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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1925
Page
9
Prohibition officers swept into three Broadway night clubs between Forty-second and Fifty-ninth streets and confiscated liquor worth $1,000 pinning five men. Diners fled in evening clothes as rain drenched the street, while officials vow to make Broadway dry.
A Washington dispatch discusses state legislative power over public school content, focusing on the Tennessee case and potential Supreme Court involvement. It notes multiple states seek such statutes, with timelines for 1927 meetings, and cites opinions from a scientist and a constitutional lawyer on possible outcomes and constitutional questions.
New Rochelle, Aug. 1. Baroness Emily G. von Tetzel, author and daughter of Countess Frances von Tetzel of Milwaukee, died from acute alcoholism. The New York report identifies her as a baroness and notes her death occurred in New Rochelle.
The notice states Courier should be delivered before 8 o'clock. If not received by that time due to carrier error or other cause, call 5100 and a copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6:20 p.m.
Rev. Robert XN. MacDonald of Walnut Street Baptist Church says Waterloo is freer from vice than similar towns due to an efficient police department and law abiding residents. He notes moral room for improvement but praises the city’s wholesomeness, churches, and its suitability for raising children.
Floyd County jail in Charles City saw a jailbreak as Fred Purrington, jailed on liquor nuisance charges with bond of 1900, slipped out on his second mattress carry and fled. Also, Arthur Hush completed a 20 day contract for street cleaning and was sentenced for distorting the public peace.
Aug 1 Fort Arthur Texas report that Liberty Texas near Houston is burning. Fire started about 11 this morning. Wires cut, about half the city ablaze. Reinforcements from nearby cities and Houston apparatus en route. Liberty population about 6,000.
Dondon, Aqui. English labor welcomed the government's provisional settlement of the coal crisis. Secretary Cramp of the railway men's union said labor could not claim full victory but congratulated itself for fending off lower living standards. The subsidy to mine owners over winter costs about 10 billion wounds (roughly 340 million).
Gertrude Ederle, the American swimmer, is set to start at 6 am Monday from Cap Griz Nez to dare the English Channel crossing. Weather is reported favorable though midchannel water is rough. trainer Jabez Wolfe hopes for improvement before entering the sleeve channel. Ederle maintains good form and spirits as she limbers up after difficult conditions.
Detroit residents faced near flood conditions after eighteen hours of continuous rain. Damage estimates range from 1,000 to 5,000,000 dollars as factories closed and basements filled with water, crippling transportation and utilities.
Chicago reports credit Arthur W. Cutten with a successful squeeze at yesterday's session on the Chicago Board of Trade. Profits may approach 256 thousand dollars as he moved about 1,070,000 bushels of wheat to shorts at roughly 20 cents per bushel.
Sioux City Iowa August 1 Mayor Stewart Gilman wired Governor Hammill protesting a 40 percent rise in city property valuation slated by the state executive council for the next tax levy He requested a date for Sioux City representatives to appear for a formal protest against what he called an unjust valuation.
Official announcements reported this morning that French forces have completely left the Ruhr, with no French soldiers remaining in the arms and industrial basin after midnight. The Kernch forces entered the Ruhr on January 15, 1923.
Donald Metcalf, 20, former Coe and Cornell student, employed by the Iowa Railway & Light Co as a lineman, was electrocuted last night on a pole when his safety belt broke and he fell onto a high voltage wire. He died at once.
The government filed an appeal from the federal court's denial in the Teapot Dome annulment suit. Judge T. Blake Kennedy allowed the petition, directing the appeal to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The action was reported from Cheyenne Wyoming on August 1.
Weather forecast for week beginning Monday. Upper Mississippi and Missouri valley mostly fair with chances of showers midweek. Temperatures rise in first part of week and stay above normal thereafter.
Washington Aug 1 1925 government plans an intensive one year campaign to enforce prohibition driving politics from operations. The drive targets industrial alcohol bootleggers and large conspirators as Gen Andrews prepares an organized enforcement push. If progress stalls the treasury secretary will seek legislative changes to modify the Volstead Act. Two men from Pennsylvania and Kentucky plead guilty to conspiracy tied to Langley case and receive two year prison terms with fines.
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge plan to attend a lawn fete in Marblehead Massachusetts benefiting disabled veterans. The event, weather permitting, will be held near the White Eagle area with local dignitaries and Republican leaders expected to join.
In Tokyo on August 1, Baron Kato was reappointed premier and formed a new all-Kenseikai cabinet after resignations by the previous coalition over tax proposals. The move ends the cabinet crisis as three new ministers joined Kato’s ministry, replacing the Kenseikai-Seiyukai coalition that resigned.
Dennis J. Murphy of Waukon is sentenced to up to 15 years in Fork Madison prison and fined 1000 after a district court jury convicts him of forging Julia McGinnis name on a $500 note. The case followed a disputed sanity hearing and an angling appeal plan.
The Pearl and Bowdoin of MacMillan's expedition broke through the ice jam and navigated about 25 miles from Cape York to Cape Atholl. A message picked up by an amateur at Pittsfield Mass. and dated July 31 reported the progress as of yesterday.
Rio Grande flood overwhelm fields from here to Las Correas. Farm lands inundated and the city heightens dike guard to 70 men to monitor the rising water. Officials expect more rainfall and continue emergency preparations as authorities assess damage.
British workers at the International Export Company factory were killed during rioting last night. The incident left guards overwhelmed and prisoners reportedly taken aboard warships in the area near Nanking University. Military forces and police respond to quell the unrest and secure the site.
Des Moines Aug 1 46 Iowa counties see reduced farm land values and city personal property assessments after a storm of protest. The executive council cut increases in 46 counties, kept six counties unchanged, and sent revised figures to county auditors with ten days for protests. Farm land value set at 69.73 per acre, down from 76.61, a drop near ten percent.
The seven year old Dwight Tracey, son of Allee Tracey, was found floating in Lake Michigan after a weeklong search. Police say he fell from the slipsherry planking while playing on the edge and drowned. Mothers and radio listeners aided the hunt as thousands searched for the boy.
Davenport Iowa August 1 Two people injured in a shooting in Davenport yesterday when Apolonio Aldabe returned home to find his wife Angela Aranda in the arms of Eulanio Aldabe and Bet tendorf resident. Both are hospitalized in a serious condition with fears of possible fatal outcomes.
Louis Goodman 50, a Dubuque contractor and president of the Dubuque Show Case Company, died suddenly in Des Moines after falling ill on a Marshaltown train trip. He collapsed aboard the train and was taken to the city hospital.
A woman fired a revolver during an odd journey, discharging the weapon by accident. The shot struck her own arm, blew through a wall, and then struck a child’s head in a nearby house, causing a severe wound. Local authorities investigated the incident and secured the weapon.
President Coolidge hesitates to finalize tax cuts as Treasury officials assess the nation’s finances. The delay reflects broader political pressure and fiscal concerns while Congress weighs reforms and economic strategies.
The obituary notice states that Eogar Bancroft will be laid to rest Wednesday. A private ceremony will be followed by a movement to San Francisco aboard a Japanese cruiser Tac Norea for the interment or memorial services.
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