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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1923

Page

8

Three groups oppose Harding world court in split views

Washington dispatch notes opposition to Harding's world court comes from three distinct camps. Some aim to derail his bid by pressuring him to quit the race, others fight isolationist lines tied to the league of nations, and a third camp demands a stronger court with compulsory jurisdiction led by figures like Senator Borah.

MARK_SULLIVAN Washington, D. C Harding White House League of Nations Hardig Brussels W Harding United States Senator Borah Idaho Robert Cecil Des Moines Cleveland Florence Alten Lord Robert San Felice Harvesters Great Shade

Courier ad offers home delivery before six thirty every evening

The notice states home delivery of the Courier can be made before 6 30 p m each day with a guarantee that a copy will be sent if a delivery misses the scheduled time. Readers are asked to call by 6 30 p m to report issues or request a replacement copy.

Gov't Opens Fight on Packer Merger

Kansas, April 30 hearings begin to determine the legality of the merger between Armour and Morris packing interests. Chester Morris will lead hearings for the Packers and Stockyards Administration under Secretary Wallace. Edson White, Armour president, is among defense witnesses expected to testify. Armour is also expected to be called. Hearings will be held in Omaha St Louis Chicago and other cities.

Kansas Erger of Armour and Morris Packing Interests Chester Morris Packers and Stockyards Administration Department of Agriculture Secretary of Agriculture Wallace Edson White Jd. Ogden Armour Armour Interests White Omaha Neb

Five Killed as Wien Train Strikes Auto in Alhambra

A Pacific Electric express train from San Bernardino struck an automobile in Alhambra killing five people inside the car including two men two women and a baby. The accident occurred last night and details were reported today.

Wien Los Angeles Pacific Electric Alhambra San Bernardino

Woman dies as dynamite wrecks Paducah home

Paducah Kentucky April 20 Mrs Rosetta Warren 34 was instantly killed when a dynamite explosion wrecked her home early today. Her badly mangled body was found as three children escaped injury.

Paducah Rosetta Warren

Storm roars along New England coast cost nine lives

A 15 hour gale along the New England coast claimed nine lives and wrecked seven ships. The Boston Steam Collier Seaconnell foundered near Vineyard Sound lightship with seven crew missing. Twenty two aboard survived to reach the lightship. Thelma Phoebe crew faced panic as the vessel struck near Fisher's Island. twenty one were rescued after a breeches buoy. Captain George Gardner perished aboard Braddock at Point Judith.

Conternational News Boston New England Seaconnell Vineyard ‘Sound Negro Cook Thelma Phoebe Fisher's Island Vineyama Sound Coast Guard George Gardner Braddock Point Judith

Living Costs Rise 68 Percent in Ten Years

Washington April 30 Secretary of Labor Davis announced that the cost of living increased 68.8 percent in the United States over the past decade. The report details show food up 42 percent, clothing 74.4 percent, housing 62.4 percent, fuel and lighting 6.2 percent, furniture 117.4 percent, and miscellaneous expenditures about 100.3 percent.

Washington, D. C United States Junbor Davis

Immigration Club to Smash Wages in Loyal Order Meet

James D. Davis, secretary of labor, urged during a dedicatory meeting in New Martinsville to restrict immigration. He charged some employers seek cheap, alien labor to glut the market and drive down wages, warning it undermines American industrial prosperity.

New Martinsville Loyal Order of Moose James D. Davis Labor Republic Davis

Socialists Demand Impeachment of Taft for Annuity

The Socialist party national executive committee adopted a resolution urging the resignation or impeachment of William H. Taft chief justice, over his acceptance of a $10,000 annuity from the Carnegie estate, alleging corruption from the steel trust and threatening the integrity of courts.

