Royal Family Escapes Death as Bucharest Bombardment Rages
Explosions and shelling devastate Bucharest on Wednesday as magazines and artillery dumps blow up around the city. King Ferdinand and War Minister Gen. Madarescu were nearly struck, and the royal family evacuated the palace while Parliament adjourned amid panic and falling ceilings. Queen Elizabeth and King George are in exile in Greece. Queen Marie of Roumania is in London.
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Fras
Bucharest
Royal Fammilies
Roumanti
Greeve
Royal
Ferdinand Hed
Iby
Artilery
Royal Palace
Ferdinand
Madarescu
Asheil
George
Queen Elizabeth
Greece
Hastiy
Summer Palace
Marie of
Roumania
London
Memorial Day Observance in Waterloo At Various Cemeteries
Memorial Day events in Waterloo include a wide observance with G A R guests at Memorial hall and a burial grounds program. Ceremonies at Lincoln, Calvary, Elmwood, and Waterlag cemeteries feature prayers, speeches, bugler calls, Taps, and decorations led by local veterans and auxiliary groups.
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Woman's Relief Corps
Lincoln Circle
G. AL
F. Hussey
William Edwards
Giincoln
Gettysburg Levingston
Christ Episcopal Quartet
Decoratioa
Oene Margadant
Cortie Coontz
Dorothy Gallagher
American Legion
Biting Squad
Taps—Huglere
Calvary Cemetery
Kelen Gould
sSlisses Siac
Loretta Galwadress
Maxer McDonald
Hungarian Debt to U S Funded by 62 Year Bonds
Hungarian debt to the United States totaling 1 929 000 dollars was funded today when the Hungarian minister delivered 62 year bonds to Secretary Melon in Washington. Permanent bonds were exchanged for demand notes maturing in 1925.
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U.S
Washington
DD. C
United States
Figures in Spotlight of Day's News
Notable conflicts in New York society include Rita de Acosta Lydig breaking engagement with Rev. Percy Stickney Grant amid opposition from Bishop Manning. Maj. Philip M. Lydig and W. E. Stokes are connected to Lydig’s prior divorces. Maj. Gen. John F. O’Ryan narrowly escaped death at Kilauea during a volcano viewing. Arnold Anderson, 23, awaits electracution in Trenton for a Jersey City holdup murder, sketching scenes from the death house.
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Becnuas
Willam T. Manning
Holiconal Wecesyo
New York
Ars
Rita de Acosta Lydig
Percy Stickney Grant
Church of the Ascension
Mra
Lydig
W. ED. Stokes
Muulti-Millenaira
Paris
Philip M. Lydig
John F. O'Ryan
New York City
New York National Guard
France
Mt. Kilauea
Iile
Hawaiian Islands
Arnold Anderson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Trenton
N. C
Jersey City
Moose convention site chosen for Ames 1925
The article reports Ames selected as the site for the 1925 Moose convention with the college grounds and swimming pool at delegates’ disposal. A large dance is moved to K P hall tonight due to expected crowds, while Legion appointive officers are announced including Mrs. Eva Welkin and Mrs. Glen. Delegates and visitors participate in meetings and ceremonies with ritual contests and a memorial service.
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Ames
Midate
K.P. Hall
Moose Hall
Legion
Eva M. Welkin
Watertoo
Bence
Waterloo
Anna Neider
Iowa City
Genevieve Dearinger
Shearly
Des
Ia Magla Hall
Alleibie
Josephine Tams
Chicago
Srlom
Meose Lodge
Mooseheart
Ihy
Edward Faulk
Sela
Sue
Nauman
Amsey
Weilein
Fort Dodge Boosters’ Western Iowa Tour Returns
Over one hundred Tornulaclurers and jobbers traveled home yesterday after a two day booster tour of western Iowa.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Glenwood
Ames
Dean
Omaha
Decorah
J. A. Gastoré
Mason Guy
Robert Jackson
Mary Jane Borgardus
Dubuque
Carr
Nera
Methodists Defeat Change in Church Divorce Law
In Springfield Massachusetts on May 29 the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South rejected a proposal to overhaul the divorce law. The vote stood 300 for adoption and 219 against. The present policy bars ministers from solemnizing marriages where one party is already married unless the divorce is for adultery.
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Springfield
Mass
Methodist Escopal Church
Lo Yores
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Former Cedar Falls Resident Dies in Des Moines
Cedar Falls May 29. Mrs Til, formerly Mrs Harrison J Wilson and long-time resident west of town on Twelfth Street, died last evening at the home of a daughter in Des Moines. The body will be brought to New Yakford for burial. She is survived by four sons and two daughters. George and William Wilson Cedar Falls Ira Jackinson North Dakota Erness Salem Mrs EM Miller and Mrs Falia Cox Des Moines.
