Two Minneapolitan Men Arrested With Bogus Check Suspect
Police hold E. F. Anderson and Leon Johnson after they were nabbed with a Hudson Six car and a disguiseclad passenger in Charles City. A young woman, listed as the wife of one man, escaped arrest as authorities probe a $45 bogus check and a possible network of crooks across cities. The car, muddy and with illegible plates, carried robes and many stockings suggesting counterfeiting schemes.
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E. F. Anderson
Leon Johnson
Charles City
Chief Young
J. S. Anderson
J. A. Careson
Minnesota
Dick Jamerson
Minneapolis
Elmer Hotel
Hotel Ellis
BH. F. Anderson
Young
Waterloo
North Dakota Banks to Liquidate Claims Suggests State Examiner
The State Bank Examiner G E Lofthus said 16 closed North Dakota banks will liquidate assets to cover liabilities. Some banks may reopen while others suspend permanently after settling loans, caused by farm price declines and farmer reluctance to sell.
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North Dakota
Associated Press
Bismarck
N. D
G. E. Lofthus
State Bank Examiner
Missouri Storm Threatens Great Lakes Shipping
Weather bureau warned storms over the Great Lakes region with northeast gales on Lake Superior and southeast gales over Lakes Michigan and Huron. Snow and rain accompany the gales as the storm moves from central Missouri northeastward, increasing in intensity tonight and Tuesday with easterly winds reaching gale force. all Great Lakes shipping was cautioned.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Weather Bureau
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Missouri
Great Lakes
Court considers action to force rail payments guarantee
Washington November 29 The Associated Press reports court action to compel the treasury department to make payments to the railroads under the guaranty provision of the transportation act is under consideration by the carriers.
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The
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
Civic Body Directors to Meet Legion Men in Waterloo
Civic leaders and Legion officials from Waterloo and Tecker-Chapman post plan a Friday evening meeting at Memorial Hall. Each director will bring two business guests as they discuss securing quarters for the nest and financing efforts. The event aims to outline collaboration and future work.
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Waterloo
Tecker-Chapman Post
Greater Waterloo Association
Memorial
Legion Hero
City in Brief Warren Clay Parley visit and local notices
Warren Clay Parley of Dubuque, formerly of Waterloo, visits friends in the city. Various local notices include improvements after operations in Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls, bankruptcy discharge for Lawrence S. Kelly now in Minnesota, and a two weeks mission at Sacred Heart church to start next Sunday.
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Warren Clay Parley
Dubuque
Waterloo
Robert T. Thorn
Alice anduEila Patton
Masonville
Io- Lawrence S. Kelly
Federal
Minnesota
Blanche Lansing
Cedar Rapids
R. W. Eddy
Cedar Falls
Betha Powers
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
L. & Powers
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Redemption ‘Fathers of
Davenport
Edwin E. Axer
Ames
Hudson
Iowa Highway Commission
Katherine Keegan
Black Hawk Street
Emma Livingston
Keegan
St. Luke's Hospital
Livingston
Ladies* Aid Society of the First M. E
Beem known as Waterloo official killed in Fresno crash
Mortuary E R Beem longtime Rock Island agent chief clerk in Waterloo died in an automobile accident in Fresno California on November 21. He was manager of Clovis Orchard Co Fresno and had real estate interests. Born 1874 in Marion County Iowa he married Hattie Pearl Thomas in 1895. Surviving: widow and three sons, parents Mr and Mrs J A Beem Lehigh Iowa a brother R C Beem Lehigh two sisters Elizabeth Beem Chicago and Mrs F L Beem Lehigh.
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E. R. Beem
Waterloo
Rock Island
Fresno
Cal
Beem
Clovis Orchard Company
Marion County
Hattie Pearl Thomas
California
J. A. Beem
R. C. Beem
Lehigh
Elizabeth Beem
Chicago
FL. Beem
Court Asked to Construe Terms of J. H. Grady's Will
RB Blough, executor, filed in district court to interpret Jacob H Grady's will. The petition says the provisions are unclear, hindering estate handling, securities investments, and property disposition. It states Susan Grady, widow, will receive proceeds from 40 acres in Orange township while unmarried and interest in a $1 endowment and the right to sell property with interest on $6,000.
