France Rejects Berlin Bid on Reparations Plan
France refuses to consider Berlin’s bid for reparations terms. The note outlines a complex mechanism for raising funds via bonds, an impartial international commission to arbitrate shortfalls, and July 1981 timing for deciding further interest. It calls for currency stabilization, no more seizure of securities, and Rhine arbitration to settle disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Commission
Hughes
Germany
Reparations Commission
United States
Europe
Rhine
Senator Glass Brought Forward as Party Leader
Senate leader prospects for Henry Glass grow as party figures weigh his candidacy while an editor vows to challenge the old constitution. The discourse centers on shifting loyalties and the potential nomination and presidency for Glass amid intra party debates.
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Glass
Lynchburg
Nere
Copsright
New York Tribune
Arney to Assume State Banking Department Post
Des Moines reports Senator W. H. Arney of Marshalltown is slated to arrive in May to take charge of the state banking department. Arney was appointed banking superintendent last week succeeding W. J. Murray, former official of the Des Moines National Bank.
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Des Moines
W. H. Arney
Marshalltown
State
Arney
WJ. Murray
Des Moines National Bank
Des Moines Women Told to Cut Sugar Use in War Drive
Mrs Carrie M Dickey president of the Des Moines Federation of Women's clubs sent a letter to 124 affiliated presidents urging members to ask their members to reduce sugar consumption. She said the campaign gains high sugar prices by women is just beginning in Des Moines unless reductions are made and noted about eleven thousand women are members of the federation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Carrie M. Dickey
Iowa Bond Sale Delayed As Board Faces Funding Gaps
Watchman Stace Vrousurar in Des Moines warns Iowans to monitor the $22 060 000 soldier bonus bond sale which has been adjourned for the seventeenth time. The bonus board, short of funds, cuts expenses by almost 40 percent and relies on retrenchment while awaiting market improvements. The next session opens tomorrow at 11 a m and officials foresee continued adjournments as legal residency disputes hinder claims.
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United Stress
Dea Moines
Vrousurar Burbank
Iowa
Burbank
Haynes
Lowa
Cedar Rapids Boy Drowned in Cedar River
In Cedar Rapids Iowa Louis Denison an 18 year old high school student drowned after being pulled from the Cedar River by John Fegley and friends. He could not swim and waded into a deep hole during a heat driven swim. He died hours later in a local hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Tla Yaar
Louis Denison
Tha
John Fegley
Hinchum
Denison
Wertz murder case survives motion to dismiss
Judge Ralph Otto overruled the demurrer in the Wertz murder case and let the joint indictment against Robert Leeper his wife and Roy Wertz’s brother-in-law stand. The ruling clears the way for Leeper’s trial set for May 14 with bail posted at $35,000.
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Towa City
Ralph Otto
Damurrer
Dafanga
Wertz
Robert Leeper
Roy Wertz
Leaper
Sherty
State Briefs Divenport and Other Iowa Local News
State briefs report wage increases for union workers after heated talks with master builders in Divenport, await acceptance of new scales while some craft groups push for 35 cent raises. Other items note murders in Omaha case, education unrest comments by President J. Winton in Des Moines, a missing stockman near Audubon, and barber mud packs in Mason City.
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Divenport
Aoding
Hut
Ots
George Austin
Ufe
Albert
Girardi
Omaha
John Stewart
Atlantic
J. Winton
Des Moines University
Dr. Million
Audubon
John Griffith
Stockman
Griffith
Mason City
Iowa City
Eugene Srnier
Iowa State Dental Association
Trial set for ex-dry sleuth in Des Moines murder
Des Moines County Attorney Vernon Sachurger announced that the trial of George Lewallen, accused of killing Deli Dickerson, will start the week of May 14 to 21. Lewallen, a former private detective and Iowa Antisaloon Leagua investigator, was arrested after Dickerson was found shot in her apartment April 1. Two companions identified Lewallen as the slayer, though he denies guilt.
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Des Moines
Vernon Sachurger
George Lewallen
Deli Dickerson
Lewallen
Altho
Iowa
Icagua
Increase in Iowa car licenses noted this year
The motor vehicle department reports a 41 000 rise in mobile owners since last year with 473 307 licenses issued to date this year. Through May totals show 347 950 autos 29 682 trucks 2 168 motorcycles and 57 trailers, surpassing 1922’s 503 521 figure anticipated to be exceeded. Des Moines May 2.
