Relief Drive Gathers Steam For Japan Quake Victims
The American Red Cross launches a five million dollar relief campaign after a Tokyo Yokohama quake devastates Japan. Vessels from the American Asiatic fleet rerouted to deliver food medicine and clothing. Admiral Anderson orders shipping board ships to aid, while Manila and Seattle teams prepare supplies for Yokohama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Associated Press
Washington
DD. C
American Red Cross
Eliot Wadsworth
Coolidge
Hoover
Haniara
Shipping Board
Philippines
Meigs
Merritt
Japan
Knowlton Mixer
Re- Red Cross
Manila
Merrite
Yokohama
Navy Department
Admiral Anderson
Asiatic Fleet
Chefon
Tokio
Orient
Associated Frese
Washington, D. C
Far Eastern
Seattle
Waerh
Yokohama Maru
Fokin- Yokohama
Wood
Shanghai
Frank McCoy
Col
Langhorne
Leonard Wood
Philippine Islands
Pacific Mail
Lincoln
Pierce
Son Files Contest in $500,000 Estate
In Fort Dodge district court, juror selection began for a case filed by a disinherited son of Dr. E F Seymour seeking to delay the administration of a half million dollar estate. The nervous dispute centers on his brother and widow, Olga Seymour, as proceedings open for the September term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Tootec.a
E. F. Seymout
Fort Dodge
Brife
Olga Seymour
Webster Courty District Court
First Eye Witness Account Of Tokyo Japan Disaster
Osaka Mainichi correspondent reports from Osaka on the Tokyo Yokohama catastrophe after a powerful quake. He describes fires devouring the city, collapsed government buildings, the palace damaged, hundreds of thousands homeless, and casualties likely in the hundreds of thousands. Streets overflowed with corpses as gas mains burst and a windswept blaze raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flaming City
Pacific
Japan
Tokio
Yokohama
Osaka
Oshima Island
Yokosuka
Clelba
Kanigawa
Shizuoka
Saigana
Price
Crown Prince's Palace
Bank of Japan
Imperial University and Library
Imperial Palace
Central Station
Agaln
Takasaki
New Democracies Seek American Lead In World Peace
The article criticizes Harding for clinging to aloofness as Europe shifts from dynastic rule to democracy. It argues democracies now demand U S leadership to end militarism and shape a global peace. It posits America must lead to bring all nations to its ideals of democracy and peaceful civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hemisphere
America
Europe
Mr. Harding
Old World
Macedonia
Lexington
Liberty
Taxington
Concord
Rome
Judea
Greece
Germany
England
U S Consul and Wife Killed in Yokohama City
A late Earthquake disaster in Japan claimed the lives of the U S consul and his wife in Yokohama. The Southern Presbyterian board said hundreds of American missionaries were in an interdenominational conference near Karusowia, about 150 miles from Tokyo, and were believed to be safe. The Baptist and Methodist boards confirmed the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Nashville
Tonn
Karusowia
Southern Presbyterian Board
Tokio
Takio
Yokohama
Reavis
Baptist
Methodist
Institute Ends: Waterloo Teachers Attend Institute Address
Waterloo west Superintendent John C. McGlade, Waterloo east Superintendent Charles W. Kline, and Omaha public schools expert Edna Durland addressed county teachers at the annual institute at Weet High School. The program closed with rural teachers under the county superintendent, urging stronger qualifications, open-minded instruction, and moral education as essential to public schooling.
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John C. McGlade
Waterloo West
Charles W. Kline
Toe Waterloo East
Edna Durland
Omaha
Jack Hawk
Weet High School
Kure
Mer. Kline
Schoal
Toupila
Kline
Kine
Durland
McGtade
America
Association enrolls Waterloo Welfare League as member
The American Association for Organizing Social Work joined Waterloo Welfare League to its membership. The lesgue applied a month ago through Mrs. Dorothy Taylor, superintendent. The admission links the Waterloo league with top national social organizations and promises access to association literature and posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association For Organizing
Waterian Social Welfare League
Dorothy Taylor
Walefare Beady
Waterloo Welfare League
Boy 14 Victim of Hunting Accident
Funeral services for Charles Stewart age 14 who accidentally shot and killed himself Sunday afternoon while rabbit hunting will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the home 28 Oak Lawn avenue. Rev Rallo F Burlburt pastor of First M E church will conduct. Burial in Elmwood. Body may be viewed by school friends and others from 7 to 9 a.m. tomorrow at the home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Stewart
Oak Lawn Avenue
Rallo FF. Burlburt
First M. E. Church
Elmwood
President Coolidge Thanks Art A Stitz for Gift of Smokes
Arthur A Stitz, a Valerian cigar dealer, possesses a letter from Calvin Coolidge via George B Christian Jr. thanking him for boxes of Stitz stogies. The letter dated Aug 28 1923 on mourning paper from the White House notes Coolidge warmly appreciates the courtesy and good wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Stitz
Calvin Coolidge
United States
George B. Christian, Jr
Harding
Coolidge
Stitz
Mr. Coolidge
Flames injure Mrs Glasener in kitchen stove accident
