09 Jun 1923
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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1923
Page
1
Bulgarian government toppled by reserve officers with support from the national army. All ministers arrested and jailed while opposition parties participated except the Communist party. Order restored in Sofia and across the country by afternoon.
Washington, June 9. President Harding and John T. Adams, chairman of the Republican National Committee, agreed last night to give women a more prominent part in party councils. The exact form of participation awaits a committee canvass from Chairman Adams. The session covered about forty other topics including the world court proposal and a publicity bureau notice on Rhineland armament talks, which the state department later withdrew on Secretary Hughes’s protest. The administration called the matter a dead issue.
Madison city dispatch reports Senator Moran reappeared in the Senate chamber at nine this morning. He had been missing three days during a deadlocked session, saying he was ill and staying with a friend in the country.
Former French premier Rene Viviani fainted while pleading a case in court yesterday afternoon. He collapsed at his desk and was taken home in a state of collapse. Officials said he was worn out with work and grief over his wife's death but not dangerously ill.
Weather indications show showers tonight and Sunday with slightly warmer conditions tonight. In Washington forecast notes considerable cloudiness and probable rain early in the week for the Mississippi Valley with normal temperatures later in the week.
The past 24 hours ending 7 a.m. shows temperatures, precipitation, and wind data across stations. Readings indicate varying conditions with brief rainfall and moderate winds in several areas.
The vanguard of an army of caterpillars reached Corvallis Oregon and today sidewalks are covered with them. One train was delayed fifteen minutes by the caterpillars this morning.
C B Robbins state commander of the American Legion denounces the Ku Klux Klan and criticizes Tom Roberts the klan speaker at a Cedar Rapids meeting. Robbins says the Legion rejects racial or creed opposition and notes officials have opposed the Klan. He cites Roberts on resolutions against organizations opposing radical and religious classes and his nomination of Rev J L Whalen for chaplain.
Peoria Ill June 9 Two flyers were killed when their plane fell 3000 feet near here. Clarence Brown 22 of Lexa Illinois was pilot and Em Gibson 23 a student flyer from Atlanta Ga. They arrived in Peoria yesterday and had flown to Rantoul before the fatal tail spin during a stunt loop near Kellar field.
New York June 9 The actual condition of Clearing House banks and trust companies for the week ending shows a deficit in reserve of 5 822 000 dollars.
Burlington Iowa June 9. Voters rejected a $350000 school bond package. The plan to add $275000 to Burlington High School failed by 14 votes amid low turnout. The $75000 gymnasium bond was defeated 1171 to 769.
Waterloo Iowa June 9 Huntley aged 60 city clerk of Cedar Falls was drowned when his automobile went over a park embankment into the Cedar river. The body was found in 15 feet of water. he was alone and trying to turn the car around near the river bank.
Joseph C. Grew, chief American observer at the East peace conference, is urged again to use his influence to prevent a rupture as Turks and Allies fail to settle the Ottoman debt problem. Talks on the Chester concession continue with US view that open door principles govern concessions until validity is undisputed. The Turks may offer the French a substitute for the Anatolian railroad grant, claimed invalid by Angora.
President Harding, in an informal Wilmington luncheon address, urged the United States to end isolation and use its influence for world peace. He said no government could be happy if the civilized world suffered, and expressed a desire for America to be secure and contributive to global peace.
Seattle investigators H H Pomeroy and Harley Slusher propose that Burt Lynch alias Price, 30, who was jailed in Seattle on disorderly conduct charges, sparked a December fire in Astoria costing 10 million dollars after learning his former partner wed a local citizen.
Ames Iowa June 9. Athletic directors should be business men not coaches and the new board will be composed of business men if the alumni resolution is approved by the State Board of Education. Directors handle large sums of money, hence the need for business men in these positions.
Princess Christian aunt of the Queen of Great Britain died at her London home on June 9 according to contemporary reports. The obituary notes her long service to royal duties and her prominence in the royal circle.
New York June 9. Dr G B McAuliffe questioned as police probe the death of nurse Blossom Martin found wrapped in a green portiere near the bay off Staten Island. Filipino butler Elusgo Lozade arrested as body was about to be dumped. investigators cite a possible murder at the doctor’s home.
Des Moines Iowa June 9 The jury in the Joe Williams murder case is deadlocked at three this afternoon after eight hours of deliberation It marks the third trial of Williams for the killing of school teacher Barbara Thursdale in June 1921.
New York June 9 Wolfe & Co a major member of the curb filed a petition in bankruptcy. The company was investigated by the state a year ago.
The city council, after a Board of Review session addressing about thirty objections to reassessments, proposes paving roughly three miles this summer. Streets include Lincoln, Stone, Lake, Mills, Prairie, Spruce, Spencer, Division, Oak, Summit, and New York Avenue, plus Hassam resurfacing on North and South Cherry and East Howard. A remonstrance date of June 28 is set.
Acting premier Leo Kameneff of Russia expresses gratitude for American famine relief and agrees with the relief administration that Russia's hunger crisis will ease with harvest. He notes millions were aided and hundreds of thousands saved from famine and hopes for a satisfactory harvest to restore the economy.
The grave steamship Grave Experienced second officer killed the captain, wireless operator, and a third officer during a high seas incident on June 6. He later took his own life as officers tried to arrest him after the ship docked at Operate Portugal. The ship, Graves Liner, had just arrived with the bodies of Captain John Neilson and John Perry.
In Los Angeles court records from February 1922, J Rantz testified in the Army goods sale case at Camp Kearney. He said he acted as bidder for Ben Sugarman and Joe Greenberg and was paid forty dollars plus a 250 loan, with six fifty hundred dollar checks used to pay for purchases. He noted address changes from Bellingham to Los Angeles after securing the goods.
In Norfolk Virginia a 13 year old girl playing an Indian princess at a Mathews county courthouse school performance collapsed as shots rang out. Doctors found a wad of chewing gum in the wound not a bullet, placed there by a fellow actor. The injury was not serious and the audience feared a real shooting incident.
In Chicago on June 9 two taxi drivers blocked traffic in the loop staging a duel over a fare. One cab struck the other at a hotel stand while a bystander fled. A traffic officer halted the clash and both drivers were arrested.
Three Belgian delegates to the health conference in Oklahoma arrive in New York aboard the Belgenland from Antwerp. Edmund Drousart director general of the Belgen Red Cross L De Paenw of the Belgian ministry of sciences and arts Mile Madeline Kaiser representing L Oeuvre Nationale de L Enfants travel to join the talks.
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