President Harding and the League Debate Shapes in 1921
Washington dispatch notes two camps over the league of nations after Harding's speech. Irreconcilables fear entanglement and seek its death, while conciliables hope for its life, aligning with an eventual armament conference and a cautious American stance toward a European Asian institution.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D. C
Hery
Harding
League of Nations
Yrding
Mr. Harding
Senate Ee
League
Ima
Hardingans
America
Amer
League of Mans
Universalists Urge Freedom for Debs
Universalist delegates at Detroit's general convention endorse Washington conference aims to limit armaments and seek clemency for Eugene V. Debs and conscientious objectors imprisoned after the war. Rev. Smith Lowe urged favorable action in an address, with broad representation from across the United States and Canadian provinces.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Washington
Eugene V. Debs
Bn Smith Lowe
Providence
Union
Vinces
Quebec
Ontario
Delivery deadline notice for Courier at home before 5 30
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If a error by the father boy or other causes delays your delivery contact the office at phone 3330. A copy will be cut if received by that time. Phone calls must reach his office before 6 30 p m.
Senate Advances Tax Revision Amid Committee Actions
Senate continues tax revision review as Republican panels fill Knox vacancy. Military panel handles routine business. Haiti condition investigations persist. Interstate Commerce Committee reviews debt refunding and maternity bill.
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United Press
Senate
Republican Committee On Committees
Rouse Piers
Perkins Daughter Hurt In Auto Crash In Santa Barbara
Eleanor Perkins two year old daughter of Charles W Perkins former president of the Chicago Burlington Quincy railroad sustained a fractured skull and her mother minor injuries when the Perkins auto collided with an oil truck in Santa Barbara yesterday.
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Vn. W. Perkins
Santa Barbara
Cal
Eleanor Perkins
Charles W. Perkins
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Perkins Auto
Degree of Honor Convention Draws Northern Iowa Delegates
Delegates from Cedar Rapids Fort Dodge Dubuque and Oelwein attend the annual Degree of Honor district No 11 gathering at Moose hall Cedar Rapids hosts largest delegation A grand school of instruction led by Etta A Branson precedes degree work and a picnic supper Visiting delegates enjoy a dinner in Kretz cate Mrs Rogna Nauman presides local lodge
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Iowa
Degree of Honor
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Moose Hall
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Oelwein
Etta A. Branson
Kretz Cate
Rogna Nauman
Lewis orders all NSIS miners back to work nationwide call
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers issued a letter to every Kansas miner urging immediate resume of work after Alexander Howet’s deposition. He warned against false leaders and framed wage talks as the larger battle ahead, pledging to fight what he called unconstitutional provisions of the Kansas industrial court law.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Kansas
Alexander Howet
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
United States
Howat
International Union
United Mine |Workers of America
District 14
Sroken
Fetter
Prominent Banker of Ottumwa Dead After Stroke
Calvin Manning, noted Ottumwa banker and active Republican figure for 25 years, died at his home after a final stroke Wednesday night following a year of illness. He had been confined to his home due to successive strokes and passed away last night.
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United Press
Giumwya, Te
Calvin Manning
Manning
Pioneer Teacher of Lee County Dies at 83
Emma Cooper 83 a Denmark academy graduate of 1858 and pioneer Lee County educator died in Ottumwa after a month of illness. She helped plan the first high school curriculum and will be buried in Denmark, Lee County, tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Ottumwa
Emma Cooper
Denmark Academy
Denmark
Lee County
Lounge Closure by Painters Kills Baby
The 3 month old, child of Mr Swanson, suffocated in a lounge painters had closed, believing it held only bedding. The infant was dead when Mrs Swanson opened the lounge five minutes later.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Mr. Swanson
Highways Report Includes Several Iowa Towns
Highway section lists Charles City Albert City Algona Cedar Rapids Des Moines Dubuque Faribaults Cross Wis Mangan City New Hampton and Waverly. Motor line weather outlook shows fair to good conditions with rain and colder forecasts likely Saturday and strong west winds.
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U.S. 7 Agriculture Bureau
Charles City
Albert J.ca. Minn
Alxona
Cedar Rapid Moines
Dubuque
Faribauls
Crosse
Wis
Magan Cit Town
New Hampton
Pollod
Waverly
Bighways
Bandits Hold Up Train Near McCook Steal Grain Load
Two bandits held up an Atchison Topeka Santa Fe freight train near McCook Illinois early today and removed the contents of one box car in a motor truck. The loot consisted of cereals and grains.
