Floods Sweep Northern Black Hills and Surrounding Towns
Heavy sleet rain and snow in the northern Black Hills caused floods in Spearfish and Belle Fourche after more than five inches of precipitation in 48 hours. Bridges washed out, mills damaged, and hundreds fled to higher ground as livestock perished and towns faced isolation. Wintry storms also struck Minnesota and Canada, with property losses mounting and water encroaching toward Winnipeg.
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Black Hills
Spaarfish
Bellefourche
Hellefourche
Spearfish
Cs . Northwestern
Flo
Pondwood
Bleck Hills
S A. m
Death of Poppo Reils Shocks Waterloo Community
Poppo Reils, 71, found dead after years in Waterloo. He had lived in the city for 31 years and was seen alive last day he spoke of moving to a new location. Coroner took possessions including 331 in cash and checks. body moved to Petersen Bros mortuary. Relatives notified. nephew Paul G. Reiss in San Francisco was informed.
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City
Fage
Poppo Sells
Tremont
Waterloo
Reiss
Waterloo Bank & Trust Co
Peters Sen Bros
Darwin
Wash
Fred Heerts
Parkeraburg
C. C. DeBoer
Locuet Street
Paul G. ‘Reiss
San Francisco
Cal
Historic tombstone unearthed in Chauncey Ohio
In Chauncey Ohio May 12 a rare find from the Sundar valley area reveals a sandstone grave marker in the old cemetery. The inscription honors Nehe efah Davis elder of the Baptists church who died in 1825 at age 68 after beginning ministry at age 27.
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Chauncey, O
Indicted Iowa youth faces murder charge in Nelson case
Irvin Banker, who confessed killing Rebecca Nelson near Manly last week, was indicted for first degree murder by a Northwood grand jury. Judge Kelley set sentencing for an early date after counsel discussions. Bonker visited by parents and minister, with plans to change plea to guilty possibly.
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Associated Presb
Northwood
Irvin Banker
Rebeccsa Nelson
Manly
C. Kelley
Nelson
Bonker
Prohibitionists Plan Denouncement of 18 State Candidates
Iowa prohibitionists prepare to publicly denounce 18 candidates for state legislature and senate for alleged unfitness to hold office over opposition to the eighteenth amendment. Names to be released after records are reviewed. action stems from a questionnaire by Superintendent Holsaple and Mrs. Smith of the WCTU.
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Associates Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Senate
R. N. Holsaple
Jowa
Supt
Holsaple
Mra. Smith
WLC T. U
Tegislature
Congress
United States Senate
Supreme Court to Adjourn Late Today
Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court expects to adjourn late today at the end of the May term. Key cases include four murder trials and Br neat Rathbun habeas corpus petition, with decisions anticipated now or in days ahead. The failure to rule on State v Ira Pavey yesterday delays a Sioux City execution. court reconvenes first week in June.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Brneat Rathbun
Rathbun
Ira Pavey
Sioux City
Naceton
Many Cities Bid For 1923 Presbyterian Assembly
Delegates from Cincinnati Indianapolis Atlantic City and Pasadena already bid for the 1923 General Assembly site as Des Moines hosts the May 18 opening. Officials expect more invitations before the assembly selects next year s meeting place for its 134th session.
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Presbyterian General Assembly
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Indianapolis
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Pasadena
General Assembly
Former Lawn City Man Killed by Lightning
Cedar Falls reports Jeppe J. Kibl about 45 resided west of Gadar Falls and moved four years ago to West Concord. He was killed by lightning while working on his farm yesterday afternoon.
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Cedar Falls
Jeppe J. Kibl
Gadar Falls
West Concord
Minu
John P O Malley Dies at 60 in Perry Home
John P. O Malley, vice president of Perry Nations Bank and former head of State Life Insurance and American Trust & Savings Bank, died at his Des Moines home at midnight after a two year illness. A Democrat of note, he was active in state politics.
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John Pei O Malley
Perry Nations Bank
State Life Tosurance Company
American Trust & Savings Bank
Des Molines
O'Malley
Dr. Charles W. Flint Undergoes Major Surgery
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 12 Dr Charles W Flint former president of Cornell College Mount Vernon was operated on late yesterday for removal of an abdominal obstruction and is reported resting fairly comfortably this morning though his condition is critical Dr Flint resigned from Cornell last January to go to Syracuse University New York as chancellor
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Charles W. Flint
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Flint
Corneil
Syracuse University
New York
Davenport to Double Public Library Size
The Davenport official library board has decided to erect an addition costing 180000 dollars to the present Carnegie era building. The expansion will double the library's capacity and enlarge the structure.
