Upton Sinclair jailed after anti speech protest arrest
International News Wire reports in Los Angeles on May 16 that author and socialist Upton Sinclair was jailed by Chief of Police Oakes while attempting to address striking marine workers at Liberty Hill Los Angeles Harbor. Police plan to file criminal syndicalism and unlawful assembly charges. Sinclair disappeared with three companions after arrest.
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Cinternationsl News Wire
Los Angeles
Cal
Police
Oaks Action
Upton Sinclair
San Pedew
Wilmington
International News Wire
Iystery
Oakes
Liberty Hill
Los Angeles Harbor
Sinclair
Shres
Harbor
Pasadena
Prince Hopkins
Hugh Hardyman
Hunter Kimbrough
Kate Crane Gartz
Vasagena
George Gould Dies in France Rail Magnate and Financier
The obituary details George Gould a prominent rail magnate and financier who died in France. It notes his seven children from his first marriage and reports on family marriages, separations, and alleged estate queries in New York courts.
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George Gould
France
Gould
Marjorie
Anthony Drevel
Philadelphia
Vivian
Major Graham
Hope | Horsely) Beresford
Kingdon Gould
Mise Annunziati
Camilla Marie Lucye
Marines
Flyre
George Jay Gould, Jr
Laura Carter
Tim
Edith
Carl Waiswright
Wainwright
Anna
Bonifa Cestellane
Duc de “Sagan
Helen Gould
Fiat Sheppard
New York
George Jay Sould
Jar Gould
Fortune
Negotiations Over Bandit Hostages Delayed
Reports from Shanghai dated May 16 say bandits behind Lincheng hold foreign prisoners and may kidnap additional travelers while negotiations for release stall. Washington notes no progress and warns talks could continue indefinitely as Chinese officials and bandit leaders negotiate the captives' fate.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Lincheng
Tate Chwang
State Department
Shaning
Weather hits Iowa crops. jury weighs Leeper murder case
Iowa’s weekly weather bulletin reports 52 degree averages with freezes and deficient sunshine, delaying field work though rain helps southern areas. In Ta, jurors prepare for trial of Robert Leeper for murder of Roy Wertz as defense debates Messer’s role and innocence remains a key issue.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Town City
Robert Leeper
Roy Wertz
Guitt
Leeper
Frank Messer
Messer
City Health Officer and Attorney Wage Duel in Muscatine
May 16 reports a new clash in Muscatine as City Health Officer B. B. Fulham sues attorney N. Rosenberger for 46000 in district court. The case follows a raid on Fulham’s offices tied to a liquor search warrant. no liquor was found. The dispute began when Rosenberger was required to clear Gore property per health board orders, leading to a police and sheriff raid the next day in what appears to be retaliation.
Vinton Choir Singer Held as Embezzler
Raymond D. Scott, 25, a former Vinton choir singer, was arrested in Shellsburg, Iowa, on a charge of embezzling 392 dollars from the Rapid Transit company of Brooklyn. He is held in Vinton awaiting word from New York authorities. Scott previously served terms at Eldora state industrial school, Leavenworth, and the Sulphur Springs penitentiary.
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Vinton
Raymond D. Scott
Shellsburg
Brooklyn
N_ yi
Scott
New York
State Industrial School
Eldora
Art LeavenWorth
Siassetheart
I le Satu
Prominent Citizen Caught Stealing Coal in Iowan Town
May 16 report from Harlan Indiana details a sheriff posse arresting a prominent church worker instead of the intended escapee Theodore Ibsan, 19, Webster City. Ibsan faced burglary charges after using a basin of hot water to strike his wife during a confrontation, then fled. the arresting party halted a fleeing man but withheld the name.
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Harlan
Theodore Ibsan
Webster City
Ebsan
Oscar Hansen
Body of Fifth Bridge Leap Victim Found on Mississippi
Davenport reports the recovery of the Wootihe Campbell's Island victim from the Mississippi River. Charles Lannigan, 21, Rock Island, NJ, was found after a ongoing search. The river is being dragged for the sixth victim, Mrs. Merle Newton, among picnickers who leaped from a railroad trestle to avoid a streetcar.
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Davenport
Charles Lannigan
Rock Island
Merle Newton
Campball
Triand
Hilnois
Simpson College Claims Largest Church Membership
In Indianola Iowa on May 16 Simpson college authorities reported 490 of 630 students are church members. One of the 30 nonrespondents refused to declare a church. President J L Hillman said all courses in science literature sociology economics and the bible remain offered.
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Tndlanola
Simpson College
Inwa
J. L. Hillman
Cedar Falls Man Finds Letters in Grove Near Town
Charles Rasmussen found a pile of weathered envelopes with First National Bank office numbers about a mile and a half west of Cedar Falls. He alerted local authorities after a cursory check, but postmarks could not be determined due to exposure.
