to Waterloo and on to Minneapolis. The Rock Island Railway will haul the 11 coaches from Peoria to Davenport, arriving April 23 at 7 am, with time in Waterloo to be confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
John E. Weeks
Midwest
Waterloo
Clff Gardner
Rock Island
Peoria
Ill
Davenport
Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis
Minn
Waterloo Boy Second in State for TB Christmas Seals
Robert Ransom, 12, son of Flora Ransom, 203 Washington St, Des Moines reports to Iowa Tuberculosis Association executive secretary J E Edmonds that he sold 2356 Christmas seals, ranking second statewide among schoolchildren. Horton Hennington of Castana sold 2510. Robert, in 6A at Emerson School with teacher Miss Rose Hastings, earned a governor-signed certificate and a local prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ransom
Flora Ransom
Washington Street
J. E. Edmonds
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Robert
Horton Ennington
Castana
Emerson School
Rose Hastings
Woolen Mill at Cedar Falls Gets New Equipment
Cedar Falls Woolen Mills receives four cars of machinery from eastern makers. The equipment will be unloaded on Twenty Seventh Street and installation begins soon. W. J. Bowen and sons plan to run the factory, moving from Nashua where the plant was destroyed by fire. They are due in Cedar Falls Thursday to settle in and start work. The article also lists Cedar Falls Commercial Club committees and notes funeral, club meetings, and local social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
W. J.bowen
T. J
A. L. Bowen
Nashua
Mortuary notice for Mrs Florence Elizabeth Seeton
Mrs Florence Elizabeth Seeton 45 died at 2 a m today at home 1061-2 Fourth street east of heart trouble. Born April 2 1881 in Gunn Mississippi she married William Searcy who died in 1912 and later Robert D Seeton whom she survived. Survived by children Prince Jesse Homer Albert and Gladys Searcy Roy Searcy Mrs Pearl Droba Mrs Erma Stevens and William Seeton. brothers and sisters Mrs Nora Meyers Budd Oberbey Oscar Overby and Hulangoers Gunn. Funeral 2 p m Friday Petersen Bros Shaper Rev G C Kenagy officiating burial Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence’ Elizabeth Seeton
Ga. m
Fourth Street
Gunn
Miss
William, S. Searcy
Raleigh
Robert D. .Seeton
Baptist Church
Prince
Jesse
Homer
Albert
Gladys Searcy
Fall of
Waterloo
Roy Searcy
Chicago
Pearl
Droba
Erma Stevens
William Seveton
Nora Meyers
Crystal Lake
Budd Oberbey
Electro
Texas
Oscar Overby
Hulan Goers Gunn
Petersen Bros
Shaper
GC. L. Kenagy
First Baptist Church
Fairview
Mrs W H Jolls Died After Two Week Illness
Mrs W H Jolls 19 died at 7 p m Tuesday in a local hospital of blood poisoning after a two week illness. Born Beulah Bouck March 5 1908 in Waterloo, she was daughter of Frank and Mrs Bouck and attended local public schools. She married W H Jolls on Oct 11 1926 and is survived by her husband, her parents of 305 Albany Street, a sister Mrs J A Gage, and four brothers KK je and V Jokney all
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. HH. Jolls
Beulah Bouck
Waterloo
Frank ‘Bouck
W. H. Jolls
Albany Street
A J. Gage
KK Je
V. Jokney
Quarantines Measles and Chicken Pox Listed for Residents
A long list of names and addresses appears under a public health quarantine notice for measles and chicken pox. The document catalogs residents including Annie Mae Trien, Le Roy Baker, Betty Smith, Cleo Knode, Barbara Mae Henke, Louise Kress, James Rider, Mary Jean Smith, Jean Kilpatrick, Robert Fouts, Eva Morse, and Thelma Holloway among others, with street addresses in multiple city blocks. The notice preserves names and locations without further detail on dates or enforcement actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Mae Trien
Barclayn Joe
Jackson
Merriman
Center
Quincy
Helena
LeRoy Baker
Adams
Betty Smith
Colorado
Cleo Knode
Logan
Barbara Mae Henke
Hammond
Helen Waggoner
Cascaden
Buddy Lubbs
Bults
Joan _ Powell
Fullerton Apts
Louise Kress
Williston
David Green
Home Park
James Rider
Newell
Blanche Butts
Ralph Brunscheon
Kern
Kenneth Harmon
Wern
Helen Herrington
Lela Mae Neipert
Franklin
Bernice Butler
Cottage Grove
Dean Swart
Harrison
Marshall Chapin
Leonard
Mildred Segebarth
Parker
Pauline Woodruff
Riverside
Mary Davis
Ward Fowler
Vine
Erma Schieldmeier
Baltimore
Robert Spars
Saxon
Robert ‘James
Stephenson
Hawthorne
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Marines
Casto
Pootuns
Hells
No “Man's Land
Tsing-Tao
Veige
House
Federal
INSI
America
TH. Cherry
Northwest Hay Association
Cherry
Ford
Auto King
ILC
Yakima
Wash
James A. Reed
Missouri
William H. Gallagher
Northwest
Vickery
Aimee Case
Mississippi
Sapiro-Ford Suiit
Fourth
St. East
Dr. Murphy
T. B. Seal Sales
George MH
T Waddle
Fulrfox
Waterloo Evening Courier
Inihice
West Sear’ Street
Lawn City
Cedar Falls Commercial’ Club
George Murhes
J.D Thompson
EH. Weisbard
A J. Connell
al Mc-Nabb
A. H. Lamb
Poc. Petersen
Iran
S. Condit
George Hearst
L. H. Hughes
Roland Merner
Benjamin Boardman
Guy Campbell
D. 0. Ross
J. B. Holst
At ‘A. Burger
C. B. Santee
J. B. Newman
W.L. Hearst
A. S. Kingman
Fr R. Voorhees
W. H. Whitford
J. MM. Petersen
L. R. Holmes
American Legion
Anton
Bers. A
Gorge Wyth
George Mornin
J . Bible Conference
Roger Leavitt
J. S. Latta
H. J. Brown
A. E.’Meswarth
H. P. Laird
JC. Weineke
W. Willard
D. J. Watters
H. C. Finddox
W. E. Haye
A.” H. Retshauge
A. A. ‘Burger
C. HL Wise
Geores Mitze
W. D. Rich
George ‘Boysen
Ben Hieber
K. S. Qleson
Cedar Valley Fair “Board
John Berg
George’ Wyth
T. A. McNabb
F. H. Weisbard
Garrison
Fred W.” Garrison
Perry
Pei
A .Co-Operative
Paul
H. C. Bossier
St. ‘Luke's Parish
Leclair Martin
W. S. Willard
Amy F. Arey
Carl C. Weller
Wiliam Hoppe
Dan High
Janesville
William J. Clark
Teathers College
St. Patrick's Church
J. C. Wieneke
Hampton Church
Dence
Father Wieneke
Washington
Cedar Farts
Seventh
Donald
Baxter
Methodial Episcopal’ Church
hig‘Kone
Black-Sinn
Hark
Vera
Cedar Salls
Harold’. Sinn
Teachers College
Sinn
Cedar
Falls
Minnesingers
the. Minnesingers
Plee Club of
Will .Close
Weiter
A. Sention Tenes
College’ Auditorium
Kingsley School
Byres Park
Lester W. Miller
Pioneer
Robert D. Seeton
Thelma
Holloway
Columbia
Ele
Acorn
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