Oklahoma Governor Walton Impeachment Opens New Probes
The Oklahoma House investigates Walton’s impeachment and expands to other state officials and departments. Speaker MceHee says the Klan and related state offices will be examined next as the senate court sets Walton’s trial for November 1. Grilling and probes will continue while Walton’s defense is prepared.
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Senate
House
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Okla
J. €. Walton
John A. Whitehurst
State Board of Agriculture
Senate Court of
Flower House
Executive
Amy
Gary
Walton
Kim
International News
Jack Walton
W. D. MceHee
Oklahoma House of Representatives
International News Service
Long Jack
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
Turmoil Across Germany as Unrest Spreads and Krupp Riots
Reports from Berlin and Duesseldorf describe escalating unrest in the Ruhr area with seven killed and 40 wounded in scattered fights. Armed workers block Krupp at Essen, while Bavarian premier von Kahr faces federal condemnation and strikes spread to Upper Silesia. Negotiations with German industry resume as coal and electricity shortages bite.
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London
Washington
Barmen
Krupps
Duesseldorf
Krupp
Essen
Berlin
von Kahr
Bavaria
Upper Silesia
Zittau
Dresden
The
Veegsatad Prase
T Haga
Stinges
S Mann
Ruhr
Gen. Neenutte
Marriage in the Air Meet Headlines St Joseph Staging Event
St Joseph Missouri October 27. A one mile air race for planes of 86 horsepower opens the day’s program as seven aircraft qualify. An in air marriage ceremony was also planned for this afternoon, part of the day’s aviation events. Weather expected to be fair after yesterday’s postponement.
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St. Joseph
Jess
Proclamation by Mayor Gnagy Calls Waterloo Rollcall for Red Cross
Mayor A. E. Gnagy issued a proclamation urging Waterloo citizens to observe the Red Cross rollcall next Thursday. The message stresses Red Cross missions, national service, and the importance of membership to support emergency relief and public health efforts.
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A. E. Gnagy
Waterloo
Red Cross
The
American Red Cross
Iit
Dnpan
Uearuke Aneerien von Safe
Alup
Sir Lebel
Wetle
Erie Yen
America
Mme Ter
Amertonta Real Cross
Missing Fisherman Returns to Des Moines Mystery Remains
Charles A. Rockwood, prominent Des Moines businessman, vanished on a fishing trip to Mason Lake Wisconsin several weeks ago. He appeared back home last night in a dazed condition in Phoenix Arizona. He cannot explain his disappearance or how he ended up there, though his memory appears partially restored after being struck on the head by an unknown assailant.
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Des Moines
Charles A. Rockwood
Mason Lake
Wis
Shome
Ile
Phoenix
Aciz
Rockwood
Wisconsin
Sheriff Goes After City Payroll Padder
Sheriff Park Findley departed with extradition papers and warrants to return Rose Fell Cockburn, former city hall employee, to Des Moines to face trial for a $9,000 city payroll padding. Cockburn is at Jefferson Barracks Hospital, Mo., where doctors will not permit his transfer.
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Ties Moines
Park Findley
Rose Fell Cockburn
City Hall
Des Moines
Jefferson Barracks
Some Plays in New York So Low Scene Shifters Corrupted
New York on October 27 reports that Broadway productions are described as having a low moral ebb. Scene shifters are said to be corrupted, according to complaints to Charles P. Summer, secretary of the Association for Suppression of Vice. He plans trials before a citizens' committee to have shows withdrawn if found immoral.
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New York
Broadway
Sré
Charles P. Summer
Association For Suppression of Vice
Kiss Me with Thine Eyes Poets Now May Sing with Doc's OK
San Francisco reports Dr. Russell B. Simpson, president of the California Oncometrists Association, says new science may prove the eyes can kiss. He notes eyes are more sensitive than lips and can reveal the depth of feeling, while suggesting vision focus affects the eye kiss.
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Doc
San Francisco
Russell B. Simpson
California Oncometrists’ Association
Leo
Pacifists Labeled Harmful by Army General
Des Moines reports Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan of the Seventh Army Corps area labeled pacifists as harmful idealists. In a Chamber of Commerce address he warned that human nature must change to erase sin and war and predicted wars will continue until nature is checked. He framed the preparedness versus pacifism debate as a choice between risking many lives in war and saving lives through training.
