New Jury Chosen for Dorothy Ellington Sanity Hearing
San Francisco March 31 The sanity trial of Dorothy Ellington 16 year old matricide was postponed as the new jury venire was unavailable. The case centers on whether she is sane enough to stand murder charges and potential commitment if found insane. Experts from the University of California and others testify on heredity life history and tests to determine her mental state and ability to present a rational defense.
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The
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Rllingson
International News Wire
Dorothy Eltiigson
Samna
Siate
Dorothy
Téri
Jay Ton Ball
Uni
Versity
California
Joseph Gatton
Beaha
Louderback
Syas
Widow Provokes Will Dispute Ending in Murder Indictment
Mrs Minnie Kerstein of Ollumwa Iowa is linked to a contested will involving the estate of William N 31 Clateck known as the Monaire orphan The dispute led to the indictment of William D Shepherd of Chi SRED as chief beneficiary for murder in connection with the boy’s will case
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Minnie Kerstein
Wiliam N
Clateck
William D. Shepherd
Chi- Sred
Murer
Van Swearingen railroad merger wins stockholder approval
In Richmond on March 31 United Press reports that Chesapeake and Ohio stockholders approved the vast Van Swearingen merger after an all night session. Vote totals: 606,542 in favor, 162,813 opposed, 225,882 abstained. The plan unites Chesapeake and Ohio with Erie, Pere Marquette, Hocking Valley and Nickel Plate under review by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Virginia and Ohio courts. The Van Swearingen brothers back the deal, citing improved coal transport from Virginia to Newport News and onward to the Midwest.
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United Press
Richmond
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Veni ‘Swearingen
Finance
van Swearingens
George Cole Scott
United States Supreme Court
Orris P. van Swearingen
Nickel Plate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Virginia
Ohio
Chasa—peake & Ohio
Erie, Pete
Marquette
Hocking Valley
Eel Plate
Keystone
Mercer
State Briefs Vinton and Des Moines News Snapshots
State briefs report Matt Bading's hospital admission after a violent incident and a wife assault. A Des Moines chair dentist death is attributed to ether used during a tooth extraction. Forsling in Des Moines targeted reform, Rankin resigns. Keokuk member resigns. Des Moines notes city officials suspended for alleged fraud and a tax list reveal $27,600 in taxes linked to properties used for liquor manufacture.
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Vinton
Matt Bading
Beck Ice Cream Co. Declares Bankrupt Action
Beck Ice Cream Co. files for bankruptcy listing liabilities of 28 928 95 and assets of 5 712 61. Owner Bert Beck’s company schedules debts and assets with principal claims tied to machinery at 31a Birth Street and other personal property, some exempt.
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Bert /. Beck
Beck Ice Crean Company
J. K. Jordan
Eforce
Benkrupt
Birt Street
Commission Given Authority Over All Primary Highways
A legislative session failed to revive the shilde reading bill as supporters could muster only 45 votes to move it from the committee and place it on the floor. The motion needed a two thirds majority, ending the bid.
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Commission
Friends of the
Messare
Former Chicagoan killed in Morocco
A Chicago native, Dr. Mammerstein, a reputed zoologist, was killed in Morocco along with his three children and their governors after a confrontation with locals. His wife was seriously wounded and remains hospitalized. The Spanish government had previously granted him virgin forests in Morocco for cultivation. He had resided in Chicago.
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Chicago
Marehil—Wuoerd Shater
Hans Hammerstein
Barcelona
Seld
Mammerstein
Morocco
Forbes' Condition Considered Grave
Boston Mass Maren 31. al Charles R. Forbes former head of the United States Veterans' bureau stricken with a blood clot on the brain which has produced paralysis for his left side a grave condition today Sov smother who was stricken with no at her home in Hopkington when she heard that her son had been smvicken
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Boston
Mass
Maren
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Boreau
Sov Smother
Hopkington
Rsmvicken
Mother of Witness Seeks to Exonerate Shepherd in Murder Case
Mrs. Anna Koch, from Waukegan, testifies her son Earl Clark insists Shepherd is innocent, claiming Faiman’s confession and related statements were false. She describes threats to reveal a girl’s death tied to Faiman’s school, and says Clark admitted manipulating the confession. Trial moves to further testimony.
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Earl. Clark
Shepherds
Charles C. Paiman
Shepherd
Clark
Faiman
William Nelson McClintock
Fatman
Earl
Woman frightened by receipt of foods tested for poison
Miss Geer reported to city detectives that she and Miss Geter found items of food delivered to 248 Adams Street that looked suspicious. Police say the received eggs and fruit showed no signs of tampering and a broken knife was found on a mailbox, suggesting maybe a practical joker rather than a poisoning plot.
