Presbyterians Clash Over Abstinence Pledge At Assembly
William J. Bryan pushed for a total abstinence pledge for all ministers officials members and college students with broad scope. The assembly rejected limiting the pledge and failed to report on the Fosdick case leaving prohibition as the major issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Trex
Indianapolis
Ind
William J. Bryan
Presbyterian
General Assembly
Bryan
Fosdick
Aon
Harry E. Fosdick
Committee On Education
William J.bryan
Board of Foreign Missions
Board of National Missions
Q Board of Christan Education
Board of Ministerial Relief
Maryland's Big Guns Set for June Target Practice
Washington reports that the 16 inch guns on the battleship Maryland will fire at a 25 000 yard range on June 7 marking the first time in US naval history that such calibers are used in distant target practice. The trials aim to establish accuracy and dispersion of heavy naval rifles raised to 30 degrees. The Maryland is the only battleship in service with falls elevated to 30 degrees enabling parity with British fleet ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Maryland
United States
Navy Department
Fire Sweeps Town as Fire House Rebuilds in Hemingford
A blaze believed to originate in a rear drugstore spread through Hemingford Nebraska on May 2 near the business district. Firefighters faced delays as the town’s fire hall was under remodeling, causing equipment access problems. The estimated loss runs to $560,000 with no casualties reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemingford
Ford Water Power Plan Filed for Mississippi River Project
Washington May 22. Detailed plans for Ford Motor Company water power development on the Mississippi River between St Paul and Minneapolis were filed with the federal power commission by engineers and attorneys for Henry Ford seeking a permanent license for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ford Motor Comany
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Federal Power Commission
Henry Ford
Cummins Urges Child Labor Law Amendments at Drake
Senator Albert Cummins urged constitutional amendments giving Congress power to regulate child labor and adjusting congressional and presidential dates in an address to Drake University law students in Des Moines on May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Congress
Alert Cummins
Drake University Law Stuents
Boy 6 From Tennessee Benefits From Club Foot Surgery
Jimmy Nalin six of Tiptonville Tennessee lay on a St Luke's hospital cot praying for the lord to aid science as doctors tested an animal based method to straighten club feet. The operation was a success and will straighten his feet enabling him to walk and play. He endured pain and prayed for healing while surgeons and visitors offered toys and encouragement. His case may pave the way for thousands of other children to obtain straight feet.
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Diy United Press
Chilcago
Jimmy Nalin
Tiptonville
Tenn
St. Luke's Hospital
Jimmy
Tennessee
St. Luke's
Down Heanny
Aa. S
Jimny
Luke
Bathrobe identified as evidence in Wertz slaying trial
Iowa City May 22 The bathrobe worn by Roy Wertz at the time of his murder was identified as evidence in the trial of Robert Leeper for first degree murder. Dr A W Bennett testified the garment matched Wertz and the judge overruled defense objections. Witnesses included Charley Benda state officer O F Carroll and county coroner John Donohue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Roy Wertz
Robert Leeper
A. W. Bennett
Wertz
Otta
Dr. Bennett
Leeper
Charley Benda
O. F. Carroll
John Donohue
Cross-Examination of Accountant in Tax Case Ruled Out
In Dubuque Iowa on May 22 Judge George C. Scott sustained government objections to summaries and statements by auditors during the cross-examination of Ira W. Jones the government accountant in the United States case against A A and W F Cooper on a conspiracy charge. The defense sought to challenge a letter attributed to the accountant and Spinney Gatory claiming 141000 versus 58 on an inventory but the record limited cross-examination to exhibits about aval contracts and settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Ira W. Jones
George C. Scott
United States
A. A
W. F. Cooper
A. A. Cooper Wagon & Buggy Co
Jones
Spinney Gatory
Four Injured When Joyriders' Machine Hits Pole
In Muscatine Iowa at 1 30 this morning a car crashed into a traction pole in front of the Country Club injuring four people. William Clark 33 unconscious with a broken thigh and back injuries. His companions Ernest Smith Harry Moots and Leland Tabbe under 25 escaped with minor injuries. Wreckage strewn along the street for about a half block. The car owned by Tubbs sister and used for a joyride broke the pole three feet off the ground as trolley wires sapped into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Wiliam Clark
Ilis
Ernest Smith
Harry Moots
Leland Tabbe
Governor Kendall Continues Work From Bed
Des Moines reports Gov. Kendall ill at home but composing mail and dictating stenographic work. He resumed some tasks yesterday, while doctors keep him resting before returning to the office. Friends note his condition improving though duration of confinement remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kendall