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Cedar Falls
Grove
Town
First National Bank
Mapson City
Charles Rasmussen
Indian Found Dead with Hole in Skull Near Dakota City
Sioux City Iowa May 26 A two year old Winnebago Indian named Lemere Joan of Winnebago Neb was found unconscious in a field one and a half miles southeast of Dakota City Neb with a fatal wound to the head. Officials believe he was killed with an ax or sharp instrument and a manhunt is under way by Dakota county authorities.
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Sioux City
Joan
Lemere
Winnebago
Neb
Dakota City
Wneb
Dakota County
Oskaloosa Briefs Report Rail Incident Injuring Brakeman
A M and St L passenger train collision left a brakeman with a severed left foot and crushed leg after being struck by moving wheels. The item lists several other local incidents from Oskaloosa Muscatine Decorah Orient Sioux City Shenandoah Des Moines Shenandoah Wilton Junction and nearby areas with deaths injuries and legal notices.
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Orobbe Powers
Muscatine
W. C. Black
Peoriz
Alameda
Decorah
Iowa University
Orient
FT. Spurgeon
Spurgeon
California
Elia Joffstetter
Sioux City
William Meis
Floyd River
Efe
Lithuania
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Auumiasion
Stone Park Zoo
Tyer Paulson
Paulson
Shenandoah
Robert McFarland
Robert
James
Lewis Unopposed for Reelection as Iowa Labor Leader
John Lewis of Des Moines was unopposed for reelection as president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor at the annual convention in 1920. Several officers and executive board candidates were named, with primary ballots counted later. May E. Francis urged continued farm labor cooperation and unity between workers and farmers.
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Burlington
Menton
Boone
David Morrison
Cedar Rapids
J. B. Wiley
Des Moines
Wiley
G.E. Foster
Harry B. Grand
Charles R. Haggerly
Davenport
E. Jones
M. E. Sherman
Valley Junction
Francis Speaks
H. E. Brush
Marshalltown
John Guy
Abbia
J. W. Scott
Nes Molnés
M. E. Smith
Iowa
May E. Francis
Bigh
F. A. Garber
State Farm-Labor Legislative Coutities
Efort
Waterloo
Smith Brookhart
Garber
Inter Qyts
Cieton
Blue Laws Obsolete at Danville Jury Verdict
Burlington reports a Danville jury of business men acquits Art Huey of violating Sunday blue laws. Huey admitted selling candy for 25 cents on Sunday and argued the law is obsolete. The jury was out briefly and the judge taxed the costs to Joe Mix at about 40 dollars.
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Burlington
Art Huey
Danville
Joe Mix
Huey
Lee Mix
Justice of the Peace
al Wilkin
Mix
Des Moines Police Capture Robbery Suspects
Des Moines police arrested two men identified as Fred Pieteher and John Haynes after responding to a gasoline station alarm. Officers found a dozen silk shirts and two high powered rifles in their car and stopped them when one suspect tried to draw an automatic pistol. The vehicle carried a California license plate.
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Des Moines
Fred Pieteher
John Haynes
County Play Day to Be Event Saturday
The annual county play day postpones due to rain and will be held next Saturday at the fairgrounds. High school events begin at 10 a.m. followed by rural and town schools at 1 30 p.m.
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Cedar
H. C. Moeller
Governor Kendall Satisfactory After Hospital Treatment
Des Moines reports governor Kendall remains in hospital for a slight nervous disorder from overwork with condition described as satisfactory. Separately in New York Evan Burrowen Fontaine and mother Florence A Fontaine were reindicted for perjury in a $1,009,000 breach of promise suit involving Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. Dayton sees two killed when a car is hit by an electric interurban car near Indianapolis, 15 miles west of Dayton.
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Des Moines
Gov. Kendall
York
Evan Burrowen Fontaine, Datent
Florence A. Fontaine
Rockland County Grand Jury
Miss Fontaine
Cornelius Vandernile Whitney
Dayton
Margery Leet Gains Fame On Broadway Stage
International News Service reports Margery Leet among the first 150 hopefuls chosen to dance and perform in the Ziegfeld Follies. Ned Wayburn praises her as demure, rhythmic, expressive, and suitable for Broadway, after selecting from Minnesota and Waterloo connections.
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International News Service
Wire
Little Old
New York
James L. Kilgallen
Broadway
Renre
America
Inspateh
Ned Wayburn
Margery Leet
Minneapolis
Harry B5hafinormerly
Waterloo
Cedar Rapidés
Miss Leet
Jay Lizer
Osage
Leet
Kilgalien
Wayburn
Wionifred Shannon
Pine Bluff
Ark
Bank Teller by Day Robber for “Thrills”
San Francisco May 16 Earl Wilson a bank teller by day and burglar by night has been bound over to the superior court to answer burglary charges. Earl Bryse and Carl Kendall other members of the alleged trio also are held with no bail. Wilson reportedly confessed saying he robbed houses for the thrill of it.
