Equity Society Plans Knockout for Speculators
Nearly two hundred delegates and visitors attend the Iowa State union annual session as Fred E. Osborne of the Equity Co operative Exchange outlines a producer owned selling system to bypass middlemen and stabilize prices. J M Anderson will speak. election of a new board is planned. Mayor Frisbie and officers preside amid talks on cooperative markets and futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Union
American Society of Equity
Fred E. Osborne
Equity Co-operative Exchange
South St. Paul
Chicago
J. M Anderson
St. Paul
Osborne
Middlewest
Mr. Osborne
Canada
United States
Liverpool
Equity
South St.Paul
St.oeul
M. Anderson
Ater
C.H. Gustafson
Farmer's Union
Nebraska
Arr
N. W. Frisbie
Bissonnette
H. L. Bissonnette
Charles
Iowa Union
H. A. Hendrickson
Waterville
M. V. Perry
Nashua
Nationwide retail council forms to combat trade crisis
Merchants and manufacturers in St Louis launch plan to prevent business stagnation by boosting purchases of immediate goods. David May outlines factories using prompt orders to sustain wages, enabling workers to buy merchandise and aid retailers. A national Retailers' Council formed in New York unites major trade associations to counter falling prices and curb the crisis in retail trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louis
Melville L. Wilkinson
Associated Retailers of
David May
Wilkinson
May
New York
National Retail Dry- Foods Association
National Association of Retail Clothiers
National Garment Retailers
National Shoe Retailers Association of the
United States
Retail Miller's Association of America
Minneapolis
Minn
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Omaha
Neb
United States Bureau of Markets
Courier Delivery Timing and Help Line Notice
The Courier will be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you do not receive your paper by then due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach the office before 6 30 p m.
Fine Land and Resources in Philippine Islands Draw Attention
Washington November 23 The annual report by Major General Frank McIntyre head of the war department insular affairs urges American bankers and businessmen to invest in the Philippines noting vast tracts of prime agricultural land await development and rich oil and gas potential exist yet underexplored labor shortages push natives toward Hawaii while Porto Rico shows satisfactory progress under the 1917 organic act with trade figures indicating heavy US links in imports and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Philippine Islands
Frank MecIntyre
Bureau of Insular Affairs
War Department
Baker
McIntyre
Gen. McIntyre
Philippines
Hawaii
United States
Porto Rico
Waterloo Officers' Trial Is Continued to February Term
The trial of former Waterloo police officers charged with threat to extort will be held in the February term of district court. Illness of juror Frank Volk, deemed too old to serve, prompted the postponement decided yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Eldora
Frank Volk
Lone Bandit Robs Iowa Bank Near Oto
Two lone bandits robbed the State Bank of Oto Ta yesterday afternoon taking about 1200 dollars. They bound and gagged cashier Leo Mak and a customer in a rear room before slipping away through a rear door. A customer entering during the robbery was unaware of the event.
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Siow
City. A
State Bank of
Oto
iLeo Mak
Nebraska Telephone Head Dies on Coast
Casper E Yost aged 79, longtime chairman and former president of Nebraska Telephone Co, died last night in Long Beach California. Yost was a nationally known figure in the telephone industry, with ties to Omaha and the company’s headquarters announcing the death today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Omaha
Neb
Casper
E. Yost
The
Nebraska Telephone Company
Long Beach
Cal
Yost
United States
Ulster Chief and British Leaders Invited to US Hearings
The Committee of 100 investigating the Irish question invited Sir Hamar Greenwood British chief secretary for Ireland Sir John French lord lieutenant of Ireland and Sir Edward Carson Ulster leader in the house of commons to testify in hearings in the United States The commission said representatives could be sent if they could not travel and Carson would voice Ulster minority while French and Greenwood would present military administration perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hamar Greenwood
Ireland
John French
Edward Carson
House of Commons
Committee of 100
United States
Morris & Co Plans Sale of Stockyards Interests
Chicago Nov 23 The Associated Press reports Morris & Co packers will file plans in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to sell their stockyard and terminal interests to livestock producers and the public. The plan names several stockyards and rail lines, excludes immediate sale of Morris holdings, and outlines a staged offering from producers to general public with eventual public auction if needed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Morris & Co
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Plana
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Oklahoma City
St. Joseph
McCoy
Palmer
Swift, Armour, Morris, Wilson and Cudahy
Edward Morris
Morris
Throw Indian Votes Out Democrats Win
Asheville reports a county board of commissioners in Paxton County voting nine to two to discard all Indian ballots, claiming ballot stuffing. The action favors Democratic candidates except two, with Republicans promising court action to challenge the move. Separately, Spain sees renewed push for international rail links from Vigo to Budapest via Marseilles and Madrid to Berlin via Paris.
