Indicted coal operators and unions seek to quash
In Indianapolis on May 3 a federal court heard a motion to quash indictments charging 22 operators miners and retailers with Sherman act violations and conspiracy. The case names John L. Lewis D B Wentz and other leaders as part of a long running partnership among operators miners and retailers to control coal prices. Trial delayed pending judge’s recovery and possible removal to Washington for further action.
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Talted Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
United Mine Workers
Federal District Court
Climei
Ohio
Washington, D. C
P. Geiger
Milwaukee
Wis
B. Anderson
Frederick Ven Nuys
L. Slack
Lst
Associated Press
Jobn L. Lewis
Nited Mine Workers of America
D. B. Wentz
National Coal Association
Missouri
Illinois
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Tiey
Interstate Commerce Commission
West Virginia
Tennessee
New England
Northwest
Retailers’ Association
Tom le
Silent factor in deciding what to do to Germany
Paris on May 3 French troops moved toward the Rhine as mobilization orders were issued to troops including 130,900 inducted into service. Cavalry and mining engineers prepared for operations in the Ruhr while naval measures awaited British action. Secretary Hughes rejected German counterproposals, urging clear, adequate offers and signaling Allied resolve. London reported Briand pleased with the note as Berlin faced potential resignations.
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Jirese
Paris
Rhine
Ruhr
Mayence
Simug
Dussseldorf
Ares
de Goudle
Dusseldorf
France
Great Britain
Germany
du Vueroux
Rutr
United Press
Washington, D. C
State Hughes
United States
Marshal Foch
Zich Ruhr
Allied Supreme Council
Berlin
Hughes
Simons
Briand
London
Addie Ades S AI Adventures The Classified Cure
The Minute a Day serial guides Addie and Tim on selling used cars via daily Courier classified ads. They advise listing make, mileage, condition, extras, tires, and price to attract buyers, stressing clear, thorough details in each notice.
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Aadie
Courier
Ifeli
Dow
Yast
Ares
Taliong
Tim
Oil Marketer Plans Iowa Ohio Market Expansion
A 5,000,000 firm will market oil from Waterloo Iowa and extend into Illinois Indiana and Kentucky with 148 stations in Iowa. The Hawks Oil company lists distributing stations in Waterloo Mazon City Ackley Algona Aison Belie Plaine Britt Calmar Jedar Talis Charles City Clarksale Clear Lake Cresco Decorah Eagle Grove Elma Emmetsbore Madbrook Greene Grundy Center lookinton Independence Lake Mills La Porte City NeIntire Nashua New Hampton Northwood Delwela Osage Parkersburg Postville Reinbeck Riceville Rockford Sheffield Strawberry Point Toledo Waverly Webster City Wellsburg West Union Winthrop Wyoming and Minnesota towns Adams Fairmont Hatfield Rochester. Sales have risen 25 to 30 percent yearly for a decade, surpassing 3,900,000 annually. The company reportedly owns tank cars and ties to refineries at Garber Okmulgee Tulsa. The new firm operates under Delaware law.
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Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Iowa Consumers Company
Consumers Service Stations, Inc
Tows
Hawkere of! Company
Waterloo
Mazon City
Ackley
Algona
Aison
Belie Plaine
Britt
Calmar
Jedar Talis
Charles City
Clarksale
Clear Lake
Cresco
Decorah
Eagle Grove
Elma
Emmetsbore
Madbrook
Greene
Grundy Center
Lookinton
Independence
Lake Mills
la Porte City
NeIntire
Nashua
New Hampton
Northwood
Delwela
Osage
Parkersburg
Postville
Reinbeck
Riceville
Rockford
Sheffield
Strawberry Point
Toledo
Waverly
Webster City
Wellsburg
West Union
Winthrop
Wyoming
Ail
Town
Adams
Fairmont
Hatfield
Rochester
Minnesota
Coward
Garber
Okmulgeeami
Tulsa
Okla
Delaware
Waterloo banks merge for greater service
Three Waterloo banks combine to form a stronger institution with larger resources. The First National Bank and the Commercial National Bank are the other merging partners. Waterloo Bank & Trust Co remains a member of the federal reserve system while under stricter state supervision. Gatland Flour Trade to Make Good.
