Baptists Pledge Support and Elect Leaders at Iowa Convention
The Iowa Baptist convention chose H. Williams of Fort Dodge as president for 1923 and elected J. M. Mercer of Burling as first vice president. Holt Saddler promoted the Iowa Baptist paper with growing subscriptions aiming for 15,000, while A. A. Holkaple urged a stance on the ownership debate amid talks on denominational papers.
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Saddler
Pella
Iowa Baptist
Northern Baptist Association
The
Baptist
Holt Sudaier
Head
Charch
Sgers
Iowa
Holsaple
Hgpy
Williams
HE. H. Williams
Fort Dodge
J. M. Mercer
Burlingit
R. C Wiliams
Iesup
Mills Idredge
Des Bines
J. H. Schrane
Washington
C. L. Hunn
Moines
Cedar Rapids Association
G. W. Sman
Marshown
Cedar Valley
W.L. Anderson
Charles Coral
C. R. Peters
Winterset
Crest
Nichols
Corning
J. A. Jensen
Harlan Davenport
York
Iowa City
Des Moinestern
Frank Yearnd
Perr
River
E. Jones
Unionville
Kiron
Tj Reeves
Wellman
Rice
Sioux City
Fern
Clinton
Chamber Commerce
Senate Continues Tax Bill And Various Investigations
Senate debate proceeds on the compromiss tax bill while investigations into the Mingo mining conflicts and alleged Haiti marine abuses continue. Committees review a copper bill to restore state railroad commissions powers and a merchant marine act amendment. Military affairs weighs Fort McHenry and Fort Carroll preservation.
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United Press
Senate
Haiti
Uise Merchant Marine
Military Affairs
Fort McHenry
Fort Carrol
Prescriptions to face tough scanning by officials
Washington officials warn that tightening revisions to druggists’ permits will curb abuse of physician prescriptions. Other items report a New York guardianship decision, a hung jur y in Des Moines murder case, and hearings on a cooperative society bankruptcy.
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Washington, D. C
Prohibition
Haynes
Stillman
New York
James A. Stillman
James A
Bud” StillMan
Alexander
Blaine Urges Wisconsin Rail Commission to Reexamine Rates
Gov Blaine calls on the Wisconsin railroad commission to reassess public utility and railroad rates and services on its own initiative aiming for consumer cost reductions and service improvements. He notes rising utility rates and cites state rights to regulate affairs, recalling past U.S. Supreme Court defense.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
Blaine
Wisconsin Railroad Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Courier Delivery Timely by 5 30 O Clock
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30 o clock. If due to carrier error or other causes you do not receive your paper by that time, please phone 330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls reach this office before 6 30 p m.
Censure Vote Hits Blanton For Knockout
Washington report on Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas who apologized for words in the Congressional Record and was censured by the House after a close 263 to 113 vote. He briefly collapsed at the bar after the reprimand then resumed work in his office.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Blanton
Texas
Gillett
House
House of Representatives
Thomas L. Blanton
Mondell
Wyoming
West High Tops Nashua 17 0 for first TD
West High opened strong against Nashua scoring their first touchdown of the season. Captain Owen burst through the line for four yards and soon added a successful kick as West High led 6 0 after the first quarter and 17 0 at halftime.
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West High
Nashua
Capt. Owen
Owen
Planes Fly 1500 Miles NY to KC With Dayton Stop
Three five passenger monoplanes arrived in Kansas City after flying from New York to Dayton then on to Kansas City for the American Legion national convention. The fliers included Augustus Psst, president of the Aero Club of America. They left Long Island Wednesday at 9 30 am in rain, reached Darton Ohio in five and a half hours, and landed at the Legion flying field just before dusk.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
New York
The
American Legion
Augustus Psst
Aero Club of America
Long Island
Darton
Dayton
Legion Flying Field
Gov Allen to Speak at A B C Banquet
Gov Henry J Alen of Kansas owner of the jehita Beacon will address the eighth annual Audit Bureau of Circulation convention on Strikes and Strikers. Mrs Corinne Roosevelt Robinson will speak on Truth to the attendees.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Henry J. Alen
Kansas
Jehita’ Beacon
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Corinne Roosevelt Robertson
Theodore Roosevelt
Dureat
Arbus Fatty Arbuckle Case Deposition Details Emerged
Virginia doctors and nurses testified in the district attorney's office that Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle's silent film scandal involving actress Virginia Rappe may have been influenced by her chronic illness. They said the ailment could cause serious injury or death in excitement. Depositions will be taken later as Arbuckle’s lawyers travel from San Francisco.