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Jacob H. Grady
RB. W. Blough
District Court
Susan Grady
Orange Township
Brethren Church
Barred From Sales to Shipping Board Testimony
Samuel M. Hildreth of a packing firm testified before the Walsh congressional committee that discrimination in awarding Shipping Board contracts existed because his firm was not on any approval list. He said he never learned why and had not raised the issue with the Shipping Board chairman. He also noted William F. Cash testified about alleged minor irregularities in Shipping Board accounts.
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The
Associated Press
New York
Shipping Board
Samuel M. Hildreth
Walsh Congressional Committee
Hildreth
Walsh
William EF. Cash
Peddicord resigns from Union Mills after 22 years service
William J. Peddicord today tendered his resignation as manager and secretary of the Waterloo and Cedar Falls Union Mills company after 22 years with the firm. Directors will meet soon to appoint his successor. He entered the mill in 1898 after service in the Spanish American War and rose from bookkeeper to general manager and secretary. He cites growing private interests, including presidency of the American Trust and Savings Bank, as reasons for retirement. He plans to stay in Waterloo, where he remains active in business clubs.
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Wiliam J. Peddicord
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
W. L. Illingworth
Northwest
Minneapolis
Peddicord
American Trust & Savings Bank
Births Reported in Orange and Wellington Townships
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H H Stokes of Orange township welcomed a daughter Zelma Rose on November 27. Mr. and Mrs. Fred R Douhugh of Wellington welcomed a daughter Dorothy Lynn on November 19. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Allen of 847 Kern welcomed a daughter Doris on November 20.
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Ralph HH
Stokes
Orange Township
Zelma Rose
Fred R. Douahugh
Wellington
Dorothy Lynn
Walter Allen
Kern
Doris
Army Now Model for Big Machine Says Secy Baker
Secretary Baker outlines a future Army plan to stockpile war supplies that could be quickly absorbed into commerce during a national emergency. He praises Navy and civilian war agencies for cooperation and says the Army today is an object of pride in equipment personnel and spirit.
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Baker
Department
War Department
Miss Booth Will Stay in America
New York November 29 Evangeline Booth will continue as leader of the Salvation Army in America according to Gen Bramwell Booth international head who denied she would be sent abroad He spoke after a world tour noting uplift work in the far east aiding women from chattelism and educating children He commented on Ireland saying unrest signals a newer life urging temperance forces to unite against anti prohibitionist tactics He described central Europe Germany and Austria as suffering a collapse of social order with American aid aiding relief France and Belgium were said to be stabilizing
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New York
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
America
Bramwell Booth
Booth
Far East
Europe
Germany
Austria
France
Belgium
St. Louis Nationals to Train at Orange Texas
St. Louis Nationals will report for training in Orange Texas on February 20. The team will arrange preseason games with the Philadelphia Americans.
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ST. Louis Nationals
Orange, Tex
St. Louis
Orange
Tex
Philadelphia Americans
General Election of 1920 Costs Rise in Iowa Counties
Des Moines reports compiled figures show election costs jumped from $600 to $7,000 in several counties comparing to two years earlier. A. J. Small, Iowa state law librarian, notes higher costs due to larger vote totals, additional help, and restrictions on voting machines in some counties. Woodbury led with the largest increase at $7,204. Calhoun, Carroll, and Kossuth also show notable rises.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
A. J. Small
Woodbury
Calhoun
Carroll
Kossuth
Famous Doctor Dies of X Ray Infection
Paris reports the death of Dr. Charles Infroit, renowned X ray specialist. His left wrist and right arm were amputated after repeated infections and operations since 1898, with 24 procedures total, 22 in the last decade. In 1915 his claim of extracting a soldier’s heart bullet was widely discussed.
