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ESTABLISHED Df 1W7. WEBSTEB CUT, IOWA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1921. JfO. 52.

FOR FARM BANK Row Over "Impeachment" of Landis BILL FOR BANK IS IN HOUSE

FARM LOAN INTRODUCED AND SENATE

(By The Associated Press) Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 21.—A bill to create a state

farm loan bank was introduced into the house and senate of the Iowa legislature today.

Provisions of Bill. It provides for the organization of

a rural credits hoard consisting of the

governor, the secretary of state, the

state treasurer, the president of the

slate hoard of education, nnd a commis­

sioner of rural credits to he named by

the governor. The endowment fund of .$750,000 of

the Iowa state agricultural college

would provide the initial capital for

Late Wire Bulletins wm

SPRINGFIELD TO VOTE ON MUNICIPAL

OWNERSHIP PLAN (By The Associated Press.)

Springfield. 111.. Fob. 21.—This cit.v

the farm loan business, and as business Uvill vote tomorrow on the tirst step

grew, it would he financed l»y bond is-: t (nvimi municipal ownership and opera-

sues. Loans would be made on longjfj ( ) | | jjs (>ntii'e heating and electrical

time self amortizing farm mortgages,|s(,,.vj t.os. The proposition is whether to

which could run up to 30 years. [grant the city's only competitor, a pri-

Loans could be obtained only byiV;itely owned steam heat and electric

farmers and for the purpose of buyingicompany, a temporary franchise until

the city

i'd plants.

on land. I ]f the proposition carries Springfield. Friends of the Weaver-Cainpbelljat. (.ortijnfr to. City Commissioner W. .1.

measure to require 30 days notice on Spaulding. will become one of the few

mortgage foreclosure today began to!0j> jj,,, i : lrj;er cities in the country to

-- —-«-» ; COIUlHtll.Y , a ll'liljMllill.l 1 I it ill II land, equipment. and the building »£|Aug. 15,. 1021, ijt, which, tj£.uo farm structures, and to pay prToFTfeEts. ^ in ah>,0ri> the privately owno'

advocate its passage. Under the pres­

ent law, mortgages can be foreclosed

if interest payments lapse one day.

The house passed the Ilaugee hill,

which would make it a necessity for a

candidate to the council of a commis­

sion governed city to run for a certain

oflice. Increase School Charges.

The bill to permit consolidated and

Independent, school districts with a

population of 15,000 or more to levy

own and operate three of its utilities.

The city first, engaged in the business

of manufacturing light and heat for its

citizens Feb. 2N, JiH."), entering the

utilities field with only 2SO customers.

Gioss revenue for the first year totaled

.S10.tt72.Xl. Otticials of the privately

owned company only smiled when the

city tried to keep from going on the

rocks, but at the end of the second year,

when the city's customers jumped to

a total of SOU and its gross receipts to

!f2l>,r»74.2<i. they looked upon the city's

plant with grave

Gl'ARANTEE REMAINS Washington, I). Feb. 21.—A

proposal to repeal the six per cent rate guarantee provision of the transportation act was defeated to­day in the senate 59 to 14.

DOi'GIiERTY NAMED St. Augustine, Fiji., Feb. 21.—

Definite announcement that Harry M. Dougherty, of Ohio, had been chason for the attorney general­ship under the coming administra­tion, was made here today by I'res-ideiit-elect Harding.

Ten Injured. Des Mtri .*s, Iowa, Feb. 21.—

Ten person were injured, none be­lieved seriously, however, when a S«'ba',t.'pol !-tr ;'t car collided with a Fort Des Moines car near Sev-eiuh street viaduct today.

I'nder Secretary State. Washington. D. C.. Feb. 21.—Henry

I'. Fletcher, former American ambas­

sador to Mexico, is to be under secre­

tary of state in the Harding adminis­

tration.

BLIZZARD WHICH SWEEPS EAST IS FATAL IB NINE Snow Storm and Blizzard

Sweep East From Ten­nessee North to New

England States.