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Cedar Falls
Hit
Thiis Place
Des Moines
New Yakford
Til
Harrison J. Wilson
Twelfth’ Street
George
William Wilson
Cedar
Ulisy
Ira
Jackinson
N. D
Erness
Salem
EM. Miller
Mra
Falia Cox
Palace to Run Wartime Film for Memorial Day
Manager Heston plans a Memorial Day program at the Palace Theatre with 500 feet of wartime film showing Waterloo soldiers departure for World War I. The documentary aims to evoke memories for residents who witnessed the events in the city.
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Palace
Heston
Palace Theatre
Waterloo
Presbyterians Invite Fosdick to Embrace Faith
The one hundred thirty-sixth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church invites Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick to join the church and accept its doctrines to end the controversy over his preaching. The assembly also ousted Dr. Merrill from the board of foreign missions and elected Dr. John F. Parana to replace him.
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Preas
Grand Rapids
Mich
First Presbyterian
Presbyterian Church In
United States of America
New York
Fosdick
First Church
Dr. Merrill
Presbyterian Church
Wiliam P. Merrill
Brick Church
Merrill
Board of Foreign Missions
John F. Parana
Brooklyn
Boy Scouts Decorate Graves for Memorial Day
Waterloo Boy Scouts participate in Memorial Day observances with a parade from Lincoln Park at 1 30 p m. They will place bronze tablets on graves of three deceased troop members and present an allegiance feature at the Waterloo theatre before continuing to the Wadman’s club grounds for additional ceremonies.
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Boy Scouts of
Waterloo
Charles Stewart
Carlburt
First M
Karl Moessner
Hev. Cov. Allison
Central Christian Church
Charles Simmons
Custin Yaldwin
Wilt Brow Tans
Fay Johnson
Franz Wille
Wilfred Lichty
Wil
Braves
Scouts of
West District
Wadman’s
Wust Replants Sweetcorn for Waterloo Contract
About 10 percent of 8 009 contracted acres for Watertown Canning will be replanted due to cool spring weather. Six growers told to replant. seed is being provided for the second planting. May planting progress shows germination and earlier seeding than planned. Replanting limited by contracts at Dysart Grundy Center and Dye areas. Local residents William Brown, Mark Campbell, and Edward Selzer plan a morning visit to Morning Sun.
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Watertoo Canning Company
Beranen
Watertons
Bprvile
Grundy Center
BOG Acres
Hoffmann Found Guilty of Slaying Mrs Bauer
Harry L. Hoffman a middle aged motion picture operator was found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing Mrs Maude A Bauer on a Staten Island road March 25 after she accepted a lift from a passing motorist. The jury deliberated 12 hours and Hoffman was sentenced to 270 years to life in prison with no stay.
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Hoffman
Tier‘nan
Mellon Named in Pay G O P Deficit with Booze Graft
In a congressional glimpse the article argues a pay deficit and booze graft linked to the Republican party, naming E. Doheny and Martin Egan as officers of a questionable association tied to Morgan officials. Means recalls ties to Chad and interactions with Morgan as he describes an effort to inflame and persuade the masses.
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Mexico
Means
E. &. Doheny
Martin Egan
Pierpont Morgan
Association
Morgan
Senator Wheeler
Chad
Morosco and Tully Fail in Bird of Paradise Case
Mrs Grace Fendler won a judgment against Richard Walton Tully and Olivar Morosco in New York Supreme Court Justice Erlanger ruling that portions of her play In Hawaii were used in The Bird of Paradise. A referee will determine damages and royalty apportionment based on showings.
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New York
Grace Fendler
Richard Walton Tully
Olivar Morosco
Supreme Court
Erlanger
Tully
Fendler
Morosco
Hawaii
House Committee to Scan Oil Contracts in Washington
Washington May 29. A further inquiry into the Tuel contracts of the fleet corporation is expected after testimony yesterday naming former Secretary Fall and the Sinclair company. The committee recessed today and will resume hearings Saturday as it probes the Shipping Board.
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Washington, D. C
Tuel
House
Shipping Board
Fall
Sinclair
Snelling Troops Hike to Fort Des Moines
The Third Battalion of the Third Infantry United States Army from Fort Snell ingMinn arrived in Des Moines yesterday en route to Fort Des Moines for three months duty. The battalion departed Fort Snelling May 4. The unit includes 10 officers 50 men 83 mules and several trucks.