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Toji
Motor Vehicle Department
Automobile Department
Des Moines
Towa
Druggist Slayer Receives Life Term in Des Moines
George M. Cook confessed slaying Des Moines druggist Barnett W. Huegla after a jury verdict in Judge Bonner's district court division. He was found guilty last night and awaits transport to the penitentiary to serve the remainder of his life.
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Des Moin
George M. Cook
Iowa Births and Deaths in 1922 Reported
Iowa state board of health announces 50 708 births and 24 066 deaths in 1922. Counts show 50 763 born in Iowa and 24 065 died in a repeated line.
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Iowa
Yes Moines
State Board of Health
Lincoln 15 Missing Lawyer Believed Murdered or Kidnapped
Aurora Illinois May 2 Warren J Lincoln the missing lawyer and Abraham Lincoln kinman may be dead or kidnapped authorities believe after blood found on path from his bungalow and blood trail suggests a struggle. Efforts focus on locating his estranged wife Mrs Linn Lincoln and her brother Hyron Shoup as searches extend 50 miles and the Fox River shores.
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United Press
Aurora
Warren J. Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Gutskirts
Linn
Lincoln
Hyron Shoup
Tox River
Aiston
Farmers oppose Meat Merger in Kansas City hearings
Kansas City May 2 A d iftional opposition to Armour Co acquisition of Morris packing Interests was voiced at the department of agriculture hearing. J H Mercer Topeka livestock commissioner said 12 000 farmers and livestock men in Kangag opposed the merger arguing it would lessen competition and centralize buying. W Joux former president of the Weapsas City Livestock exchange testified the purchase would repress competition in the local market.
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Kansas City, Mo
Morris Packing
Armour & Co
Department of Gericulture
Mercer
Ky W. Joux
Wiapsas City Livestock Exchange
Colony Witnesses Before Grand Jury Probing Immorality
Witnesses from the House of David colony testified before Michigan's grand jury in St Joseph as it probes charges of immorality. About 60 subpoenas were issued, and witnesses waited their turn in the grand jury room before Judge Dingeman and Attorney General Andrew J Dougharty.
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St. Joseph
Mich
Shiol
Benjamin Purnell
House of David Colony
Dingeman
Andrew
Dougharty
Michigan
World Court Advocate Elected to California Congress
Capt. J. D. Fredericks a Republican, backed by support for the world court proposal, appears the winner in California's tenth district special election. In incomplete returns from 440 precincts, he garnered 10,752 votes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
J. D. Fredericks
Washington
Harding
California
Des Moines Man Named to Presbyterian National Board
New York May announces the formation of the national missions board of the Presbyterian Church with forty members including J. P. Wallace of Des Moines Iowa and Edwin H. Jenks of Omaha Nebraska. Fifteen members are women.
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New York
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church
Lst
J. P. Wallace
Des. Moines
Edwin II
Jenks
Omeha
Nab
Ruthenberg Case Near Jury in Michigan Trial
In St. Joseph Michigan on May 2 the Ruthenberg trial of Charles F. Ruthenberg charged under the Michigan syndicalist act nears jury deliberation after closing arguments by both sides.
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St. Joseph, Mich
Charles FP. Ruthenberg
Cleveland
President May Spend Fourth in Portland
Washington D C May 2 The tentative western trip schedule for President Harding shows him spending the Fourth of July in Portland Oregon and sailing for Alaska the day after. O Cleveland May 2 Final steps in the consolidation of five railroads controlled by O P and M J Van Sweringen were taken when stockholders approved acts toward the merger and elected Nickel Plate officers.
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Washington, D. C
Harding
Portland
Ore
Alaska
J. Cleveland
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Larkin Signals Support for Free State Government
Dublin May 2 Irish communist Jim Larkin who has just arrived from the United States and was pardoned in a prison term for criminal anarchy issued a statement that he will support the Free State government. He urged peace to end killings and called for unity cooperation and charity among Irish people.