Chentapher
Keokuk Helps Fight Blaze Across River
Fire in a storeroom in Hamilton damaged a forge building with autos and spread to a hardware store next door. Damage estimated at 7508 dollars. Keokuk fire department assisted with a company of firemen and a big truck. The blaze was confined to the block housing the burned buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Hamilton
Forege
Kamilton Fre
Kendall Will Wait Olander Rehearing
Des Moines May 22 Gov Kendall will delay action on setting a date for the execution of William Olander. The delay follows the petition for rehearing before the United States Supreme Court and must be completed before the current term ends. Olander is sentenced to hang for the killing of Berthold Haltpan, a Fort Badge grocer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Kendall
William Olander
United States Supreme Court
Olander
Berthold Haltpan
Fort Badge
Trial May Develop Underworld Expose Des Moines
May 22 report from Des Moines notes a jury of five men and seven women seated for the trial of George Lewallen a former special agent in the antisaloon league charged with the murder of Deia Dicker son nicknamed underworld butterfly. The trial promises sensational revelations into vice conditions. In Columbus Bank two black men robbed a downtown Citizens Savings Trust Co branch escaping with 3500 to 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
George Lewallen
Towa Antisaloon League
De'ia Dickerson
ROB
Columbus
Citizens Savings & Trust Co
Negress Born in 1799 Dies at Albia After Extended Sickness
Ottumwa reports Mrs. Mary Allen Tolbert, aged 123, died at her son John Hayes home in Albia after a long illness. A former resident of Ottumwa, she claimed to be born Christmas Day 1799, and earlier life as a slave in Missouri and the South before settling in Iowa after the Civil War. Her son, aged 93, survives with grandchildren and great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Mary Allen Tolbert
John Hayes
Albia
Tolbert
Wille
Missouri
Iowa
Express Rate Book Solicitors in Hock
Two men named R. Hennessey and R. Singer from Brooklyn and Chicago were bound over to the grand jury in Iowa after being accused of obtaining money under false pretenses. They allegedly sold ad space in a fake Express Rate Book, operating in Watertown and Sioux Falls and several Iowa towns.
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Charles City
R. Hennessey
R. Singer
Brooklyn
Chicago
Grand Jury
Express
Tate
Express Company
Watertown
S. D
Sioux Falls
Mason City
Sheldon
Osage
Cherokee
Hampton
Sioux City G A R Leader Gardiner Dies
W W Gardiner commander of the Sioux City G A R post died yesterday at 84. He had been a city resident for 41 years. Local obituaries note his long service and community ties.
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Sioux City
W. W. Gardiner
G. A. R. Post
Ouunuiwa
Roy F. Hanoom
Fort Dodge
Board of Education
Ames
Iowa State College
Memorial Union
Des Moines
T. C. Ryan
Ryan
Edmon Heeland
Iowa Catholic Daughters of America
Fairfield
Parsons College
Kendall
Mason City
Iowa Trades Unions
Women’s Department
Woodward
Mason City Labor Assembly
Iowa Federation of Labor
Iowa
Ben Edwards
Kiwanis Club
Made in Germany Poppies Burned by Legion Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids May 22 A public bonfire will burn 75 gross of poppy emblems marked made in Germany purchased for Memorial Day by the Hanford boat American Legion auxiliary. The group calls the German marks insulting to fallen World War I soldiers and replaces them with emblems made by French disabled veterans. Mason City also to sell American made Memorial Day poppies after discovering the German labeling.
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Cedar Rapids
Germany
Wonen's Auxiliary
Hanford
American Legion
Mie
France
United States
Mason City
Amerstein
Indiana
F. H. Riley
Assettler
Fort Wayne Ind
Filley
Greeks Mass Troops on Border in Thrace Tense
Constantinople reports Greek troops massing along the Maritza river frontier in Thrace. An explosion damaged a bridge linking Adrianople and Karagath with communication later restored. Greek conduct to seek Allied consent for actions.
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Cinternational News
Constantinople
Thrace
Sndvices
Adrianople
Maritza
Athens
Karagath
Greece
Turkey
Lau[Saune
Grape Crop Suffers Frost Damage in Michigan
Lawton Michigan May 22 frost and cold winds have badly damaged the southwest Michigan grape crop. Brewers report losses estimated from 30 to 50 percent of this year’s crop, with potential millions of dollars in damage to grape juice factories and fruit associations.
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Lawton
Mich
Michigan
Fire in Southern Pacific Tunnel Blocks Shasta Route
A tunnel No 1 between Coram and Motion near Redding California is burning since early today. The 400 foot timbered tunnel blocks the Shasta Route to Oregon after the south bound Shasta limited passed through. Fire destruction reported in the tunnel.