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Associa
Ed Fresa
Asheville
Paxton County
County Board of Commissioners
Republican County Organization
Associated Pressy
Madrid
Spain
Vigo
Budapest
Marseilles
Paris
Berlin
Warsaw
Four Killed In Grade Crossing Collision Near De Soto
Associated Press Iowa report from Van Meter notes Rock Island No. 5 struck an automobile at a grade crossing near De Soto, killing four Linneman family members including Peter and Mrs Linneman, their son Elmer, and infant. Mrs Linneman survived with serious injuries and was taken to a Des Moines hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
van Meter
Peter Linneman
Rock Island
Peter
Linneman
Elmer
Himer Linneman
Des Moines
de Soto
Credit Man Attacks Loosened Modern Business Methods
H F Barker of the National Association of Credit Men warned that loose practices across the nation have caused 256 million dollars in losses due to canceled offers and delayed order instructions. He urged tighter credit terms and prompt collections as inflation recedes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
H. F. Barker
National Association of Credit Men
Barker
Co-Operation and Credit Methods Committee
Cedar Falls appoints gas equipment inspector citywide
Cedar Falls officials announce permanent appointment of an inspector for gas equipment in every focal house using the service following the Rasmussen family gas leak death. Council defers police force expansion due to funds, though funds exist to hire one officer for about six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Emil Rasmussen
Federal Agents Seek Evidence of Crop-Holding Plans
Washington D C November 25 Declaring he understood federal agents are already going over Kansas Iowa and other states trying to get evidence necessary to the indictment of men who are asking farmers to hold their crops Charles S Barrett president of the National Farmers union through a statement issued today appealed to members of his organization to stand together and not sell their products at present ruinously low prices
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington D.C
Kansas
Iowa
Charles S. Barrett
National Farmers’ Union
Jmempars
Bank Opens in Cleveland by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co operative National Bank reported 700 new savings and checking accounts and deposits exceeding 200000 in its first week. President Warren Stone called it the first co operative commercial bank in the United States with a capital of 1 million and a 100000 surplus. The stock is owned by the brotherhood and its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland, Q
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Co-operative National Bank
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood
Europe
Ais Labor Bank
WITNESSES TELL LABOR COSTS STILL HIGH
Chicago November 23. L D Weld head of Swift & Co commercial research told wage hearings that wages cannot fall. He cited slumping by products prices from 14 to 1 per 100 pounds of lamb and a 10 percent drop in food costs over the year. He warned labor must decrease for business to return to normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Dd Weld
Department of Commercial Research
Swift &i Co
Alschuler
Weld
League Clash Over Armenian Resolution Shapes Assembly Session
Geneva, Navy. The league of nations faces a possible clash between its council and assembly over Armenia. The Armenian question dominates talks as Lord Robert Cecil and Rene Viviani back interventions, while council inaction on Viviani’s resolution stirs debate on powers and relations between bodies.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Navy
Council
Assembly of the League of Nations
Armenia
Lord Robert Cecil
Rene Vivianf
France
Council of the League
Viviani
Assembly
Balfour
Harry
Organization Commission
Millen
Australia
Germany
League
Robert Cecil
Robert J
George Nicoll Barnes
Great Britain
Poland
Soviet Russia
League of Nations
Assembly of the League
Henri ,la Fontaine
Belgium
Fridtijof Nansen
Norway
Honorio Pueyrredon
Argentina
Rene Viviani
Signor Schanzi
Italy
H. A. van Karnebeek
Holland
Postpone Plebiscite in Greece to Dec 5
Paris reports confirmation that the Greek plebiscite on ex-King Constantine's return to the throne has been postponed to December 5. The vote, initially set for November 28, was confirmed by the French foreign office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Greece
Constantine
Foreign Office
Highways and Weather Outlook From Iowa Territory Report
Weather bureau notes include towns Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Faribault Mt Cross Wis Mason Marshall New Hampton Postville Waterloo Waverly. Highways soft but drying. forecast cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Crafteg City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Faribault
Mt Crosse
Wis
Mason Marshalltown
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Harding Lands at Colon Amid Toots of Many Whistles
President-elect Warren G. Harding arrived at Cristobal at 9 oclock this morning aboard the Parismina and received a hearty harbor welcome. He will rest at a hotel and decline many invitations during his five day canal zone vacation with calls on President Porras of Panama and potential dinners with canal zone officials and local business leaders. The voyage includes a stop in Kingston Jamaica before returning.