Mrs Tracey Glasener wife of the county auditor was burned at 12 30 pm at her home 964 Alti More Street Weenacher Washington while checking a gas oven for a dinner party A flare from a Bas stove ignited her upper dress causing burns to the face neck and arm Her sister Mrs Ransom and a nearby physician aided her though facial burns were minor and shoulder and arm injuries were severe She was formerly Miss Taicille Whittle daughter of A T Whittle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tracey Glasener
Altimore Street
Merle Walker
Weenacher
Ransom
Charles Busby Elected Leader Of Junior Brotherhood
At the annual meeting of the Junior Brotherhood of St. Andrew at St Marks Episcopal Church the junior chapter elected Charles Busby director Robert Stevenson vice director and William Pe secretary treasurer Plans for a fair and social features were discussed and a committee named to outline work Reports on the Morris Island state camp were given and it was announced that Re Tom Horton Russell Lamson Ben M Gary and others will attend the Brotherhood international convention in Chicago in September 1923 delegates to be housed in Chicago University dormitories
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The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
St. Marks Fipisconay Church
Charles Busby
Robert Stevenson
William Pe
Brotherhood
Morris Island
Thomas Horton
Russell Lamson
Ben M. Gary
Chicago
Thruont
United States
England
Chicago University
Soldiers Fitting Business and Pleasure in Milwaukee
Milwaukee dispatch reports Grand Army of the Republic activities with lake trips mixed with some business and an evening of entertainment. The piece notes soldiers enjoying leisure moments, including brief excursions and social events, as part of their routine today.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Grand Army of the Republic
Churches to Stand Against Klan Activities At Missouri Conference
United Press report from St Joseph Missouri notes a two week conference of northern Missouri churches to censures Klan activity by Methodist Episcopal leaders. Bishop W F McMurray faces charges in Gallatin from Rev Charles D McGehee over a clash alleged in St Louis and is to preside at the gathering while police charges are dropped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
St. Joseph
Missouri
Methodist-Episcopal Church South
Conference of All Churches
Charles D. McGehee
W. F. McMurray
McMurray
McGehee
Gallatin
Judge George Wood Boosts Conservation Cause at Kiwanis
Judge George W. Wood of the Izaak Walton League urged Kiwanis members to support conservation. He warned pollution and dynamiting threaten rivers and streams, and he urged careful resource use to educate the community for future generations.
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George Wood
George W. Wood
Izaak Walton League
Kiwanis Club
Tofey
Judge Wood
Izgnak Walloon League
Americans Report Safe in Shidzuoka Japan Tea Region
A cablegram from J. Fred Ogle of Shidzuoka Japan to J. C. Whitney Co. Chicago states all Americans there are safe and unharmed and the tea plantations in the area are uninjured. H. B. Cropper of Black Hawk Coffee Spice Co. reported no news from tea connections. a telegram later confirmed the safe status. Shidzucka lies southwest of Yokohama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Fred Oglevee
Shidzuoka
Japan
J. C. Whitney Co
Chicago
H. B. Cropper
Black Hawk Coffee& Spice Co
J. C. Whitney & Co
Qgelevee
Waterloo
Whitney & Co
Shidzucka
Yokohama
Busy Day in Police Court Ends With Fines and Forfeitures
Judge J W Gwynne presided over a municipal court session with several intoxication and speeding cases. One woman charged with intoxication failed to identify her drinks, a $25 bond was forfeited, seven male drunks were fined, speeding violators faced minimum fines, and a raid on 728 Lafayette Street led to multiple disorderly house arrests with $15 bonds each. Bertha Fry, named as proprietor, remains at large.
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J. W. Gwynne
Lafayette Street
Gwynne
Bertha Fry
France recognizes Mexico via envoy proposal in London
Mexico City Sept 4 France automatically recognized Mexico when Jules Blondet asked if Jean Perier the French envoy in London would be acceptable as minister to Mexico. The move confirms diplomatic recognition by France under the new arrangement.
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Mexico City
Mex
Republic of France
Mexico
Jules Blondet
Foreign Office
Jean Perier
London
Tokio Quake and Fire Wreck Kamonyama Coastline
World telegrams report a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami devastation in Tokyo and surrounding areas. Kamonyama Nogeyama and Izeyamsa mountains collapsed. ships at Yokohama harbor face unknown fates. 150,000 plus feared dead. Koreans reported looting as martial law tightens and refugees flood rail hubs. Refugees aboard Korea Maru and 2,300 aboard claim safety. American Asiatic Fleet assists and offers vessels for relief.
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Idzu Peninsula
Kamonyama
Nogeyama
Izeyamsa
Tdzu
Trans-Pacific
Jefferson
United States Shipping Board
Empress of Australia
Yokohama
A. EK. Anderson
Japan
Far East
Empire
Tokio
Osaka
United Press
Peking
Asane
Cuy
Chiba
Korea Maru
Japanese Medical College
Associated Press
Shanghai
Imperial Guard
Imperial Palace
Walton Ready to Defend Habeas Corpus Suspension
Oklahoma City reports Gov. J. C. Walton prepared to defend the suspension of habeas corpus under martial law. The martial law proclamation in Tulsa County allows military detention of a prisoner without habeas corpus recourse amid a mob flogging investigation, with Walton citing legal authority for his actions.