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Davenport
The
Davenport Public Library
Andrew Carnegie
Ohrt Will Objected to by His Daughter
Objection to the probate of Henry Ohrt’s will was filed for Anna Ohrt Mason by Edwards Longley Ransler Harris. She alleges her father lacked sound mind in 1907 when the instrument was drawn under influence. Ohrt died in Waterloo.
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Henry Ohrt
Edwards, Longley, Ransler & Harris
Anna Ohrt Mason
Okrt
Waterloo
Siberian Flier Plans Airride for Clinton Friends
Clarence O. Prest, lone flyer on the Buffalo to Siberia route, landed near Clinton Ia this morning after overflying Clinton yesterday. He stays until Monday to treat old Clinton friends to rides in his biplane fitted with a motion picture outfit before resuming westward toward Salt Lake City and then northwest.
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Olin
Clarence O. Prest
Buffalo
N. Y
Siberia
Salt Lake City
Prest
Clnton
Freight Train Wreck Sparks Massive Blaze Near Columbus Junction
Muuscatina Louisiana May 12. Heavy freight cars carrying gasoline meat crude oil and sulphur derailed about two miles west of Columbus Junction late Thursday night and burst into flames after a gasoline tank ignited. No injuries reported. Conductor D B Conrad of Rock Island freight No 92 offered no cause. Loss estimated at 250000.
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Muuscatina
Columbus Junction
I D. BE
Conrad
Rock Island Freight No. 92
Muscatine Street Car War Ends In Truce
Muscatine Iowa May 12 The autities corporation and city council buried the hatchet after a long traction war over paving between tracks. Business leaders urged conciliation and the city adopts a conciliatory policy. Utilities will fund improvements on a modified scale.
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Muscatine
Autities Corporation
Scala
Election of Officers Ends Auxiliary Meet
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 12 The election of officers this afternoon closes the second annual convention of the Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion and Auxiliary of Iowa Visiting delegates were hosted at a banquet last night by the local auxiliary Mrs W E Hartman Decatur Illinois Mrs Winnis istatea president and Mrs Lowell F Hobart national auxiliary president were principal speakers Committee reports were top business before the convention this morning
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Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion
N Yowa
W. E. Hartman
Decatur
Twinnisistatea
Lowell F. Hobart
National Auxiliary
Iowa News Briefs Consolidate and Local Incidents
United Press reports Weekly Times and Weekly Grobsters will merge into one paper next week. Essex clerics oppose evolution backing Antisaloon League program. Pavolve cek seeks name change to Louis A Page in Polk County. Four high school boys suspended over Mary Steckel incident. Robert Mark, 32, injured in Minneapolis hospital after attack by urban assailants. Clark Brown elevator destroyed by fire causing 75000 dollars in damage. Farmers Elevator fire at Randolph destroyed facility with 24000 dollars damage.
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Aosa
Times
Essex
Antisaloon League
Des Moines
Louis A. Pavolvecek
Polk County
Louis A. Page
Atholic
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Robert Mark
Minneapolis
Twin City
Riprey
Clark Brown Company
Randolph
Estate provisions for widow and heirs named in will
Marek formerly resided in Rein deck leaving a large estate of personal property and lands. The will grants the widow life use of the homestead and a share of other property. After her death six of eight children receive one eighth of the realty while two children Anna and John H hold their shares in trust for their descendants. John Wilson and Herman Ohrl are named executors.
Chinese civil war threat rises as Manchurians bid for Beijing
London dispatch reports renewed civil war risk in China with Manchurian forces marching from Mukden toward Beijing under Gan Wu Pei Pu and Chang Tso Lin. Southern government led by Sun Yat Sen seeks reconstruction by national assembly, foreign loans, railway expansion, and military reform.
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China
Peking
Gan
Wu Pei-Pu
Chang Tso-Lin
Mukden
Hhis
Gen. Wu
France Bids Goodbye to Genoa Conference
The report notes British warning that any break on the document could risk war in border states and Europe’s peace. Russia’s reply is called impractical and propagandistic while a commission is seen as a practical path to study the Russian problem. French delegates favor a truce pending commissioners’ reports as Lloyd George aims to extend talks to May 31 for a permanent indemnity settlement.