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Redding
Cal
Southern Pacific
Coram and
Motion
Oregon
Trade treaty with Spain forwarded for negotiation
The state department has forwarded a draft treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and Spain to Alexander F. Moore, the American ambassador at Madrid, for negotiation with the Spanish government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Spain
State Department
Alexander F. Moore
Madrid
Ten year old girl foils attempt to hang father in Omaha
In Omaha Nebraska on May 22 a 10 year old girl named Bessie McManus interrupted her father Hugh McManus a 47 year old ex streetcar conductor who had attempted to take his life by hanging yesterday and cut the rope rescuing him from the noose.
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Omaha
Neb
Bessie McManus
Hugh McManus
Gypsies Catch At Traer Forced Restitution
Deputy Sheriff F A Robinson and Ray Weatt caught the gypsy party at Traer after a robbery last night. The gang forced the leader to repay $10 taken from Weart and $30 stolen from other citizens in or near the city. Five men, fourteen women, and several children were in three autos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trarr
F. A. Robinson
Ray Weatt
Traer
Weart
New Yorker Weds Hebe Queen of Paris Mannikins
Arthur Kingsland, a New York man, married Hebe an Irish girl hailed as the Queen of the Paris Mannequins in Paris on May 22. The union provoked a violent dispute at the heart of Molyneaux famed French modiste who says his model was his inspiration and irreplaceable. Kingsland had known the truth for years but the marriage surprised the American colony in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Arthur
Kingsland
New York
Hebe
Molyneaux
Mutual Suspicion of Chinese Halts Release Parleys
Reports say daily deliveries reach 50 letters to captives and trains are robbed near Tainanfu. Troops repelled bandits at Han Chwang and Shabtung while the Shanghai raid prisoners are forced to bow to idols. Mme Verea recounts her captivity and fear for her husband. The State Department seeks foreign pressure for release of detained nationals as cabinet weighs crisis options.
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Blue
Tainanfu
Han Chwang
Shabtung
Peking
International News
Shanghai
Mme
Manuel Verea
Guadalajara
Mexico
Mme. Verea
Tam
Mmne
Everen
American Association
Asiatic Association of New York
Washington
Washington, D. C
State Department
Shantung
Greece would accept war if Turkey demands indemnities
Lausanne reports Greek foreign minister said Greece would accept war if Turkey insisted on indemnities. Bandits fatally shot Dave Antink, Sun Drug cashier, in Los Angeles and fled with 38000. Statements noted political appointments and protests in U S capitals and New York along with prohibition enforcement changes and a starfish reproduction note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lausanne
M. Alexandria
Greece
Turkey
Los Angeles
Dave Antink
Sun Drug Company
Boston
William R. Alien
Montana
Boston Montana Development Company
Washington, D. C
W. J. Drake
Michigan
G. H. Huston
White House
Bedford
Harding
H. M. Stows
Marion, C
New York
Fascisti
Fifth Avenue
New York Memorial Day
Melon
May Queen Dorothy Lumry Crowned at Teachers College Fete
Cedar Falls May 22 Special four thousand witnessed the crowning of Miss Dorothy Lumry Waterloo as queen of Teachers college May fete in elaborate rites. Crowning at 11, maidens from all graduation sections wore bright organdy. Parade featured fifty-one floats, the longest, best parade yet with prizes awarded to Aristotelian society King Tut float first, Philo second, and Order of Eastern Star and Masonic bodies third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Dorothy Lumry
Waterloo
Teachers College
Lumry
Grace Garder
Glenyss Rugg
Aristotelian Society
King Tut
Philo Society
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Boties
Denied Admittance to Cell Leads to Suicide Attempt
Miss Violet Schmidt a 23 year old Omaha society figure who had been paroled from Nebraska penitentiary after a year of a three year term for bad checks attempted to kill herself after being refused re admission to the prison. Physicians say she will recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Violet Schmidt
Nebraska Penitentiary
Dolson
Miss Schmidt
Omaha
Smugglers Move Large Liquor Flow From Canada
Chicago reports 160000 gallons of liquor daily entering the U S from Canada amid a 25000-strong smuggling ring. The operation centers in a shack used as general staff HQ at Ecorse Michigan near Detroit. Fake bottles with fake labels sell in Chicago at nine dollars per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canada
Chicago Daily News Today
Ecorse
Mich
Detroit
Two Autoists Jailed for Flirting in Zion
Zion City officials enforce a Feb 9 1914 flirting ban. Aust Marks of Kenosha Wisconsin paid $5 assessed costs for a conviction. His companion H Van Trunk of Waukegan Illinois had sentencing set for week’s end after police testified they were operating an automobile up and down Zion streets to flirt with girls on the sidewalks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion City
Kenosha
Wis
H- van Trunk
Waukegan
Zion
Government town Brooklawn sells for 1.77 million
Gloucester New Jersey May 22 Brooklawn a government built town of 451 dwellings and shops is in real estate hands at auction. Prices rose to let only about ten percent of tenants buy. The entire village sold for 1 769 000 though it cost over 3 090 000 to build during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
N. J
Brooklawn
Brocklawn
Iowa federation leaders push universal membership drive
I F W C reports funds needed to finish headquarters subscriptions. Iowa clubs have grown to about 811 with eight states mirroring the Iowa plan. Mrs H W Spaulding notes Iowa as pioneer in universal federation and details efforts at the Waterloo convention with exhibits, district reports, and a packed headquarters scene.