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Myst
Gna Geter
Adams Stre
Poo Walker
Geer
Eses
Mall Hale
Gotey
Bed Gets. Drink of Booze at Tuttle Home Raid
Sheriff G E Cress raided the Tuttle residence and found several quarts of liquor hidden under the bed. Mrs Fred Pittle testified she was lying in the bed when the search began. Mrs Tuttle advised the sheriff to leave. The Tuttle husband had been arrested on liquor charges a month earlier and freed on a $500 bond.
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Mason” City
Fred ‘Pittle
G. E. ‘Cress
Tuttle
Three Killed When Car Hits Phone Pole in Newark
In Branch Brook park Newark three were killed and three seriously hurt when the sedan they rode in struck a telephone pole. The dead include Mrs Jobha J Esil of Orange and Grace Bell her adopted 16 month old daughter. Mrs Katherine Hignett of Newark. Injured are John J Bell husband of Mrs Bell Justice Badgley of Grange and Miss Patricia Jones of Cleveland a sister of Mrs Hignett.
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Newark
N. J
Branch Brook
Park
Hen
Jobha J. Esil
Orange
Grace Bell
Katherine Hignett
John J. Bell
Bell
Justice Badgley
Grange
Patricia Jones
Cleveland
Audubon Bank Pays Depositors in Full
Checks totaling eighty thousand dollars were mailed by A J Carpenter receiver in charge of the defunct Iowa Savings Bank at Audubon. The money represents seventy percent of the deposits when the institution closed over a year ago. Depositors had received a thirty percent dividend a few months earlier.
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Atlantic
A. J. Carpenter
Iowa Sayhings Bank
Audubon
Physical training exposition by school girls in West High
High and grade school girls will present a physical training exhibition at 2 pm Friday in West High auditorium during the Northeast division Iowa State Teachers' Association convention. Miss Isadora Finfi and Miss Helen Partridge will direct, aided by six grade teachers, featuring apparatus work, free exercises, dances, and games for multiple grades.
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West High
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Isadora
Finfi
Helen Partridge
Mor Annika
Lowwell
Central
Whittier
Humpty Dumpty
Children's Polkz
London Bridge
Irving
Wands
Taraniella
Kingsley
Emerson
Albert Hertske Fined $100 for Illegal Liquor Possession
Albert Hertske was fined $100 and ordered to pay land costs in municipal court after pleading guilty to illegal possession of liquor. Police found two gallons of red moonshine on his premises. Carl Stevens also received a $100 fine after pleading not guilty to driving while intoxicated and began a 30 day jail stretch after failing to pay the fine.
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Albert Hertske
Carl Stevens
Stevens
Geneva Faber to Transfer to Sioux City
Miss Geneva Faber, longtime bookkeeper and secretary to B F Bishop owner of Bishops cafeterias here, will be transferred to new quarters in Sioux City. She will work as a special student at Morning side College after receiving business training in Waterloo. Kathryn Lawrence will become head bookkeeper here.
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Geneva Faber
Bisho
B. F. Bishop
Sioux City
Kafeteria
Stour City
Miss Faber
Morningside College
Waterloo
Kathryn Lawrence
Y M C A Workers Attend Ames Meeting
FP Rrehmeier secretary of the county Y M C A and several Black Hawk county youths will attend the Christian Callinus conference in Ames Friday and Saturday with Prof. B B Johnson of the Y M C A College Chicago delivering the principal address. Committees in Black Hawk Buena Vista Calhoun Madison and Marion counties have enrolled here. Rites interested in missionary work ministry and Y M C A secretaryship as a Usel work. Moros threaten trouble Manila Gen Leonard Wood reports Moro chieftains retreating to five fortresses amid grievances against Philippine officials.
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Rehmeier
Black Hawk County
Ames
B. B. Johnson
Y. M. C. A. College
Chicago
Black Hawk
Buena Vista
Calhoun
Madison
Marion
Manila
Leonard Wood
Woman of 104 15 Dead in Buchanan
An elderly German-born woman Christina Uthe aged 104 15 died at her son’s home in Quasqueton on Sunday March 29 after a long life split between Germany Cleveland Ohio and Iowa. She immigrated at 23, married Christopher Athe in 1852, and settled in Cone township Buchanan County. Her husband died about 60 years ago. Surviving children are Ernest Cal Martin Christopher Ned and two daughters in law Mrs Underwood Manchester and Mrs Arnold Independence with 16 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Wednesday from her son’s home in Quasqueton.
