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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1923
Page
1
President Harding remains in San Francisco under careful watch as physicians report gradual improvement after a severe illness. Dr. Charles F. Sawyer cautions of possible ups and downs, but says overall recovery is progressing with rest, nutrition, and close monitoring.
Waterloo travelers describe Wyoming as a tourist hub with good highways, strong road networks, and active commercial campaigns drawing visitors. They note flood era road resilience, rail shifts to motor travel, and high freight rates affecting ranching profits. They mention Fremont county’s fishing and literary ties to The Covered Wagon and The Virginian.
Sioux City is chosen as the headquarters for a new federal anti dope drive. C G C Post, ex Oklahoma City police chief, will lead sorties into South Dakota Minnesota and Iowa to target narcotic traffickers. Investigations indicate Sioux City serves as a hub for an eastern to Florida and Mexican border narcotics network.
The Allied replies on the Ruhr dispute are summarized. Italy backs the British view in general, while France and Belgium offer independent replies. The British government plans to publish notes to show the world the need for quick united action to resolve reparations and avoid ruin.
Waterloo city clerk Charles C. MacKay reports July poll tax receipts of 2362.50 with 1659 from the east ward and 703.50 from the west. year to date remains below normal. Notices have been mailed to all liable, and delinquents face a higher rate after October 1 when the penalty rises from 3.50 to 5.00.
Explosion occurred while pumping oil from a tank car into a storage tank at Hawkeye Oil company yards on Miles and McKinley streets. Fire chief Ray Tiller obtained 40 gallons of special oil fire foam from Wyate and Gasoline Engine Co. to control the blaze, likely started by static electricity from a nearby switch engine.
The Iowa Nebraska Canners association, meeting in Des Moines, says future standard corn will rise by two and a half cents per dozen due to a smaller crop and higher operating costs. Secretary G L Austin said the new price 92 1/4 cents per dozen takes effect August 10. 36 canners are in the group with about 2 million cases produced annually.
In Detroit on August 2 an unidentified Black man fired on patrolmen coming from the police station injuring two officers and two bystanders. Early reports indicate the shooter held an automatic rifle from across the street before the attack.
Elmer Bert Reed 48 a Michael Paint employee died at Presbyterian hospital after treatment. Born December 6 1874 in Newton Iowa he lived at 618 Sycamore Waterloo with mother and sister present. Body at O Keeffe Towne funeral home. John Farnsworth 25 son of Mrs A T Morehouse Cedar Heights died at Oakdale Iowa after six months illness. Burial planned in Cedar Falls with mother surviving along with stepfather and four half siblings.
The French press backs the foreign office threat of reprisals against American tourists who oppose negroes and criticise segregation. La Liberte reports a Martinique engineer expelled an American from a boulevards cafe, causing the man to strike his head on a lamp post and require medical treatment.
Preliminary play begins at Cedar River park today with final rounds Saturday at 2 p m Gormley supervises. Winners receive prizes including fishing reel pocket knife lashlight and boxes of handkerchiefs in events for men's teens boys girls and ladies singles and doubles.
Waterloo Hike unit looks forward to the annual picnic on Friday August 10 at Leland's woods. A general committee of B B Hunter Walter Bass and Leonard Miller is appointed. Events include sack race three legged race and smoking race with no baseball game. Picnics run from 10 a.m. to dusk.
Northwestern Bell completes a new four circuit chopperwire link for Waterloo to Des Moines, boosting direct conversations amid rising demand. Des Moines averages 2600 calls daily. a Des Moines Ottumwa circuit also opened, creating three talk highways between the cities.
Miss Olga Krapek of Osage and Miss Geneva Faber of Cascade Texas have been appointed as temporary playground instructors. They replace Misses Kate Lyslager and Gladys Mead who were injured Tuesday in an auto accident en route to Waterloo. The injured girls are under physicians care at Ames.
Dr William J Thomson of Chicago will locate in Waterloo as an eye ear nose and throat specialist. He will take over equipment and records of the late Dr Magee and join Drs Alford Bickley Curry and Dunkelberg on the eighth floor of the James Black building. He recently spent a year in Chicago E N T college work including six months in charge of the president’s office while Dr W A Fisher was in India.
M. M. Backus formerly district engineer of western lines Illinois Central, now district engineer of northern lines since January 1, 1923, is honored in Illinois Central magazine. A frontispiece features his portrait and a 12 chapter life history. Headquarters moved from Waterloo to Chicago. He came to this district in May 1920 from St. Louis where he was roadmaster since June 1, 1917.
Fire of unknown origin discovered today on the 1400 foot level of the Consolidated Virginia mine at Virginia City. Shift workers found the blaze while going to work. The level yielded a bonanza in early days. no miners are inside except investigators.
A list of marriage licenses issued including Low Spivack and Jennie Margulis in Waterloo, Arthur BE and Helen Copeland in Clarksville, plus Cecil W. Powell and Lucille Maurine Buck in Waterloo, with dates or serial identifiers in the brief listing.
Irwin Nye former editor from Janesville Wisconsin died this morning after falling from the nineteenth floor of a downtown hotel in Chicago. He leaves two sons in North Dakota a daughter in Iowa and a son in Minneapolis along with his widow. Nye 65 owned a Janesville job printing house and was a longtime Wisconsin newspaper editor and Lions club member. He served overseas in world war I with the Y M C A and his son Donald was a sergeant at Chaumont.
A new gasoline rail motorbus capable of carrying over 100 passengers and delivering 225 horsepower replaced the regular Chicago Great Western motorbus on the McIntire to Waterloo run. Released from Oelwein shops, it made its maiden trip today with two cars, front seating 40 and rear 60. A. I. Howard says the experiment may become permanent due to demand. Airbrakes and power drive both front trucks. engine is a Sterling Engine machine from Buffalo with 12 cylinders, air cooled.
