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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1923
Page
1
Argentine challenger Luis Firpo KO'd Jess Willard of Kansas in the eighth round before about 100000 at ringside. Firpo’s victory prods talk of a challenge to champion Jack Dempsey. Willard’s comeback bid failed after a brutal finish.
French troops seized Elberfeld, Barment, and Limburg beyond the Coblenz bridgehead, arresting several Barmen officials and taking hostages as punishment for frontier incidents. Security police clashed with French soldiers, with reports of kidnappings and insults that spurred the occupation actions.
Carl A Magee editor of the Albuquerque Tribune was found guilty of contempt of court by District Judge PD Leahay after a trial stemming from publishing articles praising public officials including the judge. Magee faced four counts of contempt and argued during cross examination that Judge Leahay should be impeached.
The Yeomen order has yet to choose a site for its proposed ten million dollar children's home. A committee will visit locations including Iowa City Cedar Rapids Clinton Davenport Chippewa Falls Eau Clair Wisconsin St Louis and Des Moines before its August 10 meeting. Final decision expected September 1 after the inspection tour. six favorable starts not announced.
Suits totaling 87509 were filed against Hotel Randolph Otis elevator Globe indemnity and hotel staff by Earlham Iowa families of victims from the March 24 crash. Mrs Richard Hoskins and Mr and Mrs Harry Hill were killed and five others hurt.
At Yankee Stadium a recent bout opened with Johnson leaping in and pummeling his opponent. He knocked him to the canvas within seconds, the loser dropping to his knees as the referee counted ten. Johnson finished him by sending him halfway through the ropes, leaving the defeated fighter seated at ringside.
Ketchikan Alaska July 13 A popular Iowa song titled Iowa, champion of Washington D C divines, was introduced by members of the Harding party in Ketchikan. The U S navy band on the Henderson learned the piece aboard and performed it at concerts, drawing renewed applause from the presidential group and local residents alike.
Des Moines reports growing employment with skilled labor shortages in larger centers. Highway and city paving boosted numbers, with full-time industrial work and strong farm help demand, especially for plowing and haying. Other cities show mixed gains in construction, utilities, and manufacturing sectors amid shortages and increased public works.
The dry forces in Congress fear the next session will bring changes as Brandegee of Connecticut and Graham of Pennsylvania are discussed for chairmanships of the senate and house judiciary committees. Both opposed the eighteenth amendment and have since refused consideration. Brandegee is the ranking member after the deaths of Nelson and Dillingham, leaving him in line for leadership.
Special evangelistic meetings opened yesterday evening at the Y M C A site with services planned for each night. Heat kept attendance small, but organizers expect better crowds in coming sessions.
Employment conditions described since last month show more workers in railroad repair shops and cabinet and furniture plants. Ottumwa building continues active with labor supply about equal to demand, with gains in printing, iron and steel, and lumber products and a slight drop in meat packing. Mason City reports higher May employment in cement products, but slight reductions in meat packing, paper, and printing, with brisk building and roughly balanced labor demand.
Des Moines July 13 The railroad assessment hearing before Judge M. Ladd, adjourned after state evidence against the Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul, Western and Rock Island grade, will resume July 21. The executive council is accused of bias in equalizing tax valuations against Iowa railroads. Dufford Thorne testified on Great Western, alleging it ignored government guarantees during control and based valuations on earnings rather than value.
Montpelier Vt July 13 United States Senator William P Dillingham of Vermont died here last night after an operation for gallbladder trouble He had shown improvement before a late life downturn He was a veteran Republican stalwart and an immigration expert and chaired the immigration committee He authored the Dillingham immigration law later replaced by a new quota statute
Rome June 22. The Mussolini government boasts improved discipline in railways and telegraph networks. Italian trains now run on time and schedules are rigidly followed on Rome Milan Rome Naples Genoa Trieste lines. Special police guard all trains to prevent theft or disorder.
John D. Rockefeller yesterday revisited the wooden house in Moravia where he earned his first dollar and gave several hundred local citizens new dimes to mark the occasion.
The Fred Lundin case and fifteen co defendants charged with conspiring to defraud the Chicago school board of about one million dollars went to the jury shortly before noon. Lawyers for both sides spent three days arguing to the jury.
MEMPHIS Tenn July 13 One man was killed and about thirty others injured some seriously when the Memphis special on the Southern railway was derailed two miles east of Larkinsville Alabama according to reports received here.
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