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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1925
Page
1
Washington reports the House approved key income tax reductions and higher personal exemptions. The plan lowers normal rates from 2 1 2 to 2 percent on the first 4 000 and from 4 to 3 percent on the next 4 000, with further cuts to 5 percent on excess income and a top rate drop from 40 to 20 percent amid anticipated opposition.
A five story East 14th street fire killed four women and one man and injured five others. Victims included Ellen Fogarty Agnes Silcox Elizabeth Murphy Agnes Masterson and John Murphy husband of Mrs Murphy. Fire Marshal Brophy investigates possible incendiary origin sparked by an aroused dog.
The Brookhart Steck senatorial contest hearing was postponed until Friday because Senator Caraway of Arkansas was absent. Counsel were told to use Friday and Saturday to finish oral arguments and submit briefs, while Chairman Ernst pressed to close the case promptly.
A. C. Dewey of the Highland Park Wild Fowl and Poultry Preserve received an order from Davenport for one hundred Mallard ducks. The birds are being shipped at once. He reports still about one hundred Mallards remaining.
Ku Klux Klan members guard Fort Pierce station and check hotels after rumors that Alice Jones Rhinelander, heiress wife of Leonard Rhine lander of New York, may pass through Florida. Officials report hotel checks and warnings to deny lodging. A midnight hotel search followed in Palm Beach.
County officials completed the drawing of twelve grand jurors and fifty petit jurors for the January district court term opening January 11 with Judge Charles A. Dewey presiding. Grand jurors from different townships will serve, and the petit list includes thirty men and twenty women with post offices listed.
In New York City, ex light heavyweight champion Pancho Siki was found fatally shot in West 41st Street. Police say a nighttime brawl led to a rear ambush, with two shots to the back and one to the lung, causing an internal hemorrhage. His wife identified the body at the station.
Louis Bruey awaiting February grand jury in Fairfield jail faces murder charges in the death of Sam McNeese. He deeds 183 acre Sedar township farm and 50acre estate interest to his sister Mrs. Fred Raible. A mortgage to Le ws State Savings Bank for 10000 is filed.
In San Francisco on December 15 two Oakland men Albert H H Smith and Charlies Weeson tried to sell a gold brick to the government mint. Federal investigators say Wesson the jewelry salesman stole gold from his employer and melted it into the brick.
In New York on December 15, Openings of the Iowa Real Estate Board convention in Sioux City were reported with Mayor Stewart Gilman and W F Grandy presenting welcomes. John J Wagner of Cedar Rapids will respond as president of the State association.
The Gerald Chapman case stirs legal intrigue as he refuses President Coolidge's pardon to be hanged after his sentence shift from Atlanta to Connecticut. If affirmed, he could be execution-proof for 25 years, provoking appeals to the federal Supreme Court and possible further theatrics in his ongoing liberty.
Des Moines move approves 1926 1927 1928 road program with over 27 million dollars. Eight east west routes and five north south routes to be graded drained bridged and gravelled. Plan calls for heavy graveling to keep towns passable until broader funds become available.
Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame coach, entered two verbal agreements to coach at the University of Iowa but never signed a contract. Dr. Paul Belting disclosed that the March 1924 and Chicago meetings led to pledges only, with President Jessup and the university handling negotiations afterward.
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