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Quasqueton
Christina
Uthe
Startin
iMrs
Germany
America
Cleveland
Christopher Athe
Buchannn County
Cone Township
Ernest
Ascalon
Cal
Martin
Christopher
Pleasant Dale
Ned
George Underwood
Manchester
Jacob
Arnold
Independence
Shaig
Church Chimes Ring Here at Funeral Hour for Ben R Lichty
Church chimes rang at 3 00 p m in Waterloo for Ben R Lichty whose funeral was held in Philadelphia at the same hour. Lichty son of George B Lichty died Saturday afternoon after a brief pneumonia illness. Several Waterloo residents attended the rites in Philadelphia.
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Ben R. Lichty
First Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Mr. Lichty
George B. Lichy
Waterloo
Predistrict Declam Contest at Hudson Iowa March 31
Predistrict Declam Contest held in Hudson on March 27 under the High School Declamatory association of Iowa. Winners in each class advance to the district meet at New Hampton April 3 or 5. Over 1,600 students participated, with schools including Clear Lake Hast Waterloo Fayette Hanlontown Hudson Maynard Northwood Osage and West Union. First and second place finishers listed: Le Roy Lanigan Hudson tour de l overture. Paul Mabore Osage What War Is Historical class Frances Stotts East Waterloo Madame Butterfly Edna Brooks Fayette The Way of the Transgressor dramatic class Werluf Mar kus sen Osage Mr and Mrs Brownley Holt Hands Blanche Reuher Maynard The Movie Fan humorous class.
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Hudson
Hanlontown
Maynard
Northwood
Osage
West Union
le Roy Lanigan
Werluf? Markussen
Brownley Holt Hands
Blanche Reuher
Lass
Automobile Bungalow Show by Repass Co Proved a Success
The Repass Auto company ran a three day automobile and bungalow show drawing more than 3,000 visitors and selling 27 cars. The event produced 2,000 salary listings of $100 per month non car owners who will receive checks, with amounts from fractions of a cent to $12. Prizes were won by Mrs. J. A. Zook and Mrs. R. Schafer. Furnishings were loaned by local firms.
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Repass Auto Company
A. B. Chambers
Waterloo
Ford News
J. A. Zook
R. Schaffer
Davidsons, Nickels & Gales
Central Iowa Power & Light Co
Courier Business Staff Honors Two Members At Party
Couriers counting room staff plan a farewell supper for two colleagues Miss Arsene Stall and Jasper Marlin who will leave this week. Mr Martin will soon depart to join his mother and family who have moved to Detroit. The event includes a courtesy social and a party in paper’s business offices.
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Courier Counting Room
Arsene
Jasper Marlin
Martin Wilh
Tanther
Detroi
Plenie Sipper
Ices
Fined for Liquor Charge in Local Court
Sion Bache and John Wolfe of Agetske pled guilty before Justice HW and Judge Boies after grand jury actions. Each fined 204 dollars plus costs. The report notes Newton improved in a separate incident where a motor vehicle overturn occurred on Teving Street.
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Feorze Kieln
John Wolfe
Agetske
Hynor
Aimee
Tite
Boies
Election results in Greston and surrounding towns show mayoral shifts
Mayors L Burt in Greston and J Weirth in Toledo won by narrow margins. Creston approved a band tax, while Maquoketa reelected Dr F Swift. Fort Dodge re-elected the current administration. Charles City kept band funding and administration intact. Independence and Manchester reported varied alderman results. a two mill band tax passed in several towns.
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Greston
Creston
L. Burt
Ed GC
Keith
Orte
George Newcomb
Board of. Pharmacy
Candise
O. B. Whitty
W. ©. Smith
Herman
Manchester
Fred W.hermann
George S. Banta
B. H. Duray
A. E. Dunlap
Howard L. Drew
A. W. Stearns
Citizens
B. H. Fentress
Mtest
Independence
A. T. O'Brien
R. J. Boyd
A.L. McClarnon
J. G. Shellito
F Hansen
C. W. Cowell
L. T. Kimball
J. J. Plank
Maquoketa
Ff. J. Swift
Emerson Wry
Fort Dodge
C. §. Findlay
J. EB. Fisher
J. J. Brennan
A. T. Heibel
Paul L. Stempal
Frank J. Fellner
Waverly
F. A. Osincup
Charles City
International News Wire
Requiem Masses for Koch and Rogsen Held
Requiem services for John Koch Sr founder of the parish were held at St Marys Catholic Church with a 9 30 a m mass officiated by Rev Theodosius Plassmeyer and several visiting clergy. burial followed at Calvary. Mrs Herman Rogsen also received a 9 30 a m Requiem at St Josephs Church with burial at Calvary Cemetery. St Marys Court Foresters met for prayers at the residence.
