Refugees Face Death by Hunger in Smyrna Crisis
Reports from Smyrna and nearby islands describe thousands of refugees at risk of starvation amid Greek turmoil and administrative collapse. American relief teams warn of 400,000+ sufferers without timely aid as ships rush flour and medicines.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Jess
Smyrna
Mytilena
Cbles
Mytilene
Natscy Powell
Edsall
Rodosto Sayhhat
Mavala
Saloniki
Rodasta
Satoniki
Doisch
Manhattan Island
Casey
Congress
Great Britain
Associated. Pras
Propontis
Smyrna ‘Bay
Serentesn
Probe Cause of Mine Explosion Kills Five Men
Johnston City Sept investigation into the Lake Creek mine explosion of the Consolidated Coal Co near here continues with a coroner inquiry. Officials say three surveyors wearing cap lamps entered a gas-filled unworked room and perished along with two nearby miners. The blast left more than 360 workers in the pit. only the five fatal victims did not escape.
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Johnston City
Lake Creek
Consolidated Coal Company
St.Louis
Hear
Le Cointe Sets New Plane Speed Mark
Frampes France Sept 36 Flying at 226 kilometers per hour Sadi Lecointe noted French aviator set a new world record for 100 kilometers during the Deutsches cup race His plane turned turtle on landing but he was unhurt.
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Frampes
France
Sadi Lecointe
Ret & New World
Tascéinta
Farmers organize for vote reforms in Clinton County
About 490 Clinton county farmer taxpayers met yesterday afternoon and formed a permanent organization with officers elected. Resolutions urged weeding out non essential public office appointees, and called for reforms including primary election timing, repeal of Esch-Cummins act, bonding rules, and county control over motor vehicle taxes. They also sought taxing mortgaged property to its mortgage amount, bonds not sold below par, and civil service and paving cost reviews.
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Praga
Clinton, Ta
Down Fame
Clinton County
Jawa
Tex
State Highway Commission
Board of Supervisors
Lincoln Highway
Cinton County
Skeleton Has Cops Puzzled Near Muscatine
A man slain in the big timber near Muscatine and Louisa county was found with a skull bearing five gold teeth. Dentists in Muscatine say none of the work was done locally, and officials doubt the man resided in the area. Dentists nationwide have received inquiries seeking details about the skeleton amid clues about a possible missing-relative connection.
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Muscatine
Louisa County
John Collins
Jury Frees Woman Who Killed Freiden
Mrs Linnie Taylor was acquitted of the murder of Sam G C Freiden a Sioux City businessman. She admitted firing the shot but claimed self defense arguing Freiden assaulted her days earlier and planned another attack. The verdict followed a one hour jury deliberation in Council Bluffs Iowa.
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Council Bluffs
Seppe
Linnie Taylor
Sam GC
Freden
Sioux City
Veech Guilty of Grafting Funds in City Case
Mason City Iowa September 30 Walter Veech former city commissioner found guilty on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses The state alleged he obtained 31626 by issuing checks for fictitious employees and using city workers for private tasks Counsel announced intent to appeal and sentence was postponed for 30 days The maximum penalty is seven years imprisonment The case drew intense local interest.
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Mason City
Walter Veech
Weech
Burnquist Named Chairman of State Law Examiners
Des Moines Sept 30 B B Burnquist Fort Dodge Republican state central committee chairman and practicing attorney was named yesterday by Gov Kendall as chairman of the state board of law examiners E D Perry Des Moines and George W Dawson Cedar Rapids were reappointed as members of the board
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Des Moines
B. B. Burnquist
Fort Dodge
Republican State Central
N. BE. Kendall
State Board of Law Examiners
E. D. Perry
George W. Dawson
Cedar Rapids
Woman Pickpocket Targeting Sioux City Street Cars
Police hunt a heavily veiled young woman suspected of pickpocketing on crowded Sioux City street cars. Reported losses include a wallet with 75 dollars and several smaller items. The case spans Sioux City Ta with authorities monitoring nearby lines.
