Cedar Rapids starch works blast leaves 11 dead
Cedar Rapids May 23 The Douglas Starch works toll rises to 11 dead with eight identified and three unidentified while 21 workers remain missing. Coroner King to empanel a jury as rescue efforts continue and investigators seek the cause amid widespread destruction. Fire and debris trap workers as glass rains from blocks around the plant.
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Los’ J
Jay Klemish
Pete Stingley
ED Prentissn
Mike Trialonis
Jake
Josep Kosina
Josef Kosina
Joseph Vaverka
Samuel Getz
Charles Triebel
Harvey Ecker
Charles John
Douglas Company
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German Peace Note Warns of Immigrant Shun and Turmoil
A Versailles note by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau warns the peace terms would devastate Germany’s food, coal, and mineral sectors, forcing mass emigration and economic collapse. It cites loss of colonies, ships, and industrial bases, predicting vast misery and hunger without foreign trade.
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Associated Press
Paris
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Versailles
Economic Commission
Germany
Althei
First Chairman of Provision League of Nations Regime
Stephan Pichon, French foreign minister, was recently elected chairman of the provisional preparation of the League of Nations regime.
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Provision League of Nations
Stephan Pichon
France
League of Natons
Concessions Reported At Paris Peace Conference
The Paris peace conference reportedly made some concessions to Germany on key points of the Saar valley award and reparations with details to be announced as the council’s reply to Germany’s note on separations is handed over. China plans to sign despite earlier opposition, with reservations. The United States may assume Turkish administration if Senate ratifies. Allied forces push in Northern Russia and Estonia with progress against the Reds.
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China
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Kiao-Chau
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Anatolia
Armenia
Senate
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Versailles
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Spa
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Velsheviks
Peringrad
Estheniaa
China to sign peace treaty with reservations on Kiao-Chao and Shantung
The Chinese delegation at the peace conference is understood to have decided to sign the treaty with reservations regarding Kiao-Chao and Shantung. It is claimed the move preserves China’s rights and does not alter the treaty overall, citing precedents where treaties carried reservations before ratification.
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Associated Press
Paris
Kiao-Chao
Shantung
China
Essenate
Sherman Attacks Wilson Over League Plan in Senate
In Washington May 23 Senator Sherman Republican of Illinois opened the Senate debate condemning President Wilson as subverting U S law and sovereignty through the League of Nations. He urged separation of the covenant from the peace treaty and warned the league would undermine liberties and invite a world war. He criticized Wilson for broken faith with China Poland and Italy and accused him of subverting the republic to force military commitments.
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Poland
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Paris
Strike Split in Winnipeg As Trade Resumes
May 23 Winnipeg Mayor Charles F. Gray announced a city council study group to address strike causes and broad issues. Commercial activity nears normal with restaurants open and telephone service intact, though postal and street trolley service lag. Union divisions surfaced as local heads criticized centralized leadership and alleged unconstitutional walkouts.
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Charles F. Gray
Angon
Central Stake Committee
Ryt
Hawker Plane Sighted as Fund Is Assured
The Faraday reports seeing a red light of a plane near 50 28 N, 80 W, mid Atlantic, along Hawker’s route from America to Ireland. The Daily Mall says 10000 pounds will be given to Hawker and Grieve’s next of kin if they die, while contest remains open.
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London
Faraday
England
Newfoundland
Harry G. Hawker
American
Ireland
Mall
Daily Mall
MacKenzie Grieve
Atlantic
Hawker
Grieve
Senate seeks to sever league covenant from peace treaty
Washington May 2 A resolution by Senator Sherman Republican of Illinois asks the senate to declare the covenant of the League of Nations should be separated from the peace treaty during ratification. The American delegation at the peace conference favors a move to interpret covenant articles and keeps the document in effect as an international text. Johnson of California later called up a separate measure urging the state department to supply the full treaty text to the senate.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
League of Nations
Sherman
Illinois
Solons
Paris
Herman H. Kohlisaat
Chicago
State Department
Chicago Cleveland Air Mail Flight Sets Direct Route
The first nonstop air mail flight between Chicago and Cleveland was completed yesterday. John Miller carried 490 pounds of mail from Chicago to Cleveland, while Tra Biffle flew from Cleveland to Chicago in three hours and five minutes. Muddy conditions at Bryan, Ohio forced the stop less landing to be made nonstop.
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Chicago
Cleveland
John Miller
Tra Biffle
Biffle
Bryan
Salvation Lass to Be Christened as Army Sponsor Ship
A 7,600 ton cargo carrier to be launched at Kog Island ship yard will be christened the Salvation Lass. Beatrice Hammond of New York, a Salvation Army representative who served overseas with American forces, will be sponsor. The piece notes San Felice Cigars 3 for 20c in an advertisement.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Salvation Army
Kog Island
Salvation Lass
Adj. Mra
Beatrice Hammond
New York
Four Strong Points of Galloway Plan
Four strong points of Galloway plan outlined. All floating indebtedness to be wiped out by issuance of first mortgage bonds. The first mortgage bond now offered to public will provide working capital. After financing, about 1,000,000 of unencumbered liquid assets expected. Voting control and management placed in committee of Waterlog banks.
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Galloway
Gece
Fnancing
Addiion
Sergeant York Returns Home as Medal of Honor Hero
Sgt Alvin C York arrives in America aboard the Ohioan wearing the Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre. The Pall Mall Tenn., elder and warrior, led seven men in the Argonne drive, killed twenty Germans, captured 182, and silenced thirty-six machine guns. He discusses his faith, possible ministry, and reasons for fighting, saying the war was for democracy and humanity. He phones his mother from a hotel and notes his family page and his continued devotion to his church.
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Alvin
York
Three Hundred Twenty-eighth Infantry
Pall Mall
Tenn
Tennessee Society
Church of Christ and Christian Union
Yihan
Camp Upton
Little Pall Mall
Kentucky
Eight Hour Day Bill Introduced in Senate
National Eight Hour Day proposed in a Senate bill by Senator Moses of New Hampshire. The measure sets eight hours as a working day for mines quarries mills canneries workshops factories engaging in interstate commerce, with application similar to the Adamson Act for railroads.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Moses
Republican
New Hampshire
T Ae
Courier Delivery Timely by 5 30 PM
Notice for home delivery of the Courier before 5 30 o clock with a remedy if late. If the paper is not received by then, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls should reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Galloway Firm Plans 500,000 Mortgage Refunding Bond Issue
Waterloo finance leaders announce plan to refinance the Wm. Galloway company a longtime farm machinery maker. A public offering of 500000 first and refinancing mortgage bonds is planned to retire existing notes and restore working capital. The move, backed by C E Pickett Dr W Powers and Edmund W Miller, aims to stabilize finances and support continued production for a broad customer base of 285000 buyers.
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C. E. Pickett
W. Powers
Black Hawk National Bank
Edmund W. Miller
Commercia National Bank
Waterloo Financial Institutions
Wm. Galloway Company
Unusu Pl
Waterloo
Wm. Galloway
Gailo- Way
Galloway
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