SHIPS ARE WARNED

Snowfall of Twelve and Half Inches in New

York State.

MINES REMAIN IDLE AFTER KANSAS COURT

ORDERS RESUMPTION

a tax of $100 a pupil instead of $80,

and other districts to make the amount I comparatively small

#S0 instead of .$<50, was passed today concern.

by the senate. j At the end of the third year, (he Retention of a part of Camp Dodge, i pity's plant had been enlarged so as

o.vncd by the state, for use as a per-Jt (, take care of 1 ,.'!0K customers. Gross

mancnt National Guard camp, to be; receipts for that year were $40,072.17. financed by a special fund, is provided

for in a bill introduced by Represen­

tative Yenter. Money for the camp

could he obtained by the purchase and

resale of materials now on the grounds.

GOVERNMENT SEEKS $2,000,000 ACCOUNT­ING FROM POSTAL CO.

(By The Associated Press.)

New York, Feb. 21.—The United

States government through Attorney

KaH 15arnes. tiled in the district court

here today a suit, through equity to

obtain an accounting from the Postal

Telegraph system for money paid that

company as an agency of the. govern­

ment for operating the system for one

j ear during the war. Mr. Barnes said

the amount in dispute between the

government and the Postal Telegraph

company totals approximately $2,000,-

000.

Michigan Judge on Bench for 46 Years

USEFOCHWAR STRATEGY FOR

SAFETY FIRST (By The Associated Press.)

Chicago. 111., Feb. 21.—A plan to

apply the Foch strategy which won

the world war to the war on indus­

trial accidents is announced at the

headquarters of the National Safety

Council 111 Chicago. Although there

has been through the medium of the

National Safety Council a constant

change of information regarding the

effective methods of preventing acci­

dents. safety campaigns have been con­

ducted independently in each of the

8,000 member plants of the council.

Despite the great strides which have

been made in the prevention of acci­

dents by these scattered campaigns,

there are still approximately 22.000

workers killed, and 000,000 injured in

industrial accidents each year, accord­

ing to statistics of the council. It is

expected that the new plan will make

possible great reductions in these, fig­

ures.

(By The Associated Press.)

Detroit, Mich., Feb. 21.—Judge Ed­

gar O. Dirrfoo of Detroit, since 1S7"i

probate judge of Wayne county, claims

the distinction of Iteing the oldest, ju­

dicial ofiicial in the Tinted States, in

One of State's Oldest Odd Fellows Honored Iowa Falls, Iowa, Feb. 21.— (Spe­

cial). Wm. H. Sherwood, one of the

oldest Odd Fellows in the state in

point of continuous service, has been

(Ily The Associated Press.)

Pittsburgh. Kans.. Feb. 21.—Mines II

and J. of the George Mackie fuel

Company, remained idle today. The

Kansas court of industrial relations

last Friday issued an order for re­

sumption of work at these mines after

a strike of two weeks.

REPORT FREIGHTER ALASKAN IS ASHORE

OFF MEXICAN COAST (IJy The Associated Press.)

San Francisco. Calif.. Feb. 21.—The

freighter Alaskan, bound from New

York to San Francisco, went ashore

at Assunfion Island on the Mexican

coast about S00 miles south of here,

according to a message to the marine j

department of the Chamber of Com­

merce early today.

GERMANS NOW CONTROL DUTCH

TOOL MARKET (By The Associated Press.)

Rotterdam. Feb. 2!.—(Jernian manu­

facturers of steel tools have practical­

ly driven American tools out of the

market in Holland, according to statis­

tics compiled by the American consul

general. Previous to the recent indus­

trial renaissance in Germany, nearly !K>

per cent of this trade was in the hands

of Americans.

The change is largely due, according

to Consul General Anderson, to the fav­

orable money exchange conditions pre­

vailing so long as the mark is low and

the dollar high.

Revive Temperance Movement in Japan

Tokio. Feb. 21.—The new women's

temperance movement will be, revived.

(By The Associated Press.)

