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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
1
Reports from Shanghai say negotiations between foreign diplomatic corps representatives in Peking and Chinese delegates over recent events have ended due to divergent views. Meanwhile tensions in China ease slightly with ships idle in Shanghai and calls for national unity voiced by Peking University professors to Pope Pius.
Meteorologist Reed of the U S Weather Bureau says crop damage from Iowa floods this week may be less severe than initial reports. He notes his experience shows calamities often seem worse at first but improve within days across many counties.
Depositors from closed banks in Iowa await the Iowa Supreme Court ruling on the Exchange State Bank of Stuart case which centers on public funds preference. A favorable decision could aid other preference claims and speed an early hearing and settlement.
Derailment of a Delaware, Lackawanna and Western special train near Rockport Sag New Jersey raises death toll to twelve with many others in critical condition. Victims, mostly German Americans bound for a steamer to Germany, include the Brunner family and several Brunner relatives. Bodies to be sent to Chicago as investigators assess the catastrophe.
Los Angeles dentist Dr. Thomas Young faces a murder indictment after admitting to killing his wife Grace Grogan Young and revealing the body hidden under a concrete cistern. His defense plans to challenge the grand jury process citing non jurors present, seek an insanity plea, and dispute alleged confessions obtained by third degree methods.
Frank Neuhauser of Louisville Kentucky won the national juvenile spelling title in Washington spelling Gladiolus after Edna Stover of New Jersey misspelled with a Y. Neuhauser, 11, earned 500 dollars and a gold medal for college education. About one hundred entrants competed in the national contest.
In Brussels on June 18 reports said Peter the Hermit a leader of the first crusade may be buried beneath the cloister site at Huy Belgium as its ground was leveled. Born about 1050 he died at Huy on July 11 1115 and led the advance to Asia Minor in 1096.
North American Newspaper Alliance reports Rapild Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth have returned to Spitzbergen with all six expedition members safe. The May 21 flight from King's Bay aimed at the North Pole faced extreme Arctic hazards, but Amundsen and Ellsworth remained the navigators guiding the two planes.
Washington June 18 The Winslow bill would regulate airplanes much like autos to cut accidents. Authority expert W A Mara cites reckless or faulty planes as cause for most crashes and urges periodic inspections and stricter pilot licensing with limits on stunt flights carrying passengers. Aviation interests warn against dangerous pilots while supporting safeguards.
Chicago June 18 search lasting hours in tunnels forty feet beneath the business district failed to locate a gunman who fired at a policeman in the state's Attorney Crowe's office. Authorities believed the suspect to be Tony Spano of the Genna gang, seen by workmen in the tunnels, as officers pressed a citywide manhunt with tear bombs and 250 policemen.
Charles C. Faiman, sponsor of the prosecution and key witness, took the stand in the Shepherd murder trial. He described dealings with Shepherd and details about typhoid and tuberculosis germs as the defense protested cross examination limits.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a continued fall in wholesale commodity prices in May, with the index sliding from 156.2 in April to 155.2 in May. Of 404 commodities surveyed, all but household and miscellaneous goods show slight decreases, reflecting a broader easing in prices despite overall market conditions.
Des Moines reports the Iowa May weather summary showing Webster City had a 78 degree drop from 102 on May 22 to 26 on May 26. The release notes widespread swings in May across the state with crop impacts including frost damage to wheat oats and grasses though corn fared better. Grapes and berries also suffered but recovered late in the month.
A Coast Guard cutter detained the tug Mary A. Bicknell and crew two days off Sandy Hook after a dynamited freighter wreck for a motion picture thriller. The Corvallis, later named Mandalay, carried seven tons of dynamite and was blown up in the Indian Ocean. Authorities will hold them until debris between the Hook and Barnet is cleared.
Omaha hosts the Missouri Valley Association meeting July 13 to 15 with a roster of prominent specialists including Dr. J. N. Frost Cornell University Ithaca NY Dr. E. L. Stubbs Pennsylvania Bureau of Animal Industry Dr. A. Eichhorn Pearl River NY Dr. W. S. Gochenour Washington DC Dr. L. A. Merillat A Y M A president Dr. R. R. Dykstra Kansas State Veterinary College dean Dr. C. J. Norden Nebraska State association president Dr. J. Scott Iowa State Association president Dr. J. G. Ferneyhough Virginia state veterinarian 23 years Dr. B A Cahill Zionsville IN and Senator R C Mills veterinarian in the lower Senate
Senator Robert M. La Follette died in Washington at 1 21 PM after a long bout of heart failure and asthma. He will be buried Monday in Madison Wisconsin with his family at his bedside he remained conscious and agreeable to the end.
MT. PLEASANT Iowa June 17 The fiery cross burned at Wayland Tuesday night by EF B Shellhouse defying authorities to arrest him and asserting his constitutional rights opened with a prayer. Mayor Magdefray watched from a distance as a $50 fine imposed for a prior violation was upheld by a district court jury. Shellhouse appealed to the supreme court.
Stockton reports officer Henry P. Welch was arrested after attempting to pawn a tailor's frame found in Folsom prison making and passing counterfeit money. Prisoners were implicated as having produced counterfeit currency and circulated it beyond prison walls.
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