27 Dec 1922
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1922
Page
1
Chicago police announced that two African American men Andrew Smith and John Stevens confessed to killing Fred W. Kelch once manager of a Muscatine Iowa second hand store. They said they shot him during a hold-up in self defense.
In London a century ago the king’s speech drew little notice for interruptions. A tale recalls George IV regent betting he could insert nonsense and no one would react. Sheridan and Canning note the line “Baa, baa, black sheep” as the trick unfolds.
Moscow Izvestia reports the Communist Party membership fell from 560,970 to 422,875. Industrial workers make up 46.5 percent, peasants 24 percent, government employees 24.2 percent, with 5.3 percent from other classes. Red Army Communist percentage drops to 8.3 percent with about 33,000 in the army.
Davenport banks Union Savings and Davenport Savings have ratified a merger by stockholders. The new institution will begin operation January 1, 1928 as United Davenport Trust and Savings Bank.
President Jessup announced a $2,250,000 gift from the General Education Board and Rockefeller Foundation to complete a new medical hospital and teaching laboratories at the University of Iowa. The funds require Iowa to appropriate $450,000 annually over five years, enabling immediate construction and eventual repurposing of existing hospital facilities.
Sydney reports 654 persons charged with crime in six months in a city of 2.0 million, prompting a state premier to convene a conference. Proposal favors a six month minimum jail term, with most arraigned suspects convicted or pled guilty, amid perceived judicial leniency.
In Washington today Senator Lodge leads a Senate fight against Senator Borah of Idaho proposing a new international conference in Washington to study economic conditions and disarmament. The Borah plan appears as an amendment to the annual naval bill, urging the president to convene the conference.
A party including lumber dealer George A. Jewett will voyage next summer to map the 1849 Overland Trail from Council Bluffs through Nebraska to California. The Omaha meeting included Mrs. Trice of Stratton and Cecil Matthews. diaries of the Red Rock expedition members aid in locating the vanished path.
A writ of habeas corpus was secured by M B McKoin former mayor of Mer Rouge Louisiana after his arrest in Baltimore on murder charges. An arraignment was adjourned to January at the governor of Louisiana request to hold him for ten days and extradition papers were to follow. Attorney Robert R Carman said he would oppose extradition and questioned the murder charge.
William F. Gobin, who fled Fort Madison prison two and a half years ago after a two year sentence for forgery at Davenport, walked into Sioux City police headquarters on Christmas night and gave himself up after attending church.
A charter certificate for Armour and Company of Delaware was filed in Dover. The firm, capitalized at 160 million dollars, plans to buy sell and deal in livestock grain poultry butter and eggs to equip other plants and packing houses. It issues one million preferred shares at 100 each and 100 shares common at 100 each, with a perpetual charter.
Chicago official Robert McDougal says motorized transport has cost farmers about 20 million dollars yearly in oats and hay losses, as tractors and trucks displaced horses in cities. He notes horse prices are rising and predicts the horse will regain a niche for short hauls while not returning to city dominance.
Stockholm reports the 1923 24 Swedish budget planning with expected surpluses across departments. Customs revenue around 28 million dollars and postal profit about 1.6 million, telegraphs 4 million more than spending, railways 8.8 million surplus before wage increases. Government monopoly tobacco 3 million and water power sales 2.5 million anticipated, State Domains Department adds 2 million.
A Reuters dispatch from Lausanne reports grave danger the Near East conference may fail if Turkey persists with its current methods. The warning highlights rising tensions and possible collapse of international diplomacy in the region.
The Associated Press reports reductions in the American Relief Administration in Russia. The American staff is down to 116 men, nearly half since last summer when feeding more than 10 million people occurred. Russian personnel have fallen from 150000 to 43000 as the feeding program is curtailed. The work now focuses mainly on children and hospital patients.
Henry Green of Maine Converted an abandoned Bangor and Aroostook line from Brownsville to Katahdin Iron Works into a one man railroad using a car with flange wheels rented for 100 dollars a month. He now hauls traffic with a trailer and attaches improvised snowplow devices to clear a foot of snow. Katahdin Iron Works once hosted iron mining and smelting before becoming a sportsmen’s resort.
Blanche Gosling of Ainsworth is seen shopping in Washington, D C today as she visits stores and markets during a regional trip.
The mission sails for New York this morning to deliver payment of war debt to America. Officials report steps to settle the obligation and return with assurances of further cooperation between nations.
London December 27 Stanley Baldwin chancellor of the exchequer leads a British financial mission to New York. He notes Britain would pay 60 to 70 million pounds annually to the United States and hopes to ease interest. He adds America should have its say on European financial problems and awaits the reparations settlement.
The NSW Labor supporters decry repeal of the Profiteering Act while the Nationalist government plans a harsher bill. It would outlaw monopolies in production, trade or services, void contracts contravening it, and impose 500 pound fines or a year in jail for offenses. A Supreme Court injunction and damages for victims are provided.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered an inquiry to determine whether American railways hold an adequate stock of locomotives and cars. The action was taken on its own initiative and without a complaint.
Frank Greulich, 77, president of the Commercial Savings Bank, died at his Marion home. A Cedar Rapids resident since 1873, he helped establish Iowa’s first elevator in 1872 at Keye stone.
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