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United Press Chicago
Virginia
Rappe
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckie
District Attorney's
Miss Rappe
Arbuckle
San Francisco
Josephine Roth
Virginia Warren
Maurice Rosenberg
Roth
Dr. Rosenberg
Mrs. Roth
Miss Warren
Iowa Conference Debates Armament Limits in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts a statewide gathering with thousands from across Iowa to voice views on armament limits ahead of a national disarmament conference. Speakers include Mrs. Thomas G. Winter and Bishop Homer Stuntz as delegates press for reduced military spending and a shift toward peace.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Pioneer
Union
Washington
Mid- Glewest
Thomas G. Winter
Minneapolis
National Federation of Women's Clubs
Homer Stuntz
Omaha
Midwest
Henry L. Adams
Chambers of Commerce
Max Meyer
Iowa City
Service Star Legion
University of Iowa
Charles S. Medbury
Moncey
Reed pushes vote on soldier bonus amid tax plan
Senator Reed of Missouri moves to force a senate vote on the soldier bonus by attaching the McCumber plan to a tax revision bill. The Reed amendment would tax excess corporate profits to fund bonuses for former service members, with rates at 20 percent of income up to 20 percent of invested capital and 40 percent on higher profits, and would not take effect until after Peas amendment.
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The
Associates Press
Washington, D. C
Reed
Missouri
Senate
Harding
Senate Finance Committee
Peas
Antisuffragist Movement Gains Ground in Iowa
Mrs. A. Millard, re-elected president of the Iowa Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, says antisuffrage forces in Iowa are gaining ground. The group, temporarily in abeyance pending US Supreme Court decisions on the 19th amendment, will continue vigorously to oppose feminist, socialist and paternalist legislation she calls freakish.
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Associated Press
Burlington
A. Millard
Iowa Association
Clinton
United States Supreme Court
Opossum and Yams Gift for Harding in South Carolina
A live opossum and a bush of sweet potatoes were presented to President Harding during a stop in Greenville South Carolina Secretary Christian accepted the gifts on the president s behalf The event accompanied Harding s return to Washington from a southern trip by special train arriving at 11 am completing a run from Atlanta two hours ahead of schedule
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Associated Press
Greenville
South Carolina
Dent Harding
Washington
Christian
Washington, D. C
Harding
Atlanta
Southern Railway
Knights of Columbus Plan Honor to Foch Reception
Knights of Columbus delegates from Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Missouri will travel by special train to Chicago for a reception honoring Marshal Foch on Sunday November 6. The event will confer the fourth degree of the order on the marshal.
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Knights of Columbus
St. Louis
M’s
Sourh
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Chicago
Marshal Foch
Loss of 36000 Worth Radiu m At Local Hospital Sparks Search
A 59 milligram radium loss from Presbyterian hospital in Des Moines prompts a full-scale search by experts from Des Moines and Chicago. The radioactive material, used to treat tumors, was insured and missing from a patient room where it was kept in small sealed tubes. Investigators sweep rooms and sewers for traces, with a prior Iowa City loss noted.
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Des Moines
Chicago
Joseph W. Rowntree
Presbyterian Hospital
Automobile Insurance Company
Aetna Company
Hartford
Rowntree
Insurance Company
Surnace
Iowa City
Pershing at New York Welcomes Marshal Foch
Large crowds cheered as Marshal Ferdinand Foch arrived in New York aboard the French liner Paris. He tours Battery to City Hall Park, en route to Kansas City for the American Legion convention, following Gen. Pershing who arrived earlier aboard the George Washington.
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Tniteé Press
New York
America Today
Ferdinand Fock
France
Kansas City
Paris
Battery
Broadway
City Hall Park
Pershing
George Washington
Europe
Foch
Guichen Orare Vestey
A. Capella
Pier A. Choir
Northwestern University
The
Missionary Society of the
Protestant Episcopal Church
Chiicago
Peter C. Larkin
Northwestern University School of Music
American Guild of Organists
John Stewart Logan
Richmond
News-Leader
Daniel &. Tuttle
Missouri
United States
Far West
Charles P. Anderson
Chicago
John Henry Hopkins
Church of the Redeemer
George Craig Stewart
Capture Suspects in Woman's Shooting
Cedar Rapids Iowa October 28 Charles Davis and Albert Devine two of a four man gang tied to Wednesday night holdups were brought to the city from Tame after being captured late yesterday One member is suspected of shooting Mrs Car Lanstrum at her grocery Her condition remains critical hovering between life and death.