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Associated Press
Paris
Charles Infroit
Infroit
Academy of Medicine of
Three Are Held for Peach King's Murder
Macon Georgia officials said they were probing charges by Frederick Crandall, nephew of Fred D. Shepard the Peach King, that whisky poisoned Shepard in the car where he died last June. They arrested Mrs F E Elmer former wife of Shepard her son George Hopson and her sister Mrs Henry on murder charges.
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Associated Press
Macon
Solicitor General’s Office Today
Frederick Crandall
Fred D. Shepard
Georgia
Crandall
Shepard
F. E. Elmer
George Hopson
Henry
Prominent Men and Women Honor Hamon
Ardmore Okla Nov 39 Men and women prominent in public life attend the funeral of Jake L Hamon Republican national committeeman and oil man at 230 pm The five Oklahoma Republican congressmen attend Trains on the Wichita Falls Ranger Fort Worth railway will stop 10 minutes from 2 to 210 pm All Hanion leases operations halt from 2 to 3 pm
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Associated Press
Ardmore
Okla
Jake L. Hamon
Oklahoma
Hannon
Wichita Falls
Ranger
Open Air Mail Route Chicago-Minneapolis
Daily aerial mail service began between Chicago and Minneapolis with a plane carrying 500 pounds of mail. After a brief stop at La Crosse, Wis., it should reach Minneapolis at 1 39 this afternoon, piloted by William Carroll. Ex-Empress Augusta Victoria reportedly improving after heart attack. Bishop Canigan of Pittsburgh resigns due to ill health. Bread price drops 24-ounce loaf from 14 to 12 cents in Cleveland.
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Associated Press
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Wiliam Carroll
la Crosse
Wis
Brean
Cleveland
Tenant Farmers Face Bankruptcy in Slump
Inquiries received by J. Jordan, local bankruptcy referee, indicate many tenant farmers may be driven into bankruptcy due to slump in farm product prices. An attorney from Grundy County noted tenants report they cannot avoid using bankruptcy provisions amid high costs for labor and implements, with cash rents and own-land farmers affected too. Similar inquiries are rising in other counties.
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J. Jordan
Grundy County
Iowa
Jordan
Bankers Set to Discuss Farm Leases at State Meeting
Iowa bankers will gather December 21 to 23 at the University of Iowa in Iowa City for the annual income tax short course. Topics include farm tenantry and farm leases amid declining farm product values, with R. O. Hutchison of Waterloo noting the lease trend. The program blends business efficiency, bank administration, income tax law instruction, and problem solving, with last year’s enrollment over 600 professionals and some women. Enroll through the Iowa Bankers association in Des Moines.
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Towa
University of Towa
Iowa City
Iowa
R. O. Hutchison
Waterloo
East
Middle West
Iowa Bankers’ Association
Flemng
Big City Court Civil Trial Over Promissory Note
The City Court opens a major civil case with a 12 juror panel over a $250 promissory note plus interest, involving a land deal and contract repudiation. Plaintiff is represented by Sager, Sweet & Edwards. defense by McCoy & Beacher. Jury selection dominates the morning.
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J. A. Aungst
P. W. Pinard
Sager, Sweet & Edwards
McCoy & Beacher
Sugar Ship Loses Race to Get Money in Chesapeake
A loaded sugar ship from Texas named Maru raced up Chesapeake Bay to beat Baltimore lawyers pursuing payment for cargo in New York courts. The ship lost. In Baltimore, Hopkins secured a New York Supreme Court injunction restraining Lamborne Co from collecting on letters of credit held with New York banks by local dealers awaiting the ship’s arrival. Also reported is the closure of the State Bank of Tokio in Benson County, North Dakota, the sixteenth bank to close in two weeks due to depleted resources, with plans to reopen.
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Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
New York
J. i Baltimore
Hopkins
Supreme Court of
New York City
Lamborne © _ Co
Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
Tokio
Benson County
North Dakota
Last Man Wanted in Greatest Train Robbery Nabbed
Keith Collins, the final suspect in the Council Bluffs train robbery, confessed to participating and burning most of the loot except $290 found on his person. He claims ignorance of the total value and denies receiving $26,000. Collins, about 28, formerly a locomotive engineer, was jailed by federal officers in Kansas City and to be moved to Council Bluffs.