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Waterloo
First National Bank
Commercial National Bank
Waterloo Bank
Trust Co
Federal Reserve System
Cleveland Printing Strike Ties Up Industry Across City
Eight hundred press workers and binders walked out demanding a 44 hour week, halting much of the local printing trades as printers seek relief from wage cuts. Across Chicago and Des Moines similar actions unfold with unions pressing 44 hour week demands while some shops stay on old terms.
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Associated
Cleveland
Almiaet
Opinns
Jibe Building Trades Council
Charles B. Smith
Building Trades
Building ‘Trades Employers’ Association
Chicago
J. M. Vollmer
Vollmer
Two-Wived Akron Man Sentenced to Year in Workhouse
Akron judge sentences Guisseppi Sarnioja to one year in Canton workhouse after finding him living with two wives and three children in a small shack. He was accused of maintaining two households while his first wife was abroad, and a second son was born at dawn. The court called the conduct likely to delinquent his children and urged it as an example against bigamy.
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Associated Press
Akron
Guisseppi Sarnioja
Canton
H. C. Spicer
Sarniola
Spicer
Spicher
Europe
Young man fined for tampering gas meter
Arthur Cole son of Asa Cole a former special police officer was fined 50 dollars and costs by Judge O B Courtright on a charge from Austin Burt of Citizens Gas and Electric Co. Cole was arrested in Fort Dodge after a warrant was issued days earlier. All but 10 dollars of the fine was suspended for good behavior.
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Arthur Cole
Asa Cole
Young Cole
O. B. Courtright
Municipal Court
Austin Burt
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Fort Dodge
Scheme to curb Babe Ruth’s long swats in Red Sox win
Boston May 2 Infielders of the Boston Red Sox devised a defensive scheme to push infielders back behind the diamond to curb Babe Ruth’s power. In the test yesterday Ruth hit toward right field, was stopped once, struck out, then a low curve sent to right field produced a homer for Ruth in his sixth of the season.
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Associated Press
Boston
Boston Red Box
Babe Huth
Melnuis
Ruth
Pratt
Rightfeld
Melnais
Automobile Plants and Woolen Mills Lead Reemployment
Washington May 3. Employment in the automobile industry rose about 32.2 percent in March from February as per Labor Department figures. Woolen mills followed with a 17 percent gain, hosiery and underwear up 12.8 percent, while car building declined 6.3 percent and coal mining 3.4 percent. Across 14 industries eight posted gains and six posted declines. Money paid to workers rose 44.7 percent in automobile plants and also increased in woolens.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Department of Labor
U S Steel Cuts Day Labor Wages Worldwide
Judge Elbert H Gary of United States Steel announced a 20 percent cut in day labor wages at the company plants in New York on May 3. He said other rates would be equitably adjusted and that efforts to end the 12 hour day were under way, though an eight hour day may not be practicable due to employee objections.
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Catred Press
New York
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Undesirable Foreign Foxes Barred by U S
Washington May 3. Foxes have entered the United States for breeding and agriculture officials have imposed immigration bars. Regulations classify foxes as livestock for quarantine and require inspection and a permit for entry, except when sent to zoological gardens.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Agricultural Department
Zoological Gardens
Former Thirty Fourth Division Men Meet Des Moines Meeting
Former Thirty fourth division veterans gathered in Des Moines on May 3 for a conference to organize an interstate association. Officers and men from twelve states attended. about 6000 Iowa veterans, largely from Des Moines, were present as plans were detailed for ongoing activities and a stronger regional network.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Thirty-fourth Division
Iowa
Think Editor Slated for Diplomatic Post
Washington May 3 report that Richard Washburn Child former editor of Collier's Weekly is under consideration for a diplomatic post. The specific position and post have not yet been chosen or announced.
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Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Richard Washburn Child
Collier’s Weekly
Telegraph Briefs From The Associated Press
M Mayenuce Germany two divisions of French troops depart for the Ruhr valley to arrive at Dusseldorf Tuesday Paris mobilizes class of 1913 by supreme council decision Dublin new governor general Lord Edmund Talbot arrives to take over Ireland Washington secretary Hughes tells Germany allied proposals unacceptable to the allies Dnankie Virginia six killed and score injured when a passenger train backs into coal cars auto wreck
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Germany
Hughes
Washington
Associated Press
Mayence
Ruhr
J’rench
Stam
Dusseldorf
Berlin
Dr. Simons
Loring Dreset
United States
Entente
Fehrenbach
Simons
M Mayenuce
Duceseldorf
Paris
Supreme Council
Dublin
Edmund Talbot
Ireland
Washington, D. C
Dtaannke
Ambassador Harvey Departs for London
New York on May 3, George Harvey newly appointed ambassador to Great Britain sailed today aboard the steamship Aquitania for Southampton. He was accompanied by Mrs. Harvey and his secretary.