Chicago National Executive Committee The Socialist Party William H. Taft United States Andrew Carnegie Supreme Court of the Steel Trust Congress

Mob of 600 lynches campus janitor in Missouri

A grand jury will probe the lynching of Charles Scott a black campus janitor after Regina Almstedt fourteen identified him as her would be attacker Missouri University students watched as a mob of about six hundred dragged Scott to a railroad trestle where he was hanged. Authorities had urged restraint and the sheriff appealed for the law to run its course.

Columbia Charles Scott Missouri University Hulen Scott Regina Almstedt A. H. Almstedt Lynehers

Tokio Seeks Trade Relations with Reds

Tokyo proposes exchanging commercial agents with Moscow to restore trade ties with Russia. Vice Foreign Minister Tanake announced the plan amid divided official views on resuming full relations, making developments unclear.

Tokio Reds Associated Press Moscow Japan Russia Tanake Foreign Office

German May Day Fear Brought by Red Menace Says Cardinal

International News Service reports Cardinal Schulte of Cologne warned Pope Pius XI of a red menace in Germany. He predicts blackest days ahead with Bolshevik tides, as fascists and communists plan May Day parades amid government warnings and possible bloodshed in the Ruhr and Rhineland.

Uy 5 D. Weyer International Berlin Germany Ruhr Bayar France Central Europe Orthodox Church In Conference Moscow Cardinal Schulte Cologne Rome Pope Pius XI Schulte Munich United States Harding Washington Alanson B. Houghton Hughes S:uie Monsignor Testa Pius XI Monsignor Testa

MacNider Possible Running Mate for Harding in 1924

Mason City Iowa April 30 Col Hanford MacNider declined comment on a Washington rumor linking him as a possible running mate for President Harding in 1924. He would not say if he had been approached about the position.

Mason City Col. Hanford MacNider Washington Harding

Weekend vice raids net 940 arrests in Chicago

Chicago police arrested nine hundred forty people over the weekend in raids targeting gambling and vice. The report notes a heavy enforcement push during the period and mentions the presence of Premier Salad Dressing and Premier Coffeen advertisements in the source.

Chicago

Religion needs more kick to draw young people

Dr. Ramuel A. Eliot of Houston told the Sunday Evening Club that religion has been made too soft to engage active youth. He argued young Americans seek a faith of action and adventure, not one hedged by negations, preferring the commandments to prohibitions.

Chicugo Ramuel A. Eliot Yuston Clartes W. Eliot Marevard Sunday Evening Club

Supreme Court narrows liquor ban on ships abroad

The Supreme Court overturned part of Attorney General Daugherty’s ruling on serving liquor aboard American ships. It held that US and foreign ships cannot bring liquor into American ports or waters on outbound voyages but outside territorial waters American ships may sell beverages. Dissenting opinions by Justices McReynolds and Sutherland voiced disagreement on applying the ban to foreign vessels.

Associated Press Washington DD. C Daugherty Supreme Court Hand New York van Devanter McReynolds Sutherland

Illinois Manufacturers Demand Legislature End Session

Illinois Manufacturers association launches effort to terminate the present session alleging it attacks nearly every industry in the state. Letters signed by the association secretary urge manufacturers to urge senators and representatives to return home and end the session.

Springfield Minoig Illinois Manufacturers Association Association Senate House

Jury Finds Man Not Guilty In Gun Theft Case

Pontotoc Mississippi jury in circuit court returns not guilty verdict for a man charged with stealing a gun after hearing testimony. The jury declared, We, the jury, find the man who stole the gun not guilty.

Pontotoc, Miss

May Probe Death of 40 in House of David follower

In St Joseph Michigan April 30 persistent reports of exhumations of House of David followers gained urgency as Assistant Attorney General Homer S Quay ordered records of about 40 deaths reviewed. Six of the deaths listed as caused by unknown factors. In Maryville a tall long haired man defies identification as King Benjamin Purnell while awaiting transfer from Kent County Michigan to verify if he is the cult leader.