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Sioux City
Wo Man
Keokuk stirred up by city politics row
Keokuk Iowa September 20 a council dispute over the discharge of street supervisor R B R Strohmaler led to recall petitions against mayor John W Rovang and Commissioner Burton Willinson. The street commissioner voted to retain the supervisor while others voted to oust him.
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Keokuk
Ely
R. BR. Strohmaler
Patrtons
John W. Rovang
Burton Willinson
Lim
Elevator Fall Injures Worker at Curtis Brather Plant
In Clinton on September 206 a Curtis Brather & Co elevator plunged from the second floor to the basement. Richard Castle was carried by the fall but escaped serious injury and was taken to hospital for observation.
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Wata
Clinton, Ja
Curtis Brathern & Co
Richard Castle
I. Castle
De Gusher Expected At Decorah Soon
Decorah Ia September 30 residents and surrounding country are excitement over a possible huge oil strike in Decorah. After nine months of drilling near the outskirts, a promising 30 feet remain before oil is struck. The engineer in charge says indicators are stronger than in Texas or Oklahoma fields and a copper capper is en route to Decorah to complete the shot. Stockholders wait breathlessly as drillers have reached 2,800 feet.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Texas
Oklahoma
Judge Quits Bench Over Low Salary in Mason City
Judge J. W. Kintzinger of the Nineteenth district withdraws from reelection in the Democratic camp claiming inadequate pay. He will resign Jan 1 to practice law with Hugh Stuart, after 12 years on the Dubuque county bench.
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Mason
City
J. W. Kintzinger
Nineteenth Judicial District
Jonay
Kintzinger
Hugh Stuart
Daeny
Dubuque County
Lad Skates to His Death Under Truck
Eight year old Janis Dietz of Dubuque Iowa was killed instantly while roller skating on Lincoln avenue. He darted into the street in front of a truck. the driver swerved but the front wheels passed over his head crushing his skull.
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Dubuque
Janis! Dietz
Lincoln Avenue
Paternity charge cleared by doubt in South Bend court
In South Bend Indiana on September 30 jurors found haberdasher Jiurry Poulin not guilty in the paternity case brought by Mrs. Augusta Tiernan. Judge C N Decomb noted doubt over the defendant’s guilt due to the husband’s continued residence with his wife. The case, eight days in court, may be appealed to the U S Supreme Court.
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Ind
Jiurry Poulin
Augusta ‘Tiernan
Schild
C. N. Decomb
Poulin
Tiernan
Charlies P. Doran
University of Notre Dame
Akron
Glee Club
Poullin
Sultan Declares He Will Not Abdicate in Letter
Associated Press reports from Constantinople that the sultan, whose abdication rumors circulated, says he will not abdicate. He vows to continue duties, acknowledges mistakes, and claims nationalist pressure while palace officials say he remains resolved to keep the throne. If forced to abdicate, he would stay on Turkish soil possibly in a Bosphorus palace.
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Associated Presa
Constantinople
Sultan
Mt Tate
Bosphorus
Sultan Abdul Habid
Nashua Woman Hospitalized After Artery Rupture Visit
Nashua Iowa September 30 Special Mrs W H Scott of Nashua was taken to the hospital after a ruptured internal artery caused a critical illness en route to the Dairy Cattle Congress. 100 YMCA boys invited to eat tea cream with 3 000 gallons in sight after a hike through the Waterloo Ice Cream company factory led by W F Huxford they toured the plant and saw automatic molding and storage at zero temperature with capacity listed at 8 5 000 gallons
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Nashua
Mra
W. H. Scott
Warerly
Dairy Cattia Congress
Waterloo Ice Cream Company
W. F. Huxford
R. L. Crowall
Iowa News Briefs Indictments in Des Moines and Burlington
Des Moines faces seven indictments over a $50 000 city funds shortage tied to former payroll clerk Russell Cockburn and former appropriations clerk Cole Berthall. Iowa City plans a 12 room temporary classroom block to handle rising student numbers at the University of Iowa. In Burlington Mrs Kate Shurtz and George Spees face murder charges in the death of J W Shurtz. Boone relatives of electrocuted worker Irving Banson win 7009 damages from John A Bass after suing for 25000.
