Rail unions at La Follette conference press public valuation
More than 300 attendees including heads of major rail unions gather in Chicago as Senator La Follette leads a two day session calling for use of the Interstate Commerce Commission and courts to enforce railway valuation laws. Richberg warns a potential $10 billion valuation rise would lift annual rates and costs for consumers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
United States 16
House of Representatives
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bryan
Dever
la Follette
Hylan
New York City
Warren 5. Stone
Brotherhood of Loco Motive Eugineers
Gov. Sweet
Colorado
William Bryan
Manly
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Donald R. Richberg
Shapecrafts
United Press
Robert M. LaFollette
John F. Hylan
New York
William Randolph Hearst
Congress
Richberg
Donald K. Richberg
Chicago City Hall
Commission
Delivery window notice for Courier newspaper service
The Courier will be delivered to your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by that time due to error by the carrier or other cause, call 6190 ext 2 and a replacement copy will be sent. Please ensure calls reach the office before 6 30 p m.
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Cartier
Gary urges religion as cure for world ills at steel group meet
Elbert H. Gary chairman of United States Steel spoke at the American Iron and Steel institute annual meeting in New York after a Mediterranean cruise. He urged a turn toward Christian religion as guidance while stressing business sense and optimism about demand for finished steel in the coming six months. He reserved the steel industry analysis for later in the address.
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Associated Press
New York
Holy Land
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
American Iron and Steel Institute
Gary
Hughes Denies Apology for GOP Allies Criticism
Secretary of State Hughes did not apologize to Great Britain or France after the Republican national committee criticized the allies’ stance on the Rhine army payment. Cordell Hull, head of the Democratic national committee, claimed Hughes apologized and withdrew the statement, but Hughes denied making any apology.
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Washington, D. C
Hughes
Great Britain
France
Republican National Committee
Cordell Hull
Democraticational Committee
Republican Committee
United States
Rhine
Hull
Iowa soldiers bonus warrants signed as bond sale nears
Forty seven thousand warrants for ex service men entitled to the Iowa soldiers bonus are expected to be signed by today, with about nineteen thousand applications held for residence questions being disposed of daily. A total of ninety three thousand applications have been filed, leaving roughly thirty four thousand to be processed by the bonus board. Warrants for nearly half of claimants will be mailed after the twenty two million dollar bond issue is sold on June two, with interim receipts issued to the successful bidder to speed funds collection.
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United Press Des Moines
Iowa
the Auditor of State
Bonus Board
American Troops Eye Manila to Tientsin Mission
Dispatches from Peking and Tientsin report American forces in Manila may be rushed to Tientsin to pressure Chinese bandits in release of American prisoners seized after the Shanghai to Peking express wreck. About 1,861 troops are in Tientsin and guards at various legations.
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United Press
Peking
Manila
Tientsin
Legation
State Department
Peking-Mukden
Pinger
Associated Press
Pagtzuku Mountain
W. Finger
Maj
Paotzuku Top
Childr
Reprieve Halts Executioner's Gun Shot in Gardener Case
Gov. Mabey granted a reprieve to George Gardener, sentenced for the Gardener ranch killings of Deputy Sheriff Gordon I. Stuart and Joseph P. Irvine on April 15, 1922. A sanity board will review his condition before further action.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Charles R. Mabey
George Gardener
Gordon I. Stuart
Joseph P. Irvine
Gardener Ranch
Gardener
Sanity Board
Princes Generals and Noblemen Executed by Reds
Fifteen princes generals and noblemen were executed in the Soviet republic of Georgia after the discovery of an active counter revolutionary plot. The dispatch from Tiflis to Pravda today says all executed were active participants, though names were not provided.
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Moscow
Soviet Republic of
Georgia
Tiflis
Pravda
Fight Against Ford Splits Movie Meet
The Chicago theatre owners convention splits as charges that Henry Ford seeks political control to promote a presidential bid trigger a stormy floor scene. Sidney Cohen accuses Ford while James Ritter loses the election for president amid fists and heated exchanges.
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United Press
Chicago
Henry Ford
Motion Picture Theatre Owners’ Association of America
United States
Theatre Owners
Sidney 5
Cohen
New York
James C. Ritter
Detroit
Minnesota
Michigan
Ford
Eastern Seaboard
Will Hf. Hayes
Mission
Mich
Tenry Ford
Wall Street
Bank of Detroit
William J. Nagel
Big Monoplane T-2 Heads East From Rockwell Field
Liut MacReady and Kelly took off from Rockwell Field San Diego at 8 48 am in the T-7 en route to Washington DC where the army monoplane will be an attraction at the Shriner convention. The T-2 carried 760 gallon fuel tanks only half full so it rose easily from the ground.
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San Diego
Cal
Cooper case in U S district court shows limited witness aid
In Dubuque on May 25 proceedings in the Cooper case yielded little interest with only one witness, A T Nolan of Teneha Texas, questioned about ranch operations and wagon lines. Defense counsel Kelleher finished direct examination. exhibits reached 1559 and the trial likely runs into next week. A A Cooper was restrained by a deputy marshal from approaching the jurors during a recess.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Fla
Cooper
U. S. District Court
A. T. Nolan
Teneha
Tex
Cooper C
United States
Guy P. Linville
A. A. Cooper
U. S
Turkish-Greek clashes loom as Lausanne talks strain
An anxious Lausanne Conference faces a volatile Greek Turkish standoff over Thrace. Rufet Pasha calls for war or peace immediately while Turkish and British fleets move toward the Dardanelles amid rumors of renewed hostilities. Mustapha Kemal concentrates 50,000 troops at Ichataldia ready to resist.