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Colorado Bank
Denver
Colo
Wray
Vernon
United Press Chicago
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
McCook
Auto bandits leave car at Fillmore Missouri
Des Moines reports sheriff West of Clarke County is advised that four bandits who shot and killed Charles W. Jones near Murray and wounded three others abandoned their automobile at Fillmore Missouri. Bloodstained bandages found in the car suggest gang may have suffered wounds. Dr I W Fuller of Murray is in Des Moines hospital with a bullet in his back. Miller and Eaton, other posse members, are recovering.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Ed West
Clarke County
Charles W. Jones
Murray
Fillmore
West
I. W. Fuller
Jobn Miller
Charles Eaton
Sheriff's
England and United States to Act as One in Pacific War
Manila Oct 21 Lord Northcliffe British publisher declared that if the Pacific war risk remained after the disarmament conference England and the United States would act as one nation He urged the Philippine islands to stay under the American flag for their own good and compared their ties to those of England and Canada He noted the islands poverty is absent and praised Philippine schools and hospitals as equal to those in the United States and England
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United Press
Manila
P. I
Pacific
England
United States
Lord Northcliffe
Lord W Northcliffe
Philippine Islands
Northcliffe
Canada
Bachelor 64 Weds Chorus Girl 18 in Chicago Event
John Bradley Kitchen, a 64 year old Chicago bachelor from a prominent family and chief heir, reportedly married Frances Cameron, a chorus girl from a New York theatrical company. The couple is said to be honeymooning at his hunting estate in Canada.
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Bythe Associates Press
Chicago
John Bradley Kitchen
Frances Cameron
New York
Kitchen
Canada
Government Warns Unions Not to Strike Pending Board Decision
Chicago dispatch reports the United States railroad labor board orders railroads and five major unions to appear next week and warns against strikes until grievances are heard and a decision issued. The move comes as unions threaten to strike amid wage and condition disputes, with talks failing to prevent action.
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Labor Board
Chicago
Timothy Healy
Stationary Engineers, Firemen & Oilers
Railroad Board
Healy
Associated Press
United States Railroad Labor Board
Switchmen’s Union
Washington
United Tailroad Labor Board
Tombat
Railroad Labor Board
Warren 3. Stone
L. B. Sheppard
T. C. Cashen
W. G. Lee
W. S. Carter
Fireme
Harding
Ington
Stone
Lee
Carter
Cleveland
Cushen
Switchmen’s
Buffalo
Sheppard
Cedar Rapids
Charriers
Rumors of Rupture in Irish Conference Brief Session
London reports say the Irish peace conference at Downing Street adjourned after a brief session lasting just over an hour. Delegates met at noon after a postponed start and left the prime minister's residence around 1 pm. No official reason was given, but rumors spoke of flareups over alleged truce violations.
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United Press
London
Downing Street
Airplane Infantry Annihilator on Trial
Hicksville New York October 21 a noted all‑weather monoplane carrier carrying 20 machine guns designed to attack infantry left here at 9 59 am with Brook Eyre Pierson as pilot for a trip to Washington to be inspected by army and navy officials The plane carries three men and an automatic firing device capable of discharging 3000 rounds in four minutes.
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Associated Press
Hicksville
N. Y
Brook Eyre
Pierson
Washington
Army
Navy
Widow of Buffalo Bill Louisa Cody Dies at 78
Louisa Frederick Cody widow of Col. William F. Cody known as Buffalo Bill, died at her home. She was 78 and heart disease was given as the cause by physicians. Des Moines reports an agricultural bloc of eight Midwestern states forming to stand with the national governors at Charleston conference to push their program.
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Pioneer
Des Moines
William Pierce Payne
Nevada
The
Associated Press
Cody
Woo
Louisa
Frederick Cody
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
United Press
Charleston
D. C
Dee
Kendall Town
Mid
Senators Move to Save Homebrew Amid Prohibition Clash
United Press reports senators consider measures to uphold home brewing after Prohibition Commissioner Haynes orders ending homebrew supply sales. Proposals include clarifying enforcement power, revising the Volstead Act, or liberalizing the law. Debates delay action until December as protests grow from businesses and citizens.