Washington. D. Feb. 21.—Al­

though the blizzard which Saturday

night and yesterday swept the eastern

states from western Tennessee to New

Ei gland, had passed out to sea in a

north easterly direction today, the big

area visited is still in the grip of ice

and snow it left behind.

In many places the inhabitants have

literally had to dig themselves out and

the first reports of blocked railroad

tratlio and demoralized wire service are

shown not to have been exaggerated.

Many outlyim^dif tricts had not been

heard from today and the list of those

who lost their lives directly or in­

directly owing to the storm remains un­

determined, although it is definitely es­

tablished that nine death occurred in

New York. No serious marine disasters

have been reported despite the gale

which swept the eastern coast from

Ilatteras to Eastport. Me., and which

attained a velocity of <58 miles an hour.

Shipmasters generally had lieen

warned and either had remained in

port or scurried to sheltered harbors.

The blizzard swept over a large area

extending from Tennessee to the lower

New England state's in the south and

east, and as far west as the Ohio valley.

New York Sutlers. New York. Feb. 21.—Driven by a gale

a blizzard gripped New York yesterday

and blanketed the city with twelve and

i half inches of snow.

Surface and elevated traffic was bad­

ly disrupted.

In Nashua county. Long Island,

Hempstead and surrounding towns

were isolated. All trolley service in the

country was stopped.

In some parts of the county the snow-

was drifted eight feet deep.

Five deaths and numerous accidents

in New York, directly or indirectly

caused by the storm, were reported.

Only two heavier snowfalls for a sin­

gle day have been recorded here since lS.SCt.

Stormy Scenes Mark Session of Committee

Hearing the "Charges" (By The Associated Press.)

Washington, D. C., Feb. 21.—

Somewhat stormy scenes occurred

before the house judiciary commit­

tee in regard to the impeachment

charges against .ludge I.andis, by

Representative Welly. of Ohio,

reading charges as outlined before

the house last week, which sub­

jected him to cross fire questioning.

Representative Walsh. Republi­

can, of Massachusetts, wanted to

know if Representative Welty had

had any proof that .ludge'I.andis,

in acting as supreme arbiter of

baseball, had neglected official du­

ties. The Ohio representative said

he "would unload the facts. When

you are trying to catch a rabbit,

you have got to follow his tracks."

said the representative. "I am

trying to unburden myself."

Want Facts. "Well, give us the facts and don't

make so many speeches," admon­

ished Chairman Volstead. The

Ohio member then offered a tele-

grain from District Attorney Clyne.

saying !)21 criminal and 30!) other

cases were ]>cuding in Judge Lan­

dis' court.

"How many were tried last

year?" Chairman Volstead asked.

"If you want to know, you can find

out," Weltv replied. "I'm not go­

ing to be insulted by you," an­

nounced the chairman. "I want a

civil answer. "Declaring it was an

outrage that .ludge Landis should

be drawing $42..~>00 from organized

baseball. Representative Husted,

Republican, New York, insisted

that the committee wanted facts

on which an indictment could be

drawn. "In other words, a legal

way to impeach him if we can,"

suggested Representatfve Boies, of

Iowa.

THIS WEEK TO BE BUSIEST IN LEGISLATURE

Many Important Rills Sched­uled to Come up Dur­

ing Week.—Consol­idate Boards.

FALLS OFF HOUSE INDICTED DRUGGIST AND DIES FROM IN- i IS FATALLY SHOT BY

JURIES RECEIVED WIFE WITH REVOLVER (Il.v The Associated l*ress.)

Booms Iowa. Feb. 21. -Irving Ben­

son. IS of Madrid. Iowa, died here

today, a few hours after he luid fallen

off the top of a house which was be­

ing moved. Benson grasped an elec­

tric wire to lift it above the roof.

NEW TURKISH OF­FENSIVE AGAINST

GREEKS EXPECTED

(By The Associated Press.)

Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 21.—II. Biggs

Noleii. drug store owner, who with

live others was indicted Friday on

charges of receiving stolen property in

connection with the sale here of $2.">0.-

i000 in Liberty Bonds stolen in Brook-

, , lyn. early this morning was shot, prob-The shock he received caused the. tall. • , . , > , , i, ,, ...i ,

ably tatally. *>y his wife. Mrs. Ethel He struck a post which injured him : V(.|.otf xolen fatally.

FARM LEGISLATION

Labor Bills and Other Leg­islation of Widespread

Interest.

(By The Associated Press.)

Des Moines. Iowa. Feb. 21.—All in­

dications are that this week will be

the busiest so far this wither for

Iowa's legislators, in session here. On

Friday both houses adjourn for their

mid-session vacation: and before they

scatter for this brief respite, they plan

to get out of the way a large num­

ber of the matters awaiting their at­

tention. Probably tin; most important mea­

sure that will come before the legisla­

ture during the week is the bill pro­

viding for the consolidation of tho

boards of parole and control, and the

placing of at least one woman on the

enlarged board of control. Two prin­

ciples are involved here: one, the com­

bination of the parole and control pow­

ers: and two. the establishment of one

woman'member of the board of con­

trol. Owing to the interest in tlieso

matters evidenced in executive circlcs

and to the fact that the senate has

already witnessed a bitter debate on

the subject, the issue is looked forward

to with interest. It is expected t-.

TWO DAILY PAPERS AT CRESTON TO BE CONSOLIDATED SOON

Creston. Iowa. Feb. 21.—DeWitt (!.

Sowers and W. A. Roscherry, publish­

ers of the Creston Advertiser-Gazette,

an evening pai»cr have purchased the

interest of Dr. Frank S. Sampson in

Witnesses told the police that Nolan. ]

(who had returned from a ride, entered

J the stol e aand began to quarrel with

, his wife. He had a pistol in his hand,

and Mrs. Nolan, after a struggle, took

jit from liini nnd shot him through

Ithe stomach.

AERIAL PATROLS GUARDED TREES

AGAINST FIRES (By The Associated Press.)

New York. Feb. 21.—Airplane patrols the Creston Plain Dealer, a morning jguarding national forests saved ap-

paper. The consideration was not : proximately $35,000,000 worth of stand-

made public. The two papers will not ;ing timber from forest tires, during

be consolidated until

said.

March I. it is the last season, according to a report

of the Manufacturer's Aircraft asso­

ciation made public today,

j r.etween 000 and 1.0<>0 lires were re­

ported by patrols from airplanes loan-

led to tho forest service by the army

THROUGH EUROPE "r service. Most of these tires, it i was said, were extinguished by ground

(By The Associated Press.) j forces working under direction of the

AMERICAN JEWS PLANNING TOUR

(Continued on page G.)

IOWA WQMANls" MAKING GOOD IN

THE MOVIE WORLD

(By The Associated Press.)

Loudon. Feb. 21.—The opening of a

new offensive of the Turkish nation­

alists against the Greeks on the Smyr­

na front is expected, says a Constan­

tinople dispatch to the Evenin

today.

New York. Feb. 21.—A committee of air patrols.

."> leading Jewish business men repre- j Efforts are being made by the asso-

. sci.ting diverse industries in the I'nited ciation, its officers said, to secure a

States, will make a six weeks' tour of larger appropriation from congress in

Poland. Austria and other war-devas- order to carry on and extend the pa-

t-ited areas this summer. Louis Mar -jD'ol work.

shall, chairman fo the American Jewish | The work for the most part has been

relief committee, announced here today, carried on in Oregon. California. Colo-j her appearance in two films to be made

Tho tour, approved by the committee, i rado and other western states. |ou tho Pacific coast. Mrs. Allison is

will he "for tho purpose of formulating' now visiting relatives and friends in

Iowa Falls, Iowa. Fob. 21.—Spocial).

Many people in this city are natural-

ally interested in the success of Mrs.

Eva M. Allison in the movie world

in the east, the past year and a half.