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Des Moines
George B. Duncan
Seventh Army Corps
Chamber of Commerce
Funeral services for Mrs Andrews at Waverly
Mrs J M Andrews died at her home after a long illness. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 30 a m at the residence with Rev DeWitt Clinton officiating. Surviving are her husband a son co A Andrews Finley Ohio a daughter Mrs Lou Galyean Watering five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was 79 and had lived in this state fifty years.
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Waverly
J. M. Andrews
DeWitt Clinton
Methodist, Episcopal Church
T Co. A. Andrews
Finley
Haughter
Lou Galyean
Watering
German Nationalist Sentenced to Ten Years in Fortress Prison
Berlin reports major Buch druker, ringleader in the seizure of the Kuestrin fortress, received a ten year term and a fine of 20 billion marks. His chief aid, Captain Herzer, drew two years and six months.
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Berlin
Get
Buchdruker
Kuestrin
Herzer
Rail tax debate shows farm valuations higher claim
Des Moines reports Attorney General Gibson argued in a revaluation tax hearing before Judge Scott M. Ladd that Iowa farm lands are assessed at 61.62 percent of actual value while railroads like Great Western and Rock Island are assessed far lower or higher. Great Western’s ratio ranged from 0.2 to 27.19 percent, with railroads seeking a permanent injunction against the current assessments after a denied temporary measure last year.
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Unitedness
Des Moines
Get
Gilgon Argud
Scott M. Ladd
Iowa
Gibson
Rock Island
Great Western
Towa
Hock Island
Cass Brothers Quit Control of Streetcar Lines
L S and C D Cass discontinue oversight of streetcar and interurban operations. The firm claims 140 miles of track, 390 employees, recent repairs, new bus service, and ongoing construction on Columbia street. Directors announce no short term changes in car service, aside from department consolidation and cost savings.
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Tedar River Park
Als
Home Park
Highland
Columbia Street
Waterloo
Cedar Walls
Cass Brothers
Cheney
C.F & XN
Sunday Weather Outlook Cold and Cloudy Forecast
Forecaster warns of a cold and cloudy Sunday with a light rain possible statewide. Temperatures hover near the freezing point with cool days and chilly nights noted through the week as furnaces run and residents bundle up for fall.
Six of Celwein Family Injured in Road Mishap
Six members of the Celwein family were seriously injured last night when their auto collided with another car and plunged into a ditch near Celwein Iowa. The injured include J. B. LaFord Mrs J B TaFord Lawrence La Ford Heleta Ford and Dallas La Ford. LaFord is a painter for Hawkeye Oil on a tour of service stations. Details are not available.
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Celwein
Albert Len
Oeiwein, Ta
Statewide drive targets shortweight coal scales
The State Department of Agriculture announced a statewide crackdown on shortweight scales and loads in coal sales. First fines emerged this week with Swanwood Coal Company Alpines and a Carroll coal firm fined $69 for operating shortweight scales.
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Nes Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Swanwood Coal Company
Carroll, Ta
Convention to map Mississippi River navigation goals
St Louis Oct 27 The Mississippi Valley association prepares for a Memphis November 22 23 convention to finalize a program to secure completion of navigation on the Mississippi Ohio Missouri and Wlinoi rivers. Times E Smith president calls the meeting. Also listed marriage licenses for Olio Hoester and Anna Stricker West Union Lyle Murray Waterloo and Anna Stark Waterloo with ages.
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St. Louis
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Wlinoi
Mississippi Valley Association
Memphis
Tenn
E. Smith
Olio Hoester
West Union
Anna Stricker
Lyle Murray
Waterloo
Anna Stark
Youth Back From Wandering Stirs New Death Probe
Ralph Saxton a 16 year old who was believed dead after escaping from an Iowa state school returned home in Marion after wandering through Nebraska and Oklahoma. He promised to return to Eldora reformatory on November 7. Authorities pursue whether the buried body at Troy Mills was his. The case prompts relatives to consider exhuming the grave. meanwhile Acting Gov Hammill says parole authority rests with the state board of Parole.
