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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
2
Chicago opening market reports show active cattle and hogs with generally steady to higher trends. Estimated receipts for cattle 11 000 and hogs 21 000 with lambs 21 000. grain prices list No 3 red winter wheat around 1.14 to 1.18 per bushel and yellow corn near 46 to 47 cents.
The notice lists numerous closing out and livestock sales with dates from January 17 to February 21. Vendors include Joe Amrine, William Johnson, B Millikan, Arthur Nicholson, Stephenson and Shaner, Thompson and Lang, J C Turkington, Ernest Carlson, Mike Trier, Chas Shafer, Alliman Bros, R F Johnson, A J Fullerton, Roy Busby, E J Paul, James Helmick & Son, Hunter & Hunter, L F Larson, W D Booth, R F Smiley, James Proby, Glenn G Hayes, T A West, J M Brockway and Co, and Harry Dodson, with locations around Brighton, West Chester, Washington, Haskins, Winfield, Columbus Junction, and Richland.
The second manslaughter trial of Roscoe C. Fatty Arbuckle began in San Francisco over the death of Miss Virginia Rappe last September. District Attorney Matthew T. Brady presented the case to the first 12 jurors as the packed courtroom awaited jury selection, which defense counsel says should last no more than three days.
A bomb thrown at a tramcar carrying 75 workers on Crumlin Road, Belfast, narrowly misses its target as the driver speeds away. A man and his wife nearby are shot dead by rifle fire, with the blast shattering the tram in a deadly street assault.
A freight train on the Chesapeake and Ohio Northern plunged down a 100 foot embankment one and a half miles north of Setotoville. Fireman J G Callahan of Russell Kentucky was killed while brakeman S B Caldwell of Chinaville Kentucky and engineer Louis K Perry of Russell Kentucky were badly injured and scalded as the engine tender and three coal cars rolled over multiple times.
Washington January 12. The senatorial investigating committee resumed efforts to verify charges of indiscriminate shootings and hangings by American soldiers in France. Army officers denied wholesale hangings at Gières saying only one man was hanged there.
Standard Oil Company of California acquires a quarter interest in the Washington B. Vanderlip syndicate. The group had earlier reported large concessions in the Kamchatka peninsula, Siberia, from the Russian Soviet government, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Sterling Montana January 12 Directors and stockholders of the First State bank of Lyndon will reimburse the 40000 shortage charged to Arthur Buzzell cashier who disappeared last Thursday. Warrants for his arrest were issued and the bank plans to reopen as soon as possible after the conference.
A Iowa periodical attacks the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation over promoting the Iowa Farm Credit Corporation. The piece argues the War Finance Corporation failed to reach farmers while praising credit plans and urging immediate help for individual farmers. The editorial defends the Credit Corporation as lawful, safe, and essential to farming finance, despite ongoing opposition.
Justice Wagner of the State Supreme court granted Benjamin Sellesinger's appeal for a permanent injunction restraining members of the Cloak Suit and Skirt Manufacturers' association from combining to enforce a 40 hour week and the piecework system. The 4 hour week and piece work plan adopted November 14, 1921 violated a prior contract between employers and the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.
Louisville resident Matthew Hacker announces a plan to manufacture "alcoholic gas" that mimics intoxicating effects without violating Prohibition. He claims the gas would be retailed nationwide and argues volume definitions legally redefine liquor as a liquid, suggesting non liquid alcohol would evade the Volstead Act.
Japanese delegates at the armament conference tentatively agreed to pull back troops from former German Kinochow and from the Tsingtao Tsinan railway if China provides proper policing. Date for withdrawals not discussed.
Three armed men robbed the First National Bank at Montesuma Indiana just after noon taking all available money. They forced employees into a corner and fled in a car with a license issued to C W Thauzline of 416 Seetey avenue Chicago.
Hillshere Illinois June 12 sheriff Wilson of Bond county and Constable Battle of Greenville along with eight others were indicted in the $387000 Panama State Bank robbery dated December 12. Also San Francisco awarded the 1922 American Bar Association convention to be held August 6 during the meeting in Tampa.
The Eustachian tube carries his name from an Italian physician granted permission by Pope Pius IV to dissect human bodies for anatomical knowledge. Original manuscripts of his works have just come to light.
A semi official report states Britain and Zionist reps reached an agreement to develop lands from the Syrian coast to the Dead Sea for oil and minerals. A five year preliminary period is set with royalty and tax terms. Success would spur electricity, railroads, and industrial growth in Palestine amid government hesitation.
A fragmentary note cites a law stating that delaying justice is an injustice, attributed to Willian Pent. The remark reflects concerns about procedural tempo in the judicial process.
A major Boston coal firm announced a 50 cent per ton reduction in retail prices citing lower freight rates and the removal of the war tax on freight bills. New prices listed include furnace and egg at 14.75 dollars and related rates.
Mascatine Judge D. Jackson denied a divorce to Hawkins M. Becker from Florence N. Becker after a few weeks of marriage begun June 22 1931. He ruled five weeks is too short to judge a marriage and noted she belittled him and left with belongings July 33.
The affix wick links to Anglo-Saxon word for village and marks a placename indicating village town or municipal district. Illustrated in Berwick and Greenwich, the forms show how many places once villages became broader districts or towns.
A French statistician estimates the typical man spends about 6,000 days asleep and 6,500 days working, with 4,000 days on self care, 1,500 days eating, and several days unaccounted for, outlining a curious breakdown of daily life.
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