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Russia
Lloyd George
Truce in Car Suit Ends as Bill of Sale Is Signed
A long running car ownership dispute ends after a bill of sale is signed by Hermann Ostrin giving the vehicle to Joe Alloway. Earlier writs and a hand to hand confrontation left several involved in jail and bloodshed weeks prior. The sheriff had yet to locate the car when the truce was reached.
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Joe Alloway
George Ostrin
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Herman Ostrin
Allowar
Boies and Kerr Discuss Supreme Bench Options
William G. Kerr, Grundy Center, comments on a Courier article proposing the current three judges as the district’s judges while noting support from a Grundy County attorney for Judge Boles serving on the Iowa Supreme Court and criticizing political motives in retirement.
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Grundy Center
United States
Evening Courier
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Wood
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Administration Opposed to Gov t Ownership of Roads
New York May 12 formal announcement that Washington opposes government ownership was made by Attorney General Daugherty in a federal court. He spoke for the government in an appeal by the New York New Haven Hartford railroad to modify a 1914 dissolution decree. He said the department of justice does not favor government ownership of railroads.
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Washington
Daugherty
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Game Court
Department of Justice
Fighting in Belfast Overshadows Peace Efforts
On May 12 Dublin reports peace efforts in the Irish area overshadowed by violence in Belfast. More than six people wounded. a suitcase bomb exploded in a Belfast streetcar wounding four. A 10 year old girl and a boy were wounded by gunfire. troops active on the Ulster frontier near Donegal. Republican soldiers massed around Clady with trenches and barricades.
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Belfast
Donegal
Ulster
Clady
Miners Arrested After Peterman Mine Dynamite Blast
Sixty one miners were jailed at noon in Pittsburgh after the Peterman coal mine at North Bessemer was dynamited by a group of about 1190 miners. Deputies dispersed the marchers. no charges yet filed, pending sheriff questioning.
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Pittsburgh
Peterman
North Bessemer
Los Angeles Woman Killed by Robbers Had Iowa Roots
Ottumwa Iowa May 12 The Los Angeles murder victim Mrs C M Wheelock formerly lived in Wapello county during girlhood and after marriage Her sister Mrs Cynthia Heywood resides in Albia Her husband once ran the Wheelock mill on the Skunk River a regional landmark
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Iowa
Ottumwa
C. M. Wheelock
Wapello County
Nenkern
Cynthia Heywood
Albiaz
Wheelock
Skunk River
King Criticizes U S Conduct in Islands Senate Row
Senator King a Democrat notes during a senate session that he will offer an amendment to the navy appropriation bill prohibiting any funds from being used to keep American marines in Haiti and Santo Domingo. The remark criticizes U S conduct in the two Caribbean republics.
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Haiti
Santo Domingo
King
Titan
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Son shoots father to protect his mother
In San Antonio Texas on May 12 Hugh Stowe 21 shot at his father George W. Stowe 43 a dairyman with a shotgun in a confrontation aimed at protecting his mother The assailant claimed fear of being killed as he was arrested saying yesterday his father attempted to kill Mrs Stowe during a quarrel The incident resulted in two shotgun blasts one nearly destroying the head of the elder Stowe
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Hugh Stowe
George W. Stowe
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Smilin' Thru at the Strand A Rare Film Art
Norma Talmadge stars in a dual role as bride and sweetheart in Smilin' Thru at the Strand. Harrison Ford and Windham Standing lead the male cast with earnest ability. The film’s old time wedding scenes, costuming, and settings draw strong sentiment, with many in the audience moved to tears. Arthur Weld calls it the prize offering of his Strand program.
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Norma Talmadge
Norman Talmadge
Harrison Ford
Windham
Arthur Weld
Annd
Lin Waterloo
Welcome to Waterloo flat car tags aid motorists
City officials and the Waterloo Motor Club plan Welcome to Waterloo tags to encourage out of town motorists to visit. Cars with tags may park in downtown spaces on Saturdays and evenings, except near theaters and fire hydrants, with police and merchants assisting.
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Gregg
P. A. Walker
Waterloo Motor Club
Waterloo
Motor Club
Fourth Street
Minneapolis
Gnagy
Aged Man Surrenders in 1908 Murder Charge
Dode Carrington 34, described as gray haired and aged beyond his years, walked into Danville Illinois criminal court and surrendered on the murder of his sister-in-law Mrs. George Carrington dated August 5 1908. He says he killed in self defense after she attempted to shoot him. State's Attorney Lewman notes surviving witnesses and that Carrington will face trial.