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John Koch
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Theodosius Plassmeyer
Calvary
St. Mary's Court
Order of Foresters
Herman Rosgen
St. Joseph's Church
Calvary Cemetery
Lemon Juice Whitens Skin Advert Claim
An advertisement promotes a lemon juice skin whitening mix with two lemons and Orchard White. It claims a quarter-pint bottle provides a fragrant, non irritating bleaching lotion for face neck arms and hands. Stage beauties allegedly use it for a youthful rosy white complexion and to remove freckles sunburn and tan.
Mammoth Hot Springs Burn Totals Hit Park Tourism
Livingston Mont March 33 A disastrous fire in Mammoth Hot Springs Yellow stone National park gutted main activity areas and a large portion of the town. Damage was estimated at 600000 with the Yellowstone Park Transportation plant four buses and several shops destroyed. Firefighters lacked facilities but saved Fort Yellowstone barracks. The park will continue travel as officials said. Manitou Hotel Burns near Colorado Springs Park fire destroys large timberlands. Debris and forest fire caused by wind. Total damage estimated at 40000.
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Associated Press
Livingston
Mont
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park Transportation Company
Fort Yellowstone Barracks
Fira
Manitou Hotel
Colorado Springs
Colo
Manitou Park
Ute Pass
Woodland Park
Fifty Killed as Moscow Trains Collide
A deadly head on crash near Moscow killed or injured more than 50 people when the Tashkent express collided with two Moscow suburban trains. Locomotives were shattered and passenger cars torn to fragments as rescue efforts faced wreckage and scarce equipment.
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Moscow
Tashkent
Canital
Slight Earthquakes Recorded in Nevada
Slight earthquakes were recorded on the University of Nevada seismograph in Reno. The shocks occurred at 9:51 and 10:09 last night, brief in duration, one moving north to south and the other east to west. Both were within a 40 mile radius. SPOKESMAN'S CLUB: Guy Lee to address on Diet and Health with a Key to the Calories at noon Wednesday in Black’s Tearoom.
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Reno
Noey
Uiversity of Nevada
Spokesman's Club
Guy Lee
Spokesman’s Club
Blackis Tearoom
Midwinter Picnic of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Here Tonight
Representatives numbering more than 600 from district seven including Waterloo Cedar Falls La Porte City Janesville Jesup Hudson and others will attend the annual midwinter picnic of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs in the I O O F hall west. E H Lang is chairman of arrangements. Guests of honor include Prudence Warner Bloomfield president of the Rebekah assembly of Iowa and Guy M. Butts Wesley grand master. The afternoon is a school of instruction with officers from across the state. After supper this evening a full program of business and social activities will follow.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
la Porte Ulty
Janesville
Jesup
Hudson
Odd ‘Ellows
Rebekahe
I- 0
Hall West
E.h.lang
Prudence
Warner
Bloomfield
Town May Take Part in Sesquicentennial Expo
Des Moines lawmakers consider placing 10000 to a state commission to represent Iowa at the Sesquicentennial exposition in Philadelphia in 1926. The bill was introduced by the senate committee on appropriations after Gov. Hammill received an invitation and signaled support for Iowa participation.
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Des Moines
Philadelphia
Senate Committee On Appropriations
Quaker City
John Hammill
Choking Wife Costs Farmer Good Hand
Henry E. Huglin, a farmer, flew into a rage and attempted to choke his wife after she left her plow at dusk to call it a day. The district judge granted a divorce and alimony of 2500 dollars, with Mrs. Huglin testifying to the incident.
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Tes Moines
Afare
Henry E. Huglin
West High Declaimers Achieve Distinction
Marion Bronson Cora Mae Busby and Ralph Childe, representing West High, placed in all three divisions of a pre district declamatory contest at Reinbeck. They will advance to the district contest April 3 at New Hampton to face Hudson Osage Ackley Reinbeck Waterloo Maynard Eldora and others in caricatorial dramatic and humorous divisions. One winner from each division advances to the district contest at Atlantic April 17.
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Marion Bronson
Cora Mae Busby
Ralph Childe
West High School
Reinbeck
New Hampton
Hudson
Osage
Ackley
Dramatic
Fayette
Waterloo
East High Speaks in Annual Extemperaneous Contest
Seven East High students compete in a Wednesday afternoon extemperaneous speaking contest in the assembly room to choose the East High rep for the predistrict meet. Ruth Hiller directs the event, with district and state honors to follow, hosted by the University of Iowa in May. Topics are drawn from January to March issues of the Literary Digest.
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East High School
Misa
Ruth Hiller
East High
University of Iowa
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