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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1922
Page
2
Chicago June 6 1922 market report shows estimated receipts hogs 23000 cattle 10000 sheep 13000 live market prices range with highs 10.90 for heavy weights and 9.50 top for beef steers. official yesterday totals reported and receipts 41675 hogs cattle sheep calves. grain prices noted with wheat corn oats and tone shifts. tomorrow livestock estimates hogs 30000 cattle 14000 sheep 18000.
Peggy Beal, alleged killer of F Warren Anderson and self inflictor, was identified as a Dayton resident by neighbor J J Bartos. He said her maiden name was Marie Letenger, with parents who died, and that Beal is mother to two sons aged fourteen and twelve, possibly living in Terre Haute.
Los Angeles reports Miss Blanche Sweet actress and Marshall Neilan director will marry in New York this month. Neilan is in New York and Sweet has left for the city. Sweet declined to reveal plans beyond the departure.
Washington reports Blair ordered the removal of Samuel G. Patehell and Frederic Geilinger, both Dover appointees. Patehell accused of taking 400 confidential payroll packets from the Treasury to his home.
A playful remark notes that while nothing is truly impossible, attempting to fry an exg on a fly swatter yields no success as the method cannot sustain heat to burn the object. It mixes humor with a light science twist.
Robert Everard, noted Kalamazoo social figure and ally of John Duval Dodge Jr, began a month at Kalamazoo jail after hosting a nude party for five guests. Neighbors alerted police to the revelry and raid revealed scant attire and over 100 emptied kettles. The five guests pled guilty to intoxication and disorderly conduct. Everard faced prior traffic and intoxication charges.
The 1930s case of Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Beck, killed by Jean P. Day at Day's Oklahoma home on April 4, was reviewed by a federal court board of high army officers in executive session in Oklahoma City. The case linked Day, an oilman and attorney, to the killing at Testfeld Oklahoma camp.
Tientsin report warns all foreigners to flee Shanhaikwan on the Manchurian border as fighting looms between Wu Pei Fu's advance guard and Chang Tso Lin's retreating forces along Liaotung gulf. Wu reportedly travels to discussLi Yuan Hung reinstatement as China president.
June 6 report from Viadivestock notes General Met ersichs elected president while inventor Dead of Poughkeepsie is mentioned. A separate line reports David Pr. Kenny of North Pintutetd, XNI, J, vacuum cleaner inventor, found dead with a peer around his neck at Mount Beacon foot. Coroner Kingston Johnson rules accidental strangulation.
A Greene County tax report shows school tax as the largest district item, ranging from 23.6 to 63.9 percent with an average share of 48.3 percent. The study used Jackson Township as a baseline due to near average land values. Farmers urged early spraying for potato pests. Primary Greene County events include a poultry meeting led by Prof. Lapp and a cooperative wool shipment plan by the Fleece Wool Growers Association.
G V Griffin of Palo Alto county and Farm Bureau president keeps seed corn work alive by repeating an ear to row test. He selects six top ears from last year and seeds them separately to breed a higher yielding strain. He has produced over 100 bushels per acre in county and state tests, with last year’s top ear yielding ten bushels more than the rest and about 30 ears in the trial. a 36 bushel gap separated high and low ears.
A Rochester special train on the Chicago & Northwestern railroad struck a truck carrying laborers from the S. D. Clavey nursery near Highland Park. Two men died Earl Lee and Frank Ebeck both of Highland Park. Ten others were injured and rushed to Highland Park hospital. The train was moving at high speed as it struck the auto truck at the crossing.
Cable message from the War department to Maj Gen Henry T Allen states that American forces in Germany will remain here indefinitely with the retention of the Eighth Infantry, less one battalion sent back to the United States. The present strength includes officers and men, confirming continued occupation duties around Coblenz.
Sterling Porter, a Detroit race driver, was killed when his car crashed through a fence at the Fort Mini track during the ensutuobidie race. He apparently lost control near the finish and was crushed to death after overturning off the track.