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Des Moines
Russell Cockburn
Cole Berthall
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Burlington
Kate Shurtz
George Spees
J. W. Shurtz
Boone
Irving Banson
John A. Bass
Bass
Pilot and Passenger Die in Falling Plane
Mount Vernon Ohio September 30 a falling airplane killed two men after takeoff. Amos J Credity pilot and Marion Dunlap were killed when the plane plunged from about two thousand four hundred feet into a street. Witnesses say local air service has operated for a week, and wreckage lay amid the debris of the craft.
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Mount Vernon
Amos J. Credity
Orytite
Rand
Marion Dunlap
Aquitania in Port Battered by Storms
New York report says the Aquitania arrived with 1,252 passengers after a 22 hour storm. Commander Sir James Charles called it the worst he had known in 42 years at sea, with deck houses and fittings battered and twisted.
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New York
James Charles
Twelve U. S. Destroyers Sail for Near East Duty
The Navy announced that 12 United States destroyers ordered to Turkish waters will depart Hampton Roads at noon Monday. Capt. Charles M. Tozer will command the two divisions. The USS Pittsburgh will sail from Philadelphia on Monday to replace the Utah as the fleet flagship in the region.
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United Premay
Washington, D. C
United States
Turkian Waters
Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Charles M. Tozer Wll
U.S. S. Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Utah
Cattle Congress Attendance Tops 100000 At Fair
Attendance figures reached over 100000 as cattle congress activities unfolded at the fair. Advance registries from Davenport Iowa and Owatonna Minnesota highlighted sire and dairy herd classes. Organizers in Black Hawk county moved to form a local cow test association with the goal of a November 1 launch, expecting broader expansion across the county. Livestock sales drew strong bids, including a long price paid by the University of Minnesota for Farcour's Wing, junior champion stallion, with Queen War ceur, the junior champion mare, also attracting offers. A livestock parade featuring Jersey Warblers from Jesup IA energized the hip Podrome with song and instruments.
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University of Minnesota
Farcour
Wing
W. J. Kennedy
Simon Peterson
Ogden
Kennedy
G_ BE
Muench
Queen Warceur
Jersey Warblers
Jesup
Opposing Forces at Chanak Await Sign of Battle
Paris dispatches report near east tensions with Britain facing possible war over Thrace and Constantinople. Ferid Bey demands Turkish gains and evacuation of Thrace, while Greece defends Thrace. France may stay out, Moscow envoy seeks talks, Turkish nationalists mobilize, and Turkish Muslims raise aid while shop pillage in Constantinople worsens.
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Constantino- Tile
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Labor
United Press
Paris
Thrace
Ferid Bey
Ferid Bay
Straits
Mustapha Kemal
Constantinople
Near East
Turkey
France
Wren
Moscow
Angora
Riga
Karachan
Russia
Runaway pastor and wife start over in Nappanee
International News Wire reports Rev W W Culp, a farmer and pastor from Spring Valley Ohio, and his wife mother of nine, will restart life in a rented flat above a Nappanee grocery after Culp's four month sentence for eloping with a 19 year old member of his congregation. Mrs Culp says they will forgive and forget. Wife arrived from Spring Valley. arrangements for transportation and lodging were made while Culp was in Dayton workhouse.
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International News Wire
Nappanee
Ind
Malin Street
W.W. Culp
Spring Valley
Culp
Dayton, O
Michigan
Seven Die in Fire Sweeping Apartment Building
New York report says seven people died when a five story apartment building at 241 West 109th Street burned early today. Nearly a score were injured, many seriously, while firemen and volunteers rescued others by jumping through windows. A four year old girl died after being dropped by a mother and a 16 year old boy perished leaping from a window. Three firefighters were hurt and others asphyxiated by smoke and heat. The blaze started in the ground floor hall and raced upward preventing usual exits.
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New York
Ninth Street
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenues
Miss Collett Leads Mrs Gavin in Golf Match for Title
In White Sulphur Springs West Virginia on September 30 Miss Gienna Collett a 19 year old golf star from Providence Rhode Island led Mrs William A Gavin of England by six holes after the first 18 holes of their 36 hole match for the national women's championship Collett appeared steady while her opponent faltered early momentum favored the young American contender.