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Associated Press
Marion
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Ralph Saxton
O. S. von Krog
Eldora
Northwestern
State Center
Saxton
Troy Mills
Here
Guddie
William Kiddie
Albion
Marshalltown
James Hiddie
Boone
David Saxton
Ralph
Kiddie
Oklahoma City
von Krog
Hammill
Des Moines
John Hammill
Eldora Reformatory
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Parole
Board of Control
Last Jiggs carver finishes shell busts in Miami
Roy F. Short, president of Short Coal, received a carved coconut head of Mr and Mrs Jiggs from Dr. Harry Harvey of Waterloo now in Miami. McManus has injunction against the sculptor, who continues work on a bust of William Jennings Bryan and sells pieces to tourists and locals in Miami while wintering there.
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Roy F. Short
Short Coal Company
Harry Harvey
Waterloo
Miami
Fla
Jiggs
George T. McManus
Dr. Harvey
McManus
Explosion Traps Four Miners in Staunton Mine Blast
Terre Haute dispatch reports a mine explosion at Staunton, Indiana, trapping four miners including a boy. Rescue crews fear the four are dead while three other miners were injured in the blast that preceded the fire.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Staunton
Weaver Named To Land Titles Commission
Des Moines October 27 James B Weaver of Des Moines former member of the general assembly was appointed a member of the Land Titles Commission by Acting Governor Hammill. He succeeds former State Senator Addison M Parker also of Des Moines who resigned.
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Des Moines
James B. Weaver
General Assembly
Land Titles Commission
Hammill
Weaver
Addison M. Parker
Defense department plan unlikely to win approval
Washington reports that consolidating the war and navy departments into a national defense department under the government reorganization plan likely will not be approved by President Coolidge. A Daily Express dispatch notes unrest in Essen as unemployed mobs attack the Kruppe works, causing several deaths and injuries.
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War and Navy
Department of National Defense
Coolidge
London
Kruppe
Essen
Daily Express
Cambridge
Mass
Washington Elmander
Continental Army
Agenree
Tondon
Minieh
Old Tammany Boss Dead Sends Fortune Back for the Boys
New York October 27 widow of Richard Croker Buia Edmonson Croker arrives to offer her fortune and services to Tammany Hall. She states her late husband wished to return aid to the organization and that Charles H Murphy, the current boss, has accepted her help. She plans to obey Murphy's orders and may not seek office.
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New York
Buia Edmonson Croker
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Two Iowa couples wed in Eldora ceremony
Miss Esther Spry daughter of Mrs Mabel S Spry and Dave Seger son of Mr and Mrs Fred Seger both of Waterloo and Miss Marguerite Rundberg and Ray H Paulson of Ogden Ia were married yesterday in Eldora Rev Rice of the Congregational church officiated at the parsonage ceremony Mrs Spry a West High graduate later Gates Business College and Upper Iowa University alumna has worked at the Fowler Company Seger a East High graduate works with Rainbow Seger & Sons in Eldora or Waterloo or nearby indications.
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Esther Spry
Mabel S. Spry
Dave Seger
Fred Seger
Waterloo
Marguérite Rundberg
Ray H. Paulson
Ogden
Eldora
Rice
Congregational Church
Seger
West High
Gates‘ Business College
Upper Lowe University
Fowler Company
Mr. Seger
East High
Rainbow-Seger & Sons c Ee
Merchant Shot Down at Door in Clinton Iowa
Phillip E. Snyder, a general merchant at Mras sillon Ta, was shot five times by unknown men who summoned him for gasoline. He lay in a Clinton hospital with wounds to the forehead arm mouth and leg. The assailants escaped in a stolen Hudson car and were later spotted in Clinton.
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Clinton
Phillip EE. Snyder
Mrassillon
Iowa City
Snyder
Leo Novak Not with Cedar Rapids Team
Washington high school coach Leo Novak did not accompany the Cedar Rapids squad to Waterloo this morning. The Cedar Rapids Tiger group arrived under Maurice Carlson, assistant coach, and Don Hines, former center and quarterback and now Novak aide. A child born last night to Mr and Mrs Novak lived only a few hours.