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Associated Press
New York
George Harvey
Great Britain
Southampton
Gompers Prepares Labor Law Report for AFL Meeting
Samuel Gompers has compiled a complete report of legislation affecting organized labor to be submitted to the AFL executive council in Cincinnati on May 5. The meeting is the last before the annual Denver convention. Special focus will be on the convict labor bill, the Poindexter bill, and interstate commerce implications for labor policy.
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Associated Pres
Washington, D. C
Samuel Gompers
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Federation
Denver
Colo
Gompers
Army Man's Wife Found Dead After Quarrel
Police say Mrs A J Cloutier wife of a Fort Sheridan sergeant died by self inflicted gunshot near Lake Shore Drive Chicago detective notes a note directing to inform the sergeant. A roommate testified of a quarrel over the sergeant's attention to other women.
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ABS
Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
A. J. Cloutier
One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Infantry
Fort Sherigan
Million Lost Daily by Strikes and Lockouts
Washington reports that strikes and lockouts cost workers nearly 1,000,000 dollars daily as 100,000 or more workers refuse to work awaiting May wage negotiations. Employers’ losses are about four times higher. Secretary of Labor Davis and 20 mediators push to avert industry damage amid ongoing wage talks.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Labor Department
Walten
Davis
Stillman Resigns as National City Bank President
James A. Stillman resigned today from the presidency of National City Bank at a weekly directors meeting. Charles E. Mitchell, president of National City Company, elected to succeed him, while Stillman remains a bank director amid ongoing divorce proceedings.
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Associated Press
New York
James A. Stillman
National City Bank
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Company
Stillman
Stillmen
New Fire Engine Shines Under Test
Waterloo hosts officials and out of town testers for the La Francs Fire Dyesine engine test. Don Green and George Meade led the evaluation showing over required power and 1000 gallons per minute flow for 40 minutes while pressure tests used multiple lines and nozzle sizes. Chief Fisher, Chief Pigmar, and Marshalltown city leaders attended alongside Waterloo council members and other officials.
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Waterloo
Don Green
Minneanetis
la Francs Fire Dysine Company
George Meade
W. Fisher
Dubuquetre
Pigmar
Miatshailtown
Marshalltown
Ford Wants Election Probers to Continue
Henry Ford will not block Truman Newberry's rise but urges the Senate to keep probing the election. Alfred Lucking, Ford's Detroit attorney, said the stance was made public in Washington. Cadvertisement.
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Ford
United Press
Washington
D. C
Henry Ford
Truman H. Newberry
Senate
Alfred Lucking
Detroit
Stillion Confesses Partner in Plotto Blackmail Plot
Fort Dodge Iowa May 3 Roberts Stillion 18 years old today confessed to complicity with his brother Albert in a Jan 28 gun battle with the sheriff while attempting to blackmail Meek Hurlbut and J R Russell Fort Dodge merchants Albert was wounded and captured dying while denying his partner fled Roberts said he wrote letters to the merchants demanding 1509 hush money hidden in a cigar box near the Des Moines River Officers used a decoy box and silenced the Stillions with gunfire none of the officers injured Albert later sentenced to five years for assault with intent to commit murder. detectives suspect the younger Stillion of perjury to save a relative.
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Fort Dodge
Roberts Stillion
Thie
Albert Stillion
Meek Hurlbut
J. R. Russell
Albert Stiltson
Marrel
Fort
Robert Stillson Sava
Hurlbut
Russell
Des Moinesj! i
Stillions
Stillion
Dr W B Graham Dies at Capital in Des Moines
Dr W B Graham aged 61 dies at Iowa Methodist hospital Des Moines after two weeks illness. He had quit practice years ago to manage real estate holdings and homed in horse breeding. Survived by wife two daughters Margery and Mary Nancy and son Richard all at home. Family home listed as 1309 Lafayette Street. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of body.
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W. B. Graham
Tesf_ per
Waterloo
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Graham
Wifow
Margery
Mary Nancy
Richard Graham
Chicago
Lafavyetta Street
Burly intruder hits 14 year old in Nelson home
Brayton Maine May 3 A strong man hid in the Nelson farmhouse for hours and struck Margaret Nelson age 14 in a second story room rendering her unconscious. He robbed three items and $1.50 then fled when a neighbor shouted. Parents found her two hours later still unconscious. She later recovered.
