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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1925
Page
1
General rains drenched Iowa with heavy downpours in central and southeast regions. Keokuk recorded 2.72 inches, Des Moines saw over an inch and a half in 50 minutes, and storms caused fires, flooded streets, and structural damage from lightning.
Dennis J. Murphy, Waukon lawyer, was found guilty of sorcery by a district court jury in Cresco Iowa. The trial lasted about three hours with no witnesses for the defense. prosecutors showed a $500 note bearing Jana Maginnis’s name, which she denied signing. Sentencing is scheduled for August 1 at 2 PM before Judge James D. Cooney.
Secretary Jardine told the nation’s grain exchanges in Mandan North Dakota that he will use full legal powers to force action to prevent further price swings. He urged voluntary measures, urged standardization and cooperative marketing, and pressed for better farm methods and diversified production to stabilize rural life.
Chicago bank creditors were informed that the Grain Marketing cooperative venture will be wound up with dissolution completed. Creditors and stockholders are not expected to suffer losses under the plans announced today.
Miss Helen Schultz of Mason City Iowa vows to supply Des Moines with a five year bus franchise and end the jitney strike if granted permission. She will confer with city officials and could bring buses within two days pending license approval. Separately Paris reports the French chamber ratified Washington conference treaties on China.
Miss Gladys Zismer 20 of Delmar dies in Maquoketa from burns received last spring when a gasoline tank on a bus carrying Iowa State College students exploded near Ames. Several others burned. she had been in an Ames hospital before being moved to her grandparents in Maquoketa.
July 7 in New Hampton Henry Tekippi 17 was killed when a truck he rode in skidded into a ditch and overturned near Bremer. Virgil Ralph the driver was unhurt aside from shock.
Judge Cooney overruled a defense motion challenging jurisdiction in Murphy forgery case. Murphy, with one attorney in current trial, was found sane last month and has remained at his Waukon home. Estey to defend, Pieper prosecutes. appeal planned from forgery and sanity verdicts.
Three Washington reporters from the PD C office walk to lunch past numerous prohibition signs. They observe street behavior, note a near collision, and reminisce about Sir Philip Gibbs while joking about war prophecies and future shocks.
In Minneapolis a father named Ernest Franzen attacked his sleeping family with a large knife. He fatally wounded his wife Ellen 39 and Morris 9, then wounded a daughter Ethel 11 and four other children fled in night clothes. Franzen killed himself with a throat wound as police arrived, leaving the surviving children in terror.
Dayton Tenn July 7 Wil liam J Bryan arrives to join the prosecution in the Scopes trial to prove teacher John T Scopes violated the Tennessee ban on teaching evolution. Federal judge Gore refused a restraining order, defense plans and Darrow arrival anticipated, while prosecutors consider which witnesses to call.
At Pinafore Lake a flat bottom boat tied with 27 children and a teacher capsized during a Sunday school outing near St. Thomas Ontario. The death toll reached eight, including the teacher Mr Watts and seven others. early today all but two bodies were recovered as a 500 strong crowd watched the tragedy unfold at dusk.
President Coolidge begins the third week of vacation with a political outing in Swampscott Massachusetts. Senator Butler of Massachusetts will chair the event with Governor Fuller and Essex County editors as guests. The gathering at Ralph Bauer’s farm includes talks by party figures and a forecast of strong chances for Coolidge’s 1928 renomination.
Dr. Edward A. Humphrey was released and exonerated of murder charges in the death of Fred Butts by poisoning. The probe into the deaths of Butts and Mrs. C F Swift at Spirit Lake will continue with potential criminal negligence charges likely.
In Swampscott Massachusetts on July 7 President Coolidge urged a broad tax reduction. He supports cutting the maximum surtax to at least 25 percent or even 12 percent if experts agree it boosts revenue and activity. He favors greatly reducing or wiping out the inheritance tax.
Fire at the Imperial Oil and Gas Company plant in southern Arkansas spread from an undermined cause to four wells and six earthen tanks near Naples. Losses by hour were estimated between 500000 and 1000000 dollars.
Former Generals Belavin and Ivanoff of the Red Army and Magistrates Vlasoff and Sholokoeff were executed in Moscow. Belavin and Ivanoff were sentenced at Kiev for espionage for Poland. The magistrates were found guilty of immunity for criminals and accepting bribes.
A Sunday school picnic for three Anglican churches ended with children tossed into the water. Rescue efforts were underway as bystanders aided the distressed. Authorities investigated the incident and coordinated first aid on the scene.
In Rock Island Illinois July 7 a large caliber revolver was found on defendant Joe Richards leading Judge N A Larson to order weapon searches at each court session until John P Looney's conspiracy trial ends. Richards testified about his ties to Looney and the Rock Island News linking the underworld to police influence as the state begins its case.
The chief of engineers announced an $800000 allotment for Mississippi River works from the Missouri to the Wisconsin. Wing dams will direct currents to create a six foot channel and help preserve adjacent lands. Mrs. Bessie Speheger of the Ward store force takes a vacation.
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