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International
Dublin
Jim" Larkin
United States
Free State
Ingland
Larkin
Rishman
Island
Meon
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Reports 1922 Net Income Drop
The Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad reports 1922 net income of 20,361,487, down from 25,609,973 in 1921. Total operating revenue was 164,916,470 with freight at 121,383,901 and expenses at 126,777,703, reflecting rate cuts across grains and produce and cost-saving measures.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
Holden
Poison Gas Aids Tuberculosis and Throat Ailments
Washington experts cite moderate use of war era poison gases as showing possible cures for respiratory diseases including tuberculosis and influenza. Dr A H Lowenhart reports successful experiments at Edgewood hospital after returning from Wisconsin. Public debt drops $77 million in April to $22.645 billion per treasury notice.
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Washington, D. C
A. H. Lowenhart
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Edgewood Hospital
United States
Treasury Department
Vigilantes Detain Bootlegger at I. W. W. Picnic
An alleged bootlegger who attended the I. W. W. picnic at Renton Junction near Seattle was detained by a vigilance committee and handed to a deputy sheriff. The I. W. W. members, angered by a marine and lumber strike, had announced a campaign against bootlegging.
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Seattle
Wash
Renton Junction
Here
Oil firms cut midcontinent crude price by ten cents
New York May 2 The Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company and a Texas company jointly announced a ten cent per barrel cut on all midcontinent crude oil trades. This follows a similar ten cent reduction by Prairie Oil and Gas Company on their midcontinent crude dealings.
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New_ York
Sinclair Crude Oil Purchasing Company
Texas Company Today
Prairie Oi & Gas Co
Government plans bank brake to slow up prosperity
Washington May 2 Government officials plan to slow prosperity to avoid a post boom slump during the 1924 campaign. A higher federal reserve rediscount rate is seen as a tool to curb inflation and steady credit as banks request more capital due to renewed business activity.
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United Preva
Washington, D. C
Federal Reserve
D. R. Crissinger
Irving Fisher
Yale
Fisher
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Board
Low Clothes Prices to Customer Aim of Retail Association
Chicago May 2 The National Association of Retail Clothiers will hold its tenth anniversary convention and exposition in late September. Executive director Charles E B Wry says the event will stress lowering overhead to offer clothing at lower prices. He notes high prices hurt dealers and profits, and urges economy in rents handling and related costs to ensure fair pricing and customer satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
National Association of Retail Clothiers
Charles EB. Wry
Stiill
Wry
Judge Evans Named by Republicans for Successor to Towner
Judge Hiram K. Evans, Republican from Corydon, is set to face J. B. Caughton, Democrat from Grand River, in a special election for Congress in Iowa’s Eighth District to replace Horace M. Towner. Evans won the GOP nomination on the tenth ballot after a 13-candidate contest. he has chaired the district court for 20 years and is a classmate of former Illinois Governor Frank O. Lowden at the University of Iowa, who spoke at a city park dedication in the same city.
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Preston
Hiram K. Evans
Corydon
J. B. Caughton
Grand River
Eighth Town
Horace M. Towner
Evans
Frank QC
Lowden
Illinois
University of Iowa
Drag Chicago River for Three Drowned Victims Found
Chicago May 2 bodies of a 22 year old unidentified girl and a 35 year old man were recovered from the Chicago River during searches for three people reported to have been in an automobile that plunged into the water. The girl wore Russian boots and a gold wrist watch bearing the initials S. My. The man weighed about 160 pounds and was slightly bald.
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Chicago
Hindenburg Praises American Soldiers After War
General von Hindenburg declares Americans brave and disciplined during occupation praising their conduct at Coblenz and the Eifel. He warns against sowing hatred in the Ruhr and Rhineland, saying reconciliation should prevail to avoid a generation of strife.
