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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
1
Refunds totaling 151.885 million dollars were issued to federal taxpayers in the last fiscal year. Most refunds were under 100 dollars. The report notes 773,15 was returned for illegal tax collection and 17,777,642.45 under the 1924 revenue act allowing a 25 percent income tax cut. The list includes thousands of individual taxpayers nationwide.
AP reports Chicago will host a dry New Year’s Eve with 65 federal enforcement agents plus uniformed police ready for duty. Agents will monitor cafes cabarets and nightlife centers while managers pledge to bar intoxicated patrons. The city expects thousands of reservations and theatres charging premium prices.
Chicago report says the 1925 potato crop yields only 2.8 bushels per person nationwide, well below 1924's 3.75. Texas new potatoes are arriving to ease the shortage, with women, men and children all affected.
Orrie Tiffin of Marshalltown pleaded not guilty to selling liquor to Indians on the Tama reservation. A January 6 hearing was set, with bonds fixed at $1,000 as he remains in federal custody.
Iowa records a cold sweep with Charles City at zero and Omaha at 14 above. Des Moines reaches five above, Dubuque four, Sioux City eight, Davenport eight, and Keokuk ten. Weather Bureau forecasts fair skies and warmer weather through the weekend.
Tampa officials awaited the state supreme court decision after Judge Robles ruled that betting on dog races harms the community moral well being and issued a permanent injunction against the Tampa Kennel Club. The ruling affects three tracks Tampa St Petersburg and Miami and could halt the West Coast Jockey Club winter meet if upheld. A civil supersedeas was sought to allow racing to continue pending appeal and action on the writ.
Chicago packers slaughtered nearly two million fewer livestock in 1925 than 1924 while higher prices boosted turnover. Cattle totals reached 2,057,700, a drop of 56,594. calves 795,500 rose 50,548. hogs 6,676,200 fell 2,003,161. sheep 2,865,600 increased 64,060.
Three Ford Stony all metal passenger planes crashed at Blackwood field Nashville while en route to Florida. Pilot Lee Schoenhair lost control during takeoff, demolishing the plane and causing another to crash on the ground into unoccupied aircraft. No injuries were reported. The planes had arrived for a stopover from Detroit before entering commercial service to Florida.
Eleven prisoners arrive in the last two days bringing Fort Madison state penitentiary total to 1,021 the largest inmate count yet. Crowded living quarters force some trusties to sleep on cots in corridors.
The Woodbury County Bankers Association in Sioux City offered a reward of $1,000 for each bandit killed and $200 for each robber arrested and convicted in local bank robberies. A fund of $1,806 was voted to equip each bank, including sawed-off shotguns and other weapons and ammunition.
Creston Iowa December 31 one of three youths held for attacking Clarence Kuntinback 19 of Omaha at a local dance hall was fined 50 dollars by Mayor M L Burt. The other two suspects were to be arraigned today.
Police disclosed a plan to free two Marshalltown convicts Ray Warrel and J A Donohue while en route to Fort Madison. A woman allegedly helped plot the escape but was not named. Guards and armed officers stood watch during the transfer and no rescue occurred.
Changes to the Iowa warehousing act aim to make warehousing certificates better collateral and reduce borrower costs. Bankers note defects after two weeks of operation by the national agricultural credit corporation in Des Moines and Fort Dodge, with 87 loans totaling about 25000 and 68 loans totaling about 74008. Proposals include eliminating the serving charge and using county agents as seals, and restricting recorders from admitting certificates with outstanding prior transactions to speed loan negotiation and save farmers chattel mortgage costs. If enacted, total loan charges could fall to about 10 percent while current costs run around 8 percent.
Des Moines Iowa December 2 Circulating news Charles Lamberti of Granger is freed after a Supreme Court ruling found he was improperly imprisoned for two weeks on a charge of attempted seduction. He had written a letter to a 14 year old girl seeking a date and was sentenced to five years. the court said a letter requires corroborative evidence to prove an attempt to seduce.
