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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1925
Page
1
President Coolidge reaffirmed support for American participation in the world court during a White House address to delegates at a national conference on war causes and cures. He urged turning to diplomacy and warned against a hidden supergovernment while stressing national responsibility to prevent future wars.
Ruxene Stecher, companion and chauffeur of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, is jailed in Philadelphia on $10,000 bail after surrendering to federal prosecutors. He is charged with aiding and abetting the desertion of a service member and with harboring a fugitive. Stecher said Bergdoll urged him to return to the United States. their flight started in May 1920 ending in Canada, then England.
Swift and Company plans to spend about one million dollars at the Sioux City plant this year. The firm aims to double its killing capacity before 1926 and reportedly has drawn plans for an eight story building, though officials deny the proposal. Chicago engineers have reviewed the plans.
The Senate approved the annual army supply bill totaling 232,180,000 with a 33,000 increase. The measure funds the regular military establishment the national guard and organized reserves plus 40,000,000 for river and harbor continuation 750,000 for the Panama Canal 25,000 for boll weevil experiments and 1,600,000 for Mississippi flood control.
President Coolidge convened a group of senators at the White House to urge swift action on ratifying the treaty confirming Cuban sovereignty over the Isle of Pines. Senators Cummins and Norbeck joined the discussions.
Despite Stecher's denial, relief surfaced that his possible return could aid Emma Bergdoll who said her son might surrender. She claimed he promised to come back before the last election but could not say when or if she would help Stecher legally.
The Iowa House of Representatives introduced a resolution to ratify the federal child labor amendment. Representative Graham of Wapello county spoke on the measure and a committee hearing was set for early next week to decide reporting for the house. The scene also noted proposals to lower the legal interest rate and to standardize gasoline testing procedures.
Des Moines Jan 22 At least one year of law study is advised for students aiming at business careers says Prof Scott Rowley Drake university law school He argues law courses teach reading cases analyzing arguments and deducing rules to prepare businessmen for daily legal decisions.
Dubuque January 24 The Iowa collector of internal revenue Lars Bladine announced this morning that no extensions on income tax returns can be issued. Lowans seeking extensions must address their request to the commissioner of internal revenue in Washington.
Herman Twinam of Crawfords ville is in town on business today, making a brief stop to discuss local matters.
Thousands line streets and rooftops in northern New York as a total solar eclipse unfolds at 9:11 am. The sky displays Bailey's beads and corona while Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus are visible. The eclipse lasts about 36 seconds with dramatic purple light and shadow bands across snowbound streets.
Republican leaders used senate rules to curb open debate on Attorney General Stone’s supreme court nomination as Heflin pressed for public discussion citing ownby and Morgan ties. Delays grew as Warren’s nomination faced executive session opposition and Wheeler indictment concerns emerged, delaying action in a wider confirmation scene.
Mrs Mike McCue wife of a former labor leader was arrested in Des Moines after police said she and her husband tried to break into a grocery store safe. She claimed she followed her husband to stop the crime. B R Thompson who was in the store escaped but later was arrested.
Washington signals a cold start for Monday across Iowa and the Upper Mississippi and lower Mississippi valleys with snow or rain midweek as temperatures ease toward the middle of the week.
A steady drop in temperature across Iowa was forecast today by the state weather bureau. In some areas the thermometer could hit 14 degrees above zero as a cold spell begins at the week’s start.
The Rockefeller Foundation will start a new provincial sanitary demonstration program in the Philippines next year funded at its own expense. It will operate a provincial sanitary service to show rural sanitary improvements and train Filipino assistants to take over. The foundation has run anti malaria efforts in several provinces and began a successful anti hookworm campaign now handed to the Philippine health service.
In the sugar trust investigation years ago, Mr. Warren presented the records to President Coolidge who deemed them entirely satisfactory.
The postal pay and rate increase bill survives a point of order defeat 50 to 29, clearing a path in the Senate. The measure may be set aside briefly for the war department appropriation bill.
Senator Cummins announced after a White House conference that he abandoned efforts at a compromise between railroad managers and employers on a Howell Barkley style bill. No conference was agreed to and action on the measure is postponed for this session.
A Kuala Lumpur dispatch reports two European officials injured when a Chinese girl, described as an anarchist, detonated a bomb. The assailant, severely hurt, admitted she had targeted the governor but failed to harm him.
In Geneva on January 24 the International opium conference avoided collapse as Finland's resolution to form a joint committee for the first and second conferences to study opium smoking in the Far East was approved by Stephen G. Porter head of the American delegation and adopted unanimously.
Jan. 24 in Urbana the University of Iowa basketball squad under Coach Sam Barry and Trainer W R Fierseler travels with ten players to face Illinois. Forwards Janse Laude Smith Philips, centers Raffensperfer Miller, guards McConnell VanDeusen Hogan will participate as the team seeks to claim early Big Ten leadership.
Astronomers saw a total eclipse from New York to Ontario with clouds hindering tests in many areas. Coolidge observed a partial view from the White House lawn while observers aboard the Los Angeles dirigible obtained a near flawless view over Nantucket.
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