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San Francisco
Earl Wilson
Omaha
Neb
Superior Court
Earl Bryse
Car
Socialists Draft Working Policies of International
Vienna reports a comprehensive plan for re organizing the Socialist International drafted by its executive committee at a two day session in Bregenz Austria The document calls for unifying socialist workmen parties to substitute socialism for capitalism and to wage class warfare as a path to emancipation It outlines the structure of the organization its role in peace and war times and its relations with allied internationals to sustain unity and action.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Socialist International
Bregenz
Austria
Hamburg
Socialistic Workmen's International
S.W. I
United Action
Associaan
International Organization
S. W
International Congress
Executive
Bureau
Business Commission
Secretariat
Congress
Internationalen Géwerkschaftabond
Amsterdam
Internationalen
Genossenschaftsbund
London
Mrs Croker Alleged to Be Already Married in Croker Will Suit
The court of appeals heard a claim by Mrs Ethel C White Cedarhurst WY that Mrs Bula Croker was already married when she wed the late Richard Croker Tammany Hall chieftain, affecting the Croker will litigation.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Bula Croker
Richard Croker
Tammagy Hall
Court of Appeals
Ethel C. White
Cedarhurst
Croker
Art O'Brien Arrested Again After Release
London reports Art O'Brien, who had fought deportation orders for Irish Republicans, was arrested today soon after release from an English jail. Scotland Yard made the second arrest on charges brought by the British government.
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London
Art O'Brien
Ireland
England
Scotland Yard
Parcelpost Clerk Confesses in Railroad Robbery Case
Marion May 16 Sheriff says parcelpost clerk Layt Avery confessed to complicity in a $21,000 robbery of a Trail baggage and express car of the Marion & Eastern Railroad here late Monday. $19,000 of the money has been recovered.
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Marion
Layt Avery
Stapleton Elected Denver Mayor in Democrat Sweep
Ben F. Stapleton, Democrat and former postmaster, won the Denver mayoral race for a four year term, according to returns. The report also lists marriage licenses and notes international dispatches from Constantinople about Turkish tax and policy changes impacting foreign nationals.
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Denver
Cole
Ben F. Stapleton
Yes
Lerday
Red Ear Sparks Betrothal at Village Husking Bee
Ruth and Hal Denton win approval as Miss Dell Henderson, once hostile, relents after Hal presents the red ear during a barn dance. The event, aiding wounded soldiers, ends with Ruth and Hal promising to marry as Dell smiles through tears.
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Dall
Hal
Miss Henderson
Isle
L Hevel
Hal Denon
Aunt Dell
Miss Dell
Darling
Hal Denton
Cyrus Plantains
IUM
Bobby Carew
Dr. Hal
Miss Dell Henderson
Dei] Henderson
Doctor Hal
London and Moscow drift toward talks as England seeks to avoid break
London agrees to begin negotiations through Soviet envoy Leonid Krassin, aiming to avert a rift with Moscow. The report notes a possible war risk if trade ties collapse and borders melt down. In Florida, Senate moves to remove County Judge Willis after an inquiry into Martin Tabert’s death in a convict camp. Washington calls the DC wage ruling by the Supreme Court a challenge to the Clayton Act. Toronto notes President Harding receiving an honorary LLD from Manchester University.
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London
Great Britain
Moscow
England
Leonid Krassin
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Senate
Willis
Martin Tabert
Dispatches
Washington
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Samuel Gompers
Toronto
Harding
Manchester University
Amundsen Aims North Pole Flight From Alaska
Roald Amundsen, famed Arctic explorer, plans a polar flight around June 20 or 21 and left Kotzeby April 28 for Wainwright Alaska. He intends to land on Spitzenbergen late in May as part of the North Pole expedition.
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Nome
Alaska
Gant
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Kotzeby
Wainwright
Amundsen
Spitzenbergen Island
Trains Schedules Show Waterloo and Nearby Routes
Local and long distance timetable details list arrivals departures and connections for Waterloo Dubuque Chicago Minneapolis St Paul Des Moines and Kansas City routes. The schedule covers Local Limited Express and freight services with times and depots across Union and Syc St depots MeIntire and Fort Dodge.
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Dubuque
Chicazo
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Sioux City
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Sioux Pally
Sioux
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Union
Des Moines
LisGa.m
McIntire
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St Fault
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Manly
Burlington
St. Louis
Teuess
Vinton
Davenport
Gov Small to Testify Before Herrin Committee
Springfield May 16 Gov Small and his secretary George Sutton will be witnesses before the Herrin investigating committee this afternoon Chairman McCarthy announced when calling the committee to order at 2 p m The report notes the witnesses are summoned to testify on matters related to the inquiry.
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Springfield
Small
George Sutton
Herrin
McCarthy
Carmen May Strike Threat Advances in Chicago Wage Talks
A strike threat by Chicago Carmen workers was raised as demand for a 10 cent per hour wage increase was rejected by tract tion heads. Negotiations continue amid unresolved wage dispute and threatened industrial action.
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Chicago
Carmen
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