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Louise Bryant
Constantinople
Greece
Turkey
Athans
Lausanne
Tomor
Jone
Dardanelles
Rufet Pasha
Thrace
Maritza River
Adrianople
Karagateh
Maritza
Musjtapha Kema Pasha
Ango
United Press
London
Brock
Malta
iThis
Mustapha Kemal
Ichataldia
Rockefeller Favors Nonsectarian Chicago University Reform
A movement to make Chicago university more nonsectarian advances with board and John J Rockefeller backing. The proposal urges that the president need not be Baptist and seeks to raise trustees from 21 to 25, with only 15 Baptists required under the plan.
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Chicago
Chicago University
Board of Trustees
John J. Rockefeller
Northern Baptists Convention
Atlantic City
Prohibition of Price Contracts Questioned by Wallace
Washington May 25 Secretary Wallace told members of the American Wholesale Grocery Association that price contracts are manifestly inconsistent and unjustly discriminatory in conception and application. He said the policy is unavailing in its larger aspects and that farmers’ troubles are worsted, with agricultural conditions improving, especially in the corn belt.
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Washington, D. C
Wallace
American Wholsale Grocery Association
King of Missouri Fiddlers Crowned in Paris Show
Henry Taylor of near Cairo won the grand championship at the Missouri fiddling contest in Paris. Two thousand five hundred fans rose as his rendition of Crippled Chicken wowed the crowd. Second place went to Mrs Lem Waterman. Old-timers winner was William Stalcup with Uncle Josh Lewellyn finishing second.
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United Press
Paris
Henry Taylor
Cairo
Missouri
Henry
Lem Waterman
Ozarks
William Stalcup
Clarence
Stalcup
Josh Lewellyn
Monroe County
Josh
Amundsen Associate Killed in Danish Cruiser Bomb Explosion
Copenhagen May 25. Captain Gottfried Hansen, linked to Captain Amundsen in polar expeditions, was wounded in the bomb blast on the Danish light cruiser Geyser during naval maneuvers south of Zealan d Island. Captain Wansen is not expected to survive. The explosion occurred shortly after Crown Prince Frederick left the Geyser to command his destroyer.
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Assoriated
Copenhagen
Gottfried Hansen
Amundsen
Geyser
Zealand
Wansen
Crown Prince Frederick
Denmark
Gejser
Plane Crash Kills Army Officer and Civilian at Bolling Field
At Bolling Field Washington two men died when an army air service officer Major Thomas Duncan and civilian employee Erwin H. Krupp perished as their aircraft crashed from 200 feet and was destroyed by fire.
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Washington, D. C
Thomas Duncan
Air Service
Erwin H. Krupp
War Department
Bollling Field
Here
Allies Sign Pact to Pay Rhine Occupation Costs
Paris May 25. An agreement meeting the United States demand for 256 million dollars for upkeep of the army of occupation on the Rhine was signed here this afternoon. The treaty was signed by the United States and the allied powers. The funds will be drawn from German reparations.
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Paris
United States
Rhine
Geral
Electric Co. Buyer of C. F. Mill Property
Waterloo and Cedar Falls Union reports the Min Co directors accepted an offer from Glti wons Gas and Electric Co for Gear Walls property held by the mill. The mill will continue grain and cereal trading and will add a flour business at Waterloo. The Cedar Falls mill transfer excludes the feed and attrition mill with a reservation for future power extension at favorable rates.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls Union Min Co
Gltiwons Gas & Electric Co
Gear Walls
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Cedar Falls
Discharged Varmeland Elopes With Young Girl
In Winside Nebraska 12 year old Elsie Koepcke was placed under county protection at Cody after being deserted by 40 year old farmhand Boyd Smith who is held on a kidnapping charge. Smith allegedly eloped with a girl when her father discharged him.
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Winside
Neb
Elsie Koepcke
Cody
Boyd Smith
Smith
Iowa Club Women Elect Mrs Taylor President
Mrs Henry C. Taylor of Bloomfield was chosen as president of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs, succeeding Mrs E F Armstrong. Delegates also elected officers including John Fox Lake Shenandoah as first vice president and Mrs F S Burberry Indianola as second vice president, with plans to promote peace, education, and library access.
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Indorses
Thes County
IFL WO
Bureau of Public Education
United States
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
IL F. W. CG
Harding
T. G. Winter
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Adders
Taylor
Henry C. Taylor
Bloomfield
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Iowa
E. F. Armstrong
Fort Dodge
B. J. Howrey
Waterloo
Howrey
Women’s Club
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John Fox Lake
Shenandoah
F. S. Burberry
Indianola
W. E. G. Saunders
Emmetsburg
J. Sayers
Jefferson
M. L. Milchrist
Sioux City
HE. EH. Armstrong
General Federation
W. W. Marsh
Woman's Club
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Pany Gasses
Los Angeles
Dodge
Eet Ag
Vi. McNider
S. J. Sayers
Jeffers
Frank Cook
Mareng
F. B. Frisble
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