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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
1
Two killed and two seriously hurt when a Des Moines street car collided with an automobile on a grade crossing at 33rd Street and Huppil. Victims identified as B.B. H. Jwill of Victor and P. Mohr. Motorman injured. high speed noted amid dense fog and heavy traffic.
Mrs. Warren G Harding expressed safety from Scouts aiding the president during his Tacoma visit on July 5. The message to Harrison E White requests a small guard of Boy Scouts, to be drawn from older boys for the security detail.
Davenport on June 29. Louis Stender a 55 year old local painter shot a roomer Minnie Peterson in his home last night then killed himself with a bullet to the brain.
Washington D C June 29 Great Britain fully rejected the idea for a twelve mile limit. No change was made today to the revision of the liquor shipping law.
Fair tonight and Saturday with some unsettled northwestern portion. Temperatures slowly rise Saturday with western and northern portions tonight.
Local observations over the last 24 hours ending 7 a m report conditions across stations. Data includes temperatures, precipitation, wind, and sky cover with notes on notable changes and extreme readings.
Iowa plans the biggest farm boys and girls exposition at the Iowa State Fair from August 22 to 31. Prizes total over 10 000 dollars with more than 1 000 junior farmers entering from every county. Over 500 baby beeves and 1 700 calves on feed accompany stock shows plus swine sheep and poultry events. Demonstrations cover culling poultry milking cows making dresses cooking canning and home farming skills. Entries are limited to Iowa youths. request entry blanks from the State Fair Secretary.
Mias Strague of South Howland Illinois was seized from a car she drove while escort H A Pruell Dalton Illinois was thrown free. Police found her later near a lonely road, largely unconscious. Two men were captured after a gunbattle with police in Hammond Indiana.
Madison Wis June 29 The senate committee on legislative procedure has decided to introduce a resolution asking for a legislative investigation of charges of malfeasance in office on the part of public officials its members said yesterday afternoon It is expected that the resolution will receive favorable action by the upper house according to senators An appropriation of 255 000 annually for the Wisconsin national guard was made available yesterday Gov Blaine signed the guard appropriation bill This amount represents a cut from 600 000 annually
Des Moines June 29 Delegates to the first state meeting of the Iowa State Good Roads association perfected a permanent organization elected officers and adopted a platform to lift Iowa out of the mud H B Alnfree Newton was named president E T Meredith Des Moines former secretary of agriculture vice president Louis H Cook Des Moines secretary The finance committee calls for at least 300 from each county for an educational campaign The platform aims to end road fights and push steady statewide road development including drainage and grading of the entire system and hard surfacing 6600 miles of highways
The American goodwill delegation was officially welcomed at Paris city hall by George Lalou president of the municipal council. Lalou saluted the committee for its aid to devastated regions and providing homes for war survivors. M Reibel minister for the devastated regions represented the government. Col. T Bentley Mott American military attaché attended for the US ambassador.
Congestion at New York port expected as new immigration quota takes effect Sunday. The Norwegian American Line diverts Bargen\u00dford to Philadelphia ahead of 16 000 to 18 000 immigrants aboard more than a dozen vessels due Sunday.
Detroit June 29 Five per cent beer could be allowed by the next Congress through a liberal interpretation of intoxicating liquor as it relates to beer Senator James Couzens of Detroit predicted on returning from Canada He said five per cent beer is not intoxicating and that demanding drinks with even less alcohol is ridiculous He advocated light wine and urged stopping whisky manufacture and sale to hinder medicinal access.
Clarence Lampman twenty and Dorothy Goodrich seventeen eloped from Madison Wis. They arrived at the Rockford police station and asked for a marriage license but were warned and no license or wedding occurred. Dorothy's parents brought them back to Madison this afternoon.
In Belleville Ontario on June 29 a protest at the American Association of Instructors for the Deaf convention urged granting deaf individuals the right to drive. The protest targeted laws making it an offense for a deaf person to operate an automobile.
Shelby Mont June 29 activity surged as residents received a telegram claiming cash for the Gibbons Dempsey boxing match. The message said it would depart St Paul with funds to ensure plans succeed, but it proved to be a practical joke from an unknown joker.
Washington reports Treasury officials disclosed tentative regulations to seize liquor on liners in American waters as a deterrent to importation violations. Acting Secretary Gilbert expects foreign lines to comply, while ships like the Suffren Rochambeau Yanopie faced sealing breaks and large liquor hauls on arrival from Havre and under British seals.
Berlin on June 29 reports three military barracks have been repurposed as dormitories for needy Russian students. The German Red Cross the Russian section of the League of Nations the YMCA and European Students Relief contributed to the effort reflecting wider central Europe moves to ease the burden on self supporting students.
Four young men L F Taylor Alfred Hamilton Harry Bliss and Neil Dickey all Burlington employees face court on breaking into a box car and stealing hundreds of dollars in merchandise. The raid involved special agents sheriff and police, with goods located at Bliss farm Creston and at multiple homes as detectives trace shipments and plans further arrests.
Los Angeles June 29 Mary Miles Minter motion picture actress who had been absent from home for a week was found today in a sanatorium. She said she was on a rest spell and was located by her grandmother.
Mount Vernon Illinois June 29 Joseph Mosco of Walsenburg Colorado and Miss Bessie Gay were married here today. The bride employed in a local baking plant enclosed a note in a box of crackers asking the finder to write. Mosco responded and a visit here led to the romance. They will live in Walsenburg. Charles Goodyear of New Haven Connecticut discovered how to vulcanize rubber in January 1830.
Mason City Iowa June 29 Joe Carmichael director of the Iowa committee on public utility information told a joint convention that electric service costs have fallen 24 percent since 1914 while other public services rise. He said Iowan households spend under three percent of income for electric service and that utilities are public supervised and regulated, with politicians unable to run the business. Carmichael noted doubled ad campaigns this year and argued electric gas and railway firms must tell the public the full service story. He concluded utility development has let average citizens enjoy comforts once limited to millionaires fifty years ago.
St Louis June 29 George Sisler first baseman for the St Louis Americans says his eye trouble has improved and he expects to play in many games before the American league season ends though he will not fix a definite return date. He has discarded smoked glasses and predicts his sight will be normal shortly.
About 4,000 workers at the British Empire Steel plant struck for a 30 percent wage raise an eight hour day and a union dues check off. Company officials reported 1,000 men remained at work in Sydney Nova Scotia.
A Bluff man is held on suspicion of murder following a fatal poison death linked to a sugar solution made at Liverpool University. Investigators say carbolic acid was used and the case centers on the alleged 31 degree poisoning.
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