Des Moines reports savings deposits in Iowa banks up 5.5 percent over the year. Forty nine banks held total deposits of 110,269,681 dollars on December 1 according to the Federal Reserve Bank for the seventh district.
Des Moines December 31 Patrolman George H Keppel planned a prank raid on his home but found an intruder in his wife s company The officer filed for divorce claiming infidelity while Mrs Keppel denies impropriety saying the man entered drunk and unannounced The man is described as a known figure in the city nightlife.
The Liberty Bell will ring in the new year and Philadelphia's sesquicentennial, broadcast by WIP across the nation. The bell, cracked since 1835, now tests at about 80 percent volume. Events recall 1776 with a reenactment at Independence Hall and signatures on a replica of the Declaration.
Secretary Jardine schedules a Washington meeting January 12 to discuss the farm surplus issue as the first of a planned conference series. Leading agricultural figures and farm editors are invited to join governors and industry leaders for a coordinated effort toward a program for Congress.
Queen Marie of Roumania seeks her son Crown Prince Carol who vanished after attending Dowager Queen Alexandra's funeral in London. Rumors link heart trouble and a European social circuit including Italy and Austria as his motive, with Italian and Austrian banks allegedly restricting funds. Carol, twice married, is said to be traveling to Ravenna and Vienna, with questions over his finances and return to Bucharest.
Robert J. Shaw of Sigourney has filed for nomination for the Poweshiek district state senate seat. Incumbent T. C. Cessna of Grinnell currently holds the position.
Washington reports that Senator Henrik Shipstead and Representative Victor Berger enjoy favorable status in Congress. Both hold strong committee roles foreign relations and labor, with Shipstead seen as independent and Berger as a standout authority among labor and socialist circles. Their disinterested stance amid larger party factions boosts influence.
C J Hayes of Dubuque Ft Dodge resident Frank Bieler and Bielers car were injured when frost damaged the windshield and their vehicle struck a box car, the accident report states.
Twelve Pittsburgh branches of the United Palestine Appeal telegrammed Louis Lipsky asking that Rabbi Stephen S Wise's resignation be not accepted. The groups represent about 7,000 Jews. Wise had tendered his resignation after saying in New York that Jesus was a man, not a myth.
Wreckers began tearing down the famous Chicago house where Karene Field wrote most of his poems and lived for years. An eight story apartment building, costing 1 500 000 dollars, will rise on the site after a May fire damaged the Field home. An addition to the Episcopal church of the Holy Comforter is also under way with space to honor the creators of Little Blue and The Sugar Plum Tree.
A dispatch from Saginaw Michigan reports State Agent Hi Yackey and Marshall August Welzin of Dows Iowa returned home empty handed. They failed to obtain from Leslie Burke the whereabouts of the root of the State Bank of Dows Ta. Burke and his wife and Harry Mandel, identified by Welzin as one of the seven bandits, were connected to the fur store robbery.
A blaze swept through a prominent Springfield department store early this morning, threatening a full city block and forcing many customers to flee in their undergarments. The fire caused estimated damages exceeding $250,000 and disrupted business districts downtown.
Chicago reports that passenger train travel is safer than street walking. PD Morris of the Western Railways Committee cites improving safety, noting 1904 to 1924 fatality rates per miles traveled and 1925 eight months total of 106 deaths.
Nearly one hundred farmers and business leaders attended a National Corn Growers Association meeting in Cedar Rapids. W D McTavish of Central City was named to head local township units, forming a county wide body. C H Richeson of Webster City outlined the cost-plus program to profit growers, with Cyrenus Cole praising the talk for its common sense.
More than 200 children at the Christian Home Orphanage in Council Bluffs slept undisturbed as firefighters quickly put out a stubborn blaze in the nurses' home. Firemen used silent sirens and chemicals to minimize alarm. damage was slight.
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