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Leo Novak
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Novak
Tiger Aggregation
Maurice Carlson
Don Hines
Lloyd George Party Arrives in Gettysburg After Washington Ride
David Lloyd George and family with his official party arrived in Gettysburg Pa at 1 o clock this morning after a rapid automobile trip from Washington. The visit marks a notable stop in his tour with Mrs Lloyd George and his daughter among the travelers.
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Gettysburg
David
T Lloyd George
Washington
State Briefs Collide With Moonshine And Courtroom Fates
Dublengue: William Zink, 36, mauled his throat with a Tazor after a moonshine incident and is expected to recover in hospital. Carroll: J C Eacret, Coon Rapids, injured in a ditching machine accident with multiple fractures. in hospital in the city. Des Moines: John Backman, ex-assistant parks superintendent, sentenced to seven years for payroll padding. appeal bond set. Iowa City: James Meecum exonerated by Wray Owen, who is hospitalized from wounds. Meecum claimed self defense. Mason City: Roy F O'Donnell resigns as Cerro Gordo county farm agent after seven years. plans to farm near Colo, Iowa, starting Feb. 1. Ames: ISU senior crop students to select hay and grain judging team for the international show in Chicago on Dec 2.
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William Zink
Carroll
J. C. Eacret
Coon Rapids
Eacret
Nes Moines
Fort Madison Penitentiary
John Backman
Backman
Towa City
James Meecum
Chicago
Wray Owen
Owen
Meecum
Meccum
Mason City
Roy F. O'Donnell
Cerro Gordo
Ageat
Farm Bureau
O'Donnell
Ames
Colo
Progressives to Fight Kellogg as Envoy to Britain
United Press reports that Kellogg former Minnesota senator will be ambassador to Great Britain, triggering a progressive drive to block his confirmation. La Follette allies Wheeler and Frazier say they will oppose, condemning the move as a repudiation of progressive gains and a Democratic setback. Kellogg, defeated in 1922 by Shipstead, faces criticism from Wisconsin to North Dakota.
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Washington, D. C
Kelloge
Minnesota
Great Britain
Coolidge
Kellany
London Post
la Fallette
Wisconsin
Wheeler
Montana
Frazier
North Dakota
Kellogg
Senate
la Follette
Nonpartisan League
Senator Wheeler
Coaidge
Castoff Hmber
Wil
Henry Shipstead
Farmer-Labortte
Adams elected vice president for Iowa Baptist laymen
Adams of Waterloo was elected vice president of the laymen’s organization at the eighty second convention of the Iowa Baptist association held in Muscatine. A P Spears of Centerville was chosen president and Council Bluffs won the bid to host the 1924 meeting.
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L. G. ‘Adams
Waterloo
Iowa Baptist Association
Muscatine
A. P. Spears
Centerville
Council Bluffs
Towa Tramples Buckeyes 13-0 in First Half
Iowa leads Ohio State 6-0 at end of first period after a series of drives and a field goal miss. Second quarter sees Fry, Otte, and Workman involved in aerials and runs as Iowa penetrates Ohio State’s defense, with the period ending on the Buckeyes’ 25-yard line.
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Towa
Buckeyes
Fisher
Iowa
Snyder
Ohio
Buckeye
Workman
Lowe
Fry
Otte
Dauber
Daubert
Petcoff
Ohio State
Graham
Centar
Workm
Zelifer
Wilson
Romey
Scantlebury
Nicholas
Oberlin
Warkman
Scantlebury Ezain
Witce
Wasson
Steele
Zeiffer
Hawkeyes
Cunningham
Wilgon
End of First Half Stings as Tower Leads Ohio 13 0
Iowa capitalized with Scantlebury and Graham driving the kickoff and offense. Ohio State struggled to stop Iowa’s ground game while Workman and Cunningham connected on a few passes before the half ended with Tower ahead 13 to 0.
Day Observance Quote From Lincoln on Law and Liberty
A historic Day Observance urges every American to revere and uphold the nation's laws. It calls for teaching respect for the Constitution in schools and churches and in legislative and judicial bodies, echoing Lincoln’s spirit of civic duty.
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Abraham Lincoln
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