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Russia
Hindenberg
Cobleng
Eifel
Ruhr
Rhineland
Hearings Open on Coal Freight Rates in Minneapolis
Hearing before Interstate Commerce Commission examiner C I Kephart starts in Minneapolis to probe five discrimination complaints on coal freight rates into the northwest. Consolidated for two to three weeks, the Northwest Coal Dock Operators Association vs railroads in Illinois Wisconsin Iowa leads the major case. Other complaint filed by Sioux City Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
C. I. Kephart
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northwest Coal Dock Operators Association
Twin Cities
Twin Cities ‘Territory. Another Complaint Was Filed By the Traffic Bureau
Sioux City, In
Chamber of Commerce
Tlinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Great Lakes
Illinois
Indiana
Arkansas
Montana
Wyoming
Minnesota
South Dakota
Reporter Sparks Appeal in Express Bandit Case
In Detroit a newspaper reporter touched off an appeal in a federal case against James Cusmano of Detroit serving two years for stealing an interstate express shipment. The reporter allegedly struck a match to a corrugated box offered as evidence, and Cusmano’s attorney argued the box would not burn. The motion will be argued May 18 in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Detroit
Mich
James Cusmano
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
United States Court of Appeals
Cusmano
Britain Plans Protest Over Chester Concession Decree
London May 24 The British high commissioner in Constantinople is ordered to lodge an emphatic protest against Turkish grants of rights within the kingdom of Irak Mesopotamia and to refuse recognition of the concession. The statement was delivered in the house of commons by Lieut. Co. Albert Buckley representing the foreign office.
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London
Constantinopis
Kingdom of Irak
Mesopotamia
Great Britain
House of Commons
Chester
Co. Albert Buckley
Foreign Office
Deportation Ordered for Alexander Howat by Canadian Authorities
Ottawa May 2 The Canadian department of immigration ordered the deportation of Alexander Howat former head of the Kansas district United Mine Workers of America on grounds he might become a public charge He was detained at McAdam Junction last week while seeking entry to address miners at Glace Bay and will have a chance to appeal to the minister of immigration if he wishes.
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Ottawa
Alexander Howat
Kansas District
United Mine Workers of America
Department of Immigration
Howat
McAdam Junction
Glace Bay
One Dead One Hurt As Garage Burns
Chicago May 2 Edward Weber 29 and Herman Moss 30 were burned in a garage fire. Both truck drivers slept there overnight due to exhaustion. Cause undetermined but suspected cigarette butts as the likely origin.
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Chicago
Edward Weber
Herman Moss
Des Moines Forecast Shows Showers To Break Warm Wave
Des Moines expected to see showers and thunderstorms today as the warm spell that set records for the season ends, the local weather bureau announced.
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Des Moines
Mayday Rioters Jailed in Tokio Arrests
More than 100 men and women were jailed in Tokyo on May Day after riot clashes. Magara Sakai, daughter of veteran Socialist leader, was among those detained.
Governor Kendall vetoes Schmedika tax delinquency bill
Gov Kendall vetoed the Schmedika bill that would shift tax delinquency dates from April to May and October to November. He cited delays in tax sale processing and late distribution of funds to municipalities as reasons. He said he supports the idea in principle and would cooperate on revision when the assembly reconvenes in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Deg Moines
Kendall
Fontieth General Assembly
Victims of Speeders in Court See 28 Sentenced
Detroit court session brings 28 traffic violators to jail or fines while 13 injured children observe from benches. Judge C. L. Bartlett presides as Miss Juliette Henkel, beauty contest winner, receives two days in jail and a $56 fine for driving 28 miles per hour.
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Detroit
Mich
C. L. Bartlett
Recorder's Court
Bartlett
Juliette Henkel
Ravent
Rate cuts would halt railway development says Sumner club
Summer Ja May 2. Fur ther rate reductions impossible if railroads cannot expand to meet growing demand says W. Rowland St. Paul Minn superintendent of the northern division of Chicago Great Western. He urges public support for efficient expanding railroads and notes government regulation has reduced railroads net income. Also present were L. C. Espersen R. A. Bishop G. A. Boyce and guests from Fredericksburg and Bryant Paving Co.
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W. Rowland
St. Paul
Minn
Northern Division of
Chicago Great Western Railway
Sumner Community Club
Mr. Rowland
L. C. Espersen
Great Western
R. A. Bishop
G. A. Boyce
Fredericksburg
Daugherty vows swift liquor enforcement within three mile limit
Washington D. C. Attorney General Daugherty announced plans to vigorously enforce the law in 30 days as interpreted by the Supreme Court. The target is ships carrying liquor within the three mile limit, affecting both American and foreign vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Daugherty
Supreme Court
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West Ends
N. J
Hagen
Cedar
Kansas City
Colony
Congress
Presbyterian Board
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Towner
von Hindenberg
Britain
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