Beatrice Nebraska August 2 Rev William B Riley of Minneapolis father of William Riley Jr who has confessed to auto theft in county jail is here to confer with authorities and army officials He visited his son in Bisce last night the lad seemed glad Army officials say they will abide by the court's judgment If Riley is returned to the army he deserted a month ago he will be treated as an AWOL and not sent to Leavenworth according to the county attorney
The Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively finds freight rates for bituminous coal from Lake Superior and several Illinois groups to Iowa points excessive and unduly preferential to Minnesota and Nebraska. Anthracite rates from Lake Superior to Sioux City are also challenged. The report by Examiner C I Kephart notes per car rates of 3.65, 3.83, 4.08 and 4.20 dollars, but the commission has not adopted the findings yet.
Falkenstein is held on a 7500 bond after pleading not guilty to two charges one tying a girl away from home and one a statutory offense. He is bound over to the next grand jury term. Evenson, 16, charged with driving the automobile is held on a 1000 bond for the disappearance of Annie Dolan 15 and Falkenstein 24 from Joice over a month ago.
John Stacey motorman on a Fort Des Moines street car is charged with manslaughter in the death of Misa Olive Carlson, a passenger in the struck automobile. Police report an unusual number of accidents over the weekend. Stacey was released on $5,000 bond.
Local residents and visitors are profiled with numerous travel reports. J D Liffring and families returned from the west. Rev William T Lytle of Pittsburgh visits Waterloo. H D Pickering and A G Munsing travel for work and leisure. Various relatives arrive or depart for Chicago, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and California itineraries. Sheriff H T Wagner seeks missing Charles Johnson of Kansas. Dr. William Thomson joins ophthalmic practice. Waterloo Lodge 105 meets for A F Gates funeral services.
Waterloo public library will add forty juvenile titles this Saturday at 9 30 am. The list includes works by Altshelar Barbour Camp Buscett Burnham and others with titles such as Texan Triumph Over Two Seas Jack Hall at Yale Moonshine and Clover and Lorna Doone.
Hudson Iowa August 2 1930 Carl F Nolte formerly of Cedar Falls now superintendent of Hansell Consolidated school was chosen from 40 applicants by the Hudson Hansell school board. They claim his service there was satisfactory and refused to release him from his contract despite Hudson offering a raise.
Washington Aug 2 The Federal Council of Churches representing 30 denominations with over 20 million members issued a nationwide call for prayers for President Harding's recovery.
A widow, Mrs. McCord, is told she cannot hold dual status as widow of two men. Attorney General Huff and the office conclude she cannot be both wife of a first husband and widow of a second. McCord’s first husband died in 1890 and the second died 17 years ago. federal law offers a pension, but the state law lacks similar provisions.
Secretary George B. Christian Jr presents to Hollywood commandery No. 56 Knights Templar the International traveling beausant banner in Harding's name. Addressing the crowd from the Hollywood Bowl, Christian reads the president’s message calling the beacon a symbol of brotherhood and peace, not militant power.
In Des Moines on August 2, Francisco Ricci an 18 year old seeks deportation to Italy to visit vengeance on his father Francisco Ricci senior. He is detained with his mother and 11 year old sister Carolina. Immigration authorities say the family came to America as public charges after the father absconded with money and estate papers. They note a prior deportation attempt.
Des Moines reports 1,200 men already at the Des Moines training camp with a 1,350 quota expected to be filled by day’s end. Civilians from Missouri and Nebraska arrived as students from rural towns join today. Fort Leavenworth may exceed 1,860, with overflow to Fort Des Moines or Fort Snelling as needed. May drill schedules start tomorrow due to delays.
Los Angeles August 2 Counsel for Mrs Walburge Oesterreich widow held on a charge of murdering her husband Frederick E Decesterreich Milwaukee manufacturer said plans today for a battle to secure her release on bail pending trial After preliminary hearing her release on 25000 bail was sought and denied Her counsel said a writ of habeas corpus would be sought in superior court to force release on bail.
Harrisburg Aug 2 Secretary of Banking Peter G Cameron said a $78,500 shortage in Bethlehem Trust Co accounts was found by Examiner George Brown. Teller Elmer E Renner and assistant treasurer Howard Rehrig were arrested and confessed to taking the funds for speculative purposes.
Johnston and Griffin former national doubles champions defeated Bates and Snodgrass in the Seabright invitation tournament. They won the third set 7-5 after Bates and Snodgrass took the first 6-2 and the second 20-18. Also reports of Nora Bandfield sustaining a severe wrist cut at work. Seed flax ranks seventh in storage among U S grain crops and eighth in value.
Denver lawmen report Leo P. Floyd secretary and John Harrington teller pleaded guilty to embezzling 22 000 in Liberty bonds at the closed Hibernia Bank and Trust Co The bank shortage reached 443 000 Judge George F Dunkles sentenced them to four to sixteen years in the penitentiary.
L. J. Arnold, 50, delicatessen owner formerly of St. Louis, was found stabbed to death in his Chicago shop amid a brutal struggle. Police suspect robbery but seek a woman seen talking with Arnold last night for questioning as the room showed evidence of a fierce fight.
Members of the Lions club were entertained at their luncheon at Black's tearaam today by Miss Helen Dinsmore and Miss Correll both instructors at State Teachers' College Cedar Falls. Dinsmore performed recitations and songs while Correll accompanied on the piano. The young women were guests at the luncheon.
Bartha Cuvillier, 32, faces liquor nuisance charges after police raided her Des Moines apartment. Officers seized 10 men and two women, plus 36 bottles of beer. Across towns victims, deaths, and odd accidents fill the brief state roundup.
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