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United Press
Cedar Rapids
Charles Davis
Albert Devine
Car Lanstrum
Tame
Highways in good motoring condition report
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau notes rain for the coast tonight and in the east portion Saturday. The report covers Albert Len Minn Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City Marshalltown New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly, with highways in good motoring condition.
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U. 8
Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles City
Albert Len Minn
Algona
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
Partbaudt
Minn
la Crosse
Wis
Mason City
Marashalltown
Newharpton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
Harding Hopes for Reconstruction of Railway Situation
President Harding voiced satisfaction with overnight railway developments and urged the labor board decision against a strike as a first step toward reconstructing the railway system. He said government machinery might prove adequate to permanently settle the wage question after conferences strengthened his hope.
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Associated Prona
Washington, D. C
Harding
Labor Board
Hays Escapes With Bruises In Rail Crash
New York reports Postmaster General Hays survived a midnight Pennsylvania Express crash at the Manhattan transfer in New Jersey with bruises and strains. Officials say no serious injuries occurred. Hays and others were moved to an inbound train to New York for examination.
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Associated Press
New York
Hays
Pennsylvania
Washington
Manhattan Transfer
New Jersey
Bomb Plot Rumors At New York Church Service
Thousands attended the consecration of John Joseph Dunn as Litular bishop in St Patrick’s cathedral New York with a prior mass. Officials cleared the edifice to admit ticketholders and rumors of bomb plots circulated before being denied by church authorities and police as detectives observed the ceremony.
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Associated Press
New York
St Patrick's Cathedral
Right
John Joseph Dunn
D. D
Camuliana
Three Auto Thieves in Des Moines Jail
An interstate auto theft ring operating in Iowa Ohio Michigan and other Midwest states was believed broken up after the arrest of Jack Lewis from Toronto Harold Handley Des Moines and Carl Bongston Clinton Jr Handley confessed to stealing three cars in Des Moines and Ames in the last two weeks
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Ohio
Michigan
Jack Lewis
Toronto
Canada
Harold Handley
Carl Bongston
Clinton, Jr
Handley
Ames
Moviedom Rallies to Fatty Arbuckle Defense
San Francisco reports the defense of Roscoe Arbuckle widened into a full industry battle. Producers say moviedom wealth is ready to back Arbuckle, replacing the previously rumored lone half million dollar fund.
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Fatty
iBy United Press
San Francisco
Roscoe
Fatty) Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Injunction Hearing Sought in West Virginia Coal Fight
An emergency injunction to halt wage agreements and curb United Mine Workers organizing in the Williamson and Mingo county coal fields was set for Judge A B Anderson in Indianapolis. Borderland Coal Corp and 60 other operators allege the union is unlawful and bars nonunion coal from interstate commerce.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Mingo County
A. B. Anderson
Borderland Coal Corporation
Williamson Field
Borderland Corporation
Strike Off Ends Railroad Walkout After Wage Cut Talk
Messages to local chairmen halt plans for a walkout as unions call off the nationwide railroad strike. Hooper tells labor board no further wage cuts will be sought until working conditions are settled, and leaders say the split with management is avoided.
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Cleveland
Brotherhoods of
Tf. & GN
Chicago
International & Great Northern
Pendiig
Sas
Telegraphe Rs
1E States Railroad Labor’ Board
Afcor
Ords Leagers
Bor
Ben W. Hooper
Labor Board
Hooper
Roais
Washington
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Antissloon League
H. Williams
Congress
Thorsdale
Tory
Joe Williams
Co-Op
Co- Operative Society of America
Edith Parker
Coontz
Robert B. Coontz
Naval Operations
Navy
Superior War Council
Japan
Tokio
Jowan
Cofferville
Kan
Frank Zipp
Kansas Reformatory
Main Street
Burtington
Rail Commission
Wisconsin
Ife
Tova
Gov. Allen
A. B.C
Arbuckie
OWA
Mowest
Medbury
Presbyterian
N. Y
Aniversary Mission Society Founding
N.Y
Anderson O Court
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