International News Wire St. Joseph Mich House of David Homer 5 Quay King United Press Maryville

Emerson Hough Dies at 66 in Chicago Hospital

Noted western writer Emerson Hough died in a Chicago hospital at 66 after an intestinal obstruction and surgery. Born June 28, 1867 in Newton Iowa, he gained fame with The Covered Wagon and North of 36. He lived in Chicago and had ties to Waterloo Iowa and Galesburg Minnesota. Funeral services were planned for Tuesday in Chicago with burial in Galesburg Minnesota.

Associated Press Chicago Emerson Hough Hyanston Slough Kough Newton University of Lenson Charlotta A. Cheesabro Liyai Eleanor Hough Norman Toangh Waterloo Minnesota Yellowstone National Park Big Trodvily Hough United Press Western Plains Galesburg N. H W. Hough Wabedo Cass County Minn

Chester concession signed at Angora in Anatolian oil plan

Constantinople April 30 United Press reports the Chester agreement granting Americans concessions in Anatolian oil development was signed at Angora. Turkish Public Works Commissioner Polzi Bey and Col Kennedy of the Ottoman American Development Company affixed signatures to final papers amid French protests. Copies exchanged, work to begin at earliest moment as plans finalize and railroad manager studies the sit uation. Col Kennedy traveled to Angora via Mudania on an American destroyer.

United Press Constantinople Chester Angora Polzi Bey Col. Kennedy Mudania

France Prepares to Repel Turkish Invasion of Syria

Paris reports France will reinforce Syria with two divisions bringing total French forces to 46,000 under Gen Weygand as Turkey concentrates 20,000 troops on the northern Syria border. Gen Pelle travels to Beirut to oversee French mandate duties amid Lausanne peace talks.

Presmy Paris Syria Weygand Beirut Peaiicure Pelle Constantinople Lausanne Ismet Pasha France Angora Near East United Press Turkey Ismet Switzerland George Tchitcherin Russia Moscow Tehitcherin

Police Probe Death Battle of Mullenix and Brother-in-Law

Chicago police continued the investigation into a fatal duel between Charles W. Mullenix, Englewood realtor, and his brother-in-law James Eustace Berry. Berry, wounded in the encounter, is hospitalized. relatives said the two had quarreled for a week and met for a supposed peace meeting at Mullenix's apartment. Jerry Berry claimed self defense after Mullenix attacked with a razor.

Chicago Charles W. Mullenix Englewood Mullenix James Eustace Berry Jerry

Minnesota whispers on Nelson succession in 1923

AP report from St. Paul notes funeral arrangements for United States Senator Knute Nelson while Minnesota political circles name possible successors. Prominent contenders include Gov. Preus, Fred W. Putnam, Frank B. Kellogg, Oscar Haslam, and L. D. Coffman. Gov. Preus denies seeking the seat.

Associated Press St. Paul United States Knute Nelson Minnesota Ted York Altho Alexandria Preus Chicago Fred W. Putnam Frank B. Kellogg Oscar Haslam Supreme Court L. D. Coffman University of Minnesota

Rockefeller Pastor Urges Change In Baptist Doctrine

Rev. Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin of Park Avenue Baptist, the so called Rockefeller church, stirred parishioners by urging review of long standing Baptist creed. He defended the stage and praised Sir Oliven Lodge Arthur Conan Doyle and Christian Scientists while criticizing exclusivity toward other denominations. John D. Rockefeller Jr. attended as Woelfkin argued excluding non baptised members clashes with modern church spirit.

New York Cornelius Woelfkin Park Avenue Baptist Church Rockefeller Church Sir Oliven Lodge Arthur Conan Doyle John D. Rockefeller, Jr Dr. Woelfkin

Lomion ship sinks near Guam with captain lost

Word reached here that the commerceer Mortamer foundered near Guam after a collision or weather incident. Captain Nelson is missing. His wife and nine crew members were rescued after drifting for 12 days in an open boat.

Lomion Eoomer Mortamer Guam Nelsom

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