Leyden University, founded in 1578 by William of Orange, celebrated as a reward for the courage of its citizens during the prolonged siege by Spanish forces.
Flooding along the Delaware and Lackawanna river valleys in New York caused damage estimated at 2 million dollars. A cloudburst swept the valleys, following swollen waterways through Binghamton and Venmayland regions, damaging roads and infrastructure.
Farm women in Mitchell county listened to Miss Martha Foster of Iowa State College extension service on dress farm demonstrations and sewing shortcuts. Foster’s talks sparked strong interest and reached seven townships with 14 meetings planned for July 24 to 29.
The Mitchell county farm bureau reports that extended efforts to manage the potato leaf hopper will continue this summer. The extension service at Ames will conduct trials on several farms under varied conditions, ensuring wide farmer access to the experiments.
Immetsburg Louisiana farm bureau picnic, a major Palo Alto county event, schedules for June 14 with speaker Hon. L J Dickinson and a special message to farm women by Mrs. Robert Engelhart. An excellent program is planned.
John L Phillips of Georgia, Republican state chairman, was arraigned before U S commissioner Hitt in Washington on a conspiracy to defraud the government in war contracts. He pled not guilty and was released on $25,000 bail provided by the Vitality Surety Company of Baltimore.
New York June 6 Major Oscar Westover and Lieut Carton F Bend won the Milwaukee balloon race begun May 31. Westover's craft landed in Quebec after flying about 500 miles in 17 hours 15 minutes.
Sioux City schools receive 374 flags from Mason post. Boone to register veteran graves this summer. Ottumwa forms Boy Scout troop for boys unable to pay fees. Vicksburg hosts National Military Park visit invitation. Track and field meet to crown top service athlete in Philadelphia June 10. Clay County Red Cross drives survey of ex service men with 21 disabled and 67 back pay cases. Des Moines banquet invites Siberian expeditionary veterans June 12. MacNider to speak at Charles City July 4 celebration. Debate over Volstead Act modification shown in Dubuque post. Correctionville to bar scammers through local committee. Mason City Greek veterans seek aid for Greece. Walter Flynn funeral after corn stalk injury. Memorial Day sports and amusements urged by Legion. May 30 proposed “close everything” bill. Yates cleared of wartime slacker label. G W Peters donates flag from France funeral. Pitt clashes likely over Adjusted Compensation bill. MacNider travels 100 miles in mud for Des Moines speech.
Howard VI Johns, 21, of Chicago, is walking across Iowa toward a government hospital in Prescott Arizona. The journey suggests a mission or medical purpose as he travels the route.
He was wounded many times in France when a high explosive shell struck near him as he returned with German prisoners after single handedly taking a German pill box.
The plan to plant 94 trees on Keosauqua Way in honor of the 94 Polk County boys who fell in World War I, proposed by the Evening Tribune, has won endorsement from Argonne Post American Legion.
Chicago officials report that Davis as president and Severinghaus as vice president, along with four other board members, resigned under a UN demand led by Mayer Thompson to allow new appointments. Three remaining members fled the meeting as the demand was raised.
Wisconsin won leave from the Supreme Court to sue Illinois and the Chicago sanitary district to settle if Wisconsin or Illinois citizens are being deprived of rights by the Chicago drain. Mr and Mrs Ray Linder were visiting near Cotter and passed through on their way home to Delta.
Los Angeles June 6 Justice Hanby frees film idol Roedolph Valentino who was charged with bigamy for marrying Winifred Hudnut at Mextot Mex on May 14 while he had not yet obtained a final divorce from his first wife, Zena Acker.
Judge Jane G. James P. Gallaher of Laporte County Circuit Court died at his home in Michigan City after a two week illness from throat trouble.
Moscow confirms Niccolal Lenine the Bolshevik premier had an apoplectic stroke. Officials say his condition is serious but improving amid ongoing health concerns.
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