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Des Moines
Third Infantry
United States Army
Fort Snell, Jing, Minn
Fort Des Moines
Fort Snelling
Three youths held as members of thief gang
Police report recounts the arrest of Pearl Stanford 18 and confessions by George Shepherd 23 and Davita Bestman 22, linked to a tire theft ring. Items stolen from parked cars and a cottage at Sherwood Park were recovered as investigators gather more property and notes of buyers.
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Jsil
Pearl Stanford
Electric Park
George Shepherd
Davita Bestman
Eastman
Shepherd
Estman
Stanford
Sherwood Park
H. T. Wagner
Stone to Press War Graft Prosecutions Under New Policy
Washington May 29 The Justice Department will push wartime graft prosecutions to quick conclusions under a revised policy. The War Transactions Section will be coordinated under one head, with Paul Shipman Andrews of Syracuse chosen to run the unit.
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Stone
Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Department
Stile
Paul Shipman Andrews
Syracuse
Counterfeiter Planned Pressing Money With Wringer Arrested
Riverside authorities arrested Corbett McNickle last night after officers found a dozen photographic plates of hills in denominations from 10 to 100 and a camera with a counterfeit lens. The clothes wringer was described as McNickle’s printing press in the seizure.
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Riverside
Gal
Corbett McNickle
Toom
Weinger
MelNickle
Anamosa Man Killed as Truck Plunges Into Creek
Anamosa Iowa May 29 Andrew Leesekant 35 killed when a truck carrying him rolled over and dropped 15 feet into a creek. He was pinned under mud and water and died before rescuers could lift the vehicle. Milo Stickley survived, thrown clear of the wreckage.
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Anamosa
Andrew Leesekant
Milo Stickley
Leesekant
Court Grants Defense Fund To De Valera
In New York and Cedar Rapids May 22 29 the Supreme Court and local events tie to funds for Eamon de Valera and Stephen M O Mara. The court upheld a claim that 2% of a $2 5 million Irish Republican Fund should be allocated for their defense in the suit filed by the Irish Free State.
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Cedar Rapids
Eugene |Annheimer
Des Moines
Kiwanis Club
Mannheimer
New_York
Z Court
McCook
Dacd
League
Eamon de Valera
Stephen M. O'Mara
Trish Republican
Trish Free State
East High Yo-Yo Club Adds Twelve New Members
Twelve new members were initiated into East High Hi-Y club at a YMCA meeting last night. Names include William Decker George Hadley George Heath Harold Johnson Albert Martin Chester Coburn Alvin Parker Ralph Ellsworth Clair Heickle Deloss Stover Rob ert Drake and Robert Jenkins. The final meeting of the year will be at East High next Wednesday at 3:30 pm for officer installation.
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East High
William Decker
George Hadley
George Heath
Harold Johnson
Albert Martin
Chester Coburn
Alvin Parker
Ralph Ellsworth
Clair Heickle
Deloss Stover
Robert Drake
Robert Jenkins
Died Suddenly in Aurora as Heart Disease Claims Sister-in-Law
Mrs. James A Usok learned of her sister-in-law Mrs. George Hayward's death at Aurora Mississippi from heart disease. Three months earlier a funeral was held for Mrs. FLD Brown in Aurora. A separate item reports James Brower, 28, killed by high tension current while repairing a transformer in Askaloosa Iowa May 2.
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James A. Usok
George Hayward
Aurora
Hayward
Cack
Fld. Brown
Bive Wink
Askaloosa
Jamieas! II
Brower
Berlin elects nationalist leader Ludwig Wallrat president
Telegraph briefs report Ludwig Wallrat elected president of the nationalist leadership in Berlin. In Canton China, a general strike by Canton workers threatens amid heavy taxation and rising costs.
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Berlin
Ludwig Wallrat
Veichstas
Canton
China
Services for Mrs Wesworth Kline at family home
Funeral services for Mrs Wesworth Kline will be held at the family home 425 Clay Street at 8 00 p m Friday with Rev R W Cross of Cedar Heights officiating Burial will follow at Bair Lew Cemetery
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Mes
Elisworth Kline
Wesworth Kline
Clay Street
R. W. Cross
Cedar Heights
Bair- Lew
Japanese Protest Over Immigration Bill Reaches Embassy
The Japanese protest against the new immigration law arrived at the Japanese embassy by cable. Ambassador Hanihara will not seek a meeting with Secretary Hughes while the message is decoded. Hughes spoke with President Coolidge but no official comment on Tokyo’s stance will be issued until the government replies.
