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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
6
Thomas McClelland of Knox College resigns effective June after leading since 1900. Endowment grows from 180000 to 1 million dollars, with the last 500000 completed this year. He was a charter Carnegie foundation board member.
South Bend Indiana March 16 1925 or 31 police report Anthony Kollar accused of selling nonexistent jobs for three to five dollars. Victim John Mentes posed as partner and lured Kollar back to South Bend where he was turned over to the St Joseph county jail.
Des Moines Iowa March 16 L W Stanton of Davenport allegedly employed by Automatic Telephone arrested and jailed on charges of violating state anti lobby laws. First arrest under the recent legislative statute. Charlie Chaplin earns massive pay in new deal.
John Whitson, a farm hand on the Welborn estate, is under arrest in Denver for the murder of his wife Allie. Police say her skull was crushed with a hammer. The case ties to Jesse F. Welborn, president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company.
Bouck White pastor of the Church of Social Revolution received a maximum sentence of thirty days in jail and a $100 fine for burning the American flag in a melting pot in the church yard. Co-defendants August Wienkel and Edward Ames were sentenced to thirty days each. The jury had recommended clemency for White.
London news says Admiral Lacaze, minister of marine, is named minister of war pro tempore in France. He succeeds General Louis Lyautey, who resigned to Premier Briand. The dispatch comes from Paris via Exchange Telegraph.
Roanoke reports Stockton Heth Jr dying from bullet wounds found at Professor Vawter's Blacksburg faculty home. Cleveland records Cuyler Mowrey shot by two bandits who seized 5406 dollars and fled in an automobile.
Whisky floods streets in Quincy Pennsylvania as several hundred barrels are seized by the sheriff. A city water wagon is used in the cleanup and transport.
Public tax notice from R. H. Spence, County Treasurer, urging timely payment of taxes. States taxes due January 1st with delinquency in March and penalties from April 1st. Warns against delaying receipts processing in late March.
About 150 gathered in a Methodist church basement for the Ladies' Improvement Association banquet highlighting city beautification efforts. Speakers praised Fairfield’s progress, including Franklin Park spruces, light standards, and the Clean City Club, with plans for a rest room, alley improvements, and a beautification contest offering cash prizes.
The Keokuk high school debate team led by John McManus, Thomas Pond, and Woolson Huiskamp travels to Fairfield to debate the question should the United States establish a protectorate relation with the Philippines. Fairfield’s side features John Bartlett, Carroll Bradshaw, and Otto Eckey, with Harold Randall, Charles Fulton, and Raymond Stewart heading to Burlington for another match on the same motion. Miss Cora E. Porter accompanies the Fairfield contingent and Willard Daggett is timekeeper.
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