Mrs. Allison, who formerly resided

here is known in her professional work

as Evelyn Sherman, and has been un­

usually successful in her work. Among

her more, successful roles in leading

parts are with Air. Faversham in "The

Sin That Was His;" Eugene O'Brien

i n " W o r l d ' s A p a r t : " O l i v e T e l l i n " X

Woman's Business" and ("has. Hutch­

inson in "The Whirlwind." She lias

leading parts in two other prominent

films that have not lieen released as

yet, including "Oil." featuring Guy Etn-

poy of "Over the Top" fame, and "Eter­

nity." in which Howard Thurston, the

noted magician, has a leading part.

Mrs. Allison has under consideration

a contract with the First National com­

pany which, if signed, will call for

News ., s,„111( | ]ii-ogram which will result in Gei'IliatlS IfftlOrC LttWS U0W:1 a1"' enjoying her first vacation permanent benefit to the Jewish poptt-- r»„»„— (since entering the theatrical work.

Honor Last Relative of General Hidalgo

(By The Associated Press.)

Mexico Cit.v. Feb. 21. — Impressive

latiou of the sections visited," Mr. Mar­

shall added. Each member of the coin-

emission will plaiv himself at the dis-

!)>osal of the government in the stricken

district.

Printed in Italian s

(By The Associated Press)

Rome. Feb. 21.—The German muni­

cipalities in Trentino which were taken

from Austria by Italy as a result of

China Imposes her First Income Tax

Peking. Feb. 21.—-China has fallen

point, of service. He has served as^honored by Art-turns lodge of that or-

probate judge continuously for more|dcr. In honor of Mr. Sherwood's long

than 4(i years. land faithful service, a jewel was prc-

Juelge Durfce makes his claim to he- sen ted by S. I. Kutledge as district

ing the oldest judge following corre- representative. Mr. Sherwood was ini-

ycar in oflice the judge handled 300^nearly forty-six years. He is nearly

cases. I^ist year lie handled 5,7."»S. icighfy years old.

prominent men and women will support ida'.upe

it- ' {Miguel Hidalgo, granddaughter of

Hidalgo, known as the "Fafh-I

of* i 4-r\ ' ,'U> "al rofusod to receive thejin lino with other nations and for says the Tokio Asa hi and some :;,000. honors were paid recently by the gov &IOUA I'll if lO i*lll!(l ! Ij i w s of Italy when printed in Italian. Ithe first time in her historv has im-cducationalists. including a number oflcrnment at the funeral of Maria Gua $50,000 Swimmi/lff Hole of the laws sent to the G e r - j posed an income tax. dating'from Jan.

I'nan communities by the Italian gov-jl. The ministry of finance has posted (By The Associated Press.) j eminent have been returned, in some' not ii-es about Peking announcing the

It is also reported that, in the cur-'cr of the Mcvicaii Republic." She | Sioux City. Iowa. Feb. 21. • Sioux < ases with the com men t written on fact

rent session of the diet, a teini>oralice died ; tt the asjc of S(i and is said to City is planning to build a .S."»0iMh) !them, "we are Germans." Others! Merchants with capital invested

bill proposing to restrict the hours'be the last descendant of Father Hi- swimming hole on the Missouri river wrote, "please send us a translation, amounting to *20.000 or more must

for the sale .if wine and the quantity dalgo. who on the morning of Sept. front. Although it is planned to build We don't know what all this is about." contribute olio per cent of their net spondeiRe with court officials in prae-jtiated ill the spring of 1S7."> and wasjof wine to 1h> sold to individuals at 10, 1S10. proclaimed Mexican independ- the pool near the river bank, the water Newxpap.i-s of Rome urged the gov-'profit at the end of each voir It is

tieally every state. During his first (active iu the work of the lodge for a time, will again he introduced by Mr. eiicc from Spanish rule and started of the Missouri will not be used. j eminent to have tho laws printed in specified that the proceeds can he used

Hoshijima. one of the warmest sup- the revolution that eventually broke j Tho pool is the first step iu the plan German, pointing out that Switzerland only for educational and industrial

Spanish dominion on the continent, j for river front development. 'publishes her laws in three languages.1 purposes.

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