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Brayton
Chris Nelson
Margaret Nelson
Nelson
Audubon
Manure Spreader Tooth Pierces Youth’s Cheek
Byron Davis of Hansell Iowa suffered a severe facial injury when a manure spreader tooth pierced his left jaw while repairing the equipment. The incident occurred as the reel began and caught his coat pulling his face into the gear. He was treated in Hampton and later at the Lutheran hospital, with a minor infection and hopeful prognosis.
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Hansell
Byron Davis
Hampton
Lutheran Hospital
Eight Dead Result of Steamer Burning
Eight crew members of the Japanese steamer Tokuro Maru died after being landed on the U S army transport Buford, per a wireless from Captain K Suzuki of the Tokuyo to the Toyo Kisen Kaisha. The Tokuyo Maru, carrying timber coal canner cotton and nitrates, was reported afloat at Marshfield Oregon where the tug Snohomish stood by.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
K. Suzuki
Tokuyo
Toyo Kisen Kaisha
Marshfield
Ore
New High School Principal Engaged
Curtis H Threlkeld, principal of Excelsior Springs Mo junior and senior high schools, is chosen as principal of the Marshalltown Iowa city high school to replace W B Shirley. He signed a one year contract at 2700 dollars salary and will likely move to the city in August after a June visit.
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Marshalltown
Curtis H. Threlkeld
Excelsior Springs
W. BF. Shirley
Threlkeld
Shirley
Fortune Smiles as Gold Is Found on Farm Plow
May 2 Fortine reports a plow operator John Brazell of Lansing unearthed 1500 in gold from a jar on the old Patrick Callahan farm where Brazell worked. The cache, buried for years, sparked belief of long-hidden wealth on the Callahan property. A bicycle accident on Independence Avenue injured a boy. the striking car fled and driver details unavailable.
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Associated Press
Lansing
Fortine
John Brazell
Patrick Callahan
Brazell
Callahan
Fatal accident claims Irene Alorris in Muscatine
Irene Alorris four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lemuel Alorris died after being struck by an automobile in Muscatine Iowa near her home on West Street The driver from Amneville Missouri was cleared by witnesses The child’s funeral arrangements are set with the local undertaking firm also listed are marriage licenses for Thomas A Ruane and Marcella McQuire Bertha Trager and Therese Pagh plus other names from Cedar Falls and Oelwein.
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Chile
SY Agto
Muscatine
Irene
Lemuel Alorris
Westi
Jessie Smith
Liberty
Shiilam
Thatbere
Amneville
Mace
Fitemart & Gindt
Thomas A. Ruane
Prinees
Marcella McCuire
Cedar Falls
Therese iPagh B. Hicok
Oelwein
Bertha Trager
Steuart Nominated for Census Director Post
President Harding named William S. Steuart of Michigan, then assistant director of the census, as the nominee for director of the Census Bureau. The announcement comes from Washington with the nomination dated May 3.
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Associated Pr
Washington, D C
Wiliam S. Steuart
Michigan
Harding
Hoover calls for protective gates against cheap German goods
Secretary Hoover told the House Ways and Means Committee that American industries face intensified German competition. He warned Germany could subsidize its exports by paper money, noting U S optical glass makers have largely closed and German steel bids in neutral markets average $12 a ton below win.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hoover
House
Ways and Means Committee
Germany
Commerce
United States
Noted international labor leader to address Waterloo body
Paul Huvybrecht of Chicago, an official of the International Machinists union, is on the program for Waterloo Central Labor body's regular monthly meeting at Carpenter's hall tomorrow night. It will be an open meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Huvybrecht
Chicago
International Machinists
Waterloo Central
Carpenter's Ball
Glittering Gems Escape Fire in Minneapolis Home
Mrs Chase and her baby fled as an oil stove exploded at 8 20 p m at the Morgas residence in Minneapolis. Firemen confined the blaze to the starting room, causing about 25 dollars in damage. A hoard of 860 dollars worth of diamonds lay untouched on the bed, unharmed by smoke.
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Waterios
Chase
Minneapolis
W.C. Morgan
Commersial Street
Morgas
Chas
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International Typographical Union
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Babe” Ruth
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Labor Law Report
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