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iBy United Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Haynes
Congress
Harn
Cirys
Receiver Confers on Des Moines Street Car Franchise
Chambers, receiver for the Des Moines City Railway, meets in Chicago with A W Harris on suggested amendments to the proposed franchise. Outcome may decide if street car service resumes next Monday as the city council is set to act then. Federal Judge Wade has ordered immediate service restart after final council passage.
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Associated
Des Moines
Chambers
Des Moines City Railway Company
Chicago
A W. Harris
Ay Hare
Jadge Wade
Bunch of Keys Puts Young Man in Prison
Frank Martian a 27 year old from Beardstown Illinois was found guilty of burglary after a jury determined a handful of keys could unlock a judge's desk drawer and the home of Richard Lambert. Martian was sentenced to Joliet penitentiary for one to forty years.
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Associated Presty
Chicago
Frank Martian
Beardstown
Joliet
Martian
Richard Lambert
Joliet Penitentiary
Mattian
Moon Slightly Off Schedule At Eclipse Say Green witch Astronomer
London reports astronomer Crommelin of Greenwich Observatory says the moon is about 12 miles ahead of its expected path during this week's eclipse. He cites a magnetic unknown force as the probable cause of the disturbance.
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United Pres
London
Crommelin
Greenwicth Observatory
Strike Developments in Rail and Lighter Strikes
Union of lighter captains in New York with 2800 members pledges to stay at work during a railroad strike amid pay cuts of five dollars weekly. Officials in Kansas Iowa and Texas discuss state operation of lines and urgent rate reductions as freight and passenger costs loom. Labor and railroad leaders seek protection and potential reinsurance for workers while preparations for stockpiling provisions and continued service are reported.
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Associated Press
New York
Lighter Captains’ Union
International Longshoremen’s Association
New York Harbor
Railroad labor board bars trainmen strike amid government stance
In San Antonio United States labor board says no strike unless defying government. E B Thompson of International and Great Northern warns the order to strike is out and preparations are underway. Sayre reports two car loads of Lehigh Valley workers arrived with unspecified connection to a proposed strike.
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Tnited Press
Palestine
Tex
International & Great Northern
San Antonio
United States Labor Board
E. B. Thompson
International & Great Northern Railroad
Lerigh
Associated Press
Sayre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Lehigh Valley
Odd Fellows Add to Orphanage Tract
Des Moines reports the Independent Order of Odd Fellows grand lodge authorized purchasing 20 acres to join the 240 acre Mason City orphanage farm. A 10 percent member levy statewide funds the tract, and Town City was named next year’s grand lodge meeting place.
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Des Moines
Mason City
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Town City
Grand Lodge
Negro hanged for murder of wife in Reading jail
John Gartman, 27, a Reading dentist, was hanged in the jailyard stockade today for the murder of his 17 year old wife. He confessed the crime and alleged a whisky ring headed by him involved forged withdrawals from government warehouses. The case follows a nationwide whisky-forged scheme tied to illegal distribution.
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Associated Press
Urbana
Los Angeles
Cal
J. M. Gartman
Reading
Gartman
Pennsylvania
Hess
Government weighs wartime power over rail strike
Washington sources say the administration weighs invoking wartime authority to run railroads if a nationwide strike cripples transport. The plan, tied to the National Defense Act, could mobilize War Department staff and volunteer help, with actions to follow labor-board defiance and possible direct government operation of lines.
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Harding
War Department
Labor Board
Fring
Daugharty
War Weeks
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lebor
Russia permits alcohol production under state monopoly
Moscow Oct 21 The superior economic council allows the manufacture of alcoholic beverages in soviet Russia with a government monopoly and export potential. Licenses will be leased to private cancer notables. Vodka and other liquors have not been produced in Russia for five years, with Georgian wines the only exceptions. even medical alcohol remains scarce.
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The
Associated Press
Moscow
Superior Economic Council
Soviet Russia
Russia
Lloyd George Set to Sail for Washington in November
London reports Prime Minister Lloyd George will depart on November 5 aboard the Aquitania for the Washington armaments conference. Mrs. Lloyd George is expected to accompany him while the delegation's secretariat and most members sail from England next Tuesday.
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Lloyd George
London
Associated Press
Washington
Aquitania
England
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