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Kansan City
Keith Colling
Council Bluffs
Johnson
Colling
Westville
Oklo
Collins
Foot
Rotarians Plan Evening of Entertainment at Hotel Russell Lamson
Rotary club members outlined a dinner dance vaudeville program for Wednesday December 8 at Hotel Russell Lamson. Herman C. Miller and Thomas M. Buchanan led talks during the noon meeting, with Cal Huntsinger's orchestra set to provide music for the dance portion.
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Rotary Club Today
Herman C. Miller
Thomas M. Buchanan
Rotary Club
Hotel Russell- Lamson
Vaude Ville
Rotary
Cal Huntsinger
Wreckage Found From Barge W. J. Pirrie Off Cape Johnson
Astoria November 29. The steamer Santa Rita and coast guard cutter Snohomish found wreckage of the barge W. J. Pirrie on the beach near Cape Johnson, but rough seas prevented boats from reaching shore. Twenty three aboard when last seen.
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Associated Press
Astoria
Ore
Stanta Rita
Coastguard
Snohomish
W. J. Pirrie
Cape Johnson
North Head
Pirrie
Farmer Loses Sugar Says It Is Poisoned
A Dubuque county farmer reports a stolen sack of sugar from a shipment from Chicago containing deadly poison. The farmer warned the party to avoid eating the sugar and notes the sugar was stored in a woodshed where it later disappeared amid ongoing concerns of tampering.
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Prean
Dubuque, la
Dubuque County
Chicago
Verdun the Army Mule and an Earthquake Tale
A Washington dispatch recounts Mile Verdun, an army mule from Verdun, France, mascot of the Fifteenth field artillery, and her adventures returning to the United States. Separately, seismographs report a moderate earthquake near Georgetown and another near British Columbia or Alaska, with readings from Seattle and Washington University.
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Washington
Fifteenth Seid Artillery
Camp Travis
Tex
Mlle
Verdun
France
United States
Fifteenth Field Artillery
Fifteenth
Mile
Adjt
Harris
Sec
Bartimquake
Associated Areas
Enred
Washington, D C
Georgetown Univerty
Methodists Pass Up Blue Law Program
The house of bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church in pension here declared it would not deal with the Lord's Day alliance program for strict enforcement of Sunday blue laws.
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iBy
Ass Allaniie City
Johsyaph Harry
House of Bishops
Methodist Holiscopal Church
Pession
Episcopalians Lead Princeton In Student Faith Split
At Princeton University Episcopalian students now constitute 33.1 percent of the total, surpassing Presbyterians for the first time. Senior and junior classes favor Episcopalians, with 102 and 105 Episcopalians respectively against 134 and 131 Presbyterians. Remaining denominations trail, while 52 students report no religious affiliation.
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New York
Princeton University
John Calvin
Old Nassau
General Board
The
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Etudents
STATE TO WAR ON BEAVERS ALBANY N Y
Conservation commission workers trap beavers in the Adirondacks this winter after a survey of 746 beaver dams that flooded 3719 acres and cost timber losses of 54835 dollars. The piney hills are so dense with dams that rangers cannot cover them all as beavers spread through the mountains.
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Albany
Adirondacks
The
Conservation Commission
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A. W. Brown
D.C. Edwards
Douglas
Wyo
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W., C. F. & N. Railway
E. R. Breem
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Die
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Mary A. McClellan
O’keefe & Towne Funneral
EB. J. Lockwood
Fairview
Elizabeth McClellan
Riehl] Street
Q. E. Titus
Serling, Okla
J. H. Grady
Union Mills
William J. Peddicord
ARMY
Sec’y Baker
Miss Booth
Peach King
Senate
Western Union Telegraph Company
State Department
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Republican
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Brooklyn
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Harry Prendergast
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Children’s Society
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the Associates Press
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Holland
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Bishop III
Pittsburgh
Canegin
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the Courier
Keith Collins
Wang & Miller’s
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