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Gov. Walton
Oklahoma City
Ola
J. C. Waltos
Newcomers Boost Waterloo Population With 11 Families
Waterloo records show 11 new resident families last week and seven leaving. Thirty two residence changes were filed by the Retail Merchants' association secretary Russel DeGon. Readable names include E L Burk 927 1-2 Commercial and A W Hollar 326 Eighth East among others.
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Waterloo
Russell DeGon
Retail Merchants’ Association
E. L. Burk
A. We Hollar
Eighth
O'Donnell
Argyle
Kenney
Brockiyell Arms
Fear Quake Victims Reach Iowa Women in News
United Press reports Shenandoah resident Miss Blanche Stevens, a missionary in Korea, was to sail from Kobe on the Empress of Australia when the Yokohama quake struck near Tokyo. Her parents await word as communications falter. Fort Madison meanwhile fears for nurse Mrs Neltie Pierson Treuhart, now in Yokohama, with the Pierson family awaiting confirmation amid earthquake toll reports.
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iBy United Press
Shenandoah
Japan
Blanche Stevens
Kobe
United States
Fort Madison
Neltie Pierson Treuhart
Yokohama
W. H. Pierson
Tokio
Piersons
Man Narrowly Escapes After Train Hits Car
H. C. Shear of 128 Lafayette Street narrowly escaped death when his car was struck by a Chicago Great Western train at the Mullan Avenue crossing. The front end was crushed and he was thrown into the street but suffered only bruises and walked home after a city ambulance was summoned.
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H. C
Shear
Lafayette Street
Chicago Great Western
Mullan Avenue
Woman Hurt When Train Strikes Auto Near Hampton
Mrs. A. P. Curtis of Rockwell was hospitalized in Hampton with a dislocated hip and a broken leg after the automobile she rode in was struck by a Minneapolis and St. Louis passenger train one mile south of Hampton. Her companion in the car escaped injury.
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Rockwell, Ia
Mrsa. A
Robbers Take Safe and Cash From Local King of Trails
Sioux City Sept 4 Police have no trace of robbers who carried away a 300 pound safe belonging to J Noltze's estate owner Stoltze of the Sarage. The safe contained 3900 in currency 50000 in deeds mortgages and leases and 250000 in notes deeds and abstracts. The incident targets the Barage operation in Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
King of Trails
J. Noltze
Stoltze
Rio Grande Railroad Workers Get Raise
About 3,200 maintenance of way and mechanical workers on the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad are awarded a wage increase totaling 130000 dollars annually. The raise was reported to the United States Railroad Labor Board in Chicago.
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Rio Grande Railroad
Chicago
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Worm
United States Railroad Jabar Board
Welfare Boards Confer Wednesday in Waterloo Meeting
Wa terloo Social Welfare league board advisory and publicity committees will meet at Black's tearpans tomorrow noon to plan publicity policies and discuss how to present welfare problems to the community. The welfare board will hold a monthly session at Black's tea Toom on Wednesday September 12. Habavy Rain Saturday measured .62 inches with temperatures Sunday from 77 to 80 and Monday 60 to 79 above.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Social Welfare League Board
Black
Welfare Board
Toom
Mortar Heath nine year old dies after brief illness
Paul Heath nine died at 7 20 pm at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs John R Heath 601 Oak avenue after a few hours of illness He had attended Our Lady of Victory academy until summer vacation He arose with a headache and grew seriously ill a physician was called Death came within minutes Exact cause not yet ascertained Surviving siblings Merci Alice George Ceril and Mary Bernadino plus Chester Heath and Mrs Heath Funeral set for St Josephs church Calvary burial planned Mrs Wanade Storm also noted a sudden death in Muskogee Okla with several family members living there Burial likely in Muskogee The southern Appalachian area vital for American food has fallen off 60 percent in production
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Paul Heath
John R. Heath
Oak Avenue
Our Lady of Victory Academy
Paul
Merci
Alice
George
Ceril
Mary Bernadino
Chester Heath
Edwards
St. Joseph's Church
Calvary
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Hysha Toko
Ovaka Mainichi
United Presa
Oseks
White House
You
U.S
Yokohama City
TAGEH
Dollar Company
H.W. Fleischer and Family
A. W. Anderson
U. S. Shipping Board
Harrison King
Auhugl Eads
Minnie Bruner
Dubuques
F. Balensiefer
T.ana
Association
Boy
Charles Stewart
President Coolidge
Art A. Stitz
Tracy Glasener
Junior Brotherhood
St. Joe
France
MR. and
Mrs. Newcomer
Forrasts
Duryea
E. L. Carhan
Gable
H. G. Doty
Grant
Wlr. Aldrich
Cascadea
Iowa
Social Welfare Boards
Wanade Storm
Otto Green
Stanley Bell
Muskogee
Okla
Kanade Storm
Commercial Street
Kansas City
Gurial
Appalachian
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