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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1923
Page
1
News of the Week notes Republican committee plans a December meeting in Washington to choose the 1924 national convention city. The item also covers fire damage in the Treasury building, US merchant fleet value, ship decommissioning plans, and various other national items from earthquakes to rail and railcar activity.
Allen H. Whiting president of Whiting Motor in New Jersey was found dead in his New York apartment with no bullet wound. Sinand Lubin, pioneer in moving pictures, died of heart disease in Ventour, New York. Anna Townsend, actress known as "Grimtma" for her character roles, died at her Los Angeles home at seventy.
A Paris dispatch notes Sir Basil Za baroff, a Greek financier, provided Greece with 2.5 million dollars deposited in the Swiss Federal bank as a guarantee for reparations to Premier Mussolini. An Osaka report cites earthquake casualties at 1,356,749 dead, injured, and missing, with 415,624 houses destroyed. Elsewhere, riots in Dresden fatally strike six, Irish railway clashes continue, and Greek Italian pact terms are scrutinized as tensions shift at Geneva.
News Review of current events covers Mussolini's Corfu dispute with Greece, Italian reprisals, and possible annexations as Italy pushes for punitive terms. Also noted are League of Nations tensions, Stresemann's Ruhr reparations plan, and broader European realignments amid naval losses and a massive earthquake disaster in Japan.
Attorney General Daugherty ruled the President had no authority to deploy naval forces to enforce the Prohibition Act during peacetime without congressional authorization. He noted no emergency exists and no appropriation covers such use, marking a rare constitutional conflict amid ongoing anti alcohol efforts.
Barcelona and surrounding provinces were placed under siege by military authorities amid a revolt led by Captain General Prime Rivera. The central Madrid government demanded an end to rebellion, but Rivera refused and was demoted from military governor of the province.
Geneva officials report thatAmbassadors and the League of Nations council agreed Italy will evacuate Corfu by September 27. Greece has complied with most demands, but Mussolini insists on the execution of the daguauina before Corfu is returned.
Paris dispatch reports more than 40 American tourists at Bin Sebastian, Barcelona, stormed the American ambassador’s summer home seeking passports to flee amid a military revolt. Ambassador Moore assured there was no danger.
Washington September 14. Republican leaders told President Coolidge he will receive the party’s next nomination after a brief conference with party workers. They left confident he will have broad popular and party backing.
A storm wrecked about thirty families Wednesday near Wayden, roughly 72 miles southeast of Phoenix in the Mexican district Powder Canyon. The report notes heavy rain and a half storm causing damage to homes and local disruption.
A fragmented report notes Iowa gasoline prices slipping to around 14 cents a gallon amid cutthroat competition between independent firms and the Standard Oil Company. The lower price marks a shift from about 10 cents a gallon, reflecting a tense pricing battle among retailers.
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