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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
11
Chicago motormen face a costly plan to buy and modernize transit lines including a subway with a total estimated price of 780 million dollars. The piece notes traffic congestion and the hope the subway will ease urban movement in the congested business district.
Reports say the Roumanian king, long ill, plans to abdicate in favor of Crown Prince Carol. The engagement of Balkans’ figureheads and Burena’s queen is noted as part of courtly gossip surrounding the crisis.
Joseph Friia of Pittston Pennsylvania confessed to shooting a woman’s husband after a long interrogation. He claimed passion for Margaret Lemardy led him to plot with another lover, Joseph Provenzano, who warned of murder if she did not elope.
Relatives of Samuel Larson sue in district court over his will after his suicide tied to a $40000 estate dispute. Nephews claim mental incompetence at the time of the will. the document largely favors Larson’s widow.
Centersville April 7 A liquor law enforcer Constable John White is defendant in a $500 damage suit by BE M Scurlock Caldwell township. Scurlock alleges $200 damage from White's house search for liquor without just cause.
The body of Dr Sun Yat Sen, leader of south China, was permanently preserved in oil today. It lies in a glass basin filled with mineral oil after the purchase of 15 gallons of oil for preservation.
Norman Thorne, a Crowborough farmer, is to be executed for the murder of his sweetheart Elsie Cameron. His appeal was dismissed by the criminal court of appeals and he will be hanged at Wandaworth prison within two weeks after dismembering her body and burying parts on the farm.
Des Moines April 7 The Iowa Supreme Court reversed in the ex change bank Stuarts case holding the Fortieth General Assembly banking act takes precedence over prior statutes. The ruling aligns state law with the national banking act that public funds receive no preference in liquidations. The decision affects Des Moines bank failures and future state liquidations.
In Cincinnati on April 7 thirty one former policemen and rural dry agents pleaded guilty to federal liquor graft indictments. Six pleaded guilty Saturday before United States District Judge Hickenlooper, with two more agents also entering pleas as sentence was deferred under District Attorney Haroth E. Afau's prosecution.
Farmers and dairymen along the prairie fire path dispute reports of heavy cattle losses two weeks after the fires in Nebraska. They say range damage was negligible and cattle were not moved far for feed. They insist feed is ample and they ask no charity.
The notice instructs delivery before 6 30 and asks readers to call if the paper is not received by then. It promises a replacement copy and directs phone contact with the office before 6 30 p m.
Mrs. Martha Rudd, 76, a widow of Council Bluffs Iowa offered to deed one house and lot to the county if the board would guarantee her a decent burial due to unpaid taxes. The county accepted the proposal and a contract is being drawn up. Rudd will live in another house she owns.
A series of blasts and fire at the National Fireworks plant in Hanover Massachusetts devastates a large part of the site. One man is confirmed dead and several workers are missing as fire crews from seven towns battle to save magazines and nearby homes. About 200 of 300 buildings were destroyed by 2 PM, with death toll still undetermined. Workers escaped by leaping into the Drinkwater river.
Representatives from five states gather in Lincoln to discuss common religious problems and the formation of a national Wesley guilds society. The two day conference is hosted by the Western guild of the University of Nebraska with attendees from South Dakota and Iowa state universities.
In Moscow on April 7 General Frunze, war commissioner, told a large gathering of supporters of the Russian volunteer air fleet to brace for war as in 1914. He cited the Baltic states' wartime meeting at Helsingfors and the murder of two communist officers on the Polish border as evidence Russia must be ready for attacks from any quarter at any moment. He warned that even if Entente powers focus on economic strain now, future conflict remains possible.
The Des Moines Register began an inside section for crime news and readers voiced mixed opinions. Police Chief James B Cavander supported the move to curb glorification of crime, while others argued publicity helps correct crime. Editorials and editors nationwide weighed in as women’s clubs urged removal of front page crime stories.
Chicago April story reports a key link in the murder case against Dr. Charles G Farman and William Q Shepherd was damaged when ex city health worker Winheld S Hoerger denied supplying typhoid germs used to inoculate William Nelson McClintock.
Sioux City April 7. Judge C C Hamal ig n upholds in district court a ruling by the Sioux City Live Stock Exchange imposing sentences on seven exchange members for violating the booster pay rule. The merchants were denied an injunction to restrain the exchange from fining them. The rule bars paying a person commission for bringing a buyer for livestock.
Flames broke out in the Stanton Motor Company garage in Steubenville wiping out the building and causing a loss of 200000 dollars. Gerald Chapman allegedly stole the car from this garage, a key piece in his Hartford murder trial, as the owners testified against him.
Two masked assailants robbed Rene Marx, an L A automobile dealer, his wife, and two companions after a theatre outing. They escaped with jewels valued at 315,900 and cash totaling 5,600, police report.
Des Moines April 7 The fate of highway law will be decided tomorrow as the house considers senate amendments to the roads control bill Four Representatives were sent for report after absenting themselves from Des Moines The house remains unreceptive to new measures while conference on the appropriations bill moves forward Senate amendments favor counties with unimproved primary roads and set a 275000 replacement fund for the University of Iowa The vote on amended measures was 29 to 21 with Gov Hamill expected to sign if approved
In Burbank California April 7 James Russell's Scotch collie was taken into custody on probation after three motorists complained he punctured tires. Police reported the owner promised to train the dog to keep its teeth away from rubber.
An incident at the Northwestern depot in Sioux City Iowa involved a mule and a horse whose ear lengths disrupted activity. A mule’s ear length differed from a horse’s by about half an ear, causing officials to adjust a beam to restore access for passengers and trains.
In Pueblo Colorado on April 7 surgeons operated on 15 year old Santez Orez after he fell while carrying a loaded revolver. They removed a bullet lodged in his heart and hold out hope for his recovery.
H H By ram, receiver for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul, tells 600 stockholders at a safety rally in Minneapolis that the road’s receivership stems from advancing too fast. He laments delaying growth in the northwest and says adjustments to outstanding securities are needed to match current earnings power.
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