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Ill
Dode
Carrington
George Carrington
Lewman
President Harding heads to New Jersey coast for weekend retreat
President Harding and Mrs. Harding left Washington by motor at 3 p m with a party for Sea View Country Club near Atlantic City. They will be guests of Senator Exige and avoided public remarks on the disputed soldier bonus bill.
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Senate Finance Committee
Harding
New Jersey
Sea View Country Club
Atlantic City
Exige
Miners Discussed Harming Governor at 1920s Uprising
Charlestown West Virginia May 12. Armed miners who marched on Mingo and Logan counties last summer reportedly discussed hanging the governor and ending martial law, a treason trial heard today as Dr W F Warles Catl testified that miners' reader Blizzard spoke of such plans.
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West Virginia
Mingo
Logan
W. F. Warles
William Blizzard
Mingo County
Harles
Tragic Double Killing Over Divorce Suit in Rochester
In Rochester Michigan on May 12 Stanley Copeland aged 40 shot and killed his wife and then killed himself during a dispute over a divorce action filed by Mrs Copeland. The shooting was witnessed by Mrs Charles Bissett, a niece of Mrs Copeland.
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Staney Copeland
Nimeel
Copeland
Charles Bissett
Jopeland
Leforgee Opens Defense Time as Gov Small Trial Near End
Waukegan May 12 Charles C Leforgee of Decatur who helps in Gov Len Small defense closed the third week of the governor s trial today with the opening statement. The case proceeds to next phase as defense contends.
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Charles c. Leforgee
Decatur
Len Small
Bank wreck blamed on poker and women investments
Mobherly Missouri May 12 Shortage and irregularities at Farmers si Merchants State bank may reach 440000 deputy state finance commissioner West in charge of the closed bank says Redid O Bryan county prosecutor claims a letter from missing president Bundridge takes blame for the collapse and blames bad investments Poker and women comprised most of the bad investments O Bryant says
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Farmers Si Merchants State Bank
W. BH. West
Redid O'Bryan
A. W. Bundridge
East High Roughneck Parade Sparks City Rampage
East High students staged an annual Roughneck Day parade through the business district. Costumed participants pushed wheelbarrows and improvised props as streetcars and cars navigated a chaotic, unstructured procession before a school picnic closed the day.
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Jperade
Harold Lloyd
Charlie Chaplin
West High Girls Gym Exhibition Training Evening
West High girls under Miss Gladys Wellman will present a gym exhibition tonight and Monday at K P hall. The program runs from 8 p m with floor and night apparatus including marching wand dumbbell and Indian club drill. Folk dances from English Irish and Swedish traditions are listed along with several group games and rhythmic floor routines.
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Gladys Wellman
K. of P. Hall
Fire damages Sunflower Oil warehouse in Topeka
Two large gasoline tanks sat within 30 feet of a blaze that wrecked the Sunflower Oil and Supply Co warehouse in Topeka Kansas causing 40300 damage. Locomotive gangs were blamed for starting the fire.
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Kan
Sunflower Oil & Supply Co
Defense statement outlines postponement of witness exams
The defense notes a delay as examination of witnesses is pushed to next Monday. Harry Luebrs, chief assistant in the state treasurer's office, is expected to be the first witness when the trial enters its fourth week.
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Triad
Harry Luebrs
State Treasurer's Office
Bmatl
Sterling Terme Jnth Treasury
Clothing Prices Slide As Industry Faces Further Declines
Chicago May 12 Retail clothing prices have fallen 42 percent since July 1920 and are expected to drop further, says the nations industrial conference board after surveying the clothing industry. Between November 1921 and March 1922 the average cost of clothing decreased 5 percent, the report states.
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Chicago
Nations Industrial Conference Board
Sea Fliers Rescued by English Steamer Paris City
Lisbon May 12 The Portuguesa flyers Captain Saccadura and Cov Anho were rescued by the English steamer Paris City after plunging into the sea between Fernando Noronha and St Pauls Rock during an Atlantic flight. A Portuguese warship is approaching Paris City to transfer the men aboard.
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Cov Anho
Fernando Noronha
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Unitarians to Meet in Chicago May Fourteen to Sixteen
The seventieth annual meeting of the Western Unitarian conference will be held in Chicago May 14 16 with prominent churchmen from across the Midwest. Simultaneously Unitarians of the Midwest will hold sessions and the two conventions will unite with Liberals in a Federation convention.
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Western Unitarian Conference
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