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Gienna Collett
Providence
R. L
William A. Gavin
England
Cigar Store Owner Killed by Bandits
Chicago report states cigar store proprietor O'Connell died from a heart wound after a holdup. One bandit injured, another jailed, and a running gun battle with a patrolman followed a chase that ended when their car crashed into a streetcar. Cash between 33,000 and 4,000 seconds recovered from suspects.
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Chicago
O'Connell
James Smith
Arrest Near in Apple Tree Crime in New Brunswick
A posse of detectives searched for a murder suspect after the body of Rev. Edward W. Hall was exhumed from a grave. Authorities, spurred by the double death of Hall and choir leader Mrs. James Mills at the Phillips farm two weeks earlier, press for detainment as the investigation heats up.
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New Brunswick. J
Edward W. Hall
Hall
James Mills
Phillips Farm
Hughes Sisters to Join Chicago Stock Company
Misses Marguerite and Myrtle Hughes depart for Chicago to join the Murdock Stock Company at $50 a week each. They will perform twice daily, travel on their own expense, and have become local celebrities in Waterloo. The company, on one-week stands, recently invited them after standout tryouts in Cedar Falls. J R Derby fined $25 for hunting without a license. only $10 of the fine suspended.
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Marguerite
Myrtle Hughes
Chicago
Murdock Stock Company
G. W. Hughes
Willard Avenue
Cedar River Park
Hughes
Waterloo
Homia
Murdork
Cedar! Falls
Myrtle
J. R. Derby
E. J. Chapman
Reing
Punish Officers as Constantine Leaves
A混apparent news digest outlines Constantine's removal and a revolutionary government move to try dethroned officials for treason. It notes Thrace battle actions with Turkish forces, Greek casualties, and political shifts shaping the November election and public sentiment toward President Harding.
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Prasy
Athens
Constantine
Gonatas
George II
Thrace
Istrandjan
Constantinople
Seta Alan
Polymenakos
Vilage
Safa Alan
Asia Minor
William White revisits scenes of boyhood in Iowa
Civil war veteran William White, 78, a son of G. B. White who claimed land in Waterloo and nearby towns, returns to revisit early family homesteads. He left Iowa in 1859 to Minnesota, moved back after Spirit Lake unrest, and later farmed in Floyd County before enlisting in the First Iowa Cavalry in 1862, now accompanied by his son J. W. White of Moline, Kansas.
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Black Hawk County
Des Moines
William White
G. B. White
Gilbertville
Lincoln White
Hatjité Eason
Clara Beck
White
Marion
Vinton
Gilwille
Eavy
Waterloo
Cedar
Orange
Minnesota
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Floyd County
Samuel
Cedar Township
William
Jefferson Street
Park Avenue
Fourth Street
Towa
J. W. White
Stolen Improvement Bonds Worth $35,000 in Jay
In Jay Oklahoma on September 30 a safe in the county treasurer's office was looted. Negotiable improvement bonds valued at 35 000 were stolen and between 50 and 60 dollars in cash were also taken.
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Jay
Okla
Funeral notices for Lubbs and Funk in Iowa hometown
Charles Lubbs died yesterday at his Le Roy Minnesota home. His body will arrive tonight and funeral services are Monday at 2 30 PM at O Keefe and Towna funeral home with Rev K F Moehrmann officiating. He leaves a widow and 10 children. Carl Funk died after a fall in the Rath Packing plant interior. His funeral is Sunday at 1 30 PM at Free Methodist church after prayers at 133 Wilby Street. Burial is at Fairview Cemetery.
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Charless Lubbs
Charles Lubbs
Leroy
Minn
Eee
O'Keefe & Towna Funeral
K. FP. Moehrmann
Waterloo
William and 6Th Lubbs
Fred Kennedy
Carl Funk
Rath Packing Company
Free Methodist Church
Wilby Street
Eider J
Gibbs
Fairview
Aoe
Tariff Debate Dominates 1922 Campaign Issues
The piece argues tariff policy is the sole clear issue in the 1922 campaign. It notes the train service problems and rail strike impacts, while suggesting broader, underlying causes for farm era troubles beyond direct rail disruptions.
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