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Associated Mreasy Colon
Panaimas
Warren G. Harding
United States
Cristobal
Parigmina
Harding
Parismina
Associated Press
Panarma
Canal Zone
Hifs
Atlantic Terminal
Canal
Porras
Panama
Panama City
Pacific
Isthmus
Gav. Murd Ing
Colon
Kingston
Jamaica
the Wessel
Farmer Terrill Shot Self After Crossing Fence
James Terrill, a 47 year old farmer near Green Mountain, died after crawling through a fence with a pistol aimed toward him. His wife, hearing gunfire at noon and later finding him, found him deceased with a bullet wound to the left breast. The incident occurred yesterday during a hunting trip, and the body was discovered as the wife searched for him after returning from a neighbor's funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
James Terrill
Green Mountain
Terrill
East Pays Excessive Prices for Turkeys
New York reports rising turkey prices for Thanksgiving with wholesale rates 52 to 54 cents per pound, 5 to 7 cents higher than last year. Deputy Markets Commissioner Louis Reed Weltmiller calls the price excessive despite increased turkey supply and notes cranberries at 20 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Louis Reed Weltmiller
Public Markets
John Watts Pioneer Iowa Editor Dies at 75
Ames Iowa November 23 funeral held here for John Watts former editor of the Des Moines Leader in 1885. He died Monday at age 75. The body was taken to Des Moines for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ames
John Watts
Des Moines Leader
Des Moines
Watts
Factory workers paid less than office help in New York
Albany Nov 23 The New York state industrial commission reports October wages show factory office employees averaging 31.06 a week while factory workers averaged 28.93 a week. Factory worker pay rose 20 cents from September due to seasonal activity and full time operation in holidays affected plants. Office salaries rose 14 percent since October 1918, vs 19 percent for factory workers, with October manufacturing gains mainly in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
New York State
State Industrial Commission
New York City
Gordon of Troops Circles Dublin in Hunt for Slayers
Dublin reports describe intensified military searches across the city after Sundays killings of 14 British officers. curfew enforced, trains and city traffic halted, barring of bridges and roads, raids on suspected gunmen frequent, and arrests made in Nenagh and Athlone as authorities pursue suspects.
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Gordon
Dublin
Crown
Croke Park
Dublin Castle
Gaelic Athletic “Association
Theer
Wieman Clarke
Toledo
Glasswork
Ers’ Union
Thomas MacReady
Phoenix Glass ‘Company
Monaca
Croke’ Park
Ireland
Ory
London
Charrow
Nenagh
Tipperary
Central News
Isinn Fein
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OWA State Union
Springfield
Hedjaz
Prince Habib Lotfatlen
Emir Feisel
Buffalo
East Buffalo
Denver
Indianapolis
Ind
ISK Ulster
Committee of
Sir Hamar Greenwood
Sir John French
U. S
Morris & GO
Morris Company
U. S. Supreme Court
B. of
L. E
Big Bank
Cleveland
Swift
Vivian
East
State Industrial Report
Soldiers Hem City
Wxlay
England
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