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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1922
Page
8
Washington narrative assesses Democratic prospects as voters tilt toward Ds, but warns party lacks cohesive leadership and funds. It critiques Jefferson Day Dinner for lacking dignity and calls for spokesmen who can clearly articulate principles and ambitions.
The Courier should be delivered at your home before 5 30. If you fail to receive your paper by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 3330 and a copy will be sent. Phone calls must reach this office before 30 P M.
Admiral Horthy and Count Andrassy reach a pact to seek allied recognition for Crown Prince Otto as king of Hungary. Otto to be proclaimed king but not crowned for eight years while Horthy serves as vice regent.
The jury in Ira Rodamar administrator of the estate of C F Miller against Branche Miller and J J Foarde failed to reach an agreement after 28 hours and was discharged by Judge G W Wood. Three women served on the panel, while the case centered on ownership of notes and securities valued at 158 150 alleged to be issued around 1918.
A Central News dispatch from The Hague reports the grand duchess of Mecklenburg Schwerin is dead. The notice appears from London and is dated April 22.
National League results include New York 3 Brookly n0 in progress Philadelphia 5 Boston 1 Cincinnati at Chicago St Louis 1 Pittsburgh third. American League lists Washington 2 New York third Boston 4 Philadelphia 1 fourth Cleveland 2 Detroit 0 fourth Chicago at St Louis 0.
April forecasts list towns including Albert Lea Algona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Dublique Faribault Mason City Marshalltown Postville Waterloo and Waverly. Road conditions similar to yesterday with increasing cloudiness tonight likely unsettled Sunday with warmer temperatures in the northeast.
Walter McCray, a diver from Alaska to California, battled a giant devilfish 50 feet underwater near Tacoma. The creature wrapped tentacles around him, broke his air supply, and he used a steel wrecking bar to pierce the animal, eventually being drawn to the surface as others fought to free him.
An international report from Athens says a river diverted near Monastir where a major munitions explosion occurred Tuesday has aided fire control and ongoing blasts. Rescuers push forward as earlier feared fatalities appear lower, with total deaths not expected to exceed 400.
Trade Commissioner Lynn W. Meekins reported from Shanghai that the Chinese are fond of bright lights and joy rides. He noted motor cars are multiplying and that motion pictures have spurred China to begin producing films themselves, reflecting broad popular enthusiasm.
Detroit April 22 employers' association reports all skilled workers absorbed by available jobs. The weekly summary notes demand for skilled men exceeds supply and the unemployment problem has passed for skilled labor.
Chicago reports the death of Florence Underwood Colt a former public school principal. A nervous breakdown attributed to long years of news work as a teacher is believed to have driven her to lean into Lake Michigan after escaping from a sanitarium where she was receiving treatment.
Paris April 11 United Press report says Mary Landon Baker and Allister McCormick may delay their wedding. Viscount Janze, friend, notes complications persist after Baker left her Chicago fiancé at the church. McCormick stays in a Paris hotel. Baker may return from Normandy Monday to decide on a date or further delay.
Weather predictions for the week beginning Monday cover the Upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys with generally fair skies and normal temperatures. Smoke DIAMOND JOE Cigars. Good to the assuree advertisement.
Chicago April 22.6 A coal strike entering its third week shows 3,500 loaded cars waiting orders and 3,638 more en route in Illinois. Total in the state nears 10,090 with demand down except for steel plants. Distant reports note 2,000,000 tons on hand of 63,000,000 and about 16,000,000 tons produced in three weeks in nonunion areas. Weekly consumption estimated at 7,000,000 tons.
Five people died and five others were listed in critical condition after a gasoline tank explosion at a Downey filling station yesterday. The blast caused a fire as rescuers fought the flames and transported injuries to Downey and nearby Artesian hospitals.
Clarence Mall a Union Pacific bookkeeper files a $200000 suit in Omaha against E John Brandeis a millionaire merchant charging alienation of his wife Hall. The petition says Brandeis built a roof bungalow at the Brandeis store and hosted Mrs Wall and later bought her silk pajamas. Mrs Wall is a New York office stenographer for Brandeis company and Brandeis recently divorced from his wife formerly Miss Madeline Frank of San Francisco society.
Washington reports a new internal revenue collection district to cover Iowa with a collector in charge. Des Moines is favored as headquarters, joining the existing Dubuque office led by Lars Bladine. The move follows passage of the Treadway bill by the ways and means committee.
Federal Judge George T Page in Chicago upheld the Pennsylvania Railroad suit to test the power of the U S Railroad Labor Board by denying dismissal of a temporary injunction. The board had ordered new elections for shop craft workers which the road refused. The ruling suspends censure actions pending further conference and possible later proceedings.
Cedar Falls residents and business interests debate renewal of the Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern Railway franchise. City considering buying property to operate interurban service if franchise renewals fail, citing potential disruption to the route between Cedar Falls, Waterloo and state teachers college. Cass, railway manager, states no progress on renewal as franchise expired. local businessmen urge fair terms to preserve the line amid bus competition.
The Shopmen and Yardmen vote to distribute strike ballots to about 90 000 members of the railway employee department of the American Federation of Labor. The vote follows a sixth biennial convention and signals a showdown over wage and job terms amid allegations railway carriers ignore labor board decisions.
Chicago April 22 plans to spread the Itihai teaching will be reported at the Bahai congress and fourteenth annual convention by Mount Fort Mills and Rey C Wilhelm of New York. They recently returned from Haifa Palestine after a pilgrimage and will discuss their meeting with Shoxle Effendi the new teacher. The five day session opens with 700 delegates and friends attending the Bahai cause.
Fort Worth, Tex, April 22. Striking coal miners and operators at Bridgeport reached an agreement last night and the men will return to work immediately. The 400 men affected had been part of a Texas field strike that began in April alongside a nationwide action. The new wage scale was arranged after negotiations, ending disputes over wages and preserving key utility contracts.
In Charleston West Virginia more than 200 miners await trials starting Monday on charges from assault to murder and treason. The proceedings, held in the ancient courthouse where John Brown was executed, are seen as pivotal for unionism and operatorism in the coal state. Historical echoes of Harper’s Ferry hang over the case as death may be a possibility.
Paris reports Russia withdrew yesterday’s memorandum amid allied objections. Paris dispatch notes French protest against German replies to Russian questions, arguing the Russo German treaty harms Cannes principles and undermines trust at the Genoa conference.
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