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J. W. Wattex
H. A. Miller
B. B. Clark
Iowa Way
H. W. Spaulding
Iowa
Atlanta
William Milchrist
Washington, D.C
Howrey
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Ceder Heights
Milchrist
Sioux City
Reform in State Expenditure Faces Opposition in Iowa
Des Moines May 22 An organized fight over retrenchment and reform plans erupts as May KE Francis Iowa state superintendent condemns the committee for trimming school fund expenditures calling it an attack on public schools. She notes cuts to supervision funding and compares to higher allocations for extension work. Parole board members protest cutting a third parole agent and a stenographer. State capitol office staff oppose an eight hour day with Saturday afternoon work, arguing it will drive away efficient workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Wire
Des Moines
Iowa
State Board of Education
Francie
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Board of Parole
State Capitol
Cartloads of Paper Shower on Probers
Illinois payroll inquiry yields mountains of paper as various state departments submit old vouchers and documents. The house payroll committee rejects most papers, seeking typewritten records with names addresses amounts dates and full or part time status. Governor Small pledges cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Springfeld
Ill
Small
Holton Reports Kiwanis Dinner For George Ross
B L Holton spoke at the Waterloo Kiwanis club about last week’s dinner for George Ross of Toronto international Kiwanis president. He quoted Ross urging builders in the community. L A Wangler shared his biography. Rev M G Court and family arrive to join Northminster Presbyterian church and will reside at 516 Kirkwood avenue. He leads services next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Holton
George Ross
Toronto
Kiwanis Club
Des Moines
Waterloo Kiwanis Club
Ross
Holton
Waterloo Niwanians
L. A. Wangler
M .G. Court
Northminster ‘Presbyterian Church
Kirkwood Avenue
Mr. Court
Northminster
Death notices for Emma Richardson and Arthur Bennett
Emma Richardson 66 died in Mercy hospital Des Moines after hand injury from a washing machine. She lived in Burlington previously, with many children in Waterloo Burlington Des Moines Tipton and elsewhere. Arthur Bennett 1881 born Waterloo died at home after 11 years illness. services Thursday 10:20 a.m. at Petersen Bros chapel with burial Elmwood. He was a member of First M Church and Modern Brotherhood of America lodge 1115. burial Elmwood.
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Ema Richardson
Emma Richardson
Des Moines
Central Christian Church and Allied Organizations
Mercy
Willis
Waterloo
Orville
Thurman
Burlington
Frank
Ellen
Ruth
James
Greeley
Cole
Roy Kirby
Tipton
Ind
Alec Ogle
Keithsburg
Ill
Will Ogte
Farmer
Wash
Arthur Bennett
Bridge Street
Alice Verne
Charles City
First M
Portland
Ore
Petersen Bros
Rollo F. Hurlburt
Elmwood
Mrs Sarah Hoover Weigle Services Planned
Mrs Sarah Hoover Weigle will be laid to rest Wednesday at 8 p.m. from the Church of the Brethren in Orange township with Rev. A P Blough officiating and Dr W H Beachler assisting.
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Sarah Weigle
Mra
Sarah Hoover Weigle
Church of the Brethren In
Orange Township
A. P. Blough
W. H. Beachler
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Express Rate Book Solicitors
Hock
California
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Canadian Line
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Jefferson
Victor Coe
Clinton
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Russell-Lamson
Grace Church
Armstrong
Taylor
A. GC. Preston
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Henry Taylor
T. FP
George B. Stewart
Fort Madison
Francis B. Myatt
Maquoketa
Mae H. Peabody
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Tilden
Anna Gertmide Childs
A. J. Bark
Henry Press
Rose ¥. S. Herts
Fine Arts Department
Balad
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Oliver Stevenson
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