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Washington, D. C
State Department
Hanihara
Hughes
Coolidge
Tokio
British Labor Government Faces Tight House Debate
London May 29 The Daily Herald says the Labour government stands in a tighter corner during tonight's Commons debate. Conservatives seek to reduce Tom Shaw's salary in a motion aimed at expressing disapproval of the government's unemployment policy, signaling a fragile majority.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Daily Herald
Tom Shaw
Labor
4 000 000 Carloads of Livestock Made Subject to Refund
Refunds on freight bills for livestock transport have been enabled by 28 livestock exchanges led by the Chicago and National Livestock Exchanges. An Interstate Commerce Commission decision retroactive to 1826 saves shippers in the western territory from 1 to 18 dollars per car, affecting about 1 million cars annually.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Na_tional Livestock Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blue-Eyed Tommy OConnor Captured in Minneapolis
Police identify a man captured in Minneapolis as Tommy OConnor a Chicago gunman alias Jack Ryan. Frank Brunskill says the prisoner has blue eyes and resembles the notorious figure but he had not yet been released and no official statement was issued.
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Minneapolis
Minn Mayr
Tommy O'Connor
Chicago
Frank Brunskill
Brennan
Brunskill
Jack Ryan
Menaces to America Viewed by Beackler
Ray C. Eggert postmaster led a Lions Club attendance contest winning group with 224 percent for nine weeks. Rev. W. H. Beackler spoke on maintaining the ship, citing perils to America such as lawlessness and paralysis of public readership. A fire at R. P. Bowman’s bakery ruined picnic baked goods for tomorrow.
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Ray C. Eggert
caMain
Lions Club
Black's
Eggert
Rev
W. H. Beachler
America
Guardsmen Set Three Day Encampment at Elk Run
Advance guard left for Elk Run this morning to prepare meals and fields. The rest of the company arrives for supper with memorial services planned in Waterloo tomorrow morning. Officers in charge are Captain Clyde W. Davis and Lieutenants Ralph Denny and Otto Kaberle. Sunday features a detailed military program with tear gas demonstrations, scanning and patrolling for visitors. Guests may join the Sunday dinner. notable visitors include Major Seward C. Wiles of Cedar Rapids and infantry commanders from Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Cedar Falls.
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Waterloo Tomoorow
Capk Clyde W. Davis
Ralbick Denny
Otto Kaberle
National Guard
Seward C. Wiles
Cedar Rapids
Dubbuque
Cedar Falls
Des Moines Thieves and Holdup Artists' Busy Evening
Des Moines on May 29 reports a string of burglaries and holdups netting about $4,000. A. P. Barber lost $75 and jewelry worth $2,500 while returning to his garage. Tires worth $600 were stolen from the Towberman garage and harness valued at $200 from the municipal waterworks. A man named O Connor was robbed of $50 on Sixth avenue and Birdland drive by two masked bandits.
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Des Moines
A. P. Barber
William Towberman
Harma
O'Connor
Sixth Avenue
Birdland Drive
Absent Voters Last Chance At Ballot Before Primary
The county auditor announced that Saturday is the final day for electors to cast absent ballots at the Fr Esher office. The law allows this 16 days before to one secular day before the primary. Traveling voters are reminded ballots sent by mail must arrive by tomorrow.
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Fr. Esher
Maya Defora
Beauty's Lower Lip Valued at $2 500 in Court Decision
In Los Angeles on May 24 the state supreme court ordered Gertrude Steele beauty specialist to pay Pauline Hall motion picture actress 2 500 dollars for a ruined lower lip after a disputed contour operation. Hall had sued for 15 dollars claiming the procedure spoiled the lip.
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Beauty
Los Angeles
Cal
State Supreme Court
Gertrude Steele
Pauline Hall
House Postal Salaries Bill Substitute Likely Tuesday
The House will consider a substitute for the Senate postal salaries bill next week under a post office committee plan. The measure is expected to be called up Tuesday. Members challenged Postmaster General New’s estimate that the House bill would raise annual government spending by 86 million dollars, arguing experts peg the cost at about 66 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Post Office Committee
New
Post Office Department
Three Bicycle Race Classes for Waterloo Boys
Waterloo boys stage their annual bicycle races under Auspices of M. G. A. and Coburn sporting goods store on Saturday June 7. Race distances vary by class from 460 to 560 yards and a mile, with two or more races per class and fifteen prizes for second and third places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Coburn Sporting Goods
Antsy Lst
Ami
Curran Reappointed as Elks Sergeant-at-Arms in State
Dispatches from Clinton report James G. Clark announces the reappointment of Floyd Curran Jr. Waterloo as sergeant-at-arms with Be. H. Rudd Ce ar Falls named chaplain and George Rat Uglows City appointed chairman of the state transportation committee amid reorganization of Elks leadership.
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Clinton
James G. Clark
Newt
State Association of Elks
BE. H. Rudd
Cear Falls
George Rat
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